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POETIIY.
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RKADIXti THE AI'POIXTMKXTS.
1 was silling In 1 lie wing-slip, close beside the
altar rail,
When the Bishop came in softly, with a face
serene, but pale,
And a silence Indescribably pathetic in its
power, .
Such as might have reigned i o heaven through
that "space of half an hour,"
Rested on the whole assembly as tlir Bishop
rose and said:
"All the business t>eing iinisneu, uie appointments
will be read."
Not as oue who handles lightly merchandise
of little worth.
But as dealing with the richest, most important
things or earth.
In the fellowship ol Jesus, with the fallings
of a man.
The good Bishop asked forbearance?he had
done his best to plan
For the glory of his Master, trusting Him to
guide the pen
Without prejudice or favor: and the preachers
cried "Amen!"
"Beulah Mountains?Henry Singer"?happy
people, happy priest,
On the daintiest of the gospel through the
changing year to feast;
Not a church trial ever vexed them, alt their
preachers stay lour years.
And depart amida t?mpestof the purest kind
of tears.
"Troubled Waters?Nathan Peaceful''?how
that sainted face grew red!
How the tears streamed through his fingers as
be held his swimming bead !
But his wife stooped down and whispered?
what sweet message did she bear?
For he tnrned with lace transfigured as upou
some mount of prayer.
Swift as thought in highest action, sorrow
passed and gladness came
At some wondrous strain of music breaking
forth from .Jesus' name.
"Holy Rapture," said the Bishop, "I have
left to be supplied,''
And I thought?"You couldD't fill it, Mr.
Bishop, If you tried.
For an angel duly transferred to this Conference
below
Wouldn't know one-half the wonders that
those blessed people know;
They would note some strain of discord tho'
Ha Duncr oc hPftUPtl fiinits.
And discover some shortcomings in the feathers
of his wings."
"Grand Endeavor?Jonas Laggard." Blessed
be the Lord ! thought 1;
They have pat that Bro. Laggard where he
has to work or die.
For the church at Grand Endeavor, with its
energy and prayer,
Will transform him to a hero or Just drive
him to despair.
If bis trumpet lacks the vigor of the gospel's
charming sound,?
They will start a big revival, aud forget that
he's around.
"Union Furnace?Solon Trimmer1'?what a
Bishop he must be!
They have got the kind of preacher that will
suit them to a T:
Metho-Congo-Baptist?Uni?in one nature,
blithe and bland,
Fire or water, hell or heaven, always ready
on demaDd.
"Consecration?Jacob Faithful "?hand in
band the two will go .
Through the years before them bringing heavenly
life to earth below.
"Greenland Corners?Peter Wbolesoul "?but
be lost his self-control,
Buttoned up his coat as If be felt a cold wind
strike bis soul,
Saw the dreary path before him, drew a deep
breath, knit his brows.
Then concluded to be faithful to his ordination
vows.
In the front pews sat the fathers, hair as
white as driven snowAs
tbe Bishop read the appointments they
had filled long years ago.
Tender memories rushed upon tbera.llfe revived
in heart and brain
1 III 11 seemeu tuai IIICJ mum UHTCI UIU sir
- calls o'er again.
"Happy Haven?.Joseph Restful"?how the
joy shone in his face
At the thought of being pastor for four
years in such a place!
"Hard-as-Granlte?Ephralm Smasher"?there
the stewards sat in a row.
And they didn't want that Smasher, and he
didn't want to go.
"Drowsy Hollow?Israel Wakim''?he is sent
to 6ow and reap
Where the congregations gather in the interests
of sleep.
As they sit on Sabbath morning in their
softly cushioned pews
They begin to make arrangements for their
regular weekly snooze.
Through tl)e prayer a dimness gathers over
every moptal eye; . '
Through the reading of the Scriptures they
begin to droop and sigh ;
In the hymn before the sermon, with Its music
grand and sweet.
They put forth one mighty effort to be seen
upon their feet;
Then amidst the sermon, throbbing with the
gospel's sweetest sound.
They sink down in deepest slumber and
are nodding all around.
But 1 gueBS that Bro. Wakim, on the first 1
bright Sabbath day, i A
' When he preches to that people, and Is heart
a mile away,
Will defy both saint and sinner on a breast:
to lay a ohta ' 1... v.
Till he strikes the strain of "lastly," and I'll
warrant, him In win
For by all who ever beard him it Is confidently
said,
If 'twere possible to mortal, be would wake
thffvery dead.
Then a mist came o'er my vision as the Bishop
still read on.
And the veil that bides the future, for a moment
was withdrawn.
For I saw the world's Redeemer far above the
Blsbop stand,
On His head a ;crown of glory, and a long roll
In His band.
Hound His throne a countless number of th
ransomed, listening, press'd?
He was stationing His preachers in the city
of the blest.
Some whose names were most familiar,
known and reverenced by all.
Went down to the smaller mansions back
against the city wall.
One who took the poorest churches, miles
away from crowds and cars,
Went up to a throne of glory with a crown
ablaze with stare.
