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VOL XVII PICKENS, S. C., TIU RSDAY, MARCH 29, 1888. NO 7 unn1a U ttEAEMYLAR. HOW 1HE URGES AND IMPELS TO A COURSE OF CHRISTIAN CONDUCT. The Saviour Considered as a Motive to Patience and Perseverance in Christian Labor-A Sermon Delivered by the Rev. A. MeA. Pittman, of Winnsboro, S. C. "For consider him that endured such con. tradietion of sinners against himself, lest yo be wearied and faint in your minds"-Iieb. XII.:8. As Christians we do well to take our Btand near the middle cross, on which the Prince of glory died, and settle all questions of duty and opportunity in 11fll view of the "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." There are duties . and opportunities thrust upon the army of the saved to-day, as never before in the history of mankind. The Christian world has as little patience now with those who hold that the former times were worse than these in every particu lar, as with those who say that "the - former times were better than these" in all respects. - It seems to me that we are living in a grand and awful time-grand in the way of avenues opened, as never before for Christian endeavor-for enlarged use fulness in the sphere of Christian work grand in having the eyes of the whole world turned upon us as never before. Christians are on exhibition to-day as never before in the history of Christiani ty. They are standing up for Christ in the uttermost parts of the earth. A obain of human voices, ringing out "the glad tidings of the kingdom of God," is rapidly encircling the globe. Let us pray that the heralds of the cross, at home and abroad, may be honored in strunents in the hands of God in alarm ing the guilty fears of the lost, and lead ing this hungiy, run-mad world to the -:oot of'the cross. Let every member of the body of Christ awake and arise with renewed energy, heart and hope, and with the .courage of their convictions, do what they can, in the strength of God, to dissipate the darkness and introduce the light of Heaven into the hearts and homes of the people all the world around. The prospects of a glorious . triumph over the powers of darkness are as bright as the promises of God made _ ..o.hi people in the all-prevailing name of the Son of God. Bat I also said that we live in an awful 'time. One has only to look out upon the world in its present restless and greatly agitated state to be convinced of this. Truth and error, light and dark ness, sin and holiness, the good spirit and the evil spirit, are waging a perpetu al warfare everywhere. In some places there are avalanches of collision. We do not only hear of "earthquakes in divers places" showing that the earth itself is in, an unsettled state, but there are earthq ukes of discord in families, in . churchest in States, in nations and " throughout the world. And what is more, all the civil powers, standing armies, and combined forces of the uni verse, tha1 uave upon thun the stamp of man's wisdom and puny might cannot bring this discordant, confused world into the gentle sway of peace, loving and abiding brotherhood. The only hope for this lost and ruined world is found in. this word of reconciliation. The angels sang it at the birth of Christ. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men." "For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Reconciliation between God and man and all the blessings that flow from a union so divine-such as peace on earth and good-will and holiness among all mankind-must be effected through the dissemination of the truths of divine revelation, and saving faith in *the Saviour.that they reveal. Now with the stupendous work of the world's subjugation and salvation con fronting the sacramental host of God's elect, they certainly need the inspiration that comes from knowing that back of them are the promises of God; that on them is the panoply of God; and that before them is the Son of God, with the thrice thrilling history of his eventful life, wonderful teachings, labors of lovo, tragic death, resurrection and ascension to the right hand of his Father in Heaven. The Apostle Paul enjoined it upon the Hebrew Chlistians to consider their Lord and Master in all his bearings to ward mankind-in every vicissitude and relationship in life-what ho did and what he suffered, and how he behaved himself under the severest maledictions, and the most cruel treatment at the hands of violent foes. Now, if Paul thought that it would be helpful to the Hebrew Christians, in all their trials and labors of love in life, to think upon the life and character of Christ with great care, lest they became wearied and faint in their minds and souls, may we not, also, make an applkition of the same injunction with equal profit to ourselves? Whatever views may be entertainedl by atheists and infidels with reference to the comparatively unsuccessful ministry of Christ, among the p)eoplo to whom he preached the wonderful words of life, the whole Christian world is now ready to concede that it was