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K . \ > ' 1 ' "Sons of Qod." fc ' i "" Sermons by the late Rev. Robert A. Lee. Adam, which was the son of God.?St. Luke iii, 38. This statement closed the genealogy of our Lord It completes that account of Christ's Human ancestr) which St. Luke gives us. Our Lord's human parentage i< traced back, beginning with Joseph, through a long line ' until Adam is reached, who, we are told, was the son o God. Now, genealogical narratives and records are pro verbially dull and uninteresting ; they consist often of mere i' lists of names, the long succession of fathers and sons And the long line of names that St. Luke and St. Matthev I give us as comprising the human ancestry of Christ, is, per ) , haps, no exception. We find ourselves asking, What is the use and meaning of this enumeration of names ? Man} of them aire only names, occurring no where else in the Bible ; with only a few of the more prominent are we <: familiar; such names as David and Jesse ; Jacob and the ' * ' - ' L*. O.iL M7L.. J.'J C4 patriarchs, ana Aaam, ana nis son oei.ii. wuy uiu 01 U Matthew and St. Luke, unlike the other two evangelists make this record of our Lord's descent ? Doubtless t( make real to us his oneness with us?to show that he wa: "bone of our bone and flesh of our flesJi." If Christ wa: Man as well as God, He had a place in time and history, and in the line of succession of mankind. If we are tc know Him as we know other men, we must have these fact: in relation to Him. His life, His family, and ancestry ; a: we in the world know and study these in the lives of grea ? nrL:~ ? ' tKon ic o nor)- nf fhp rprrtrH of nil men. iiiisgciicdiugji, iu?i, w w? -w~ . ~ ? Lord's life on this earth as man. For the most part, then this genealogy m&y seem but an uninteresting collection o names; this it is, perhaps, until the name of Adam is reached when with one bound we leap from earth to heaven ; in on< moment the scene changes, and we are carried on fron & sonship of human fathers to sonship of God. "Adam which was the son of God." Just as the record declare: ; ? that Isaac was the son of Abraham, and Seth the son o :.f Adam, so it proceeds, when Adam's name is reached, t< declare that he was the son of God. That fact illuminate: the whole. A long and uninteresting list of names ; an< vet thev lead us on to Adam, and through him to God. P barren record of human descent ; and yet heightened ant i transfigured because of descent from God. Adam's parent age, and so that of all his descendants, springingfrom God "Adam, which was the son of God"?what noble conceptioi that. How does it transform and dignify Adam, and al , his descendants. Suppose the author had ended the recon with Adam. What a difference ? What a loss the inspir =v ing thought?"son of God Adam's parentage, andsotha , of all his descendants is traced back to God?"Adam, whicl was the son of God ;" and so we, and all his descendants sons of God. Sons of God then, by virtue of creation?that is th< ,7' message and truth of our text to us this morning. T( every man its gracious teaching is true : You are the son o God. Even though you are rebellious and willful, wander u, ing away in revolt and hatred of God, all sin-stained anc lost as you are, you are yet a son of God, created in Hi! image, stamped with the divine lineaments. This you: iR sonship of God?your God-given and created nature?yoi 'may have despised ; you may have impaired and degradec it. You may have proven rebellious and ungrateful sons unworthy of such a title. And yet the great truth for eact ^ of us, in our text to-day, is that we are still sons of God for whom, therefore, there yet remains the possibility of alif( &A such as becomes sons. What a power, then, it would be ir the life of every man, could we but help him to realize that V sinning and rebellious, he is the son of God. You are ye r ^the son of God. What a power that in the life of the mai V.'to whom God has been presented as the Father of th< select few, and the great and ruthless Executioner of th< many ? You are His son ; now His son. You do not hav< to become his son. You do not have to stand off, and fa ;>, away from Him, until you can become His son. You dc not have to wait for some great change and process to tak< r place, that will make you his son. You do not have t< wait until you have become a son, that you may love anc serve God. God demands of you the love and service o ' > your life now ; and He demands it because you are Hi: son. Whoever you