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Sermons by the Late Rev. Robert A, Lee. w
iev shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is,
God with us.?St. Matthew i : 28. o
Many centuries before the coming of Christ, Solomon, ai
at the dedication of the temple asked this, "Will God in u]
I very deed dwell with men on the earth ?" Impossible, he al
? thought, that God should dwell with men; although Solo- m
I. mon had built a temple to be the house of God, he yet felt H
I that God could not make his home among men. And so, ni
in the prayer in which he consecrated this temple to God, d(
and his worship, he exclaimed, "will God in very deed B
? dwell with men on the earth ?" And yet we today do com- m
memorate God's life on this earth among men, and as a H
man. We today do recall as actual fact that which seem- ai
ed to Solomon too grand and glorious to be true. And so e\
Solomon said, "The heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; ai
/how much less this house which I have builded." That th
house was a veritable creation of strength and grandeur w
| and beauty. Seven years of unremitting labor and effort th
had passed away since it was begun. Unnumbered treasure,
gold and precious stones and costly wood had gone H
into that temple ; upon it had been expended the loving n<
and patient and devout thought and skill of the foremost th
artisans of the time. But when all had been done, Solo- w
mon felt that this house which he had builded could not be \A
;' * the abode of Him whom "heaven and the heaven of hea- ei
vens could not contain." And yet we, to-day, do call to y<
mind the time when for our Lord a home and resting place fo
were found on this earth ; and were found in a manger, th
That gorgeous temple at Jerusalem, that lordly pile, which A
the sacred writer declared to have been "exceeding magnifi- uj
cal," did not have the honor which weak and mortal hu- n<
manity had of furnishing for more than thirty years a home ai
*'v and shrine for the dwelling of our God and Saviour. "Will d;
God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ?" Oh ! will u?
He not come to us, and dwell among us ? That has been hi
the lonpinf crv of men in all the past ; and in striving to io
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find an answer they have builded Ancient Delphi, and the m
Parthenon at Athens, and Diana's shrine at Ephesus, and a ai
thousand other temples of antiquity, all "exceeding magnifi- w
cal;" some of them remaining to this day, the highest crea- ar
tions of man's artistic genius. Will God indeed dwell ec
among men ? Our ancestors in England tried to find an ci
answer to that in the strong and sturdy oak, hoary and se
crowned with the mistletoe. At Stonehenge in England th
we see another effort to find an answer to this same prob- he
[ lem; its few stones, uncarved and crude, set upright at w
1 intervals, was an effort to form a vast unroofed temple that 0
might contain our Lord and Creator. Efforts, these that sa
were vain and futile ; and yet powerfully witnessing to a th
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id t Wiillt, LllclL VJUU 311UUIU UW&li aiuung jl xxo 01 vavuiwj vivquently
pointing forward to a time when such a universal fo
. want of our humanity should be satisfied. .Will not God ra
dwell with His creatures on the earth ? That has been the io
heart-cry of our race in all the past. Christ's birth at be
Bethlehem is God's response to this universal cry and prayer
of His creatures ; for it gave us ''Emmanuel, which is th
being interpreted, God with us," God in very truth coming us
and dwelling among men on this our earth. And so we w
on this Christmas day, this feast of the Nativity, commem- m
orate Christ's incarnation, His taking to Himself a body cc
and temple that He might live among us. de
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out again, in me imusi ui an uui juy emu cAuiiduun is kj
there not in the minds of some, perhaps, as they revert to th
that day long ago in Bethlehem, a secret misgiving and un- he
Certainty ? We know there was such a thing as the offense cc
of the cross. Christ's cruel and shameful death on the
cross offended many, made it difficult for them to accept
Him. May there not be likewise the offense of His nativity
? We love and adore Christ for the strength and
purity that belonged to His matured character and life;
we worship Him as we contemplate Him risen and ascended
into heaven. And yet can we so readily and fully wor- y<
ship and adore Him as the sacred writers present Him to
us at Bethlehem, an Infant ; an Infant of a day ; weak
and insensible with no voice but a crv ? Is this our God th
and Saviour ? We usually form our conception of God as th
