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*» -i One inch, on« insertion . . ?1 00 ' l _ , ' *• ecbh suU^e^ueiH insert ion. •’>() r«n«s Quarterly. !<eii»4-j»nnu!kl or yeiirty couiracr* mctUoii iibercl tet ins. ' , Cantnic^aHvcrtising in pnyabte803ejg -terflfsiitnehmn unle^Htuliery , iMe»ripuTei«>l. , . Ko «Mt«MiiHoatlon wilb be pubjlsheil un- ens aocompanted by (lie nniue Hnd.n.lilrex^ur the writer, itonKc.Ciumlity for publication, but itH agruinuity of flood faith. ' ( Addrcw, THE PEOPLE*. pal'tiyroU C. r.Mm.’fw.y• -»•-=. ■ -7 -r.-yg.^-. South Carolina Railroad. 0+ iV * ‘ GBAXr.B OF SCHEDULE. — V"; • - . ■<. * . «f * * * .» • , • . < * o Up Day Passenger —Mail. (Thlj'Trftin connects with Tra’n from Co lurahia'fei Urauchvillct) O. 00 a in 6. V5 a tn IV 35 a nr 1*2. Of* p m 12.7 li p >A 12. •Vi 1-15 p th P. 3o p iu 144 p in 1.51 p m 2.00 p m *2 •‘id p ui 2.44 p m l.care Charleston is^ J^ave Columbia , • " Uranchville . ’ Midway •' '* lia.nberg' »* (InkaoUL ■ “ Rlackrille ,* V- «• Elko " Williston White Pond-* . ,4 Windsor M Montuiorenci - — ♦*. Al>e« — H AS liKEN UECENTLV THOHtfUCflLY ^novated, preparatory to the convenhig yf The September Cojiftc' New. large and comfortable tUiung boom and office on the baeement floor, y ' Hoiims large nnd^iry. •AtteotivO, sefTantg anil the tdble .furtusned with tlie best the market affords... , if - AmpleStable^room and attentive grooms on hand. . • t*: ■ey—'*•7"" 1 v.* 1 Arrive AugnsUT* 3.do p hi Down Day Passenger—Maft— (Thi*Train connects with Train for Colura . hlaat Drauciitille.) Leave Augusta 7 ■- '> a m •* Aiken IL5A am u Montmorencl 0 03 a nf ’• ^Windsor . —r—820 am ju—While Pond iJiiaju Williston Elko lllackville Graham's Data berg Midway m Jlranchvilie Arrive Charlenton— Arrive Columbia —KlpHT KXrRKss -Ur. Leave Charleston * Leave BeawchvlHe ■ Leave IMackville Arrive Augusta tt 47 a ni 9.34 a tn 10.10 a m 10.22 a m 10.47 a.111 10^.77 a iu 11.di) s m 2.00 p m H.d5 p hi 10.13 p* ian29* wamww, PROPRIETOR. HORSES I MULES. 4^ The Kstn-stravk 4'htlvt. T. • A 1 ^ ' h, ' * • JJY RKV. T. DEWITT TALMAOE*. ‘ The following 4u tho full, text of the Deiojor’is discourse' ■ -* II Kinsre, 4v.,1 S ; 2>: ''And when th'* child wh* thrown. It Ml on a day. that ho w’ont .out to his father to the i>”nt*ors, Rnd he said hla father: ‘Mv bwadl My dtead!’ And he snid to a lad, ’Carry him to his mother,’ And wtv’n lye Ija'f taken klcn and hrooghf him to hlsy'hiolher. ' tat on h r knee t ill noon, and then died.” ^ There Is at least on& happy home in Shutiem. Ahe* luxuriance * ami ieplondor,of a ftreat house; has b^en Riven tho advent of a child. Even when the Abgel of Life brings a new soul to the peorflion-’s hut a star of joy fhlnea over the nvitii T ‘ir. Ipf 1 * 4 ]";', "Mf*- nle that do notr like childreu, I Immin- diately doubt their naorli and Chris; tlaft eharaefer.” URut when the ptA»ce of (bod<*omes upon*ncl>!|id; how unispeak-' ably attractive. „M T h«*h Hotnuel begins to pray, and when Timothy begins to read, the Scripture*, «ud Joseph shows’ himself ftiviiluerablH to teipptattoh, how beauviful the scene. I kiiow that parontyi sometimes get nervous ^whon their children'become pious, because they have tlioddda that goofJ chlldren; btWSys diiv The^trunge questions — . i ^ ■ ' OOD AND KTKBNmr AND THE DEAD r- cxcito appceiiensioti iu the parental mlod rather than congratulation. Iu- .'iy.til*- there are gome children. th.rt syvm..tUiirkedjLL. 