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' M 1 ' ^ ^ * IDOL WORSHIPERS [Soil 4 'in : ? ??te A Fine Disquisition on the Viola- V^UI ft r< tion of a Divine Command , , by Those Who Make Gods r() of Fame,Fashion, Wealth Jj. t and Power. raoi] The following splendid essay r^e k? r??n;? 5/....i1 a d1 TV t?n I cau uy OIIOO VO?iir W'ff Til, r daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. f?r Sowell, of Lancaster, at a recent deei meeting ot the Baptist Young N Peoples Uniou, and cheerfully ,w<) published by a request "ot the 1 Union : to c< 4,Thou shalt have no other ''cu Gods belore me". This com- ion; mandment whb given the child- to c ren ot Israel thousands of years I 1 ago, but it is given and is ju9f as fem applicable to us today a6 it was t,*ra' to them in that day. We need 8*le it, too, but let us be optimistic this enough to say certainly uo worse. are It is true that we do not bow 'on down literally to graven image9, 'hei :or tbe standard attained by our ?' civilization prevents that, but are 'on not many of us idol worshipers^ win Have we no other gods before Par Him? Let us consider. UP First, let us take lame and wor worldly power. How many of 'I ue do not strive to be heroes in &bs our own little world at leas'. ora And how olt*n we forget the old i er^c Latin maxim, tlNihil maguum HPt nisi bonum". History tells us I ol one who resolved that he would an^ have all his senses gratified at 9to< one and the same time, and he Hre expended thousands of dollars on as each sense. He entered a room, the and there were the finest musicians the of the land pleasing his ear, and P*t there werefine pic'ures fascinating ^ Lis eye. and there were costly aromatics regaling his nostrils, thr and there were the richest wine6 ?' ( and meats and conlections pleas, hoa ing the appetite, and there whs of i a soft couch on which he reclin- fre< ed; and the man declared that ! Itp? he would have h!1 such it it cost' d-'8' him his soul. And it did Cyrus I 1 the Great thought for a little! ?f 1 while that he was making a fine 'Hi thing out ot this world, and vet kn< before he came to his grave he tiot wrote out this pitiful epitaph for in 1 his monument; "I'm Cyrus I his ( occupied the "Persian empire. 1 to I J was king over Asia. Begrudge *n me not this monument." But j me the world in alter years ploughed iditj up. his sepulchre. The(Ll vxtrw 1A /?) o nnn/i l to li a riilc u it r) 1118 wvi iu ivo i1?U'*0 W>?u ^ stamped its leet in honor oi Pei Chap. Lamb, but what does he a9ft pay? WI walk up aud down, UP1 ihinking I'm happy but teeling Wl I'm not." Sam Johnson,the learned, happ>? ''No, I am afraid I shall some day get crazy". Wii- fa' iiam IJazlitt, the great eseayest, flC0 happy? "No. 1 have been tor two hours and a half going up and ^r0 down Paternoster row with a: to 1 ^"V?no in my breast." Smollet, 1 1 the witty author, happy? "No. to 1 am sick ol praise and blame, c^? and 1 wish to Ood that I had to a* \i such circumstances around me toc ) that 1 could throw my pen into Pe oblivion" Buchanan, the world 8t(J s renowned writer, happ>? "No. LH Over mountain, covered with snow, and through valleys ll o l- wt --i i:.L i f;?K t ej wnn ram, i cmi?n iuki?iv*- . z Moliere, the popular dramatic H'1 author, happy' "No That wretch l)e , of an actor just now recited four ('r of ray lines without the proper BO' accent, and vesture. </h, it tor '10 lures me like a irondemned -pir mi it". Then i-t not fam" a poor,or in vestment? 1 r( Then there is money. Some j people strive lor it for its own l,y sake, but to many more people!