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A? "Week m the ISouthern Clari? Eighteen months have passed and Bturally they have brought some ?auges to the churoh in Bap Sebastian o Estrella. The new |paatorf as I redicted, was warmly received. ! He Dd bis wife have given! a great deal f their timo to visiting the people far nd near, and their extorts to gain the )vc of the people and to'win Boals for ?hrist have been blessed. New mom era have been received into the burch, a Ladies* Aid So o ie ty has een organised, as also a Children's iissionary Society of nearly ninety lembera. Financially the country ag been passing through a criais and [ie brethren have not felt able w nn ?ti??ko thc building of ?hs nsw ?Lurch. They still plan for lt and Sope that soon they may seo their Hay clear to begin work. 1 Wednesday, January 22nd, is tho lay for the Quarterly Conference, ?"he former Presiding Elder, Rev. J. ?V. Tarboux, is in the United States lDd the office is now held by my hus |and. It is from him that I learn ?Lat I am about to relate. I Our dear brother, Senhor Cabrai, is list the Bame; generous, happy and Interned, loving God and his fellow Ian, and loved and respected by all |ho know him. His fazenda oontin |es to be an "open house" for all who Home and go. Monday night a group Sf half a dozen strangers approaohed Bim, begging for work. They .offer to Bork for their board only. Senhor |abral has no work for them, but he Bi vi tes them to spend the night; and ?ext morning with his own hands he Buries them the early morning coffee. Hnd'sends them on their way in all flood will. .; I That afternoon Mr. Lander and Rev. Sr L. Kennedy arrive: and tuero are |e usual preparations for services |at night and for the -Conference of |morrow. Little did any one imagine fliat a cloud of impending evil was ?overing near! Nota whit has Senhor Babral'B interest in spiritual affairs Bated. The talk is of the church; ?here are plans for the future; ques BODS are debated as how best to serve She Loid in extending His work, or in Strengthening the weak points. Sen ior Cabrai understands and} loves the Bissionary; his counsels are always Bise. Wednesday morning dawns clear od bright. The brethen from far and ear lay a?ide their daily work and orseback or afoot, wend their way cross the hills and mountains to the quarterly Conference. At night Mr. lander preached to alargo congrega OD. The weather is perfect; there is1 full moon; the light is almost like ay. The people disperse, and in leasant oonverse or quiet mu6??? eek their humble home, and lay them own to rest, lost to care in the peaee ul sleep that comes after a day well pent. Thursday morning Mr. Lander is np ?arly making ready for his day's jour ney. As a parting gift, Senhor Cabrai ntrusts to him four hundred dollars or our new church in Bello Horizonte nd a hundred and twenty-five dollars o Mr. Kennedy for our Publishing louse in Rio. Suoh a gift "ble sse th tim that gives and him that take a." That night there is quiet on Sr. Ca rat's fazenda. The guests have all eparted save one old lady friend, 'here cornea the natural reaotion after laving had services at night and com pany to sit up late. Alt are tired and dire early to sleep soundly. Sudden s' the scene changes' The house is unrounded by,-? band of sixteen ron ers. For two nights they have been efeated in their plans by the presenoe f guests. Now they are more than ager for their spoils. The servants rho sleep down stairs^ have pistols brust in their faces and are oom uandbw to keep quiet. The front loor is forced, the steps ascended, and kc parlor whioh seesas almost a holy place because of the daily sermons preached and lived there, is now filled ?ith ruffians. The lady visitor is the 5rst to awake, and she runs to Senhor pabral's room, screaming for holp. she is roughly pushed aside, the door broken; and, just as Senhor Cabrai is urning out of his hammock, he is ?hot dead. Not a word does he speak. Without knowing why, he died. Thus passes away the greatest Methodist in Brazil. Out chieftain is fallen! And ?y the hand of an assassin ! Dona Plaoedina rushes to her hus band's side, only to have pistols, turn ed on her. . To scream would be death. Her sistor and nicco in their fright bide themselves in a distant part of tho houso; but tboy ore found and forced to show where the in?noy and valuables aro kent. The house is lit aP, and for on hour or moro it is ran sacked in every T/art. Qnee Dona Plaoedina and the cook attempted to 8hp away to call help; but they see a ?aard in their path; a shot warns them NG LETTER. uonntry to Brazil. stian Advocate. to tarn back; a little dog falls dead at their side. . The confusion is indescribable. Bat, ?nslly, even robbert, eau get their fill. They carry off all valuables, from money and jewels duwn to umbrellas; and they leave the farm, shooting their guns along the road as if in defi ance of the whole neighborhood. Bapidly the news spread. Woe and consternation are on every side.' The first question is. Who did it? Then it is realized that the strangers seek ing work were robbers in disguise; they were merely getting acquainted with the place. When it was ? found that they had carried off a considera ble cum of money, every one was sur prised, ss it was generally known that Senhor Gabrai did not make a practice of keeping muoh money in the house. This brought out two incidents charac teristic of his kindness. Just a few days before a former tenant brought him money, asking as a favor that he select a farm and buy it. Senhor Ca brai willingly undertook this service for an ?humble friend. Another had been owing him a long time for bor rowed money and was unable to pay it. Senhor Cabra! forgave nearly half the debt, and by a special effort the rest was arranged and had1 been paid only a day or two. Thus his very kindness became one of the causes of his death. When an accomplice of the robbers had been arrested and confessed, it eame td light that most of the band were from a distant town. And it was there that the former? tenant lived. Some suppose that he unwit tingly let it be known where he had deposited bis money. How unfore seen were the consequence of his thoughtlessness! 