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??????i^ ?" ' ' I I^M?.?.I...M<.1..>.? jw. ?n M>|| |f,^|^?iM- - , ipp-, I 1 . ,1 Mj ammmmm?r. i ninii i Jill*. - ^?u?ummuuu>'\? | \'l,kurlow s < 'nrler, " " 4fc A Family Nkspsmor : lYvmnt ion #4' KoSjil. Aitnoiiltiir^ nihl Commercial Intercuts. fJVnrfs $*| O ? ? orfr , ' M i"..' i i ^ ^ ,-\V PhvhI.I.- in A.| v;,i,. ? v ?!). liAffOASTKR. S~7t WK1)NB!S1)A| MO'iN LNU, AIJUUST 20. 1S90 NUMKKIl 30 ; ^:j-*i --.x -.-urai^ar! i f im ? ?i n -v. ^ . 1 - /\ I M J It l'.?S> - l>?*liyei **<l lit tli?* cV.ili?iVfimry ?>t Hie Sliiloli IViixIiiiu liil>| * Society, Aiiuusl Dili, IS'KI, by Mi-, K. I-.. lieiil, oi Sttiili", ni. c. ( Published l>y U<'(juotil. 1 i Mkmhkhr of Hh:loh and Waxuaw Bihi.k Society. Ladiim and Gentlemen: Wbcn I liis* receive! your ii?vitwti'iu to iiimUa flit iuIiId hh on tliin < o(?>?*ioii I wits very much inclined In (incline, h? I hid little HCCiutloniiut to uinkiuu public RtldrcRHeH, specially of thin nature S i'l it affordi uio no little pleasure to be printout with you. Y mi nr? not htruii^irw; you *rn my own people rid) my own Jiin. Fer thirty five u>y mother occupied ol?e of those pi-wh that y??u occupy.? u til re t"ll?l WiM II child j IHt 118 you 8B? 'I th?8o ltdle ubildrmi to-day. ThudayH ( of her pirhhood aod y.iun^ womanliood svere spent in (Iiih v. ry cmnoiu- | oily and in oouapany with many of ^ you. From thai tutored dealt were f implanted in her yautip heart uiMiiy ( chrifi in it priuciptew him I tuorHl tru'ba ( thai hiiv.i ever exerted ami will oon- j tioue in rxeri till life ehall end natill, ^ deep ll iwinp influence uu her life and ( oil irao'er. I any an 1 look upon thie mil i-i.ee it. dav i mi e hut few etrai-ge v face* ll we t u I our old time laiiiily llilile reoorda uli I Home pood old until lo h?)p ija toinut 1 dure any we . Could Irai'M at leait ito A iamio re- . lalioti with moat of \iiti. M'>re llian ii t his it fciveH me pie ami re to lie en- ,, paired Hi an initde a w t K i?m epeakilip a Wot t for the lilhle toot the Hlllle i a*tiiiKC. 1< ?im nkn no III tin In ilia' ii credit kti'l .sfmi'l i. a hi ?) nl I lii* lil W'nxluw Mill! Slllloll lllMt (nr CJ'lit** ii m i? uujbvr <if \fuim llm) Iimvm iu hi ii . iuitivi) in iL?ii ?ui imi mi iitixiliiiry to M iiti* aiiii-iiciiit 1511;11* s icift) mi l iimv* , Mil III! Mil)' ('Oil* I I lllll Mil lit lllf Mllpyurl j Mini f u rt lift MiiOf <>l tin' iinlilf work uf ii tiiut Bopinty. H iupy i*tit I tn (! *) il I nay anything Hmt urny mill to your nyi|irrciiliuii uf the word of Uml. ^ Hhppv if ! c'uu iut| r<-mm tijton 'lie iniii11m uf iiuy nl yuu iLw urgent in ed ( uf c no itiiif il i fl irt. Mit l the iuim* m?- , '' iirntilv LMuiil lliat will follow front <Jihu triiHiiiug lliii* ItlchNfii H iuk, not only j ov?r our owu country, but (ir*r thu , wliolt* world. My Huhj-ct in ''I'lie Uibl- mi m CiviliB-tr" and umy lie ri-a Ii- | ( ly iX^rfMMti.l in woriia of iiim iuMpirml ; , ltx' l?y to** l*Vo?mb "Iti^lilf'iiiiM m | unit pi Ii m naiion, but Min in m rt-- 1 ii , proacli lo Mtiy ftmplc, ^ M , t-' Now in rmnafklug on 1 itih hhijeol ( 1 miu not forgillul of Iliu fMet that | Afa., utMuy o-cmiimii fret* ihinkera hold u that while lh? lhtil?, |*mm ex?il?d m b*ll? Aoiftl llitt iltl.l'.' oil lllf pint, llHH c HccouiplUbed if<:<??! pnrpoaea and ie j ill arcotuplyriiiiiu |Oo?); hIill lli*-y ( a*y il cannot hi? .. , '> * necda i.f % uiuo. Il lmn ii* I kept puce *??.- ''* | prour*MN ol ?h? n|r?* I** doctrine#, , i t H lOHL'llidgN Mini 11M fCUllOtllil-ll Hft { ul.l fxabioued aud unauiled lu the t progrea* and advuuoeujeni, in uilitr (l wurria if you will par Ion ib-exprea- M aioo, to ftbe "gat up and gat" of the , laat daoade of tba 19tb century. Now j with tbia olaaa of advanced tbiukera ? wa bare no words. Time doea not v permit our atopping to argue thin t point. 1 can only aay ita a great pity u that, when lite Altnigbly directed men to write tbul book, lie hadn't c kuo'vii lliut hiicii long mghled, wide v brained, liberal iniuded uie^ in tbeee v free tbiukera going to live in j Iba ly.li century, (but be might have t llild II boob ore IB I e I Nulled In fur eecing, (nre! retching mi l I inny J n any fill fetched iornn. C III lug of tliH li fiucucr iif lli* " Bibb- w? ere to near in mind ili l ' chria<ianity ih lli? great central i lea " of thin 11.mk of B*oka. In otb*r '' worJi tint Bible mo I obriminiily wo *' lllltlil IU llMllil. Wr CMIII.Ot Iihv.