How the angels sane to greet him ! how the
Master cried, "Well done !"
While the preacher blushed and wondered
where ue bad such glory won.
Some whose sDeech on earth was simnle. with
no arguments but tears,
Nothing novel In their sermons for fastidious
Itching ears.
Coldly welcomed by the churches, counted
burdensome by all,
Went up to the royal mansion aod were
neighbors toHt. Paul.
Soon the Master called a woman, only known
here in the strife
By her quiet, gentle nature, though a famous
preachers wife.
Praised and blessed her for the harvests she
had garnered in the sky ;
But 8he meekly turned and answered," 'Twas
my hosband, Lord, not I."
"Yes," the Master said, "his talents were as
stars that glow and shine;
But thy lalth gave them their virtue, and the
glory, child, is thine !"
Then a lame girl?I had known her?heard
her Dame called with surprise.
There was trembling in her bosom, there was
wonder in her eyes.
"IwasnotlUng but a cripple; gleaned in no
wldeAeld, my King;
Only eat 9 silent sufferer 'neath the shadow
of Ttiy wing!"
"Thou h&st been a mighty preacher, and the
hnrts of many Btlrred
To dajrotion by thy patience without uttering
word,"
Satiifhe Master, and the maiden to llis side
(with wonder press'd?
Christ was stationing His preachers in the
city of the blest.
-viiu me narp sirmgsoi me anceis united
their Dames t? sweetest pjalse
Whom the world bud passed unnoticed in the
blindness or its ways.
I was still intently ga/.ing on the scene beyond
the stars
When I saw the Conference leaving, and I
started for the cars.
- Itev. AlTred J. Hough, In /Ion's Herald.
FraDce has more persons over GO
years of age thau any other country.
Ireland comes next.
The coldest place in the world is
Yakutch, Russia, the thermometer
sometimes falls to 73 below zero.
The str+ement is made that during
the last luO years France has lost 6,000000,
soldiers in the war.
The Australians have more churches
n proportion to population thau any
other people.
At sea level an object one hundred
feet high is visible a little over thirteen
miles. If five hundred feet high
it is visible nearly thirty miles.
HI Russia produces 111,649 barrels of
of petroleum-daily.
Extracts from Christian Neighbor.
roxFF.RExn: AXi> KISIIOP.
.IoIiii Christian Krcnrr iiml Sunili
Carolina Mcllioilivls.
This, the 109th session of tlie South!
Carolina Conference of the M. E.
Church, Soutii, is tlie first session held
in the (own of Laurens, S. C.
It is the fifth session of our Conference
over which Bishop Keener will
have presided,?the others being at
Orangeburg in l.S7">, Columbia in ISSo,
Winnsboro in J8S8 and Camden in
1889.
Bishop John Christian Keener, I). I).,
was born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 7,
1819. He graduated in 1835, at the
Wesleyan University, at Middletown,
Connecticut. He was converted in
Wesley Cliapel, Baltimore, Feb.8,1838.
In 1843 he was admitted on trial in the
Alabama Conference, and sent as junior
preacher with Dr. Lovick Pierce to
Franklin Street charge, Mobile. Jfn
1848 he was transferred to the Louisiana
Conference and stationed in New
Orleans. He also served a number of
years as Presiding Elder. From lSGfi
to 1S70 he was editor of the New Orleans
"Christian Advocate." He was
elected Bishop by the (Jeneral Conference
held in Memphis, Tenn., in 1870.
From the Chuistian Nkk.iihok of!
June 2,1S70, the following paragraph !
in the report of the proceedings of that
body is taken :
"Saturday, May 21.?It was, on mo
tion, resoiveu, airer ueuuie, u> cicui w..v
more Bishop. The Conference engaged
in prayer, led by Dr. Lovick Pierce,
before proceeding to the election
of this high functionary. After three
ballotings J. C. Keener, of the Louisiana
Conference, was elected, the final
vote being: J. C. Keener 9fi; James
A. Duncan 84."
The clerical delegates present on
that occasion from the South Carolina
Conference were A. M. Shipp, H. A. C.
Walker, Whitefoord Smith, \V. P.
Mouzon, W. H. Fleming and F. M.
Kennedy,?all of whom are now dtad.
Our lay representatives were W. J.
Montgomery, George W. Williams,
A. A. Gilbert, H. T. Wright, Simpson
Bobo and T. S. Moorman,?the last
named being a reserve delegate taking
the place of James H. Carlisle. Ol
this delegation Brothers Williams and
Moorman, and the then absent Car
lisle, are yet alive and active in
cburcli work.
Some comparisons in statistics show
gratifying growth in Methodism in
South Carolina sii:ce Bishop Keener
first presided over our Conference
nineteen years ago. At that time the
Conference consisted of eight Districts,
and it was then that the new Florence
District was created, over which W. C.
Power was the first Presiding Elder.
Brother Power, by the way, is the only
"P. E." now occupying that oil ice
who was in Bishop Keener's "cabinet"
in 1875.
