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A SEI [Preached by Rev. W ? Episcopal Church Septembe: TEXT-"And the sea arose by rea son of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five-and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship. But he said unto them, 'It is I: be not afraid.' "-John vi: 18-20. ' The Sea of Galilee, or, as it is often called, the Lake of Genessaret, was, during the prosperity of the Holy Land, a veritable Lake 'Michigan. Her blue waters, restless and impa tient, seemed to delight in being toss ed and rolled, and even lashed, into foam and spray hy the sudden, violent winds, that would literally dart down from the surrounding heights upon her sportive waves. Yet all the while tliis beautiful sea was alive with every manner of craft, bearing the trade from the far East to the Custom House in Capernaum. And n over was a sea surrounded by a more beautiful country. "The smiling landscape of Lower Galilee in vites the easy labor of the agricultu ralist. Even the highlands of Upper Galilee were not like those of Judea, sombre, lonely, enthusiasm-kindling, but gloriously grand, free, fresh, brac ing. * * * It was here that Asshur had dipped his foot in oil.** * * In the centres of industry in this fertile land, all then known trades were busi ly carried on: the husbandman pur sued his happy toil on genial soil, while by the sea, with its unrivalled beauty< its rich villages and lovely re treats, the ? .-herman plied his healthy lavocation.*' Such H sea as the central setting of stich scenery is enough to inspire en thusiastic admiration, i But the beau ty of the sea and the loveliness of the surrounding hill and dale and moun tain peak, are the minor attractions of this lovely stretch of water. The .' precious Jewels of this sea have caugh t the gaze of the world, and have brought the beholders with loving rev erence upon their knees. It is the i lustre of these jewels that is the . crowning charm, and these jewels are the footprints of Jesus along the Gal ilean shores. The central, brilliant jewel is His footprint in the middle of the sea---shining to teach us a lesson of faith-assaring us that amid the storms of life our Saviour is ever with us. .. . ^ No spot in all the world is so per fectly surrounded by the loving and miraculous works of God as this Sea . of Galilee. . On the north coast, He - fed the five thousand. On the east, He quieted the spirit of tho maniac, and restored his mind. On the south, he fed the four thousand. On the West, He healed the sick, restored sight to tibe blind, and made the lame leap aa a hart for joy. In the sea itself, He taught the thronging multi tude,' making the boat His pulpit, while the very waves felt His presence and obeyed His voice Now it is upon this hallowed sea that we behold the disciples, separated from their Master, wrestling with one of those frequent wind-storms of Gal ilee. Darkness had overtaken them; their journey was but half ended; four more miles of toil against wind and wave were before them. No doubt they longed for the presence of Jesus, no doubt they thought upon His di ' vine powers, and missed His sweet companionship. It is only natural tp suppose that such thoughts were in their minds, and that His name was upon their lips. Little did they dream tha ?, in the darkness and storm His actual presence was with them. His outline, when first seen moving along the troubled waters, startled their senses; then each one persuaded the other of the reality of the appari tion; fear then seized them that a spirit was their visitor; the supernat ural held them spell-bound. In the crises of the storm, the stroke of the oar lost ita vigor, the steersman slack ened his grip upon the helm, the wind and wares began to exercise* a mas tery over the little craft, when Jesu*i in this hour of peril, called forth, "It is I; he not afraid." Oh, the joy of that moment, to re cognize their Saviour and Friend, when life seemed lost! Oh, the joy of such an assurance that His power to save trap infinitely greater than the power of wind and wave to destroy. We cannot wonder that it is stated that "the disciples willingly received Him into fthe ship." Neither do we wonder that the waves obeyed thc Master's voice, and joyfully sped the little crew to land. In considering this wonderful scene in our Lord's life, let us find ground for courage