not owing to the lack of wisdom and interest on the p)art of Christ, nor to a failure on his part to prese nt the truth with telling force that hs ministry was not wonderfully suc cessful, but to the opposition and mani fest indifferense He encountered in His mx'istrations. It is trnio we might attribute theap pa rent smaiboss of his success while here in the flesh to t.he fact that lie was human, like the rest of us; but then it would neither be wise nor just to com pare Him with the prophets and apes. ties, and latter day ministers of th< gospel, because He was the Son p1 God, and as such He wa intensely divine, "Never man spake like this man." "A greater than Jonas is here." "A greato] than Solomon is here," But it is E source of strength and encouragement t<( weary, toiling, faint-hearted, discouraget ministers of Christ to "consider fin that/ endured such contradiction of sin n agis isl. "The disciple il we his lord. It is enough for th4 disciple that he be as master, and the servant as his lord." AhI my brethren we see enough in a single day, sometimes, to greatly die courage us. At such times we almost lose all heart and hope in our work. But we must remember that Christ, in a certain place, did not do many mighty works, because of the prevailing un belief. In other places He encountered the most violent opposition, and tho most perverse contradiction of sinners. But all were equally sna alike effectual in impeding the progress of the gospel as preached by the Son of God. So we see that there were multiplied phases of the opposition our Saviour met in his public ministry. The same may be as truly said of the opposition that the apostles met, and that ministers of Chriat have everywhere and ever since met. We speak of this opposition in a general way, as ahleting the progress of the gospel in all times and in all places not as existing primarily between men and men, simply considered, but as ex isting primarily between the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of the Devil. What is the history of mankind but a running commentary upon the Holy Scriptures, bearing on the desperate wickedness of the human heart, the dreadful nature of sin and the fearful eflects of sin? Notwithstanding all the excellencies of the character of Christ, and the diffusive goodness that shone forth in all his life and labors, proclaiming him divine, and the greatest benefactor of sullering humanity, there were yet found those so lost to gratitude-so implacably wicked as to array themselves against him. Instead of the reception and honors he justly deserved the text records the fact. that Ho ''endured the contradiction of sinners against himself." Let us with iffectionate sympathy look on tho in dignities that were heaped upon lim when He "gave His back to the smiters, his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; and hid not his face from shame md spitting." Isa. 50:6. Behold the Son >f God's delight, thus vilely degraded, thus ii..mously abused. But not only o-the wonders of His power and good ness were maliciously ascribed to Satan. rhis was the highest pitch of iniquity. !t last as a malefactor of the worst sort, ho was nailed to the cross, and in xorture hung and bled and died--thus ;iving his precious "Life a ransom for nany." It is well therefore that his faithful ollowers consider Him that endured so niuch for them, lest they grow weary mad faint in their minds when real triais mnd persecutions come. The early fol owers of Christ, though far inferior to their divine Lord, expressed so much of his temper and conduct in their lives mud teachings that they wore accounted worthy to suiTor shame and reproach in tho next degree to Him. Paul, who Labored more zealously and more bundantly than his brethren, experi Bnced a larger share of dishonor and ill breatment. Though educated at the feet Af Gamaliel, and no stranger to Grecian Literature, when he showed himself de bermined to live for Christ and die for the truth, if necessary, and to glory only in the Cross of Christ, he was "n4ade as the 1ilth of the world and the olf'eouring of all things." 1st Cor., 4:13. And whac was true in the lifetime and e perience of Paul will hold universally true--in proportion as the truths of divinerevela tion are faithfuily proclaimed to thia sinning, sinful world. It is not possible to believe that the carnal mind is better reconciled to the truths of the gospel to-day than in former times. And if there is loss persecution, and fewer trials to ministers of Christ, now than then, it may bo because they live under a bettor government and are prote;te d by purer and better laws now than then, but I would sooner guess that it is be cause their zeal, faith and activity are not such as characterized the apostles, and that their conduct is more conformi able to the p)revailing tastes bf sinners around them, if they havo-not in maniy cases actually toned down the gospel t o suit the refined sensibilities of ini .. tial sinners in their midlst. Ouily let there be a return