The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 21, 1893, Image 4
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Mattle Oure," Sa ev r Dr. Tat- b
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tie Fepmkun d i'te tan-The Spa.t
PW aw SUa I P9. ar
L , Sept. 10-Thi%. fore- eq
v.'T. De Witt Ta*page prpached I
A thrngd audience.- -the Brooklyn av
Tabernacle. Tke keymw ot the ser- U
vice was op%of gladheselioany of the tit
audience ha been absent during the or
summet andfhad returned for ,,this ser.
vice. TthI pastor.commented on pas- ig
sges of.66driptqre aepicting the morn- it
f of the Avorld's deliverance. The tL
A 2t-of the sermon was, "The Bat. n
tiXr," the text being I Kings in
xx, 27. "And 4the children of Isreal U
itehed before them like two little I
locks of kids."p
With33 kings drunk in one tent this nI
chapter opens. They were alihes p1 t. si
ting for the overthrow of the Lord's Is- hi
real. You know that if a lion roar a s,
fRock ot kids will shiver and huddle to
getherb One .1io.a*would conquer ia :i
tbousand kids. -The hattle o1w us. Li
'bjere are a great multituide o1 Syrians v
Lader Genergl Bep-jiadad, strong as I- li
One. The Isrealites'aie few and weak, w
like two little flocks of kids. Who beat? I
The lion, of course. Oh, no; the kids, a
r it all.dep6nds whether i od is oi the hi
side ot the lions or the kids. After the hr
battle 100,000 Syrians lay dead on the t
feldi and 27,000 attempting to Ily came i
along by a Lreat wall, which toppled
and crushed them to denth.
Which was the stronver weapon inreat I
Goliath's sword or little David's sling? m
David had fve smooth stones froi the w
brook. He only used one In striking down tl
Goliath. 'He had a surplus of amiiuni- h
Lion; he-had enough to take down tour bc
morq giants if they had appelre(i in te e
wa.' It all depends 111101 whether G
In.ba the side of the shepherd boy or on f
side of the giant.
There have been many in our day wi L
have ventured the opinion that clirist- f
anity is falling baci:, and timt mn ;i(I.
vears it will be extinct. 1They !m)1l (
their opinion on the 1assu1 ned lact, th:t N,
the Bible is not as much of a hook as it W1
ubed to be, and that p-rtions ()I it are
repulsive to the people. I reply by a'k- 1s
mng which one of the publishing hoiuses
01 Nex York, Philadelphia, lost0ii or
Chicago is publishing the Bible today
with the omission of' Ia single verse och
chapter?'Are not ot.r ptbliscr-.4 intelli- N)
gent men? , hy, collrary tw
to their financial --- Ats, continue to "
publish tie Bible wit)Aout the om1ision "
of a single claptj_>or I siliglo verse it it
were becoming%q uni)opilar book aidsa
the people egi not want it?
if 11arpers or Appleton or Scribner or
Lippincott should publish a Hiole with
the omission ot oi chapter, they would A
not sell 10 copies L- 10 years. "'lhe fact
that throughout Christetoni there are
hundreds of printing press2 priiting the
word of God without the omission ol at
chapter or a verse proves that, the li
ble is popular, and the fact that there
are more batme printl in tlis Ie
cade than any o0her decldo )roves Eimt
the Bible is increasing in poiularity.
I go throu4 tho courtrooms ) the
country. Wherever I find a ,i oIge's
bench or a clerk's desk I find the i1ible. I
By what other book would they take allr
solemn oat,h? What is very apt) to be 1rol
among t,he bride's p)resents? The lilhie. the
What is very apt, to be put. in the trunk it,
of the you~ng manl whien lhe starts for ci. sah)
ty life? -T'he IRible. Voltaire p)redleted our
that the Bible during the nineteenth we
century WOtnif become an obsolete hook weC
A .de pretty nearly through the thmC
h century; the Bible is nolt oh- side
,A. T1here is not muitch p)rospect iect
'coming ob)solete, but I have to) somit
that that room- thle very room well
Voltaire wrot.e thlat predictio~n dti.c
mle ago wasI creoed) 1rom in 4)
'lin g with 1 ibl es for Swi Izer-n"
>Se thle congress of the 1"Mit- tes
ould pass5 a law that n lh and
.,nid be printe mc the Ci ited a wr
If there tare 30,hi00.0(> csowni men'f appj)C
and women in the country, theni there0 1o II
would be 30o,000,000 people armed I I
against, such a law, ]it sulppose tile ali>41
congress of' the United States shouh11 thro4
pass a law that Macauilay's history or ories
Charles lReade's n)ovel shiouldl not he orhin
read. Could you get halt as8 large anl ouItI
armyt In other words, therie are, as5 you) o1 ey
know andl I know, aI thousand rnen'i wh'o seie)
would dlie for their ihbles wheie tihere uatu
are 50 men who would (lie for aniy othi. 8ei4)
er book. The fact tIat there are now ubl
more Bibles being prninted than ever he- we
fore; that, publ ishers find it a flnacial kom
ierest to con tinule the public 'ation41 of vin)
of the Bible, proves tha)it tis book is l'eti,
still tihe mlost plopular boo on)< 1 the JI CIm- hi,ti
et. ttm
"'But,"' say those wiho are antag~ouis.- ahorl
tic) "Christiamlty is talb1mg back, I rom c-u I
the fact, that, tile church is not, as mnuch I t
respecte(d as it used1 to be anid :S nlot 1as 1top
iluential'' I reply to that with the 4)t 1
statistic that onie (denominatlon- the traim
Methodist chut chl-accordling to ai sta- unde
tistic given mae by one of their bishops *'So
dedicates oil an average a new chaurch "l'r<
every day of the year. Three hlundredl 1poth
sand sixt,y five new churches in One de- menCI
nomination in a year, and11 over a Elhous- aigrei
-and new chmuches blh,i every year in with
this coutntry. D)oes that look as I hough say 1
the church were failing in Its p)ower and pres,
were becoming a wonloult llustitut,ion? char
Around whlih instituition in our commilu- Cop'
nities gather tihe mloat ardent altlections? Ferg
- -the post otlice, the hotel, thie court- gradl
house, tile city 11111 or the churches? agre
Why, when our old Tabernacle was agre'
burning there were hlundlreds of' men If
standing in1 tile st,reets who, never went whma
to churTh, tears raining down their I al'
chee.~ It is because tile church of God mf tli
5tAi nearer tho synmpathies ot the four
American people L,han any other insti- thern
tution. Men may caricature the church tho0
and call it a collect.ion of hypocrites, hut juist
- whea their children are swehpt oil' with wise
diphtheria for whom do they sendyl To llovi
the nostmatter, to the at,toiney general Seve
taiwe aldermen ort he Pasois of tile lire'
the obsequies in the pr\vate nous Woom forbor
building do they solheit? Thoe at mIyl
of music, the hotel, public hali,courmy msln
house? ~No; the churches. And if they lio
want music on the sad,occasion do they mnil
select the "Marseillaisi" hymn, or "God sayi
Save the Queen," or our own grand na- Ma
Lional air? N~o; they want the old hymn 000
with which we sang their old Chritian not
mother to sleep. -They want the tSun seii
day school hymn that their little girl fro1
the last Sabbath afternoon Shle was ty?
