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♦ ¥ 1 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY', S. C., MARCH 11, 1897. i i vVITF1) ) \ VF \ ST “ 0h * M hc /-4A \ 11 Xi> ^ 1 * ’ Lr,nl I have iu v r i ii *h REV. DR. TAL*' V. • . He S»y» Nut* . ; For til.- Ci !• Soul — It I", n . nificcni Fca! Wasuingtij:., ' BcsFoa of rc!i. iv?» •'' Talmacc in lln: of a banqu' t, ..l 1 ... Tiled to 1m i S3, “Bnt.g h kill it.” Iu all ag*'5 o? < • i customary to ct 1 ' 1 . > festivity. Tlio . :: proclam p.ticn of ; of proKidcnts, ’ ci the Chris!mas, tl , much on <.C: r < . s <•! ble may l.ave atiiit.- ! giving day Ihm bouxitccus. Al<1 homes of C 1 .: : -• time cel and festivity. F..r on the clu hf.nc ' i thing that has ever 1 favorite t;oi: v;hoii. •’ would become a va* . forever has got t:,‘ : has return' d to nis i' world Kaid h.e ne\ r \ The old man always r come back. II • had him day alt^r tl: y a:. He knew ? v son .i r :t . — ioo g.au- forth by Dr. ich r the lignre i world ia iu- :;t i Luke T.\, ted ealf and vv . id it has t« i n y >ful events by :-r of treaties, the . • inanguratioM on of kings, :i: 'e. However ♦ V : yoftr our ta- ; , cn Tiianks- ! • some thing fla! comfortable .’ I have at some • i ns by .. .nquet .iiig happon( j d t’ ater than any- . M il before. A • world supposed . ’ i and outlaw : sightseeing and !.» a'. l'cn«e. The would come back, raid his fti n would been looking for . : year after year, come back. Now a a Le.rd I have sin!” Th you like to friends?” ‘ that ( ily 1 ■ came na hi: surges of t!i ‘Stop, Lord, enough!* r Cli, tl. tian religioi '! Jo :? tame joy.! in ” 1 Joys of tliiswcild, the gospel. The > you. Yon have for. d« r longm,: f »r id!, and yet drovrned Byron v hipt < 1 ! y the world; V I' .: soul while a.M .-ir ds i.f applauaiug hir.i; ii.my II with hatred tipidi. : poor Becket—ul! iliu ;r..tioi> of this w r rld cannot m a found the pain except in, ‘‘Would all immensity, girds, it outwc i dor and joy «>t overtops, it umler- ighs all the unitedsplen- thc uuivi r: t- :1 \.liat (hd > joy loading tlx story some great d.-.v c t to-.: and who can a remeinh; r Lira who on . .-art;n d sil- :!:,s Chn.e [ .v.m tlios? Yir ami j:ol< ! aim-.ig t.'it ]a uple, who sent valuable pr* scuts to his courtiers, but t m Jhinks , when a focI conics back, God is so gin: 1 that to expr ss his joy ■i ai i s ot not he thugs out new worlds ,nto space and kindles up new suns and rolls among the white robed anthems e.f th ■ redeem ed a greater halleluiah, while with a A i liv voice that reverb r, .1»i Ul!/ tains of baiikinei iise and i i.i CUV: Tl he v< rv the I. ■t having returned to hi-; father’s house the father pv h’.ration. There i utuK-.i capacity, so : _ie occasion of joy :g. Ah, there never day on the old iv! Is.: the. butch ■•(! ih« housekeepers 1 ho r ricking meat. ;1 take their places, will meve up and ’ tl t):e friends and . e d in and an extra to th is in the pr.ddoi . ■' c.df th: t has boon kept up and . . i as to be ready for that might c ,i would be a p i: homestead thim ’ i ers do their web, . bring in to IP • t;.k The musiciam v.; and the gay r:r down the floor, neighliors uro r;:'': aupply is scut < t to the table of tho aervauts. Tie. fa- . r juv -idi's at the ta ble and says grace, and thanks God that his long abv nt i oy is koine again. Oh, bow they miss 1 1 in, how they are to have him 5 r/k! One broti'/r r mds pouting at tho back door and r. y. This is a great ado about nothi.’ *. Vh; i. d! >; should have been chastis; d i:*'" aii > ;'rc '’hL \ cal is too gcal h r him!” Lut the father says, “Nothi: g is , > jpod; nothing is good cnou ds.” Thcro sits the young man, glad at 11 ■ 1 arty n eeption, hut H shade : tf itcrCSS his brow at the r n. mbiuuc of the trouble he had sc: n. Ad covers lift. Jl.: i". he is alive ap .! J found! Ev m .!’1 Bible set 1m tii J ’ a soul com l 1 i TJie Cvca! First of nil, l! < joy. It i.i n< i m ■ i ■ i:. Christian. Th t t xnent in a r ders 1 limes : • on the fath* r' boy comes i throng who in profess-'-d Cl . i man who ir *: bell and rvd myself wit it! this merniny l more joy in m than in nil t . <• end I came to ■ y perhaps a m;.:; r n ■ liberty and t; < t •< him, aivl yon r, ii ward you hear tl ■ ; him, and how; cat v rescued man; 1 ut i ; that, compand with, one’s evcrlc law after him pardon and h You renici ■ ly now. Littlie . was dead and v. ii loot and he- is j, ly does the er.' r.akiuR when Gi id. ;h • n -w convert’s to become a : mentions mo- • " lx :i lie surren- iy andi st time • 1 is when the mong tho great •cm of our church kt ’..s a young rang my door- : cannot contain ■' I came hero .:. 1 have found • in serving God : iu. prodigality, ’ Yi u have seen ; 1 r li’s temporal i f tho law after i i 'cap:*, or after- ’ • had pardoned - i he gleo of that ■ very tame thing, the running for tl c terrors of tho id. i. hri.'t coming in to • f sundrt me and save, il/. r d 'in hnnj’un in his niel of the s-.ddh both rotle - ■ save tin o .iii'ij world applaud", the world in ilia into this }:!• at i lace, this map! night afP there wc re thor.sa: the field, and thi ccrac, one Cliri ;, .i«i] a-dyiug under the sing: Thera!»: c. Ir.mt And when lie cm there wt re ' v t - tVhi re :ii;"..( r;:i! n The four was cm ':!,t u'. the fields an cig thi ' i;u:u was said tin: . w r • at 1 wounded nun > ■ di g th' they came to t 1 '' v; ’ There • r< :; V'.:s Fvra.p A’el never wiii: rins i!< ’Tis u r,. rn»v: stn This hiMV.a.ly land i- An Eloq'U-at Invil it Oh, it i- a great ri li; :t n and a great r iigion only one heart line that religion. Jii.-! your i-’iudoning Go< self ft»r time and for yours and In ;.vi ii yours. Some of man of the text, I know not t’m hi it, you know it. own bfittie; - s ■ ami his own Pari:; \vi re consuming Thomas a t!, • f i< * that si: : ue a ninn Imppy. i joj: oued the ]i'ini- •n v.hii h tV.K'on Lii/. i- i.i the r: et, “God ’ One v M'lent the ml t!:'.' iiei.r niomen; m i '. Oil, eomeover joy, thir subiime so- • ‘ nt beatitude! The tlio nioun- ;echoed hack i he cries, , aud he is hiloh, and ■'iir.ded on <: laid not :yit:g there began to delight, he ncr iim to live b i to i i IV ! Then is ,!i b‘ r*.\ i v. you and lock i ilito face i f i ami < ■HTT* uder your- ir i l< : hi tv. , and h** is is yt airs aud till is von, lik«- the young have gene Jar astray. F-f'-r.', hut von know young man went forth into life . thi* 1; ’.!< ml says, his guaruia: n angel w nt forth with him, and g* -i t ing ill; into :: fi' Id, the guardian a: igei aw j a cir h: clear around v>V : ■ ■ the ye: :i’g ; mu . tend. It was a l ire.' (,f viitm .".’■ii ! T'r. and he must not sb :> l,i vmi tla-it circle. Ann cd foi s can.! ■ io wn, h ul- v.; re o'.'.'ig' <1 to all' halt at th eir.-' . r n.‘. But one day. t- mptr s ed hand, .st:. fcl.ed fi that eirele v.i.li the tempted f ul took it fell grip w... i :)'.t and di 1. h .. of yi n yond that circle, this day, by th- g back? This I ay 1 of salvation, "'he hours of Qu i a A;:' eloel: sti in . 1-Tatdi heipltss sickiKK , : hi r head or :.i a o waiting for f!ii- In of state slu-uld cat and worried and in.'' )i r.r, am! * the nur-e, in tl.e power, v.hicii deli: one, she uioso and clock and stood clock wlun th n nurs; said, ‘‘Do yo iar about that answer, but s; en ■« y r- ”.M not pass. with dlanu ud- rth and crossed hi::il, and tho ".v i i' that one i - :id t!i< circle tenped l;e- i in if like d, to sfep vihour T. r.ld d tiv from the everlasting g “This, my son, was dec. alive again!” lie Will Const I’.m At the ojKming of the exposition in New Orleans I :;a\v a JT .vicau flutist, j and he played the solo, and tia n after ward the eight or ten Lauds-of music, uccompuuieu by the gre at organ, came in, but the sound of that one flute as compared with all the orchestras was greater than all the combined joy of the universe