to the apostolic simu plicity, p)lainnfess and directness of preaching the gospel, and there will be a greater upheaval in the worl, and a greater turning of sinners in one diree tion or the other. T1he faithful preach ing of the gospoel has never yet filed to stir Oarnally-minded men. 10 either has, a salutary or a deleterious effect. It either wins to Christ and thus secures the love and fidelity of thmose that hear it, or it hardens andl thus secures the contempt of those that hear it. if the faith andl practice of the saints on earth, agreeable to the New Testamenut, were not always and every where attended with a measure of opp)osition and p)ersecuition we should want at least one Scriptural evidence that the gospoel is of divine origin. Infidels would bo0 in possiessioni of one solid objection against it. But Christ was not mistaken when he p)re dicted the reception His gospel wvoihl moot with in the world. The divine prophecy is fulfilling every day. Christ assured His disciples that their attach ment to Him and their idelity to tie truth would expose them to the viole' i hatred and tumultuous rage of mankind, Ecclesiastical history often repeats itself, and as often verifies the words of Christ, Dr. Broadut', of the Southern Bapjtis' Theological Seminary, ini connueintingq on the 10th chapter of 3l1atthew, say a "'Let no one bo surp)rismed at Iearing that so much p)erseution is to h o en counteredl by the T welve and by Chris, followers in general; for it was the ob, ject of Christ's mission to introduict principles which would be sure to causo division andl conflicts amoung men, ovri within the bosom of families. I lis 10 ligion was so wholly opposed to tIn spirit of the world, that such a resol was inevitable." Again, the same commentator says "T'Ihe gospel (lees tend to bring amen int peace with each othier, but only in pro p)ortion as they are brought into pe with (God. So as to the prophecies; raei will beat their swords into plov.-share only when men ground the arms of thoei rebellion against (God. Till then th enemies of Goed will be the etnmies o, 11is people, and often bitter enemiies. Matthew Henry, a distinguished l'res byterian commentator, says: "TJ.herei no part of Christ's gospel that ine,o< upou any account, to be conc< taled; thl whole counsel of God must be re realh In never so mixed a multitude, let it b p)laliy and fully delivered, if throng fero an wo shrink from duty Go will punish us. If amid all opposition we persovero, God will care for us." We may therefore conclude that wherever the gospel of Christ is preach ed antid opp)osed, the grounds of the op. posttion must be essentialiy the sano. The truths which faithful ministers evolve and enforce from the holy Scriptures are the same that Christ anil the apostles inculcated. The effect must be esseltially the same in all plcee of his dominion. But tho gospel, however opposed by the many and slighted by none, is never prr'ached in vain. it has always been and always will be the pow er of God and the wisdom of God in the salvation of some. Supported and en couraged by the words and spirit of their divine Lord and Master, liis true and willing servants have never been ashamed nor afraid to appear in the de fenso of Ilis cause, whose right it is to reign, against all opposition and through all dangore. "Stand up! stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross: Lift high His royal banner It must not suior loss; From victory unto victory his army shall be led, Till every foe it vatquished And Christ is Lord indeed." r'a 0%-: \1I;:1 1)t1: Dir. ham mmondl'H 1'lan for IJvingt I'orever A St arttiug hut I'uu,ihlo- hoory--.ifr n I'rv:('rk of 1)ihmth and 1rentoration. I)r. \'illiani A. IIanmtond, the eni nont physician, furnishes tho following to the Weshington Post: People die through their ignorance of the laws which govern their e. <tence and also from their ilialbility or inueipo sition to obey those laws with which they are acqtaiuted. We are told in the first chapter of Genesis that before Adam ate the forbidden fruit the life of man was to be eternal. ]3ut wit Ii tie a)leisitin of the knlowlelge of gooti and evil death became his portion. it seemed to me that it would be more in accordance with the actual state of afatirs at the present time to believe that his death, came through the less of knowledge rather than from his obtair) ing it, for now lie lo:es his life not througlh an excess of knowledge but through an excess of ignorance, I do not ste th)at. there is any physio logical reason why even at the present day man should tie. From a knowledge of the causes of disease greater than that. possessed fifty yeart; ago, and fiomt the advauce of medical scieuce leading to better method; of treating tht deviation from the normal standard of health to which we are subject, the life of a get eration has within the pcriod mentiont d been lengthened live or six years. That is, the average man i'istead of living thirty yeai -, as he did fifty yt rs ago, now lives nearly