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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 43.
Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. NIDI II. BROWSE,
Of the S*ath Carolina Conference.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
"Weakness of the Courts.''
The letter of Judge Pressly is astateraent
of facts which cannot be gainsaid.
Well does he denominate the
attempts of the civil powers in South
Carolina and other States to enforce
civil law against lynch law a "farce."
'i'he question is not whether persons
lynched were guilty anu ueserveu
death, but whether they were dealt
with by constituted authorities and according
to law.
However clear t lie proof of guilt
maybe, and however aggravated the
offence, and however unanimous a
community may be in their approval
of a particular case of lynching, the
act is extremely dangerous in its tendency.
The delays and uncertainties of the
"Courts" in awarding justice to criminals
has doubtless had something to
do in leading men to the dire resort of
"lynch law." And to that degree the
Courts have become "weak" and wanting
in the confidence of the people.
The weakness of the press, of the
pulpit, and of good people may indicate
the deceitfulness of public sentiment
concerning civil law, civil
courts, and human life.
Whence this omiuous sickness of
"the head" and faintness of "the
heart?"?Is tills tiie answerv ror
four years (1861-1865) the civil and ecclesiastical
powers of the United States
encouraged and forced men to kill
each other in war. The press, the
pulpit, and good people taught it as a
duty to destroy men's lives. Now, after
the war is over, these same powers I
do not command sufficient respect to
restrain men from killing one another
"in times of peace." And the Courts
are manifestly too "weak" to deal
with companies of men who take the
law in their own hands?lynchers.
The present days are evil, especially
in regard to human life, and the future
will be no better without a
change. The people of this country
sowed the wind by the wholesale, and
they are now reaping the whirlwind?
iu squalls and retail installments?the
identical principle of national quarrels
manifested in personal difficulties.
Has Been or Is to Be?IVliieli Z
What is the significance of these
wonderful manifestations of divine
power in the salvation of sinners^
men and women, and children?in all
these lands? Is it not that, "the
crowning day is coming, by and by ?"
Is it not that Jesus is, sooner or later,
to be "Crowned Lord of all?" It is
coming, and the opposition of infidels,
and mockers, and Pharisees, and blasphemers
will be crushed like reeds before
a cyclone, and swept away like
cbaft before the whirlwind.?Rev.
John E. Edwards, D. D., in Ralciyh
Christian Advocate. '
Has not Jesus been "crowned Lord
of all," or is that yet to be? What
say the Scriptures?
"Him hath God exalted with his
right hand to be a Prince and a Savior,
for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins."?Acts v: 31.
"Therefore let all the house of Israel
know assuredly, that God hath made
that same Jesus, whom ye have crucifloil
Knfli T.nrH ami fllirisf "
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The God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the coronation, did "set him at his
own right hand in the heavenly
places, far above all principality and
power, and might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in
this world, but also in that which is to
come."?Eph. 1 . 20, 21.
Dr. Edwards says, "It is coming."
The Scriptures quoted and others of
like explicitness, say the coronation is
past. It took place when the Son, after
his resurrection, returned to the
Father.
That a fact so grand and prominent
and so plainly and repeatedly stated in
the Scriptures as having been estab
iislied in the past, should be so widely
misplaced by Doctor Edwards seems
unaccountable.
Horrible.
Jonnie Lee Good, less than fourteen
years, son of Wm. E. Good, York
county, was murdered by some Negroes,
Nov. 30, 1S8G. His father, Wm.
E. Good, was sent to the Lunatic Asylum
in Columbia April 4, 1SS7?deranged
on account of the murder of
his son. Mrs. Good, the mother of
the murdered child, is left nearly prostrate
or deranged, with three children
and an invalid brother on her hands.
Tuesday morning, before day, April 5,
a company of about sixty or seventy
men forced their way into the jail at
Yorkville and took the five murderers
of the bova mile from town and hung
them.
The above is condensed from the
Yorkville Enquirer of April l>. Truly,
it was "the closing scene of one of the
most fearful tragedies ever enacted in
York county."
The murder of the boy was brutal in
the extreme. The lynching of the
murderers indicates distrust of or contempt
for the "law," and expresses
sympathy for the afflicted family and
also distrust of the court that was to
try the accused In a few days.
A great deal will doubtless be said
about the murder of the child, and also
the hanging of the murderers.
Who can say that these tragedies are
not the fruits of the late war?
"Easter"?Sonic Eggs hid from the
Boys.
Dear Xcif/hbor: Sabbath (Apr. 10)
I was at Concordia, as Rev. J.E. Watson
would have us all say, rather than
"Concord." I prefer his form, yet go
along with the people and say "Concord."
The sainted Rev. David Derrick
used to say "Conkcord."
And it was "Easter." The church
was not decorated, but it was well
swept and dusted?all sufficient.