when compared with the re sounding heart of Almighty God. For ten years a father wi nt three times a day to the depot. Ilis son went off in aggravating circumstances, but the fa ther said, “He will come back.” Tho strain was too much and his mind part ed, and three times a day the father went. In the early morning he watched the train, its arrival, tho stepping out of the passengers and then the depar ture of the train. At neon lie was there again watching the advance of the train, watching the departure. At night ho was there again, watching the coming, watching the going, fur tea years, lie was sure his son would com'.’ back. God has been watching and w ;::i:igfor some cf you, my brothers, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, 40 years, p< rimps GO years, waiting, waiting, watching, watching, and if now the prodigal should come home, vhat a seen: of ghului .-s and fes tivity, and how the great Fatl.i r’s heart would rejoice at your coming home. You will come, some of you, will you not? You will, you will. 1 notice also tin t win n a prodigal comes home there is ihe jo, of the min isters of religion. Oh, it is a grand thing to preach this gospel! I know there has been a great deal said about the trials and the hardships of the Chris tian ministry. I wish : omebody would write a good rousing Look about the joys of the Christian ministry. Since 1 entered the profession I have seen more of the goodness of God than I will ho able to celebrate in all i teruity. I know some boast about tin ir equilibrium, and they do not rise into enthusiasm, aud they do not break down with emotion, but I confers to you plainly that when I see a man coming to God and giving up his sin I feel in body, mind and soul a transport. When I .i man bound hand, and foot in evil luii it emauieiput- ed, I rejoice over it us though it were my own emancipation. V.Tiy CI, r-y.i.i'n Are Lived. When in one communion (r*. ice, such throngs of young and old stood up and in the pn si nee of heaven and earth and hell attested their all* giance to Jesus Christ, I felt r. joy something akin to that which th* apnstl< d .-••rxl-es when he rays, “Whether iu tin tell, nr out of tho* bid; God kuoweth. ” Oh, han not mini-o rb a right to r< joi'-c* win i a pr digal eonw.« boini ? Th y bit w ti.' t ; ipet i nd ought th y not he glad of tli - g itli. ring Tin y jjieiiti d ought tlx y no: whin thirsty sinus ]>lu:.ge a fur the water biooks? Tiny • raying, “All things an no. not io n joiee vlr r-.V fr\ cf tho Lost rupply, and ought they ;CS Wh' : ; y I cannot eaiiiiot t- 11; to the full to rejoi c - the hurt time forth, • ready”— n the orod- great ntory tells liis fingers to hi “Life, life, et driver w in': t : iug h; l to :-'ru; ly, suddenly v inberitanci w . < ’ joy amount’::g ?•- that is a teuaii *’ i y experience cf <*:. v his hands tir: title ii raptures, the f*j1( nu bo can truly i>:i;.*, mine, its t' *: : : •re mine, it -i * no tame thin; It is a merry: of tho fatted ealf. It is a jubilee. You know the Bible : w r compares it to a funeral, but alway, ei .rnpun s it to some thing delightful, ii i more apt to lie compand to a banquet than anything else. It is compand in th;' Bible to wa ter, bright, li” g water, to the morn ing, roseate, fiieworked, ir/?untain trans figured morning. I wish I could today take all the Bi ble expressions a' nit pardon, and pew e, and lift-/ and < fort, and hope, smd heaven, and twist tl vin into one gar land and put it on the brow of the humblest child of God in this assem blage and i ry, “V, < .-r it, wear it now, Tver.r it forever, son of God, daughter of tho Lord ( d Almighty!” Oh, the joy of the new convert! <Jh, the glad ness of the( 1 ristian Fi rvice! You have seen sometimes nun in a religious as- senibly get up iim: give In > experience. Well, Paul gave his experience. He arose in tho pre.