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' J ff ' The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEYILLE, S. C. ^ -WPnbliBhed every Wednesday at S2 a V year lo advance. I Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1899. | Shall Abbeville Stand SUI1T W. < We believe It la a recognized faot tbat Abbeville In the recent~paBt baa made rapid progresa in growth and development, and we are now aa firmly convinced tbat Abbeville bag - arrived At a Dosltlon wbere It will stand still antll enterprising and progressive oltl" sens determine that the town most take on additional growth. The most satisfactory results that have followed the'building of the Abbeville Cotton ?< Mill should furnish an objeot lesson that would be an Inspiration to other and greater efforts. When the contract for the erection of the mill building was awarded three years ago the entire subscription to the capital stock of the Institution was scarcely enough to pay the award price. And when the work was ft finished it was possible for the officers to pay JjW, only about" two-thirds of the amount. But the friends of the enterprise bad faith in the j$ultimate aucoeBS of the undertaking. ThereU' < salt has justified that faith. While it is true that there are now in Abbeville five men who (have as much stock as they are well able to carry, yet we have In town other men who are equally as able to build a mill. For Instance: If Aug. w. Smith, Dr. F. E. Harrison, Charles McKay, R E. Gpx, P. B. 8peed, A. M. Hill 8ons, J. R; Blake, Jr., J. L. McMillan, C. D. Brown, J* Hayne Md! )lll, J. C. Ellis, W. H. Long, and others should undertake thp work, would any man predict failure ? We think not. Espeolally Is this true when It is remembered that the greater portion of our people would lend their encouragement and support to the promoters of the scheme, ii When It oomes to building up the town, there are soores of good people who would take stook lif the proposed new enterprise. The result of their investment In the existing ootton mill has been so satisfactory to the stockholders that a large number of them ????-? tn al? anhatAntial UllHUb vcuopouuuu U|IUU w 5*<w and generous support to a new enterprise. Although the fire directors of the Abbeville < Cotton Mill have bo for strained themselves as to take a majority of the local stook, yet we believe tbat eaoh of them would make still further effort to balld np the town by i taking stock in a new mill. Tbe existing mill was bnllt through the In- : ve^ments by older citizens. Now let then younger generation take a band In leading i Abbeville onward and upward. They can I balld a cotton mill, 11 tbey make tbe effort. I Will tbat effort be made, or must we be satis' fled with what bas already been accom- I pUflbed ? . i ' Voice From Georgia. ! This newspaper bas so often urged tbe building of cotton mills at Abbeville tbat we re gma mj pivwub iuoviqwiui a|uuui?uipi Commissioner 0. B. Stevens, of Georgia. All 1 that be says of the need of Georgia applies with eqnal foroe to the Sonth Carolina towns ?and especially to Abbeville. Despite all efforts of any citizen who may have attempted to lnjnre this town by drlv lng trade aDd business to otber and distant r.< markets, the fact remains tbat the farmers ' hereabout havi received a price muob nearer to tbe New York market than was ever before realized. It Is a fact tbat farmers wbo v have eotton, sell It to tbe highest bidder. We presume tbat-no one will deny tbls. It is susceptible of proof tbat tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill has bought about nine-tenths of all tbe ootton that has been offered. Anybody can put these facts together, and draw his own . conclusions. If we bad another mill thq people would . have still better assurance that they would have a first class market. : " Tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill has been paying Its operatives a fraction over 85.000 a month In cash, and as soon as the new machines are In position the pay roll will be possibly be* tweeo 17,000 and 