4v»-heifdeesHess ■and innocence, -dmtf p^RSfftLwiiy*." Day* dI boyhbotT^ >or fortn«S to bloom 4»>—T4H»-hii«‘s of-heartm are in the pe- I havc just rsturned froin Lexington, conif, (Wys of laughter and frolic,'lays of sunshine and promise, days of strange question*,- and curiosity and quick development. I suppose among- ali tho treasures o.f that house, the brightest was the hoy. One day there dsTfte shont of reapers heard afield, A b' lybrheart al ways boun ds a11 lie so u ud of tickle or-scythe. No sooner have t he harvesters cut a swat It across the with hot Saddle and . than the lad-joins them; a^d the 6.00 p m ti. 3ti p in lilKl n in Isa vi-August a Leave lllitckvitlf Leave Brnncliville Arrive i'h*rlc»ton Connects whir rnght Train* villa t'land from ColTnnbia rBKIRtIT AXI* ACCOMMOOATlOX—Up. Draught Uorsck ami pl.intattoh •Hrilea awartliy-reapets feel young agafu as 4W 1 have ever brought to thn mark. lliey losJRJswntitWTSiT ^ ~ ! BtUOUT AND BEAITTIFL’L AS W V8 IU.TII la tho haivwst fb*hls 'of Bethlehem _gkaniiig after the reapers. But the sun was too hot for. him. Ccngestloo she leaped to her feet and she started' up where no hutnah fcqt hsd ever trod, crag above crag hatching hold of this root or.thaUroot, untif.siM) reached the eyrle'and caught her babe, the cagie sweeping in fierceness all around her. Fastening the child to her back site started for her ftlcnds.. and for her hopie. Ob, wTDflfa dizzy descent! Slid-' ing from this crag to-yhat crag, catch'' lug by that vhT^hy that root, coming down further-and fur\her, the most dangerous paaa,_ where ■he/found a goat «>n«l sofce kids. Shes?tMk {‘Now, I’ll follow the goat i^the goat ^rft know just which Is the safest way down,’’ ami she was led by the animal down to^tlm plaliL When she.goj' there ail t he 1*7^* : htftvk (4F*d j tbrtdlf (Jod !**—ber strengt h iot giving way Witii the rescue was effected ; and they cried : “Stand back, now! Give hpr .gir l” Ob, if a woman will do that fop the^physical life of her child, what will you do for the eternal life of your boy ami your girl ?—L^-t It not bo told In leakL “Yes, there Is rest for me, tho great day of eternity that Hannah life cl. Prices will advance iiialemUy Inter in 1 he tosfcou - and ail needlug ri^jkSPUijtucky wtl! do Well to buy m>w. ITSBa bi t 8 13 h tn good PiU A11 DUNN. 4.43 1 HI at ISiunch- Sewin^ Machine Deiiot* ‘' f,h, ‘ br ' !in8,{z,Hl<,H li,,n - 1 uee thr •* | swarthy laborer* drop the/r sk-klea, j and they rtiah out to see, what, is the Leave Cliaileo'oit Leave Rlaukville Artivs suguM* r,.:y, a m 2.28 p m _ 7» ’0 p ui Daws. I.eare August* L'-av* DLckville Arrivs I’luileslc n Usuacsia *t Itranchville n iih aeU frem iMiimbi*. Th* 'lay Mail and l.igli* Lxpresa train* ran daily.''The —xiwsisdsthMi n-aina run daily, eieepl 8«tn<ifty*. Bleeping car* on •II l*he night tram*. Ou Satmi iiuy*;»n<i Sun; tlnv* rnnnd tHp iteket* are «o|il to aTolfroni all »iati.»n» on tli« rna.1 al one fir*l elvatar* for the round trip, g .yJ till Monday noon to retirrn. - , D 0. ALfcCy.S. r. AT Agl. JOHN n. rEl'K. Gca l Snpt, ‘ Vlajnulit Pd>settgef Romp. VOUT Rotal A AI <»i*«t» EaiiwaT. ^ Afugrr*, G Novemlief I8f0 i llanbU l>n-ly Teaioa la Savannah and ULar levlon and nil point*in Florida. prophet. Christian Timothy became a minister of Ephesus. Youug Daniel, matter and they find him null theyjxjL conseeratgrL to Gud,. became Prime ; Yo cud Ids brow, but nil is in yaio.- In tala. There is something about their forehead that makes you think that the hand of Chi 1st has b -en on it, say- I7.g:„ “Lerilils one coma to me, and let it come to me soon.” While that one tarried In the hi use, you felt that there was an angel In rhe room, and you thought that every sickness would he the last, when, finally, the winds of death did scatterjthe leaves, yotTWfnj go moijesurpiised than to see a star -eomt-out-wbove the cloud oir a dark I paBB on to cousldepthe power ulglit, for you hadViften said to your which a child wiklda cciupanion, ‘*Aly dt ar,>e eimli never over She parental heart. We often raise that child.” But IkcbuC tbeidea talk about the influenco of parents that good children always die. Samuel,, upon children. I nevar bear anything iheplous boy/became Simiiel, a groat j said about the Influence of children of her wer the saving of the physical ^liild than put f6rth for the eternal