one who is infinitely and immeasurably great. How, then, H
shall we worship the helpless Babe of Bethlehem ? And he
yet, if we will but diligently consider, at no time perhaps 01
? " has God so manifested His greatness and power as on the be
day of our Lord's Nativity. For what do we know of wi
greatness and power ? We know a certain kind of great- wi
ness, the power and majesty that God showed in creation, w<
and in upholding and preserving creation. We call that sh
greatness. And we also know a greatness among men pe
. somewhat similar to this, greatness of intellect, and of ar
accomplishment. But on Christmas day we are brought le
face to face with a greatness of another kind. In God's th
work of creation, and in man's works, there is greatness,
y that of growth, action, increase. But in Christ's being cc
born into the world there is greatness different in kind, and re
uiuic wunueiiui ciuu nidivciuus, iiic gicdiucas ui ucucd.sc, n
the majesty and power that does belong to one who could H
thus humble Himself. We know in this world the great- sp
ness that belongs to vast knowledge, great acquirements, m
and increasing possessions; and our ideas of greatness and se
strength are largely limited to these. But in Christ's na- ar
* tivity we see the majesty and glory there is in having pow- te
er to resign all these, and to become a helpless Infant, su
Great and marvelous, then, are God's works in creation ; but to
greater and more wonderful and adorable still in the Incar- cl
nation of Jesus Christ. No more matchless exhibition did H
Deity ever give of omnipotence than in the event which we vi
celebrate to-day. We do not wonder that Deity should be sc
great; we expect and demand that He should be that, m
But we have reason for wonder and adoration that Deity hj
should become lowly and humble. And so to-day, with devout
joy and gratitude we praise God that His Son Jesus at
Christ came to visit us in great numinty. te
"And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being dc
interpreted is, God with us." Emmanuel, God with us, God G
taking our nature upon Himself, and dwelling among us; th
that is the great event that we call to mind to-day ; and gc
that is the great event that has forever illumined and trans- in
figured our common humanity. This event declares that w:
man is not an animal that lives for a few years and perish- as
es ; for man can incarnate, and furnish an abode for the in- in
dwelling of the Eternal. Man is related to the beasts, thai he
perish ; but he is also akin to God who is immortal and w;
eternal. So Christ's Incarnation, His taking unto Himself of
- our nature, declares ; and Christmas, our commemoration w
of this great event, recalls to our .minds, and emphasizes di
this transcendent truth and fact in the life and history of nc
our race. And so it was that, when Christ came to this ar
earth, there was little regard or reverence felt for man as gc
man. Murder stalked abroad in its most horrible and bru- lii
tal forms, not the worst of which was infanticide. In a
thousand amphitheatres throughout the Roman Empire, of
resounding with the plaudits and acclamations of thou- ch
canHc crlnHiatnrs men created in the imaere of God. were ch
stabbing to the heart their fellows, and strewing their bod-jgc
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s on the sands of the arena. But, to-day, all of that isjWl
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langeu ; ior one nas come ana lanen upuu innocu uui
imanity, and redeemed it by joining it to His Divine Na- yoi
tre. And because He thus came, to-day human life is yoi
icred and inviolable; sacred in the common humane feel- th;
gs of mankind, sacred in the eyes of the laws of ourland th;
hich give expression to that sentiment. One came in bui
eat humility to find a resting place in the Manger at it i
ofh 1p>1i pi? =>nH tn.Hav fhat pvpnt ptiH the life and reli-ldui
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on that have sprung from that event, stand around the no
adle of the poorest and lowliest born in all this land, to ize
lard from all harm and wrong?hover over it to bless of
id dignify. And, too, how has Christ's taking our nature ing
Don Himself lighted up and transformed in our thought fre
1 weakness and feebleness. We are prone to think wh
eanly of these ; sometimes, perhaps, to despise them. Lil
ow gladly we worship strength and might. We recog- life
ze our duty towards weakness perhaps ; we are willing to ing
) our duty towards it, towards helping to bear its burdens, am
ut at the same time do we not often despise it ; or at best W<
erely pity it, or bestow our compassion on it ? But in we
im who was the Babe of Bethlehem we see feebleness tui