88,000 a month. Nearly all of this money la thrown on the market, and Is paid to the various business men of the olty. While some of our people may affeot to care nothing at all for a share of this ready cash, yet it Is true that others are glad to get a por tlon of It. Abbeville has within her gales a great variety of as good people as ever lived, but they seldom unite or agree on anything?not even on the advantages to be derived from tbe presence of the cotton mill?but it Is fair to presume that a large majority of tbe property < holders, tbe business men, and tbe farmers recognise a fact wblch must be apparent to all who are not blind. Tbe profit to tbe Investors, and tbe beneficial results to others, because of the existing cotton mill, is surely enough to induoe a great number of our people to lend a hand at building another cotton mill at Abbeville. Another mill can be built easier than the first mill was built. Subscribers to that enterprise regarded their subscriptions as a gift, but It has been demonstrated that tbe Investment was a good one. And these foots lead us to believe that another cotton mill Is a possibility. ' > j > ? Christmas Holidays* Tbe Cbrls}maB holidays will soon be bere, and if It were proper for as to do so, we would suggest that oor preachers urge upon tbelr people a due observance of one of tbe chief religions festivals In tbe Christian calendar U Is right and proper that all Christian people should be bappy and joyous on these occasions It Is our bounden duty to allow tbe children to engage In Innocent merriment l and to enjoy playful and pleasant Intercourse. ^ But it occurs to us that It Is wrong to make Christmas day a time for drunkenness or A other sinful practices. Wr We presume that there are few religions ' people wbo desecrate tbelr sacred days as Christians do, by dissipation and vice. Preachers, it seems to us, need not try to suppress the happiness of young people, bat ' they should sympathize with them In (be 1 natural tendency of the youthful mind, and 1 sbould seek to direct their amusement In channels which are not sinful and violative 1 of tfee moral teachings of the religion which 1 we profess. Let Joy be unoonflned, and let the merriest of hearts have free expression, but let that Joy and that merriment be In line with the teachings of our Saviour, who ntover sought to suppress the natural expression of pure and happy hearts. i'?1 ?^ For Governor. We have seen various names suggested as possible candidates for Governor next year. Without disparaging the olalms of the worthy gentlemen who aspire to the office, this newspaper expects to support, W. B. Mo 1 Sweeney for re-election. ?outh Carolina 1 i a _ j.i mA.A i never uuu u mirer or uiuio luuu^uucub governor. He Is friendly to all, but wears no 1 man's collar. He doesn't, stop to enquire 1 whether he likes a law, or the lawB, bnt 1 *" proceeds to enforce them alii without reler- < ence to his own likes or dislikes?If he has any. The printer Governor, up to this time, baa oome up to all the requirements, and the Press and Banner will stand by him In the 1 next election. 3 - Anyone In need of a barrel of granulated sugar can save money by calling on us. W. Joel Smith A Bon. vv* * ' - \* ; ' ' -0 I % ? / I Two ChullengM for tbe Post. Hon. I. H. McCalla was in town yeaterday, talking polltios and other things. He la a pemocrat of Democrat*, and endoraea MoKlnley's war policy from first to last. He made no ezpresaloo aa to tbe Justice or necesilty for taking the Philippines, but aald tbat lie believed in holding to every foot of all tbe land tbat we bad acquired. Among other things, Mr. MoCalla said tbat both editora or the Abbeville newspapers sQgbt to ohalleDge the Charleston Evening Post for mixing np these papers in its remarks about (bat peculiar dance whose name Is as hard to spell as tbat of Mr. Outz's. We are not Informed as to what action tbe Medium will take, but tbe Press and Banner will let tbe Post off this time. We are not a good Judge of danolng. Thanksgiving In Abbeville. All business was