life of your little one. God help you. -piraternniEf a glnsa of water to cool hla hot Ups and he said: “Mamma I shall take A Diurour FUOM THE WATKH OF LIFE after a whlle^of which If one drink he sjmil never get thirsty (again. I lay myself at Juses’ feet, and I want Him to do Just what. He thinks best to do -with me.” In those days "Rest for- the weary” was a new hymn, and bo bad learned It, and, In a perfect ecstacy of soul, iu his last hour ho cried out: “In Ike Christian'shotun in glory there remains Aland of resl; * — there my favour's gone before me 4 To fullfUl my sours request, erp is rest for-the wealjr, ere is rest for y ou. HOW A KIND ACT WAS TSKASTTBKD. , I liad been home from Oxford for • couple of months, and as the ead of my vacation was drawing nigh r .-onc day my brother Arthur and' I were saonteiing through a lovely vale. Suddenly my attention was arrested by Arthur exclaiming: “I say,Ton— oh, look!”, pointing to u female figure leaning against aw okl stile in an sttr* tude ot tbs utmost * dejection. ‘* What a beautiful face that girl has!” Arid, obscured thoqgh sSki was by Lomond put forth more exertion for X^rd l« mjr ab^phnrd, and I shall not X, “Sing, oh sing, yeheirs of glory, Hnout your tHumph* n• you go; - Zion's g:ilos are open for you. You shall find an entranee through. There is rest for the weary.”' _ “There is rest for you, paps; there jn rest for yon, mamma;” and then, putting his hand .over his dreart, be {speak, so going up to her smIs, I kindly : “My child,you soom iu troublo Can't I help you?” 3 . ■ • • her dress, she iras beautiful to behold as she stood gazing down, with an expres*' stun of terror in her eyes, upon some fragments of broken earthen wars at hsr feet. i ; I could not resist tbs temptation to then he asked them to read: ’ and •The want. He roaketh me to He down in green pastures, and letdeth me brslde still wntera;*’ and berried out, “O deafh where is thy stilus? O grave, where lathy victory?” Only ten years old 1. „ . ^ ^ , - And then be said: “Now, I wish you rro “ w " at • ho «»«» rn e« »■ “7 fsaturea would juet turn this bed, so I can look | she said: “I have broken the pitcher and Mini-tor to all the realm, and there are i he iiittunt of cmiMt-IiaiwtiPim Im ytuiis i-Jtt hqudrcds of the schools aud faint j Lis luin<*.(> against bistemplcsiiudciies out, “My bend 1 my-Hjead P’ and his -^Vt Ulackville, S-C, lies of this country to-day children who love God aud Jcet p his cinmnaud- fnthcrB:.t.t,^C«rrYTrimtnril4.m6th>r, ,r 4 ww ' utB . wd wlio are to be for«*moat just as ary father would have miJ, j among ibn ChrlsttaBS aad philanthfo- for our hand is too rough andourv >lc<‘'| l'^* 8 4tu J relormera of tho next half tooLarsh und our foot is too largo to ! century. The grace of 'Tod never kills tkaH-oi-a «!ek eidld, if there be in oyr !' al 'y onH - A child will bo more apt to house a geniler voice aud a gentler , i - row u P *llii rdigUm than It will be .baud and a gentler footstdp. But all ' a P' to grow up without it. Length of of no avail. While the reapers of Sliu- nem were-busy in the fidd,'there cairn* a st ranger reaper that way, with keen- • r seyihe and fora ildi-r harvest. He rtaped only one >-heaf ; Lut i ll t mL.it days is promised to the righteous, f he teiiclon of Cbiist docs not cramp the client or curve tho spine or wcakenthe nerves. The religion of Child throws nver thu lifs tf u child aenpi lUfll hi aTT ^ipon their parents. You go to school to them. You no mote educate them then they educate you. With their Utile hands they ha vs caught hold of your entire nature, and you can not wrench yours* If away from their grasp. You arc different men and women from what you were before they gave you the first lesson. They have rev<>l uni ionized jo«r soul.'There are fountains of joy In your heart which would never have been discovered bad they not disc vered them Life Is tn you a more stupendous thing than It whs before those Hi tie feet started on tuningvche-lulc will he operated.: s c Cl SB BBSs "“W” 0 4 3 £ n ei —• *5 Si £ a : Ti * 55 •e y ■ *** . ~ . n. ~ sBXiiTTs a S'E i'fi s’? i ^ ' T« 25 V* — — a. i.