--nee of two churches, the church on earth and tho church in heaven, undh: Fail, “Now this is my ex perience—Ft r ;owful, y t always rejoic ing, poor, yet i .’ m many rich, hav ing nothing, y ' , If the peupii- : ' < . tie julgrim put : - and ran, crying, l !if';!” A poor car - ( , i ftcr years bav in support his fami- ifonned ; vi n r.e dis i to bci nnu> a Christian, i’::!,;:. It is the killing seem- in i very in -n i . i: : nie o: you would ri e f: e ’ ii - : li iliari.r end come out fiuin y ’ i’ !::*.i:;:i of sin anil look on the cicek of your bi Ft iny titis moment, you weni : : e ui.d hear somc- thing yon hare m ' • u ( a J eard Ik l ore. and every tick cf tl.* ■ i’i.’.!; -, ami '-very stroki of the hear ?n id 'ry swing ( f ti.:- j>. nduhnu \.i t.n! ■ay, “Now, ika’, Low, low! ’ Olx, po*. m home to your Father’s hc.isc! Cor ; • home, O pn dl- gal, from the vaildi i: ! v < in; l:oiii»*, igal sits down at the banquet? L fe in surance men will all tell y .u that miu- isteis 11 religion, as a ci. •, )i\f! longer tlian any other. It js th • :’an.sties of all those who ealeulua longevity that mini t.: class, live longer than ., is it? There is more nervous system than iu come homo! But I notice that . Iv n the p'vxligal till .t a largo came, thei o wits tin fi.t’r r > v. 1 i * did the: r ! was a J.Gt t>H t him witii any * V i 1 >. i “1 low hit: eilt, but do you do ? ’ He did not C IT! n* nut aud •.red will: the siy; “You are* unfit t;> o rilci . (3o and e hi j.s put in wash in tho trough ly tho \voIl, and the joys, the then you can come iu. \V< liuvo had he: :v< n, and (itough trouhli! with y« ,, j* Ah, no! mansions an When tin proprietor of t. .at pro- me, its songs claimed f •stival, it was an ( -ut hurst of of” Oh, it is a father’s love and a fail n-r’f joy. God g nil things. ” j ) uu.-'o knew t he : i religion, they ito the kingdom (if nt. When Daniel Bandemau wn. dying ? cholera, his ut- (imdaut said, “liuvo you much pain;” joys of the < would all pa t (A \ God the in. xt im is your Father. J lu’ee not umeli sym- 1 puthy v.itli til' d'-.-eiiption of thsl I I sometimes hear, a- tin ugh hewer” a Turkish -nltan, hard and unsympathet- ie, and lish nigg j:ot to thu cry of his subject'. A man told me he saw’ in one of tho eastern lands n king riding along, and two mm wire in altercation and one charged the other witli having eaten his rice, and the king F..;id, “Then slay ! the man and by pesi mortem examina- 1 tion find whether lie has eaten tlicrico.” ! And he was s’; in. Ah, the enu lly of a j scene like that! Onr God is not a sultan, ! not u despot, but a Father—kind, lov- I ing, forgiving—and Jk-makes all heaven 1 ring agn n when a pmligal conn s hack. “I have no pleasure,” he says, “in the ! death <f him that clicth. ” All may be ! Raved. If a man do s not get to heaven, it i« beeaiiFi- he will not go there. No difference the color, no difference tho history, no difference the antecedents, I lio difference the surroundings, no dif- 1 ference tlie sin. When tlio white horses ' of Christ’s victory are brought out to i celebrate the eternal triumph, y'ou may | ride one of them, and as God is greater than all, hi: joy is greater, and when a 1 soul conn s back there is in Ids heart the surging of a.i inf -iiie ocean < f glad- j ness, and to i xpre^i that glailm ss it i takes all the. rivers of p!ea-:ure, nil the I thrones of jiomp mid all the ages of j eternity, ii in a joy deejier tliau all depth and liigher than a’l height and wider than all width aud vaster than ipou lniH.au i i r-ligiou, as u j iny other. Why : liiaft upon the any other pro- j f ssiou, and tliei/ toil is most exhaust- | ing. 1 have seen ininis'c.-rs kept on mis- j ( ruble stipends by pursinonious congre- | gutious who wonder dut th • dulliu ■ sol the sermon when the men of God were perplexed almost fe iHith by que’tioiif of livelih(MKl and had not mough nutri tious food to ke p any tiro in their‘tem perament. No fuel, no lire. I .have some times seen the in.