Hence the congregation and the
preacher did not admire decorations,
nor worship the "day," but did adore
and worship Him to whom was given
in his resurrection all power in heaven
and in earth. Some, if not all,
realized the presence of the Prince
and Saviour. A night of good sleep
at Bro. Phillip C. Spann's had helped
much to prepare the outer man for
"Easter Sunday." My hostess didn't
let her boys dye up all the eggs. She
saved me enough and some over. Do
you ask why I say so much about
p<!<rs? Well. sir. if vou liked eggs
and had none at home and no hens to
lay, and "Easter" should come on you
in a community where the boys had
boiled all the eggs hard and dyed
them as if in the dye-tub of "Joseph's
coat," j'ou wouldn't say much.
Dined with Bro. John's family on
Sunday. He was too sick to be at
meeting. Brother Philip took me via
Uncle Joel Warren's?a pastoral visit
?on to Leesville and took thanks
back with his clever self to his home.
S. H. B.
Rev. John C. Kilgo, pastor of Rock
Hill charge, labored effectively several
days and nights in a meeting at
Kdgewood, one of the churches of Columbia
City Mission, Rev. L. M. Little,
missionary. A number of con- 1
versious and accessions to the church
are some of the good results of the
meeting.
Brother Kilgo made two pleasing
calls at the Neighbor office during
his stay in the city.
Definitk.?An exchange reads: 1
The Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer, one of
the most ceieorateu uongregauonansi
ministers, died iu New York on Tuesday.
Whether this was the "Tuesday" af- (
ter Noah came out of the ark, the i
"Tuesday" after the giving of the
Law, or the "Tuesday" after the earth- 1
quake the writer does not say.
Inevitable evils are always best supported.
The ornament of a house is the
friends who frequent it.
The measure of our success is in proportion
as we satisfy God.
Beware of little expenses; a small
leak will sink a great ship.
Accomplishment, heaven-high, is
no apology for vice hell-deep.
Eyes raised toward heaven are always
beautiful, whatever they be.
Economy doesn't mean scrimping in
one place to make a show in another.
An open mind, an open hand and an
open heart, will everywhere find an
open door.
Nothing more clearly indicates the
true gentleman than desire to oblige or
flfifiommodate.
The higher the culture, the deeper
toned the morality of a man, the keener
his sense of the evils that afflict society.
Do not ply even your most intimate
friend with questions. What he does
not eare to tell, you should not care to
hear.
Our passions are like convulsive fits,
which, though they make us stronger
for the time, leave us the weaker ever
after.
The manner of a vulgar man has
freedom without ease, and the manner
of the gentleman has ease without
freedom.
The applause of this world is a very
mean god to worship. It is a dragon
that falls upon its worshipers and
crushes them to death.
The plainest man's life is an island
between two eternities?eternity past
rippling against his shoulders, eternity
to come touching his brow.
Christ Jesus is my All in All,
My comfort and my love:
My life below, and He Khali be
My Joy and crown above.
It is an insult to philanthropy to
class men of the military profession,
however patriotic in intentions and
pure in private life, with philanthropists.
The good of gentle quiet natures are
seldom esteemed according to their
real worth by the great world at large,
nor even by the eminently good of
bustling, enterprising lives.
Put self last. "When others are suffering,
drop a word of sympathy. Tell
of your own faults rather than those
of others. Hide your own little troubles,
but watch to help others in theirs.
Moral reformation may turn out the
devils; it will never bring in God.
And in the emptiness of the swept
and garnished heart there is an invitation
to the seven to come back again
and till it.
How easy it is for us to be good-natured
when everything pleases, or to
be humble when there is nothing to
oppose us, or forgiving when we have
not been assailed, or honest when we
have no inducement to fraud.
We should take care to make right
Ui ?ui lun^juv. At ac? juuac uu vjjc
etui and can swing either way, but it
is fastened at the other end to the floor
of the mouth, and that makes us responsible
for whichever way it wags.
"To fight an error in the pulpit is
sometimes to introduce it to the congregation,"
says an [rish Methodist
preacher. The same idea is conveyed
in the American aphorism: "Don't
dig up more snakes than you can kill."
It would be well to keep a sharp lookout
at this point.
COMMONS.
The Other Side.
Wo go our ways in life too much alone,
We hold ourselves too fnr from all our kind ;
Too often, we are dead to sigh and moan;
Too often to the weak and helpless blind;
Too often, where distress and want abide,
We turn, and pass uf>on the other side.
The other side is trodden smooth, and worn
By footsteps passing idly all the day.
Where lie the bruised ones that faint and
mourn
Is seldom more than an untrodden way:
Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide,
They lead us by upon the other side.
It should be ours the oil and wine to pour
Into the bleeding wounds of stricken ones;
To take the smitten nnd the sick aud sore.