thiriv-six years. Lok ing at the question from this standpuu;:t only it vif ha seen tht it is merely a luestioi: of time when his life will be extended to thouisands of yeiars, and that wit.h ant ecrnity of time his life ?ill also be eternal. Let us tale- o;t asset of the subject atnd we shal. not, I tliin k, fail to p)erceive that when we thotrughly untlersoand it and are willing to livein ecor.lance wit hi its retuireiment.;, deatIi, unles by acci dent, witl ce"use to rexit. \1e know that ihi life io continued through the death o; tiht variots iat.oms of the several tissus thlt enter into I he conmposition of his bily. his or )tns are kept in action by force and tLis force results as does all other foreu from the metamorphosis of nitter. Thus to oh tin i heat we burn wood or coal, tand e-he- aldt gases arc evolv(,l iii this troOts-; to gi niLrati eleericity we con vert zine or somse othiter net'Alti ito a it S ~trough thle aetio nt of tint ..eid antd tricity is t fr i t heL n 1 body, the braint, the i'-art the- liver, th1a nmis'ee all ac' thriough' tie des8t ruetion! or- rat eri idleratioun of the '-ub.shiec of whlichi thiy tare compott1.tI V ith eery4 tihougti that etmot iton which it feels, wi thl every neto the wiil whieb it origiana, wilti tvt y fiercept in whichi it expeuriece (4 a eLf tin fi>tiitn of the centn tissue i> bro-e-n downt into sing>-er sub-Itice ad fromt thle bodyl. With e~'vetry putlat~~in tiat. Ite heairt. makiie- -st- jart of the organl, t<mghi smaltil it niuty be in aitounit, is dstfroyed, andi is (eas1tont. of the system to make roomli for nlew su--t mutse, ito meatfir low sila, froitn ib g:ffort re<iu ired to wiel 'he hteaviem kid oif ta Nledge himuntier to 1imt um( 8 sary to lift a pin oi erook~ a finger or wink ani eyelid, mutscola- tissue is, ail bteinig it>o tger I liie foru thle purpoise for whtich it was fotued(, in tiakeni pf by the veins teIt 1 hk that cointg roti th brain antd hteart. tuid thle luntgs and the~ stomachei andl allf t othter orgatns which rid of throutgththe kidne4-, s atai thte skin andti the resftral~tin t-- br reforimi I otitt. tide of thie sysitemi ittdo (ith isubit1antcets: which in their turn stake tih- food by which the body it agadin ntou rwed. The1 food tet nlinit ta)l t inito his stomach outght to bie of a <puntity atnd <pmtiy is would( exacttly reinr im bosten which, thtrottgh thle atit'ion of thle severail organs, his Itody is hi to udergo, It i, is exceit.ve int eithim ofi thet( irte ttins or tf ift is idelitit, db east-,, . toi knew litt en uni to oal to~-i Idus h i <lily ) toO,l to the expielI fhtily i ipir mtstit of hit ttydemit, dine---- (01h4 gnyver tnuu' throuighi the e-xi husion ofi iany ('ni af him vtital orgami. A btige lajoity ofii jeet tro dhin to a lack of tIthi nwledge. Suppoxt:t, fori intlance, t hat ta ruano oun 'lf,iTt- day I haivi to read ft-tipg of 'latckstonti'i Coiutnetari'-s,' twvent y hour's dhurationti titmy ghrandmoutherit andt to tak e ray sweethat Iitto th teat re 4where I ilittl spiendi two hzoms ; to dto r 114g-ti (nOla, s io lit eht nit r<gein (givin;g of couir*s, th' ' xac weight of t-i' giet 11thos pr1is- <piatkitica fria tieigilt ii etght, oitnces tof ha.i., t-- iix un. : of pist, ,t->, fourt iouncesdi of hii-l, at hld Ipit s I e b-f eip, tight tin tei a if waair tamI .-it (tiltcis of sting toiflo to miitio 0 it mig a little fartiher than they woiul hi ojther-wie. Itt (caso lihave atn extria >rdIi d nary denugnali made uon u.w for mtciti or physical exertion i shaU have to add to these substances others which will compensato for the increased loss." Now suppose ho is exactly right in his calculations, and that the food taken is neither too great or too little, but exact ly compensates the anticipated losses, the death of each cell in the brain or the heart or the muscles, etc., will bo fol lowed by the birth of a now coil, which will take its place and assume its fuuo tions. Gout, rheunmatisai, liver and kid nly disease, heart alf'ction, softening antd other disorders of the brain, the various morbid conditious to which the digestive oi gans are subject, would be impossible except through the actions of soine external force, such a:i the awa:low ing of sulphuric acul or a blow on the head, or stab with a knife, which would come cec'rly within the class of acci dents, and of course many of them would be avoidalo. Again, let us inogino that man knew just to what an extent his animal al)pe tito should he gratitied; that he had as certained to wh.tt an extent, if at all, alcohol, tobacco and other stimulants and sedatives should he used; that his knowledge in ro;ard to clothing was perfect; that ho hud acquired complete informatiun of the manner in whic his house should be built and heated and ventihited and otherwi e made sanitarily perfect; that cookery hmd become one of the exact seiences; that lie was able to nvoid ile effcts ?f extreme heat, cold iti nioisture; that, in a word, ho had nothing to learn in r'g:trd to the best way of living so as to lueserve himself from i.l nIor ilic causes; sup)posing all this itieI I ad wit that it is not very likely th;:t he will irl upoi n upua ages acquire Lithe uiost (G.1-lik 'naiscien". Iecesa ry, d, al+i h w Ib ,s inupossible itndi the ittrinid life to which we are told he was bo)ni would ilgain be his. F roi o consideration of these points we 1 erecite that peiiple die.