In 1875 the Conference roll contained
the names of 145 effective preachers,
11 superannuates and "> supernumeraries
; 18 were "on trial," and 5
"supplies" were employed. At thistime
(November, 1S94) we have 1G7 effective
preachers, 28 superannuates
and 6 supernumeraries ; 30 remain on
Ltrial, and 8 supplies are employed.
r? am. diiUcq nl>nr/ih mornhpNliin in
t| VUl CUIIIV VUU<VU
^1875 was, in round numbers, 40,500;
now it is about 72,000. Then we had 4?6
Sunday schools, with 20,685 teachers
and pupils; now we have over 700
Sunday schools, and about 45,00(1
teachers and pupils.
The number of churches we had in
1875 was 564 ; now there are 715. The
value of church property was $700,000
then (including everything); now it
i9 over $1,000,000. Paisonages in 1875
numbered 74, value not separately reported
; now we have 160-odd, valued
at over f230,000.
The lay delegation in the Conference
I of 1875 numbered 32,?being four from
i each District; now there are 40, the
increase being due to the creation of
I ?
Florence and Chester Districts.
CROSS A X D C It O W X .
Our Honored Dead.
Since last we met together live members'of
the Conference have died : two of
them, Connolly and Capers, in the
ranks of the superannuates; and three,
Boyd, Pegues and Jones, in the corps
of effective workers.
Milton A. Connolly was born in 1820;
joined the Conference at Columbia,
Nov. 15,1854 ; was superannuated at
the Conference at Orangeburg, Dec. 15,
1875, and died at Kershaw, S. C., Jan.
28, 1894.
J. Marion Boyd was born in Newberry
County, S. C., Dec. 1,1832 ; joined
the Conference at Cheraw, Dec. 15,
1800 ; was continuously on the elective
list, and died at his post Feb. 25,
1894, near Rich Hill, Spartanburg
County, S. C.
Wesley L. Pegues was born in Marlboro
County, S. C., June21, 1 sis ; joined
the Conference at Cheraw, Jan. !),
1839; was four years a "supernumerary,"
but died "in harness" at Cheraw,
July 1G, 1894.
Samuel B. Jones, D. 1)., was born in
Charleston, S. C., in 1828 ; joined the
Conference at Columbia, Nov. 15, 1K54;
was justly esteemed a leader iu the
cause of female education, and served
eleven years as President of Columbia
Female College ; died in .Spartanburg,
L3 n cj * o ion I
?">. oejiL. o, i
William T. Capers, I). D., was born
in Milledgeville, (ia., iu January, 1S25;
joined the Conference at Columbia,
Dec. 25, 1844 ; was superannuated at
the Conference in Charleston, Nov. 24,
1892; died in Greenville, S. C., Sept.
10, 1894.
Bare outlines?names and dates?they
tell almost nothing of these servants
of God. Verily, there have fallen live
"Soldiers of the Cross"
"Who wild not to their Lord, as if afraid,
'Here Is thy tn!?nt III a napkin laid,"
lint labored in their sphere, ns men who live
In the delight that work alone can give.
Peace he lo them; eternal peace ana rest,
And the fulfilment of I lie great behest :
'Ye have been faithful over a few things,
(>ver ten oil ies shall ye reitfn as kings.' "
11A X DMA IDS OK TilF, LORD.
II is lit and proper in this plane to
make record of the preachers' wives
who have died during t lie present
Conference year?Martin, Jieasley,
(Carlisle.
Margaret Maxwell, daughter of
Thomas and Janet Maxwell, was horn
in Dumfries, Scotland, July 112, 1807 ;
married Kev. William Martin in the
old Washington .Street Methodist
Churchin Columbia, S. C\, in 1830;
died in Columbia, Dec. 27, 1893. Itev.
A. M. Chriet/.berg writing in the
Christian Xkkjhkor, Dec. 10, 1885,
of the Conferences held in Columbia,
had this to say concerning the session
of 1830: "This session was made
memorable by a gracious revival ; nine
persons united with the church at the
morning love-feast?the present Mrs.
Martin among them. A general
awaking to the subject of religiou prevailed
throughout the entire community."
Mrs. Beasley, wife of Rev. J. S.
Beasley, died in Marion, S. C., April
20, 1894, and was buried in Sumier, S.
C. Other data is lacking concerning
this devoted Christian woman, save
that she was vice-president of the Marion
Woman's Missionary Society, and
was ever an earnest worker in church
movements.
Emma Legare Jones, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Joues, was born in
Cokesbury, S. C., Nov. 3, I857 ; married
Rev. John E. Carlisle May 2,
1S77 ; died in Spartanburg, S. C., Aug.
7, 1S94. "She hath done what she
could," Rev. John M. Carlisle wrote
of her,?and that was much.
Preachers' wives, scarcely less than
the preachers themselves, are closely
bound to the Conference and the
Church, and we do weil to honor and
love them in life, and cherish their
memories when no longer they move
among us in their holy walks.
AMONG THE PREACHERS.
Event* and Incident* or the Conference
Year.
The "4-yeurs time limit" will, at
this Conference, operate upon five
Presiding Elders?R. N. Wells, J. B.