are, however willful and disobedient : v you are a son, upon whom a Father's love is being pourec out in unmeasured fullness ; he may indeed now be scourg ing and punishing you, but He punishes because He lovei you, your highest and truest interests. He punishes becausi He is a Father and you are His sen, and He would restraii and save you from destruction. Our race, then, is not to b< considered as children of the evil one, but as sons of God The sons of Adam sin, terribly and flagrantly, and ye our hope is that they are stamped with the image of God W This is the hope and basis of man's salvation. Chris became Son of man, because Adam and our race were b> v creation sons of God; and He would show us what this son ship is, show us how to attain it in all of its fullness, shov ' us how to live as sons. You are the son of God ; that i: the gracious and inspiring message to every man. You d< '-.not have to become a son ; and you do need Christ to ena ble you to live as a son. You are the son of God ; sureh no man so lost whom this great message and thought can ? - A 5 \f ?-/^ 4-T-*^ r>/\n rvf rinrl oil cm not res.cn a.nu save. i uu cue mc sun ui vjuu , m< stained and brutalized as you are, for whom the eterna Son of God came to live and die that you might have powe to live as becomes a son of God. "Adam, which was th< son of God." What a glorious gospel of hope and new lif< to man who has always been told that he was the chilt of the devil, and the heir of eternal death ; who has alwayi regarded God as the one terrifying and dreaded fact o life. All men sons of God by creation ; in all of their sin: and wanderings, still sons ; and because sons, the eterna Son of God dvin^ that they might know and realize thei sonship?tell that to all men, to every man?the disheart ened, the faithless, the sin-stained : You are a son of God / There is hope in it ; and there is power in it ; there i blessing?salvation in it. But again, there is also in thi gospel of joy and hope, a warning for every man. Sonshi] implies and includes likeness. He is a true son who repro duces and manifests the powers and virtues of the father In the ideal, then, in the highest state and efficiency, son ship means similarity, likeness. A son of God, then, ough to be like God. How terrible, then, that men?sons o God by creation, made after God's image?should live a " children of the evil one. How terrible that men?sons o God?should do this. If, then, this gospel of our tex brings new hope and power to all, it has likewise its warn ing for all. Every man the son of God ; so every man' the duty and responsibility of following and obeying Hin ' *' > -t /" _ j \ \ r\ i.1 who alone is pertect Man ana 0011 01 uoa. wucuici jui have ever realized this or not ; whether you have eve recognized and performed any religious duty or not, it ye remains that you are, by creation, sons of God, and your is the weighty duty of so living. You are a son of God * you cannot ignore or neglect that great fact. Again, there is this in our text, "Adam, which wa ' the son of God," this further truth : Sons of God, you wil never be satisfied with anything else; never be conten y . r: ./r?; j.'-; \ ' , ' V - ' ' , s . with living for any other than God, never be content with < any life which is not that of a true son of God. Sons of i God bv creation, there is something in your hearts that i demands God ; something in the heart of every man that 1 demands God. Ignore it and crush it out as men may do, t and as under the temptation and beguilements of sin and c sense men do, there is in every man's heart an undying ? passion for God. Let me say that to you this morning, I for the truth there is in it, a truth about this our humanity t that in our hopelessness und despondency we forget; a ( truth for ourselves, a truth to bear in mind when we are i . striving to help others: Men have in their deepest souls, I sometimes covered up and denied expression, yet for all ? s that, in their inmost being, men have an inextinguishable c i thirst for God. St. Augustine, one of the great fathers of ] { the Western Church, has said : "O God, my heart was i - created for Thee, and it is unquiet until it rest in Thee." i Your hearts are unquiet until they rest in God. You may . enthrone in your thought and affections home and family ; it j may be life's occupation, or pleasure, or success. These - you may put first in your life and affections ; and yet your ; heart was made for God ; and no rest will it find until it r rest in God. You are