against coming storms and tempests. By God's grace, we may even now hear his voice and see His form in some tempest that may be spending its fury upon us. First: How prone we are to Bee in the tempests of life, apparitions, when really they are manifestations of the presence of Jesus, our Lord. This is the secret of many of our anx ious and even harrassing fears and SMON . T. Capers in Grace , Anderson, 8. C., r 2, 1899. dark forebodings. The world is still irreligious enough to speak of chance and fate and luck, with reference to our destinies; yes, the world is yet too far from her God to realize that He, indeed, is the infinitely tender, j loving, jealous Father, who plans the smallest details in His children's daily life. And so it happens that in our voy age over life's sea, when restless waves threaten our very existence-in that fearful hour we see an apparition. We see, as we think, the hand of fate writing our doom-"the odds," as the world expresses it, turned against us. This apparition holds us spell-bound; there is no strength or courage within to enable us to advance; despair sei zes the heart-shipwreck is imminent. Ah, it is at this crisis that Jesus draws near! But to the discouraged, to the faithless, He only appears as a shadowy thing of dread. So fear clutches the heart; the form of Jesus is taken only as an omen of bad lack; in despair, with fate against him, many a noble soul has surrendered his life's bark to the fury of the storm, and gone down-a lost soul. Oh, had such an one listened for the voice of Jesus, the omen of fate as he took k-would have proven to be Jesus, standing by him, calling out: "Be not afraid! It is I! It is I! ready to strengthen you, uphold you, yea, to quiet the storm, to save you! Only take me into your life's craft." But, alas! here is where we need the lesson. We are disposed not to be lieve that Jesus has to do with our ev ery care and trial. We are tempted to see in our misfortunes only bad luok or chance or fate, rather than the form of Jesus. And he who sees fate or chance instead of Jesus must be filled with fear. His every stroke of the oar must be made with trepida tion-the future must be dark, with only the light and wisdom of his own genius to furnish the brightness of his life. Oh, dear friends, away with such faithlessness that cannot discern the form of Jesus in the very fiercest storm. Jesus is with us, I repeat, io our every care and trial. The eye of faith can never lose his lovely form. Let us take up these lines of Hurlburt's and make them ours: "\v> will not weep, for God ia standing by us, And tears will blind ns to the blessed aight; We will not doubt, if darkness still doth try us Onr souls hare promise of serenest light. We will not faint, it heavy burdens bind os. They press no harder than our souls can bean The thorniest way lies still behind us, We shall be braver for the past despair. Oh, not in donbt shall be our journey's ending; Sin, with its fears, shall leave us at the last: All its best hopes in glad fulfillment blending, Life shall be with us when death is past. Help ns, O Father ! when the world is pressing On onr frail hearts, that faint without their Friecd; Help ns, 0 Father! let Thy constant blessing Strengthen our weakness till the joyfni end." Ah, beloved, there is no darkness that can hide the soul from itsa Sa viour; there is no tempest so loud and fierce that can hush the voice of Je sus. He can ever be heard above the din of the storm: "It is I!" There is no power strong enough to tear us from Him. As St. Paul would put it, there is nothing that "shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." If we feel his absence it is because we fail to discern him with the eye of faith. Our sight is so imperfect that we take His presence for some . appa rition, some omen of luck or chance or fate. With the lesson cf the text before us let us learn to look for Jesus as the storms of life grow fierce and more awful. And let us feel well assured that He is with us, and therefore we cannot suffer shipwreck; for know this well: He is always master of the situ ation. It is for us to hear His voice and take Him into our life's bark. And mark me well: not until we take Him in, and also give him the helm, shall we exper'ence the calm and rest after the storm. Db we not miss much of peace in life because we will not trust the helm into