Wilson, John 0. Willson, T. J. Clyde
and J. Walter Dickson; and upon
seven pastors?E. W. Maeon, T. G.
Herbert, Sr., S. P. H. Elwell, J. S.
Beasley, A.J. Stafford, W.S. Martin an
M. L. Carlisle. Twelvw other preachers
may also be changed iu order that
| those whose terms have expired may
be moved and their places lilied,?unless
some "pegs" be merely shifted.
Still others, which may be called unlimited
changes, will, doubtless, also
be made.
There are but two preachers now on
the effective list who have been in the
Conference more thau fifty years:
Claudius H. Pritchard, who joined
the Conference at Camden, Feb. 10,
1841, and Henry M. Mood, who joined
at Charlotte, N. C'., Jan. 26, 1S42.
May they be spared ipany more years
to bless and benefit the Conference
and the people with counsel and ministrations
! Long may they escape un
welcome, unnecessary "laying on the
shelf" in these days of. the "enforced
superannuation" of worthy, effective
veteruus,?literally turning them out
"to graze on short grass" that new,
younger steeds may have their places
in the harness!
"Honor and reverence, and the good repute
That follows faithful service as its fruit,
Be unto them, who living, we salute.''
Robert P. Franks and John M. Carlisle,
both superannuates, reach the
half century mark this year : the former
joined at Georgetown, Feb. 7,
1844, and the latter at Columbia, Dec.
25, 1S44.
Rev. J. Walter Daniel, this year's oration
before the Conference Historical
Society, was admitted to the Conference
at Charleston in 1879. He is well
known and deservedly popular as
preacher, pastor unci author. Duiiug
the year just closing he has acceptably
served our Sumter station.
METHODISM IX M1REXS.
The Flrat Church Kuilt There .Sixty
Year* A|;?.
Our busy (.'ouference host of '04,
Rev. Walter I. Herbert, Pastor of the
Methodist Church in Laurens, S. C.,
has been unable to prepare an adequate
sketch of Methodism in Laurens, but
has nevertheless furnished some interesting
data on the subject. He
says :
"I do not know the date of the formation
of the first Methodist society
here, but find that Itev. liarnet Smith
formed the Laurensville Circuit in
1825, and traveled the same in 182(1.
"At the first quarterly meeting ol
1833 llarvey Cleveland, Pritchard Denton
and John S. James were appointed
us a building committee for the building
of a church at Laureusvill. I do not
find any report from that committee,
but am informed that before the present
building was erected there was a
church here which was simply a hull
of a house. This, I suppose, is what
the committee built. At the time of
the appointment of this committee
Rev. M. McPhersou was Presiding Elder,
Rev. James Stacy preacher in
charge, and Ira L. Potter secretary of
quarterly conference. The fourth
quarterly conference of IS:!4 was held
at Laurensville, with the same Presiding
Elder; A. W. Walker was circuit
preacher.
"The present church building was
dedicated in 1850, Rev. Whitefoord
nmm mi jinn i Wh '
Smith preaching the sermon. The
value as reported in the minutes is &>,(MJO.
These figures, I suppose, have
come down these years without
change.
"The first station preacher at Laurens
was appointed in 188-r>. He was
Rev. G. T. Harmon, who stayed two
years. Rev. J. M. Carlisle was pastor
in ISS7 ; Rev. T. E. Morris was pastor
I <luringvthe four years, 1S88?1891 ; the
present pastor, Rev. W. I. Herbert, is
closing iiis third year.
"When I was appointed to the Lau
reriK charge ut the Conference of 1891
there were lS.r> members reported as being
on thecliurch roll: wehave now23o.
There have been S3 additions to the
church in these three years, by profession
and certificate ; of these there
were tweive by profession and twelve
by certificate the present year.
"We have just finished a nice eightroom
parsonage?very comfortable and
convenient.
"In our Sunday school, of which
Brother C. C. Featherstoue is Superintendent,
we have seventeen officers and
teachers, aud 16-5 pupils."
At Conference?"Profitable."
Let nothing be done through strife
or vain glory : but in lowliness of
of mind let each esteem others better
than themselves.
Let no man think of himself more
highly than he ought to think.
Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the
things of others.
Judge not according to the appearance,
but judge righteous judgment.
Therefore whether it were I or they,
so we preach, and so ye believed.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
which are spiritual, restore such a one
iu the spirit of meekness : considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempter).
Be ye all of one mind, having compassion
one of another : love as brethren,
be pitiful, be courteous.
To him that overcometh will I grant
to set with me in my throne, even as
I also overcame, and am set down
with my Father in his throne.
Now the Lord of peace himself give
you peace always by all means.
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Proclamntiou.
President Cleveland, following in
the old rut, excludes the name of Jesus
Christ from his proclamation to
the people of the United States to observe
November LD as aday of Thanksgiving.