-. First. F'rotn iguornuce of all the laws L)f life. Sceond. F'rol,l wilfulness in not obey ing the laws they know. T1'i i: 1:.311:1a)e'.i T iiBlOA T. Uond,itill 4,f h14 7 1{u yal 1'it ti(4 at lIerlin lie (tre: ihes--tl1i 3 1 . Avi, T1hrough the (liain the New Yoi k 'ii . ) / Birix, :\ieh J..--I had the privi lkge to-lay of a lon.; and frank talk with one of the Giriau ductors connectd with Kaiser Frederick's case. lie would not say tliat th' discs-e, we cancer or what.; but lie said1 confidentially that the ehuices were in favor of his living at least; through the sit umer. He ox t)hiuined Pie al)la.rance of t he Kaise.'s throat. Tliere iD: a silver tubi wit.i a tunnel opelning; iii the front of the throat near the chest. Over this opening is a wli) reslpirater, andl ov,r ttiis the Jirst l1!.yecr of cou n wool. ThI;On ther(' is at leet of silk, ill so thin and compact that the patienlt is able to Ibutton hli:t tui ltl artuieouid ii, while io p)re'enting the tir from circulitinig', 111i I wetnl lie tries > ,pck he uiu, cee this by i silk tab, sliich is at ay ciloso iiih 1and. This, hioWvt-r, Iieed.U rar 'y be used, for he : (uly i'plte d u utter a few mono -u. 11 his i; irn. ii ceah case S11lid a. ' ve i .l i it n l r !f at itrita t:un. l1t i5 uot iii t1)e W5y of moving so ti:t lie; attei' mlitm it, iiotlly he l il:l , ar"e tl)1e to understand1 uveryth-ing he wieics to convey. ',-.ty there was a favntrible builletin, iut pi'.h-$1 int>rmtinittni2: to the elfect tilt ti lhh lnl , tiitigh hiss iin uillnti ty, is Worse in col)r, unu Dr, Itrgmann, wh( as s ti i u , in:ily , :n out at tini It I ln , Was to-iiy Il l iOite ltl i'(tislil ltti0 ii at tii Schu a. My informti 21)1 ort thl lcion ia tS h t d rtin it,s a IIri l.i t j 11i : ti,..iy I lillv i t t Ijiat li r::,be h1111 I orttuoery, hn1 lSittin-l -yini'of Wi me1 kuesi to the hlitchsta li;tetuiy whe Prn is marre (le lif ishe d'I\rig ehe' i ftor wll ais Frefrit. ().1Ily a fewiIt I I<-h I, il Iterati.l abstai. I. rtiis ;u iafe.' tat ei. 311Ies Iilt Il it bei: ini th b' licaSlL cir IIh) timt tin luuse is g oilto llyenIa un:ner imp itan t cnti \t.uiol1 foosn.d am tir adoption a matte hilt :iel :o .liifar as po il fil liberal-( i,m. Tn que.tion ofl'rince 21 m rc ' THELr DIOCESAN CONVENTION. Mr. McCrady's Views-OrdinatIon Gives no Right to Sit ina the Convention.-The Laity Advised to Abstain for tino Present. To the Clergy and Laity of the Pro testant Episcopal Church in South Car olina-Dear Brethren: I see by the Bishop's lato pastoral of March 10th, in stait, thero is dtinger of a very serious misunderstanding between our clergy and laity, which I think may be avoided. The pastoral seems to declare that the laity condemn the clergy for their vote on the admission of a colored clergy man. This is a total misapprehension. As one of those who retite-I from the last Convention, I beg leave to say (and I think my years, being one of the oldest members of the Church now living, en title inc to speak) that vie have never objected to the votes of the clergy, bo cause that was the exercise of an un doubted right; but we have retired after the presiding oflicer had deprived us of our right to vote. The clergy and tho Bishop being firmly resolved together, our safety only rested on our right to call for a vote by orders, and in that way to prevent the action contemplated by the clergy. This was our right under the constitution, and we had good ground for our action, andi our action was strictly under the eonstitution of the Convention. We dtnied no one's right as we recognized iL under that constitution. The lastoral says we deny the right of an ordained minister of our Church to exercise his privileges under our consti tution on account of his color. Ve deny that a clergyman has any privileges by virtue of his ordination under our Con si itution. This is the question between the clergy and ourselves, and is a eou stitutional one, and the only difflerenee is as to the construction of the word- of that constitution, and certainly, upon the construction of that instrument, the laity have as good right to their opinion as the clergy. But the real difliculty is that some of the clergy hold that their ordination entitles them to sit in our bodsy, while the laity insir,t that the Con vention is rtbt the Church, and i heir ordinat ion gives them no such right, while others of them hold to the mean ing of the word "clergytnan," as used in our constitution. On both these <pies tions we maintain that the laity have as much right to their opinion as tie clergy. Now, the only wi y in which we can express our opinions is by our votes, whenever the vote is to be taken by orders, and our