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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.~ WEDNESDAY, MABCH 20, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 45. fj
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As usual, we
many novelties, which
shown. Our
styles, and at prices t
the leading makes. All
of all the latest Fabriq'
designs. A complet
and are prepared to she
ciennes Silk Lace Flour
G-ros G-rain Silks, at $1
and Cashmeres. The*
of Figured Lawns, Musi
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CULLU. lUViUOaiil JL imouuu.
How to Make a Happy Home.
A home of discord may be visited
by acquaintances, but its doors are
never likely to be knocked at by <
friends. Sensible people will give it a
wide berth, and prefer friendship and <
intimacy with those who live at peace. I
Nobody finds a wise young man court- I
ingagirlin a family who get on ill i
among themselves. He wants a bird i
out of a good nest, and has no wish to '
be drawn in by marriage to take one 1
side or other of a life-long fireside feud. I
It is hard on a girl, you say. Some- J
times. But about the young man's i
eagacity there can be no question i
whntevpr. Tt* nil homes were liantiv I
what a pleasant world it would be;
and there is no reason why happiness t
should not reign everywhere, if peo- (
pie would only make wisdom, and not .
stupidity, the guide of their lives. I
When people are miserable it is in i
ninety-nine cases out of the hundred t
nobody's fault but their own. An Emperor
of China was once travelling (
through his realm, and he came upon s
a family in which the graud-father( <
with his wives?he had several of t
them?his children, sons-in-law, t
daughters-in-law, and servants, all t
lived under the same roof in perfect i
peace and harmony. The Emperor t
was so struck with this, that ho asked
the old man by what means he con- c
trived to avoid quarrels and disputes, 1
aud to have his large family live to- a
gether so pleasantly. Taking out a
lia U'rnto in runlv Ihpsp WOFlls? 1
|/VUVIt *1V *r 4 VVV ???
"Patience and common sense." That i
was the whole secret. An easy one to a
remember, but hard, especially with i
some natures, to put in practice. 1
What strikes one as an odd thing is
that many are able to exercisc patience
and common sense abroad, but find it
next to an impossible task at home.
With them everything is done for the
benefit of society at large, and at the '
expense of their own circle. In other *
people's houses they have a face like a a
benediction, whilst in their own it is s
disfigured with frowns. Of nil follies, 1
this is one of the greatest. As if it C
were not their interest, let alone their t
duty, to do exactly the reverse. If f
any one has a mind to be cross, snap- 1
pish and disagreeable, let her choose a 1
field for giving vent to ner 111-nunior ;
as far removed from home as possible.
Our best side should be turned nut to
strangers but to those with whom wo
dwell, aud whilst it is right to wish
for the good opinion of everybody, we
should be auxious most of all about 1
the favora 'e impression we make on 1
our own folks at home. Of the whole 1
tribe of girls give us lier whose broth- 1
ers aud sisters call her, and with good ?
reason, an angel. We have duties to 1
perform abroad, but we can never do j
these things lightly if we start by neg- J
lecting what we owe to our owu re la- 1
tives, and acting as if we believed that i}
good works, kindness, geutleness, and
good humor ought to begin at any
place rather than at home. This is in- i1
verting the natural order of things iand
is a proceeding to be looked for j1
only from foolish people. If there is
to be household harmony, an impor-i
tant point is to cultivate a sweet tern.:
?-?pur. do without that, j
Some tempers are iike violin strings ;
out of tune; with them, who can ex-j
pect either melody or harmony from !
the family orchestra? This is special- J
ly a young woman's subject; indeed,
if our girls are not amiable, nobody)
else can be expected to be. It is to!
their kiud and gentle words that we
must look for an antidote to fretting
and ill-humor. At home the key-note!
of the day's music is often struck by j
IliU Iirsi wuru wc IIVUI m uic ujuium^ i
and happy is that house where it is al
ways uttereil by the smiling lips of
good tempered girls.
A Significant Story.
A wealthy hanker in one of our
large cities, who is noted for his largo
subscriptions to charities, and for his
kindly habits of private benevolence,
was called on by his pastor, one evening,
and asked to go with him, to the
help of a man who had attempted suicide.