sons of God, and no peace will you ; know?peace real and lasting?until you begin to realize i your sonship, enter into it, and more and more live it. In i the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, and his knights of , the Round Table, a story is told of the son of a man of , knightly and noble rank?the only class at the time who ' 1 ' - 1_. u i ) were considered or genuemamy umu?cngiuie ucdimg ; arms and to other.gentlemanly accomplishments ; a son of a 1 5 member of this class, in infancy, was delivered over to a , family in the lowest walks of life, to be reared. And the i ) boy grew up without knowing his real origin, supposing < 5 himself to be one of the common herd. But as he grew i s to manhood, he is represented as being seized with { t desires and aspirations that ill suited his lowly rank ; he i r manifested a desire, and when the opportunity was pre- < . sented, a marked ability in wielding arms, such as only a < f member o* the class of knights and gentlemen ever did. < , A generous and manly bearing and address characterized ' 2 the youth. Reared among laborers, and serfs of the soil, i i his true rank and nobility asserted itself, was recognized, < , and he became a knight. And so, my friends, men are i 5 sons of God ; and in spite of sin and all enticements?all 1 f that would obscure and blot out this, it will assert itself. 1 Men are sons of God, their hearts created for God ; and it i 5 matters not what else they have, they will be unquiet until 1 they rest in God. In spite of all that would obscure and < i efface it, this birth, this high rank and origin, will assert ] i itself; its aspirations and desires cannot be filled and satis- 1 - fied with these things of sense and appearance ; the heart I . was created for God, and is unquiet until it rest in Him. i i Let me say that to you this morning, for the hope and * 1 encouragement there is in it ; let me say it for the truth and 1 3 message there is in it for every man. You are sons of s - God, and it is useless for you to strive to be content with 1 t anything less than God. { i "Adam, which was the son of God." That is the opin- ' ion and estimation which the Bible has of our humanity, i This is its gospel of humanity?that it is son of God. Man 1 2 then, we learn, is a religious being?designed and made to ) be so. We learn, too, that he is not wholly bad, although j f straying very far away from the ideal which he meant to 1 - attain. Sinning and rebellious, we yet hope for him, 1 1 because he is son of God. Very far gone in evil and sin, i 5 man then is not wholly bad. He is not child of the devil, t r but son of God. But, my- friends, do we realize this ? < l When we think of men, and of their religious dispositions 1 1 and characters, their efforts to live for Christ, do we realize ] ; this ? That men are by nature designed to love and serve l a Father in heaven ? Do we not fall into the mistake of i , supposing that religion is something foreign to a man's ] - ?* 5 to nnnofn r*o 1 an A aKnnrma 1 ? T~)f? ( ; ilctlUI C : OUlIICllllllg mai u uuuaiuiu. i we not go on the assumption that human nature is utterly i , opposed and hostile to God ? That is the underlying prin- i t ciple and assumption in much of the preaching and presen- 1 1 tation of the gospel that is heard weekly from the pulpits < 2 of this land. Men are treated and addressed as utterly hos- 1 5 tile to God, and averse to loving and serving Him. Men ] 2 are told that they are thus utterly evil ; that the religious 1 r life, something very necessary and good, is yet some- i ) thing foreign to their inmost beings. . Now, this being < 2 the current thoughts about men?their nature and disposi- i ) tion?and about the religious life, is it any wonder that < i men find the thought of God a difficult and forbidding one ? 1 f find themselves averse to undertaking the service of God ? i 5 find no inspiration to live in the thought and love 01 <joa r , Is it wonderful, that if we present religion as a strange and ' i unnatural thing, men should accept our statement and turn i - away from it ? If we do not expect that men shall be relig3 ious, shall be attracted and held by the thought of God, by : s the divinely perfect life of Christ?if we do not expect and < 1 look for this?we most assuredly will not find it. If we do i not expect that men will love and serve God, we will not . find them doing this. Now, the Christian life does require t effort and struggle, long continued, and unceasing ; and . yet does not the deepest