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BY IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889. VOLUME XXXIII. NO. 50. f|
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Sii^osUoiis ns Co Missions.
Mr. Editor:?Will you allow a
layman to address you, on the subject
?E of Foreign Missions, in an unorthodox
Wliat is the end in view when we
scud Missionaries to a non-i-liristinn
ft Is it'taught by the Bible that all are
^Llost who do not know (hri-t V
Jf that lie so, then ftit of us should
V either go or send to save the i>erishini
w If. bciiisr without the law, (?'od
1 judges them without tin* law, then \vc
need not be in such a hurry to snatch
each individual from eternal punishbuent.
fc ]{ut is it not the object of the enrpest,
thinking Missionary, rather to
christianize the heathen in order to his
lhigher civilization and advancement
ti knowle<re of how better to organizx"pd
labor to elevate all <>f his lieniuhted
brethren?
The latter bein.tr the object of missionary
work, why do Shey hope to
spread the doctrines through the nicdi*
imi of the low and buoyant classes,
nmonj>' whom it appeals they consider
It their duty to labor? Such work as
our Missionaries do in China, Japan,
India, Java, Ceylon, and all such
Countries, it seeiiis to nie could be
pTiilanthropi.-r->. and /heir attention
turned to ?t!v??cittin?^ the claims of
Christ's religion with those through
whose influent*, it may l?i>, so easily
spread all over liu- kingdoms, commanding
immediate and re>peetful attention
from all classes, to-\vit: t!ie
Imtural leaders of the people.
Why do we not appeal to the intelligent
and not the ignorant in all civilized
countries'?
It seems to nie an up-hill lniHiiess
to attempt t<? revolutionize a eountry
l>y means of the lowest elements i:i it.
Von need not call attention to Christ's
own plan, the case is not parallel.
Should not our money and talents
he used to lay our ease In.-fore those
countries through the medium of the
I printing pros and lecture-; rather tlsan
pastoral work an.> ntr the needy poor
and the instruction of the youth?
lJoth of those duties rest witli I lie
people themselves and lii" State.
To confine our argument to one
country, why may we not, in good
reason, sooner hope to christianize
China L?y establishing newspapers, iiitroducing
a high order of literature,
and keeping the v< rv best c!a-< ol
preachers mar ail the centers of power
and intelligence than hy a reck!?>?
waste of iiil <>ur means among the riiirati'of
the seaport cities, and tiie instruction
of children who cannot propagate
the doctline for a long generation,
even if they themselves should
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ery one through our stool
, I?o convinced of the truth of our doc|
trincs?
; Docs it not strike you that there is '
j some injustice in leaving our own poor ,'
J and ignorant mountaineers ontside of |
out calculations and sending an exeel'
lent Nonh Carolina pastor or wear his
| life away in the purloins of Canton ? 1
; We should appeal to the intelligence '
! of the country and not. attempt to j
j make under-handed, insiduous inroads Is
j int<? the foundation of their religion
and country through the substratum 1
1 r.f ignorance.
The better people, it seems to mo, ^
won!u ho suspicious oi sucis attempted
j encroachments tuul despise us as we do *
the wily Jesuit. ,
! Wo need have 110 fear ??f measuring
* up by the Jiudhist, Confucian, I'rah- '
! liit'ii or Mohammedan, and our ellbrt
should be to createpastors and nof to
steal away 111vpeojite from their liatu- '
j ral religious leader.
! I(" this letter provokes discussion of
I this subject by those competent to in-P
j sini'-t us, its object, will be attained. i '
As for me, 1 am convinced our home
| I (
i missions are the proper places for pastoral
work and the management, ofi,
11
] foreign missions should be in the I
! hands of those capable of moulding!'
tlie opinion of courts and people.
Very respect fully, j!
K. W. Wakihx.
1 Faith is truly a light in the soul, but j (
it is a light which shines only upon <
duties, Mild not uiioii results and!
'events. It tolls us what is now to be | <
| done, but it doe* not tell us what is toj t
j follow, and accordingly it guides us ]
, but a single step at a time, and when 1
j we lake that step under the guidance j i
I of faith, we advance directly into a: i
laud of surrounding shadows and dark j i
IK--;. Like the patriarch, Abraham, ji
we go, not knowing whither we go, 11
j but only that (.Sod is with us. In t
j man's darkness, we nevertheless walk :
land live in (iod's light. A way of IIv- i
j ing blessed and glorious, however mvs- j
tcrious il may be to human vision. i
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II S'i vi:s.?Tliis annoviii'T adection of ,
I In* litis is usually the result of some* | j
' defect in the eye which may be re nit?- j
dkd l>y glasses. This fact is not gen-J
erally known, but ought to lie. ln-j>
stead of pulling out all tin' winkers, I
j and twisting a constant siidcrer of It
these annoying blemi>hes consult as
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good oculist, and l ave ttie defective : I
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Tlie 1'ropoiisity to liili.
