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SPURGEON MEMORABILIA. NTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE REMINISCENES OF THE GREAT PREACHER. vv s-. “v.-- _ _ ()ne cf the Essex branch of the family, Job Spurgeon, Was a. prisoner in Chelms- ford jail at the time John Bunyun was lying in Bedford jail, and for the same causeâ€"faithful adherence to his consci- entious convictions. For fifteen weeks, in bitterly severe weather, he lay on a pallet of straw without any fire. His de- scendant had an easier lot outwardly, but he was not lacking in the same spirit of! Christian heroism ; and he, also, has had ‘ his share of suffering for the truths sake, both in the firce ordeal through which he had to pass in the early years of his ministry in London, and in his continued contention for “the faith once for all , delivered to the saints.” It is related 1 that quite early in his career in London, Mr. C. H. Spurgeon was introduced, in a bookseller’s shop in Paternoster Row, to a Mr. J chn Spurgeon, a descendent of the Norfolk branch of the family. On com- paring notes of their respected ancestors, the same piety, righteousness and loyalty to the truth, were found to have character- ized them on both sides. A HALLOWED OAK. Some interesting anecdotes of his grand- father have been recorded by Mr. Spur- geon, and others may be found in his printed sermons. Here is one entitled under “Under the Oak Tree." While a. youth, under conviction of sin, he fre- quently repaired to a. wood in Honeywood Park, where, especially under a. certain oak, then only a. sapling, he wept and groaned before the Lord, and where, also. he received the gift of faith C to believe on the Lord Jesus, and enter upon the enjoyment of peace with God. It was a lonely spot. but it was to him at Bethel, the house of God and the gate of heaven. He often resorted thither for meditation, prayer and praise. “ Some time after this conversion,” ‘ writes the grandson, “ haxing to go from ‘ Coggeshall to Halstead, his route lay near the hallowed spot. 0n the night previous he dreamed very vividly that Satan ap- peared to Lgim, and threatened to tear him to pieces if he dared to go along that foot- path, and pray under the oak as he had been wont to do. The evil one reminded him that if he took the farmyard path all would go well With him. When my granfather awoke, the impression on his mind was overpowering, and he reasoned thus with himself: Whether it be a dream or really a temptation from Satan, I can- not tell, but anyhow I will not yield to it, but will show the devil that I will not do his bidding in anything, but will defy him to his face. My grandfather then a young man went on cheerily enough till he came to the stile where the two paths diverged, then a horrible fear came upon him, and he felt his heart beat fast. Suppose he really should meet the arch- fiend, and should find him too strong for ‘ him, what then! Better take the farmâ€" yard path. No, that would be yielding to Satan, and he would not do that for ten thousand worlds. He plucked up courage and trembling went on. The stile was leaped, the narrow track through the wood \vas trodden with resolution mingled with fore-bodings. The oak was in sight, the sweat was on his face, the pace quicken- ed, a dash was made and the tree was grasped, and there WAS no Satan there. Taking breath a moment, the young man uttered aloud the exclamation, ‘Ah, cowardly devil! you threatened to tear me to pieces, and now you do not dare to show your face.’ Then followed a fervent prayer and a song of praise, and the young man was about to go on his way, when his eye was caught by something shining on the ground. It was a ring, a very 1am, :ing, and It was solid gold. How it dune there it would be hard to guess. Enquiries were made; but no Claimant ever appeared, and my grand?» father had it make into my grandmother’s Wedding ring, in memory of the spot so dear to him. The mother of Charles H. Spurgeon, Who passed away a few weeks ago, Was known and esteemed for her sincere piety Christian humility and various works of usefulness in connectiun with the cause of the Redeemer. The prayerful snlicirude and earnest care with which she trained up her children have been abundantly re~ warded. Speaking one day to her Sun Charles of her solicitude for the best in- terest of all her children, she said, “ Ali, Charles I often prayed that you might be saved, but never that you should became a Baptist.” To this Charles replied. “The 1Lord has answered your prayer with his usual bounty, and given you more than you asked.” C‘UIILD, Illuu\ Aavvv V\r--_r~-"-r, l. I It was printed in THE Warcmms at that. time, and is now republised as not only Conveying an extraordinay premonition of his approaching end, but giving in a single comprehensive sentence the essence of his long and successful ministry: “Settle this in your heart: ‘Whether I am up or down, the lord Jerus is the same.