And bear them where a stream of blessings
runs.
Instead, we look about, the way is wide;
And so we pass upon the other side.
0 friends and brothers! gliding down the
J v??i r.,
Humanity Is calling each and all.
In tender acccnts, born of grief and tears;
I pray you listen to the thrilling call;
You cannot, in your cold and selfish pride,
Pass without guilt upon the other side.
Extravagant Economies.
Do you not know many homes
where the supply of cooking utensils
is so unnecessarily limited that a good
deal of time is daily wasted, and much
extra labor expended in preparing the
meals, by having to wash one saucepan
in which to cook a secoud dish
that could as well have been cooked
with the same fire, and watched the
same time as the first? Or a towel
must do duty as strainer or colander,
no account being taken of the time required
to wash the towel, nor of its becoming
worn and stained? Or a silver
spoon is used to stir or lift food for
lack of iron or wooden ones? Why
not afford such kettles and pans as are
reallyfneeded for advantageous cook-i
ing, and "save" in some other department?
Have you ever seen some busy housewife
hanging out clothes on a cold,
windy day, taking off a clothes-pin
each time a garment is added to the
lino tririiior fn mnnA llin hold tWO
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and sometimes three articles? Since
good clothes-pins can be had for five
cents per dozen, it seems rather farfetched
saving to stand on the icy
ground double the time really required
to shake and hang out the clothes,
and run the risk of taking cold while
so doing.
Neat hemp carpets of neutral tints
can be bought for thirty-five cents per
yard. These are simple, durable, and
easy to wash or clean ; and yet, in
farming districts, how many an overworked
wife and mother wearies hand
and brain alike by the slow manufacture
of rag carpets?heavy to handle,
difficult to clean, and seldom of any
[esthetic value? The shocking mosaics
made by cutting up large bits of colored
calico and sewing them together
into "blocks," to be "joined" together
for quilts, are not yet unknown toAmerican
homes, although good,
strong, white counterpanes can be
bought as low as one or two dollars
rx>nl-> Tf froormnnfa nf thflt hfiVe
accumulated are put together with little
reference to size or shape, and then
3imply fastened over cotton-batting to
the cloth taken from a half-worn dress,
possibly the labor required for this
might be worth the while, especially
if one of the family were reading
aloud while others sewed. But to buy
new cloth with intent tocut it up for
fun of sewing it together again is certainly
worse than toolish.
Breathing Through the Mouth.
Tight dressing, though the most serious
hindrance to the habit of good
breathing, is not the only obstacle.
There are careless ways of sitting and
standing that draw the shoulders forward
and cramp the chest; and it is as
hard for the lungs to do good work
when the chest is narrow and constricted
as it is for a closely-bandaged
hand to set a copy of clear, graceful
penmanship. Then there are lazy
ways of breathing, and one-sided ways
hrpfttliinnr mid the narticularlv bad
habit of breathing through the mouth.
Now the nose was made to breathe
through, and it is marvelously arranged
for filtering the impurities out of
the air. and for changing it to a suitable
temperature for enterigg the lungs.
The mouth has no such apparatus, and
when air is swallowed through the
mouth instead of breathed through the
nose, it has an injurious effect upon
the lung.
The story is told of an Indian who
had a personal encounter with a white
man much his superior in size and
strength and who was asked afterward
if he was not afraid. "Me never
afraid of man who keeps mouth open,"
was the immediate reply. Indeed,
breathing through the mouth gives a
foolish and weak expression to the
face, as you may see by watching any
one asleep with the mouth open.
It may be noted that an auemic, or
low condition of the blood is seldom
found where there is an established
' ^ " J i Ai.: ? uu
naou oi iun, ueep ureatiung wnu iuc
mouth closed.?Helen Clark Swazey.
Milk in Siberia.
In winter time, milk goes to the
buyer in a chunk instead of a quart.
The people in Siberia buy their milk
frozen; and, for convenience, it is allowed
to freeze about a stick which
comes as a handle to carry it by. The
milkman leaves one chunk or two
chunks, as the case may be, at the
houses of his customers. The children
of Irkutsk, instead of crying for
a drink of milk, cry for a bite of milk.
The people in winter time do not say,
"Be careful not tospill the milk," but
"Be careful not to break the milk."
Broken milk is better than spilled
milk, though, because there is an opportunity
to save the pieces. A quart
of frozen milk on a stick is a very formidable
weapon in the hand of an angry
man or boy, as it is possible to
knock a person down with it. Irkutsk
people hang their milk on hooks,
instead of putting it in pans, though,
of course, when warm spring weather
comes on, they have to use the pans or
pails, as the milk begins to melt and
drop down the hooks.