Jesus' hand? There is much half-heartedness in the faith of some of us-who may see Je sus in the storm, may hear His voice -but feel unable to yield up the boat to His guidance, to sit at His feet, and despite threatening elements, to sing, "My Jesus, as Thou wilt." So that boat is ever on troubled seas-and there is no rest and peace of body and conscience and soul. My friends, believe me, we should have no storms in life, for Jesus is ever ready by His actual presence to har ness the highest waves and make them our silver-wreathed sea-chariots to bear us peacefully and joyfully 01 our Fatherland. Here, again, is a mighty assurar that the power of Jesus to save is finitely greater than the power of w and wave, in the sea of life, to < troy. There are times when the s seems threatened; when the powei the Devil and the power of temptat seems infinite. As measured w these powers, faith seems as a thr that is anchoring the soul to its G It is at this hour that the soul si in the storm, that faith seems bu dying spark. The elements aroi the soul seem too strong to permit < presence of Jesus. The powers of world seem mightier than the pow of God. Oh, at this hour, the life the soul is drowned in the tempest unbelief, unless the frail vessel is livered into the Master's hand. Behold Jesus, your King, as stills the storm and proves Himself be supreme in -power. Again, beh< Jesus, your King, as He drives Sal from before Him! Can you encoun the fear that your trials and temp tions can destroy your soul, in di ance of the infinite power of Jesus save? Away, away with such a fear! "\ have in this scene before us every fi and dread anticipated. The very e ments which threatened the destn tion of His disciples, He converts ii His willing servants. So with us life. The things with which we ha to contend, which sometimes seem threaten our soute are forces, gre forces, necessary forces, as the wi: and ocean to the craft, which can used, aye, which are to be used ai must be used to bear us on to Go Yes, the secret of life is to be foui in the picture before us. Peace com to us when Jesus is at the heh Life's sorrows and cares are as wate and winds of peace, bearing us in an eternal port. Our strengthen! eyes are no longer deluded by pha toms of luck and chance; they"beho the King in His beauty; they see tl land that is very far off," "And calm and peaceful is our sleep; Rocked in the cradle of the deep." He was a Mason. A well-known Chicago publishe speaking of scenes and incidents i that city in the trying days after tb big fire, said: "The great fire was thing of the recent past and the dow town portion of the city a scene of th greatest confusion. About 9 o'cloc in the evening, while on my way t my home in the west division, I wa accosted by a man of respectable ap pcarance, who asked me to give hil the price of a lodging. " 'I'm no; a beggar,' said he, 'bu I'm in hard luck. A man told mi that some Masons were in session ove this way. If I could find them, I'I be ali right.' " 'I happen to know a lodgeroom 01 Canal street, where there is a meeting to-night," said I. 'Come along, I'I take you there.' . "The place reached, I conducte< him up a long flight of stairs anc knocked at a door. " Tm not a Mason,' said I to a mai who seemed to be acting in the ca pacity of a guard, 'but I've run across one of your f eternity who seems to be in hard luck. I take it you'll bc glac to do something for him. "Congratulating myself on having done a good act, I pushed my chance acquaintance forward and retreated toward the stairway. A whispered conversation ensued, when the guard exclaimed: " 'You're not a Freemason!' " 'No.' replied my late charge, 'but I'm a stonemason out of a job.' "The roar of laughter that issued from the half open door made me wish myself a Mason. As it was, I hurried ly quitted the place." Eczema Cured by B. B. B. Sample Bottle Free. Have you itching, burning, scaly, crusted, or pimply skin, blisters con taining pus or watery fluid, skin red, and on itching heat, with or without sores, on legs, arms, hands, neck or face? Then take B. B. B. which will cure leaving the flesh free from blem ishes, sores, eczema or itching of any kind. Any form of eczema is due to dis eased blood. Get the diseased blood out with B. B. B.. and you are oured. B. B. B. is perfectly safe to take by old or young, and acts as a fine tonic, and cures when salves, washes and other remedies fail. Children are very frequently afiiicted with eczema. Sores discharge and a yellow crust forms upon the skin. Give the child mild doses of B. B. B., and the sores will soon heal. B. B. B. for sale by druggests at $1 ?