id weakness ; and having beheld them in Him, somehow am
-er afterward they are not the same ; they are lighted up sel
id beautified because He was weak and feeble. We feel sel
tat not strength only and prowess have a place in this I a
orld ; but immaturity and weakness also. We feel that sta
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lese too are true, ana wortny 01 our loving care anu aiu. spt
"They shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us." his
e is Emmanuel, God with us ; a Divine Saviour ; and we wa
jed such a Saviour, a divine Saviour. We have needs I a
lat no other Saviour could supply. We have wants for th;
hose satisfaction we would look in vain to any other, asl
Je have sins from which a human deliverer would be pow- no
less to deliver us ; sins in the years that are gone that yo
it rise unbidden to mock and terrify. We feel the neetj m;
ir some satisfaction being rendered for these ; we want tia
lem blotted out. Only a divine Saviour could do this. m<
nd, too, we have sins in the present that have fastened th<
pon us, and that hold us in their relentless grasp. We an
sed to be saved not in them, but out of, and from them ; bri
id only a divine Saviour could do this. And so we, to- rm
ly, are thanking God for the gift of "Emmanuel, God with of
He is also God with us, in us ; God having taken our it
iimanity into Himself; a human as well as a divine Sav- an
ur. And humanity needs such a Saviour, one who is hu- up
an as well as divine. Men of flesh and blood, faltering du
id daily falling, need a Saviour who also Himself likewise thi
as a partaker of the same flesh and blood. Men tossed here du
id there by divers temptations and trials, torn and distract- sin
1 by the fierce onset of appetite and passion, need a mer- acl
ful and sympathizing High Priest. ''Who in that He Him:lf
hath suffered, being tempted, is able to succor them ch
iat arp tpmn^rl " That kthp Saviniir wp need, Himself WC
iving suffered, Himself having been tempted; an^ so one wt
ho can be "touched with the feeling of our infirmity." til
ne of the gems of ancient classic literature is the pas- en
.ge in Virgil in which the African queen Dido declares to be:
ie worn ^Eneas and his tempest-tossed followers : "I my- 'n
If not ignorant of evil, have learned to succor the un- W
rtunate." And so we come to a Saviour who is not igno- be
.nt of the stress and conflict of life ; we come to a Sav- ity
lir whn wac mar\p lilr#? nntn 11c T-Tic V?r#?tVirp>n tW we might vei
i our merciful and faithful High Priest. lar
Finally, what a defence there ought to be this an!
[ought, "Emmanuel, God with us." A defence to protect no
i against all that would deface and degrade this human/ty ex1
hich God has thought worthy to be joined to His divine asl
iture. What motive-power in it to oppose that sin which br;
>nfronts us everywhere to-day, sin strong and crue^ an^
;stroying. What inspiration in this thought, God with us> be
od taking to Himself our nature, to live and labour f?r ha
is humanity, all sin-stained and impaired as it is. What an
)pe in this thought that we shall yet see humanity be_ ?P
me a temple fit for the indwelling of Deity. he
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5 men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing np into heaven? Actsi-11. '
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So spake the two men in white apparel who appeared to 1S |
ie eleven apostles as they stood upon Mount Olivet on SP'
,e dky of our Lord's ascension and looked upon Him as an
e was taken from them. "Why stand ye gazing- up into fus
;aven ?" A pertinent question as it came to the apostles on dif
ir Lord's ascension day. Why should they to whom had
;en entrusted the preaching of the gospel in the whole lac
orld, be standing upon the mount and gazing with idle the
onder into that heaven whither Christ had gone, while the gu
rid lay about them lost in ignorance and sin ? Why int
iould they be gazing into heaven whither Christ had gone, ge"
;rhaps with vain regrets for Him who was taken from them, ye1
id not be obeying Christ's command to return to Jerusa- Pa
m, there to collect His dispersed followers, and to wait utt
e outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost? to
Why stand ye gazing up into heaven ?" This must have thi
ime as a trumpet-peal to arouse the apostles from the idle aV(
verie, and sadness perhaps, that was stealing over them. lt ?
as this question lost its pertinency to our time and day ? sin
ow many of us, without the Church and inside of it, are ?
ending our lives in idly gazing upon Christianity. We ad- cu^
ire the church; many of its features attract us; we like to " :
e it making progress; we feel kindly towards those who 1?'