* t d nm> wiiliool In* III liar, noil the ii? H i*ne? of on* in llm influence of ' bolb. c A young iimii about In begin Hi* aludy of the U# ?ouin y.ar* M ^ a?ke.J h venerable judge what book v It* I.h.I better Ink* up Aral. The '' nawar w?a, "yon bad belter begin ' Willi lb* Bible." Noble M.lvioi! for well iJi<l b* know that the Bible ia ' tlin foundation not only of tru* uior- I l|iy Mini ri lirfion bul i< alan the I corner alone on wbieb aland ibe jnet I n<) ? q lit able luwe of nation*. My | friend*, I mil of wbal ia I lie Bible i | not lli# foundatioi.? Wbal depart- I * inf nl of doiio ei in aocial or public 1 lifa doea it not enter and purify? c What literature ia not interapcraad 1 with Biblical quotation* and Biblical I fleea and tb? reby ennoble I an 1 ale- i yaled? Wbal form of government i i ' baa it not made more firui and ay ui- < ft metrical? Wliat body of legiatator* < qfe doea it not make mora prudaut and < (lod fnaricaf Indeed to what ioler- < ^at of man doea it not r-x'end iia ben- . ^ 1 1 vjfm * ?Mi"toil? Wh f|n h'< tiiilt. ? U i I Ht? Mil CII I! i II** Mll'l | ? 11> i ? I ptC** :4K tl'C Vf ?' ?,ivl<Tft.ri> Mll'l I they nn\ Bui rtiil )on vit lliink < I I i<? Aiithcoiiiiiiin hs th?n?f iiutlitiitinns I -in- in f???ti??- r? spfctH In Hit* I e ncli i n j. h ( nf the Bible mimI oliriM'innity; mention f * count ly in which tin-He {jtch! mod , urn tMveulioiiH of mini Iihvc iin- | planted tlwuieelven win-re the word \ if Ginl in not hIho read mid where ( Hie l)i nit; n mid |>cncn Hpehkiny inllll lice of the I'liiial r?f llm l?1,.uu.,.l ?- - - V ? " * of,f *1 I fenua in not hIhu frit T I I ikir.lt j iO'j cannot mention ohV The pin- I | notern of thene meal en^inea of g i viliz ?t ion in heathen lands air also M jrninotcra of the Bible and christian ^ elision. I am free lo admit t-li ?t f, <ftcn j.urely saltish motives deter- H nine thin fiiendly courfir.Aiut still lb* ? aotR ataud out befor# (heft that tb>? .* rook is (hi ureal means ^ that great ,, imi for wbiab Kiev ars working. v [ bin /act Ml aiida out before t be in that < be Bible is ilia gram! civilizing soul- u napiring iniliencc tiiat lift* man ti roui being a devoller in the deiiH n nil eaves of tbe eaitb, from being a tl in-re creature given up to debasing ippelites and brute illusions, to a a inbln retired and unselfish tuanhoo I >1 I impels bun upward and onward t< >y divine force lowarda tliat plane U r> wliict lie waa created utter tbe ^ mage of (? >d bimnelf and from p rliicli lie baa ftllen?makes bim at ?( no? tbe weIcomer and patron ol tlm u elsgrapb and printing pr?aa. 'J be " htroducliuii of (lie Bible into any P uid is the signal fur a forward maicli 'I lOVeuiMi'; i'e a signal lo that nation h tlo on higher" in I'M DO li I Wat e..n.- b nuri iil Hii'l tiiiHi.? ixl fiHiulinit amnnp " I<h of ilia world. I( re-ecli- ? ea rt tin- |imj)lc llu* im-amiyo of Ilie ' * uu*-Ih to (liu aiicpl erda, oil the dnwri L f tlx IiihI CbiisH iioih trior ti, H'l?-r tin- ii trill tlf the child .leuHit: "Be liOl l< fluid, for behold I htiny you xood f' Id11 y ol yenl joy which ehall he p o ull people" W'lui. v-r tl.i? word M s dietlibuted we bee ull hoiient labor d tiade honorable nihI indol. rice and <' Hem en diicooruycd The great *' jhnKh- of people are compelled to ft uitj u livelihood, by the mveat of * heir brown; ulill ill moat heathen it-dn the dignity of lubor ia Lot til all I, luderstood. Labor iu thought a w liagrace and tioow but aLven nod the o iiwetil down clnhbuH lire I bought tit p or muiiuul lubor. They ure tany-hi i< hut btlior in degrading. To* old u (..u^ii.m eo?*vt**rw>l. njjf t h r?--y^-i ?j d ? |. I work rtnpectahl", medicine, com- t jclCe nod architecture. But thin A rent book dinpela nil line mint, i \ Jhriat l.h yinil Ctirirwl tiguie, both o iy precept mid ? xnuiple, showed that u II honest labor ia honorable. He ? liuiaelf wkh a carpenter the eon of n o arpenlar, and be a< let-led from the e aweat (inllin^H of bf.. Ida uloif apoa- " lea?men who could toil all night '' villi a Huh-nel and who could aland ief ore king a and proclaim the pun- " iei "*f their beloVeil innater I hhj ' f the Bitn. did no more for m people ! ban overcome lh?ir pr.judice u igainat hoi al mat i.nl labor it would * itart thai people Oil the great high " VhV to l-i*il.i'lim< Ti i l ' ? .... ....... ?- ". uim u> rt i-hhh | vj i lieh? Hint 11 I \ il'i'ii dhi' ci iine ii iini in.mmhIiij, ii \%c>ul<l ) v m1111 niiil l !>? r*-1ibrrmm cuimumre, iimnufact ui iog and ahovu r' ill eduraiimi. it Ilut theee arc only the hegiuninge <*' if the Bible'* woi k (or men It re- p enl* to Lim nm i? no where cIhm re- h ealeil the true idea of humanity.? 