needs of man's soul demand that he t should be putting forth this effort, urge him on to waging / the contest ? Difficult and painful as the life may be, the - deepest wants of a man's heart inspire him to undertake it; v because every man is a son of God. s Finally, then, Adam and his descendants "sons of God" d ?that is the great charter of our humanity. For this - rpawn thf? ptprnal Son r.ame into the world : that we / might live as sons?sons of God : Let us realize that ; - let us believe that of men ; let us tell that to men. There - is blessing and healing in it. Believe that men are sons ; 1 tell them this ; expect to find them this; and they will r live as sons. t 5 "The Elder Brother." f 5 l r ' 'And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.?St. Luke xv : 29." s s p These are the words of the elder brother in the para ble of the Prodigal Son. They were spoken in response . to the entreaties to the son that he would come and join in - the festivities that celebrated the return of his long absent t brother. Now in this, the most wonderful and best known f of our Lord's parables, the chief interest and attention of s men have been attracted to the younger son ; as is evidenc f ed by the name by which it is universally known?the Part able of the Prodigal Son.. Another such delineation of - wandering in the paths of sin, of the loss and degradation s caused by sin, of the new hope and restoration that await n repentance and a changed mind, was never made. It ar11 rests the attention,- it conveys its gracious message, to men r in every age. And yet, perhaps, the chief point, the t end and objective of the parable, is not the portrayal of s the younger, but of the elder son. The purpose, perhaps, ; of the narrative is not so much to show us repentance and (Am;?onQM r> ovprricp a? it ic tn ?hnw ns that in Dresence Ivx^l VV.IJCOO Ail viuv^ *v *w *v w",w " X s of every motive to exercise these noble qualities, men 11 could stand by untouched and unmoved as did the elder t son. As will be seen in the first part of this fifteenth 1 \ -haDter of St. Luke's gospel, the Pharisees had been crit- le cising Christ for receiving publicans and sinners, and eat- o ng with them. And in answer to their strictures and judgments, Christ addressed to them this parable. He showed g o them the folly and wickedness of despising these low p md degraded classes, and refusing to help them, by the s< spectacle of the elder son refusing to receive his repentant ti jrother. It was designed as a rebuke to the Pharisees for p * * 14 1 frw fV?o cr\_r?o 1\ neir naugnry ana suptrunuus . :lasses of sinners ; and for their refusing to them any ir ights or spiritual privileges. In the elder brother our a ^ord doubtless meant to represent the Pharisees; so repre- e ;ent them as to force them to see and recognize the image a )f themselves?to show them how, in the presence of com- n Dassion and mercy they would yet close the gates against ii epentance and contrition in others. If, then, we are to tl udge by the purpose of this parable, the chief character t; n it i^ the elder son, All the surroundings, the younger u ;on's riotous living, his degradation and repentance, and a :he father's overflowing tenderness and compassion?all of is :hat is put before us as a setting to display the character c ind conduct of the elder brother. This narrative, then, is v lot merely the parable of the Prodigal Son, as men denomnate it, but also that of the elder brother. And it is to a i consideration of some of the features and characteristics A )f this person in the parable that I invite your attention t :his morning. h Now, let it be said in the first place, that the errors and s weaknesses and deficiencies of the elder brother are those t :o which excellent and religious people are peculiarly liable, s rhe sins of this person are the offenses of a life otherwise f; jpright and honourable. His whole existence had been g Dne of faithful and meritorious service, and was in strik- y ' - . t * J A, 1 ' :ng contrast to the dissipations ol his Drotner. Ana yet, n *ood and excellent as his life was, he had his faults and c >ins. As the younger son shows the faults of a disobedient t ind ungodly life, so the elder brother displays the dangers a ind weakness that just as surely belong to the obedient il md religious life. What are some of the deficiencies ? 