e trying to advance its interests, but with that the matr
ends. We never lay hold of it, or if we- do, it is with l?v
ich a feeble and half-hearted gi^.sp that little good comes an<
' the church, or to us from our adherence. Christ de- 001
ared that after the preaching of John the Baptist on until teg
is time, "the kingdom of heaven suffered violence, and the me
olent took it by force." Would that it might always be do:
i ; would that we all might with eager and enthusiastic
inds press into the kingdom, lay hold on it, place violent an<
mds upon it. ah'
"Why stand ye gazing up into heaven ?" The fundamental
titude of Christianity, then, is not that of standing, of con- mc
mplation, but of going forward, of action. The funimental
attitude of all Christianity, of the church of wo
od, is not to stand, and to receive, and to enjoy/ ^ i
ie precious gifts that God has bestowed, but it is to ate
) forward, to impart these gifts to others. As the church blc
all her history has realized this, has acted in accordance Us
ith this truth, she had advanced and made conquest; and NV'i(
: the church has failed to understand this truth of her be- a t
g, as she has been content to enjoy that which she had, she f?r
is been unable to hold what she had, and has gone back- mu
ard. What is thus true of the whole church, is true no<
any single congregation of the church. If this parish ,a^(
ere not willing to aid the work of the church in thejtur
ocese and in the church at large, it would show we had |an(
) true appreciation and love of the church with its devout y?l
id reverential service, its divine sacraments, and its pure 1
>spel of Jesus Christ. It would show that within our own,we;
nits we were going backward, and not forward. | w*s
out again, wnat is tnus true 01 tne wnole cnurcn, anuiW(J
each congregation, is also true of every member of the suc
lurch. My friend, what attitude do you maintain in the sta
lurch to-day ? That of standing, of receiving, or that of ^ea
>ing forward, of action? This is a crucial question. ^ his
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hat is Christianity to you ? Do you look upon Christianity
a system to give >ou instruction, something to furnish
n the sacraments, something to save your soul ? Is that
nr whole view of Christianity ? If so, your attitude is
it of one standing and receiving ; you have forgotton
it the true attitude is not to have and enjoy for oneself,
t it is to carry out in action, in life, what one receives ;
s to go forward ar d impart it to others. The essential
ty of the christian is not standing, but is moving ; it is
t receiving, but giving. Would that we all might realthis.
How many of us have been attending the services
the church all our lives, receiving instruction and partakl
of the Holy Communion in the hope that we may be
ed from sin, and saved. Our whole thought is about
iat we received, our own salvation that we hope to attain,
ttle wonder that we remain but babes in the christain
: ; we need to forsake the attitude of standing, ot receivand
to take tha.: knowledge and truth we have received
i put it into praclice in our lives, and give it to others,
e have been concerned too much about our own salvation ;
have made our religion absolutely selfish. We need to
n our thoughts away from self, and think of the welfare
d salvation of o'hers. Then indeed we will be ourves
saved, because we will be freed from selfishness, and
fishness is sin?that from which all men need salvation,
.sk therefore every person present that he do not simply
.nd and listen ; but that he also go forward and act and
^ak. I ask it for the sake of the church which needs
i aid ; I ask it fcr his own sake, because in no other
y can he become a sharer in, a partaker of Christianity.
.sk, then, that you do not simply stand and hear, out
it you do put into practice that which you receive. I
< that you do this very positively, very definitely. It is
t enough that you be as good as other men ; that as
u mete out justice to every man, you in return deind
justice at the hand of every man. This is not chrisn
conduct. The trouble with-the world, to-day, is that
m insist on their rights. Men, to-day, insist on the right
jy have to force to the wall some one who is unfortunate,
d unable to meet his obligations, although to do so is to
ing ruin upon him. Christianity says : "Look not every
in on his own things, but every man also on the things
others." If justice has any place in christian conduct,
is a justice tempered with mercy, and love and forbearce.
Allow me to commend to you this as being a summing
of Christ's teachfhg on conduct : Think only of your
ties, and not at all of your rights. Let men but act on
is principle, and rights would cease to exist, and only
ties be left. Let not, then, your attitude be that of one
nply who stands to hear, but, one who goes forward to
t.