But it may lie said that ihe
name of God (the Father) does appear
in the proclamation. Admitted. Hut
why exclude the name of Jesus Christ
(the Son) to whom in the coronation,
the Father transferred universal "rule,
authority and power?" What saith
the Scripture? The Father ju Igeth
no man, but hath com mi ted all ju Igment
unto the Son: that all men
should houor the Son, even as they
honor the Father. He th it houoreth
not the Son honoreth not the Father
which hath sent him. John v : 22, 2.'5.
It is inconsistent in our chief civil
ruler to expect his subjects to respect
his proclamation, while lie himself ignores
the King of kin**, and Lord of
lords?the Son?who has "all power
in heaven and in earth."
It is right to give thank", but, in
view of the present condition of the
country it would be more appropriate
o observe the day in humiliation, fasting
and prayer.
William Cnpen Bans, D. D.
Over the electric wires there has
never flashed the name of a nobler
man than the one to whom the following
sad telegram relates :
Macon, Ga., Nov. 15,1k!m.
TO ltev. s. n. nrowne, voiuumw, r>. i,.;
Dr. Bass fell sweetly asleep in Jesus at five
o'clock this morning, Interment In Macon.
Friday afternoiu). H. F. Bikdkn.
Thus was conveyed to us the saddening,
though not unexpected, news of
the death of a devoted disciple of Jesus,
a pure and upright manly man,?
a man who, for the past twenty years,
has been the foremost educator of women
in the Southern Methodist
Church.
William Capers Bass, fifth child of
Rev. Henry aud Mrs. Amelia Martin
Bass, was born in Augusta, Ga., January
13; ; joined the M. E. Church,
South, at Cokesbury, S. C., Aug. 22,
1848, and was happily converted five
days later ; graduated in Emory College,
Oxford, Ga., in 1852 (from which
institution he subsequently received
the degree of Doctor of Divinity); the
same year he entered his chosen pro
re&uon?leacumg?itnu muuicu ai
Greensboro, Ga. In October, 1 So2, he
was licensed by the old Walker
(Uairch, GreeneCounty, Ga., to preach
the gospel, and in its historic pulpit,
where the sainted Bishop Pierce
preached his first sermon, he, too, began
his career as a clergyman. In
July, 1S54, he was most happily married
to MissOctavia Nicholson, who
was thereafter his life-long inspiration
and comfort. In 1859 Professor Bass,
who was then with the Madison Fe
male Uoi lege, nuauy accepieu uie cimir
of natural sciences in the faculty of
Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga.
He was elected president of this
"mother ot female colleges" in 1S74,
and continued its faithful and success-'
ful head until June, ISiit, whfii physi-!
cal disabilities eompi lied luni lo> <K
entire reM !
Such are I lie seemint?ly dry dates of
the distinctive events of l)r. l?u?' life.
Time and space would fail us in an elfort
to adequately sketch the features |
of his career, or to limn the grand J
character of the man. Amidst his'
multitudinousau arduous col lege duties
he maintained regular appointment-*
at different churches near Macon, and !
this spiritual ministration to the poor
was a joy to priest no less than people. 1
A few days ajro Dr. Bass was stricken \
with paralysis, and on Thursday i
morning November 15, 1894, the pure
spirit returned to heaven whence it
came. Then ended the life of a mau
whose character was conspicuously un-;
spotted from the world ; no better,!
truer man lived, no man who rendered i
more deeply valuable service in the'
households of Southern Methodism is j
held in reverential recollection than
William Capers Kass.
While the cloud of affliction that'
rests upon his loved ones is heavy, it
has the illumining lining of certain
nope ill tue gioritmi irsiinminn, iu i
the joyful re-union where will be no!
more parting.
J)r. Bass leaves a widow, one daughter,
Mrs. It. F. Burden, and two sons,
Messrs. William* and Julian Bass, all
residents of Macon ; one brother, Rev.
Henry A. Bass, of Sumter County, 8.
C., and one sister, who is the wife of'
tihs editor.
"BleNNeil arc tl?e .Merciful."
Frequent sermons might appropriately
be pleached upon the divine benediction
and promise?"Blessed are
the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy," for mercy from man to man
and from man to beautdenotes as clearly
asdoesany human characteristic our
kinship to the Heavenly Father and
His blessed Son, Jesus, the Christ.
Of mercy, Shakspere said, "It is an attribute
to Cod himself."
Unhappily for mankind, as well as for
the brute creations, most boys grow into
manhood with little thought of their
duty towards the dumb animals all
around them. It is gratifying, hopeinspiring,
when a youth manifests a
spirit of gentleness, of humaneness.
We were therefore, much pleased last
Saturday to receive from Marvin Boyd
?son of Rev. J. Marion Bojd, ol
cherished memory? the following:
Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 8,1804
Dear Uncle Browne : In reading
the Neighbor over to-night I saw
"From the memories of a Mule." I
write to at>k you if there is a book by
that name, and, if so, where can I
get it? If you know ol
any other book on animals I wi.-h you
would name (hem. I would likeio belong
to the "society for the Prevention i
of Cruelty to Animals." I am sure I i
would have many opportunities to do!
good work. We have no society here.'
Yours respectfully,
Marvin* Boyd.