- on% e she was seized with that aw
01scknss hatbroke father's heart Ta
other's heart. Oh, you know as fau
Afdo-g shall not dwell on it any ters
a' 4be chureb. of God, instead o0 ext
iZ2~' ~2 nout!bt to~stands near M"i
46 $ hepeople tha'
!r did and celipses all other institu- F;
it
Bt Or jWtagonis :"o on an<d say 1
Lt Qristlanity is fallinE back, 'in tho
t -that infidelity is holder now and 1
)re blatant than it ever was. I deny 01
3 stated3ent. lufdelhtv is not near go
Id now a14 it was i the days of our Y
bers anl(d grandfathera. There were 4
Ies iti this country when men who
.re openly and abovo board itifidel and
tagonIstle to Christianity could be
acted to hit-h1 olliec. Now let Boic
an wishingt high position in the state j
oclaii himselt the foe of Christianity
(d all iflidel, how may states of the t
nion will h(- curry; how iaiy coin- t
.8; how iany wards ill Brooki vii? Not
10.
Alh! yiv friends. infl-lelity inl this &t
ntL 1111 as hold ats it used to be. If
comles now, it is apt to coie un1)dr
C0 (isguise of rhet,oric or fan(astic sonti
eutallty. I know if a man with vreat.
telligetice does become an imfidel and
'giis an atta-k on Christinnil,y it inakes
eat excitieit-ot course it does, andt
!oplo cone to the conclusion, weak
inded Christ,iting comeo to the conclut
on, that everythiint is going ove -toard
,e:utse some man of strong intellect as
.il Christianity.
IC it 1111111 jIm11ps overbo ird from a Uni
d steamer, ie makes iore exciteniet
anl aill the r100 salle pa'Asenlvers w.lo
tilltill t eil 010 hert-1,hS4 or on the ftweki,
it does thalt, itoj the shipY Does thit
reuk all the 500 p14C4envorsfy It makes
'eat excitemiont when at ian lealls froi
110at,1orm or a ptlpit into indidelity,
it does that hitldrl our. gloriouls he
)ai tatkin,_,its4 millions into the iikie!,'?
tell yon infidelity is nlot halt as hol 11
>w as it used to bv.
Ih V(i supfposo suhi t .hings ouild he 14
11ited low as were iact,ed in tih) days 1
Itobespiurre, when ia shteles WO. .
al was efecied to ie godldeIss, and she
is carried otn a goldeti chair to a ca
edra1, an111ld the pt'ople howed down to
r as 11 divile heml., a1nd burned Incens
for her-lshtho take the place of the i
Ile, and1 of Chrishanity, atild of the
>i Almiight,? Aid whilo that, cere- ;
ly was going on the cathedral, in the i
11 1els aml in the corridors aidjoitnin, i
Scalheidral, svcies of lrunkennet.-i C
(I debauichery aid obsoenlity wer eI -
tell Suich as, the worb(l had nievver 4 ,".
11h1 such I'.hinlL as'ha tranlspireo n1ow%V
>, sir. The police wvotli twooll 1,1nt
iwther ii 'arii or New Y ork. -
elity 1s tif! hall as h' ' 10i% w is t,
i I"I :,ay our til wonit:-i, "'b riti - s
itv is hillhng back becaimise scietic, is i.
tel' anetsy, is trltimphi oti 'iver t."
)w, I deny .hat. there is an y wa Ie- I
Len SCiC"'e atnd revelal'onil. Ilure is (1
t a tact in science that may nol he t
ide to hartmonize wi thi the si.atlimnl. t
Lihe Blible. so 4.aid IluthLMIler So S1
d ,Josepll Ileiry; so haid 'ofessor
telcocli; So said 'rofessor Sillmtnit:l)
sthl 'rolessor Mitchell.