-saa«*«a£. -r e ^ — s» c i- I * :? s J r ri i ti ?i 7i — — — — t r. -r -j ,2 c a golib'D sheaf was that. I ifon’t want |'F- “liar Mmjfm araAFsys <4 pJnH»aot* to: know any more about tluit hcarr- Mnd «|l her paths are peuc®^ FIIL4T CLASS SLU ING M ACHINE AT ! bteaku g ncene than what I see in |uh4-| Tlfli - - tTKilr;iniUTV * F CUILDUOCC. lacluiient*. NVeille*. oil, An, for aiijr-viyle , this one putlotlc sentence: “H* hh'' 1 I pans on U* consider tho. sueci-ptt Srwii.g MnrliiM, -eia by urtri wimt j ter knees till nooo und M en died ” b * Uy of eliildliood. Men prldo.them ing ninEhinca sfc;uun-il ,.i t . *l„.n „,.ii ce sn ;L Thoitch htindieds of years have passed «iuce that b 'y skipped to the harvest field and then was brought home every day—a school of youtself-denial, school of pstlaice.-in whiob you are ,|uettJrig wiser every di*y; acd that lu fluenco of the child over you will in crease and increase; and though your children may die, from the very throne of God they will reach down an influ- will mak- nil eluliotate argument to : ence to your soul, taMllag you oo and once more on the foliage and see tbs sun set.” And they turned the bed and he said; “I do so wish that Jasns would burry and come and take me.” They said to him; “Why arc you not willing to await the Lords tlme? , ‘ 'ft'*" he said, “I am; but I would rather Jesus would gome ant) hurry and take me.” And so, with a peace ludrecrlbable, be passed away. Oh, there is nothing sad about a child’s death, save tbs grief In a par ent's hsnrt You see the little ones go right out from a w#rld of sin and suf- erlng to a'#ori<l of joy. How many sorrows they escape, bow many temp tations, bow many troubles? Children dead are safe. Those that live are In the pathway to eternity. Oh, how We know not what dark-path many solicitudes that little one has created In your soul. Tup go to school In which they will break your heart | C * C, P C • vour ,lrca(Jful .giii4p^^Jfag at-lvcs ou their uucbnagrabiiiiy. They * Hiit prove that tiny think now Just as they ' lending you up until you mingle with niilli ‘Ud twenty jeuin ago. It is charged their voice and sit beni-ie their thrones. *aii.faction jrtinnouci d I hare on lnui ! the _ , . ,. . ., • , NewJHipru*».| We^l an.l lira New Autfri n, saUher D^emherLt. ISM. ^ 5|| . v , , WhwUr and riNen No. 8. A Inn *trck I on ** i!, mo,hor •* •“I'. of Pifttim Franien atiJ I^mnio*. 1 hnvt-| Ditills US. Indeed thn Agenny fsr jtarnwnlt and Oraiigt-huifl j t IITT.MI •< D HAS A CHa::M lortiesae n I Ik* .uw.ni j Ffsrywiiere. 1 nhall tills iriltdh is this dt:ti-riiiiii.:ti<ui of htmL . lt(e • v. i ii g spcitk t * you of childhood, it* that m> often drives hack to frailty or fraud if a tuauch-iuges his sentiments In politics or iu religion ; v hich ' *> P' -t v 2 C > - 2 a* S J* S c * - e > > > > > ' * M m M i C » k k b I. iTi •^a.a.a.e.a.fi.a.a.a.a. I '*• ^ ** mfl*? EfeSSasSES tJ 1 . ^ X ^ r ro •- r. — O X *r O ‘T 'r - ; - -N - - - .T -T C y*’5 — te r V V^ ^ c? o r. S'. s i i C * fib a* a. C c I . J B B E C SB w i. c- — B a « a . - •T TI ® ® f 3D T X TT *S e, TT jtojcf ii ~ B B = an* sns TU I- CS Pa*snnfler* for Itnaufort imd Pori Royal »nu*l take day .(rain Night p-i**nn8»‘r train wiH only stop st Htatton* indicated hy figure* above. ^ Conneetinns msil* with all road* entering .. Aiiflnsta. (Sleeping Oars between AngiiMa and Fa. vannah. Paggage checked ihroueh. • pjrTiironglt tickets for sale al Union Depot Ticket Office, Augusta, Gu„ and at alt priiici pal ticket.nffises. ftonrnt G. Fckmivb. General Fnperintendciil. J. ft. Datavt, —— General Passenger- Agent. faciuring t.'o'a Sti.