In reply to our young friend, and for
ihe benefit of all who are *or may be
interested, we advise the reading of
"Block Beautv" and ' The Strike at
Shane's." Both are published by
George T. Angeli, President of the
American HumaneEducation Society,
19 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. From
Mr. Angeli may also be obtained sample
copies of "Our Dumb Animals,"
and full information as to ihe organization
and operation of branches of the
"American Band of Mercy " Whether
"From the Memories of a Mule" in
the title of a book we do not know ;
Mr. Angeli can probably tell.
We hope Marvin Boyd will speedily
become a successfal pioneer in raising
a "Baud of Mercy" in Spartanburg,
and that he and his co-worker will accomplish
much good. The influence
of such a movement would doubtless
spread far beyond its originator's im
l!-i- 1 ^?4. T? A
ineuitue en vuuiiiut-iii. Dii)?iiiiu gins,
men and women, will do well to follow
the example of this worthy son of
a noble sire.
One Thin* Ortiiin.
No "Society," no "Lodge," (open or
secret,) no "Corporation," no "Club
arrangements," no "oatli bound obligations,"
no "Organization," civil,
military, social or ecclesiastical?no relation
whatever which an individual
may sustain towards governments or
towards other powers or persons,?no
anything or nothing?haw stand In the
way of a personal accountability in the
day of judgment, when all, small and
great, shall stand before the judgment
seat of Chrl9t, where every one shall
give account of himself for the done in
the body.
Nothing can release from individual
accountability.
For where envyinp and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.
James iii: 1<>.
How aptly das tins scripture been
illustrated in the recent political campaign
and elections in South Carolina.
What need there is of the "wisdom
that is from above, first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypoc i
risy." May the Lord of peace baptize j
State and Church with the wisdom'
which is from above.
Should we not Pray ?
During the session of an Annual!
Conference, the members of the:
Church in the several charges, the fani-j
iliesof the brethren attending the session
and the ministers and delegates!
themselves should ofier prayer-that j,
all may not only be preserved in health j,
and peace, but that godly wisdom may |
direct in all purposes and measures,' ]
which look to the welfare of thel|
Church. The purposes and measures!,
of men look to t he real gooil of the j |
the Church in proportion a? the word ,
and Spirit of Christ are respected ; the! <
Divine word and Spirit are respected , <
in proportion as self seeking is ii^nor- ,
e-i. Some things may he arranged he- <
lb it- hand ; oilier things should he lett .
for counsel and prayer. To pre-arrange i
and plan as far as practicable for self-j j
preferment, and then tsilk (o men audi |
pray to Codas if deferentially waiting jj
for counsel and Divine direction, is hut 1
an attempt to mock Cod and deceive
richer men.?Christian Xc'u/hhor, Drc.
16, 1875.
. j I
Alphonso VIII, the child king of '
^puin will be initiated into military is
lite by taking command ot a batalioii i
[>f troops varying in age from 5 to S I
years. There are 700 of these baby t
soldiers, armed with weapons titled to .
iheir baby requirements. I
i
The D.vlnir Mliiintor.
Burdened with the weight of years
and labors, the old preacher lay upon
his couch waiting the summons of the
niesseuner to call him across the river.
Around him were gathered his "children
and brethren, ministering a* fur
as they could to his every want. He
lay silent for a time, when one of Itao
watchers snid, "He is going soon."
Tears were flowing from many eyes.
He roused a little, murmuring something
that none could understand
"His mind wanders in the last hour,"
sun I one. He seems to revive a little.
"Raise my head," he said. "Is it time
for the sermon ? The lights are burning
and the song seemsto have died
away." All voices were hushed as he
continued:
"Well, my text is from Jesus: 'In
my Father's house are many mansions'
?blessed words of promise. Vou poor,
lowly ones who dwell in cabins remember
there are many of them. 1
promised my children 10 come homehut
that mansion is my home. I'm
too weary to preach long tn-night, my
bretnern.
"What is that I hear? The music
should not begin before the sermon is
over?strange voices, too,?no, not
stange; tis the wife of my early youth
leading the choir?yes, and mother,
too! I can't preach ; let me lie down
and rest." He opened his eyes. In
them was a far-away look, but what he
saw none of the watchers could tell.
Raising his hand solemnly, he said:
"Let us pronounce the benediction.
May grace, mercy and pi*ace
abide?." A u unintelligible murmur,
and ihe hush of silence came, to be
broken by the sighing and sobbing of
(he watchers. The old preacher had
preached his last sermon.?Chrixtian
Neighbor, Dee. 10, 1885.
Bishop Keener in 1875.
The business of Conference was not
hurried, but was disposed of with dispatch
and ease. Bishop Keener looks
airnitrhf, hpforp him and keens the bus
iness in |hand in an accordant line.
He does not talk too much, nor was
there very muidi too much talking hy
others?may he some left without
"letting off." However, after the
appointments were read, there were a
uumber of speeches pro tt con, long
and short,low and loud, smooth and
rough, glad and sad; a few seemed
quiet, as though they were waitiug to
see what direction the pill would take.