>er large bottle, address Blood Balm Jo., 380 MitohellSt., Atlanta, Ga., and sample bottle of B. B. B. will be sent by return mail. - Vermont has in anticipation the biggest reception ever held in that State, when it welcomes Admiral Dew ey. The celebration will be held in the admiral's native town, Montpelier, and will last several days. - Spain has had 31 wars in the last 100 years. The pain of a bum or scald is al most instantly relieved by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It also heals tho injured parts more quickly than any other treatment, and without the burn is very severe does not leave a scar. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. W. 0. T. ??. 3EPARTMEN Conducted by the ladies of the W. ?. U. of Anderson, S. C. To argue that a man may take wi and retain a right frame of mind, is bad as to argue that he may take p son and not die.-Seneca, the Ron philosopher. The struggle of the school, the brary and the Church, all unii against the beerhouse and the gin p ace, is but the development of the \ between heaven and hell. Total abstinence is positively sa while moderate drinking is uusa Were all the drunkards removed fri the world, and moderate drinking si permitted, in a short time the si would be as abundant as now. T habit of moderate drinking is the se bed of a-new and heavy harvest drunkards.-H. W. Adams. Temperance advocates certainly c score a point in the "terrible examplt furnished by the death of a Buffa infant of fifteen months from abu alcoholism. The parents of the chi had ignorantly given it a quantity clove wine, and the dose proved fati The imbibing of alcohol in later li without perceptible evil results seei: to be largely a matter of getting t system used to poison. Temperance societies would do w< to get a copy of Mr. John Morley late speech before the British Parli ment. In attacking the conservati' policy he deals with the drink pro lem, ungloved. He declares that the philanthropist it is known as deep root of private misery; the ma istrate finds in it a source of soci disorder, and no statesman need i look more than an inch below the su face without finding in it "much more. He especially arraigns it as a disturb) of honest politics. No condition t the day so seriously threatens evei party and every, policy as this traffii which, as he says, throws its weigt of millions upon millions to this c that side solely with reference to il own perpetuity and profit. He saj of the English brewer, as we have lon said of the American saloon-keepei in war or peace he knows but on party, and that is the one which wi! favor thc saloon; be knows but on platform and that is immunity t trade. He is cither expansionist o contractionist as are the legislativ friends of the saloon. He will vot for the flag or its rival as the inter?s of his rum barrel may dictate. H has but one country, it is his saloon but one standard, it is his license t< sell. He knows but one policy, an? that is to sell more liquor. He boast that for every $5 raised to maintaii law and preserve order he will pu down $500 to protect' the undisturbec immunity of the bar. The liquoi trafile, says Mr. Morley, has no inter est in any question affecting the wei fare of the State; but no detail of leg islation is insignificant to him if il affect his barrel or his jug.-Thc In ferior. In The Police Court-Tried and Judg ment in its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the police court of-At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and ii people will take his advice much suf fering will be alleviated. The judge is subject to nervous, sick headaches and dyspepsia. Here is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so effective as Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If taken when the headache first begins it invariably eures." Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. - It is not surprising that the plan for a billion-dollar iron and steel trust has failed. A billion dollars is a good deal of money. Couuting one a sec for eight hours a day it would take a man a year to count a million, and a thousand years to count a billion; or a thousand men counting one a second for eight hours a day, could together count a billion in a year. One hun dred silver dollars make a pile a foot high. A billion silver dollars would make a pile 2,000 miles high. If you eat without appetite you need Prickly Ash Bitters. It promptly re moves impurities that clog and impede the action of the digestive organs, creates good appetite and digestion, strength of body and activity of brain. For sale by Evans Pharmacy. - June bugs arc thick in parts of Germany this year. At Brody school children lately gathered 25? hundred weight from a sixteen-acre field. Some one has figured out that this means 1,270,000 June bugs. Hot days followed by cool nights will breed malaria in the body that is bilious or costive. Prickly Ash Bit ters is very valuable at this time for keeping the stomach liver and bowels well regulated. Sold by Evans Phar macy. - She-"He says he loves me; yet he has only known me two days." Her Friend-"Well, perhaps that's thc reason, dear." "They are simply perfect," writes Rob't. Moore, of La Fayette, Ind., of Dewitt's Little Early Risers, the 'fa mous little pills" for constipation and all liver ailments. Never gripe. Kvans Pharmacy. That Long?Forgotten Picture. "John Billas. I fouud this photo graph in the inside pocket of an old vest of yours hanging up in the closet. I'd like an explanation. Whose is it?" "Can't you see it's an old picture, Maria? What's the use of stirring up memories that-" "I want to know whose picture that is. "Rather a pleasant-faced girl, isn't she?" "I want to know her name." "No jealous fury in that counte nance, is there ?" "Whose is it?" "It's the portrait of a girl I use to think a great deal of. and-" "Her name, sir?" "Well, you sat for it yourself, Ma ria, about nineteen years ago: but, to tell the truth, I always did think the 'pleasing expression' was a little over done. Put on your spectacles and look at it again, and then compare it with the reflection in that mirror over there and see-what are you getting mad about?"-Tid-Blts. -mm - . mm - A curious case is reported by a German dentist, Dr. Muhl Kuhner. One of his patients was a woman of 24, whose right arm and right side of the neck had been paralyzed for two years and a half as a result, it was supposed, of a fall and broken arm, and he filled several of her teeth and extracted the much-decayed third molar or wisdom tooth of the right side. The patient returned next day to state that her paralysis had dis appeared. - A family comprising seven per sons left Scranton, Penn., the other day, the whole party traveling on one full fare railroad ticket. There were the mother and her three pairs of twins, none of the children being up to the half-fare age of five years. DISCOVERY KEEPS /S^Sfe^ LIMBS //M-^^^ ' A Trae Temperance MedidiM ^ ^ CooUiniof Keliher Alcohol, I Whisky, I / Opium, \. f or other Narcotic. V s\ Gives Strength to the f?S^^ STOMACH, W Purity to the BLOOD, Vi Life to the LUNGS. \ Valuable City Property for Sale. BY virtue of the power vested in me by Deed of Tnut duly executed by F M. Murphy, and recorded in Clerk's office, Book FFF, if not sold at private sale before that time, 1 will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Anderson, S. C., at the usual hours of public sales, on tialesday in Oc tober next, the House and Lot situated on South Alain Street, in the City of An derson, containing one-half acre, more or less, ad joining lots of the City of An derson, Mrs. E. J. McGrath, L. H. Seel and Main Street. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers and stamps. For fur ther information call on J. L. TRIBBLE. Trusr.ee, or F. M. MURPHY. Sept 6, 1800_ll_4 Desirable Plantation for Sale. ABOUT 300 acres of Land, on Three . and Twenty Creek, two and one half miles east of Pendleton, on the road leading to Pelzer, is offered for sale. There are about 25 acres of bottom land. The place is well watered and well adapted to stock-raising, and has between 50 and 75 acres of forests. For further information applv to J. MILKS PICKENS, S--:ICJ_Pendleton, S_C^ Valuable Plantation for Sale. TTT A ACRE3, more or less, on Bea 1 I T verdam Creek, in a high state of cultivation. 