-cr StnctltUCT ^cfaiiD* snp,-rt«.rity over any oilier Singer j Sewing Machine. I eon furni-li, on *iiiirt notice, any style or mnke of Machine de sired I am also. Agent for the litarklock FsaAllauhmeutrWldclrcaB be used on attv Sewing Machine B J- Hainniot. Acrcnt- , ^0. m • Central Hotel, nitOAU KI'IIl-KT. "3UCJ UtSTA G /V MRS. W. M. THOMAS, Centrally located, con re lie nt to busi ness. ——'—■—' mv-O th - H. Savannah and UharlesUil Kailrnai 1 <' CHANGB OF SCHEDULE —— April 4, 1S79. The following Schedule is in effectnu this date: /'(lit Mail, Doily. Leave Charleston - . . 7 00 a.m. Arrivn aLifiavenneh - - - 12 40 p. m. ^Arrive Jacksonville - - 7. 7 »o n. m - Lwvvwgavnnnah - v—r 1 . -ArWrelQktHeeton - - •. 0S5 p.ni. Might Trot*, Daily. ■’ Leave Chariest eft - » - 7 50 p. m. Arrive Savannah * - 6 25 a. u. Arrive Port Royal - > 4 00 a. m. Arrive at Augusta • . G 80 a. m. Leave Savannah * ‘ > - 9 00 p.m. Leave Pert Royal ^ « 11 00 p m Leave^Vugusta « * • 8 20 a m Arrive Charleston - • » 7 50 a. ni Pullman carson all Night Train*. « C. S.GADSDEN, F.ngr. and Supt. _ 8. U. Botlstoii. G. F. and T. Agent L •. 1 a- 1 * T"-*’— « 1 — If you wint Bargains, go to the Old Stand of g coHEisr;. 538 BE'*AD 8TBRKT, AUGUSTA, OKOROIA. ' —Wholeeale and Retail Dealer in— Watches, Clocks, ' - Jewelry. Cutlery. Guns. Pistols, Caps, Catrldges. A Tins Assortment of Sliver Ware, llnstonl Instruments. No tions, Watch Materials, Watchmakers’ Tocds. etc, etc. . Watches,- Otoeks and Jewelry Re paired and Warranted. MVlSSa beauty, Its susceptibility tv> .impres sion, its power over the pa rente! he»D aud its blissful tratisltlou ffom uuth * . # • , to li* , aven. The child’s bea ity does not d«*nend j upon f-Tm, or feature, or complexion, orap|»afel. That destitute one that you saw on the street, bruised with utikluilness and in rnps, has a -(harm about her, even under her destitution. the gospel from n man's brnrt. It Is so hard to make avarice charitable, aud fraud honest, and pi hie humble, and nkeptl- cis-u (JhiLUnu. Tho a word of 0>>d'a truth seems to glance off ftotn these mailed wanlors, und the l.eimet seems battle-proof against God’s battle ax.— But childhood ; how susceptib.e to ex- nuiple und to Instruction. Y<»n a remit surptised at thri TCvrorl: “Abruhaui You have forgotten a great many per- ] begat Isaac and I j aac begat Jacob,” sons whom you met uf finely eut feat ^ ur w hen re-ligiouebtarts in a family it urea and with erect posture and with Is apt to go all through. Jixabel, tho faultless complexion, while you will al- UJurdercsc, you are not surpiisodj^q ways remember the poor girl who, on tiad her son, Jthoram, attempting as- a cold, m.oaftlight nL’ht, as you were satslnation. Oh, wbata responslbiilty Gifts —AT- AIiIxAM ^ FINE WATCHES, Amciican and Swis*. of the L-tUsl Styles. RICH JBWELRV, 01 New nnJ Elegant l)o*ijrn* and Exquisite Murkma::*nip. p ibsiug*late home, and her thin bhuwl iOld bjBfy- foot on the pavement, put out her hand and said : “Please give me a peuuy l” Ah l bow often weliave walked on aud said, "Oh, that is noth ing but street vagabondism,” but after we got a block or two on we stopped and said, “Ah, that is not light,” and we passed up the same way and drop ped « mite Into tho stiff *rlog hand, us though it were not a matter of second thought, so- ashamed were^wo of ouj Irani Do^U?dtte6ft. , With what ad mb ration we all look np- n a group of chil dreu on ihe play-ground or in the The grasp which the child’s has pver the parent's bvprt 14 areola what parent will d«? for the child. Sionusand darkness heat aud—cold ui a-nothing to you if they stand be tween you and your child’s wcllfare. A great lawyer, wheh yet unknown,one day atood In the court room and mads an eloquent plea before some man of great legal attainments, and the gen tlcmun said to him afterwards : “How could you be so calm standing In Ihul august presence?’’ “Oh” sal l Ersklne, “I felt my children pulling at my skirts crying for broad.” What stream will yoouot swim, what cavery will you not enter, what hattle will you not llgkt, w haLiuinge.r wHl you uot endure for your children ? Your children must have bread though you starve, your children must bo well clothed tbuugn you go iu rags. You afiy, “My upon the patent aud the teacher! The musician touches the keys, and the re sponse ot those keys Is away i ff and ' i-Lil/ren shall Is educated, though 1 the pipes aud the caorde, and you wonder, at tho distance between the key and the chords. And so it Is in life : you touch a child, the results will come back from madhood or old age, t.-iltng Jusi ihe tuno ptAycd, whether the dirge of at’reat sorrow or the an them of a great JoyP The word that the Sabbath school this afternoon xlif be -Lack daik- STE11 LING SILVKRWARE, In Fresh ami 11 dutiful Pattern*, eapecially aJnptcU for iVvddsugl’resent*. 5irTT7A'rKl)\V AllE^ . Tea Seta, Waiter*, Ice Pilchers, Butter Dishes, t’nps/Goblets, Spoon*. Forks of best qusiliiy, &c, CHOKE FANCY GOODS. French nml Ameriekn (/locks, Fine Table Cutlery, Spectacle*, Sc. Watches 1 Jcwelrj Carefully Rcpaireil. THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOW- unint' utionally andsay : “How beati- tifi(ir All atiffuess and dignity are gone, and your shout Is heard witli theirs, and you trundle' their hoop aud fly their kite ami strike their ball, and, all yout- tfeartneaa ami anxiety are gope. as when a child you bounded - V 5ST PRICES. James Allp n, **p25-ly 307 King 5t., Charleston, 8. C. BIG PAY. AGKNTM WANTRIK WE WANT A Hmttod number of active, energetic nanvas^rs to emriure In a plensant and pr->tlUble busieees.— Good men will find this a rare chance TO MAKK MON KY. Huch will please answer this advertise ment bv letter, an cl sal n* stamp for reply, atatii g what bust' ret thev have Wn ew■ FOirwl In N<>n« but those who mean busi ness need applv. AdHrenn FINLEY, HARVEY Jt CO. . novto-ly Atlanta, ti*. echoeiL from everlasting agea ofdight or dal ness. The home and the school de- turds atTnTTsr lctTtB-ttm repubtte or the Trespotlsm, the - barhaiianlsm or the Civilization, the upbuilding of an empire or-the over throwing of it. Higher than Parlia ment or Congress are the school and the famHy ; aud the sound ^ |jhlld*fl never had any chance.” What to yqu are weary limbs, and aching head and hands hardened aud callous, if on ly the welfare of your children can be wrought out by ii? Their sorrow is your sorrow, their j^y your Joy their advancement your yl&oiy. Auc oh I when the,last sickness comes, how teacher uttered you fight back the march af disease: over (lie play-ground yourself. That father who sudds rigid and unsympa thetic amid the sportfulnes* of chil dren hught never to have been tempt-, ed out of a crusted and - unredeemable solitariness. The waters leaped down the rocks, but they have not the glass ful step pf childhood. The morning comes out of the gates of tbs-Last, throwing Us silver on the lakes and its gold on the towers and its Are on the cloud, but it U uot so bright and beau tiful as THE KOHNTNO OF LIVE. *" There is oo light like that which la kihdtbd in the cnild’s eye; oo color like that which blooms on a child’s cheek; ho music like.that of a child’s voice. Its face, io the poorest picture, redeem* any Imperfections to Aft.— Wbeu we are weiry with toll, their little hands pall tbs burden off our back.- Oh, what a m*an, dull, stale world it, would bs without .ti • sport- fitlgcss of children. When I Hod poo- foot .may mean more than the ttstnp of a host. WHAT, THEN, ABE U ©">IK<T for the purpose of bringing your chil dren Into the kingdom of (kid?