1' t hIho levritlri the infinite value of A he aoul. Ic h!m> reveal* the "aruaz- <* rig dignity of luaiihoml?of uiao ti ilaile iu the image and likeneeH of A ioil s fi-si jrs oi God ?ud an to ir of It mtuerlalilj " Il teachea him there o * a higher aim in life than aelf and p elf aggraodiz ujeiil. It offera new ? ticeutiTia in action, it caale aeid* the '< )lti Klnin n?mln ? ??1 *" - - * jtt v uif **n% 911(1 ,B liii>k for to-iuorto* we die." w What morn polno! ii.h 11)nit w lifHM cau lie m*t in million for tin* ft ivilization of * people ? - *1 Bui wii)' gaoeralia? lurilifr, L?U '* >e if thene # !? 'fiiit*nth 11 r facta when ?l re look at the iiietory of an) purlieuir nation. We ahull flol notice Silylabd, and I take to r bi Canae we '< re more familiar with to r people, ci t*iot ilia Liatoiy of Una nation from a lie downfall of "he ltiroan Empire ai ill llie luiiiille of lb? 16 b Cell- it or), and joo read the history of a >atty aeini-barbaroue nation engagod ? one continual arena of war and Cl doodahed; now draggling with ^ France for her independence, now w innvulaad froin Ilia mountain# of j, Whalea in Htreita of Dover and frout Q die Oerman ocean to the Eugliah banuel by the devastating torch uad murderoua aword of the rival hnuaea * jf Yolk and Lancaster; Ilia large claaa '' jI idlers and nutlawa stealing and 0 rteatroyiug mora than the email ciara ri :>f induatrioua woman could produce; tin! now behold the tortured face and 1 wriMiiftS; fot in, nod hcwr lli?? ln\v ngo' lisitti! ffn'iii of ?11?? inmtyr uh >i*rHi'Vii'otM rtiti'i ( lowly iU'Vomi oily. TIiim mi iIih ^^ture Eni? uihi nipt* r ; ?! ' i*ni nrnl Roup j Jwl linhirinui uIhii M^Lllilile wiih ithet uiiknowti oP watf^tertiiil iivl, ti> nine li'it juit'HlK wtni motif.*, J5o( tow llu> Hi'etiB chanson whi-Jp I'Jleii )elh hHi't* title Hie tlirouo wlieiiP'fritf'Whiii if 111 become* l lie '(loniinmjt relii?^ tin hiiiI tln< Scripturee for >Lo th' liue io lU hiHturyrof Koplwii'1 on Hit illlC I lii? liHliflw nO cbutol A? lie Hj hiiihIi* 4miilrim of^Trrr, eli^ph oen to pieces ou ber rooky, we sterol 1 jiorv untl (tie role* M pi icMtcrwfI uixi lOpeiJoti) iu KiirI?u4 poee dnWrt' jiev.r, }ou see tin* elm < f KumHhIi u pre id wot begin to riee wlrioli toilu) oeuiN pom roily to bwve reached itw ..... ma^r'^ n r in i . l. u I i, It f 11 MU HUM I};- | miit. W'l.y 11.1 ? difT**reuce betweei iililu Siii'iii Mint Ir?t ill America?!1 I?t L i t> k a I hear you any itm it innlt? i I r?e?, but I aesuHi you iIh not m> 1 iue? a matter of race nh of principle , -relipioue principle Tlta founder* f tin* ct.e panned ovt-r from the moth- I r Ouuiilry with ihu Bihle, Him win 1 ; f God, iu their ha lid m nuiI made i ? ' ivir puide m.il !*w book ami on I.?- I road principle Iiti<1 down (lirrc i icy founded the American govern- i it nt Mini civiliza-ion; the foutidern I it* Latin American elatee cromti d ! v.r with II.e award ill tln-ir haiulit il I horilca of adventjrera led on will, lie Hi lie (?l j. CM lu VieW, Gold, Gold. Ilif ( ( the inotot diet itip uihI.i-.I lii?' i SmiiIi America wna imlifil ?oi|i< fiiu ntii. f r bin (i| ii.iot of ttie lit* I If. Hear hit ttmcwer. 11 om i I "Tt" fading "f llit" Bible laid the fuutldrton of popular education that h><liht.pi d the fiica of the nations flat' ottHehh it. With thd Bible in tliMi audH an f been oho of the Bible I! ?inpiieh immigrants pained ov< r uierio't to found in the r.ortr of out miiienl the moMt powerful stub a in j? world." *Yhi here's the key ?' tnerican grealneaa, an I hen's I rrat paramount distinction betweci ur United Si alee and her sister muhlics. The civilisation of the bit .r la fouiuted on the sand like 11." itiliah man's house of old; tlie oth i < founded on ii rock, the rock of tin ortl of the living (iu*!, again*! hicli the rain* and wiod* of ceoitifM to come may bent Vehemently lid it will fall not bfCause it ia founrd Ot) a (i.ck, IHb mrl nf (he wur I I the living (i"d. () >r *x!aHng forio I government ihii; go d wo ul l< r ie weight of corrupted politico and >lWn drrnsgoguery but American i vilizaliou will ntaud a lasting iiinuuienl to ith Puritanic foundan i. I the christian pm.cigles on which w?n louude'l. Our exiatiiig form of government i?y go down under ibe weight of orrupted oolitic# end rotton detna. oguery but American civilization ill Htaud a lasting monument to he 'uritanic founder* and the principle* n which it wee founded. Well ha* aotne oneaaid " fie I* the heat nd the trueat patriot who ha* mo?i eepljr learned the truth that rightouineaa exalteth a nation, but ein ie a sproaoh to any people." One more word on thi# point hrough the agency of the American ' r 'a 3 ^ ?