1; Moral and upright as was the life of the elder son, he fails c utterly in a broad and kindly human spirit. He had form- t 2d his theory of life; and in this theory faithfulness and up- s rightness had the chief place. He knew no life into which v the cardinal qualities did not enter. That was his concep- 1 :ion of life, and he lived up to it. It was correct so far as t t went. But at the same time it was narrow and limited, c rhere were truth and life that were not included in his con- e :eption; of which indeed he was ignorant. He had left no a place for repentance anc[ forgiveness. For him, life was to f wnn hv inflexible uprightness, and the man who failed r here was utterly rejected. The life of this man was cor- r rect ; no one could charge him with fault. And yet it was e i cold and repellant kind of correctness, utterly lacking in t human interest, altogether failing to inspire in us pleasure t md' admiration. He was trying to serve God ; he bent all t the energies of his being to obeying the command to love c God with heart, and soul, and mind. But he forgot the c second commandment of the law which is like unto the first, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." He was r acking in real human flesh and blood, warmth and life, b He was good and moral, but cold, and hard and repulsive, s ,\nd so the world has always turned from the elder brother d with his small and lifeless excellence, and has dwelt upon i: :he misguided and yet generous life of the younger son, t md rejoiced at his restoration to righteousness. Now, is s there not much of goodness and religion to-day of this c :haracter- ? In its efforts to live a life such as it ought to 1: live, does it not forget that the end is not to be better, sim- c ply, but rather to be better men ? More and more, men ? s To be broader, truer, more natural, and human ? Does it e not forget this ? Is not the goodness of many Christian c people to-day somehow divorced from a strong and vigordus life ? Does it not seem to be abstract ? Far away 5 from the things and objects that engage the attention of i men ? So hard and repellant has Christianity been made I to appear, so far removed from the ordinary interests ana j enterprises and thoughts of men, that the problem with Christianity is, today, how to reach the masses. Such a ( problem could arise only where Christians are like the elder brother?simply correct and upright, and lacking in a broad and kindly sympathy for men, as men. Such a problem could arise only where Christians, as did the elder brother, 1 fail to meet the second great command of the law?love to Dne's neighbor. And this problem can be met only when Christians show in their lives that the gospel of Christ does not make them less human, less men, does not abstract them from the ordinary thoughts and feelings of men ; does not in any way separate them from men, but brings them closer into touch with all that is best in man in all L T? ^Alnfnln fViQiV f^Viricfian rhnrr>r.te?r. lime. Ill 111C CliUlL LU iuaiiiiain uiwn vunuv^.. ~ , , some men seem to go about encased in armor that shuts : out people and things about them. They appear separated from life about them, and hard and repellant. But the Man Christ was genial and kindly, affable and approachable, taking a part in the life about him with keenest zest and interest. And He is the One Man in all time. But again, in this elder son, in this correct and religious man, there is an illustration of this truth : That some persons are solicitous about righteousness, not for its own sake, but for the incidental advantages and rewards that go with it. The prominent thing in the mind of this man was the wealth, and position, and respectability that resulted from his goodness. He was therefore utterly indifferent to the \ fact of his brother's repentance and restoration to an up- * right life. The fact of goodness was of minor importance ? to him. His brother's repentance and sorrow, and deter- ? mination to do better, awakened no responsive feeling in JS his heart:. His only thought was, that as his brother had i - * * ? ' r . j T_ ? 