* If they are so susceptible, and, If this is the very best time to act upon the N eternaj interests, what are you doing "by way of right Impulsion? There ■were some harvesters la the fields of Hco^and one hot day ; Han pah. Lem oud was helping them gather the bay. 3he laid her babe under a tree. While she was busy in the field there was a flutter of wings in the sir. and a gol den eagle clutched the swaddling band of tbe babe and flew away with It to the mountain eyrie. All the harvest ers and Hannah Lemond started for tbeciiCb. Getting there, who dared to mount the did? No human foot had ever trod It, There were sailor* there who bad gone up the mast tn the day of the terrible tempest; but they did not dare rink Jr. Hannah L**tnood eat there for awhile sod looked up and and it isonly after n tremendous strug gle that you surrender, and their when ihe spirit bus lied the great deep is ofolten up and Ruche! will not be com forted because her children are not and David goes up the palace stairs crying, “O Ahsuloni, my son; would to God Lhad died for thee, O, Absalom, my ann. my *on. ——-—— There is not a large family or bard ly a large family in this church this evening that has not bept over such a treasure and lost it. Iu the family fold are there no dead lambs ? Ihave seen many such cases of sorrow. There Is one pre-eminent in my memory as pkstpr— VltLK HAYNES M’CT'LLTJM. Th* 8tor^\qfbla death bos brought hundreds unto Gpdr He belonged to my parish in theA thorough boy, nine or ten years of^age. Noth log dull about him. His voice loudest and bis foot swiftest on tbe pla; ground. Often he has come id' my house and thrown himself down on tbe floor In an exhaustion of boyish mirth; and yet he was aXlhristlan con secrated to God keeping bis command meats. That Is the kind of childish piety I believe Is. When the .days of sickness came suddenly he was told “Jesus alone can save me. Jesus will save me. I stall go tight straight up The child uplifted her eyes a moment to my face with s strange look,in which distrust seemed to be the uppermost feeling. Then appearing confidence they may take. "The day may oome ■unt will beat me for it. Oh, I am afraid to go home!” “Where i* your homer* I asked; ‘’sod wh»t i* your name?” Her old expression of mistrast re turned ■* she moved swsy s few steps from my side. “Whet do yon want to know for?” she asked, brusquely. It was evident that kindneaa waa a thing unknown to Ihs poor, neglected- looking child. U I want to know aimply because l feel s friendly istsaest in you. liars,” I continued, drawing from my pocket a golden coin, u is money to buy another pitcher. Your sunt need not know of the breaking of this one, and you wilt “Dir, sir, thank you! Now I not bs afraid to go home. I am sorry I was so rude, but it is seldom that say bet rough words oomo to me. I will But children dead aro safe-safe for-1 ^ J®** bsliave that I mesa only kindly •ver. Weeping parent*, do not mourn J you?” __ too bitterly over your children that are Tbe dark eya dilated; Ihen they gone. There are two kinds of prsyer ioftened with a sudden film of taara,as made at the child’s sick bed. One groeiNOg my band, she ~ rr rI r I <Kk r p ™ T !! i 'lou-b u-* he doe# not like. Wtmta a soul kneels | * down ala chUds sick bed an I eayw:( ‘O, Lord, epsre this little one; be Is I very near to my heart; 1 dont want to part with him, but Thy will be done’’ —that is tbe kind of a prayer tbe Lord I tell you my name. Ilia Ansis, and I loves. There is another kind of g 1 am old Hester’s niece.” prayer which I have beard men make In subatance when they asy: “O, Lord, this isn’t right; It’s bard to take this child; you’ve no right to take this child •pare this child; I can’t give him up.” 1 The Lord answers that kind of a prayer sometimes. The child lives ou, und lives oo, aud travels off la paths of wickedness to perlab. At the. end ot <yery prayer for a child’s life, say: Thy will, P-Lotd, be done.” THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS that can be kindled, Christ has kindled. Let us, bid and young, rejoice that heaven is gathering op