They found the man in a wretched
house, in an alley, not far from the
-banker's dwelling. The front room
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was a cobbler's shop ; behind it, 011 a
miserable bed, in the kitchen, lay the
poor shoemaker, with a gaping gash
in his throat, while his wife and children
were gathered about him.
"We have been without food for :
days," said the woman, "when he returned."
"It is not my husband's 1
fault. He is a hard-working, sober 1
man. But he could neither get work, 1
or pay for that which he had done. !
ro-day he went for the last time to col- 1
lect a debt due him by a rich family, 1
but the gentleman was not at home.
My husband was weak from fasting, 1
lud seeing us starving drove him mad. <
30 it ended that way," turning to the I
'aiuting, motionless figure 011 the bed. 1
The banker, having fed and warmed <
:he family, hurried home, opened his 1
lesk, and took'out a file of little bills. i
\11 his large debts were promptly met, i
jui ne was apt 10 ue careiess auout uie | j
iccounts of milk, bread, etc., because i
;hey were so petty.
He found there a bill of Michael i
joodlow's for repairing children's
fhoes, $10. Michael Goodlow was the <
suicide. It was the banker's unpaid s
iebt which had brought these people I
o the verge of the grave, and driven I
his man to desperation, while, at the )
:ery time, the banker had given away 1
liousands in charity. ]
The cobbler recovered, and will nev- <
:r want a friend while tho banker '
ives, nor will a small unpaid bill ever (
igaiu be found on the banker's table. I
Xo man has a right to be generous s
mtil his debts are paid ; and the most I
'Iticient use of money is not alone in ]
ilms-giving, but to pay liberally and i
>roniptly the people whom we em- !
>lov. i
Emotional Impulsion.
In an article published by Frances!
Power Cobbe recently in the Fortliyhily
Review, that writer maintains
hat emotions come to persons "by a
ort of contagion far oftener than they
pring up of themselves in the human
ireast. Any attempt to communicate
>ur emotions by command, however,
ends rather to produce the opposite
eelings. In order to educate the emoions
of others, we must employ this
latitral agency, contagion. In order
o iuspire a person with a given feeing,
we must exhibit the feeling in
uir&elvcs. Parents, duly impressed
vith the importance of the subject,
.vould carefully suppress, or at least
jonceal, such of their own emotions as
hey would reyret to sec caught up by
heir children. A teacher who has
lie respect and esteem of his pupils
vill affect their emotions for evil or
jood according as he betrays enthusiism
or aversion for selfish and sail- '
quinary conquerors, according as he <
ustities or condemns assassins and an- J
uchists, according as he represents
science as seeking triumphs or truths, 1
ind according as he treats efforts tor '<
the elevation of mankind with levity <
>r respect. The companions of the
\*oung have a great influence on the i
of thoir emotions. As
regards girls, their doubly emotional 1
natures make it a matter of moral life
and death that their companions
should be pure and honorable-minded.
Too little precaution is taken, especially
in American public schools, against
the herding of innocent children with
others who have been familiar with
vice."
Ckijklty to Animals in Winter.
?lilows and bodily injuries are not
the only cruelties perpetrated upon ,
animals. There is a negative or pasr?rin?ltv
which rnnsisf in not rln
iHg what concluces to their comfort 1
and well being. Warmth is necessary
to the comfort and health of animals,
ami in the rigorous extremes of winter,
the dry cold of the North, and the
chilling dampness of the South (still
more intolerable than dry cold), protection
and shelter are peremptory.
When an animal is suffering by reason
of cold its owner is suffering in '
his pocket, usually the most, sensitive
place, but too often ignored. Food is
wasted and substance is lost; every ,
tremor and shiver of the chilled muscles
costs money to the owner. Hence
it is a true economy to keep the stock 1
warm, especially the young ones.
On a sun-dial which stands upon the '
pier at Brighton is inscribed this hope- '
ful liue "It is always morning some- (
where in tlie world."
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A General Exhibi
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in the market, and ha\
ra to the lowest living
FEATHERS, and T!