Boiled Turkey.?When it is trussed,
boil it breast downward for about
an hour and a half, or longer if it is
large or old. It is much better flavored
if it is boiled in the stock pot rather
than in plain water; but in any case a
few vegetables should be added, some
spice, herb and a little salt. If it is to
be eaten cold, it should be slightly undercooked,
and then left to get cold in
the saucepan, as by this means it cannot
drain and become dry. The water
should boil when it first goes in,
and simmer afterwards.
Should Christians go to Law One
With Another.
By taking ttie name of Christian upon
us we acknowledge ourselves to be
subject to the law of Christ, to have
His spirit and to be governed by it.
Without this, we are "none of His."
We acknowledge all the teaching of
the New Testament, whether given by
Christ immediately, or to His apostles
to be His law and will to us. Therefore
we submit all questions of right
or wrong to the teaching of the Scriptures.
And that which is not found
in the letter, we judge from the spirit
that is manifest in them, and by the
Spirit which gives us understanding
of them.
I believe at present it is allowed by
nearly all denominations, that their
members may go to law with those of
other denominations, or with the people
of the world, for the redress of
grievances, without being held accountable
by their church discipline:
Friends' discipline still forbids their
members to go to law with one of their
own denomination. But why is this
difference?
It may be said that the people of the
world are not Christians, but belong
to the worldly power, and therefore
we may use the law against them.
But shall we be so uncharitable as to
conclude, that because a man does not
belong to our own church organization,
he may not be a Christian?
Christ's spirit does not so judge; but
whoever are Christ's diaciples are our
brethren, for all those who worshiD
the Father in 3pirit and in truth, are
accepted of Him. In a Gospel sense,
Christians are all one, as Christ prayed
: "That they all may be one."
It is by the Gospel that we should
judge one another, and our conduct
should be governed according to the
same. And churches should be, and
are in Christ, obedient to the same law i
as is required of their members.
The Apostle of Christ in writing to
the Corinthians says: '-Dare any of
you, having a matter against another,
go to law before the unjust, and not
before the saints? Do ye nol; know
that the saints shall judge the' world?
and if the world shall be judged by
you, are ye unworthy to judge the
smallest matters?" Here the apostle
argues that if we are able, or if there
is ability in the church to judge the
greater matters, there must be ability
to judge the less, as he goes on to prove
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we shall judge angels? How mnch
more things that pertain to this life?"
(1st Corinthians vi. 1, 2, 3.)
Differences arise betwixt Christians
sometimes as well as others in regard
to the division of property, payment
of claims, and in many other cases
where, for satisfying the parties and
clearing the truth, the matters ought
| to be referred to a third party to render
a decision according to the evidence
in equity and justice, haviug
the eye single unto truth and the fear
of God in their hearts, not receiving
bribes to favor the one in preference to
the other. Such impartial judgment
is to be found among the people of
God, and such an assurance is not to
be expected elsewhere. Therefore onr
Heavenly Father in His infinite love
for every member of His church, has
enjoined the settlement of all our differences
within the body.
But it may occur that one may have
a just claim against another who is
not willing to submit the matter to
the judgment of the church, or may
manage in some way to wrong him
out of his claim without an appeal to
law. What should do done 111 sucn a
case? Is it right that he should suffer
loss by such injustice? Is it not right
on the part of the uniust one; but ou
the part of him that has the claim, it
is right to obey God ; so Jet the same
apostle answer what he ought to do.
"Brother goeth to law with brother,
and that before the unbelievers. Now.
, therefore, there is utterly a fault
among you, because ye go to law one
with another. Why do ye not rather
take wrong? Why do ye not rather
suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Nay, ye do wrong and defraud, and
that your brethren." (1st Corinthians
vi. 6, 7, 8.) He tells them interrogatively,
that it is better to suffer
wrong and be defrauded, than to go to
law before them that are not saints.
It is always better to plead the righteousness
of Christ, than to go to law
| even in defence, for it is hazardous at
the best to appeal to the law in defence
against another. Not only does the
apostle tell us that it is better not to do
so, but Christ teaches the same thing
when hesays: "If any man will sue
thee at the law and take away thy
coat, let him have thy cloak also."
(Matthew v. 40.) And God said unto
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all things, which no Christians deny.
But many are not able to see why they
may not go to law rather than suffer
loss. God saw how uncertain it would
be to obtain either mercy or judgment
at the hands of those who are appointed
to examine or to judge in law.
Therefore, in love to His children. He
tells them to leave judgment to Him.
Like every other submission to
Christ, it is only possible by faith.
Does not observation show that he who
is the most ready to go to law, suffers
the most loss, both in property an reputation
?
Justice is sometimes obtained in
law, but in the aggregate, the losses
are more than the gain. So the Lord|
guards the reputation and property of
His church by forbidding it to go to I
law. It is not by thus contending
with one another that the light of the
church is to shine, but rather by suffering.