8 not been true, and good, he should lorreu me rewaius ui l such a life. How very different the father. He was just ? as correct and upright and good as was the son ; yet, in the i mind of the father, righteousness and the restoration to it i were foremost. And when this father saw his younger son i turning from sin unto God?in comparison with this great \ fact,. riches and beautiful raiment were mere baubles that < might be poured out with lavish hand. "This my son was J dead,and is alive again, he was lost, and is found. Kill ? the fatted calf, and bring hither the best robe." And so f many of us, like the elder brother, are desirous of maintain- c ing a religious life because it is an excellent and good thing g to do. If you will allow the expression, we possess good- ? I-1 11 rmn/lnocc nnrl truth nOSSeSS US. u ncss, riuner nid.ii mat ^uuuh^jj unu ^ ? Now this distinction is radical. The elder son possessed j goodness ; it was one among many valuable and precious t things in his life. But in the case of the father, goodness v possessed him in every part and fibre of his being. It was ? the one thing in this whole world for him. In its presence 1 and transcendant importance all else faded away. Now, } my friends, do you possess religion, or does religion possess e you ? The first is the position of the elder son. I will c not say it is wholly wrong. But it is distinctly the lower r plane, the half truth. If you possess truth, you have it [ for yourself only ; but if truth possesses you, it makes you }! onr1 miccinnnrv tn all men. If VOU POSSeS.^' truth, ? 1LO UJ/V/JWV U.WV ... j ? it is a department of your life. But if truth possess you, ii it is the one fact of your whole existence. Do you own c truth, or does truth own you ? Upon that depends wheth- 6 er your life will ever accomplish anything of permanent ? and beneficent value or not. And so I may ask of this ancient catholic Church with its pure gospel of Jesus Christ, unlimited and untrammeled by human additions and specula^ u if m\,rt irrvn ? I pf HQ hpware lions, CJO you UWU 11, Ul uuca II ur??? . ~-v._ v.w .... j'l s i' . ~ .. . - ? :st we assume proprietary rights here. The Church is urs only that we may hand it on to others. Once again, this elder brother, this good man, expressed reat satisfaction with what we had done and accomlished in his past life. He told his father that he had 1 * ? ? ? J *-i /\ li'ma V* o /4 ll O irvea mm inese many yea.rs, a.uu ma-i <11 nu nine nova m ansgressed his commandments. He looked with comlacency on his past life ; he was satisfied with himself, low, need I state that such a spirit and feeling is utterly icompatible with the attainment of that which is highest nd best ? Need I say that such a spirit of content hardns and crystalizes the soul, shuts out new access of truth nd light, checks and prevents further growth and developlent ? And yet how insinuating and ensnaring such a feeing is. Before we know it, we are priding ourselves upon tie fact that we have done some things, and not been guily of others. But what right has any man to be satisfied ^hen always there ought to be floating before him the high ide1 of Christ's words, "Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven ' *1 t <1 1 1 _ !__1 , t ...1 1 ; periect r Aias ior rne scnoiarsnip 01 me man wiiu nets eased to learn ! Alas for the character of the Christian /ho. has ceased to grow and become better ! But further, we see in this elder brother great skill and bility in putting his hand upon the fault of his brother. md not only so, but this elder brother seems to assume hat having found out where and what the fault was that iad caused his brother's misfortune and distress, having t' hown that the cause was altogether in the actions of his V rother?he seems to assume that his connection and reponsibility with the whole matter are at an end. The ault and blame being fixed upon his brother, he was altogether excused from any obligation in the matter. Did ou ever see anything the counterpart of this in our modern ife ? Are there not some men who, if they can but make ?ut a case of error or fault in any matter that is presented * - ? * ' 1 tt_ 1 o them, teei that their duty is ai an ena r xias some gouu .nd beneficent enterprise broken down ? Whose fault is t ? Let him see to it. Is some portion of Church work agging ? Who is at fault in the matter ? Who is careless, ir injudicious, or imprudent ? Having answered that to heir satisfaction, good people who are conscious of no uch deficiencies in themselves will wash their hands of the vhole matter. And those who act thus justify themselves, rhe fault is another's, not theirs. They will have nothing o do with it. But, my friends, if we are so to conduct turselves, what is to become of the good to be done, the :nd to be accomplished ? What about the cause of truth ind righteousness ? The younger son has brought his afliction on himself by his excesses. And yet, if for that , eason we are to turn aside, if that exempts us from any esponsibility in the matter, what is to become of his interst and