right to call for a vote by orders, whenever two delegations agree to call for it. It was on a vote by orders, as to the organization, that the sl<testion in the last Convention came up., Upon an appeal from the decision of the I Chair in favor of tha clergy's views, to t wsich a large majority of the laity was r oppos.d, the Bishop, after stating that ho would receive no further appeal, but u would go on to the regular orders, as 1 though the body was organized, put the question fairly to the Convention, and a I vote by orders was cailed for, and lie I atnnuttced that his decision was not ' sustined by the Convention but was re- t jected; and then turned to the secret,aty I and directed him to proceed to the order I of Iusiness and declared that he Would t entertain no appeals. Upon this. deIa ration the majority of the laity re'ired, believing it to he their duty so to do, as their votes were not respected, and, by retiring, considered the Convention ns ended. The laity certainly cannot go to the Convention at Andersorn wit hout ac knowledging the validity of the acts of n those who remained in the last Conven- i tion, which they cannot do without put- I ting themselves at the meey of the Il clergy, while the constitut.iun puts them on In equal footing when they diagree. Th'Ieir remedy is to abstaini from Con-< ventions until their rights are recognized, or some arranogement nmade to compiose] tihe d illicuilty. We do not a-sk thle clergy to give tnun aythiinig, bunt siamply to sub- - mnit to) the conistituition. Wou are nit an king them now to do more thnan to sum.nhiit t.o ai propler ruln gonvernting aIll legimnlativo asserabilien ; thFat w hen tIne dIe cision of thle Chair is appealed fromn, thl e hodly itself is to decide, and its decinion is final. I shall say nothing more now, when there seettnt to be at po)ssib)ility of heaiIiig our dIitYrenes, thnan this: lun iness many do mnuch, bumt suchr attIennp ts to1 force the colo red clergy uponim us, hnow~ever un willing, maey pnossibly bring oni all the t roules anticipated in thle pmstoral. .IJl wAnL R DLeCRAinv. Oint if FIlm n~ hidll t t o t in pscpa it> nireince whI i.- ws behll in \Vnihwnhiy in tehtin on ton I the co ingi. nnion nan c i r tpu lition .some( nit the detail. nit t ntei:meo. lesaidi tImt Ihe h.ntlim> reaisin toi with.n bi the coittnfernce:, fior tIhe ion-in thast mn, n 'i w s Ilkn. A\n ai ima:ttr onf fiel, tInt bia-j it whaleni', ir atn -emeint muitlir hwre in- e 'i i t wa s '' n ot lii ormminnh by 11 I n-mod exprlit reSl iif ithe v'iws submnnittedi biy any or all of thet membehnrs of tIhe bitily. tIn 'id, howvr, thint m-arly nver'y inwm.i hI r, nay:nI eIei.nl. htluulviews, luni tlws tirn te, Inw 'naid, wa:t noit snuIlicierntI l l repre *ntniive, as tio niuinbenr, ton watrrannt iany th-lii tn ationt, w hih tm iibl minI'ly i be ihil -boo I have bie-n hiard tinomn. Inien aler 'utnned tniat -nih in melt' wt'n! havie Ienn ib nn- ur tiriii yes-'ntrdayn~, aintd it wast' thIni : -rin t I '.n tt phmofniilon ionibepu Thi tI deb-te dneclinedi tin give hi: nown iw a expw eln -t in tIne nifirnce buni li hn bi I il n t[ ihje ion to aingn thatI nn, frin t t h titmperut a utu'one n i < iti ar n t m - nit of t li t n i ', F ntir wast i no doub i t ha I her w.nHiI n b i enl. hiun y atnn'1 thel nit D>in Th inft int? i in was- anlso ot it,Ineil, friomi ia n thnr of Sn. I 'hitlip's congegaiht ioni, thnt, inmn< vltjians in tIm he l d i i' wounild btt t it i if inone ofi hiis ri ts t s at elergymn, elin - dnn-I ither inl an ieparatoniu' co n tio n nIt tby t lein t in hin olel y as Ito the manneri n- in ciiakr of the dnniocetm.--iiVNewsliii and 'I hI nio tn. Mo nirrirocn 1t. Waite, Chief .1 ic of the Suphremne Cou rt of tIhe Sn itnen Stantes, died at Washington at an e:nriv hour 1Fridayv morning. A BONANZA IN BiE.NS. A'Practlcal Fartner'n E,permnents With a %ow Food andt Forage Crop. (F'roun tle orcenville News ) The popular idea of a bean crop is a few rows of tho plamnt.i in a garden in tended to supply the family table for the vegetable season, and a field of boenus would only bo looked for in an iwuiense truck farm. But B. F. Perry has been 1)perimenting on his Mania Souci farm near the city with a new variety of beau, which he believes is calculated to revohi ionize agrioulturo in this country by urnishiug i wonderfully prolitic, vatxt >l0 and cheap food and feed crop that au be adapted to any soil. The now vegetable is called the ''Sejt Bean.'' It came froni Chinlt, wlece ivilized Ettrope hiats captured so mauly >f its most vnlutitllo dis;overics, and was utrodcedi ini Europe at the V'ienna Ex Lositiou. Tho cultivait ion of the beau preadi rapidly iin Fx pte, wheuce it iturally spread to this ctr1itiy. i\l r. Perry sa 'V acecut;ts of its re,itarkablo .rowtlt 1111 grtat il valhie, anl allng with (Co l. Wa'aMh Shell, of laureu5, h >rluredi layt fall a .eekl of tia ':tj1a' Jtying $1 5,) it p ec1:. llu llnted lu acre taixI last I til tt!hired :; in lseix xhlisive of l bvu 1)t1;,ht 1i w:t i d, vhicb lie 1ohull for .l a 'aek or .I a ru'hel, imtaking I.; t; a a retiu for the tcrt!. Mr. l'erry is d liglhtd with the new rop auid (ts great faith iiin its po.siiti its. The ehtai will groy in aiy :-oil, he ays. It do well iii low trluni t;.a vet for any thing ehe and yt it is limrdv !uu 1 to Stltatl 11 :ev,'ti dr ,'t ii{ It, I tl-liresi Cs U (ulti'atiil thinut rtttui, axx i:tt iIn t,tt'tt i ill I i' .i I t i tt I >e:O n l bInes in wwI hre fr1t li- hi 1itd t t }ul I in te dr+ilt i th .. - ;t:ih io at hill. '.'Th b,.tl: ar i' taut I!a 'Lz' o, cow },t :, .s ii:tw "'he". <bi.