A handsome dis]
Children's waists.
In SATINES we h
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linons, Linon de Laccas,
;e. Swiss and Mull!
lall continue to keep in
,red to be the very best ii
alicoes and G-inghams, i
of Kid and other Gloves
That Look.
by s. h. p.
At Shiloh Camp Meeting there were
several of us in the group, among the
number my pastor, when I began to
criticise the manner aud the words
that one of our ministers had used in
the pulpit during the service before. 1
lu my mistaken zeal I had measured ]
my brother by the divine standard of
the Christ that I knew, and because I :
was disappointed in the comparison I
Liad dared to censure one who bad
2ome in my Master's name; and, with '
i,hat earnestness, tinged with auger, I
svas willing to point out my brother's 1
lefects to my hearers who probably 1
ladn't seen them before! My pastor j
nildly expostulated at first; but see- 1
ng that I was determined upon ex- '
pressing my disapprobation, he gave (
me a look that I will never forget! '
Rebuke, sorrow, love, pity, disappoint- 1
tneut and grief were all blended there! '
As our earthly teachers use illustrat- J
id primers to teach their scholars to '
u 1 1 ? i:i.. ? /-ii. I
speii uiiu icuu JUUIC ivauiij; su vuini,
the divine Teacher, has always illustrated
my Scripture les9ous with liurian,
living pictures; and thus,
through this sweet, teuder way of his,
[ better understand how much his incarnation
means to the world!
rhrotigh this one, who had come "in
Christ's stead" tome, I felt that every
look in the Bible was turned upon my
soul. I had often read about them,
heard them preached of from the pulpit,
but never before did their meaning
so flood me with delight! With
Ibis mental kaleidoscope I saw how
magnetic the cord of love is that vi
jraies oeiween uie worm ami uiegreat ,
throbbing heart of its Redeemer. as be (
;enderly says : "Look unto me, aud be (
ye saved, all the end9 of the earth |
ind how "our fears looked unto him s
md were lightened." I see now how (
here could be life given to the 9tnit- (
en Israelites in the wilderness for a ,
ook at the brazeu serpent, and how j
Peter's heart was broken under the (
sorrowful, loving look of his sulferiug |
Master as ''be went out aud wept bit- (
erly." Oh, the looks of the Bible ! (
low powerfully they will always |
jeam on me, all because I had been ,
jlessed with "a faithful priest!" God ,
)lesshiui! He is a loyal "watchman j
>u the tower;" and, while I make no |
lefense of myself, I feel in my soul
hat I can say: "Jf there were more
ike him, there would be fewer like
lie.?JS'civ Orleans Christian Advocciic.
* 1
A Returned G'auuou Ball.
June 17, 1775, a British man-of-war,
yiug in the Mystic River, threw a '
jannon-ball at the little American .
irrny intrenched on Bunker Hill. ]
Fhe ship threw more than one bull, I
but this particular one was picked up i
ifter the fight and saved. In 1S8S, at <
the 25Uth anniversary of the Boston
Ancient Artillery Company, this ver- |
itable ball was returned to a party of
British artillerymen who had come <
over to help celebrate the occasion.
The presentation was made at the dinner
by Colonel Walker. "I bold in
my hand," said Colonel Walker, "a
cannon-ball thrown by a British manof-war
at the patriot army on Bunker
Hill, June 17, 1775. Through the
kindness of Mr. Hassani, who gives it
to this company to present to you, I
give it to you to carry home as a memento
(haudinir the eannon-hAll to i
Major Durrant, amid hearty cheers
and applause.) It was thrown at us i
in war. We give it to you in peace as i
a token of the amity which lives to- i
day between our great nations, and
which we all pray may live forever." 1
"There is time for wonderful changes
in a hundred years," says the New '
Haven Palladium, in commenting on <
the above. "It would have given the I
grizzled old fighters of the British <
war-ship a queer feeling if they could i
have known, when they 'touched her i
oil',' and sent that ball screeching at i
the Yankee breastworks on that June <
day, 1775, that a hundred years later
the ball would be handed back over a 1
friendly dinner-table as a token of :
amity and concord between the two
greatest and most en lightened power* i
of the earth."?Army and Navy llcg J
titer, New York. :
3Q, and. Dili
. through, cm
,dd<
tion of all the Late*
GOODS
ring an almost unbroke
prices. In
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Our DRESS GOO]
ave an unusually large
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, Checked and Striped 1
Flouncings. Amon^
our BLACK GOODS ]
a Texture, Color and Fi
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5. All Orders for I
Provoking War.
