Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It h. rieT . ' T ii/ fj.V* ’ mkmtjr ^ \d' ■ ■ ^ AW t». '® Cy r.ev. FRANK DE V/ITT'TALMAGE. D.D.. I'cr.'*’ - of Jrfferson Pa-’i P-csby- (er;un Church. riicm n yen li Uioir iHTi nnd will) i; to com**. (}o al tor tlioin even ior to Clir:st :i\ • to l»ril)o your way into twoscoro .uul clioiH \vi li oauily ami dolls jior ci io •• aooial (alls. tyoiina." N until I have passed my ton. It noods a youna tk lor Christ among tin my a; : d. gray ha Iron !! : a; a a tin. "snppos Hg I - * .Hi say. Supjios.ng 1 ;y amlay sciaiol class to- what shall 1 tcachV I am ;>!(> follower, of < hrist. Cal. Los Angof sermon, |mv. •diom'e reproseniing Union, I’astor Teh, otis cali '••."■a in many !: ’ .! i and ('s n earns i Al in. '’..— In this c .o today to an an- | many stales of the sounds a vigor- ! merea d gospel activities j !• '! ; during the new year •ally among those that lie .ad. The text is Matt. xx. 11; ■ < into the vineyard.’’ ctive theme! It is especially e for the tirst sermon of a This is not a time to sound over the dead. It is a time l know practically nothing about the I’i- hle." Vi 11. my Christian 11 i ml. if you gather ymtr « , hiidren in Chriot’s name 1 have no fears aliout the spiritual re sults. The older 1 grow the more l be lieve that the most important requisite for effective work as a Sunday school toucher is a loving, consecrated heart. Intellectual ability is valuable in its place, and the better the teacher is equipped the belter it is for the ehil- i dren. Hut the essential quality is love appropr.a new year, a requiem when tiie gospel colors should he un furled defiantly to the breeze and wheq an aggressive campaign should Ik» planned fo- invading the strongholds of evil surrounded hy Satanic intrench- meuts. "Forward, march!” should be the command all*along the lines, not “Murk time!” not “Halt!" not “Fall back!" not detailment for s >ntinel duty. We should have for tin* gospel ranks a grand charge and not e tattoo. There 1 for Christ and for souls. Without that j quality tin* most highly educated teach- j or is a cold, unimpressive personality. ! Icebergs may be very beautiful to look : at. especially when reflating the rays !'of the rising sun. but Icebergs are cold : shrines before which bow and for- -i bidding hearthstones near which to build a family altar. Many intellect- brains are merely overawing ice bergs. They repel rather tha • attract; they frighten rather than som ie. The Sunday school teacher needs a ’'"arm. loving heart far more than he m ds an intellectual brain. If as a consecrated gospel teacher you will week by week come to your classes glowing with Christian enthusiasm; if you will with so ,qi, s ,. ; i S v Among the fur robed Eski i bull 4 uai friend: you are wrong. There is only one j>erson more littrd to work umon;. the young than a Christian young man or a young woman. That person is a Christian gray haired man or woman who is stiil blessed with a young heart. Though I may live to he sixty, seventy or oven eighty years of age, I never ex pect to live long enough to outgrow my rights to be an active member of a Young People's Christian association. As a pastor I always expect to lx* in such close touch with the young folks of my church that I cun sing such a song as did the sweet poet of old: And when, with envy, time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You’ll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing with my boys. Yes; the young people always ought to be “our boys” and "our girls” in Christ. Aged Christian friend, great opportunities of gospel usefulness are open to you among the young folks if you will only go to them in the spirit of loving consecration. They are open if you will only go to the young folks in a plain, practical way in the name of •lesus Christ. s* Missionary Work. Another glorious field of Christian usefulness is to be found in missionary work. What do I mean by that? Chri* tian labor among the cannibals of the fair at Chicago. Oh. Christian men and worn n, m ver let a mouth of your life pas-' unh s.