30 ? cres bottom land, 30 in pine woods, 14 in pasture, 100 In cotton land. 3 houses on it. Bonnded by Rev. George Rodgers, A. M. Guyton and oth ers. Will sell on easy terms. Purchaser to pay for papers and BU m ps. For fur ther particulars apply to M. Berry Wil liams. Guyton, S. C., or MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, Anderson, S. C. July 12, 1899_3_ Georgia Land for Sale. Ihave Three Hundred Acres of Land for sale-75 acres in bottom, (X) of that in a high state of cultivation. It lies on a creek and branch-good banks to both streams. My house is an S-room house, and a well of fine water comes up through piazza. Three good framed ten ant houses, one store-house, Kin-house and machinery and engine. Plenty of good outbuildings. In a good communi ty, handy to Churches and Schools. It lies five miles. Southwest of Carnesville. Something over 200 arres in cultivation. For further information call on W. H. Frierson, Esq., write me, or call and see the land. M. H. DUNCAN, Aid, Franklin County, Ga Aug 23, 1S99 M 4" The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in tliis. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You toe Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TM* CENTAUR COMPANY. YT MURRAY ?TRCCT. HW YORK err?. PORTO RICO ! YOU can get the GENUINE PORTO RICO MOLASSES PROM US. ATJSO, La^kford Horse Collar, Guaranteed to prevent or cure galla or sore shoulders. SHOES, HATS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC, At CUT PRICES for the next thirty days in order to clean up and make room for New Goods. Big Line of Groceries of all Kinds AT LOWEST PRICES. m&- Try us one time. MOORE, ACKER & CO., EAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE-CORNER STORE. AT A BARGAIN ! .ALSO, a few Second-hand Gins. The Hall Gin ia given up to be tho best Gin now built. Nothing cheap about it but the price. I still handle the BRENNAN CANE MILL-the only Self-Oiling Mill now sold. EVAPORATORS and FURNACES, SMOKE STACKS for EDgines, &c, at bottom oricc-s, manufactured of Galvanized Iron. CORNICE aud FUNNELS, TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING and PLUMBING of all kinds. Also, GRAVEL ROOFING and STOVES of the best makes. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, FRUIT JARS-WHITE RUBBERS the best. TINWARE at any price to suit the wants of our customers. For any of the above will make you prj:es that you will buy of me, and ask your inspection of Goods and prices. Thanking all my friends and cus tomers for their liberal patronage, Respectfully, JOHN T. BURRISS P. S.-Bripg your RAGS._ - FOIR,_ Fancy and Staple G-roceries, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Tobacco, A.nd Cigars, i COME TO J. C. OSBORNE. South Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, Phone and Free Delivery. W. H. Harrison's Old Stand. THE YEARS COME AND GO ! AND with each successive year there also comes, amidst a flourish of trumpets, the announcement that some new GIN is born, ''another Richmond in the field," and every time this announcement is made, it is qualified by another and more im portant, that either one or more valuable features are patterned exactly like the Old Reliable Daniel Pratt Gin. How many times have you heard that "our Gin is as good as the Daniel Pratt, be cause we build one a good deal like it." No doubt some Gins are sold on the strength of such assertions, but ask those who have bought and used them if they are the equal of the DANIEL PRATT GIN. But still the years roll on, the Daniel Pratt Gin not only holds its own but continues to add new laurels to those already won. Gur GIN SYSTEMS and ELEVATORS are the most complete and up-to-date oe the market. We have in stock at Anderson in onr Warehouse six Car Loads of SINS, FEEDERS, CONDENSERS and PRESSES. Also, all kinda of REPAIRS Call on write to F. E. WATKINS, Anderson, S. C. 0. D. AND1RS0N & BRO. FLOFR FLOUR ! ?SOO BARRELS. GOT every grade you are looking for. We know what you want, and we've got the prices right. Can't give it to you, but we will sell you high ;rade Flour 25 to 35c cheaper than any competition. Low grade Flow ?o.OO per barrel. Car EAR CORN and stacks of Shelled Corn. Buy while it is cheap id vancing rapidly. We know where to buy and get good, sound Corn cheap. OATS, HAY and BRAN. Special prices by the ton. We want your trade, and if honest dealings and low pt ices count we ?rill get it. Yours for Business, O. D. ANDERSON <& BRO. i?u Now is your chance to get Tobacco cheap. Ciowog out odds w.4 iuds in Caddie?.