The Berlin Post says: The increase
of France's military force brings us
nearer to war. This increase is being
made at a rate with which the peace
powers are scarcely able to keep pace.
The same remark may be applied to
Russia, the increase of whose military
strength canuot be explained as a defensive
measure.
Such is the universal and inevitable
result of au increase of armaments.
tTnnU nnf innrnncr\ Krlnnra Ilia nol Inn
jLiav/U nvi ui iuvi^aov u^iiugo buo uuvivu
"nearer to war." To reduce armaments
simultaneously, mutually, evenly
and systematically brings them
nearer to protracted peace. A man
tires his nerves with alcohol when he
proposes a crime. Burglars buy new
implements when about to steal. In.
irease an army or a navy and the
United States is disposed to fight. ,
3uch a course excites new foreign fears
ind jealousies and provokes attack.
Any country that prepares to fight is ,
more willing to fight on that account. ,
She grows arrogant, belligerent and
provocative.
In the name of Peace wo protest
igainst great armies, forts and ironclads.
England is about to add eight
af the latter to her enormous navy.
Ixdefiniteness.?There is a great
lack of definiteness in the religious
life of Christian people. Ouce the
*race of assurance was sought so earnestly
that none were satisfied unless
they possessed it, but now so many are
content with mere Church-memberjhip
and the perfunctory performance
if religious duties. As a consequence,
:here is little enthusiasm, and antagonism
of sin has gradually lessened |
jntil its tolerance is manifest, and it is ,
Jifflcult in some places to hold our j
)wn, much Jess to advance boldly into j
he regions beyond. "VVorldliness will ?
10011 so interfere with our experience i
hat the fact of personal salvation will ,
lease to be a certainty, and there will i
emain only a memory of former days. |
[ndulgence in sinful tempers and i
;astes soon brings on such condemna- i
.ion that all the joy of salvation goes j
>ut of (he life, and we assume the burlens
again which Christ offered to
jear for us. And the absence of definite
testimony leads many of the i
younger memuers iu uuuui suuu ?u ca i
perience of assurance, and to be con
;ent without growth iti grace.
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Sonic Folk's Religion. <
The poet Campbell, it was said, had i
not been inside a church in many
years; but he never passed one with- 1
)ut pulling off his hat.
"That gallant cavalier, Col. Turner,
was hanged for a flagitious burglary. 1
A.t the gallows he told the crowd that
tils mind received great consolation
from one reflection?he had always
taken oil* his hat when he went into a
ahureh."
"We remember the true story of the
gentleman who was thrown from his 1
liorse in the hunting lield, and was
carried into a house, and found to be
fatally injured. A sporting friend,
finding that he must die, ottered to
hasten ott' and bring a clergyman, evidently
supposing that something
might be lacking which the ordained
person could supply. The dying man
declined the aid of the rector or vicar,
for, said he, llIattended my own parish
church last Sunday."
"The story lias often been told of the
sporting lord who made no pretence to
religion, nor even to morality ; but, on
Llie contrary, rather gloried in his free
thinking and his free living. His
time came to enter eternity, and he
was laid low by a sickness which was
the forerunner of death. One of his (
wild companions, calling upon him, j
was greatly surprised to see the parson I
jouiing out of the bedroom, and men- 1
lioned the fact to the sick man. The j
explanation was soon given in sport- ]
insr language Yes," said the depart- '
ing libertine, "I am trying to hedge." j
He feared that his speculation in free ,
opinions and ungodliness might turn <
out to be n loss, and so he was snecu- 1
lating a little in the other direction, to
save himself in some degree."