suspended, and tbe public Bquare was almost deserted. Tbe Presbyterian oburob was opened for religious services wbtch were conducted by Dr. Wilson. "Tbankaglvlng Daya" were bla aubject. He oompared the first thanksgiving day after tbe war, with tbe thanksgiving days of later years. He also compared the tbankaglvlng day In th?8outh with tbe tbankaglvlng day In tbe North In 1863, Jaat after tbe close of tbe war. Our people were In poverty, humiliation and defeat. They were exultant and rejoiced in the suocess of their arms. Then we were poor indeed, but our people took new heart and new hope. As a result tbe South has prospered, and we have much to be thankful for. Georgia Liquor. Tbe Georgia Legislature has been working at a prohibition bill, bat tbe llqaor men won i the day. In Tlllman'a land la the only effective law for the control or oartalluent of the sale of llqaor. That law wlll.lmmortallte Tillman and hlB followers, bat It la likely that no other man In any other State ran be found who would face the opposition and abnae that Tillman did to wreat this Stale from th? bauda or the llqaor men. So pronoanoed was the opposition to Tillman and restrictive measures that license men and preachers Joined banda in a oommon fight against the dispensary. Bat tbe dispensary Is here to stay. Blind Tiger* m FroniouiBnuii. We do not know if It 1b trae, as we have beard, (bat tbe blind tigers of Greenwood voted wltb tbe prohibitionists in tbe recent election on tbe qnestion of establishing a dispensary at tbat place, bat we believe tbe prohibitionists and tbe?aloon men voted together In tbe last general election in tbls State. Preachers, barkeepers, prohibitionists and lienor license men make a strange combination. Bryan seems to be abead In tbe race for nomination for President on tbe ticket wblob will be pnt fortb by tbat variety of Democrats who believe in 16-to-l, or anything to beat McKlnley. Tbls newspaper has no sympathy (or the 16-to-l movement, and ws hope that Congress may at once forever settle tbe financial policy of tbe United States by tbe adoption of tbe gold standard. D. A. G. Out*. Mr. Out*. who had for years been connected with the (State dispensary la now located at Greenwood for the practice of law. He 1b writing a digest of the laws of this State which he will publish when It Is finished, rhe Press and Banner xtends good wishes to as genial and as kindly a man as could be fonDd. He has a level bead and an honest tieart, of which fact his clients will be convinced after he has conducted a case or given legal opinion. Call on him when you go to Greenwood. r?lnmhli> m. fjnnil CoUnn Hnrket. The Press and Banner agrees with the Col. omblaReoord In Its statement that "Columbia is a good cotton market." President Bailey of the Abbeville Cotton Mill realised that fact several weeks ago when he bongbt a thousand bales from a gentleman Id that city. i i Cotton Hill Heit. Northern stockholders of the Abbeville Cotton Mill will arrive next Friday night. At nine o'clock on Saturday morning a meeting if the stockholders will be held in the mill ofQce. President Bailey expresses the desire that every local stockholder may be present to meet their Northern associates In the mill enterprise. _? Our stock of Dress Goods must move?you get the benefit. Smith's Dry Goods and Millinery. tite't* VMhru'a tor trMerUa. * , f "l )} r fifrf. V I / bi of in T g< S / . N * * '/ \ ' SMALL OOTTON MILLS. Tbelr Establishment Urged by Com mlasloner O. B. Stevens. W e raise 75 per oent. of the crop of tbe work and we manufacture only one-sixth of thii staple. We ask If this Is a wisepolloyT Hbal we continue to pay freight both ways, on ooj raw and manufactured material when w< have every advantage, If we would bat as< tbe energy and tbe means we have to becomt Independent? I believe It to be a wise policy for a factors to be established In each county tbat ralsei cotton; where tbe amount Is sufficient to rut tbe faotory. It has been proven by experiments in sev eral counties of tbls State tbat small miUi tbat manufacture