Let the churches that go to
law about the rightfulness to property,
and who is the true church, and who
are the lawful trustees, or for any other
cause, listen to the reproving language
of the apostle: "I speak to your
shame. Is it so, that there is not a
wise man among you ? No, not one
that shall be able to judge between his
brethren ?" What should churches
learn from this, but if they can not
agree between themselves, to refer
their differences to other Christian
churches. Better, oh, much better,
would it bo for the advance of the
cause of Christ, (and what is a church
for, if not to advance His cause?) if
anything in the way of property be
takeh from It?though it may be by
fraud?to bear the Joss, than to bear
the shame by going to law about it.
Or, if, upon the other hand, one
body should make a claim against another
unjustly, it would be better to
suffer it to be taken away, than to hazard
the life of the body by a defence in
law. Why not rather take wrong, or
suffer yourselves to be defrauded ?
Josiah Dillon.
Albion, Marshall county, Iowa.
Subscribe for the Neighbor.
HOUSE AND FARM.
Twelve Rules for the Care of Ears.
1. Never put anything into the ear
for the relief of toothache.
2. Never wear cotton in the ears if
they are discharging pus.
3. Never attempt to apply a poultice
to the inside of the canal of the ear.
4. Never drop anything into the ear
unless it has been previously warmed.
5. Never use anything but a syringe
and warm water for cleansing the
ears from pus.
6. Never strike or box a child's ears;
this has been known to rupture the
uium-iieau, auu cause muuruuie ucainess*
7. Never wet the hair, if you have
any tendency to deafness; wear an
oiled-silk cap when bathing, and refrain
from diving.
8. Never scratch the ears with anything
but the finger, if they itch. Do
not use the head of a pin, hair pins,
pencil tips, or anything of that nature.
9. Never let the feet become cold
and damp, or sit with the back toward
the window, as these things tend to aggravate
any existing hardness of heaving.
10. Never put milk, fat or any oily
substance into the ear for the relief of
pain, for they soon become rancid and
tend to'incite inflammation. Simple
warm water will answer the purpose
better than anything else.
11. Never be alarmed if a living insect
enters the ear. Pouring warm
water into the canal will drown it,
when it will generally come to the surface,
and can fee easily removed by the
fingers. A few puffs of tobacco smoke
blown into the ear will stupefy the insect.
12. Never meddle with the ear if a
foreign body, such as a bead, button or
seed enters it; leave it aosoiuteiy
alone, but have a physician to attend
to it. More damage has been done by
injudicious attempts at the extraction
of a foreign body than couldevercome
from its presence in the ear.
Oil the Harness.
Two brothers in Ohio at the same
time bought each a set of farm harness.
One oiled his harness each spring and
fall and kept it sound and pliable for
ten or more years. The other never
oiled his, but used it in wet and mud,
and in three years it was hard and dry,
and cracked and ripped, so as to be
nearly worthless. For all this, of
course, he blamed the harness maker.
Never oil a harness when dry.
Some leisure day in spring, fall, or
winter take the harness into the cellar
or some damp place: take all apart,
and soak thoroughly in warm water.
Then wash off all dirt and gum, and
when nearly dry on the outside put on
with swab or brush a heavy coat of oil,
oither best tanner's oil or best neat's
loot oil, with just enough lamp black
<o color it well. Lay it all in a pile in
the shade till the oil soaks in. If very
dry and hard it will pay to put on a
second coat. When well soaked in
lake castile soapsuds and a coarse rag
and wash it well. This closes the
pores, gives it a gloss and prevents
cracking. If this is properly done
twice a year the harness will keep
nice as new and add one-half to the
durability.
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What Others Say.
| Prespyterian.)
Slander.?Yes, you pass it along,
whether you believe it or not, that
one-sided whisper against the character
of virtuous females. You say you
ddn't believe it, but you will use your
influence to bear upon the false report,
and pass it on the current. Strange
creatures are mankind! How many
reputations are lost by surprise! How
many hearts have bled by a whisper!
How many benevolent deeds are chilled
by a shrug of the shoulder! How
nany individuals have been stunned
V.* n pontic tnvetpr-inns hint! HOW
jy a 6^ ? ) ;
many chaste bosoms Lave been wrung
with grief by a single nod ! How many
graves have beeu dug by a false report!
You will pass the slander along?
You will keep it above the waters by a
wag of the tongue, when you might
sink it forever. Destroy the passion
for telling a tale, we pray. Lisp not a
word that may injure the character of
another. Be determined to listen to
no story that is repeated to the injury
of another, and as far as you are concerned
the slander will die. But tell
it once, and it may go on the wings of
the wind, increasing with each breath,
till it has circulated through the State,
and has brought to the grave one who
might have been a blessing to the
world.