Isph lenry, the leadinii sk-itltist 41t
nerica, better known and honorel in .i
,! royal Societivs tratiiatlanliv th:ll %N
v other A merican, lived and di a 1)
liever ill the relilii of Jestis ('bris . \
Isvph lletry knew all the ,ia iii W i
>lo-y and vet hi'lieved tie booik 40r
tcsis. lie knew all the Is o) as
!uOmly and yet belevell tlie book I,"
1111ua, the Suln and iooln standinl!, still i
ephi Il enry knew all the initoiy of
in and fish and yet i.eleved the hok
oiah. Ila
I the scientists of Lthe dav were till I:
eed, ittid tliy caie tip With iohd i
tilt thiey are not aigreeil. t, is ollin t hi
I that, we religionists arte tailintg in lii
adv ocaciy oIf ('biratiant fy becau.e tA
thflor i ourtheoogy.I tell y' re
do tnot differ inisile the chhiiii i l
>Ii iy half as liii mue9 they dliffer ou.. i'
the churchel in 9c ince. If they re -
our reh giion beicause we II tr ont not1
:1 mmnor points we mlighf .jitt ats I ha;
rej ' e sie because.it the seti st trit
r. Bat as far as I cani tell the wari wit
itidlel SLienice aigainist Chistianeity is w:t
so) sCeee 118 it usedI to bte. hemoau- 4' d
I' meni are :iatnistic Io eachi() ther4y
as5 far as I cant tell it is icom:2 li e nut
let jar :and l.vdeni .I i, e heicjal '
ratus :il chernic;liialalaaus. Thtey~f
>t algee ont anythin11g,
~. i1)1 41u41ppos thait this H ible thecor y "l)b
I the liin i of lhfe is goinlg to bte over thle
vn hiy miein wiho have difl'erent the- ~
.i ihdifferent thieorles-a,bout the to I
id o ' A tm wilen) Aguassiz. coe thr
iti 14uts both1 feet 0on the do4ctrinie er
Olultionu anid says inl regard to tmany U'pc
lists, "'I noti1ce thlat these yountg ti
rabstxs iare adlopting as theories iti
i.e Ihinigs which have not, pa8ssed ltt.
r' obserCvaIto,"' Agassiz sawv whlat io,
all see-hat there are mn who I e
v hint very httle, atul that jnst as a cor
I : Sets. 111 l inis, ont ,tile dliflorenico tea
'een the feIlr oi f a IiwalsI and the the
s tof a lheetIe lie I4l.ms to patronuize to) 1
Almtitly andi n abhot t.alking for
I C ulture as thou ngh iit were .glld ci 0
---- -culilhar!
mallkes tile sick to see thlese literary lit
glintg down) the street wIth a copy the
r1w il nider one arm11 and a case Elf wh 1
Ii xedl1tiSt)) rshoprs and)1 bu ttethes t ill
r the ot.her armi, talking about. the enit
v'iva:l of the Fittest"' antd Illuxley's a
toplasm11," andlil the "'Nebular If y- t,hl
asis,"' and taiking to uts conmmon~i chi
as5 t;iough we were fools! 1 heyll viv
d In their thieories iand came uit chi
solid1 tront algainst Christianiit,y, I wo
>erhaips thley mIght make some im- 0oin
dfon, but, they do not agree. Da.rwin dat
~es upon L1amairck, Walhaco upon1 yot
s. iIerschlel even) chargil up~on tel]
u1501. The do~(1 not, agree upon01 the in
ution of the species; t,bey do not )1
about embryology. WhIat do they
ab)out?(
Irachtel Wrote a whole' chtapter oni
lie calls '"Errors In Astronomny." cal
ace says that thte 1mo0on was 1not put of
e right place: thlat if it hiad beenti )1 dis
titmes the distanice from our wotrld hiug
would htave beetn mo1reI harimny inl yo0)
unliverse. But Liovilfe comeis up ,Is
in tune to pr~ove that the L2~-rd was fro.
ani't put, thIe mooni I the rightt pla1ce. i
manify colors woven into the lighty pet
n, says Newton. Three, says D)avid lilM
Vster. IIow igh is the aurora
It
aibs? Two and1( a half1 miles high, fvic
IAas. One hundred and sixty-five fi
en
a, says Twinig- 1[ow far is the s
fromi the earth? Seventy-six il- r
mIles, says Lacaille; 8,000.000 r~
s. says IIumboldt;90,000,000 miles, -the
illenderson; 104I,00,000 miles, says hoi
v'er- Only a little diflerenlce of 28 - int
,000 eliles! Thlese men say We (10 a1 g
agree inteligioni. ])o t,hey agree in Cuii
nce? IIan they come up) with solid the
tto assault our glorious Christ,lani- - t
do
ven mathenmaticians do not, agree bal
lOr s logarithmns ar found to i1y b ar
Us in them. The French metric sys-- sy1
I has wrong calculation. Talk ablout,to
ict scIences! They are inexact. As tso
as with my lIttle knowlede i hav th
in abl, to emior th Ol eact ;ath
:icnce is Christiauity. There is noth - I
ig undrer which you can so appropriate- i
write, "Quad erat demonstrandumn.12
"Gentlemen of the jury, have you
grepd upon your verdict?" the court
r tihe clerk says to the jury. having
een otit all night,on coming in, "Have
oi agree-l oi your verdict?" If they
ty yes, the verdict is taken and record
I. If they say, "No, we have not
greed," they are sit back to the jury
Ao1m. it one juryman should say, "I
hiink Ihe nua is guilty of nurd,r,"
nd onother jurynan should say, "I
hmik he is guilty of manslaughter,"
id another jiuryinan should say, "1
hink he is guilty of am-ault and 'bat.
ery witi iitruiit to kill," the judge
VOlild loso his pal.ience aI Say: "Go
'ack. to your room now and make up a
riliut,. A gree- oi somethiiig."
