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VOL. II. ‘IF FOR TIFF IJHEKTY OF TIFK WORLD WK CAN DO ANYTHING.” DAHLINtiTON, SOUTH CAHOLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1892. NO. 34. SYNOPSIS OF THE SERMON Prrarhrd on Easlrr Sunday, at the Mrthodfet 4 hurch. by Krr. J. A. Rice. “If Christ he not risen"—I Cor lo:t4. Tlx; consequences of denying tlie resurrection of our Lord are so fur- reacliing and destructive tliat it can not fail to result in the edification of believers to examine them. They are to be found in four directions: I.—If Christ be not risen, all the prophecies of the Old Testament looking beyond their own period miscarried and the only test given by Christ of the truth of His mission failed. 1. These prophecies, made by at least oue-fouth of the writers of the Old Testament, grow in intensity and particulars till they give a minute description of some character who was to be the Redeemer of God’s people. Jesus claimed to be the one towards whom these prophecies pointed and in whom they were ful filled. Many of them are now for ever meaningless and can never be fulfilled unless they were in Him. 2. The only test upon which He taught the people to rely for the proof of this claim was that he would rise on the third day. This He fore told at least seven times during his ministry. (1.) At the Passover in the temple in the first year; (2) on His second circuit in Galilee; (3) near C(asarca Philippi; (4) at the foot of the mount of transfiguration; (5) on His third circuit in Galilee; (4) on his way to Jerusalem; (7) in the up per room in Jerusalem on the even ing of the arrest. 3. Therefore, if He did not rise, He was either a fraud or a fanatic. A fraud in that He deliberately set Himself to make His life correspond with these predictions and thus de ceive the world. Rut these as well as His life contradicted every senti ment of the Jewish people and an tagonized every hope they entertained of a Messiah. Now can any honesr man read the four Gospels, though He read them as simple uninspired biograpy, without according to Jesus the place assigned him, even by the enemies of Christianity, as the most unique and lofty character the world has ever seen. Nor can he escape by supposing that His biographers over drew their hero, for then we should have four miraculous characters in stead of one—four men, confessedly by far the inferiors of Jesus, writing at different times, under different circumstances, for different peoples, for distinct purposes, each differing from the others in the point of view from which he writes, and yet all agreeing in presenting to us a char acter fully sustained in every respect to the end. 'The value of a man’s utterances is the truth they contain plus the personal character of the Speaker. Hence, if we would ex clude these and all other unusual claims made by the Savior, we should still have the character to account for. Nor would He have selected such men as the Disciples to perpet uate a fraud ujam the world. Was he a fanatic? Fanatics al ways go to extremes, blunder, and take positions from which they are forced to retreat. Who can charge Him with the least error of any kind? II.—If Christ be not risen, the resurrection of Christianity is more unreasonable than that of Christ. 1. 11 is cause died with Him and they were together buried in Joseph’s Sepulcher. He had founded no church, given no specific direction about the evangelization of the Gen tile world, and there was not on the earth a syllable of manuscript con taining the story of His life or a place for the continuation of His work. Nor was there a friend who cherished a hope of His return or a purpose to follow up His course. All was lost and the Disciples began to plan for their own future, while the Roman sentinels stood guard over the dead body of their Master and their own buried hopes. 