twine, rope, burlaps and 1 -t?w? * " anAAAfliifn 1 nn<i nrnfl t O H14 I L'UCVJttfl UttTO i^lUYWU DUWVUQiMI UUu K.wMV?.v.. aDd tbere is no reason why we should no mannfsoture the Oner goods, unless It be tba tbe capital required fbr tbe*e mills will coa more than we are able'at present tp Invest. Tbe small mills once established can us< tbelr surplus as a sinking fund, aDd yet pay i reasonable internet, to add auob machlnerj I and appliances aa will allow ua to build suci manufactories aa will produce tbe finer fab rlC8. Tbls necessity has long been reoognleed bj tbe farmers, aa well aa tbe baalnesa men o tbe South, but the cry of bard tlmea and lad or capital baa prevented tbe building of auct factories. I Now, we propose a plan by which the farm era of each county becomes a joint owner at well aa a produoer. Let eaoh farmer take stock In a factory. If be baa not tbe readj cash, let him subscribe one bale of cotton tbli year, and another for tbe neztyear, and tbui pay In three or four yeara hla subscription It Is easy to prooureadvanoea from capitalist* when tbere la a basis to make them aeoure at auob ratea aa will be eaay for the borrowei to pay back tbe money borrowed. When thli Is done, then tbe farmer becomes a buyer ai well as a produoer. If raw cotton goes up h< wlna, ana lfrawootton brlngaalow price and manufactured goods bring a flair price, be li till a winner. If the stock of the factory pays a dlvidenc this stock becomes a nucleus and collateral upon which he can borrow money at a lowei rate than be can obtain It by mortgaging bli crop or lands. Wby then, should we not es tabllab a system that will prove beneficial t< the men who produce the supplies of all-thi necessities of life? Think over these matters and let us Ret to gether and organize snob methods as wll prove beneflolal to tba Interests of the pro ducers of onr section. O. B. Stevens, , Commissioner of Agriculture. s TBA1N BOBBERY, i * $1,700 Carried Away by a Gentleman Who Hcgleeted to Leave Hla Card. The train on the South Carolina Rallroac from Augusta to Charleston was "held up,' and on last Saturday night were robbed o 91.700 In cash. The gentleman who called upon the ex press agents to delivar their money, pre Rented a pistol in the face of eaob. but refrain ed from firing on condition of quick and un conditional delivery of tbe ready cash, Wben the money was turned over tbe visit Ing gentleman gave Instruction as to tbe behavior of tbe express agents and stopped tbe train,'wben be Jumped off and disappeared In tne swamp near Brancbvllle, without leav lng bis card or future post office address. SALE DAY. Vhbx Cltlaens of the Connty In Town ?Good Order and Fair Business. Last Monday was clear and cool. Toward nlgbt tbe temperature was lower and tbe wind came around tbe oorner wltb more fierceness. Proclamation. State of South Carolina, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. HEREAS INFORMATION HAS BEEN received at this Department that an Atrocious Murder was oommltted In the County of Ah bevllle on or about tbe 28d day of November, 1899, upon tbe body of A. M. Kennedy by Hector Bernau, and tbat tbe said Heotor Bernau has fled from Justice. Now, Therefore, I, M. B. McSweeney, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in ordei tbat Justice may be done, and tbe majesty ol tbe law vindicated, do hereby offer a,reward of One Hundred Dollars for tbe apprehension and delivery and convlotlon of tbe said Hoc tor Bernau to tbe Sheriff of Abbeville at Abbeville. He la dark ginger cake, 5 feet, 6 or 1 Inches, weighs about 125 lbs., sharp features Rom^n nose, quick spoken and above average Intelligence. In Testimony Whereof, 1 have hereuntc set my hand, and caused the Qreal Seal of tbe State to be affixed, al Columbia, this Second day of Da [Seal ] cember, A. D. 1899, and In tbe on< hundred and twenty-fourth year ol tbe Independence of the United States of America. M. B. McSWEENEY. By the Governor. M. R. Cooper, oeoreuiry ui outio. Deo. 6, 1899. It Look at tbs CUriitmu books at Templ?tm'a. - . PI? I # Prices made to