Pr. Hammond contends that mur-l
leris natural instinct. "The propcn-i
?ity to kill exists to a greater or less I
?xtent in the mind of every human !1
lieing without exception, in some itj
consists in the desire to take the life of j s
(ish ; in others of birds : in others of!0
1 'I
Jeer anil bulfitlo; and in still others of j
larger and more dangerous animals, i 's
such as tigers, elephants, and lions, r'
Tn some, but few as compared with the!11
number of those who delight in taking[a
:he lives of the lower animals, the im-j*
pulse is shown toward other men or j11
ivomi'it. It is, however, very much *s
i matter of education, the condition of,
life, or the attendant circumstances. |v]
I'he Prince of Wales kills a hundred i
hcasaids before luncheon ; the King! J1
)f Dahomey kiils a half-dozen of his'"
rt'ives before breakfast. It is to be .-up- ''
j
losed that each is actuated by the love
>f pleasure. If the acts in (jucstion of
either of these potentates caused him 1
>?' it isoiiitn eertniii that neither t lie !!t
>heasants nor the wives would 1 ?t* iinnolatcd.
This de?iro to destroy life is
>fli*ii exhibited during the very earli- "
;.->t stages ?>f infaney. In fact, it is in- "
iorn, instinelive, and no amount of!
-ivilizatiou or rellnement is sullieient j
o abolish it altogether. Some inilivitl- j:l
ta's mav succeed in keeping it down,!*'
1 (I
ml over, tin? miuk'st-mnniK-ivu man
hat ever lived possesses it ready to c
lominate him when a suflieiently ex- !
liting cause arises." 1
J)r Hammond pictures a state of so- ''
ictv in which human beings arc in a '
lepraved and degenerated slate. This 11
killing propensity is certainly not a
lonnal trait in human character. Itj '
is the outgrowth of generations of ed- .'
icatian of depravity by the slaughter-r
ngof animals, the execution of crimi-i
ia!s, and the wholesale butchery of htt- ,l
nan beings in warfare. Thedisposi-|
ion to kill, if so universally present | j
is Dr. Hammond thinks, must be the! '
'csult of heredity, and is as much a
nut/.lnt: /^f ? I ml l 1 ?l ] 1111 l*f i I'i ll I t \" t 1 ICf w'/. ^ '
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ts is insanity, or any other menial do!"
cel. Moral agencies :?loiu? will fail to
radicate this homicidal taint. Here I
> ., . it"
sa work lor samtarv r< iorm.
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(iooil kind words dropped in con-j{l
,'visation may he Utile thought of but!
hey arc i-ceds of lloweis ?>r fruitful!
lees l;t 11 i i.by tlie way.-ide, home hy i
iome birds at'.sr, happily thereafter to (]
rintre with bca'ity Mime barren mo;in-'(j
ainsidc, or to make i'.hid muiic Ivuely j j*.
.vildernos. |x
J)r. Oliver Wcndcil ] lohncs advises! .'
k'otijijj mi'ii not to Miit>ke. 'i! i- liable
o in.jiue the sight," he .-ays, "to ivnler
the nerves misleadv, to eliiVehle !
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lie will, and to enslave the nature to
m impi rioiu hahit likely lo stand in
In- wa v of a flitf v t" ''if I'l-i lot ;nrd." i
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Avoidiutr Strife.
A certain mother was by nature very 1
micli averse t<> strife. She was ex- 1
remedy solicitous that her children 1
hould grow up in peace with each
it her and with all the world. She '
uing in her nursery the motto, hand- '
omely illuminated and neatly glazed '
,nd framed, "lilessed are the peace 1
uakers." Whenever any altercation j
rose among the children, their at- J
ention was directed to this motto. It 1
mist he admitted that this mother was '
o anxious that her little brood should 1
ive harmoniously together that she '
i*as sometimes inclined to place peace '
irst and righteousness next, whereas '
n the scriptural, which is also the logwil
order, righteousness must come 1
rst and after that peace. Any peace *
used on unrighteousness is transitory. r
is a natural result of such training!1
Ik- children grew np amiable and '
greoahle, luil they were not as <|iii<*k jA
> mark and denounce wrong-doing s
s they might have hoen if righteous- '
ess had occupied the first place ill c
lieir minds and peace next. 1
Occasions often arise in which there !l
< nothing for (hose to do whose first f
im is lo be right but to stand by their j?