^18 it is a graven image represent\g luxury and power. Money r 1 good for a ureal many things, an ,t friends, it cannot do anything J]*1 J in the matter of the soul. Yon eft Cftnnot buy vour way through, s" 'i - r \ \ lar? mean nothing at t ot mercy, ll you could b r salvation, heaven would eat specula'ion, an extendi kTall Street. Bad men wou up and buy it all and lea o snirt for ourselves. Hut lev is not lawfu' tender, on blood of Christ cau secure ace. "Ye have sold yoursei\ naught; and ye shall be ] fried without money." ow I realize that under tin heads can be grouped neai ilie popular idols, but I wi insider one of these more pi larly?the great god of la? and dress. And when I co onsider the victims ot lashi< ind as many masculiue inine. Men make an et de against woman, as thou were the chief worshiper idolatrous shrine, yet tli as much the idolaters ot fa as women, though theythr maelves on a diftirent p lie altar. With men the la goes to cigars, olubrooi e suppers and automol ties. In the U. S. men ch and smoke $10J,000,1 th of tobacco every year. T1 heir lasbion. But meu do i lain trom milliuery and el lion ol skirl through any s riiy. Ii is only because st >ei?dages would be a blocki jusiness. What would sas 1 dress trains do in a Wall ;k market? And yet u the disciples of tashion j much as women. Some m wear shoes so tight t y cau hardly walk in lis 'jl righteousness, ^nd there are men who I tensive suits ot clothes and ough theslreetsin greatstri] olor like animated check irds. There are multitu nen, 1 understand, who :fcle cream and paint tl i and eyebrows. But in t Hussion all must share ali fhe first destructive inlluei nordinate fashion is in Ira rniiable aud ghastly. Do ; )w tha' Arnold ol the Revt i proposed to sell his coun order to get money to sup wile's wardrobe' The ef keep up expensive wardro this country i* sending mi n to temporal and eternal j ion. What was it that* loian to the penitentiary, ny li'e insurance president "jured statements about tl ets. and that has couplet Bet our American fiuau lat was it that overth Ikuap, the U. is. Sect, i&hington, the crash of wl 1 shook the continentI k] ires of men who are put ur wit's end and are las m dan to Dec in the attei keep up great home style. Dhj lor some new Shakespt n mhq o iiil t?T ritn t t r u < r o /1 Alloc ?UV4 n ? lie iwo U a^vu thes 1 The'greatest obst charity in thechristian chi lay is the laet that men ud so much money on I madia and women on t cks. that they have noil t tor the cause ot (Jod and irld's beitenueni. Inoidn ihion causes distract ion in \ ip. ^ on know very well m ople go to church to ?iis| ess. Men and women i ills to be saved, passing ur in wondering where tn got his flamboyant cri what store that woman mizes ! The awful quea the soul's ^destiny subme ' the question of dresses da large enough to put Lame shoulder i? almost invar lined by rheumat inm of the inu d yields quickly to the free a tion of i 'hambei lain'a Limn ha liniment ia not only prompt eotual, hot in no way di?agrei use Sold by J. K Mackey * o. ndcrburk Pharmacy. ^ I T^E LANCASTER NEWS, he them the hnsbawPe store, office,1 r " uv shop, fortune, and 'he alnnra- I HB be tion ot half the people in the J on ohurch. But listen to *hn' Paul ; Id sav : "But g"dline?s with c >11- 1 ve tentment is a great gain, b or as we brought nothing into thie j ily .world, and it is certain we can ! us carry nothing out. And having J food and raiment let us 1 < e re- will) content. nu' tnev that will be rich fall into t-'tnp'ation ' jrp and a snare and into many to*?lrly iah and liurtiul lusts, vhich s'n drown men in deatruc'ion an 1 tr- perdition. For the love of rn u.ev th- is the roo? of all evil : which me | while some coveted after, 11 en j an j have erred from the tai'h, and an pierced themselves through w itn isy many sorrowg gh But thou, <> man of God, dee ( at these t Dings and follow M er i ie>* righteousness, godlinee?. tai'h.; ehiove, patience, moeknee?. Fight g. o w the good fight of faith, lay hold art * 6 < i on eternal life." 1 Timothy ?j: us, 6-12. ii le . . ? . . ew Farmer Shot and Killed by Negro >00! Tenant ll Ht I Winmn pi/ oriA/iwil i v-? i s 11111 n i r? of/trv icii mi vuiuiuuirt not State, June <>: J. A. Nix. a ;:b- farmer living near Denmark. up. was shot and instantly killed ,ch this morning by Isadore Ninr ide mon9' a negro tenant. Mr. Nix ^eg had let a crop to two negro ^ women, and the women had hired Nimmons to do the plowlen . ? - ... . X1. ing. Early this morning Nixt net i went to the negroes' cabin to get 01 them out to work. *iat It seems that he used force the with one of the women, who called Nimmons to her relief. auy Nimmons rushed in and shot Nix go through the neck without giving p08 any warning and again through er_ the body as he fell out of thej door. Nix has been given trouble : by the negroes many times, and i use . . . . . it became known today that 1611* Nimmons had threatened in the k18 earlier part of the week to conr ke* mit the crime and had prepared ' 1106 himself for it. The news of the ud, tragedy spread rapidly and soon pou hundreds of citizens and officers ! )lu- of the law with bloodhounds! ,try were in pursuit of the negro. } We do not know of my of tier pill that is as good as DeWilt'' l.iule Karly j ?be? Hi.