welfare ? Many of us avoid plain duty by fixing he responsibility and the reason tor tne existence 01 cerain conditions on another man's shoulders. The responsi>ility for certain unfortunate conditions may rest with some >ne, other than ourselves : but that cannot relieve us from luties that may arise in the premises. Finally, these faults and errors of the elder son are lot open and flagrant. They do not shock us as do the >rutal indulgences of th? younger son. And for this reaon they are, for religious people, the more insinuating and langerous. They mingle with much that is pure and holy n mind and heart. They are the peculiar dangers and emptatiohs of an upright and religious life. It is the old J tory of Satan coming to present himself among the sons >f God. We need, therefore to give the more earnest leed, lest we be ensnared by them. Not the cold and pre :ise correctness of the elder son, not the overwhelming orrow and repentance of the younger, but the well balanc:d and rounded integrity, faithfulness and sympathetic love >f the father, is our ideal. . iismii IfiipgfB> 11*1 riftrt.ifinnt.AH nf "Rfl^istration \W3S3t^mV&' are Yoid? Everybody Must V/HQ/DOUBLE DAIIY Register, SERVICE Che Books Of Registration Will be Opened To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Athens, Wllmlnztoo, i- . New Orleans. Chattanooga, Nashville and New York, on the First Monday in December next Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Norfolk, Klchand kept Open for Three Successive mond.?Schedule in effect Feb. 7,1897. Days for the Registration of Voters SODTHBOUND. No. 403. No. 41. Entitled to Registration unter the Con- vUI!?onS- K**J,1 " Philadelphia, " " 1 12 p tu 12 06 ?m stitutlon?For the Information of the " Baltimore, ," " 3 13 p m 2 50 am People Attention is Called to the Fol- - ?"hmh'yn' A.UC. J g JS } g follng PTOVl8iOI18 of the New Law, Ap- Lv. Norfolk via 8. A. L *8 85 p m *9 05 am _ njfLu y\._ i nnn u Portfl mouth, M 8 45 a in 9 20 am proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896. Lv. Wddon, via 8. A. L. ?11 28 pm ?ll 36 am J rHE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL Ar. Henderson, via - ?12 58 a m *1 88 pm be opened by tbe Boards on the first Ar Dnrham vtA 8. A. L t7 32 am +4 09"pm aonday In April, 18%, at tbe Court House in r _ ? "" T? ? :acb County, and kept open for at least six Dorham " t5 20 Pm tu 10 am lODRecQtlve weeks. Tbey shall be opened Ar. Kaleigh, viaS. A. L........... *2 16a m *3 34 pm igaln at tbe Court House on t be flrstMondays " Sanford, " 8 35 u 5 03 " n June, July, August and September, A. D., Southern Pines, " 4 22 u 5 56 " 896, and kept open continually for at least " Hamlet, " 5 10 " 6 58 " ?ne week In eacb of said months. They shall " Wadesboro, " 5 34 " 8 11" a nirtaoii t.hlrt.v da.vs before tbe eeneral elec- " Monroe, " 6 43 " 9 12 Join nUML After general election in 1S96, the Ar. charlotte via 8. A. L. *8 30 am *10 25 pm Hooks of Registration shall be opened on tbe t?r r n . T io?n ... * lr6t Monday of each montb at the Court Ar' Cheater, via 8. A. L *8 10 a m *10 47 pm louse and kept open for three successive days Lv. Columbia, C. N. a L., f6 00pm n each month until thirty days before the ^r Clinton 8~TT *4 4S am *12 10 am ileotlon in 1890, when tbey shall be closed un- .. /j"0 '-,*. ? in ? i m 2m ii thQ, said general election shall have taken u arrrvit V p " 11 i dn <? dace. Tbe offices and books must be kept ? Elberton ??' is m n m 9 41 ? >pen from 9 o'clock In the forenoon until 8 <? Athens ' < l is ? i js ? >'clock In the afternoon. ? winder " l 69 ? 4 30 " ?The Ree'rlrf,tl0n }? th,e i0dge ,of " Atlanta," (Central Time)"" 2 50 ? 5 20 ? he qualifications of all applicants for regis ration up to January 1st, 1898. Up to Janu- NORTHBOUND. No. 402. No. 88. iry 1st, 1S93. every male citizen of this State t /rw~t nn n'n? ?7nn ind of the United States, twenty-one years of - Y^ % nZ ige, who is not an idiot, is not insane, is not ? ? ?,A ,, ?? .. <.V i pauper supported at the public expense, ?. i i * ? io 2! ,m "< ind is not confined In any public prison, and .. VRRmr r p ? * ? i "S ? vno has not been convicted of burglary, ar- i 4 on, obtaining goods or money under false rultnn ? ?? u 2k ? J jretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, Clll>t0n'. 