These instances of the estimate Of
religion are not so singular and rare. 1
Many persons havejust as foolish and I
imperfect ideas of religion as these. ]
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"Too Muclicc bj and by.''
"What is your complaint against
this young man, John?" said the
magistrate to the Chinese laundryman,
who had summoned a young gentlewhose
laundry bill was in arrears.
"He too muchee by and by," was
the answer of the aggrieved Celestial,
who evidently knew what ailed the
3'oung man, even if he could not express
his views in the most classical
English.
There are other youngsters who are
troubled with the same complaint,
"too muchee by and by." The boy
who has to be called four times in the
morning, and then is late to breakfast;
the boy who says "In a minute" wnen
his mother calls him to do chores or
run errands; the young gentleman
who forgets his promise to bring wood,
or draw water; the young lady who
always "meant to" do things and have
them in order, but who never, never
carried out her intentions; the legions
of folks who always have to be waited
for?all these have "too muchee by
and by."
People are likely to sing themselves
into perdition with "the sweet by and
by." What they need is the sweet
now, which is the accepted time and
the day of salvation.
[Micaigan Advocate.
Telegrams telling of the slaughter,
Kir Ttritiah onrJ T<!orv??tian trnons. of
iJj mj* iwou v,MM ?OJ I'" r~i ?
four hundred Arabs in one brief half
hour, are not a very gratifying prelude
to the Christmas bells, which are supposed
to souud forth the message of
"peace on earth, good-will to men."
As far as we have been able to grasp
the situation in the Soudan, it seems
elear that whatever differences have
urisen between the Dervishes and the
friendly tribes might easily have been
3ettled by peaceful negotiations, if
these had been entered on at the proper
time, and iu the proper spirit. If
this be so, a very heavy burden of
guilt rests on the British military authorities
in Egypt, as well as on the
Government at home. Well might
Sir Wilfrid Lawson exclaim in the
House of Commons:
"If this is Christianity and civilization,
then civilization is. a sham, and
Christianity is a mockery, a delusion,
and a snare."
We cannot help feeling that this
io-.iMl1i.nif vi/ifi-irv" }? in rpnlitv. one
more dark stain on our national escutcheon.
Moreover, it brings into
sharp relief the necessity that is laid
upon Great Britain as a professedly
Christian country to carry the Gospel
message into these regions so long devastated
by the slave trader, and the
cruel hand of war.?The Christian.
Ages to Coine.
"That in the ages to come he might
show the exceeding riches of his grace
in kindness toward us in Jesus
Christ."?Eph. ii, 7 (R. V.)
"The ages to come"?what a wonderful
prospect! How shall we, the
short-lived and short-sighted children
of time, bear to look into the heights
and depths of that eternity called by
i3t. Paul the "ages to cpme?" Ail
that we can know is by div^fre revelation,
and the glimpse here afforded us
as to the glorious future of God's peo
pie is as eievaung mi lue spirit as n< is
comforting to the heart. In that great
future God will have a work to do ; He
will show His people that which they
could not apprehend or understand
now. All that can here be known of
the "exceeding riches of His grace" is
poor compared to what has yet to be
revealed "in kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus." The centuries of time
are not long enough to show all this;
it requires the "ages to come" for its
full display. The work accomplished
by Christ in His life and in His death
was in one sense ended when on the
cross He cried, "It is finished !" but
its glorious results shall know no end ;
the "ages to come" will only unfold
more of their "exceeding riches."
How strange that we allow ourselves
to be engrossed with the cares of this
life, even to its most petty trifles, while
well a prospect as this is set before us!
Flow sad that we should break our
liearts over the losses and the crosses of
x day , and forget "the exceeding riches
jf His grace," to be shown in the
'ages to come!"
[ The Sunday at Home.
Not what the world says we may do,
but what we know we ought to do, is
the standard of duty for us in our daily
conduct.
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i from which to select,
ATS all the Shapes aj
rG-S and RUFFLING
) carry a full line of Co:
3 found stocked with ai
,nd American, in all the
our WHITE GOODS
Elaborate desims in C
rs can be found many of
I line of Priestleys, Sil
ways a Black A b<
ed Scrims, Nottingham
executed, and satisfact:
A Lost Incident.