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Hopeful Example.?While the
reputation of France for morality and
religion can scarcely be said to be
above suspicion, its Government has
J shot a long way ahead of ours in enforcing
the observance of Sunday as a
day of rest. General Boulanger, its
minister of war, has recently deprived
the people of France, and a great many
Americans who visit France, of an
unlimited amount of pleasure by an
order prohibiting any work on Sunday,
and transferring to Saturday afternoon
all reviews heretofore held on
the former day. The first day of the
week is now a day of rest to the French
soldier, who can either stay in his barracks
or have leave of absence unless
he has forfeited the privilege by insubordination.
It is unnecessary to inquire
into the motives of General Boulander
for taking this step in the right
direction. What most concerns us is
to know that lie has demonstrated to
France and to other nations that it can
be taken, and that Sunday can be
made to the soldiers of other nations
what it is to those of France.
[ Western Christian Advocate.]
A Good Law.?Michigan has a Jaw
which provides that no sign, picture,
painting, or other representation of
murder, assassination, stabbing, fighting,
or any personal violence, or of the
commission of any crime shall be posted,
under penalty of fine or imprisonment.
It would improve the moral
condition of this country if such a law
were enacted by and rigidly enforced
in every State. The debasing influence
of theatrical and similar posters
upon the character of boys and girls is
incalculable and is realized by few parents.
Equally debasing are some of
the illustrated papers, the sale of which
should everywhere be prohibited by
law.
[Interior.]
There are 50,000 suicides annually in
Europe. Paris leading in proportion to
population.
How Spurgeon Found Christ.
I had been for about five years in
most fearful distress of mind, as a lad.
If any human being felt more of the
terror of God's law, I can indeed pity
and sympathize with him. Bunyan's
"Grace Abounding" contains, iu the
main, my history. Some abysses he
went into I never trod; buf. some into
which I plunged he seems to have
never known.
I thought the sun was blotted out of
?vi if til* ti _ f l?nf T It n/1 f a oim^o/1 nrrn i n
iiij ai\j?luut x uuu oiiiucu a^aiuoi,
God that there was no hope for me. I
prayed?the Lord knoweth how I
prayed; but I never had the glimpse
of an answer that I knew of. I searched
the Word of God; the promises
were more alarming than the threaten ings.
I read the privileges of the people
of God, but with the fullest persuasion
that they were not for me.
The secret of my distress was this: I
did not know the Gospel. I was in a
Christian land, had Christian parents,
but I did not fully understand the freeness
and simplicity of the Gospel.
I attended all the places of worship
in the town where I lived, but I honestly
do believe I did not hear the Gospel
fully preached. I do not blame
the men, however. One man preached
the divine sovereignty. I could
hearhim with pleasure; butwhatwas
tbat to the poor sinner who wished to
know what he should do to be saved?
There was another admirable man
who always preached about the law;
but what was the use of ploughing up
ground that wanted to be sown? Another
was a great practical preacher.
I heard him, but it was very much
like a commanding officer teaching
the maneuvers of war to a set of men
without feet. What could I do? All
his exhortations were lost on me. I
knew it was said, "Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved;" but I did not know what it
was to believe in Christ.
I sometimes think I might have
been in darkness and despair now,
had it not been for the goodness of
God in sending a snow-storm one Sunday
morning, when I was going to a
place of worship. When 1 could go
no further, I turned down a court and
came to a little Primitive Methodist
chapel. In that chapel there might
have been a dozen or fifteen people.
The minister did not come that morning;
snowed up, I suppose. A poor
man?a shoemaker, a tailor, or something
of that sort?went up into the
pulpit to preach.
Now, it is well that ministers should
be instructed; but this man was really
stupid, as you would say. He was
obliged to stick to his text, for the simple
reason he had nothing else to say.
The text was, "Look unto me, and be
ye saved, all the ends of the earth."
He did not even pronounce the words
rightly, but that did not matter.
There was, 1 thought, a glympse of
hope for me in the text. He began
thus: "My dear friends, this is a very
simple text indeed. It says 'Look.'
J.11MY, tuat uuca nut lcijunc a ^icat
of effort. You may be the biggest
fool, and yet you can look. A man
need not be worth a thousand a yearto
look. Any one can look ; a clild can
look. Then it says, 'Look unto me.'
Ay," said he, in broad Essex, "many
of you are looking to yourselves. No
use looking there. You'll never find
comfort in yourselves. Some look to
God the Father. No; look to him byand-by.
Jesus Christ says, 'Look unto
me.' Some of you say, 'I must wait
the Spirit's working.' You have no
business with thatjust now. Look to
Christ. It runs, 'Look unto me.' "
Then the good man followed up his
text in this way: "Look unto me: I
am sweating great drops of blood.
Look unto me: lam hanging on the
cross. Look; I am dead ana buried.