2. Rut now, Christianity, the life of the world, having won a hundred victories over sin and sorrow, has planted her ensigns upon the ran - parts of every nation and the music of Redeeming love is searching for words in everv language! Why this change? Follow the cycles of the Sundays book to within three days of the crucifixion, and we a new thought, a new hope, a new purpose, in the Disciples, and all JerusaFni inanupstir. The Disciplesattribute it to two things: (I) the vacant sepulcher, and (2) their having seen the Risen Lord. If Christ lie not risen, these two things must be ac counted for. All admit that tin stone was rolled to the door and scaled with the Roman seal and guarded by a Roman guard mid that on the morning of the third day tin- body was missing. Father it was moved by external force or moved itself, themselves to be in the arrest and afterwards preached the Risen Christ trial have dared to force the guard i to thousands in Jerusalem. He and who were responsible at the peril of and John twice faced the Jewish their lives for the body? Why, Conn, that condemned their Lord should they want it? Could they ' and accused them of being His mur- make a king of it? They would j derers. The first time, they ac- not attempt a pretended resurrection, kuowledging that these men had for they had misunderstood every I been with Jesus and were perform- prediction and did not themselves' ing wonderful miracles, threatened believe in the resurrection This is them and let them go. The second shown by their treatment of the | time, Gamaliel, the teacher of Haul, subject la-fore His death—by their' appeared for their defence and tin- actions during and af'er the cruci- Nanhedrem tied had murdered Jesus lixion—the women coming to cm- for as less offence, beat them and let balm the body, which they would them go away rejoicing that they not have done had they expected to | were worthy of stripes for their see it alive again—Peter refusing to j Lord’s sake. Look at Paul, the believe the sepulchre vacant till he! Pharisee of the Pharisees, proud of ran in and examined the clothes—| his position, the friend of the great est men of his nation, with a i niliccnt future before him. i"iig- Se< THE KI4a DEBATE. Synopsis of the Speeches Delivered at the (Greenville Meeting. <K)V. Tl 1,1. MAN. lie began his remarks by saying that it afforded him pleasure to re turn after two years and again meet the men of Greenville and the Pied mont escarpment face to face. When he appeared two years ago it two as a man chosen by the masses to make the fight for Jeffersonian Democracy against a Ring. He returned thanks for the gallant, support that ho had received, lie appeared after eighteen months in office as a candidate, and him as he leaves Jerusalem with | he asked to be re-elected Governor, papers-in his .pocket for the arrest | Jk , was lt 11(wl . Ms tra . (nri^tmiis in Damascus. Sec him , - : „ , .. at the end of his journey bowed in |''"cvrs face to face, and would trust humility before Ananias seeking: ^ le 'vrdict to God and the people, tlx*, way of faith in the Man of Galileo!' The tight two years ago between they all refusing to believe the re port of His being seen, counting it an idle tale nor believing their eyes till fully tested—The report of the guard was at first in aecor lance with the facts, but was afterwards changed and the Disciples accused stealing the body while they were asleep. Either they were asleep or not; if they were asleep, they liad when they pretended to know what transpired during their sleep; if they! change were not, they lied when they risen. j I hough mashed to pieces, the claimed to be asleep. So that their j 2. Look at the power of his belief ring, like a jointed snake, hadwrig- testimony is false and worthless. If in Jerusalem ami the surrounding -ded until it had a-min mitten itself stolen, whv was the bodv not pro-j countrv, while all the witnesses were i..ti,,. c,.,u , . .dueed? The report of the event was still living. Three thousand believ- 'f"'V’, ' hc ,lfcht T " iis to ,lc - certainly spread through Jerusalem | ing in one day fifty days afterwards cu ‘ c " hether the pcopleor monopo- within an hour. And why were the while the blood was still on the cross I' 1 '-'* !,l, d corporations should rule the guard not punished ? His foes and and the Savior’s tracks still to be Hear him as he preaches the risen j the ring and the people. Tlx peo- Jesus in the synagogues of Damai-; k . W(jn u llt!mls .. iroum i ri „ r was cus, and tell me what has caused thej ‘ , ° Strange, if Christ be not i ■ formed. friends would not unite to perpetuate such a fraud, and we must resort to the conclusion that the bodv moved Government of the State. He referred to the