so much Is attractive. In that far land we are no7 strangers. There are those there who speak our name day by day, and they wonder why so long we tair’y. If as I listened to her wards my heart filled with pity, for I hod heard dread ful stories of the kiad of life th* old woman she'ealled annt lad, and I dered no longer at tho manner of picious reserve which hoi struck as so strange in one of her youth. The next day 1 bade good-bye for an other year to my borne. Amid the duties and distractions of college Hfj tbs above episode slipped from my mind, to be recalled once mors on perusing s letter from my brother. _ “You remember tbe tittle girl with the beautiful face you befriended wbeu she broke her pitcher?” He wrote. “Well, she and tbit dreadful old I could count up the nature of all Hester hare left |be place. an( i n0 one thoss who have gone out from these kw)ws wh where th hare ^ families Into the kingdom of heaven, j ^ th|U child ^ a dly pUifttl It would take me all night to mention p k r l. ” * * * their names. A great multitude before futurc belore “ er ’ the tin one. You loved them oncej Ten years passed aince the date of the * you love them now, and ever and ariotit above—years which had wrought many you think you hear their voices cMliing [ changes. Iu (hem my father had died you upward. Ab. yes, they have gone I and, later, my brother Arthur, growu ' out from all these fumttteu, and you tn man’s estate, had brought to tbs ol*-~ IvohTnd book to tell you'of the dying hoU8ea bonn - bride. f. V t kOV*! A-»Vi e-\ F / til s-t _> e i .1 n ..k, 11^4 ”\r.« *« I A • Then In tbe course of a year a littla bad arived, who grew and — thrived, and in doe time learned to strotoh oat bis arms ,tn welcome to hia bachelor uncle. My friends often laughed and joked me about fuflowing my younger hrotfc.— spring bloseoms and through summer | er'a example and choosing! a wifc; but experience of Christian children. You have heard it; It has been whispered in your car, O father, O mother, brother, Q sister. .Toward that good land all Cbiistiaue are bearing. Thla snapping of heart-strings, this flight of years, tread of the heart, reminds us that we are passing away. Under i example and choosing leaven ! ^ugh thirty year* bad rolled over any 1,1 had never felt my heart poises harvest, and cross autumnal and through tho wlntery snow-banka, I we are passing on. Ob, rejoice at it ... .... m children of God, rejoice at It! How tUrob the <l a,cke ' ,n lhe P rMcneo wo ehall gather them up, tbe laved and wo,a » n » But thia summer of which l tbe lost! Before ws mount our throne, *m now about to write I could aaake before we drink from the fountain, be- that boaet no longer. Early in tho fore we strike tbe harp of our eternal season, Arthur, hia wife, their three • celebration we will cry but: Where son, and mysslf, had corns tea ar. oarlored u<t lo.tr And «>« I JTred nook by tbTiLid., Io vp«d how we shall gather them up, oh, how | we ehall gather them up 1 “la thi* dark world of sin and poia We oaly meet to part again. - .. Bui whan we reach the haavsnly akers, there (hall meet to part no more. • -The hope that we ehall see that day Should ch*M our promt grieth bw*j ■ M hea these short yean of pain an past, | Ws’U most befon the throue at last,” " Soft 8oaf.—2 pnvii n^l^nd hard ^ ttrer ktM that he could not get well; be sold; COt " »l*rea, 2 pooads solsudaaod | 10 ntktrU water. Bod all Inrilksr. _ h with tbe youag lady .. - r When yen take from tbs fire, pat io awe saw the eagle la Up,extie, and then . to Ucaveb.” And ihea they gars him'<fteutof o>M water. (Vs fadufwa tbe summer months. There were only n few people staying in the small hstq besides oureslves. Two of the number, an eiderly. gray haired lady and her beautiful compan ion who I supposed was bar daaghtet uterested ms at first sight, names were Mrs. sod Mia Carter though whenever ws mat I