The following incident, illustrating
the character of Dr. McFerrin, was
told us by Dr. Morton, who is responsible
for its truth:
The old Doctor was out West, and at
a missionary meeting. It devolved
upon him to make the collection. After
getting the people considerably
aroused to the importance of the great
missionary cause, he commenced the
collection. "Now," said the Doctor,
"we want a liberal collection, and we
want to hear from you in quick succession.
Who will give twenty dollars?
Brother will act as secretary,
and I want the names to come as fast
as he can write them. Who will give
twenty aonars uromer jones arose
aud said : "Put me down twenty dollars."
"Thank you, brother," said
the Doctor. "Now let us have another.
Be quick." Brother Smith arose,
and said : "Put me down for twenty
dollars." "That is good," said the
Doctor. "Come on with your twenties.
We must raise two hundred dollars
at the least." Then a brother
arose, and said : "Adam Odoni twenty
dollars." The Doctor, evidently nonplussed,
said : "Let us hear that again.
Adam Odom twenty dollars. I don't
understand you," said the great warrior.
"What did you say," holding
his hand to his ear. The gentleman
arose again, and in a firm, loud, strong
voice said : "Adam Odom twenty dollars."
"And who asked you how
much Adam owed? How much do
you know? that is the question. You
come here to make fun in the house of
God by telling us how much Adam
owed! It is a shame? This is God's
house ! This is a solemn occasion, and
you wish to make light of it and bring
everything into ridicule by telling us
Adam owed twenty dollars." A good
brother said : "Doctor, that is brother
A H/inm oiul ha 11?Scilina
n.uuui vuuiii, uuu aim ?r ioug*'v
twenty dollars. He has no intention
of telling how much Adam owed, but
he wishes to give twenty dollars."
The venerable Doctor saw his mistake
and took liis seat. For the first and
last time in his life he was effectually
cowed. And no person ever dared ask
him : "How much Adam owed?"
Ciiarles H. Spurgcon on War.
C. H. Spurgeon once remarked in a
sermon at his Tauernacle: "Now here
comes another Christianity which has
lately displayed itself to many heathen
nations. It comes with a Bible in its
knapsack and the rifle in its hand. Is
not this a fine combination for conversion?
Jesus comes before the Zulu
riding upon a Gatling gun. Of course
these poor heathen then know nothing
about our political combinations, but
they suppose that Christians are invading
their land?will they, therefore
lov^ Christ? Missionaries, here is a
difficulty for j-ou to explain; how will
you deal with it? You come from a
Christian nation?a nation which salutes
the savages in Christ's name with
shot and shell! Will they receive
Christianity coming in such guise?
If they do not, small blame can we
pour upon them; they will be only
acting according to the light of reason
and common sense. If there shall
ever come a Christianity which suflereth
longaud island ; which doeth no
evil, but seeketh good to its neighbor,
which leachetli love to God and love to
man, which seeketh not its own but
lays itself out for others, then I do not
say that an ungodly people will be
enamoured of it if left to itself; but I
do believe that the Spirit of God will
go forth with it, aud will convince
men of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment, and then shall the scattered
family of Adam accept the one
true faith, and enter into a league of
amity with each other, and there shal|
be glory to God in the highest, 011 earth
peace, goou win lowaru men.''
He Watchful, Boys.?Every man
has need lo be watchful. The cable is
not stronger than the weakest link,
nor the character than the hidden
meanness. The secret sin does not
grow in a day, though it may germinate
in a moment. A Scotch preacher
beautifully illustrated this by referring
to the tiny seed dropped by the passing
bird into a crevice of a rock, and which,
sprouting, grew, and in process of
years, by its mighty roots, moved the
massive rock until it toppled over into
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trifling thought of sin. We must
search by the power of God's Spirit.
Let us be sincere in the searching, and
firm in the evictions of the hidden
evil. _____
Raleigh Christian Advocate.