Well, iy friends, there has been as
:reat trial goinrg oi for cetituries and
or aes bet,we-n Skepticimn, the
ulainti fl, versus Christhinity, the do
enfiant. Tie scientists javo been im
iieled aid 4 ovorn on the jiry. They
mave beti gone for ceitiries, somle of
hem. a.t It hey corme back, and we say,
Gn tleinei of tihe Jtry, have you
r!ted ipoll a verdict They say,
No, we havo riot agreid." Then we
ay, '(;o hack for a few more centu
Ws an(d then C01M inl ;Anl'd Hee if you
an ag rtv,sve i l'you c.m render some ver
Iei t. N ow, I lier is iiot t.he innest
i is,ner in the Tombis coirt who woui(
it' conidelifiil iy a jury that, could riot
gyrev, al yt, you expect, tus to re
imitnce ()uir g lor iouis Christianity I*or
iic a mim-rablt verdict. as thwso men
ave rMilered, they theiiiselVes i iotl0
aviiig ieen able to agrv,!.
i"It lily Su1bjz.ct shall no longer he
i'ensive it it n9st be aaressive. . I
iist show ,you that instead of Christi
tilty falling hick it is oi the iiarch
riod that,tho coming religion of the
,ori is to bi, the religion of Lime Lord I
esils Christ ,0 iP tim-S intensilierd. It t
i to take possession of everything -of
11 laws, all mannriers, all customs, all
ties, all :ilonis. It, is going to be so
ligh'Y as comipared with what it has
vvn- - so mihi more might.y---that it I
s-i-m almost likei a -iw religion.
I atop' I h is theory heiierse Christi
i0.y h.'s "Ollf, on straight. ahead not
,it h. iiling:il the Iomiardiment., and
i -t I lty h.as cte a church or
I ptild a lililistor or rootvd oult olle
(.r-:i (lih lbb aiid now their am
tinit ii sewis tti bo prelty miuch ex
asit i'd. Thev cliot get, anything
ew anI:; ('hriistianity, anid if Chris
n' . :irn , m'on 111CCiilr t'he bolibardI
i-lit. (i c lt lrics :11111 still colitli es i
iadvlcne 111ay WO, 10i ('014-1lne that,
tho powdor and shot, of the other -
do -i''im io lie .x!iamistcl, Christianity G
gotiig on wit h llore rapidl stride ? b
I iil ar (.ncoi.iilgiig fact inl tihe y
loligihl t h11,, 1 he secbilar press ill this e,
ty aid tho pulpit seem liarnessel in %
it sa1te tva1i lor tho proclamation of Ii
iv go.pvl. 'It) morrow there will i not ti
a Lanker iin Wall stretet or State cr
revot. or Ti:irdl Qt1r.t who will niot t11
tN-t. iii is- pockmt t oil Ii is taie trea- 31
it on Chris; iaiity, calls to; repent- a
wi: al >i1plii re pass;iges, -2 or 30 ih
SIII- I, in ti t ropo rls ol I le Ch rist ian
1111rchwis (it this ,iy aint other cities. i
yHIAt t hinig W01114 MNtVe beeni itil-a
IsS ;i a 1 1V YC:iI': tl i. Now, on ru
N.Ii'y iorniin- andl Moiiday evenling, 1),
v i t-ir pro.i. sprv:a+i al)ronil more tr
ligiolis ilith I h;ti all tbe tratt so('itl- 4
1 : I e01 t ry splread ill the other er
.. (;iy,i. hwitsscd Ihl,tIhImi ravt societies! tili
e I:l! Ilnli,ai alwe hail these others. 111
I sif it %ouhl hwire bei iimpossibWe of
ew years <igi. iltindreds of letters is
hi have c mie to the sectilar news- e
p'r oices: "Stop iimy paper. We pi
Se re li "tion on Slinday. Dan't give av
any throlghi the week. Stop iiy I
t'r'.' lai I h:ave beenU told that be
(Cny of thei sicir niewsVpapers have te
-i r hIargesi ci rciulatiiii oni Monday se
>irig, aird t-e wlelL l)OPill(Iito of|re
s counl triy arte becoinLOiIg serm m
der 's. I 'side s thI at,. ha vi yott t ijc
I (eiI dI thit paperi Is proc)'llaimingii them- ha
:'s secuilar almosiCt every week have wi
flouis diicusslin in theii ? cor
0 baek a flew ye'ars, wheni t here was did
a dts'iil paper in the I 'nited States Us
I, hail rnot, a dlIissioni on tbe dcc- pul1
it of eternal puinishiment. Small lie:
s in 11idiierry, I k now, but I here per
not(41 an itelligeiit m:m inii the I ini- wva
States that as a result, of controver- gri
ni regard tio tternatlpiish men t didI t.ui
iask hiimse'l 1 .h liiue I(stiOin, "' '\\'h at is hie:
iie iiiv eternal oilest iny ?"' Aindi sou ha
mc years ago, whieti TPyndallI o ffered th<i
prai'ir-gauig', I Ihero was not a secu1- be,'
spapt'r in then I 'nite<l States an
t, dlid riot, dIiscuss the cluiestion: t.o
its Gold ever arswe'r prayer ? May lar
crt'atulre impress the Creator ?" pro
re rnot all th ese facts enrcouraging Th~
very Chiristiain arnd every phitlan- set
lpist ? ilesides t hat, thle risiing gen- i
lion arc iming satturatedt with gos- ini
trutth as no other generatit by uh~
4 international series of Srunday
cuol lessoiis. F"ormerly the children
'ii ox jieeted only to ibble at the
le iniimtile Scriptnre stories, buit ph
v they are taken from (Genesis to se
,'ilat ion, the str)ngest minds o1 the re'
imtrv ex plaiininrg time lessornm to the sti
tIhers, arnd tihe teache'rs explaining P~
in Li) thie classes', andt we aire goinigI)
utve in t his ('ounrtry 5,t0I ,t 001 youiths of
'Mtalled for ('hirist.iaity. Itlear it! Of.