-i b- <,: the life < f many of the American cliT/vineri, never ac- | cepting their hosjiiiality l * cause they cannot afford it, but I huv wen them struggle on with saiarics of *;»00 or tjffiOfi a year—the average 1 >.. than that— their struggle v;ell d« pict -d by the west • ru missionary who says in a letter: “Thank you for the la.-1. remittance. I'n- til it came we had not any meat in our house fox’ one year, and all last winter, although it was it s v re w inter, oui childn n wore their summer clothen. ” And these men of God I fmd in differ ent parts of the land struggling against annoyance and exasperations innumer able, some of them week after we( k en tertaining agents who have maps or lightning rods to Fell and submitting themselves to all styles of annoyance, t and yet without complaint and cheerful of soul. How do you account for the fact that these life insurance men tell us that ministers as a class live longer than any other? L is U’causd of tho joy of their work, the joy of the harvest ; field, the joy of greeting prodigals home to their Father’s house Oh, we are in sympathy with all innocent hilarities. We can enjoy a hearty song and we can | be merry with the merriest, but those of us who have toiled in the service are : ready to testify that all these jo; s an tame compared with the satisfaction of seeing men cut* r the kingdom of God. The great eras of every ministry are the outpourings (if the Holy Ghost, and 1 thank God I have si i :i 1(5 of thcuA Thunk God, thank God! A Great Coutniu.-iion. I notice a.’so wh< u the prodigal comes back all earnest Christians rejoice. If you stood on Mautauk point and there was a hurricane at sea. urd it was blow ing towar-l the shore, and u vessel clashed into the rocks, an 1 you saw peo ple get ashore in the litebeats, and the very last man got on the reeks iu safety, you could not control your joy. And it is a glad time when the church of God sees men who are tossed on the ocean of their sins plant their feet on the rock Christ Jesus. Oh, w hen prodigals come borne, just hear the Christians sing. Just hear the Christians j ray. It is not a stereotyped supplication we have heard over and over again for 20 years, but a putting of the case iu the hands of God with an imixirtunate pleading. No long prayers. Men never pray at great length unless they have nothing to say and their hearts are hard and cold. All the prayers in the Bible that- were an swered were short prayers. “God be merciful to me a sinner.” “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” “Lord, save me, or I perish. ’ ’ The longest prayer, Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of tho temple, less than eight minutes in length according to the ordinary rate of enunciation! And just hiar them pray now that the prodigals are coming home. Just see them shake hands. No putting forth of the four tips of the fingers in a formal way, but a hearty graqi where the muscles of the heart seem to clinch the Augers of one hand around the other hand. And then see those Christian faces. How illumi- nat< d they are! And see that old man get up, and, with the same voice that he sang 50 years ago in tho old country meeting house, say, “Now, Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart iu peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation.” There was a man of Keith w ho was hurled into prison iu time of persecu tion, and one day he got off his shackles, aud he came and stood by the prison door, aud when the jailer was opening the door with one stroke he struck down t!u* man who hud incarcerated him. 1 Passing along the streets of London, he wondered w here his family was. He did not dare to ask, lest he excite suspicion, 1 but, passing along a little way from the prison, he saw a Keith tankard, a cup that b' longed to the family from gener ation to generation—he saw it in a