-ers, the lamoiis liitie liver pills? , small gentle, pleaentil and sure pills] any Willi a reputation -old by .1 F jer_ | MacWey Co. vv-> ient Mud ! Revenge In Ceylon. e ?q | A ayateni of Cingalese -*hJa< k magic' j peculiar to the Island is still practiced lieir in go (lie parts of Ceylon. It Is elated ,elv ' there are 4.440 different methods t j of ratiMlng III to others. Here Is a COS. translation of one ?>f the^e methods of rew dealing with yotll enemy j "On Sunday eleven peya" cue |?rj? , i equals twenty four Kngliah mtnutea? ) lose | "after sunrise Vama l>evi" the god of; ^ow | death and Judgment "H'? > to the wot. Start at this hour; take a meal of to btaiwU rice; dress in red colored garihed naaota. I 'Take a root of glider at the time of j mP tbe xortlac of Aries; w t lie on it ti?* name of your rival, harm it IPS timer. )ftre wr*P It In a golden colored cloth and place it In your vvakal. y Of "When you meet your rival, look .1 |jj tide ",n?'Khi into his face and break the root In your baud. Within nine pejus ircll be will In* killed b.v an elephant, and ] CX- when .seven months elapse six other . persons of his family will meet tbelr ' 11 11 doom " Ceylon National Hev lewheir ijl, , A Gale by Another Name. ( ___ Uotibtle** there were mauv puazled ! tf'C readers when a deep sea skipper rolled j Bfcl tiale 'u,,) harbor a f?w days ago and" |^| reported that hi- ship had been l?e-V 'I- lated hv a irale winch had iiit.? .1 in. in 1 ? l*Il\ 'for# 10." "Fore 10," it wa* ex- j plaln^l. meiiiit ?? ?n??thlnjr like :i luirrl Win |'lo> en no. It la a term hollowed from tlie ,vith Beaufort scale a scheme of wind , measurements del iaed by the British D3 admiral Beaufort before the days of lliht oeeiiti Ttdiijr -team l or. e 1 was a 1'" v, calm, foree J a light breeze, and so ou '1 up to the hurricane velocity. Perhaps, |,.j?e at J'tt- too, the Beaufort m ale may give a |Pn > . I JO,, clew to those who have been wonder n,ai.se lug for some time at the title of n \|>|>li< r{i6tl popuiur Herman picture It is just one ir rs ? Ji?l] eipause of fr?wnlug cloud Mini atoroi, vacant tossed billow, and the artist has ua tried.-"' u> | lllto n "wiiulstarke 10. 11." New York Sua. I*1 l,u ; i> ieel I ? - ? ii \v a rd iHbly BUI',II UltlNKKUs and oth-rs wl o sii?- *hou,d soles 1 with Blight s |)i*et*a, i )i a bet cm Back |'ore ppli- Ac.le , oi nu> Kidney or I'.la.l hi Tr< nt?le exsimi nenl. can h.? cur. 1 it thev ?ill tut.# llf.Ot >|iJV E | Helm tand B! Oi.l) /INI) K1DM.Y I A Bi.K 1>, * t\i?M??n able hoi, umiinl Bv I he BI "oil i tie ? o,. I#r Sopten ,Hinl Boston, AI^kk. Crawford I- #? jh rci-.' inatlot v?s ! Agents. 9-"4 B. Joh JUNE 12. 19Q9 NEW JL BRIIIA I Hnni v mi \ ? ===== AT ? Attractive Pr Wash Skirts Two l-ts nev Wr ite Wash Skirts, nicely the best style.-, a splendid value for only *>s C | Waists i -* - Just received a new lot of Tailored an Waists, the neatest and prettiest we've h; at only US C One lot of Prettily Trimmed Muslin Wais at only 4<s C Two Cases of that famous yard-wide soft 1 to go at the old price ? S 1 Cents Laces Two big new lots f Torchon Lace (bran - linen) in narrow and medium widths. A value and one that has to be seen to beapj To go while it last- at the yard only I '"> ( If you want anything in Dr and want it cheap ? CALL liiiUiisliT Her. ( i i throp College Scholar- 1 11 111 | p and Entrance Exami-i SAM LEE FIRST CLASS _ . LA VJNDR.Y iii |im . lie i i ' oil o| lien -,|u i* il! in it lil ti In iiiiiii v i onri S i n k i s 11 . I i on Kriilii>. lulv hi it a. in. I COLLARS 287 sot". 1111>-1 In not less 111ah fifteen I CUFFS. PAIR 7 II v >1 ay. When <?i'lio|iirslii|.s art* 11 iviU'L'D/'inpiw i , . 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