ir it' iii
,'sidtes t.hat1, you liut hrave not icedl st
youl iav~e tat Kid on thiese great to
lilt's that thriy are tindain g 011 t that we
LIe tIilnce is gratuol ini secuilar dIirec- ha
is, wor'idly phi losophtiy grndt in se-a
ir dibrections, t hey cainnot givie any a
tfort, to) a sourl in troulelt. Hi)
'ake your scienti ic conisolation to thi
t motber whoti hils j C 1t, lost her ha
1(d. A pp)ly t Ihe dioctrine of t he "Suir- im
al of time I"iltest," tell her thiat her a
Id (lied biecatise its life was inot y
rih is umichi as the Iifhe or
that, lived. Try that, if yoru of
c. (lo to thrat (lying mian with he
ir traniscendent'rtal phraseeclogy andt ag
him he ottght to have confidence cc
thie great. "tc be-", anti the ever- lt:
Iinrg "'now", arnd thle etern al "wtvhat is ths
arnd go < a with your con solation be
I see if lie is ctomfiortedl.p
b0 to that womian whio hias lost her ui
ubami andi ttell her It was a geologi
nieiessit.y that I hlat miani passe'd out )O
i'xistenmc' . Ist, ast the( mlegathie'-riu in
appelars ini oroder to mai;ke room for a i
hmer style of (cre'ation, antd go oni with
r -onisohiittin and t'll her timat there
i possmiily Iihat Ii0,t000,000I years
ni now we (ou!rselvyes miay be geol og- b)o
I spteilmens ton thet geological shel f, tioh
r-i Iled spteiimiens of tie ext inct hur- wht
rn racie! ini
nid after you have got all thirouigh po0
h your consolation, if the poor af- mtu
Led soil is niot utterly crazed, I will ins~
d out the plainest Chiristlin from Sli
chiurchl, and with one half hour of meW
yer and thre reainirg of Scripture epl
m1ises5 the tears ill lbe staid, arnd wl
consolat.ion and tle JOy In that res
so will be like the calmness of an ar
Ian summer sunset. There will b)e cor
cry lloodirng the houise from floor to thl
ola. Oh, people are finding out
mnselves--md they all have troubles (
hey ll that philosophy andi scienice Tip
tiot help themi when there Is a deadse
0 in the houise. Tihey are comng Cer
k to our glorious oldi fashionied C
patbstic religion. C
Ih, young iman do niot be ashamed mu
5u found on the side of the Bible. "'la
not join those young men who in ant
sday put their thumbs in their vest rep
I swagger abont the streets -a n t..w
itores, talking about the gloriou
inieteenth century about its light be
.ng sufficient without any Bible, an
6ithout any Christ, and without an,
dLod. The time is coming-we mAY
[iot live to see it., but i should not b
miipprised if we did see it-when till
whole country is to be one great church
Lte forests the aisles, the Alleghan
nd the Rocky mountains the pillart
the chain of inland lakes the haptistric
id the worship the hallelutah choru
unto him who was and is and shall b
Evermore. Oh, come over tothe major
ity--oie under the banners of Eman
lel.
Vernon was the son of an Englis
squire. lie was brought up in grei
Dlegance. There was a man workin,
imthe place of the natne of Italpi
Vernon used to often talk with RAlpli
After awhile Vernon went off to colleg
and came back with his mind full o
skepticism. lie talked his skeptician
to Ralph, the Workman. After awhil
Vernon went from home again, wa
ione for years, came back, and amoni
his first questions when getting honi
was, "Where is Ialph?" "Oh," sail
the farther, "Ialph is in prison waitinj
[or the (lay of execuftion."
Vernon hastened to see Ralph. Ralph
looking through the wicket of th
prison, said: "Vernon, how good yot
tre to come and see me! I ath glad t
ee you. I hardly expected you would
:omle and see Ine. I do-i't blamle you
don't blani anybody, I only blamit
nysell', 'ut Vernon, I want you I
ouioile in one thing. Will you ?
Vrernon replied, "I will." "L want vor
0 promise ine never to talk skepticisu
n the presence of anybody. You se
t might do them harm. When you user
o say there wai notinlig in the Bible
aid it didn't inaxe any ditTerence how
ve lived, we would come out happy al
lie last, somehow it had a bad in.
Ittence upon me, and I went froni bad
o worse until I am here, and I mus
lie for my crimes."
By altmost superhitman effort the sen
once was changed, and he was to bE
ratnsported to another country foi
ife. The ship going there was wrecked
,u Van lDiemen's Land. Among thost
'ho perished was R ailph, the victim of
ernon's skepticism. Vernon tells ti(
tory today with tears and a broketi
eart but it is too late! Ot, do not talk
keptticism; (to not talk scepticism,
a,ut (god be true, though every matu he
atid a liar!
A It4ek-Soit h,r n1eiinnwick.
SA VA NNA H, G:I.. Sep'.. 13.--A special
tmight to th! Morning News fr.m
rutswick, Ga., says: W. Killian, a
erman shoeumaker in this city, was
tken sick last Friday at his shop,
'here he had a sleeping room. lie had
en complaining for several days pre
tous. As tie was living alon e he re
lived no treatment until Saturd;y,
hen the Odd Fellows learned of his
ness and gave hii im mediate atten
:m. A phvsiclan was called in and
eated him for gastric (ever. His death
is morning caused soie rumor, and
ayor Lamb called in Surgeon Guiter
to hold an autopsy. This was done,
re of the local physician assisting.
ei result was the pronouncing that
illian died fron yellow fever. This
ternoon another Suspicious death was
ported at the city hospital, the person
ing a Norweigan, who was being
Bated for consuminption. lie has bieen
,k for some tiue, however. Dr. Guit
a.i, after an autopsy, deceided that
e death was catised by yellow fever.