?Editorial Correspondence in Chrix
tian Neighbor, Dec. 23, 1875.
"MnnAffIni? Tiling*."
The N. Y. Methodist must know a
good many things, or be good at guessing.
There is nothing new uuder the
sun, and what suits one place where
the sun shines on men, may suit another
locality juntas well, if the New
York hrothejphad no one particular in
his eye when, as followeth, he shot
ut random, then he may rest assured
that his shot was not in the air, and
that if he did not hit the lonely man
in the moon, he certainly did not miss
a few that dwell on this earth :
" 'Managing things' is a dangerous
ihKah Sfr ! n t? aI ?Tfl?i tMiHiiuv nrion
uuaiurira wucii it hi pui/nug >uvti
up and down to gratify caprices. If A.
is unsound in theology, face him like
a man witli a bill of charges. Merely
changing his pulpit will not change
his spots. Hardscrabble Circuit is entitled
to souud theology as much as
Goldshiner Station. Besides, the
meanness of engineering a man out
of your way when yoa lack courage to
do what you believe is somebody's duty
sets badly on any well behaved conscience,
and produces in the public
a kind of theological nausea, if you
have any jobs of that kind on hand
take our pdvice and be mauly about
them."?Christian Neighbor, Dev. 10,
1875.
Bishop Keener at Wlnnsboro.
Bishop Keener with an eye to redeeming
the time and to the safe dispatch
of business is moving the Conference
and its business toward the
close (Monday night, I predict). The
Bishop holds the sincere respect and
deserved esteem of the brethren, some
of whom, however, with some visitors
seem to forget the repeated raps of the
gavel. The Bishop is accompanied by
his son, Itev. Christian Keener, of the
tloi9ton uouiereuce. me t'Miifitnrc
welcomed both father ami son to
Winushoro homes and hearts ami none
the less to*1he reunion of the itinerant
assemblage.
This third visit of Bishop Keener to
the old South Carolina Conference is
appreciated by the brethren as much
as either of the other two?we think
more. The Lord spare ami strengthen
His venerable servant for years to
come to lead, govern and feed ihe
flocks entrusted to his keeptntrEditorial
Correspondence in Chrintia > Nci</hbor,
Dec. 6, 1888.
Inspired Appointment*? hiuI Other*
Some brother prayed that the
preachers might "accept their appoiotmenis
as coming from God." After
the appointments were read those who
got good appointments would say
"Amen," others contra. As in Paul's
epistles there were some things " hard
to be understood," so tu the appointments
there were some things hard to
be understood?not by those who had
1 * A i ..4 i... i.^ 4?..r
goon appointments um uy me mHic'eo.''
The number of those who
believe in the Divine inspiration of appointments
is on the decrease. Yet
no "outsider" knows all that is known
and said in the "Cabiuet." As said before.
it might be well for some outsiders
to know what is said about them
iu the Bishop's Council, and it might
be well for the Bishop and his Counsellors
to know what is said of them
by some outsiders. Each might gaiu
something of the "wisdom that is profitable
to direct."?Editorial ('orrespondencc
in Christian Neighbor % Dec. ">,
188Jt.
Receiving Uif Preacher.
In a week or two the preachers will
have entered on their work for another
Conference year. Success or failure
depends much upon how the preacher
is received by his charge. If di;?satisfaction
is expressed at the appointment
and he is coldly received.it will
greatly impair his usefulness. CJive
liim a cordial welcome, and then cooperate
with him in the work of the
f'hiirch. (iod's aimrovul and blessiner
will abide upon the Church, and His
L'ause will he advanced. It is possible
<ome charges may feel disappointment
it not receiving the preacher they
wished. If so, pray the more earnestly
for God's blessings on the labors of
the man sent; and the outcome will he
jlorious.?Christian Xeiyhbor, I)cv. 17,
1885.
True Thou?Ih it*n Now.
The South Carolina Conference lias.
>ut few, if any, "Buncombe"speakers. |
lo debate merely to be heard by conjtituents
is rarely encouraged, so that
much business it transacted in a little
time. A most excellent recommends-+
lion for any deliberative body.?AYr.
A. M. Chreitzbr.rf/i in Christina X'-if/h1jov,
De^. 8, 1870. |
'Cabinet Leaking:."
Never before in the memory of thd
middle-aged inhabitants was (here less
cabinet leaking than at this Conference.
The Presiding Elders somehow
looked like there was something iu
them, but that they were rather afraid
they themselves did not know what it
wax. They remiued one of so many
stone bottles filled with lager beer or
some other fermenting compound,
tightly corked, with ah episcopal wire
holding the cork iu place.?Edifnrinl
(hrrexpondence in Chrixtian Nritjhhor,
Dee.. 23, 187.).
Poorly Pnl?l but Faithful.
The hard year lefr its marks on the
frames and ouifit*of some of the faithful
workers?and on their financial reports
as well. None besides themselves
know what these have endured
since receiving their appointments for
188o. But -they appeared in their
places, read their reports, were approved
and stood ready 10 go back to the
same or some other work, probably no
better, and serve the Church another
year.?Editorial Correspondence in
Christian Neighbor, Dee. 17, 1885.