olors and light, if need be, in their;a
eI'cn.se. The 1'rince of Peace himself >i
eclared, "t came not to send peace
lit a sword." Those who stand up'c
>r right, Ibr truth, for justice, for'/
urity, for honesty, must iu the very c
ct of so tioing often place themselves J'
11 battle array. i
It is not so had a thing for children >
MjuaiTel as it is for them to submit j<
iinely to fraud, imposition, and in-j'
islieo? l-]sau would have had the the 1
espeet rather than the scorn of the j.*
ges if he had promptly resisted the 1
iipplaiitiiig spirit of his b rot Iter, ;i
acob, and refused to surrender his i1
iri lwii.lii Cur m nl' i-imI not (aire. 1:
'here are ninny things worse than ,
icre unpleasantness. II is worse to (
it in silent condemnation of ignoble (
ords and deeds (ban to speak up : 1
oblly against them. Children need |1
> lie trained ;it home lor the martial J*
i?ntests they must engage in, <>r cow- ' i
rdly evade and shirk, when they en- <
r the lists :i< men and women. j 1
Prayer is a closing of the eyes on i
lilies seen, and opening them on j 1
lin^s unseen. II is penitence vocal, ' *
lith making its profe-sion, and love j '
indling into a llanie. It is a heart v
roiigbl to the allar, a llower opening (1
> the benignant eve of Heaven. It is!
putting oil' the shoes at Jloreb. II is ji
walk l<i l-'nimuiis. It is to be present, a
i the upper chamber; to sit quietly by; ii
ic Saviour's side, lean (lie head on o
1 is ho-;om, and feel I In? beating of Ini- h
lanuelV heart. t
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UNBE]
Kindness is something broader and
its beneficent as love. Indeed it is the
overflow of love. Our Lord revealed
in his character not the wrath but the
mercy of God. "Good tidings," t
"Greatjoy," "Goodwill," "Save, not ^
rlestroy,"?these are the watchwords ^
:>f the Gospel. Hence the anti-Chris- ^
ian character of the war spirit. It is j,
pitiless and, in the last analysis, in- t(
enscly cruel. It is cruel to animals, ^
Nowhere do horses and mules suffer as ey
n the armv. No siirbts could be more i
lorrid and disgusting than those wit- p
:iessed by the writer on the Gettys- 0
mrg battle-field, whenfthe hot sun a
lad corrupted and swollen bodies of 9i
lie poor, innocent, unburied beasts. p
rhere was a kind of pleading for pity qi
11 (lie swollen and distended eye, in w
,he once swift limbs now turned stiffly n
ind beseechingly upward. The open a
nouth and lolling tongue continued "
or days a picture of dying agony h
vhich the tearing, disembowelling a
shell had compelled. God bless and d
ceepMr. Berg, Mr. Angell and their u
lo-workers of the Anti-Cruelty Socie- tl
y. They stand between the domestic f<
iniinal and his heartless foes in times a
>r w:n
II III IIUl IIICU IUUS lt'ilt u UJ UJ
ivoid war which tortures and mangles ai
ind puts excruciating pain and agoniz- c<
ng death among its necessary things? C
There is also a useful soeietj' organ iz- hi
id to prevent cruelty to children, lit- C
'Ic children away from home, employ- ei
'd late at night, insufficiently clothed h
md cared for. No mother's heart hut d
esponds lo its call. "War is cruelty to
ncu in the first instance. It is then
jruelty to the animals that do man's
wicked work. It is cruelty to the in- ^
nocent wife and children on whom its s
ravage soldiery have in past ages ^
wreaked their vengeful lust. It is a s
i-ellned and perpetual cruelty to the v
widow and orphan whose protector 0
md provider it kills or disables. The j
Ani/irinnn io ?... iii(t.ll)
L'ruelty Society. It stands with ^
L'hrist for mercy td both man and 0
east. Tt seeks to hasten the day
ivhen lions and iambs as well as men
md women shall live together in lov- ^
ng peace. O, then the very trees will }
lap their hands for joy!?Advocate of ''
Peace. ^
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Works of which the efl'eet is to cor- %v
eel our errors, to strengthen our rea- w
;on, to elevate our spirit, to improve S(
>ur mind, arc as productive in their st
vay as those that tend to lower the ,j(
>rice of meat or bread. U1
The strength and power of tender- p<
less and sympathy ! They seem weak tl
ml foolish oftentimes to the unrefiect- ni
ng. Yet how little may be done with-1
nt tlieni in winning souls. Where !
ias there been such an exhibition of,'en
I lis :is by (Jod himself? | to
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What Others Say.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian.