'Is evening a report was heard that
ie of the Cox children was sick. This
the saie family that caused so much
citementt in the previous panic by
oking up a sick child and running
my to escape the government doctors.
me b)oy who is now sick is said to have
enI wading in a pond of stagnant wa
all day Sumndaiy. D)r. Guiteras was
n tonight by the Morning Newa cor
pondent, but positively refused to
ike any statement whatever for pub
atlon; It is supposed that he will
et assistants here at once. lirumns
sk was regaining her old progressive
dition rapidly, and the runmors today
not visibly affect her commerce,
ugh tho inevitable qluarrantine will
a stop to business, as before. Some
'vousniess is shown, arid a number of
tple lef t on the night train, bitt there
s nothing like a panic. There are a
at r-umbier of people who have re
nia. atnd many that did not leave
ote, who have no means to go now;
all seem to take the matter calmly,
mugh everything is as gloomy as can
T1hie boaird of health has not met,
I therefore no idea can be given as
the conditions for an 6Diidemic. A
ge number of the oha refugees ex
csed a dletermination to remain here.
e schedules on the the Eas,, Tennes
,Virginia and Georgia andl Bruns
sk and Western roads will he made
accordance with the quarantine reg
itions.
Etile Shnow for Phlosphai,tes.
2OI U MtrA , S. C.. Sept. 9.-The p)hos
ate outlook in this State is blue, con
tilent upon the damage dotne by the
:ent tornado. Governor TLillman
uted today that the phosphate men
riposedl to the State that they be al
vedh to go back to work at the rate
royalty of 50cents per ton instead of
it dollar for a Loran of years without
itt to the amount of rock to be
ndl by thiemt (during that period, lie
Ltedl to themn that hie was not wihhing
accedeo to .such an agreement, for it
imid be unfair to the State, even if he
d a right to make such a contract or
reemuent. Governor Till man said:
am afraid they imagine that we are
poor that we are compelled to let
cim move on their ownu terms, bitt we
ye not got there yet." A clause in
3 act conacernmg the now Issue of
iti buondts r'quiiresi that $75 000 per
ur of the phosphate royalty shall go
the sinking fund for the redemption
the bonds. The governor says that
is wiuiing to make some equitable
reemen(ttt upon which the mining
mp)anies may resume their opera
nts but rather than amakeoan agreemnen
at would probaly ret hice the royalty
o w the $76,000 he will allo w the phos
ate beds to lie idle. It is said that
inCOt comanies will ref use to go to
trk unless the royalty is reduced to
r'ents. The State commission will
ifer with the phosphate mlen at
aufort next week.
Founin a weti,
ITG'1ANT'A, GA ., Sept. 13.-The dead
iy of' Caro Slheats was found in an
well to day ai mile from the spot
ere ,Joe Sugarman's body Was found
Floyd County Sunday. Evidence
nts to the existence of a gang of
rderers ini that community number
'seven. 8:igarmnan, the peddler, and
bats a young man seeking employ
nt were killed a mont h apart. Jos
Zoung and Emuanuel Weisnaint two
Ito saw mill laborers have been ar
ted. They tell conilicting stories anti
Implicating others. The search
itinues for other possible victimis of
gang._________
Tho Ofter Accepted.
O LU MIIIA, S. (., Sept. Ii1.-G0v.
man has accepted the proilered
n'ces of the American National Red
sas for work ini hehalt ot thes Sout, h
'olia coast sufferers. H[e has comn
nleated by wire and mail with Miss
ra Barton, expressing his thanks
Iinmviting early conference wit,h her
resentative on the proposed line of
DYNAMIlIERS AT WORK.
They Hold Up a Train and Wound the
Enrginaeer.
CIcA0o, Sept. 13.-Twenty masked
men held up a Lake Shore trait,, 120
miles trom Chicago, near Inidnight.,and
after wounding the engineer blew open
the safe in the express car anl stole its
contents. It reached Kevndalville, a
- small station in Indiana, a little short
of four hours late. It weit past the
town and had hardly gone a mile
h throtigh a stretch of timber land when
,t the engineer slowed lp near a cirve.
C As the engine rattled around the turn
the engineer saw a red light, ahead.
Wheri the train canie to a stop a dozen
0 men sprang into the cat, shot the en
f gineer, seriously wounding him, and
1 then blew open the express car with
1 dynamite a nd drilled open one of the
s safes, getting safely away with their
i booty, whatevor it was. Of that there
B is no certain information, and all sorts
I of wild theories are alloat, placing the
aioutit all the way from .30,G)o to a
quarter of a million. The car dyna
,nmited belonged to the United States n
Express Company, and General Super
intendent Crosby of that company de
clared this afternoon that the total
loss by the robbers is w<ay below $20,- a
00). lie says the robbers thought they o
were carrying away national baik (
notes, but secured mostly papers worth
less to them, and they overlooked 315 . t
0(0) of gold bullion. Crosby emphat I
i cally delted the reports that $275,00) t
had been taken. y
There was not. one-tenth of' tatt 81
anotiit oi the whole train, he says. I n
the safe blown opei was a sealed tmig
full of packages done up about the
size and shape of packages of batik
notes. These packages were marked
$1,000, $2,000 and so on. These ligiures
Indicated the vale that the packet, was
listed at, bit practically they were
worth nothing more to the robbers
than the paper they contained. Their
contents consisted of settlenents with ',
agents, receiptq for ioney, legal pa- jt;
pers, etc., which can all he thiplivated
after a time. It was a load of this na
titre anti very little actual money
which the robbers secuireil. OBly five
or six inen, lie says, were concei-red in
the robbery.
The i uimor that the safe containeid :
shipment of F250,000 from at Chicago to
a New York bank coul not be con
firined, tle only fact lending any cre(l
ence to the story heir the recent rise
in the value of New York exchange.