win- j dow. His family, hoping that some day he would get clear, came and lived as near as they could to the prison house, and they set that Keith tankard iu the window, hoping he would see it, and he j came along and saw* it and knocked at ; the door and went in, and the long sep- j arated family were all together again, j Oh, if you would start for the kingdom of God this hour, I think some of you would find nearly all your friends aud j nearly all your families around the holy i tankard of the holy communion—fa- ! thers, mothers, brothers, sisters—around that sacred tankard which commemo rates the love of Jesus Christ our Lord. It will be a great communion day when ; your whole family sits around the sacred tankard. One on earth. One in heaven. Once more I remark that when the prodigal gets back the inhabitants of heuv. n kt i p festal. I am very certain of it. If you have never seen a telegraph chart, you have no idea how many cities j are conm cted together, and how many lands. Nearly all the neighborhoods of the earth f-cm reticulated, and news flies in :n city to city aud from conti nent to cont’iu nt. But more rapidly go tii!* tiun.gs from earth to heaven, and wh( a a pnxligal returns it is announced h: ion: the throne of God. And if these smiI.s now present should enter the Ling- | d< ri ti. re would he some ( lie in the h'avi nly kingdom to say: “That’s my father,” “That's my mother,” “That’s my wn,’' “That's the one I used to pray for,” “That’s the one for whom I wept so many tears,” and one soul would say, “Hosanna!” and another soul would sir.’, “Halleluiah!” I PliftM-il with the news, the viintH below lu Funs* tli'-’r toiiKUcs employ. Bey md tho tikioii the tulim's no, And heaven ta filled with joy. Nor ungel'i eon their joy contain. But kiudio with new tiro. Tlio simier lost id found, t!r-y feinx, And strike tha sounding lyre. At the banquet of Lncullussat Cicero the orator, at the Macedonian festival sat Pkiiip the conqueror, at the Gre cian banquet cut Socrates the philoso pher. bu* at our Father’s table sit all , the n turn' ll prodigals, more than con querors. The table is so wide its leaves reach ; cross seas and lauds. Its guests are thi redt eined of earth and the glori- | tied e.f heaven. The ring of God's for- givenens on every hand. The robe of a Saviour’s righteousness adroop from ev ery shoulder. The wine that glows in the enps is from the bowls of 10,000 ] sacraments. Lot all tho redeemed of earth and all the glorified of heaven rise > anil with gleaming chalices drink to the return of a thousand prodigals. Hiug, sing, sing! “Worthy is the Lamb that wiii slain to receive blessing ami riches ami honor and glory and power, world without i ml. ” That scene of juhilence eoiie s out 1 eforc me this moment as in a sort of picture gallery. All heaven in pictures. Hero*-* and Heroines. L/xik ! Lixik! There is Christ. Cnyp | painted him for earthly galleries, and Correggio anil Tintoretto and Benjamin West and Di re painted him for earthly galleries, but all those pictures are ( clipf-cil by this masterpiece of heaven. Christ! Christ! There is Paul, the hero of the Sanhedrim, and of Agrippa’d courtroom, and of Mars hill, and of Nero’s infamy, sinking his chained fist in the very face of teeth chattering roy alty. H. re is Joslma, the fighter of Bethoron and Gibcou, the man that postponed sundow n. And here is Vashti, the profligacy of the Persian court un able to n move her veil of modesty or tend it or lift it. Ami along the corri dors of this picture gallery I find other great heroes and heroines—David with his harp, and Miriam with the cymbals, I and Z (hariah with the scroll, and St. John with the seven vials, anil the res- ^urreetion aagi 1 with the trumpet. On ; farther in the corridors see the faces of our loved om s, the corgh gone from the throat, the wanness gone from the cheek, tJie wearim s gone from the limbs, tho