When one makes it a point of conscience
to pay all of his debts, he
preadies an eloquent sermon to the >
dishonest; on the contrary the minis-,
ter or member of the chmvh who does
not pay his debts is a reproach to the
cause of Christianity.
John 'Wesley.
I find time to visit the sick and the
poor; and I must do it if I believe in
the Bible, if I believe the marks whereby
the Shepherd of Israel will know
and judge His sheep in the last great
day. '
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Consecration.
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to thee. - J,'*
Take ray moments, and my days;
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, aDd let them move
At the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and "beautiful" for thee.
Take my voice, and let mo sing
Always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from thee.
Take my silver, and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold. 6?
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose. .3
Take will, and make it thine;
xb ouaii ue uo longer mine.
Take ray heart, It la thine own;
It shall be thy royal throne.
Take mv love; my Lord, I pour
At thy reet Its treasure-store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for thee.
Rev. John Hem men way has in The if
Messenger of Peace an article on Marriage,
addressed to Young Men. The
ending of the very sensible communication
is here given :
I now seem to hear some one saying, Ij
as he or she reads this article, "I guess
uncle John Hemmenway will not be '
able to find anything to say about war ;
this time, as he is writing on marriage,
and what a precious blessing a
good wife is to a man." O yes, he ,
will! War is mightily, awfully destructive
of connubial happiness.
Alas! how many millions of husbands '
have left their wives to meet millions
of other husbands, who have left their ' ,
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fields. Oh, how many millions of women
have been made widows by the >
swords and guns of the husbands of , \f
other women. How dreadful! dreadful
! How inexpressibly painful to
merely think of, to the thoughtful, benevolent
mind. And we must not forget
that vast numbers of unmarried
men, and also of married men, have
lost their virtue forever by being soldiers
; and war causes many divorces
of wives. And how many thousands I
on thousands of men, by being forced ~
to be soldiers in the armies of the
world, especially in Christian (?) Europe,
are Kept from virtuous marriage
by the war system in time of peace, as
well as in time of war. And how
many men have been torn from their
loved wives by the cruel power of con*
scription !
Every young man and every young '?j
woman, on their bridal day, as hus- , .:=?
band and wife, should unite themselves
firmly and lovingly together for peace,
as the great philanthropic work of
their lives. Let them labor as "the
God of love and peace" opens the way
before th*m, for "peace on earth" now, ; v
not for peace in a far-distant "millen- ' *
ilium"?peace by the holy, mighty
jiower of unselfish love; and when
such love fails, if ever, to "conquer a
peace," let Arbitration be a final resort,
allowing in no case an appeal to
the sword.
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The World's Peace Congress.?
This has been called to meet at Paris :
in connection with the World's Exposition
of 1889. The American Peace
Society has been invited to send delegates
and will do so, and also to lurnish
its publications and other evidences of
its benevolent work for the prevention
ami abolition of war.
The protests of the Germon Emperor,
the French Ministry and the En lisli
Cabinet that each desires pea e
are strangely and absurdly inconsistent
with their continued and daily
increasing preparations for war. Not
till these Governments with Italy and
Austria consent to mutual disarmament
will there be any assured and re- .i;
liable peace. To effect such a disarmment
should be one of the chief objects -:
sought by a World's Peace Congress.
[American Advocate of Peace.
A Study op "Star Routes."?All j
the routes wherejn the mails are not
carried by either railroads or steamboats
are known as star routes because
they are marked in the official records
with a star. A study of star routes ;
could be made with profit. There is a
star route in Idaho wherein a dog is \
made to serve as a mail carrier. A
portion of the route over the mountains
is impassable in winter, and the
contractor's St. Bernard dog has been
trained to make the trip at such times.
The distance is a little more than ten
miles, and 1t has to be traversed once
every second day, and doggy is always
on time. Down in Texas there is a
sim mine iiineiy-iive nines long across
the plains, on which there is daily service,
although but two small settlements
are served. The route extends
from Poisedio to Alameto and Fort
Davi9.
If you scatter some grain among
straw or leaves and keep the hens at
work scratching, they will lay better
aud keep in better health.
Soup should be served at kast once
or twice a week,
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