6Jf ** 05 4 idullery, wife beating, housebreaking, recolv- Ar. Columbia, C. N. & L., E. B f7 00 am ^ ng stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudu- rT Chester ? *s 13 n m~*4 88 am ent. Intent, sornlcatlon, sodomy, incest, as- , "V o- .l lault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, Ar. Charlotte, via y. A. L *10 25 pm 8 80am arceny, or crimes against the election laws, Lv. Monroe, via 87a. l. *9 40 pm *6 05 am ind who shall have been a resident in this I " Hamlet " *11 23 " 8 15 ' state two years, (except ministers in charge j lv wio 15 30 am *12~30~Dm rt organized churches and teachers of public ;o w_am_^ ou pm icbools, and they after six months residence ! Lv. Southern Pines, " *12 14 am *9 20 am n the State,) a resident in tbe County lor six ! " Kaleigb, " *2 16 a m 11 85 am nontbs, and In the polling precinct four1 Ar. Henderson " 3 28am *1 00 pm nontbs, and who can read any Section In the Ar Durham via 8. A.L.. +7 32 am +4 09 pm Constitution of 1895, or can understand and | Lv Durham " t5 20 pm+11 10 am ??nDttf?,Inn i ,'xpiain any seuuuu ? omu ( vben read to him by the registration officer r ' "fi "7 "0~Z*K?~ >r officers shall be entitled to registration aDd 1 ? ^^"'"nd,A C ,?$? >ecome a elector upon applicailon lor such | ? u p ii>Vopm eglstratlon. If any person has been convict- ? pES,. u 1 i? p <? *?! id of any pf the crimes above-mentioned, a' ? ? .a .? 1 >ardon of the Governor removes thedlsqual-| iorg. 0 u 0 ?? flcatlon. j Ar. Portsmouth, S. a. L., 7 30 am 5 50 ptn . lu case any minor who will become twenty-1 " Norfolk, " *7 50 " 6 05 " me years of age after the closing of the Books I ... .. 77TT ^ j 7X7; 77?1? if Uegistratration and before the election, I [Daily, ex. Sunday. {Duily ex. Monday, md is otherwise qualified to register, makes | Nos. 403 and 402, "The Atlanta Special," Solid Vesippilcatton under oath showing he is quail-, tlbuied Train of Pol luian Sleepers and Coaches beled to register, the Boards shall register such tween Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman tpplicant before the closing of the books. j Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, S. C. Any person whose qualifications as an elec-! Nos 41 and 3S, "The S. A. L. Express," Solid or will be completed after the closing of the Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Portateglstratlon Books but before the next elec- j mouth and Atlanta. Company Sleepers between Ion, shall have the right to apply for and se- j Columbia and Atlanta. .... .i?? w.,th train*make immediate connections at Allan ure a registration ccmutum m nuj hujc, ? yltliln sixty days Immediately preceding the ta for Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Callosing of the Registration Books, upon an Ifornia, Mexico, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, ,pplicatlon under oath to tbe facts entitling Macon, Florida. lira tosucb registration. ... ,, ' For Tickets, Sleepers, apply to Tbe registration ol voters must be by poll- ? . w,?r .wr, ? r, ? ng precincts. There must be a Book of Reg-1 B- ^ SE.vSfu g ?/}88*, stration for each polling precinct, that is for n..A ? ? L U8I; ^ ach township, or parish, or city, or twon ofI GEO.Mc. i.BATTL.Trav. Pass. Agt. ess than Ave thousand lhhabltants, or ward ! Charlotte, r*. if cities of more than five thousand lnbabl- E. St. JOHN. Vlce-Pres. and Gen'l. Mgr. ants. Each elector must vote In tbe polling V. K. McBEE, Gen'l. Superintendent. ireclnct in which he resides. If there Is more H. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager. han one voting place in the polling precinct, T. J. ANDEKSON, Gen'l. Pass. Agent. be elector may vote at any voting plxce des- General Offices: Portsmouth, Va. snated on tbe registration certificate. The Joar.ls must designate in the registration ? ? - -ertiflcate the voting place in the polling pre- Sunday Excursion Kates, s mofe than one vo'unTplace in^the pollfnl;? Via Charleston & Western Carolina Railway frecinetstheBoards'shaM designateon the Ca Tlcket8 are fio|d for ?" passenger trains ertiflcate tne votlne Dlace selected bv the *cl)ed,lle'J to pass stat ions after 12.00 noon on V. fp^nr voting piace selected uy tue Saturdays and until 6.00 p. m. on Sundays, lector. .. ~ ! limited lor return passage until 12.0Q_noon on ( Old certificates of registration are voia. bv- j tbe M0tUjay following date of sale, f or raies ry man who may desire to exercise the right orany other further information call on any o vote must apply for Registration. agent of the Company, or J. D. CARWILE, ; Gene,.I pSigVS'eV S. S. BOLES, | Augugta, Ga. W. A. LANIER. j jjQOk at those 50 In blk., secllllan cloth Board of Supervisors of Registration. j reduced luprlce at Haddons. ... / _ i^l