>?u^ "i ir piivrroun fflty Tor ?ir luoibtr country 4lit-n the Bit?l. him lUjclinibftd, when* (Very man Mill I 111 III Utid lend ill iiix own lull uiitiii wbeieiu be whh bum I be hi? ry il told ol tbi' doin^e of G id \\it) inn." It iiihlitutei) ri form; it wim lie (itMilliard of ull i.able revolution; new foruo to the hirudin tiititiRt bigamy New blood ?t r a:ir i liroiifjli tbi- vtiiiM of linli litemnre. It wan (be bemller of (lot1 olileti aoe of iitei at ur? to wbicb lib iM^liebtueii iook barK wilb bo nee' ride. It |>uVlm1 the way for a Shakepeal and Milton Or to mini it ail I' in tbe HtriUtiiK worda of another 1'he n|iiritual bt-in^ of man lay crijled and unmoved in Kn^lai.! lilc in iuuio bcjjttar of old Ml the biauti il ttate of I tic leiii|>le. When the lb j In was pit! into tlx* hnnde of tVfrt I n?i> in thecouutry it catnu like Pi-1? i I in! Jolin of old lo (tie litttrla of j i'i.I, iitiil proclaim**!) the {.m.hjihI <1 I tui**i J?*ai)i?. Straightway Ilia l or I i f l?o|*lul>d received *>tr? n^tti and el*- ' irrad into the leu,( In of apiriiuilj ledum Walking, ulid leaping, all I raiHiii^ God." Till to day hIi* j ?in!i< second to but olio nation un* * r heaven in power, in wealth; hitnd to ftoua in intelligence, in civili- ' at ion, in liberty loving, in devotion i God utd religion, in all thut make* nation ^reut. But let us come nearer home, uok at the American continent and hat do you see? One combination I aiatea ranking with Knnland in i ( wit, wealth and civilization mir-| Minded by petty third rate power j npmi/ri amve Mlalra. Tlitir itihohi ...i. 1..^..^i.' ~? - lliMu S'.f f v. :i h 1 ,vi miIjlliMr V, I uA'i! . I liijro. dlint^hi t?*<H ti<< i1 <?d> <i*ufy ii rue in ii>? Vfo\> in -iic1 I lii' "i-i hiit?wn jTvijij ilio IpJTi Aiu<4c.>n civi' ei'fp iv kfie th?'iipfm ncS*m iiuiim* vniP . izxtioil, let me riruw thin pifUir^pvf' H?k yiiu Tt? hole it w*? 11 BuppiweV'tm A merican Bib'e Society blotted ''irJ rtf < xigo Inrthi-r hik! euppofto lie HThE" Mtfept nut < ! ou^. C'.UOlry l>y*n mJplity witirlw iiMl^Htu^'^ ittmu)-.; um)> l?r lelt in iii?V;* of aiv>f?j> tif uathins.) Ij?'|, me * i?c ! tlig picture imhv follows .jienly decline ittnl (h > .** ? i f n II | > I c fapf i'm^ity. An.' k liFri; ' ' <mS know? lli:;.rv trl'^B MPiKlT stuno out as imlisputHhrcBi^^rcncft.-^-'J Tii tilt r uiiimmitifH, nnrf citioa nm1^ States and nations where llic Bible is Miid mi (I Christianity jircvnils woman is honored in a thousand tilings ami Dr. Ttilmagc fcays, "tvtiy ^cntt> man i takes nH Ins iiHt before her." To yiiti tlie name of moth* r, sister. wife/lao^n* ler, siijryost tender ro^'lit?^;-? and pleasnut mirrnuudiii(;s. Aiming the hest | iut?litutious of learning in this country iti? il.t- seminaries fur women and in i everything except tlie ballot box she stands (.11 hii equal fouling with tin- , stronger sex. And in America she 1 wants to sun.tl just n little above liim ; I low is it where the lii'do and Chr'n>-j tiinity am little known? IIo*v is it in China, in India, in Tartary, in the I Harlotry Sums and the 1'aciHc irles ? \\ i vt s itnd da tighter a a r? sold -js slaves. he; him tolnliy exciuih ?1 Irom society. lis iiiiulc a ffttjso worthy of di? vorce Willi tlio Hindoo wife to rvm begin tier meal before her Imstianj , finishes his. See the ('liioise initios.' as sh? walks down wiih a white bundle , (littler li>.t urin ami rail.- it into i 1m* river. What mean* itV Infanticide' infanticide; ilwt r<>> iii? a t"? ?:;m!?* cai.fi simply lirrHiise il h a iVima'o, Iltr hirih n rni-rnrlui?t'% in r death n re id What would ttrniift the ri^hlCou* in(limitation of you father* and huebiindd and brothers <]iiick*< than lire Iliouj^lit id making your mothers and wive*and ?i*ler* slaves and out rail ? Tin re is not a ci.o of yi.ti would not march to Ilu? very nioiilli of the rauiioii nnd hi lo the tny jaw* of death amain*! mi.v i Mifiny t J scciety who should utUinnt j rtnj ? I i ll*H l??ll Vr?ttt m' knowledge nnd Ilihle guidance is jud ( such at: cnetnv, under the power of 1 it a iron scepter. (' niimn- these two J ci-ndii ion* of * ( icty. t 'mi Aineriran | civilization an<t American woman liood roturn to that debased coudi- ! V' 1 lion/ Ypi, it* merely a yiatier of gravitation. If vim l.rV *o <*id- 1 your hand,and