March Conven tion of 2K!I0 and its selection of a candidate. The opponents of the ConvcntioM were invited to do the same. Rut no, all of them and the found in the Roman I’rctorium! In three months there were no less than five t housaud Christians in Jerusalem, itself, rising from the dead. The i Men Hocked in from, the surround- same conclusion must b« reached, if ing country by hundreds and thou- study the report of his being seen'sands to hear the wonderful story! idm- The Disciples either con- Ere long hml preached the Rism. I p lvss 0 f the Mate ridiculed Tillman scion? I v deceived others, or they i Minst amid the proud memorials of . . were themselves deceived, if Christ Greece's heroes, orators and phib so- ' m ' i -^"^. but in March, 181.2, be not risen. Could they have preach- pliers, and her splendid culture i S!l '^ “■ his is a smart, measure, ed such agospel with the burden ! bowed to simple faith in His name, | and we will do the same.” They ac- of a lie upon them? Even those while the gentle accents of a Savior’s j cept the Farmers’ Movement all but who do not accept the resurrection, love were mingled with the martial; the bc . gt 1)ai . t> wili( . h is 1)R , T!mt the originator of that movement he could prove by the jK-ople of his county and the State, and, if that was not sufficient, by Governor Till man himself, that he had always been the friend of the farmers, and he was to-day as deeply interested in their welfare as any man in the State and Mr 'I’iliman spoke the truthwhen he said that the March Convention of LVJ2 had endorsed the Farmers’ Movement except Tillman himself. All he wanted was fair play and free discussion; he hoped there would be none of that unseemly howling-down which had characterized the cam paign two years ago. lie wished his as bamboozler for the Columbia Club. When the Governor com mon ;es to sjK-ak ask him when those clerks get to work now, and ask if a single salary has been reduced or an office aliolishcd; yet here is the farm ers’ movement demanding both. “Are you a member of the Colum bia Club ?” Yes, 1 am, but I am not now boil ing anybody’s skillet but my own, and I find it difficult to do that to day. Your conduct reminds me of that which prevailed during the campaigns with Chamberlain and Mackey. “What per cent, do farmers auditors !o hear the facts and the for money at your bank ?’ argument ,and return the verdict as j Some of them It) per cent., pay and jurors sworn to do their duty. I glad to get it. Most of the stoek- Mr. Tillman insinuates that the; holders of that bank are men who Conservative ticket is the offspring made their monov between the plough of Ilaskellism. The speaker, two handles, and they made me president, years ago, when Mr. Tillman had • I suppose, because I have shown that been nominated, took the stump for-1 am a business man who will do him, and would do so again if he j business on business principles. Tfiati 11 ^ salaries the vote was a tie, and 1 should secure the nomination. | is what you want to-day at the head | as presiding officer had to cast my what through the press and otherwise, crush him back again. (John Shep pard was that way in Inns.) ’We will come to that later. Mr Gary then defined a demagogue as one who ran for office without the permission of the Ring. They used to say Gen. Jackson was arbitrary and military in his character. Gov ernor Tillman is not a military man but they call him a Dictator. “That is so true.” Take Andrew Jackson when he threatened to abolish national banks. A great howlabout financial ruin was raised, but. Jackson abolished them and the country wasstill safe. Char ges had been made against Tillman, and he (Mr. (iaiy) was disappointed here to-day in that Mr. Sheppard in was the nominee of the party. We stand on the Democratic platform squarely and absolutely and we can not be shoved off it by any other class of people. I want to tell you why I don’t be lieve that Governor Tillman is the proper man for^ Govert^ir of this State. I want to give you my judg ment and the facts upon which it is based. If you agree with me all right. 