Per an there is no nietv in novertv
tor sin in riches. But there is reason
o fear lest the ministry and the memiership
of the church are forgetting
he declaration of the Saviour, "How
lardly shall they that have riches ener
into the Kingdom of heaven."
Ve refer with zealous confidence to
Lpostolic teaching and Apostolic exmplein
support of the doctrines we
rofess and the forms of worship we
bserve. Do we accept Apostolic exmple
as of equal authority in the
Implicity and self-denial of their daiY
lives? Let a minister with a $10,DO
salary, living in a splendid home,
ith its carpets, its pictures and magificent
surroundings, read over again
ml again this declaration of Paul: |
Even unto this present hour we botli
linger and thirst and are naked and
re bufletted and have no certain ,
welling place; and labor working
ith our own hands." It will be said
lat times have changed. Thero is
>rce in the statement. Paul lived in
ti age of bitter persecution. This is
lieerfully "ranted, but there is still
nd there must ever be an inconsisteny
between the high obligations of the
hristian profession and vast accutnu- !
itions of wealth. That was the true 1
hristian spirit which constrained an
minent Bishop of the church of Eng- 1
md to say, "I would be ashamed to '
lie worth $-30,000."
It is a sad thing to pee a Christian |
egenerate into a crabbed and petulant i
late of mind. A soured church mem- |
er is an incongruous and hideous t
pectacle. Sometimes men are found 1
. ho do not think their gifts and tal- <
nts have been dul\r recognized. Tliev
live not been selected for prominent
ositions and important missions,
iome have become soured on account j(
f the prosperity of others. Envy lias *
iirned their sp'rits. Nothing pleases 1
liem, for a sour spirit, like a sour 1
Lomach, rejects whatever is offered 11
'lie worst case is that of a soured mill- 1
iter. One who in other days led his 51
'onference has fallen behind in the "
ice. He is no longer chosen to proni-j?
lent positions. This change tills him j1
ith ugly feelings. To bis mind t he j ^
hole Church is going to wreck. In j *
>me cases the unhappy man becomes.'1
> thoroughly disgusted that he aban-|c
)iis the Denomination altogether, and *
uites wiih another, or starts an* inde- l?
?ndent organization, or goes back to
ic world. Poor soul! Disappoint- a
ent soured his spirit. . Ci
Woiit11 Knowing.?Peach stones p
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The Saints.?Not all in Heaven.?The
follwing incident proves . 3
conclusively that there are saints
whose names have not been put in the
calender and that some of these heavenly
ones still linger among us. The
Boston Hecord says :
"Yesterday was the coldest day yet,
and its sharpness furnished occasion
for a very grateful act, of which the
Historian was witness. In a West
End horse car sat a poor mother with
a child in her arms. The clothes of
the mother were thin and could hold
little or uo more mending. Thachild,
whose bandaged eyes suggested that
the mother had been to see a doctor,
was wrapped in a miserable little
shawl that would be but as a sieve
against a sharp wind.
"A lady on the other side of the car
arose to leave; on her arm was folded
:i comfortable looking shawl. In passing
she spread this over the child.
'Accp it,' she said in a low voice as
she passed out."
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Associate Reformed Presbyterian.
Aristocrats are not pleasant companions.
They assume and presume.
They claim a measure of exemption
from the ordinary laws of politeness.
j i uiey are grum or curr, n is something
that must be received in uncomplaining
meekness. But these worldly
aristocrats are delightful company
when compared to the ecclesiastical
aristocrat. He is the embodiment of
superciliousness. His recognition is ?
scarcely civil, and there is about it an
air of patronizing condescension,
which says, "Yes, oh yes, you are a
rood sort of people?but"?and then
follow certain qualifications to this
faint praise. The typical representative
of all such is drawn by Him who
xnew what was in man?that representative
is the Pharisee.
I)r. John Hall is quoted as saying:
'One who is healthy does not wish to
line at a dissecting-table. There is
jvil enough in man, Got! knows ! But
t is not the mission of every young
nan and woman to detail and report it
ill. Keep the atmosphere as pure as
Hwsiuif, mm uivjjiuiii wuu genueness
lihI charity." That is a wise remark.
['here are family boards where a contant
process of depreciating, assignng
motives, and cutting up character
;oes on. Let our homes be centers of
rank kindness?where whatsoever is
lively and true and of good report is
onsidered, and leave character dissecion
to others.
Haptist Teacher.
it does not follow that a man is not tp*
good man, or even a great man, benuse
he is not adapted to the office of
unday-school superintendent. If he
roves to be a failure, frankly tell him
ow it seems to you, if you be his pasir,
or his fellow-worker and his friend.