< you try to carry Cod’s love into si "a* hospital or sickroom. You can find there one of the mos; bless: d of all works. As you approach the "shut-ins.” the invalids who are compolfed to lie upon a bid of -iekn si week in and week out. you will see tbe cyt brighten and tlie lip smile and will hear the blessed words of endless grat itude. You will not only hear human commendations, but you will also bear the Idvine* Saviour say: “1 was sick, and ye visited me. Verily l say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye t ave done it unto me.” Tilt* Gospel Invitation. Bui there is still one more field of Christian activity to which I would di rect your attention. That is to the side rooms where the aftermeetiugs should be held in every Christian church immediately folio win | ( he benediction | of the Sunday night services. That is the place where the gospel net is drawn. | That is the room in which after a week of prayer tin* sinners are given a direct • invitation to join tbe church. There Five Physicians had done their best to cure James Wbkrs, of Dilloa, S. C., who had one of the most terrible cases ol KHtUMATISIM on record. They all failed until one doctor prescribed— that Christian enthusiasm studj well over your Bible and your “Si nday should be no willingness to sleep upon Scl)0ol u . SSOI1 Helps.” there will be no our arms in peace. A negative policy will never capture this old world for Christ. It is well at times to preach the command, “Thou shall not.” There came into my posses sion the other day a beautifully sug geslive booklet written by Bishop John H. Vincent. Its title was “Better Not.” But the Christian’s library to be com plete needs a companion volume called “Better Do.” The Christian is called to a life of positive, active service. On the first Sunday of a new year, when plans are being made for the next twelve months, 1 would remind you of that call. 1 would direct your attention to glorious opportunities for Christian usefulness within your reach, and I assure you that iu availing yourselves of them you will not only benefit oth ers, but will receive a blessiug in your own soul. It is ever true that “they who water others shall themselves be watered.” Work In the Sunday SehoolN. There is work, unlimited work, tre mendous, overpowering and vital work, to do among the Sunday schools of | America. This gospel work is the more 'j important because it must be done ; tjuiekly or it will never bo done at all. ^The verdant fields of childhood do not , stay' verdant long. Our own children seem to spring up under our very eye. ! It w hut a short time since they were babies. Now they are boys and girls. , Soon they will be grown men and wo men. VYc go back to visit the scenes of our childhood which we left only a few years ago, companions of ! nix'd of fearing about what you will ! say. You will not only lead your s hol- J ars to Christ, but in teaching them you I will yourself come nearer and nearer | to your Saviour. A Field Fop «o*i»el Labor. Sunday school work is of the most I vital importance. Among all the fie ds open for gospel labor I have purpose ly mos. in their igloos, of the iey north? Among the tattooed Maoris of New Zealand and the half civilized natives of the orient? Oh, yes. They are all included in that term, “missionary work.” The divine command, “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, bap tizing them in the name of the Fa ther and the Son and the Holy Ghost,” has a worldwide significance. One of the tirst duties of a Christian is to work for the foreign missionary socle placed it first, because l believe it to ne j jy 0 f jjj s ehurch. By money donations, tin* most important of all. No one e:.n fully estimate the future influence of the children who are now playing about our doors. Themistocles, the groat statesman, once placed his hand upon his son's head and said, “This child is greater than any one in Greece, for the Athenians command the Greeks, l command the Athenians, his mother commands me. and he commands his mother." We, in Christ’s name, can place our hands upon the children. In Sunday school work we can say, “The children will be greater than all, be cause the children of today will be the men and the women of tomorrow.” If you can save the cradles and the nurs eries for Christ, you can save the world for Christ. I plead and beg of you, Christian disciples, to expend a. great part of your gospel energies in working among the children. Another gate stands wide open for practical gospel usefulness. This gate leads into a field aglow with ripened human grain, ready to be garnered. It is crowded with young people. But, though crowded with the young men and maidens, yet each passenger train coming into out' large cities is empty ing part of its load into this field ns the freight trains daily disgorge their cattle and horses and sheep into the by needlework and by pledges you should re-enforce our Christian sionaries laboring In foreign fields. You cannot have a world’s Saviour unless you feel that the black man of Borneo and the vellow man of China and the Bengali of India are your brothers—brothers in Christ. But in reference to missionary work I laid in mind also another interpreta tion. I mean Christian labor among those who are living In your back al leys, Christian labor among the poor and the social outcasts, Christian labor, as a lady some time ago expressed it to me in a beautiful letter. She wrote asking me if I knew of any