1 do not believe he is the (proper man for Governor because he was. put there on account of his promises, and these promises he has utterly failed to keep. If you had a tenant on your place and kept him two years and he wished to rent again would you judge him by his promises or by his works? Ry the results of his tenancy you would pass upon his application for a renewal of his contract. In the next place he is too dicta- his arraignment of Governor Tillman torial. lie has sought to have all had reminded him of a mountain ; pow er in South Carolina concentrated bringing forth a mouse. ■ ,l ^■ s Again, he has not been He speaks about salaries. In INi.O : a, ’ Ie . to a'l'a^f the State 1 j m a business-like manner to the m- ! tercst of our people and to the ad* | vantage of the State. Governor Tillman has attempted acknowledge it to he an aut henticated fact that the Disciples and Apostles believed in the resurrection of our Lord. If it was not true, one of these conclusions follow: (l.l They saw someone else whom they thought to be Him. Yet they could not be mistaken in a friend who had been absent from them so short a time. (2.) They saw Jesus recovered from a stupor, but not from death. Rut Pilate refused Joseph the bodv till fully certitied of the death. And the piercing of the side was sufficient to cause death. (3.) They saw visions of their Lord. Rut would a ghost appear so many times to so many people at so many places—so far from the grave as Galilee—would it walk for miles and talk as a man? True the' Apostles saw visions, but they always distinguish between the vision and a sight of their risen Lord. Would a ghost continue so long and leave so suddenly? Resides, only visions of things believed in aude.xpectcd come to ut, Rut we have seen that these men and women did not expect the resurrection. When the Lord spoke to Mary Magdalene, she thought Him to be the gardener, “the only man she expected to see there” after the angels had told them what had happened. He appeared to nT» less than fifteen persons during the first day and to as many, no doubt, as six hundred during the forty days hi all sorts of mental states and under all sorts of circumstances, and they put him to all sorts of tests. Nor can we accuse the biographers of add ing all this, for we should again have four miracles instead of one. The character, though portrayed by four men as fully unified and sus tained to the end. So the effect upon them was not such as ghosts would produce. ’They did not expect further repetition of his appearances till the second Advent, and went to work, after ten days, to carry out His instructions for evangelizing the world. When the legitimate results of these hypotheses are brought to our view, we can only feel that the resurrection of Christianity without the resurrection of Christ is in credible. 3. It is no reply to this to plead with modern scepticism that a mir acle is contrary to the experience of men and therefore not to be believed. Whether such a man as Jesus with such a mission to the world, would substantiate the truths he uttered In- calling into requisition unusual powers, is the very question at issue. What would be the experience of men under other circumstances can not determine what is impossible here. Nor could wt airs of imperial Rome. Southern! ,T IIK ’ Europe and Western Asia were ! th ^ w,,,u " mv a"'! aeknowlcdgo that shaken from centre to circumference | 0,11 Convention was right and proper and all the world was filled with; is an acknowledgment that we were His praise. I wo years ahead of them in states- 3. Time forbids to speak of the ||1 . l|is j 1 ; T1 Ur . , t() iwwer of Christ tanitv in the history! , , , of our era. Whatoise could go into: IIk ' i,u ' 1 fillk(l > il " d ,,1 ‘ the depths of sin and shame and res- ■ gratulaled the people that there was cue perishing souls? It is easier for now no danger of a split. into existence j The people opposing me, said the nun "ho i weaker, oome to you as the repre- bul who have forfeited their ^wer | of ‘j*' 1 "- 0 and unity.” I by succumbing to sin. | cannot understand’and hope they IV. The cardinal doctrines of ti e will explain why there has not al- Now lestameut are false, il ( hrist ways been poaee and unity. They love peace and the party, but offices more tban all. God to speak word.