-I.:to l vitht it veiry thin thell. Tlay cliot 11ithre e a re 1 lartl . ' t the tl ickily (nt it italkc aboutt like ant orut'iutry cottton ut.dlk. F'hi p)la t ;tdthe it.; eav't , lrnihingo ertibzing tuatt rial for t raotunl eipttu,l .o cow peat Vnies, of the er.pit is lhir-x 'c-tedl )y luliling the htlksi y by I ;. th - :o' uts anod sttiitng thexnt in llrun ut.il bhey aro cured. Theln the ht ,:n:, i ily ;hull oit t, aid txn -talks 'til be i f"dl tt) ,ttle, uit i kin a frt cdw hi expert, 'i r. Lerry says, oittid r tiiputl x. T' int-.IhI) Th'1e great vahue of the St"j.. b)ean, how i lve"r, Ctorne ,in th it bIOIn ib.l . It. pru ic''a pliieallyi, mtakingt; uo rich groltuxd with good cultivattion, 1 ;0 b,uhic.s aii lro. 'hu fruit., :e(cin to li dtvxlais, orxniis twie us tiulh 1uti" iiv nuitt,e'r is cithClr Corn or cow pa,. A; ft't tl fore snilet it is f r ),)tt' r, .lir. e I i rv s li , tntu cow j)e,1, an t it ma:k"s at silI'it;i ablu lihh. Th'e" buc"arurit, re "o rie f that ay etit be ti tkp in w0 \uattr alolne", not tpnriung anly b)tter. il d itc ulth t f, ,inoru ti :ii halt i- his 'car's Crp for iee , i 'ui l i ,, tliig 1tu hip n suu to Arkai:..ts tudt to A lbibuam . ih Sofun tiedi I'. tilit lIyde, of the itt Culleb,', wiil itltii( : ofii iitd fo,r ho State Ext i -tae 111a i t i. "n;, a1t UaS shuitltud t.,ut!I,l ht.h; to 1t1:tny Ipron.ti-j t . 'arm: r: it: ih'ii Ii ta . IIi' it b i t ; i ie is j t bean is the: tO'n1ing rI Ior this oitlt.y for tinier; tih hive otuioLk lt'.1N i li i i -i; T . i (r ) 'rag o. i.-cn th tl ttot I:"t, l';.t.) Somno time ago 'dr. '1Ttrn ':tann"r Was p)u}ointedl lisht witrden at (;t'orgt eo at if the sueg.i-t r.uJoliithulont. L. ;iI iig iim. Mr. TI'anne r en ix it onex t his tumt at (iu rge'townt t biegint hit dutiteS, vhtich wVere to lot t itt. i:u> e lbhng for; haid was c id,.. ixx th... iig ce ain < >fj it i week. Al. Tanne~ixr it-itg<x;i nxoxin, mdxuid hisx duxt sofituly tint the'ui'i ieo x of ih-gton concludedi- x itu iget 'id of im if they~iixi cld w>ox byhihi rnii oll iingh ixnl grhe air therix-i txihiigt h> wa lile acke ido lxi su c flot lyxx itIped th'ei lishe wxarih-nd it 3r.x Tanner'h leie teu :iuxl lfv wiliexsird.xsx l ie inu, I xii l. streandxei t< d a)i'lr voted o the citizeit >xfx(,erge>wnI the lx- inostl xfriiin ly a(lii eirousli~ people hinxi the' IStat. (hoixacllr axiito ightIhexws invcitaxxl txiaiiigel supperi ivein hi s onor5Iij ~.Punctullyxtr txe typoixnlielixtune ir. fxThxfxlleiwason hand,i trse 'lini his xit,eualixty xxiryth i wetx ,nii mei ly xit ix runti itht tiio rrveht lir-nkx the a. ire ien unbr of (ixxao, xwhn intdenly, to .xlr. Tane theliI xi r (r b xet x ii ix assuni i a en ionits hli, i th-u t to> look li >s, axinii wasj i iius l>ti ii of ti:xii e xt iig ali n< heeni x pint d axi i l iinxit bi k it i ewedixiiIi hx iruseli withxi a t Iupi-lxi lik, t i- o before~ui, thxxine-irnris of wii -h eni-ineiu crowding upo-nxx hxim.I isthe concludedx 'twohi notrei ldo Ic reu nis iith iic >stf ix li the heofir. in.1.S iniu,t THE FARMIRa' ALLIAC(. The Growth Of the Order In thils ltate Some of the Leading Features. We clip the following about the above order frota the Marion Index: The Farmers' Alliance is an organiza tion which had its origin in the atate of Texas about ten years ago. In that State it has grown rapidly and taken a doup and strong hold which argues well *or its future success. Interest in it has been maintained from the beginning, and after the lapse of ten years it is found to be still growing in numbers and influence. It has spread into other States of the South, and in Louisiana and North Carolina it has met with un usual success. The last named State has been well organized and has several hundrod sub-alliances which count their Iumbers by tons of thousands. In South Carolina, so far, little has been done towards the establishment of the various counties. In Marion county several sub-alliances have been eatab lisled, and a county alliance has been le)rfected. With the exception of one nub alliance in lorry no other branches of the organization have been planted in the State. The speed of the organiza tion ant its growing influence in the com uity give it a power and promi nenco that demand and deserve more than a passing notico. A careful study of the constitution of the (eneral Alliance will fail to reveal tne thing to which reasonable objection can 1b uuoe. It s objects, aims and pur })oe are Strietly legitimato. More than this