crippled child who had no friends. She wanted to adopt that child. She well knew that the ablebodied children might ultimately be able to take care of them selves, but the crippled child never. Therefore she wanted to adopt a crip pled child and cure for the boy while she lived and leave money enough in her will to care for the child after she was dead. Ah, that Is the true mission ary spirit! To care for the cripples and tiie helpless—the moral and phys ical cripples. You can find them in the slums. You can hear them knocking at your door. You can see them push ing past you in the twilight. How can tiie Christian work in the and we find that the j Chicago stock yards, and yet there is our youth are now always room lor more. Young men , siu^is? By giving at least one evening ■"Vrowu up and married and have babies and maidens, like children, seem to be J 0 f Pac jj wee fc ;f possible to work in one of their own. When Lord Lawrence, j everywhere. We crowd against them viceroy of India, was about to leave in the electric cars, we bump up for Calcutta lie hurst into tears as he 1 against them on street corners, we see bid goodby to his youngest child. Turn- j them through the swinging doors of ing aside from his family, he said to ( saloon and billiard halls. Who will his wife: “I will never see my baby help save them? Church member, is Bertie again. When I meet him once i not Christ calling you to go and labor more he will have ceased to be a ba- i among the stalwart pines of youth as by.” Thus if you would work for Christ among the children you must hasten in your work. Children do not long remain children. Tne fawn soon grows a forest of bristling antlers. The swaddling clothes of the cradle are soon exchanged for the long, flowing toga of a developed man. Sunday school work offers an unlim ited field for gospel effort. Many, many ] are the children among whom the ear nest disciple can labor. President Itoosevelt may be right in uttering a vehement protest against tiie tendency of the upper classes to shirk parental responsibilities, but among the middle and tbe lower classes children seem to be everywhere. There are broods of them, swarms of them, flocks of them, great LobU of them. The multitudes of pattering feet fairly fill the earth with music when these infantile throngs every morning start on their daily tramp to the public schools. In order to house them for educational purposes mnilon.s upon millions of dollars must be spent annually. No Christian disci ple need lie afraid of building upon another man’s foundation when he goes to work for Christ among the little children. There Is not a consecrated Sunday school superintendent in all the world who is not at his wits’ end to find the right kind of teachers who will gather the boys and tiie girls into the students’ classes for his Sunday school. Seek the Young. “But” the church member says, “how am I to get a Sunday school class? How am I to work among the ^^ren? When I enter an ordinary school I find all the classes pro- teachers. Shall I try to ^steal away the scholars from some oth er teacher?” Oh. no, my friend. No good is ever accomplished for Christ by theft. What you should do is to go out and get your own Sunday school class. There are stores and perhaps hundreds of little children living near you who may never have heard the name of Je- nus uttered in prayer. Go after them. Go after them as young Dwight L. Moody wl)ilo still an Illiterate youth went after his Sunday school scholars. Go after them whether they are dressed tn rags or in silks. Go after them even though you must beg shoes for tJielr feet and clothing for their backs. Go after them whether they may be In palace or in hut Go after them and well as to use the gospel ax among the gnarled and worm eaten branches of sinful old age? The ChriMtiun'M Duty. How is the Christian io go after the young people? Simply enough. He is to go after them with the same vigor as the agents of evil go after their prey. Here, for instance, is a young man who comes into a large city. He has no friends. Through an old ac quaintance of his father he gets a posi tion in your store. He has a small bedroom in a city hoarding house. How is the Christian disciple to greet him? is he to merely pass a “Good morning” or is he to go to that young man and open a conversation something like this; "Good morning! Are you a stran ger in the city? Are you from a Chris tian home? Of course you have no church connections as yet. Will you not come down to our church next Sun day morning? We have our Christian Endeavor social next Thursday night. I wish that I pould introduce you to some of our young people. It is very easy to drift among bad associates in a !