- than regenerate and save were “aide to stand, yet free to fall,” [lower bt The man cannot live who can say that I, by word or act or thought, have been unfaithful to the white people of South Carolina. I desire that the purposes of the farmers shall be accompliscd so far i farming and laboring people that as my ability may go if 1 shall be touched him at the heart. Ik elected Governor, and 1 oppose Gov- c l 0 . st . to those people, eruor lillmau because he has not; “How much have taxes been re carried out the promises upon which iduced ?” he was elected. He charged that I There has been no reduction in previous Administrations had been taxes: the taxes this year are $311,4(15 extravagant and he promised to save! greater than they were last year, them money. That charge of ex-j “What about Coosaw ?” of the State Government, and what vu k“ t° keep that bill from being kill- vou haven’t got. ed. He likened the Coosaw question He alluded to his own work in the ■» Mr Sheppard's hands to a hot iron field, and said when they talked { Tllt ’ fertilizer there is like the tree about being in sympathy with the that if not cut down this year can be cut down next year. [“Audit will was grow too?”[ Yes, it will. Talk about cleaningdut your barns Governor Sheppard, how long did you stay in the bam? Mr. Sheppard: “I stayed thercsix months and was cleaned out.” Yet, Governor Sheppard, didn’t you to make you believe that this is a light of the banks and railroads against the people. I am in favor of equal and exact justice to every class in South Carolina. “What about the banks?” If the banks were closed up to-day many a man in this State, farmer and merchants and mechanic, would be in a dreadful condition so far as making his crop mid carrying on their business this year is con cerned. |‘A on are right.”] This cry against the banks is simply to arouse your prejudices. It is not a great mystery who compose the banks. They arc composed of the stockhold- travagance has not been proved, and his promise of economy has not been kept, but your taxes have been in creased. The lirst thing he did after his election was to have a plat form erected upon which he should be inaugurated. That cost $30<) or $400 of the people's money, and never had such a thing in the history of South Carolina occurred. The only way you can keep me from convincing you is to keep me I have never doubted that the charter of the company would ex pire in 1391, and I was in sympathy with the litigation brought (o seal l ,H, l ,k that question. Governor Tillman admitted that he took his cue from Gen. .las. Conner, a former Attorney, General, and thus very unkindly ig nored bis own Attorney General I “ope. I was in sympathy with that litigation, but it was not business snd run them. This stock is largely held bv vour own farmers and stay two years in the office fromjers. and the stockholders are men which vou are now seeking to oust i "l* 0 put their money in the bank me? They want a government for the statesman and by the statesman. The speaker challenged ai vone to find any particular in which f , | nem ny your own larmers aim mer- 0 110 chants, and in attempting to cripple them you are hurting your own peo ple. [“What about the national banks?”j They are owned and oper- ... ., .,1 . ated like the State banks. I am glad Mate Government had not proper “ 1 ithat I have m large ly been administered. ; your emdidenee. Mr. Gary then took up the bank a good man eonie, question, and condemned those iusti-; to take Ins ease t \ ml (hr won t In tlx measure enjoy- d lo ll:' ; tut ions like to deprive the State of a linu- of a for having taken advantage j tried to win as :al technieaiity to escape a , , U" not risen. 1. The work of atonement was completed only in one of its stages at the crucifixion. The work of atonement under the Jewish ritual consisted of two parts, (|) the slaughtering of the animal and (2) the presenting of the Idood on the mercy seat. In the first, the Jew gave himself up as unworthy of life hecause of Ids sins; in the second his life, symbolized by the blood, rescued from death was presented to God . . .. and the communion hetween the two l, - v lli ‘ skcll ‘ , “’ s . to *' W T allvt ' was restored. Hence blood did not kl * l ‘ k 'Hereonlliel. 