'Tis hard to realize that Senhor Ca brai suffered a horrible death. He who was everybody's friend, who trusted everybody. For twenty-seven years he had lived at this place with out fear; 1rs windows wide open at night, his front door scarcely dosed. Amongst neighbors and friends. Romanists and Protestants alike, there was grief and indignation. The whole country oould think and speak of nothing else. ? AU hastened to pay tho last sad tribute to his mortal body. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Lander gave up their other appointments and re turned to bury the dead and console the stricken people. VFo the village cemetery- at Sao Se bastiao his body was carried, followed by th r r 3 hundred people on horseback and afoot. Next day the same friends from far and near met in the preaching hall on the fazenda where a memorial service was held. He who had always been the central figure in every service there, was no. more. A great-hearted man, an humble Christian, a born leader has gone before. How can the work go on without him? Can any one take his place? Why did God in His infinite wisdom allow this suook to the progress of His cause in Brazil? We know not. With tears of sorrow, with blinded faith, we can only say 'Thy will be done." T. H. Landor, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Feb. 5,1902. Cures Blood Poison. Cancer, Ulcers. Eczema. Carbuncles, Etc.-Medicino Free. 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The Student Volunteer move ment, started sixteen years ago, has grown to wonderful proportions, and is ito w , recognized asa potential, if not the determining, factor in the evangelisation of the world. It is a significant fact that it waa a student who gave the * 'missionary impulse" to the evangelical churches of this country. That student was Adoniram Judson whose soul was baptized with the missionary spirit in that "hay stack prayer-meeting" at Williams College. The Toronto Convention was com posed of 3,000 delegates from twenty two countries, representing 465 ' insti tutions and 200,000 students. The report of the Executive Committee shows that up to the present 1,953 Volunteers have been sent to mission fields,-to all parts of tho non-Chris tian world. At the decision hour Sunday evening 150 young men and women volunteered for the foreign field. Some great speeches were made,-great in the sense of being charged and delivered-with spiritual power. Among the notable addresses was one by our own Bishop Galloway under whose burning words the Con vention, catching the missionary fire that glowed in his own heart, was swept by a wave of enthusiasm. ?fl summarizing the Student Volun teer . Convention at Toronto we are impressed with two facts. First, it /was a. deeply spiritual Convention. At the outsot.Mr. Mott,-a born gen eral with a genios for commanding men and a man of deep spirituality, -discouraged applause "lest the eye should be withdrawn from God and the heart from prayer." The Con- j vention was spiritual because the dele gates composing that Convention had j I a deep and rich experience of spirit ual life and power. A correspondent of t ie Interior, speaking of that great bc'- of Christian students, says: "7\te sign of seal of power was on their faces. It would have put a thrill into the heart of a stone to stand and look out over that Conven tion. Not a dull faoe there; not a frivolous face; nay, not a weak face. There were massed there regiments of young people whose very presence, as well as their expressive lineaments, told that they felt life a thing of tre mendous seriousness. Their six thous-. and eyes burned with the torches of willingness for God's will blazing within, and when one tried to think what fires these torches might kindle, he was simply dazzled with tho vision of a world aflame." Second, the intense earnestness of the delegates. Young people's meet ings are usually characterized by ebu litions of feeling. Earnestness does not express itself in boisterous shouts and hurrahs; nor does enthusiasm manifest itself in spectacular exhi bitions and extravagant demonstra tions. The. Toronto Convention was quiet,-subdued, but pervaded by in tense earnestness. Tho rallying cry of the Student Volunteer Movement: "The Evange lization of the World in this Genera tion," is not utopian. It is a possi bility. It eau be accomplished. It could be achieved if every Christian had the spirit ox prompt obedience whioh gave such firmness and strength to the character of "Stonewall" Jack son. Some one asked him if he would bo willing to go to Africa for the rest of his life if he felt called of God to go. The reply of the brave General was: "I would go without my hat." Christ has commissioned the Churoh to go. She must go pr die.