Engage, then, in some active, definite, christian, and
urch work. For the lack of some definite church
>rk men lose nheir interest in religion, and their
lole christian life is weak and halting. My friends, unyou
do engage iri christian work, you can never be hearty,
thusiastic churchmen. What would you think of a memr
of a society who never opened his mouth to say a word
its behalf, who did nothing to advance its interest ?
hat do you think of a christian of whom the same may
said ? Do you ask what work there is in this communto
be done ? This is a church-going community, and
t there are persons here who do not go to church regu Kr
\\7Vnr nnt tl- on if vrm think thpcp sprvir.es are worth
ything, if they bring to you any spiritual grace?why
t, quietly and unobtrusively, as opportuniny may offer,
tend an invitation to others to attend service ? Do you
< for opportunties for engaging in church work ? Our
inch of the Woman's Auxiliary does not embrace in its
smbership all the ladies of the parish. Our choir would
glad to-welcome recruits. Our Sunday School ought to
ve more pupils. Men to-day are being tempted to sin,
d are giving away to temptation. There is no lack of
portunity for work. "Why stand ye then gazing up into
aven ?".
But again, the apostles might have answered, perhaps,
it they preferred to be with Christ where He was, to see
s glory and majesty, to associate with Him and thus to
rtake of His truth, and goodness and love. They might
ve said that men about them were sunken in ignorance,
H nnrlpan livinp-: He^araded therefore and reDulsive. and
it with such men they had nothing in common ; they
>uld therefore remain with Christ. Such a feeling as this
very natural, and yet I tell you it is utterly false to the
irit and genius of Christianity. To take such a position
d attitude is to stand, and receive, and enjoy and to re;e
to impart to olhers. To do so is to lead a life wholly
ferent from thai of Christ, who, being endowed with
Lrvelous gifts, went about freely dispensing to those who
:ked them, to those who had need of them. Natural
^n as is this disposition, it is false and one that we need to
ard against. Christianity is always in danger of resolv
j itself into a coterie, a club of those who have connial
tastes; to become exculsive therefore, if not in name
t in fact and feeling, and so to lose all touch and symthy
with a weary and sin-laden humanity; so to forget
:erly that it has any duty to perform for humanity, a duty
raise it, to save it. In order that the church may avoid
5 error, it is necessary that you its members should
aid it. Let me ask, then, that truth which you have, is
i barrier between you and sinners?not between you and
, observe ; it ought to be a barrier between you and sin
but is it a barrier that stands between you and sinners,
;ting you off wholly from, love and sympathy for them ?
so, that whir \ you have is not the religion of Jesus Christ,
initely pure ind holy, He was the friend, the associate
publicans and sinners, while you, yourself a sinner, alv
what truth and religion you have to come between you
i lost humanity. The most unchristian lives in any
Timunity are perhaps those of men of unquestioned infrity,
of unimpeachable character, who are hard and
irciless in their condemnations, not merely of wronging,
but of wrong-doers. Their lives are most unchrisn
because they do most completely fail in understanding
d exercising that love and compassion which our Lord
vays manifested towards evil-doers?evil-doers someles
of the lowest and most degraded type. Let
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; that some others perhaps do not have? If so, God
uld have you use it for the advantage of those who have
lot. Do not allow it, then, to cut you off and, to separ:
you from those who do not have it. Have you the
ssing of good birth and of that position which it gives ?
e it, then, to help him who perhaps has inherited from the
ikedness of his father an evil name, and who is making
>rave fight to live down that reputation, and to establish
himself and his children an honorable place in the com
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X11Ly- rv\ till y*JUlf>ClVC3 Ul yvjui j/usinun ivy nwfy mwi, ,
: stand idly by when you could lend a helping hand ;
>ve all, do not frown upon his efforts. Have you cule
and refinement ? Do not then despise the ignorant
i degraded. Give of that sweetness and light which is
irs, to them that need it.