'I he mean death, but life to the Jew. leaders of the opi>osition had Ihvii N. So Christ died for our sins ami rose G.mzalcs and A. R. Williams. He for our justification --His rising be- t ,. (1 t(lshmv „ m , ing the pledge to us that Ills atone-' ., , , , ,, ing blood has been presented to the " ,s " ,,t llll " ,i, " 1,1,1 ,I,L ’ far, '' l ’ r ‘ i Father and has restored to us the * kl '. v alc after. posildlity of sweet communion with To-day it is nothing huttlie old . . Ring under a new naiiic- llaskellism 2. There is, then, in the Risen Christ alone, a moral mediator be- from talking to you. If you arc mi-j dred thousand dollars a vear pend- propernsses.-ment. Great confusion arising, Governor Tillman asked “Ilie hovs” to reserve j some of tlu-ir upplau-sc until bis last spcich, which would be best. Tin- papers had I timed loose such an avalanche of abuse and slander as had never before been equalled. The had hccii the organ founded the willing to he convinced you can re fuse to hoar. 'There are several thousand of you and one of me; you make more fuss than I can. If you ; are reasonable men, as 1 believe you are, 1 will eoimneeyou before 1 take mv seat. ing that settlement. “Ain’t that human nature?” No, ii is human folly. I rather take a kindly view of a man folly than to herald his stupidity. Rut don’t you know it is stupidity to say that because tlx- phosphate rock is still there tlx- Slab- has l<>'* nothing. You have lost, your rent, as vou would lose the rent of -.nor Mr. Sheppard then referred to Tillman's promise in regard to a more economical' administration of the State Government andeomj.ared ; i-.,,.,,, jf you , v , re dm-i - the expenditures of the departments orev-mted from using ii. Right here, Jinx- Hi, I.N'.io, Gov inanv : coutu. I was proud wlieu the.'iockhoiders of the riedmoiil. Company said to Referring to the railroad question I un.; --You area lawyer, and haven’t | the speaker queried what had been j had any experience in this matter, ! done? The railroads refused to pav l ’' 11 " e ' |"'“l’"~e to niak- you president . . . , .. ‘.of our I was pro ad of g heir taxes because thev could i ot . . - , 1 . • s i • | their confidence, and vou are too, . 'gel a receipt in full when they made||.. V(m ( |es. rve.l it.” fhave always their lender, it looks like o cripple vour (iovernnu id vou di-sal I'lied' w h h \ ■ tried iiiak- oers an vil in. i n il in.l ;: l i, Ml- - V under Tillman’s Administration and that preceding. The present Ad ministration, tlx- speaker showed by figures, to be more extravagant tliau any that had gone before. Among these items was the appropriation for I lie Executive Department which ! under Governor Richardson was ernor 'Tillman dunomiccd tlx- Gov j eminent for having certain litigation 1 conducted by other parlies than vour ! Illl,n,k, * kin Attorney General and Solicitor. ’Ton lie lit- r-i.id.- bad i ; :j,l-d l'i aid eminent in any way. He was glad to suva word I. IL I ; ean.-v lie bad d'-iVndci! I In to reeovei T a new name sguise—but they would have a applauded that to tlx-cello. I luring' ''(‘dcavored in !S,i> Governor Tillman's Administration i •''tnlcGovernment, more extra legal help has been cm- Sheppard: “Sodidl. $43,325 and under Governor Tillm in piny,,! than had been altogether be- 1 1 al " k rliul to tf'vc you civil $52,335. The lax has been raised f,,.,'. ,i, 1( . ( . ]s7i;. i'..\nd one slim mg tween us and God. 'The soul may look to the death of Jesus as his saeriliec because of bis sins, and to the resurrection as the pledge that, his life may be presented in the living blood before the mercy seat and thus united to God. 3. In the Risen Christ we have an Intellectual Mediator. W<- cannot draw near to God through the mem ory of what Jesus did while living, nor through the dead body in Joseph's Sepulchre, nor through the disem bodied spirit, but through the Risen Christ clothed with a spiritualized body. In Him alone can we intel ligently conceive of God; bill coming; I through Him w ho is the wav, tlx ' high old time conducting and more ( xpciiditurcs all along the line render it unneeessaiy to ask if since Radical too.' was a!' Mi. lillmau has kept his promise, Mr, Scruggs, local Tillman cnat-' . * n Mr. lillmau has kept his promise. 