• -ge town like this. I want you to get among the good people. We have some tine young folks up at our church. I know that you will get a warm wel come. Perhaps you do not know the city well enough to find your way. Come with me to supper, and we will go together, or 1 will call at your room for you.” How many young men, strangers In a large city, are there who would refuse an invitation to come among Christian people if thus accost ed? How many rooms dedicated by the church for the services of the Chris tian Endeavor society. Epworth league or Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip would be empty, or practically empty. If the Christian members of the church would go out in a plain, practical way and give such a warm hearted, loving salutation to the young folks as I have Indicated? The reason the young peo ple do not come into church fellowship Is because they are not personally In vited to come. This Invitation duty rests with the new convert as well as with the old. “But,” some aged church member says, "this invitation duty to the young folks may apply to others, but not to me. I am not fitted for work among the young. My hair Is gray. My nerves are not steady. I have postponed eom- of the city’s rescue missions. You have ! a good voice. Go to those meetings and j sing. They need you. You know or should know how to pray. Go there and lend in prayer. If you can do no more you can at least give out a hymn book and smile a welcome. Go there and do that. How can you do mission ary work in the back alley? Go and' visit the poor homes that are only a stone's throw from your door. You will find there people who are silently yet nobly struggling for life. It was well said hy a great Christian leader, “The deserving poor are those whom you have to seek and not those who seek you.” Go in Christ’s name and hunt the deserving poor—the halt, the lame, the blind. There is something wrong about that Christian who when Thanks giving day rolls around does not know at least one family to which he can in Christ’s name send a dinner. There Is something wrong about that Christian who has never yet been able to hold a cottage prayer meeting in a poor man’s house. The Hellcf of SnUerlnK. Another glorious field for Christian activity is found in hospital work. It is found where Christ spent most of his earthly ministry—namely, among the sick. It is found In going through the wards filled with white cots and leav ing here a flower nnd there a word of encouragement and yonder a prayer. It is found in the children's wards, where many little ones are cursed with a fu tile struggle for physical existence, cursed from the moment that they were horn. It is found in the old people's homes, where the aged and the physic ally infirm, sometimes petulantly, some times lovingly and longingly, are wait ing for the last summons to Join the si lent majority beyond. “It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the j house of feasting.” Yes. But I believe it Is better to go to the bedside of the sick than to stand by the caskets of tbe dead. By the white couch of physical pain the opportunities for doing good are even greater than by the white shrouds of the departed. But. though the hospitals are filled to overflowing, how few of us ever think of going there to carry a Christ’s mes sage of good cheer! When we think of i genuine Christian work we are apt to ! look for that work far beyond the seas. We do not appreciate the opportunities | that are at our very doors. We are like the hundreds nnd thousands of i I’hilndclphtnns who at home never ap preciate the value of Independence hall on Chestnut street. Some.of them had to travel a thousand mih*H to see old Liberty hell after it had bp‘*n dragged from their own depot to the World's they are brought face to face with Je- j sus Christ and are urged to make a de cision in reference to their soul’s eter- j nal destiny. That is the one place j above all others where the Christian 1 should expect to see the direct results of his spiritual labors. It is the one place toward which All his scholars and young people sboultLconverge and con center nnd find its gospel climax. The busiest and most intense Chris tian worker should be found in tbe Sunday night aftermeeting. No sin ner should be there to whom a church member would be unwilling to extend a gospel invitation and with whom ho would feel a diffidence in talking about his Saviour, Jesus Christ. But the great stumbling block in the way of most new church members is this—they think as new members that they should take a back seat. They feel that older Chris tians. and not the new converts, should m ^ s ‘ move up and down among the people. They feel that u church ought to be run like the United States senate; that in it no new member lias a right to be conspicuously seen or heard until he has served a