Irtngnor gone from the eye. Let us go up m*d greet them. Let us go up and em brace them. Lot us go up aud live with them. We will! We will! From this hilltop I catch a glimpse of those hilltops while all sorrow and sighing shall bo done away. Oh, that God would make that world to us a i reality! Fait.li in that world helped old Dr. Tyng when he stood by tho easitet of his dead son, whose arm had been tom off in the thrashing mn' hino, deatli en suing, and Dr. Tyng, with infinite com posure, preached tha funeral sermon of nis own beloved son. Faith iu that world helped Martin Luther without one tear to put away iu death his favor ite child. Faith in that world helped the dying woman to see on the sky the letter “W,” ami they asked her what she supposed that letter “W’oii the sky meant. “Oh,” she said, “don’t you know? ‘W’ Ft:.mis fer’Welcome. ’ ” Oh, heaven, swing open thy gates! Oh, heav en, roll upon us sonic of the sunshine anthems! Oh. heaven, flash upon us tho vision of thy lusti r! An old writer tells us of a ship coining from India to France. The crew was made up of French sailors who had been long from home, and as the ship came along tho coast of France the men skipped tho deck with glee, ami they pointed to tho spires of the churches where they onco worshiped and to tho hills where they had played in b; yhccd. But when the ship came into port, and these sailors saw father aud mother and wife and loved ones on the wharf, they sprung ashore and rushed up the banks into the city, and the captain had to get another crew to bring the ship to her moorings. So heaven will after awhile come so fully iu sight, we can sec its towers, its mansions, its hills, and as we go into port and our loved ones shall call from that shining shore and speak our names we will spring to the beach, leaving this old ship of a world to be managed by another crew, our rough voyaging of the seas ended forever. 0! the Face. Mrs. Laura EL Mims.of Smithville.Ga., “J color began ing all efforts to 'check it. My eye became terribly inflamed, and was ao swollen that for quit* a while I could not see. The doctors said I had Cancer of the most malignant type, and after ex hausting their efforts without doing me any good, they gave op the case as hopeless. When in formed that my father bad died from the same disease, they said I must die, as hereditary Cancer was incurable. “At this crisis, I was advised to try S.S.S., and in a short while the Cancer began to discharge and continued to do so for three months, then it began to heal. I continued the medicine a w hile longer until the Cancer disappeared en tirely. This was several years ago and there has been no return of the disease.’* A Real Blood Remedy. Cancer is a blood disease, and only a blood remedy will cure it. S. S. S. (guaranteed purely vegetable') is a real blood remedy, and never fails to per manently cure Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism or any other disease of the blood. Send for our books on Cancer and Blood Diseases, mailed free to any address. Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga. Spring is Here. Are you ready for the warmer weather, with its prostrating, weak ening. debiliating Gleets? Is your blood rich and pure? Are your nerves strong? Is your appetite good, your diges tion perfect, your physical system exactly right? Few can truthfully say “yes” in answer to these questions. During the colder season, humors have accumulated in the blood. Close confinement, diminished perspiration, the use of hearty foods, fats and sweets, have maae the blood impure. Spring humors—eruptions, boils, pim ples—will he the result unless the blood is speedily mid thoroughly pu rified witii Hood’s Sarsaparilla. A course of this medicine will prevent and cure the kidney and liver troubles which are so prevalent in the spring, with accompanying headaches, bilious attacks, loss of appetite, coated