‘ My time is ended although I had much more to say. I can only pray the Lord to give you to believe in Him. If I should never again have the pleasure of lspeaking for my Lord upon the face of l this earth, I should like to deliver, as my last. confession of faith, this testimonyâ€" that nothing but faith Can save this nine- teenth century; nothing but faith can sue lEngland; nothing but faith can save the 1 present unbelieving Church ; nothing but -vvv--- _- __V firm faith in the grand old doctrines ot grace, and in the ever-living and unchang- ing God can bring back to the Church again a full tide of prosperity, and make 1 her to be the deliverer of the nations for . Christ; nothing but faith in the Lord , Jesus can save you or me. The Lord give ' you, my brothers, to believe to the utmost degree, for His name’s sake ! Amen.” AN INCIDENT AT SIXTEEN. At a meeting of ministers and deacons at the Tabernacle, May 28, 1889, Mr. Spurgeon said: “I was a member of the church at Newmarket when I first. joined ‘ the church and was afterward transferred ;to the church at Cambridge. I attended for three Lord’s Days at the Communion and nobody spoke to me. I sat in a pew with a gentleman and when we got out- stde I said: ‘My dear friend, how are you?’ He said : ‘You have the advantage of me; I dont't know you.’ I said: I don‘t think I have for I don’t know you ; but when I came to the Lords table and partook of the memorials of his death, I thought you were my brother and I thought I would speak to you.’ I was only suxteen and he said to me: ‘Sweet simplicity.’ ‘ Oh, sir is it true ?’ I said, ‘Is it true '1' He said: ‘It is ; but 1 am glad you did not say this to any of the deacons.’ He asked me home to tea.” A LESSON TO TURF-GAMBLERS. A man once said to him, “I do more good in the world than you do. You only propagate your own opinions and 1 run race-horses.” “Then perhaps you I will answer me a riddle, to which I have never yet received an answer. Why does not the devil run express trains to hell 2” “I believe in neither the devil nor hell, and so I can’t answer.” “Then I will tell you. It is because he finds that men can L get there faster by running race-horses.” A YOUNG Pas'ron’s ENQUIRY. A young preacher named T. W. Med- hurst early in his ministry called on Mr. _ Spurgeon to say that he feared he had _ made a mistake. “What do you mean '5” “Well, I’ve been preaching for five or six months and have not heard of any con- versions.” “ You don’t expect conver- sions‘every time you preach, do you ?’ asked Mr. Spurgeon. “No; I don't ex- pect them every time.” “Then be it according to your faith,” Mr. Spurgeon answered. “If you expect great things from God, you’ll get them if you don't you won’t.” 'n . ( ‘ vâ€"v-râ€"w H‘UWWVVI'O A GOOD BANKER. He often related how he had come to his last pound and knew not whence to find the money that was absolntely neces- say for the continuance of the Work. He mentioned his need to a friend who re- minded him that he had a. good banker. " Yes, and I should like to draw upon him now, for I have nothing,” replied Mr. Spurgeon. “Well, how do you know? Have you prayed about. it ?” “Yes. I A MOTHER'S PRAYER. THE 1E WATCHMAN. LINDSAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1892’; have.” “Well. then, leave it, to him. found the ear of a 1human being, which Have you opened your letters ‘4’ “No, I was preserved in alcohol and encloswd in a don’t open my letter: on Sunday.” “Well, glass bottle, end two bands of gold batterâ€" open them for once. . he dld so. and in ed from some of the jewelry stolen in the the hrst one he opened there was a banker’s eXpress robbery near Utica last September. letters to this effect: “Dear airâ€"We. The sheriff showed the ear to Perry and beg to inform you that alady totally un- asked him where he got it. He stated known to us has left “11th us two hundred that he cut it from a colored man’s head pounds for you to use In the eduCation of and intended to use it as an ornament on A mun ” his mantel at home. Still he was verg 0 y ung men. TO THE SINNERS. A hymn written by Pastor U. H. Spur-goon. Guilty sinner. fly to Jesus; He alone can purge our guilt; From each deadly sin he frees us, ’Twa’s for this his blood was spilt. Come, and welcnne. Come this moment, if thou wilt. Hopeless sinner, look to Jesus, , » - 1 .1 . I A, A , At a. certain court of justice an} awkward blunder was made by the ”isomer in the dock. He was being tried for murder, and the evidence was almost wholly circumstantial, a chief portion of i1 lemg a hat of the ordinary “billycock” pattern that had been found close to the scene of the crime, and which, moreover, was sworn to as the prisoner’s. Counsel for the defence exâ€" patiated upon the commonness of hats ‘of the kind. “You, gentlemen,” he ‘said, “ no