move Dress Goods. All new gooi it we do not intend to carry them over. Every pi< . Dress Goods in the House has undergone a cut pri l fact some of them just one-half of the old pri he sooner you come the better selection you will g The prices that we have made will make the goc and of course the best thing's will go first. T ricker you come the better pleased you will be. mith's Dry Goods @ Milliner j WHITE FRONT. | | Next Door to Farmers' Bank. J P. S.?Don't forget the prices made you on th< orth Carolina Home-Made Blankets. S. D. G. & M -9 9 + I , "~ Santa Claus! , General Order No* 1. r ^7'OU are hereby ordered to report at Milford & DuPre'e Drag Store to 1 Inspect their line or Toilet Cases, Work Cases, Manicure Cases, Shaving Cases, Smoker's Sets, Fancy Inkstands, Fine Perfumery, Christmas Books, Christmas Cards. jtjtj? GOODS AND PRICES TO PLEASE ALL. , Youra obediently, MIL&ORD & JDuPRB, Phone 107. Officers Commanding. i . |W. Joel Smith & Son.| . ? y I TOYS! TOYS! ^ l ! I TOYS! g'H | ~ " f?R i o ??? ?? ; ? ** We beg to announce Ch JO g m 5 J 0 o ' 0 JD that we are headquarters V! ?L +*'' ^ ki f?r Toys, and suggest early q U1 Q. purchases before the stock ?J ? ? 0 is broken. r* S 'fcn ^ a h ^ 'Rp 1 o o c1 ur inn onitii v onil p? a " i n h if. iiutL omiin (t oun. - t? : ? ? - i SA.OJL ) # # i ???? ?m?mm?? i SAOX i SAOX hios a? minis tsop -m | NSW ki r N/ ? ? ? 1 i _L W. D. BARKSDALE. 1800 FALL, SEASON 1800 IN DRY GOODS, SH0E8, NOTIONS. PANTS, &c., WE ARE RIGHT Id liDe and want to show them to every one in Abbeville County. Have gotten in a big lot of pretty glass ware at low prices. See our window of it, One Car Stoves, Cooking and Heating. Don't you want a nice grate. Sewing Machines, see tbem. Trunks, Bags TJIonlrolo r\t oil Irln/lu Ri(f Inf. nf S(>. OtltlllfiTS. bjfif lot Of 5C. I ?uu atuucJO* xfiauacio ui an aiuuof *-**?w w? ? ^ 0 _. w Homespuns, big lot of Drills. When wanting any kind of goods come and see what we have. W. D. BARKSDALE, 150 pairs of Drummers Sample Shoe in ladies' and children's at #1.10, $1.25 and $1.50, regular price $1.25, $1.75 and $2.25. See this bargain. "l?6 Farnl for Sale! fnrtohla Vitt aollino* TTnn a nnir i " ~~ *vj.??w*v ~ r mwr> HUNDRED ACRES, J n two ml lea or of those North Carolina home- 1 ASbevme. piDe wood enough on it to i ? >. - . 4An ? ptiy for one-half of It?the NOBLE PLACE. made Blankets* 10*4 S3,11*4 apply to aug. w.smith, Oct. 3, 1899, tf Wanted. i ti7antpn hpvprai pridht > ?t> ri^EN THOUSAND POUNDS hides. W ?. ? SEVERAL BRIGHT AND JL ur|n(r them to me, I* will give you r * ? honest persons to represent as as Man- *h. w?<ri.?2r m?rk?t nrire for them. ! agersln this and olose by counties. Salary the h'Kl,eHt marfe0t prIC0THOS THOMSON. 1 <900 a year and expenses. Straight, bona Sder no more, no less salary. Position permanent ? Our references, any bank In any town.- It Is . nniiTrr mainly office work conducted at nome. Ref- III K. K< [\ I . ereuce. Enclose self-addressed stamped enOhteo.1"8 VWO WC?!>SHOP?_.od.BL*SM isoopi pi bunbcu . ? WalllDgloril ?fe Russell's Siables. * J. M. MARTIN, Call At our store and get a free sample of Oct. 14,1894'. tf Cave, S. C. "Sifted Snow" flour, and we believe you will ? JronobDoe It tbe best la the market. W. _ . 1 iMlth * I -#laaa aqtf flatty, at Mllf?rd ? DaPre u, j # * ' I /' X . * V ds, ce, ce. et. )ds lie y. . 3se \ , ? * ' ' 1 / - * 4 V * * , . , .* PolliblB* 'Fanllar?. The polishing of funiture seems U be of comparatively modern date. Th< effect is that a hard-faced surface ii secured which not so liable to be come scratched as varnished anc which presents equally as brilliant and fine appearance. There are sever al pastes and polishes usefl, a few o: which are herewith given: A good funiture polish is made witl one-half an ounce of beeswax and ? quarter ounce aldanet root, wbich an melted together until the wax is wei colored. Then add half a gill each 01 raw linseed oil and spirits of turpen tine. Stain through muslin. A polishing paste is made as fol lows: Take three ounces of whit< wax, half an ounce of