Salary and Nalvation.
More importance is attached to the
dollars and cents in a preachcr's re
port (when lie reads his "staiistical lesson)
than to the mini her of soijIh converted
during the year. The amount
of salary likely to be paid, rather than
the amount of good that may be done
in saving souls and building up the
church governs too much some preachers
in their choice of place, i. e. when
they are permitted to have a choice?
the privilege of not every one.?Christian
Neighbor, Dec. 5,1894.
Applicable Tliou and Xnw?
If any charge has not received the
preacher they desired, they, by their
prayers, faith, counsel and co-operati.in,
can make the one sent the man
they ought to have. Let the people in
every charge pray earnestly and fervently
for the success of their pastor,
am) heartily lend him their co-operation,
and the year will be the most
glorious ever known in our Conference.?Editorial,
Christian Neighbor,
Dec. 15, 1870.
Exactly.?According as preachers
and people act in good faith with each
other and with the appointing power
in the Methodist Church, their tongue
is single and their speech is sincere,
and vice versa.?Christian Neighbor,
Jan. 15, 1885.
Odd Firm Kaine*).
I was going down a street in St.
Louis when I saw that A. Grander
was in the grain business, which is
certainly appropriate, and it called to .
mind a number of like instances that
T huvo apun in HifTpiviit aor?M??na nf ! ???
country. Iu Chattanooga an undertaker
is named Cay ; iu Mobile the
former keeper of a cemetery was named
Graves; in South Pittsbuigh there
is a law firm named Bright & Early;
in Marion, Indiana, a law firm which
formerly exisied was Robb & Steele;in
Mount Vernon, Illinois, is a sign reading
"Fly Coffin Suop in Rusbville a
hotel fi rm used to be Cook & Fry ; a
sign in Paxton, Illinois, reads '*A.
SamplP, Lawyer;" in Troy, New York,
a butcher is named Calfkiller; near
Lynn, Massachasetts. two farmers got
into a lawsuit, which whs entitled
Haymaker versus Turnipseed; man
named Apple is in the fruit business
at Indianapolis ; Sicktnan is the name
of a doctor in Cincinnati; Hops & Harness
is a livery stable firm in Kokomo,
Indiana; a man named Boatman
runs a ferry in Mississippi.?St. Louis
Globe- Democrat.
Mnke llic WohI of It.
Nine persons out of ten are this day
sighing'for some far away opportunity.
This one thinks if he ouly bad the
chance to go to school and get such an
education as some of his acquaintance*
are receiving rhen he could make a figure
in the world. That one is sure if
he only had a certain amount of capital
he could realize a vast fortune on
it.
The result is that the real opportunities
which come to each of these discontents
is passed by unrecognized.
Iu very truth, to each one is given
precisely the fate that ought to be
given. If be is dissatisfied with bis
surroundings and longs for a higher
life, a broader field, in himself lies undeveloped
the germ of the power that
will gain all he wants. Day by day
faint hints that might be utilized, cob
web tbieads that, if followed, will be
the clew through all the wildering
l.ih\M-ini h in wliinh hn wttnilfre lin
happy, come to him and touch him,
ami he perceives them not. By making
the most of the everyday tilings
that meet us all along the path we
shall find the hints and the threads,
and we shall find them in no other
way.
^
A SXAKE IH'KL.
A newspaper correspondent writes
I hat in India two English officers, Cap
tuin A. and Lieutenaut B. recently
fought?or experienced?an orignal
duel. They caused a venomous serpent
to be shut up in a dark room. An
hour later, the two adver.-aries simultaneously
entered the room by different
doors. Ten minutes afterwards Lieutenaut
B. was bitten. He died within
a short time. As for Captain A.,
whose hair hail turned completely
while, he was to be court-martialled.
The attendee at the Antwerp Congress
had an opjtortunity of studying
certain object-le.-sons at the Interuational
Exhibition then on view in that city.
In particular, theirattention was claim
ed by the vast guns in the French Department,
able to carry heavy projectiles
more than twelve miles. Tnese
weapons have, it is saitl. already reuderetl
the world-renowed fortifications
of Antwerp practically useless for modern
warfareMr.
\V. It. C'remer, M. P., bas obtained
about JMOsignatures of Members
of Parliament to a Memorial in favour
of an Arbitration Treaty between
(jirat Britain and the United States.
The French are turning the desert of
Sahara into a garden. By means of
artesian wells, 1:2,000,000 acres of land
have been made fruitful. There are
still 9ti0.000.0D0 acres to be reclaimed.
A publication issued by a big Eastern
thread company says that over
7,000,000 miles of thread are annually
used in the Uuited States.
I)o not wait till you be holy ere you
east your confidence on the Savior, but
cast confidence on him now, and you
shall he made holy.
*A French physician reports a case of
hiccough successfully treated by laking
snuH'uutil sneezing was provoked.
The provisions and clothing destroyed
during ihe war of the rebellion,
wore valued at $100,000,000.