1 on a J illman platform. , • , , , , I lie I .legislature made the appro-! Referring to the representation of priation, but why did tlx- Governor ' a goat proudly borne he ban-| aill „f |iri . v i <n ^ Legislatures nei of the I igerv ilh- ( hib, Mr. lill- and Administrutious if his Is- man remarked that Ins supporters tare and Administration were too sharp to be caught by Here the speakes was interrupted j i who kindly informed Mr. Iman two years ago? Mr. Sheppard: “1 di-l aft- have in mv profc ssiou tried to help the and people as iiim h a* 1 04*!! -1. and now '111! to lilt* :ai oj »f thi i tioti 1 pay o',! ;(i“ riiilN OVt r .. mi! .-ai dollars, iin-rt* « han 1 . -. -ither man do : iin! ■ • •! for an- .... • > •' !a : i 'j : al when f pa’al for ( <» , - ht. •• . . i.* t , , !- u it bring .d- , i . i « ad of.s; -. a- it would oDkd.v iSo do t, Its of that eolii- ill. ii»t v »*•’ l»; # « i out fies i hi * - i 6.-1 • o f l!) • • !-! f :elli who i .lii <>}> • ai.d il. •..1 - t!! \m-ri- ,• il K . ra. It Lmio' into «<- • ur i-i and distributes that lariii- >i. :;i of money amon^ our | -0|: r*. a:..! ; t v man who :d. 4 i.;} I ;• 1 , S 11'^ 'A that ;i factory in t for an\ coiiimui i; v is a hi... !r -a-.-e to the Til- [icople don’t know w hat lie is talking about. Ol r ot in a also giving t -iO-‘ <. hi, ■ on ■:»■’ h-til- noniinated.” Mr. (ian Y-.-n are n-'i Sheppard that the noise whieli | ,0 ! MI>k lls G-i j 1 . greeted him was merely because of'" 11, charged ihut ih- the slander and abuse that had been 1 lo tk, ‘ I’caee and I niiy ( lx aped upon ’Tillman two years ago. • " k,, n wolves in sheep’s clothing. “Slxsit, Luke, or give up the gun,” the Antis had cried. Luke had shot, and that shot announced that the Haskellites would have to take a back seat, for they knew that tmlcsslhis was done there could be no convention. ’Their is like mountain truth, and the life, we can look be- "! , i-'‘kev,it cannot run down hill. All yond the world that’s open before the time the Ring politicians were in our vision, then the darkest clouds . power they could not devise any meus- to see “our Fatlxr which is in vs for t he relief of the iKH.ple, and Heaven; nor elsewhere Ilian in Christ thus presented to us can wo know anything of the spirit world. 4. So we have no pledge of our immortality but that furnished us in the risen body of tlx- Son of tied. Our nature is moving in a I have never abused Mr. 'Tillman, replied Mr. Sheppard, but I agree with you that there has been too much abuse. Rut, my venerable friend, I will venture to say that never in your long life, never during the sixty years that you have spent, on this earth have you seen a man so man fcelin mysterious wav to a mysterious end. re. .Nor count we expect tlx-mir- 'There is poured into our h<..|i,-sth.- I aele lo be repented to satisfy the de- choicest material gathered bv mi "lands of every new emergency in;( u ,v’s laud from eu-ry quarter of I ho history of the church, for tlx-n ||„. „oibl. All this i l. eonlribiite 1 il would lake its place among the | lll .|„,q md of pirilual being. regular oeeurreiiees of nature and shall that be tlx- I of a H thus lo.-e its power to attract and j * shall oar spirils share llx- 1 arouse men. llx- only course t"; universal law of i hange and death? produce the desired results is that qq„. worlds and sysl. n»s of worlds If the former, thal force was taken by our Master, to allow Him- aboul us,sck-Mtisisicll us, an* liusteii- apjdied either by foes or friends or 1° ' M “ thoroughly tested by! ing to tlx-ir tomb; who bul t'hrisl j,;,,, |,. tin. i;:,.,, Iwth together. If by foes, they were L'cnds and the facts put into per-' ,. aM p.|| as „|, a | ) 0 | M .y p- either Romans or Jews or both. Did m-m'iit lyeonl. He could not have] ci,,.;,) |„. , 10 | risen, then our lii“lx'st the Romans move it? They ha(l ill,l '" ,, 'l ^ approaeb Him, for ullowed Him to heerm i.ied to satisfy i " l,|T incapable of appreciating the Jews ami to prevent trouble ii' 111 ; imt i would have renewed the which they w'otild have preei]iitated pKs^iom bv tauijiering with the gepuleher, I he power of the b- ii-f in The Jews had crucified Him be- the resurrection as unrea--mibi- a cause lie would not conform to their 'D origin, it ( lirist be not l i- ii. ideas of the Messiah, but was a per- 1. The power of thi- belief over petual rebuke to tlieir hypocrisy, the DisciplesandAposilesrannothc These had united and placed u guard accounted for, if it be a fiction, to prevent what, they would now lie IVter, who during the trial trembled bringing about. Did bis friends? i before a servant girl and three times j race tin Would such cowards as they proved I denied tuat he knew Him, fifty days; ciplcs. mil m i'HUmI aspirations after (iod and immorlahiv bring us back uotjdings but wi-don'i know. Tlx- blackness ot spiritual dai'kn - : wnuld bover over ihii- III ill! Mill- nf lull tell w ll-nee I we are, or wiiilb-i we ii t bri.