Look unto me; I rise again. Look
unto me; I ascend; I am sitting at
the Father's right hand. Oh, look to
me! look to me!" When he had got
about that length and managed to spin
out ten minutes or so, he was at the
end of his teter. Then he looked at
me under the gallery, and I dare say,
with so few present, he knew me to be
a stranger. He then said, "Young
man, you look very miserable." Well,
I did ; but I had not been accustomed
to have remarks made on my personal
appearance from the pulpit before.
However, it was a good blow struck.
He continued: And you will always
be miserable?miserable in life and
miserable in death?if you do notobey
my text. But if you obey now, this
moment will you be saved.
Then he shouted as only a Primitive
Methodist can, "Young man, look to
Jesus Christ!" There and then the
cloud was gone, the darkness had rolled
away, and that moment I saw the
sun; and I could have risen that moment
aud sung with the most enthusiastic
of them, of the precious blood of
Christ, and the simple faith which
looks alone to Him. Oh, that somebody
had told me that before: Trust
Christ aud you shall be saved. It was.
no doubt, wisely ordered, and I must
ever say:
"E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy wounds supplied for me,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall forever be."
^
Thin Theology.?AVheu Robert
Mail aimeu at a iuiuk, ue anvu^s mi u
?if there was enough of it to be hit.
When he said that a lax theology is
the parent of a lax morality, he hit
that nail squarely on the head and
drove it in to stay. Public and private
morality are down at the heel in
these days because the theology taught
from our pulpits is very largely diluted
with milk and water. They were
better fifty years ago because evil-doers
were kindly informed that, if they escaped
punishment in this world, there
was a hell in the next for this world's
incorrigible?a fact not too frequently
alluded to in these days.
(A'eir York Ilcrahl.)
Foreigners own about 20,000,000
acres of land in different parts of the
United States?that is, an area nearly
equal to that of Ireland. Mr. C'leveInnd
has siened a bill which prohibits
any further purchase by aliens. We
have no wore land than we need for
ourselves, and alien ownership is an
unmitigated evil. Another ret ten
limb sawed off.
Courage is good; we can have no admiration
for a cowardly man. But
fear is also useful in its place. There
are things that men should be afraid
to do, places they should fear to visit,
people they should tremble to associate
with, and engagements they should
shrink from entering into. 'There is
often danger to one who thinks he
stands?who has no fear of his safety.
A fire-saving brigade have been added
to the paid fire department of Jacksonville,
Fla.
SCHOOLS. ".'(jjfl
God is A way To-night. 1
BY M. E. MUCHALL. J J
"Mamma," said my little daughter Clare 1
Ere she foldecfcher wee hands white,
"I don't want to say my hymn or prayer, 'I
Because God Is away to-night."
'My darling,'! I answered, "I'msureyou know J
Our Father Is never away." I
"Oh, yes," she pleaded, "it must be so 1
From something you said to day. J
"You said you had no one to help you now,
That no one now cam! fnr von S
But, mother, if God is still in heaven ? J
OX coarse that cannot be true. 1
"Because you have often seemed so glad -1
That He always hears us pray,
So I thought when you crledand looked so sad fl
He had surely gone away.
"But as He is home I must say ray prayer," '
So she folded her wee hands white, < I
And auother voice was lilted there fl
j\nd mingled with hers that night. 1
For those words went straight to my donbt 1
Bringln^strength for many days,
"Father, from out of the children's lips a
Thou surely hast perfect praise."
Remarkably Well Stated. |
Bishop Alexander W. Wayraan, the I
great leader of the colored Methodists, 1
asked the other day why the colored peo- 1
pie of the South increased so much more 1
rapidly than the white, answered: "We I
draw from three sources, while the white I
people only draw from one?every color- 1
ed woman whose hushand is white, the I
the children are set down on our side; I
every white woman whose husband is I
colored, which condition exists in the i
North, the children are set down on our I
side; every offspring of pure African I
blood, of course, is set down on our side, I
while tho white people only draw from I
one source?themselves. I
A Pastor's Lost Prayer Book.?A I
Presbyterian pastor, after years of labor 1
in a congregation, seemed to have lost 1
his energy; nor were his ministrations 9
as fruitful as they had been. Dissatisfao- fl
tlon arose among his people tosuch an extent
that a committee of two gentlemen >
was appointed to confer with him. They 1
frankly stated their e-irand, and he as
frankly admitted thai he was sensible ef fl
want of success. The gentlemen desired I
u> kduw wuai ne luuugiu w#a mo utuw. a
Without hesitation he replied; "The loss 1
of my prayer book." With surprise they 1
answered : "We never thought you used 1
one." "Yes," he said, "I have enjoyed 1
the benefit of one for many years until I
lately, and I attribute my want sf success l
to the loss of it. The prayers of my peo- ,'
pie were my prayer-book, and it has oc- I
casioned intense grief to me that they I
have laid it aside."