doubt. each of you has just such a. hat as this Beware, then, how you condemn a. fellow-creature on such ‘ ‘ ' " ~ I . I T.. v" --._ a. piece of evidence,” and so forth. In the and the man was acquitted. But just as he was leaving the dock he turned 4n a reSpectful manner to the judge and said, “ If you please, my lord w â€"â€" râ€"u. ... hiay I have niy ’at?" Not long since a London lady went to a stationer ind ‘ ordered a number of invitation cards which she proposed to issue for an even- ing party. She particularly instructed the stationer to print “’igh tea.” in the ‘ left hand corner of each. When at length the cards came home they all bore the letters “LT.” in the. comeri specified. Eugene Sue, again, whc in his youth was for some time an army surgeon, one day dined “not wisely, but too well,” with his friend Rom‘eu atthe Cafe de Paris. Afterwards, as they ‘sauntered on the boulevards, Romlcu fell and injured his leg. Sue got a cab, ' put his friend in, and drove home, ‘ where he carefully dressed the wound, and then retired to bed. Next morn- ing he hastened to examine the wound, only to discover that he had tended the wrong leg. This reminds us of the story of an absent-minded doctor in an old-fashioned north country town, in which resided a local ‘character’ whose means of locomotion consisted of a pair of wooden legs. Having contracted a severe cold, this man remained in bed one day and sent for the doctor, to whom, in common with all the inhabi- tants of the place, he was perfectly well known. As he prepared to depart, ‘ the absent-minded physician impressed . on his patient the necessity of bathing his feet in water “as hot as he could ‘ bear it.” It often happens that people who get married send reports of the ' ceremony to the newspapers. Owing to some blunder, no doubt, half a column detailing the nuptial rite, the dresses, and the presents of a couple in a hum- ble line of life. in London was recently inserted in a conspicuous position in a leading Glasgow paper, to the amaze- ment of the public and the intense an- noyance of the editor.â€"-â€"Cassell’s Satur- day Journal. Iii his death thy ransom see; From despair his Word releases, Trust, in him and fear shall flee High as heaven Are his thoughts of love to thee. Worst of sinners, come to Jesus, LYONS, N. Y., Feb, 24,â€"Oliver Curtis Perry, the noted American express train robber. was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Theodore Fries this afternoon at 2 o’clock and held for the grand jury. When Perry and the deputy were about to leave the court room for the county jail Perry’s father, Oliver H. Perry, came hurrying in from the railroad station from his home in Syracuse. The prisoner seemed much affected. Stepping up to him he said, “ Hello, father,” and kissed him. The father showed much emotion, and the nrisc ner seeing in said, “Don’t: cry, father, it will be all right.” He has said he’ll cast out none, Come with all thy foul diseases. He can cure them everyoneâ€"â€" And, with Wonder, Thou shall 8mg what; grace has done. lflxpress Blessenger hJcInerney is re- ported to be doing as well as could be ex- pected after the wounds he received in his desperate encounter with Perry on Sunday morning. He rested quietly yesterday, and all his symptoms are favorable to re- covery. - in . -r\ I 'n "VItvisreported that Perry has a. wife at Batavia, a daughter of James Lathe, whom he deserted. PART OF THE PLUNDER FOUND. Yesterday afternoon, when the man who represents himself as the father of Oliver Curtis Perry visited him at the county jail, the prisoner seemed very anxious re- garding a. hand satchel which he had left in some place in Syracuse and which his father premised to secure. ‘ . n (‘1 Wheh Perry, senior, left for Syracuse last night he was followed by a. detective, who traced him to the place where the satchei had been lefc. When he left the house the detective took it from him and brought it to Lyons this morning. When it was examined, among the contents was Robber Perry Committed. Awkward Blunders. The sheriff showed the ear to ferry and asked him where he get it. He stated that he cut it from a colored man’s head and intended to use it as an ornament on his mental at home. Still he was very much exc1ted over the affair and seems to think that he is playing in hard luck. AN AFFECTIONATE FATHER. Another suspicious occurrence took place at the same corridor door this evening after the prisoner returned from the Police Court. He was accompanied to the jail by his father, who was admitted. .. -w The deputy-sheriff detected the prisoner pass a scrap of paper through the iron bars to his father. After the Conversation had been finished Collms requested the elder Perry to step into the ofiine, proceeded to search him and was rewarded by finding the scraprof paper, and on it was drawn an [HUB way \u ya. or, «w u u“ l .. -... v.