sijent apprenticeship of at least six or ten years. Tiie inevi table result is when a Christian Is will ing to remain silent in the beginning of his religious life be is very apt to re- ; main dumb all through his earthly Christian career. The Call to Chrlattan Life. Oh. that our new converts in our sac red Sunday night aftermeetings would immediately begin to testify for Je sus! Testify as Paul testified on the day after his conversion. No sooner j did the good Ananias open his blinded eyes then he Immediately began to talk about Jesus, and him crucified. He immediately began to work for the j conversion of souls until he was at last | driven over the Damascus wall, and he had to flee the town by night. Oh. that our new converts in the sacred I aftermeetings on Sunday night would testify for Christ as did James Tissot 1 with his brush immediately after his conversion! This noted French artist was once the idol of Parisian society. He made his tirst fame as a portrait | painter of society women. But one day while studying the French society woman in an attitude of prayer in a Parisian cathedral he gave his heart to Christ. Immediately to his old friends Tissot became a changed man. He not only turned his back upon his old life, but that he might the more ably portray the scenes in the life of Christ he lived for many years in the far east. The famous series of Christ’s life in art is the result of Tissot's tes- j timony Church member, plead at once for Jesus. Plead at once wherev- 1 er you go. Especially plead for him j and work for him in the sacred after meeting held immediately following the benediction of the Sunday night preaching service. Thus the call to the Christian life is a ; btfgle blast for work. The church pew | is not meant for a bed of rases, where indolence and sloth can lie down for perpetual slumber. Consecrated church membership is a sacred affinity for in tense missionary activity as well as for “gospel rest." A famous musician once said. “If I stop practicing upon the piano one day I will feel my deteriora tion, if two days the musical critics will feel it. if three the world ut large iu my promiscuous audiences will feel it.” If the consecrated church member stops working for (’hrist one day he himself will feel his own spiritual deteriora tion. if two days ids Christian friends will realize it. if three days tbe world at large will be the sufferer because of it Faith’s wings are movable. They must be kept working all the time. Now comes the practical determination for the Christian to settle—where are you specially fitted to go to work for Christ? Choose your spiritual occupa tions. From among the many fields of gospel opportunities choose them now. [Copyright. 1903, by Louts Klopsch.] . IT CURED HELPLESS CRIPPLE. Mr. Wilkes writes in the course ol a lone letter, dated August 18,1902: “Mv Ices were drawn hack until my feet touched my hips. I was as helpless as a baby for nearly 12 months. The muscles of my arms and legs were hard and shriveled up. I suffered death many times over. Was treated by six different physicians in McColl,Dillon and M arion, hut none of them could do me any good, until Dr. J I* Kwing. of Dillon, told me to try your RHEUM ACIDE. I began to take it, and before the first bottle was used up I began to get better. I used 5J bottles and was completely cured.” Dr. J. P. Ewing confirms Mr. Wilkes’ statement in every particular. FREE TRIAL BOTTLE SENT ON APPLICATION TO BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., PROPRIETORS. BALTIMORE, MD Dragging Pains 2825 Keeley St., Chicago, 1m.., Oct,, 2, 1902. I suffered with falling and con gestion of the womb, with severe pains through the groins. I suf fered terribly at, the time of men struation, had blinding headachea and rushing of blood to the brain. What to try I knew not, for it seemed that I had tried all and failed, but I had never tried Wine of Cardui, that blessed remedy for sick women. I found it pleasant to take and soon knew that 1 had the right medicine. New blood seemed to course through my veins and after using eleven bottles I was a well woman. Mrs. Bush is now in perfect health because she took Wine of Cardui for menstrual disorders, bearing down pains and blinding headaches when all other remedies failed to bring her relief. Any sufferer may secure health by tak ing Wine of Cardui in her home. The first bottle convinces the pa tient she is on the road to health. For advice in cases requiring special directions, address, giving symptoms, “The Ladies Advisory | Department,” The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. WINBCARDUI Tax Notice. December 31st is the last day taxes are payable without penalty. During Janu ary the penalty is 1 per cent.; during Febiuary the penalty is 2 per cent.; dur ing March (to 15th, last day) tiie penalty is 5 per cent. This schedule prescribed by law. W. Harry Gooding, County Treasurer. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS. SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, A 1,80 A KINK LINK OK Paints and Oils 50c to $1.30 per nal. £2J£ L. BAKER Tax Returns for 1904. Building and Plastering Mrne Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris Shingles, Portland Oemem, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Worts CARROLL fk CO., Lessees Telephone IT MEANS SOMETHING when you si>eak of being up-to-date. It means that you will find Our Photographs “present time” pic tures iu every way. They have that soft finish and delicate lone which tells of the touch of the ar tistic and the fidelity to the nature and de tails which the cam era alone will not give. Each sitter is carefully posed. None of the beauties of face or figure are ,ost. JUNE H. CARR 625 Limestone St. 'Phone 176. Residence 171 Look Out for Old Man Maness. He 1* coming and don't you forget It. We are In the swim—corn** hwlm with us. Just let u- tell you good ladles, what we have got to est: Fresh Pork. Picnic. Armour and Gold Brand Hams. Dried Beef. Bologna and all other kinds of Sausage, pure Pork Situs ,ge when called for, Hogshead cheese, pressed Pig's Feet, Sliced Ham. Iresh Fl«h every day In the week, and Be«( to ls*al the world, cut lust to suit you Wealoocarry s full Hneof Heavy nd Fancy Groceries; Fruits and Vege able*, of all kinds. Oysters most any day you want them. Don’t forget the place Just e ill telephone No. 23 and the old man Maness will answ r quick and deliver goods promptly. We want one thbusand doten Fggs i' once; alsogreen Hides WIP pay the highest price, cash. Don't forget the old man Maness next floor to I. M Peeler and Carrol 1. OarpenterA Bvers’Grocery store. The old ellable moat cutter, W. J. MANESS, Proprietor. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICIAN- -SURGEON- -OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. •^Office in Cherokee Drug Co. BTd’g. Office of County Auditor, I Cherokee County. / a Notice is hereby given that this office will be open from January ist, 1904, to February 20th, 1904, for the purpose of receiving returns ol property for taxa tion. 1 will be at the following places at the times hereinafter mentioned for receiving returns : At Draytonville, Monday, Jan. nth. At Wilkinsville, Tuesday, Jan. 12th. At Sarratt’s Store, Wednesday, Jan. 13th. At Asbury, Thursday, Jan. 14th. At Ravenna, (Brown’s Store), Friday, Jan.15th. At Webster, (M. M. Tate’s), Saturday, Jan. 16th. At Thickety, (Smith’s Store), Monday, Jan.18th. At White Plains, (M. C. Lipscomb's), Tuesday, Jan. 19th. At Macedonia, (School House), Wed nesday, Jan. 20th. At Butler, Thursday, Jan. 21st. At Ezell, Friday, Jan. 22<1. At Maud, (Linder’s Store), Saturday, Jan. 23d. At Cherokee Falls, Monday, Jan. 25th. At Kings Creek, Tuesday, Jan. 26th. At Antioch, (Church),Wednesday, Jan. I *7th- At Blacksburg, Thursday and Friday, j Jan. 28th and 29th. 1 At Buffalo, (School House), Saturday, Jan. 30th. At Allens, Monday, Feb. ist. At Grassy Pond, Tuesday, Feb. 2nd. During my absence at the above places : the office will be kept open by G. W. | Speer. The books will close on Febru- I ary 20th and if anyone fails to make re turn by this date the law requires me to ! add a penalty of 50 per cent, to the re- I turn of 1903. All persons are required to state iu I what school district they live. If th*y don’t know the district then they will be required to give the names of their school trustees. All persons having property in Districts Nos. 9 and 10 will state how much and make separate returns therefor. All persons are required to make out aud return a statement of all personal pioperty, money, credits, investments in bonds, joint stock companies, notes, mortgages, etc., in your possession or under your control as husband, guardian, agent, attorney, executor, or administra tor on the first day of January, 1904, and fix a value thereto. Anyone who has sold or bought real estate since they made their last return must make return of same, stating who to and how much, and if they bought, how much and who from. All buildings erected during the year must be returned and the value. All returns made before anyone except me must be sworn to. All persons liable to the income tax are required to make return of same. POLL TAX.—All persons indween the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those in capable of making a living, are liable for poll tax. Confederate soldiers are ex empt at 50 years. W. D. Camp, iw till 2-20, 04 Auditor. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digest* what you eats F0LEYSH0NEMCAR fmrcMlUirm»i •afm, mu*. *• sptetM