your hand bo with-I drawn, how long ;vii| the object roumiii i Ht tliHt point? It will fn'l immediately to tin- pi>idt from which it started: So in our land the Hihlc and Christianity have exalted woman to her lofty height. If thai elevutirijj influence he withdrawn she will rotnrn to the depths fii.tli which she w(is e'evated. Hut degrade wm^sn irmn her sphere in the home and take away fmni society lor refining touch und a sad spectacle follows. Why, ctu'i you ~ee that hui|g iinlirokeit chain of causes and ? fleet/, the one resulting directly and una void nh1 y from the other, till you seethe wheel of progress turned backward nod ttirueo to* ward* the dark ng< ?. ' < )tir civilization hurled back into renii'h?rl>iriini, htid kemi barbarism drivoti back into Hottentot Savagery." Thia ia no over? drawn picture or cunningly ?levii*c?l fable. Hut, looking at the facta in other couutriea through the cyoglee* of hialory ami remembering that unchanging law of nature that like i nine* produce like effete the ahoyv ic but a glim (tee <.l that dwtaktelul picture. Again, th* H.hb is r.o| a book fined to one nation mm I tmtl'ird to aiioth?*? But It apeak* the lit art ami reaa-oi of all people. ^M^piher loo low for the moat n ducat*" I, refined ami cultured gentleman, nor ia it t?w higli for the most ign ?rant, anperatitiout, degraded ravage. Jf yuU can prove to me there ia one nation under (ho nun, that th< liible cannot touch ami elevate, then you prove to me either that you have a nation of men without human soul*, or you prove that the Bible ia not the word of Ood. Km iia contrary to mir innate aotioM of an a'l.wise, an all juat aimI alt loving (iod, tliHi He ehould give tho bu? man family a rule of life, that will control and elevate the life of one na* lion and not that ol another. Yea I nay the Bible ia a Imok for all nation*. I/?t me give yen a little incident bearing on I hie point. In a meeting; of aome learned men in Glaagow, Scot* ifcnd, aome veara ago, it iraa argued thai there are aome raot-a ao debtaed * 7 ?- i.1--*?? Iv "I oiyilizt\1\' 'I ?$ Hum %i"it sluutfl f \Ajx70r.! ''''frunger l jT/fu, uMr. I . 'A tc 1 niuk? HBHH v- mo, JH^Hbk^ y? ^1-"^L 'Hii'd BAUUw- I oolni* i_ His? Wttn ne >rw Vul nutkjjinr.n re> [ct Ahor tli?. a|^tioer. to ijM ft rp a tvrrd r wenave wiir^^^^QPTx.uca family wor^ Ttoe <ftio?r lookeV much confuted and said, "Pardon int. 1 have never learned to prnv for niyWlf," .but told the Buthmnii ho aluold bo 141? ?1 in follow him in prayer. The Bushman (hen kneeled down and itnong other things prayed the Lord to liken the stranger (hut had Coine under their roof that night. The fnkiily then roue from their knees, hut tl* officer remained kneeling. When ill Bushman went to iiim he found hili convolved in tears. After a little >it|e he regained himself and said, "My friend, I came frmn a Christian up\ ii png.'.n to tins pagan land, an i Inje 1 find in y Savior: I hero accept Car istiuuily ami 1 have here 011 my icntrh ViitVfd to t-tnd that I shall return to my own land a Christian."? Ye* this grand nhl hunk can reach l.iwn it* strong right arm to thin degraded savage, who I.ad scarcely n<>tigli language to converse at all ailh his f?-!low heings, and alio is said ft* he more like a specie* of ape than ifc>in, and raise him to that huh plane of virtue and morality and even of Christianity. Its a l>?<ok suited alike to the white man and hiack man ; suit?(' alike to toe Caucasian and Mon* H> liaii ; suited alike to the merchant hihiud hit counter and the husbandmiu behind his plow ; soiled alike to ike hunker in his counting house or lie seaman loused on the billowy laves. Its the greatest panacea for the moral, social and political mala die* i?l" tho liuman family. Well did the I'oalini.it say " I'he testimony of t ,i 1 pL .,- i^<rd .niti making wise (lie ?iiupfe. Now a few remarks by way of coni' 'i-ioii. if litis Uook lias 'lone und ..in do what I claim for it, then why land we here all the day idle ? There h- our fellowmen ali over the world, who are perishing for want of thin gr'-at remedy, who in this world are ^">liing in a miserable existence in the mire and slough of degradation, and who in the world to come will he ?ei upon forever hy the worm that dieth Hot and the fire that is never quenched, I any its our hounded duty a* Christians. I go further arid nay in our duty ? > fellow who nre c joying the favor of the Almighty, to give the destitute thin Wor<i of lite Cull we look u|>oii the two condition* uf the human family, which I have pictured without raining our face* to in mveil and cry?n*s ouf, "Lrird we thank thee that we have heen born in this land of Bible* nod Bible |>ri vilege*." And how can we belter hiiow i.ur the Father above tVl ... ... 