Finally, "why stand ye gazing up into heaven?" Many
ak and fearful souls will answer that they cannot do other;e;
that they can hardly stand; that to go forward and do
rk is something of which they are incapable. To all
h I repeat, The essential attitude of Christianity is not
nding, but is that of action. To every man who is
rful and uncertain about his own salvation I say that
concern, primarily, should be, not about his own salva
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tion, but about that of his neighbor ; that if he will but
labor for the welfare of others, he will be himself a saved HH
man, because he will be freed from selfishness; because his ?gE^B|
life will be a reproduction of the life of Christ?a life spent
for others, a saved life. I know that this may not be an easy 1
thing to do. After months of sickness the convalescent I
finds it strange and hard to undertake life's duties; yet it is
essential that he should do so, that he may be completely
restored to health and strength. Would you be saved ?
Turn your gaze from self, and look upon the welfare of
others. "And the Lord said unto Moses
speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward."
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" Raleigh, ** *2 16 a m 11 35 am
Ar. Henderson " 3 28am *l 00 pm and kept Open for Tbree Successive
ATDurham via b. a. l ^pm d&yfl for the Registration of Voters
Lv Durham " to 20 pm fll 10 am
Ar. Weldon, " *4 55 am *8 00 pm enuueu to ftegiairauon unier wie won"
w^'l^vSpKlS 12 81 pin 11 pm =U'?lon-For the Information of ti.
" Baltimore, u 143 pm 12 48am People Attention Is Called to the Fol*
Philadelphia, " 3 60pm845 am , .. ? _
? New York, " *6 23 " ?6 58 u foling Provisions of the New Law, ApAr.
Portsmouth, s. a. L., 7 30 am 5 50 pm proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896>
Norfolk, " *7 00 6 05 rriHE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION SHALL
Daily, fDaily, ex. Sunday. {Daily ex. Monday. JL be opened by tbe Boards on tbe tint
Monday lu April, 1896, at tbe Court House la
Nos. 408 and 402, "The Atlanta Special," Solid Ves- each County, and kept open for at least six
tlbuled Train of Pullman Sleepers and Coaches be- consecutive weeks. They shall be opened
tween Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman again at the Court House on tbe first Mondays
Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, S. O. In June, July, August and September, A. D.,
Noa. 41 and 38, "The 8. Ai L. Express," Solid 1896, and kept open continually for at least
Train, Coaches artf Pullman Sleepers between Ports- one week in each of said months. They shall
mouth and Atlanta. Company Sleepers between be cloned thirty days before the general eleo*
Columbia and Atlanta. tion in 1S96. After general election In 1896, tbe
Both trains make immediate connections at Atlan- Books of Registration shall be opeued on tb^ta
for Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Cal- first Monday of each month at the Cou*t
ifornia, Mexico, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis. House and kept open for three successive da^g
Macon, Florida. in each month until thirty days before tide
Vnr TifkM* Sleenprs annlv to eleclionln 1896, when they shall be closed
For Tickets Sleepers apply to til tbe said general election shall have takefr V&S
B. A. NEW LAND, Oen. Agt, Pass. Dept. place. Tbe offices and books mast be kepl^^n
. 6?KiS.^1L,Hou'?i Atl?nta, 6a. 0pen from 9 6'clock In the forenoon untlI^|H^
GEO. Mc. l\ BATTE,Trav. Pass. Agt. o'clock Id the afternoon.