-._V._- exact outline of the key which unlocks the corridor (inor. Jerry Collins is of the opinion that thel prisoner expected to have a key made by his father which would fit the lock and after opening the Corridor door, to file the heavy steel bar which is on the outside and to which is attached a. padlock out of reach from the inside. During the visit his father gave him some canned fruit and oranges. They were taken from him after his father’s departure and will be examined for the purpose of ascertaining whether anything is concealed inside of them. Persons connected with the jail seem to enterrmn the opinion that the man who represents himself as his father and who was So atl'ectinnutely kissed by Perry after the hearing in Pulice J ustice Carver’s office to-day is not his father at all but; an accmnplice. “ n ‘ 1 o “UV llll lâ€"l vvvvv The more Perry’s astounding crnne, that unparalleled locomotive duel and the cross-country chase are discussed the greater becomes the wonder at Perry’s astonishing nerve. The crime stands absolutely alone in the historv of highway robbery in America. In all the wild and savage attacks on railway trains in the west there is nothing that compares with it for desperation on the part of the robber or lfor exciting incident in the robber’s pur- lsuit and capture. . u u - _~. “Ill Jul-J r~nau v.-r. V.â€" _V Never before. ‘probably, in the world was there such a duel fought as that be- tween the two flying locomotives, the one manned by the desperate criminal and the other by the two railway employes, who were [ursuing him. It was in a way like a running tight between two modern iron- clads. The two engines hacked and filled and pasud and repassed each other and every time they passed each poured a volley into the other at such close range that the combatants could almost have clubbed each other with their weapons. The glass windows in the cabs of both engines were smashed in and the frame work around them was riddled With shots. At Delmy, Mich, yesterday Perry Mn- terson, 30 years old, fell into a vat of sul- phuric acid and boiling water and was scalded to dqath. He had been warned but three days. By the explosion of a locomotive on the Pennsylvania. railroad near Nicetown, Pa., yesterday Engineer Rogers, Fireman Freese and Brakeman Walker and Foyle were horribly scalded. Freese died in the afternoon and the others may die. At Gosse Tole the other night a number of boys found a keg of dynamite frozen‘ln the ice and proceeded to make a bonfire of it. One boy kicked the keg and an explosion followed, which blew the kicker 10 feet: into the air and knocked down the rest of the party. The boy who kicked the keg may die. METHODIST, Cambridge St.â€"Rev. T. M, Campbell. Pastor. Services at 11 A.M.. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School and Bible Class at 2.30, Classes at 10 A.M. Prayer Meeting, 'Wednesday at 8 P. M. Young People‘s Christian Endeavor Society. everv Fridav evening at 7.30 It, with the sharp competition they must meet, our manufacturers showed as little in- telligence as farmers (lo, they would every one be bankrupt: in a. single yumâ€"Waldo F. Brown in New York Tribune. A chum should never be more than half full of cream, to insure which it should not, be quite half full before stirring, for after a few revolutions ‘ the cream swells to the extent of considerably increasing its bulk. BAPTIST, Cambridge Streetâ€"Rev. W. K Anderson Pastor. Services at 11.00 A.' M. and 7.00 1). M. Prayer M eeting Sab' ash morning at 10.30 A. M. Sabbath School at; 2.30 P. M. Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Monday at; 7.30 P. M. Prayer Meeting \Vednes- day at 7.30 P. M.â€"A11 seats free. METHODIST, Queen Streetâ€"Rev. Newton Hill, Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at, 2.3(. P.30M. Praver Meeting Thursday at; 7.‘ P. M. ST. S'r. ANDRE\V"S (Presbyterian). William Street. Rev. Robert Johnston, B. A., Pastor. Services $11,003.. llizgnd 7.00 E.“‘fi:-'Sa~1)b_ath School at 3.00 P. M. Praygr Meegng ‘Wedlrl‘t‘aSan at 8.00 P. _ “3-1.1 A 1:1: “’ibdiié'fiégplé‘s' V ChrrriSEian Circle Sabbath Morning at 10.15 PAUL’S (Church of England) Russell Streetâ€"Rev. C. H. Marsh, Rector. Ser- vices at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 2.30. Prayer Meet- ing Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. MARY’QQRomgn Catholic)Rus§eLSt1:eet -IA‘ALIA v _-vâ€"â€" -___ _ â€"â€"Rev. Vicar-General Laurent, Pastor, Rev. Father Nolan, Curate. Services at 8.00 and 10.30 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 3.30 P. M. M. C. A., Rooms Cor. Kent and Cam- bridge sts. Open daily from 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. M. Prayer Praise meeting Saturday at 8 P. M. Young men's meeting Sunday at 4.15 P. M. Short addresses. Good singin . Youn men always welcome. Dr. ‘EV'. H. arke, President; 0. K. Calhoun Gen. Secre- The