4 I jveod this ISible?fttgt? to <??,.? Tite '??* ,te n ihv H ; '*^>S SJr^,.; . n :oi>e?'anizatioii it ImLimii 'tio? of i copies. In ihel * '''"r ' V ha* ihrou/n :1 f** JE J.ilies 'J* Cfiidf tl %rf I i: . li J??>kV <*l. ?'?^mut lff, huted <* I ' * *J world one ?V|h ArU?o14<?? *<mr We rejoice Ibet^i < 4 .uiiLvTlnf society * i ?'dA *'^p the Va^tE to change y into the holl W^Bjaflajfl^BBa^Bt very one j?^^HH9NB|BFittrit)tite<i ' Borld, hoar f" JraKg9H?B!^^Bui?4o glad "Y U Hk?"y their * ?? ^JBSBBBBBfuDn?i m'one? II carry onBflJ^^H^HHFtakioirt Uin paren^MOwT^^^^^^ I*1 u* n y?? haee fier*t< fore ?ion* reefvon'l to t*ie oaf*. "The greet augment for the purification of the eirth 'GMPK firwaril, God winhee ti? to j?io iolnia Work. Hlearerf are we if we are foundcoworkers with him." L J' .& - ' - 1 ? I CortureNMiiinu Tillman Oppose*! to the Jiub-Treasury Hill. He Knf^re In'.o JVo Di9CV?*i*n' <>( the '* (Jucxtion?He J* An Alliance Man and a Jjjjurmer. " From the Aug&etn Chronicle. Wasiiiwgton, August 11.? Congressman George D. Tillman of South Carolina, the brother of Farmer Ben Tillman, who ia to bo the next Governor'of tho I*al motto State, lias written an alliance letter, which will ?reate a sensation, lie is brief and pointed, and in answer to the sub treasury question firmly replies "no." The letter is written, to *U?. ance.com mil tec of Barnwell. composeTol Messrs?AV. W7 (i. Sims and J. TC. Smith. He says : 1 have received your official letter, as the organ of the Barnwell County Farmers' Alliance, requesting my views as a candidate lor Congress in the Second South Carolina District on cer tain measures of proposed legislation indicated in five interroga tories. Understanding from your com munication transmitting tlie interrogatories that you do not want a lnni* loltnv Imt ? >'" ' - . .. . WWI f '/Ml V/lll r Vy ?% C cgorical replies, I shall he as brief as possible to define niv position without equivocating, by merely quoting each interrogate ry separately and making absolute answers thereto. Will you, uninfluenced by par ty caucus or otherwise, support the following propositions in the National Congress : First?The abolition of the national banks and the substitu j tion of legal tender treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes issued in sullieient volume i to do the business of the country j on a cash basis ? Yes. Second?A freer, unlimited I coinage of silver ? Yes. Third?That Congress issue i fractional paper currency in sufficient quantity to facilitate ex i change through the mails? Yes. Fourth?Do you approve, and 'will you the finaliL * 4 system known as the "sub-Tfea- , sury plan" adopted by the N i tional Alliance and Industrial Union at St. Louis, December 7, 18S9 ? No. Fifth?The enactment of such laws as will prohibit the owner k?IiiI> of-lands l>y aliens t Yes, but this lias already been done by an Act of March 3, 1887. AN A1.I.IAV K.MAN AND FAUMKK. Permit me to add that for thirty years I have hud no industrial occupation but cotton planting which ought to identify mo zealously with the welfare of cotton planters, who not only constitute the bulk of my constituents, but have repeatedly honored me With high commissions, ana that if re-elected to Congress I shall continue io the future as I have done in the past lo uupnort what* ever 1 believe to be the best for the interest of iny class and sec tion. I myself am a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and deeply sympathize with the purposes and efforts of the organization to relieve the widespread and long continue 1 agricultural depression, but the South alone cannot correct the fiscal and financial abuses of the Federal government, which is now and ha^Jbeen dominated by the Eastern States ever sinee the war. The West must co-operate with tho South before success can be achieved ; and in conclusion, let me take theliberty of advising the South-? ern wing oftiie Alliance to move a little more cautiously till it atrtill I I VO flam/insf rol/iil I that, the Western wing urq?kt*arnest About taking tiio pi^^sed new departure of nhondoning sectionalism and uniting with the South for a redress of mutual grievances. Very respectfully, G. W. I). Tillman. ^ In speaking of his letter to night Colonel Tillman