tongue, lame back, tired feeling and other disagreeable and painful symp toms. If scrofula poisons tne system, causing swollen glands, running sores, discharges from the ears, eruptions on the skin, these troubles will be sure to manifest themselves with in creased malignity in the spring. Hood’s Sarsaparilla eradicates the last vestige of scrofula and is abso lutely necessary ut this season to pre vent these disagreeable eruptions. Dyspepsia, indigestion, nausea, pain after eating, resulting from impure blood and low vitality in the spring, are promptly relieved by Hood’s Sar saparilla. A fals • sense of security and a disregard of the signs and warn ings of failing heuith in the manifes tations of impure blood, often lead to sad results. Ninety per cent, of all the people need to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla now. Winter has left them with impure, impoverished blood, weak nerves, de- biliated anil run down systems. Be wise this spring and make your blood pure, rich and nourishing with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Then you will be strong, vigorous, cnergiric and hope ful. and you wiii avoid that tired feeling as weil uf more serious illness later ir. the season. A. L. HAMMETT, MERCHANDISE BROKER, GAFFNEY, S. C. Correspondenc; Solicited. Office Over A. J. Settlemyer. For Sale 12 spli-mli 1 Mulev t Family llurs'-. lOSliiin-s t.'i- Lliarl i'iitt<>:i Mill Stuck. JO Sliai i-> Tlicapau < 'niton Mill Slock. ijSliarc- UicM.m.l I'ot ton Mill Stock. 2 Shares Victor Col ton Mill Stock. 'fil Slciri > liim.- .timc Springs Lime ('o. stock. Tin- I>r. Holmes s loom liousc with lincgar- ilcn. utilities anil out liuilillngs uttuclieib .*i room collate on Linn stone St. :j room eoltajic on Gaines St. with splcmlid yanlen. 2 vacant lots en Gaines St. 4 vacant loisi'ti Factory Hill. 1 spli-inlid fai m containing l"t acres2!4 miles from Gattm y. I S0-acrc farm one mile from GatTncy. I house ami -“t acres located at Limestone Sprlnjfs- F Af»MS Ti) lit.N'T. S" vci al splendid farms toren*. Appiy to F.G. Stacy. Insurance! I rrprcsc'.t mine lull the I test of Fire. Life and A ciih nt I nsuranee Companies. Am prcpai I to furnish Cyclone and Tornado Insurance at mis.crate cost. Your patloiiaqc will tic duly appreciated. A New Candidate! I hereby announce myself a candidate for your trade. I carry a stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Shoes, Grocer ies,Tobaccos, Crockery, Hard ware and all goods usuallv kept in a general store. Let me give you A Few Prices: Coffee, 6 to 8 lbs for $1. Tobacco, 20 to 85 cts per lb. Good yd. wide Sheeting 41 to 5 cents per yard. Best Cotton Plaids'41 to 5 cts per yard. China Plates and Teas 30 to 40 cents per set. All goods at the lowest prices they can be sold. If you will elect me I will make you glad you did so. Respectfully yours, I. M. PEELER. F. U. STACY. Notice 3 cV 0>. have a nice stock of Watch es, Clocks and Jewelry to sell at reasonable prices. They handle only first-class goods, and every article is guaranteed as represented. Watch, Clo?k and Jewelry Repairing a specialty. All work guaranteed. At DuPre Drug Co’s. Shingles! DRESSED LUMBER ! Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Mouldings, and All Kinds of Building Materials, For Sale at Lowest Cash Prices. No charge will he made for infor mation as to amount nquircl for building. Cull on L. BAKER. Hardware. /<• Thrri- is no fiirm nr liousi'hohl which iIih-n not iii-ikI mon* or loss IIhfiIwuro. Wlillo t hey i In not usens imicli us h I thick- smith. c:ir|s-ii*'-'- or iiihcMim' shop, still they need sonu- Inmltvnre. Our Line of Farm and Household Hardware is Complete tmil wo cun help hoautify your homo or farm wIGi many ttsoful Ihlntrs. Our prlcos. too. uro its low us i-. oonsislont with liom m doaltim-. anil wo alwaysiruur- anioo sat Isfiictton. When In uoo<! of Hurd an- call on the Smith Hardware Co.