The director of the mint reports that 1
the production . of gold in the United I
States during the year 1886 exceeded that 1
of any previous year since 1880, and al- I
most equaled the production of that 1
year. It amounted to 835,000,000 in 1886
against ?31,800,000 in 1885, an increase of
over ?3,000,000. The production of silver, |
[ as nearly as can be ascertained, was $49,- 49
895,930. The amount of gold bullion im- 1
ported into the United States was $17,- 1
947,518 and the exports ?27,S<i2,637. The J*
importations were made almost exclus- 1
ively siuce August last. There was also 1
imported gold coin of the value of $23,- 9
371,663, and gold coin was exported to the I
value of ?13,393,863. The total exports of I
gold bullion and coin were ?41,281,276. I
In 1869 the criminal population of Great I
Britain held the proportion of one to every j
1,853 inhabitants. This proportion has |
u?/>- kiiIiiiwiiI until it am minted
WCCII flicauiij .. v.^.v ?
to only one in 3,069 inhabitants in 1885. I
The United States in 1850 had a better jS
criminal record than Great Britain has a
ever beeu able show. In that year there a
was only one criminal in 3,442 inhabi- 1
tants. But ever since 1850 the rate has
been rising. In 1860 it was one in 1,647; I
in 1870 one in 1,021; in 1880 one in 837. '-Si
Taking this to be the present proportion, 9
it is not very satisfactory to know that I
every 837 person one meets is a criminal. E
The word boom, used in connection ' jfl
with religious matters, grates harshly on I
j our ear; and we do not hesitate to say tM
I that as "booms'' go we do not desire to
see them in our churches. "Booms" collapse,
and then paraljTsis sets in. We |
have seen churches that were "boomed," |
as the saying goes, and when the collapse . ;v9|l
came a sad spectacle was presented. In- I
stead of a "boom" let us have a revival I
of true piety and more thorough conse- I
cration to God.?Baptist Courier. g
At the present time, in some parts of I
the Stato of Maine, the snow is eleven I
feet deep iu the roads, and one stage I
route thirty-five miles in length has I
imon dinwfi nn for two weeks. Within a I
short distance of Rutland, Vt., there is a I
maple sugar orchard in which the snow I
is sixteen feet deep, and the owner of the I
orchard does not propose to make any -a
sugar this spring.
A thousand journeyman carpenters :;?
and joiners at Berlin have petitioned the jj*
Government to protect them from Sun- I
day labor. The glass works directors at I
Dresden have dismissed about a thous- I
and men, as they refused to work on -.Sundays.
I
Pere Hyacinthe is making arrange- |
ments to preach in the Protestant Epis- |1
copal Church, in the Avenue Alma, I
Paris. It is expected that the event will -3
mark the final severance of his connec- |
tion with the Popish Church.
A special from St. Johns, N. F., says: 1
The budget presented March 31, shows a I
deficit of three-fourths of a million of J
dollars, the largest portion of which was fl
spent in relief works to keep the people J
from starving this winter. 1
The Presbyterians have the largest I
evangelical church in Mexico, situated in
Zacatecas. It has over nine hundred I
? Tlioti lia?o hnnohf a. fine I
IlJUllJ uui o. a uvj uutv ?
Catholic church, and are advanceing I
rapidly.
Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New =1
York City, has started a salvation move- S
ment for the wholesale dry-goods jobbers I
and their clerks. The meetings are held g
at noon, in the Church of the Strangers. I
At the election, April 4, in Cincinnati, ^3
t Ohio, for mayor and aldermen, E. Steven- a
son, the Labor candidate, was elected by I
a majority often votes over both the H
Democrat and Republican candidates. I
One of the most munificent recent gifts J
to churches is that of the Rockafeller ;'"m
brothers, John D. and William?$75,000 I
in all?to tho Tabernacle Baptist church I
of New York.
Crime must be runniug rampant in I
this land. It is said that in 1850 there
were 7,000 prisoners in all our prisons;
in 1SS0 there were 59,000, and in 1886 there I
were 70,000. I
Within the last twenty years Mr. 8
[(ieorge W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has I
presented over two hundred large and I
valuable Bibles to churches, schools, and f
, societies. I
The people of Burlington, Vermont, ??
were quite alarmed, April 10, 2.30 p. m., I
by two earthquake shocks. The second I
shock 10 minutes after the first, was very I
In response to circular asking their * jjfl
views on the subject, the Irish Wesleyan
ministers, it is said, with six exceptions, " ? ?
replied that they were opposed to home
About four thousand emigrants that I
had accumulated at Castle Garden, New .
York, started westward Sunday, April 3. 1
The Bank of Florence haa received its
commission from the Secretary of State , 3
lo commence business, s