said : "My letter tells it all. No one that reads it can fail to understand ray position." Bncklen'a Arnica 8alr?. The Bent .Halve In the worl.l lor Cuts, Brumes, More*, tTleern, Halt Rheum. Fever Hop -, Tetter, I hupped Hands, ( hllhlnlnw 'nrn?, and all ^kln Krii|itl<iiiH, and positively cures Piles, ?r no pay required It Is guaranteed to give perfect set hfiution, or money refunded Price 2-r> cents |>oil>ox. For Huh- t?V Crawford Bros. . . . - 1 Where is the Alliance f frFrom tbe (trcenvilleTscws.) As wo under?tand thc-declared purpose of ilie Farmers' Alliance in politics it in to furnish an organization by which the fanners of the country can stand together, help "each other und defend each other's interest*. The Alliance innintnius at Washington a legislative a^presentative, a newspaper organ and other expensive machinery intended to conyey the wishes of the farmers to Congrosa. There seems to be au organized conspiracy inoiig the Kepjiblic&ns in both lo.usos against the Southern farmer tno the Southern people generally. The compound lard bill, intended ?.j prevoyt iun use of cotton aeed oil in Urd ?i?<ft thereby lo clpsc an i^por tant mai\et for the Southern farmer'* I cotton seed,is being vigorously pushed. The one agricultural product put m< the free liist is sugar, which is urowu only in the South, in this country. Among the few tarili rates reduced is that on rice, which is grown in the South. We do not have, ask or need tariff on cotton, so they could not reach our greatest staple directly. But, beside." trying to close the market for cottan seed, they add to the burden on cotton as much as possible by putting a tariff tax of 103 per cent on the ties thai bind the bale, adding, according to our calculation, 90 cents to the cost ot every ba'e the Southern farmer ships. There is 11 > excnee for tliis No cotton tics are made in this country. No American workmen are employed in making then*. The ties must he had and to import them nt the rates fixed in the new hill will add largely to the government revenues, although the hill in which the increase* is provided is int'-ndcd to reduce the revenue.? The change is a direct, undisguised, wanton attempt to punish and perse* cute the Southern farmer because he is prospering in spite of Republican hate and spite and votes the Demo erniic tick-t for the protection of hie life, family and property. The force hill now- being pressed by many of the Republican leaders will hear on the Southern farmer more heavily than on any other class. It is intended to roh him ot his representation in Congress. Its inevitable effect will be to demoralize his labor and subject him to the many danger* attending ? ^j^orbeil cuL.ditien .?>< country. J* ' -4 The aul) treasury hill and all the other schemes and purpose* aiinouii ced l?y the alliance are in the future. The matters of which are f??-?k are iu the present. They are in the present. They are before Congress now ami are being pushed toward enactment every hour. If tin- Alliance machinery at Washington can do anything aud intends to do anything for the Southern farmer it has abundant work at its hand to begin on. IS S K N A TO It YAM K. TO UK BACK I KICK? A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., says that the Farmers' Alliance and tho Richmond & Danville rail road corporation have combined to defeat Senator Vance foi re-election. The Alliance is opposed to him, it is said, because of Ins refusal to support the sub treasury bill, but the special ground for the rail road's hostility is not stated, though it might be supoosed to be of a character to have made him friends anion*: the farmers. The latter have already named seven out of nine Congressmen, but, if the Charlotte disoaleh is well founded, they have determined to gobble up the Senatorship also.#** SENATOR V^pMrWlM. Nor HE OI'POSAsiikvU4*,N. 0., August 12 ? TheStiHBr4rmers' Alliance met were ld|^|kppNh d? legates *V ory in PEMgypTopreaentt'd. 8. IT 'i 1 Wgffc 1 a prominent delegate who will be the Democratic camlhKu^i^imi^reH* from the Sixth Dfcp&iet^hi.l to-dav that the aJUja?jc^iirft body would not oppoffJTre re-elect ion of Senator Vance, and ho was certain that he would be renominated. Bopepay. Thin Ik what you ought t<> have, In fact, you must nave It, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are searching for It dally, and mourning becnure they find it not. Thousands upon thousand* oi dollars are spvnt annually by our people in the hope that they may attain th 1m U?oii. And yet It may oe had hy [all. We guarantee that Kleetrie Bitters, If used according to direction* and tlie use persisted In, will briny" you Good Digestion and oust I lie mon Dyspepsia and Install instead Kuianmy. We recommend Klectrlc Hitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Jdver, Htomacb and Kidneys. Hold at *>??e. and *100 jsr hot tie by, < Tawford Bros. Druggists Growth ot the Church New York Herald. The Independent lies gathered 4l sonic valuable and intoiv.