ca^tile soap, oo< gill spirits of turpentine. Shave th< J "??? Alia onH nllf. th< Wtti (IliU oudp vcij uuo muvb |/u* wax io tbe turpentine. Let the mixt ure stand twenty-four hours. Tber boil tbe soap in one gill of water.anc add to the wax and turpentine. Tbii paste is highly recommended by praoti cal men. ' * To wax furniture, use a mixture o; two ounces white or yellow wax, ao cording to the color or the wood, anc wblcb bas been melted aver/a moder ate fire, and four ounces best dpiriti turpentine. Stir until cool, or, if foi immediate use, apply hot, and rul witn a naru oruan. ine punsu waj be renewed at any subsequent time bj rubbing with a large piece of fln< cloth. I They Suffer In Alienee* One of'tbe most patbetio. things ii tbe manner in which the annima bipgdom endures suffering?the horse for instance, in battle. After the firs shock of a wound they make no sound They bear the pain with a mute, won derfulendurance, and if at night yot hear a wild groan from tbe battleflel< it comes from their loneliness, tbeii loss of that human companlonshi] which seems absolutely indispensablt to the comfort of domesticated an?, mals. The dog will carry a broken leg foi J--? ?hnf nnnnmnlal n i n cl V unyts wiBuuiijr, wuv uuww|.... The oat, stricken with siiok or ston< or caught io some trap from which 1 gnaws its way to freedom, crawls ii some secret place and bears in silenci pain which we could not endure Sheep and cattle meet tbe thrust of th< butcher's knife without a sound, ant even common poultry endure intenn agony without complaint. Tbe dove shot to death flies to som< far off bough, and as it dies the sileno is unbroken save by the patter on th< leaves of its own, lifeblood., Thi wounded deer speeds to some thicl brake and in pitiful submission wait for death. Tbe eagle, shot in midair, fights t< the last against the fatal summoD8 There is no moan or sound of pain and tbe defiaDt look never fades fron I ita area nnt.il the lids close over theft never to uncover again. Glory Id Tribulations. "We glory in trilabutions."?Rom ans v: 3. Have you ever thought that somi day yop will never have anything t< try you or anything to vex you again ' There will be no opportunity in thai happy realm to learn or to show the spirit of patience, forbearance anc longsufifering. If you are ever to learr these things, you must learn them now and, oh, when you shall see thos< glorious jewels shining in some one else's crown which were formed out o tears of sorrow and drops or Diooa what would you not give to be able tc live your life over again and win tht recompense that can only come from trial and suffering ! If we could onlj see now what we shall one day see, w< would count it all joy when we fall in to divers temptations, and we would welcome the hardest places. Let us cease to grumble at our lot, let us glory in tribulatiou also, and henceforth meet every trial as a lov< token from our Lord and a challenge to prove the riches of His grace and win the incorruptible crown. It is proof positive of a man's essen tiai soundness if be improves as b< grows old. To live below the level or your own ideals is to incur the penalty of a constant self-reproach. We pay too high a price for all the success that we achieve by departiug from sound principles. A commentary on the Bible thai even the world will pause to read is e a life of obedience to its holy teach ings. ? v'- v.4v,'v. < ' ' Riela In Mercy. ) To any one who will think on the i matter, it is one of the wonders of the U i age to see the marked difference be- i * tween the standard of wealth set troltf 3 I the great mass of men and thai set , a t forth by the word of God. The won- f der becomes all the greater when we f consider the ntter inefficiency and folly ... ;* of man's standard. l Except as means to higher ends, the' ,>>* i ricbeeof money amounts to nothing, v7',/! ) It gives no solid satisfaction in this life . , ^ 1 and , cannot be carried to the life be- M t yon<L No man has ever yet been - !