-Southern Christian Advooate. - The physicians at a Chioago hospital will no longer believe in music treatment for the sick. A nurse with a violin was instructed to play to a delirious patient, but before he vjt half thro uah "Money Mush" the sick man seizea *he instrument and broke it over the head , of the. performe:. Perhaps the nurse was not a musioian, but only a fiddler. - Ile-"Do you think your mother will be surprised?" She-"Yes, in deed. 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Headquarters South Carolina Division United Confederate Tcterans. Greenwood, 8. C., Maroh 14, 1902. , I * General Ord?r No. 57. I. The tv ?d?th Annual Kennion of the United Confederate Veitjrans wiii be held at Dallas, Texas, April 22-25, 1902. The Division Commander urges upon all the Camps of the South Caro lina Division the sending of large delegations to this grand Reunion. To how many of us will it be the last time we shall elasp hands with our comrades. II. The rate of travel will be 1 oent per mile. As this will be a long trip, arrangements have been made by which Tourists Cars, with all the sub stantial comforts of the Pullman Car, but only lacking their eleganoe, will be run by the Southern Rauway from South Carolina to Dallas, and suoh Tourists Cars as may be chartered by Camps will be parked thcro for use as homes for the Veterans. The special I rate for the same will be aunounoed by the railroads. III. Thinking always of the con venience and comfort of his comrades, the Division Commander has carefully weighed the advantages presented by the various routes to Dallas, consider ing not only the ad\ Aitages of the offi cial train going, but the regular sched ules of trains returning, to bring the Veterans easily to their homes, out side of and including the official train, and has decided that the route by the Southern Railway is by far the best, and the official train will oarry the Tourists Sleepers from South Caro lina. The official train will leave Co lumbia, S. C., about midday Sunday, April 20th,' 1902, after the hour of tho arrival of trains from Fort Mill, Rook Hill, etc, from Charleston; and trains by the A. C. L. from eastern parts of the State. It will go via Newberry, Greenwood, etc, to Greenville, where the trains from Charlotte, Spartan burg, ftc, will join it, and thence on to Dallas. The comrades from points iii the western part of tho State will join the official train at Atlanta. It is scheduled to arrive at Dallas 6 a. m., April 22nd. This movement cov ers more nearly the whole State than is possible by any other route. IV. The Division Commander re cognizes that he has no right, and ccr : inly has no inclination, to require tue comrades of the South Carolina Division to go by any one route, and particularly if at any personal incon venience to the comradoB, but be ap peals to them to support him in his deoision of a route, and to patronize the "Southern," the official route. He urges this, because: . 1st. The trip is a long one, and all South Carolinians going together places them in pleasant communion during the 36 hours of the trip. 2d. Parking the chartered Tourist Cars from South Carolinia going to gether places them in pleasant com munion during the 36 hours of the trip. 3d. If the Veterans of the State desire that their influence as a body be felt in the State, they must act to gether as a unit. They can show their oommon bond of comradeship by en dorsing their official head and moving in a mass. The Division Commander feeling all this, most earnestly urges the comrades of this Division, for their own comfort, their own pleasure, and the interests of the Division, to stand together, and all make the trip to Dallas by the official route on the Southern Railway. By order- . . C. Irvine Walker, , S. C. Div. Commander^ James G. Holmes, Adjutant Gen., Chief of Staff. Charleston, f> C. (J u red By Telephone. That stammering may be eured is a ell-known faot, but that it may be ured by telephone is not so widely nown. Yet an exchange asserts that ach may be tho case. There is an old farmer in eastern bregon, who has a slight impediment f speech He went into the city of Pendleton nd talked to a friend in Portland over he telephone, several hundred miles way. When the talk was finished he friend at the othor end of tho lino ;aid: 41 You seem to talk better sinoe 'ou went to Pendleton. You do not tutter anything like as much as you lid." "No," said the Pendleton man, clear ? md straight as a bell, "a man cannot ilford to stutter through a tolephone vhen to talk costs seventy-five cents a ninnie." _ Case Dismissed. Chairman Cooper, of the house .ommittee on insular affairs, is a law ler. He is frequently called upon by lonstituents to defend them in court Then at his home in Wisconsin. A troter came to him last bummer and asked him to go to court for him in an assault case. Tho other man waa bad ly beaten. The complainant explain ed that tho defendant had beaten him. He exhibited his bruises and contu sions. "What did you beat this man so unmercifully for?" asked the old judge. "Your honor. I'll tell you, explain ed the defendant. "Ile and I were playing seven-up. I was six and ho was two. I dealt and. be begged. I gave him a point. 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