None of the bank oflicials adinitted
having made a shipment and the ex
press company's oflicers denied there
was any such amottit. on the train.
President, Newel, of the L:ike Shore
Road, t his afternoon offered a reward T
of 81,000 for the capture and convic
tion of the robbers. by
A tramp who was stealing a rile on
the train claims to have seei the whole ,
occtirrence, and says thiere were at
least twenty men in the gang, and w1
some of the train men put the number
as high as twenty-live. The dynamite ;
having wrecked only the express car,
the robbers contenteI theuselves with 11
letting this alone and made no effort
to force an entrance to the other cars.
'he passenger cars were not iolested.
When the robbers climbed ol the en
gine, Engineer Knapp had one hhndl on
the throttle andl he alt em pled to stirl,
the train. One of the fiesperadoes
pushed a big revolvur gainst, his
shoutibler and fired. The btillet paetl
through, tearing a hole in which a Ic-id
peincil cotild be laid. The noise caus il
by the crashing of the express car door
when the dynamite bomb was hurled
against it was the first intimation the
passengers lhad that the traiii was ini
the handls of robbers, There was a
lively sc amrible amt in the p)itsseiigers
to crawl under seats and secrete what
valuiables they hlad in sight, but their
precautions were not necessary. The
amount stolen by the robbers is SIt9,
4100. About a hurlired trained dletec.
tives are already on the t.rack of the
robbers.
lin a lil COnndition. ri
WVA5IniNo, D). C., Sept. 9'.-T1he p
September cotton rep)ort of the l)epart.- mi
nment of Agriculture shows a dlecliine
from August of the condition of -the p1
cr0op of full seven points, being 7:3.t this
month against 810A last.
This Is the lowest September conudit ion iif
since 188l, which stood at io.u. The
condition in September, 1 8 2, wyas Ti 111
TLhe same imionth in 1891-1890 was 82.7 a
andl 7>. respectively. T1hue State aver
ages are: Lth
Virginia .... .... .... .......... ....
North Carolina.....................ia
South Carol ina.... .... ..........d
Georgia....................77'
Florida..... .... ... ..... .....
Alabama........ .... .... .... .... .;
Mississippi.......................78 se
Louisiana..:........ ..............s
Texas.. . . . . .. . . . . . . . .; a
Arkansas....... .... ....... .........8
Tleninessee........................;g
'The correspondents of t.he departmientL
ascrible the failing off to uinfavorabale
weather conditions anid the ravages of
insects, such as caterpllar-s and the boll, V
army and leat worms. I tust as a (cauise
of damlage was also extenisive-ly no(tedl.
A beluniteiilah 4 i.
(CnMuriniA , S. C., Sept. 11.,- I. A. \
Colcy, who lves nuear Saulisburuy, N. C., 1BI
came here Sunday, ar'ined with: a legal ili
docunment from Clerk Watson, of I b>wani (
county, whiidi statetd thait a true bill
had been found againist 1 . I1. Woodl fo-rI
abdlucting~ the dIuaghtter ci said Cohey. W
WTood was ar-rested andi contiessedl that St
he has becen liviing~ with the girl, whlois
his st.ep- traniddaughiter, ior the pash iree 11
years and thant hIe carried her a way fromnn
hioim. Wood,is a welt developedI mom
taineer -15 yeatrs ol.l anid a (decon, and Tl'1
below t.he aiverage in initelliacnice. The 10n
girl is 13 years old1 and well deyVtiolped, 10i
beIng atbouit 5i feet tall. She has a pret- II
ty, brnidht, face, She claims WVood forced
tier to leave home anad carried her
throughout Florida, and GieorZia and
Il.r the lastycar has forced her to live lh
with him as his wile. She saiid she
p)rotested andl he threatenedl to kill her
andi didl beat her. WVood left a wile and(
two daiughters when lie skipped wIth his
gran(ddaulhter.
CHICAANS
CANAA
IN~cIKNATI
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LOUISVILLE
CHICAGO. V
IAmu' 01
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Tho Kind thatKila.
COLUMnUS, Ga., Sept. 13.-Tbl
norning T. W. and J. Fletcher, livin
it tUe Itate'ly place, tWelve mileg EM
A Cjlutnbus, were coming iuto t
town accompanied by a friend namt
Somers with a load of produce. 8ol
e-r1' had a Winchester rille whied he h
)efn shooting at crows along the rot
And after emptying jt, as he though
lie lai,1 it in the botton of the wago
When four miles down Toin Fletcht
wvho was sitting on the seat with Si
4rs in rear of his brother, who w
Iriving picked up the rilte and cot
nenced toying, with it, all three beli
inder the impresion that
vas not loaded. Suddenly there wa.
lischar-e and with a cry of pain Jot
Fletcher fell with blood spouting Irc
i gaping wound in his thigh. 'L'
unloaded' weapon had been discharge
[e was picked up by his brother at
somers and carried into a house in ti
ricinity where lie expired two hot
ater, joist after the arrival of ph
licians.
Labor Aatator Arr'sted.
ATLANTA, GA., Sept. 13.-John (
orne, labor agitator, was arrested t
ight for attempting to address a pui
c Meeting ait tile artesian well. I
as iade sonio incendiary speech
ere and had been notilled not to mal
nother. lie had a large crowd. (,hi(
f 'olice Connally made the arrea
W.borne reftised to give bond and w
)cked up at the police station. Ile
te organizir for the decorators an
rtscoers and was formerly of Atiat
i. hut has lived in Denver sever
ears. The working people are coi
ierably exercised.
P11tin's 14n14 Orgcan N.