>?">" i\w m\ntaftteu\ ho f.tta - uiauc unffj ? eesaions of that sort Into thef great ' future life. On the other hahd the s riches set forth in God'a word avail r J much in this life and that , to come. -y i To be rich in faith, rioh in mercy, rich J in love, is to be rich indeed, rich In ' - the elements that give satisfiction'aod i worth to a man's being here and mifke v i him rich Id the world toeome; Mere-, ; i ly to be rich in money is the tnoetfqOTgj^H - picable of all poverty, while to be rich vi ta virtue is the sum of all wealtfi, ' f But we wiiih,especially to cali aiten tion to the wealth of mercy. There".*? I are men who, to all human appear ances, are rich in faith and love and 3 good works; and yet are poor in r mercy. We know that, the spirit of ) mercy seems to be included in each7,:.- . * ' and all of the others, but there are r men who seem to exclude mercy-and i to think that Justice lias high aa faith/ \ ! $$ or love oogbt to reach, and ben<* regard the errors of men, real of'.i^H Imagined, with rUid judgment. They forget the mercy wbioh wa? gxtendeqjxg^a to them wheo their sins were forgiven, (:$gi , and that whioh may yet be needed'in. their behalf. Their plea is that nfercy t-'m ! can only avail when penitence toex- y5?|j| preyed, but th*y forget that: God's , * mercy, the standard for men, precedes ' and is designed to lead to penitence. I and often when penitence is exprejfrpq they are slow in extending the needed' mercy. . I Men who we rich In any of tbe .- " ^ forms or exDreeefcraaof selfishness are ' always poor In alj. of tbq. elements ol' , true riches; both, to tMsJiifeflr that in 'the heaven to which tbey wish to go. $3 * The many harsh expressions whioh w? : bear about the brethren a^> oftener than otherwise but the expressions of ' selfishness in its grossest form,- while the beet of it often comes because of: ' the lack of mercy. The- riches of y -Xm . meroy would ebantre many of the dis- / ; ! cordant notealn the lives of Christians here to the purest strains of divine L mu*1031 Lilt Up Y??r Eye*. ' *' -- - - 1 J The upper world is no nrtaer oa than It was of old, wbea Its splendors shone on the heads of patriarch* and ; apostles, and on the hills of Judea ' whence their help came. Heaven dfiws ^ ' not bide itself; it is we that hide it: .J 'M Its Kates are never shut, day or night, Xi and they open into your houses, your workshops, your streets, your schools, your olosets, your congregations. :'t Strong and steadfast, oheerful and con- , jk tented, no matter bow handworked, . are they who are mindful of Its near* ness, sure of its reality, codscIous of rJB 0 its nelping and inspiring "power.'? > 3 Among all its popular liSeratilies of ' >' 0 our day, why should we not be more v t liberal and abundant in faith? Whatj ever our private failures, in courage, 1 temper, charity, the good and perfect . , gift of pardon comes down to every r soul that seeks it. Lift up your eyes t ' ? 3 Whatever the tokens of public welfare, v Hhorf.w nlentv or power dis? } """ V > ? rf, . . f played around us?Dot unto us, bat un- V-; to the "Name that is above every | name," give glory! V ? The Great. f .'-/J Who are the really great of thia' ; ' world ? Where are they to be found, '< and what are their vocations? The din of the world and the mingling of 1 the deeds of littleness and ,meannees ) with the insignia of greatness often )! confuse us. Men often called great / ' when their living is little. Who are the great of this world, and where are v; they to be found? An observing friend said the other day, "To be true is to be great." Is that so? Why ' not? The Master taught that be who }) w ould be greatest must be servant of ail. To be true to life's ends means to be a servant of the people. The world , : '-7 says greatness is in wearing crowns. Christ Kays it is in true fervwte. Find , the men then who are true and pat .' j the crown of your confidence on thera, tlirough tbey be the humble yeomen, J rather than the houbred statesmen or ' the mitered ecclesiastic. The true are the really great, the untrue are only HM:ie. however mueh exalted, . j