Churches. ‘arm Debi. 1 never be more than half insure which it should not. before starting, for after 5 ‘ the cream swells to the rably increasing its bulk. Search the HappyHgmpg of the Ceunty :and It’s a. well recognized fact that daily surroundings have much to do moulding of character. If the home be neatly furnished the chances are that the good man will come home early 0’ nights and that the children will grow up refined and gentle. nowadays compared with the outiay that would have been necessary a few years ago. Well-made Furniture was never cheaper in price than it is todayâ€"with us. at least. A Handsome $9110? Suite for $30, A Sideboard for $4.50, a Bureau for $4, a Bedstead for $2, 01- a Mattrass and SpIings for $5. Common Chairs, Hall Furniture; do, very low. We are making a special drive in Mattrasses. «:éTHE MARBHWBVEMENE Art in the household and beauty in the ordinary surroundings in life was the gospel propounded by the late Professor Ruskin and other elevatOrS of the human mind, and to realize what progress has been made in this direction it is well worth while paying a visit to the mag- nificent show rooms of the old established furniture house of Messrs. OWEN McG-ARVEY82: Son. 1849-1853 Notre Dame Street. MONTREAL- A walk through those spacious sh rooms :5 a revelation; in fact they really amount in themselves to a Montreal Industrial exhibition in their line. Such must necessarily be the rreflcctions of anyone who pay; a.visit to this firm’s prominent establishment and mrkes a tour of nspectlon through their attractive warerooms. Everything in the furniture line is to be found there, from a twenty- five cent chair to a fifteen hundred dollar bedroom set, and prices to suit everyone. No one neecl despair; the millionnairc can furnish his house from top to bottom With the finest and most costly, and his junior clerk can fill his little tenement with useful and pretty articles at prices to suit his more limited means. On entering the well-known and extensive warerooms on Notre Dame street, the visitor is sttuck bv the excellent display of Sideboards, Dining Tables, Hall Stands, Bookcases, Wardrobes, Library Tables, Writing Desks. and Easy and Combination all descriptions. PABLOB FUBN ANDERSON, NUGENT CO. meets the eye, such as 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 piece parlor suites. Odd piece suites, gilt chairs, corner chairs, ottomans, divans, tete-a-tetes, piano and foot-stools in plushes, brocatelles and silk damasks of all the newest and latest shades; also a full line of fancy centre, card and work-tables, statuetteâ€"stands, ladies writing desks, music stands and easels. On the third floor a fine selection of Rocking, Easy and Reclining Chairs claims particular attention. The celebrated bent wood furni- ture imported from Vienna, Austria, and of which the Messrs. McGar- vey make a specialty, also occupies a prominent position on this flow. On the fourth floor bedroom sets in profusion are to be found frcm the cheap ash wood to the elegantly carved set valued at fifteen hun- dred dollars. Brass and iron furniture, of which they have just receiv- ed a very large consignment from Birmingham, England. is an especial- ly noticeable feature; handsome solid brass bedsteads and pretty cots for children from $30 up to $12 sâ€"there they are of the newest designs : neat iron bedsteads as low as $5, and rising to much higher figures, can also be found here. A great advantage in this house is that the price of every piece of lurniture and article is marked in plain figures, but owing to the widening of Notre Dame street west, which will necessiâ€" tate their removal next spring, they are now offering special induce- ments in the way of Discounts off the marked prices. The entire es- _s - 2-... A-.A_.----.ann° lllCHLD 1n uu, vs“) V tablishment is a model one, neatness and order prevailing cvcrvwherc: all available space is taken up to accommodate the enormous stock which they carry, and from which purchasers can select at their liberty. Their new passenger elevator will be found not only a great coveniencc, but also a luxury in its way to carry their customers to any of their six flats of show rooms. The firmly established reputation of this well-known house is f5 sufficient guarantee that outside show is only the last thing aimed at, and that stability and good value for money are to be found in the old established firm of Messrs. 020674 McGarvey (9‘ 5074. 13:1 and 1853 Not? Furniture Dealers and Manufacturers, near the Market. YOUR HOMES CAN BE FURNISHED CHEAPLY On reaching the «A Bed-room. Suite for $11, You will find our Furniture. E WILL Gâ€"I‘ 'e Dame Street, corner of McGill street. second floor a beautiful assortment of V'E YOU TUBE Chairs of fore p {All kinds der long should 11‘ crease 0 able to s enjoyed busmess know th of gOOd: Our gui over of us a tn; year’s I