Now is the time to buy sunimer pla
25 cash bilance Novenber 15th 189:
Vill bty a P'iano at spot cash price 8
isi, balance November 15ta 189
1fil buy a organ at spot cash pric
13 the list to choose trom. Steinwa
[;,son & llamfin, Mathusnek anc Sti
ng Pianos, Mason & Ilamlin an
tirling Organs. Fifteen days te
ial and freight both w:ays if not sati
tctory. A large lot of nearly new an
-cond hUid Pianos and Organs at ba
tins. Good as new. Write for price
.. Truip, Columbia, S. C. *
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ibacco Haliit and Nervous Exhaustlo
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y and formerly Surgeon U. S. Army.
,Por literature or further iforiatioi
ase add ress
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COIUMIA, S. U.
TO
V A lR M ER S
ANI)
MYANUFACTURERS':
is a matter of buin~iiess interest to yoi
I ourselve.i wvs ask you to allow us th
vilfege of making estimates upon ani
chiniery you may wish to buy befori
temng your orders (elsewhere,
.)ur faciflties andl cofnectionis with man
teturors atre such that we can (quotet mI
same goods ats low prices as5 are obtain
Ic in America. It is but a narrow mnn
it wouldl pass by the home dealer to p)a)
equal or greater price to) a forelgr
afer or mnanufacturer.
)nly give us the opportunity and we wil
ve you to advantage, and keep at homne
4nIali Ipart of t,he money which is goi ng
ray from1 our State to enirich others.
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COLUMDIA, 8. C.
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WINE~S ANI) lJolbgits.
it Agency for TalboL)ttt & Sons' Enlginie
andi loilers, Saw and (rist M ifs,
ewor's lirick M!achiniery.
uble Screw Cotton l'resses,
omas' D)irect A2ting Steam P'resses, N
omats' Seed Cotton Elevators.
11l and L umnmus' (Gins.
gleberg lRice hlullers.
1B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machiin
ery, Planers, Bland Saws, Moulders
Mortisers, 'Tenoners-com prising comn
piete egnipment for Sash, Door, ani
Wagon Factories.
iLoachle's IPlantatfon Saw Mills, varia
ble feed.
Iting, Fit 1ngs and Machinery Supplies
WVrite m> for prices.
V. 0. 1IA DHI& , MIanager,
C'OLU M'BlA, S. C.,
'IO Uli OURS
CHICAGO.
he Oruu:, & "n('sv Rotcix aff'ords t he
i etSchpdhiles, the Finost Equipinhnt,
LY THROU6H CAR LUNE TO CHICAGO.
Ashevill, Pafnt Rock Hot Springs and
ville, via ii. & 1i., K.. 'li. V. & &., Q. & C.,
1. B. 1d)ulsville and the Penmna. Line., to
h- r car rn. frem A sh.vlln to Cincinnnatl. Dloth ears
Asak for your tickets via
JEEN &CRESCENT ROUTE.
Agent of the Ri. A, W D.1 T. V. A (3. or Queen &
CL wil givo you infermntionm a to routes, rates,
sp-overs allowad at (iInoinnati, Louis-.
or Indianapolfs.
E~DWARDS ..P. A., - CINCINiNATI.O0
PADETT PAYS THE FREIGHT
hy ay rxtreime Prices for Coods!
le !nd for ah-!oJue and See What You Can SaMI
-* \ \~
110 1L .3;
$69 r $37
n- . Nil freih . -1 n ij o i 4is ) r
g -1 . i,itr.ntee,l hiia
-t.orgH or ntioney re
Id
Kl'au iud A 14 R S'I'.f i3l4~Ii So'n, :\ ran 4' Itvr. I(ior k i n' r ii , I l i
rS a34i,411~u. EI:rs -0 Ir' I $45. w) ltilliio
y-it to your tIlepot,torl $ 33.
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i- COOI
01 tol4 11r ( v % l.I 4 14r 1%l b e.
$TOY[
o.withIt21
e' . be<dehver.
338 . Cie to you
wdepta Air
(Iy $12
5fr(gu3lair
- ONLY $18.50
n oil
-A * O3C ANO
10
it delivered II yo rl . -it
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It wouldn't make much
difference what we said
about the excellencies of
the . . .
EQUITABLE LIFF
if there were not hundreds
of people in every com
munity in the civilized
world to confirm our
statements with "THAT'S
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butes that go to make up
a great life company the
Equitable stands unriv
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elsewhere you may gVt
Eood insurance. With the
quitable there is no doubt A
about it. What we want
is to have you examine its
plans and policies. .Begirn
by writing for all details to
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
FOR THlE CAROLINAS,
ROCK HILL, S. C.
SI will be Pleased to Furnxish, Prices
for
Ilarnesis, Carriages,
Bluggies, &c.,
Hlarnessq Leather
-and Saddiery,
Hardware, ~
TIeam and
Bluggy Collars,
Collar ['aids,
whips.ofjall kinds,
Lap Robes, j
Dusters and
Fly Nets,
A xle Oil,
Axle Grease
Liarness OIl,
Ilarness Soap,- -
IIarness D)ressing,
Sadcdles, Brnidles,
e and anitand
everyUni ng kept
In a first class;
II'ress and
Carriage Store.
(Give 1nn a trial
and I will
save you mone~y
J. S. DUNN,
136 Min Street, ColumbIa, 8. C.
r a 'rip to i Wiart's F' tie re
rhle great pain alievitainr, is strintly ea
anid free frotn opitelsof all kinds, -t
relieves pain in all its4 forms who. a
properly applledI. Full dlirec
with each bot
tie, for
25 Cents
Sold by druggists everywhere.
Six bottles by express for i.
l'repared by Tr. X. Company.
(C. M. Dempsy, Manager,)
230 Malu Street, Columbia, 8
TRIC MURRAY DRUJ QMMP4
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Full particulars sent by mail for
stamps.