-tinfc & statistics s!io?v:ng the strength of ( the various Christian cli.ae ie n the United States and their growth during the pact year. In some cases the tigures are estimates, but our contemporary ho- 't Sieves that on the whole the ?re- ' suits "very closely approximate, the truth." ? From these it appears that there ore iu the United States 151,261 churches of all denomina- tions, 103,300 ministers a< d near- ' ly 22,00o,000 members. During^ the year there has been an i.\AB crease ot 8,50<? ehorchoa^ji. ^Hj 4,900 ministers ami nearly 1 000 members. The most numerous denomination is the Kotnaii Catholic, with its 7,500 churches .s "no r.no fj etc., and 8.277,000 population, of whom 4,076,000 are estimated to be communicants. Then come the Methodists, with, in round numbers, 4,980.000 communicants ; Baptists, 4,922, 000; Presbyterians, 1,229,000; Lutherans, 1,080,000 ; Congregationalists, 491,000, and Episcopalians, 480,000. The increase in the Catholic population during the year was 421,700. The estimated gain in Catholic communicants was over 238,000. ino growth or Protestant xnfem hcrship was 008,000. The Methodists gained more than 258,000 the Baptists more than 213,000, the Lutherans 5)8,000, the l'resbycerians nearly 45),000,the fongregationalists more than 10,000 and the Episcopalians about 9,500. The accession of new member* was even larger than these figur es, since in every denomination there wero deaths of membets whose places wore filled bj new accpiisitions. The number of deaths in the Methodist Episcopal body, for example, was reported at 28,300. This is a highly satisfactory and encouraging shawmji to all who have The wolfur.,. r /- >< . - * ' I LV?1 1 I Church at heart. A gain of near M^eleven 1 it in d red^i^usarK^^^ nuiuher of churches and ministers, indicates that Christianity i\ marching on with 110 uncertain stride. As our contemporary well sa}'s : "It is in itself a most overwhelming refutation ?f the assertions we hear now and then from various quarters that Christianity is losing its hold upon our people and that our churches are declining." The Farmers' Alliance in Louisiana hue taken a firm position in re* ^ur i to the LtiBiiiana Lottery, and has j?iveu ambitious politicians die tiuct warning that the> niunt pledge themselves to oppose the Lottery or never more expect the Alliance vote. Members of the Alliance who favored the Lottery charter are to he disciplined, and, if found contumacious, are to be expelled from the order.? This is on the right line and the Lou isiana Alliance is to he most heartily congratulated upon the bold stand it has taken on the Lottery question.? Many of the politicians have been oo? quelling with the Lottery or tire regu? larly employed in its service and the Farmers Alliance is right in putting its foot down on them. The lariueta can he depended upon, as h rule, to lake the moral sida of every public question. El- ctrlc Hitters. This remedy is becoming so wr.i known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used hlectric hitters sing the name te.ng praise.?A purer medicinedoes no: ex . ist and it is guaranteed to do all that n claimed, hlectric hitters will cure all diseases of the Idver i nd Kidney ., will remove Pimples, JioiU, Ha it Ulteuni and otheraflecttOnlVAMvd by impure blood.? Will diid^t2&tiU>tri? from the system and prevent ns trail us cure all Malarial !?vors.-*m[>i cure of headache, Constipation ati<1 Imligestlou try KlectriO hitters Kutire satisfaction guaanleed, or money refunded.?PriceSOcents and $1.00 per bottle at Crawford Bros Drug Store. The new ceuoua gives Philaiielphiu 1,044,S94 people, a k?ii> of 23.24 per cent. i ? James Hogg hss been nominated ( for Governor by the Democrat* of. Teias. ?The ProbibitiouistH of Oomiroi) out have nominated T M Augur, nt Middlrfielri, fur Governor. Worth KNoWIKO.-Hnglun' Tonic, the ohl time, reliable remedy for fovor and ague. Jiefiutatiou earned by thirty year*' niece**. You can depend upon it. Try It. DrogKiHta have it.