they are laudable, and if they are t" rriet i out im the manner and spirit eon t,U thtted by the original leaders of the rifosati nOf they can but promote the : ret of the agricultural class in every ,tmtumlity. Its n enlwrs are banded together for stttul itunprovement, for education, for the cultivation of non-partisan spiritand to .lpress l ,ersoial, local sectional and national prejudices and all unhealthful rival, y and sellish atmbition. lTre can tI no more laudable pur pore i han this in an organization of this nature. There is no disposition to ant:agonizo other clses of people. The pirit of the orrnizatioun is friendly to all 'rufesi,ns atnd vocations of men. Its p,rimary object, of course, is to im prove the condition of the farmers of the country and to pronote) their interests as mliuclh as imay )u possible, but it does iot. teek the consuunation of this end by working harm and injury to others. It rocognizes the rights and privileges of other classts of citizuns and inculcates and seeks to enforce the respect due to every cli and individual of society. 'The Alliance delrecates and seeks to nuinify tho irejutdico which exists, or is -ut,p,pned to exist, between the different classet of men, and while it seeks pri nirihy the good of one class its ultimato ol,juct is the good of all the people with out respect to class or occupation. Th.re is no hostility to either merchant, Iwcyr or banker and no disposition or dtsire to do aught that would injure the t uitimato business of those or of other claIes. 1'rtenby-te"rlan lCetunon. )tu of the most interesting matters in yesterday's A merican was the corres }n t-ltnree bei wce, n the reunion commit t, of Iho I'r'slI erian (Genoral Aesom lv an th Suthern (leneral Assembly. I iiis co resproduence embodies the differ 3i* Whichn lmve lrevented the consoli at i~n of the t wo great branches of Pres b,y t riatmam in this country. and the l-tters will be submiitted t) the coming (t teral .>sclbliex. No religious news of the day is more interesting, and no oeit canu read thle xpreSions from the C 11111ittC-s without bseing impressed by the~ cordial feeling and deep religious cal iiuesness that hlave marked the delib rt im 11 of I ho eminient men whol have I lall a iiIicult subject so smoothly. Iir-iIy, the S-outherni commnittee asks lie N orthern committoe--we use the stecltion11aldnjectives merely for conve m eniee- htow its Church stands on the following poinits (If dlotrine: 1, Spirit iil ity of thn-e Chuirch. 2, Th'le relation of the colored pleople in the South to the Churebh, or their incorporation into it. f, Thei po(wers and resp)onsibilities of b oardls, and t o what extent these boards are mader con)Itrol of the (Jonoral AXssem bly. .1, ThIe attitudle of opinion touch ing those portions (If the Confession of l'ad th whichb m ore specifically involve the g'reat s-ysteml of truth kniown as the Cal vinistiei, andit particularly whether there is t ract-able4 any (listinct tincture of duch Pe'1 igian and14 semi-PI elagian heresies as were nitttter for conIt roversy in 1837. ()n tIe first pin t the diffetrences be tweenm th14 two ass4embl11ies are not great. ()n thme secora pof ilnt they~ radicailly dis agree. 'hin our Caurch,'' savr the4 South curn committee, ''entire independence of thle colored peoplh ini their church or gaiationii is the policy which has been lptedtt(, coupled with the1( largest possi b41lit ntsur of aid(, ispirlituaIl, intollectual till uniterial, wIch cani ho givent by our (mrehi i and peoplte t> oulr coloredI brtihren.'' Tht Northern commlittee repldies: " ( ) nr( hu rch is not in favor (of lIt tng (otY its coltoredI meambers into ai sgurt , iil(etedent orgaunizaltion, We beltitve thla. we have ai great work to dot anttmg the cotlored peoptlol for their onu 11:alvtatioin and1 for thei gotod of the ttontry, at.d ihis to he (done bly recog tuizing I ste who are( in1 tIle Church as eitl to till the rights antd p)rivilogos thatt arc u- n lve d in Church member 'j hit) ex p)ress4ion is mod0(iItid so as to h-aivt tpre"-tnt colortred presblyteries inl tsta tIl<l>, if tIhey' desired it, wvith repro s~te*i ves itn thet G4eeal Assenmbly. 1:p)on1 thi tih ir pot int thet disagreemuent isio. uneasl, and1( upon41 the fourth point therel is no) tsptciailolhifrenco. It cani bo s(en, howe ver, that both committees lhlh1 tenaciioult- tI their doctrines and Itottclis. TIheir hearts seen to be for ro a notn, hiut themii contscioees keep them It, woobl beo a gretat (vent thlat wouhld witness11 thle conm lidlation of Pr'iesbyte ritanim in t his coutriy, with its thirteen i)Itthusan churchiels, its ten th-msand - mtiinistersa, aund its million and more mem he trs. -I;Utnimor American, Wh'Ile I a IplIf formanice was inl progress lit Ie tunlyilt Theiatre, at (Oporto, Spadin Wednesday n~ ight, an) ex plosion (If gas oc t11rred alint th le theatre tootk tire and1( was Ietroyll TheI'I II houseo was full (If specta lo.' 15 lI iity boldies4 hatvei been( talken from 1 tIle third tierboeang ,,.wcr whole famles -o "