Charlotte, N. C. The Board ol Registration Is the judge of
G. St. JOHN. Ylce-Pres. and Gen'L, Mgr. tbe qualification or all applicants ior regisV.
E. McBEE, Oen'l. Superintendent. tratlon up to January 1st, 1898. Up to JanuH.
W. B. 6LOVEB, Traffic Manager. ary 1st, 1S9S. every male citizen of tbls State ?
T. J. ANDERSON, Qen'l. Pas*. Agent and of tbe United States, twenty-one years of
General Offices: Portsmouth, Va. age, who Is not an Idiot, Is not Insane, Is not
* a pauper supported at tbe public expense, ,vi
and Is not confined in any public prison, and
who has not been convicted of burglary, ar,
. ? tit a. n u tit. 8on? obtalnlne goods or money under false
tliarleston And W83tern Uarolllia K. A pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery, wife beatlDg, housebreaking, reeeiv- '?f
Augusta and Asheville Short Line. lng stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudtiin
KVh 7 icQ7 'ent, Intent, sornicatlon, sodomy, incest, as1
sault win intent to ravish, miscegenation,
r ,, .???r Q . jn - larceny, or crimes against the election laws,
Ar Greenwood "" 12 17 *m and wbo 8bal1 bave beeD a reB,dent in this
Ar Anderson 7 3(> rS 6 U)"um StHte two ywMexcept ministers in charge
aI , ,r i'm 7 nit yf organized churches and teachers of public
Ar Greenville 8 00 Dm 10 15 am 8cho?l8' and lhey afler months residence
Ar fltmn ^nrinn \ . m ln ,he State,) a resident in the County tor six
aSSSuSES* ~ ? qoS"" months, and in tbe polling precinct four
9 25 am months, and who can read any Section in the
a I ? ri Constitution of 18U5, or can understand and
explain any section of said Constitution
Ar Ashevule 6 45 pm 7 00 pm when read to blm by the registration officer
LvAshevlllo 8 20 am or officers shall be entitled to registration and
t_c?ii at, am 4 no nm h^cnme n elector uoon annllcation lor such ^
Lv G^enn timings 10 00 ?m registration. If any"perso'n'has been convict- i
Lv Greenville 11 65 am 4 00 pm ed of any pf the crimes above-mentioned, a " ?
Lv Laurens 1 30 pm 7 10 pm pardon of the Governor removes the dlsqnal* >
Lv Anderson 7 00 am iflcatlon.
Lv Greenwood 23 28 pm lu case any minor who will become twentyArAugusta
.. 3 00 pm 11 10 am one^ears of age after the closing of the Books
Lv Calhoun Falls 4 44 pm 0{ Reglstratration and before the election,
ArRaleieh .. 2 16 am . and is otherwise qualified to register, ma Res ,
Ar Norfolk . 7 80 am . " application under oath showing he is qualiAr
Petersburg 6 00 am Bed to register, the Boards shall register such
Ar Richmond..'.. ' 8 20 am applicant before the closing of the books.
r ? Any person whose qualillcatlons as an elec4^
iiffl'I * t\n tor wl" be completed after the closing of the
4! "" k ?c pm Registration Books but before the next eleca!
v!ll. Ail o'6n"" ? pm tlon, shall have the right to ap^ly for and sea?
t in ^ am 7 on nm cure a reu'sfation certificate at any time
4' n'(n ''I in cn - on p within sixty days immediately preceding the
f a ?L I" 10 50 am 7 80 pm closing of the Registration Books, upon an
a 1 fiSi' o J!b pm application under oath to the facts entftllng
Ar Charleston .. 8 08 pui him tosuch registration.
Lv Charleston 6 50 am The registration of voters must be by pollLv
Savannah 6 SO am ing precincts. There must be a Book of Reg- , *
Lv Port Royal 155 pm 8 15 am Istratlon for each polling precinct, that is for
Lv Beaufort 'i 10 pm 8 25 am each township, or parish, or city, or twon of
Lv Yemassee 8 15 pm 9 25 am less than five thousand ihhabltants, or ward
Lv Fairfax 10 32 am of cities of more than five thousand inbabiLv
Allendale 10 47 am tants. Each elector must vote in the polling
. io ?>i niwinct in which he resides. If there is more
ar angusui p?. ..
~ 7 77; 77?,T?77 than one voting place In the polling precinct,
Close connections at Greenwood for ail points on tbe elector may vote at any voting place dee- fl
i.uo .J*n n" , "aHway?! a1"*at Spartanburg i^nated on the registration certificate. The
with Southern Railway. Boards must designate In the registration 9)
tor any Information relative to tickets, rates,ached- certificate the voting place Id the polling pre- B
ule, etc., address ... clnct at which the elector Is to vote. If there ifl
r u wSdIo u 1" *M,,.A*ellti Is more than one voting place In the polling
M. NOKTH, Sol. Agent. precincts, the Boards shall designate on the
certificate tue voting place selected by the
elector.
Old certificates of registration are void. Erery
man who may desire 10 exercise the right V
TV/f~TTnPTT A X ' to vole must apply for Registration. 3
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