-l li:-.d uni .-'toot! upon the eouliiii-o of ibese Iwo mys terious worlds I mg i-uongli In pho tograph upon tlx- eoseionsness of llx- ultimate goal of Ilis'Dis- ainl - I l ii d-iv. n i llll n Ui aiv. ■-. > are Ii a lie their effort to overeome 'Tillman, now that they may do so, is an. evi dence of imbecility. 'They, however, had learned something, and ilia! was I hat the farmers hud some ri-rhts, and the hid of an ngricuUitrnl college was made to tlx-iu to tiiru 'Tillman mit. lie knew tlx-v were not "oins; lo give up what they had gained, or llirnw over a servant who Inxl tried lo do bis dill \. Mr. Tillniau i-laiuu d Ili.ii b, w.i- llx- originabir of tlx- fall diseussion. Two able lawyers were readv to be gin llx- prosi-cution brought against was ready for llx- trial and “Lay on MacDuff and damned be he wlio liisl i-ries enough.” Mr. Tillman resumed I is seat amids! great applause and the music of llx ban.!. as •gisla- hows no improvement? I am the president of a bunk and there are thousands of poor funnels in Edgefield who last November thanked tlieir God that I was such. Many of them I tided over the winter* and I sold no mules, no lands nor anything that the farmers owned.! Thousands of the poor farmers of i H | 1() | las i aiTl . at( ,,| that county, I repeal, thanked their God that 1 was president of that bank. J see boys that I am treading on | your toes. [“Tillman will get three | votes to your one.”] No. he will not. ■ In the Governor’s own township where he was born and raised he beat me only eight votes, and 1 will Inal him in his own township so eertain as the Lord made Moses. At this juncture proceedings were suspended to force a number of ar dent auditors Income dow n from llx- roof of the >pi-ak(i> gave promL'C of eoliai weight. 'The condition <1 lb,- crowd to some extent am- boran d. an- Rlx-ppard resuming his remark- his hearers if they wished to be eon-i Mr (iarv Ib^u proce-iu-.i in vineed of Governor 'Tillmans short-! pat kite upon tin completeness comings they could be furnished power of the old Ring and lead Ue-eg..! •iiventioii tbey went to Columbia bad changed theirmin-i asfowhat would further their ends. They had ac knowledged that the Tillman March Couveutiou was right. Loud cries for Orr drowned tin- speaker and he could not resume un til Mr. Orr arose and said: “For ! God’s sake, people, give him a hear- I ing, h<- needs it.” nues- wounded so many hearts and reviled! Mr.tiaiv llx-n aeeiised Mr. I'h-p-tbai lih'lanne. so many respectable peopK j Governor Tillaian. Cl.MIV. Mr Gary said he came not to cuss men. but measures. Might best man win. and if llx* campaign ..v 1 >• •• - he wot:i- wars old. I liai 1 Ii ba S j p a| ‘d of having voted this year for j measures that lx- opposeil in Isss. ^'"‘j yeai'> obi: i!ia! in- : lie then )iaid his unusual respects to; social ion had a gnat U ' the newspapers and related so-call i examples of I heir unfairness. i gnityan i -• - I 1 would in .Mo. i. | nominee. He wished to for savin tl- i v on; db\ 11 Some one in If. (.a: : t, j , ’ i, - | ; ' 11 i 11 1 U IWo ons I.) , be aiM: i r. wr.i. ! -1 -11 lion oi , ■ 1 . .. ibis iiiiw Up for li.-'i-il: l iliniau said -w wer-' willing to take bis platform, but left off the best part of it. and ibui was himself, lie is the head, he i- the priesi; your desires as members of the Farmers' Movi-meiit do not amount to a row of pins with him; he is the Rig Ike, the High Cockalorum, beside whom you amount to nothing nt all. When the Alliance wanted somethin;! to do with tlx- Farmer.’ AsmciaLoii. Gov- ! ernor’Tiiltiian >aid, in an interview, \ -"i-iation was >i\ • A Hiaix-e was onlv t tb- Fanners’As- il-al mure tn-ngth tb.in tlx- Ai.iauei-. -ind th-l if vou wanted to make ill. liglit. iie would show von n il .! • h- i uniters’ ■ - ■ , ■' i ... -1 uiiiigii-is in >■ ■■■ sot more .a tii.- i •' 11 llinnce. - , - i"! Stokes : •!.• : i m:. - ... : • -. - • and file of : ' • •• , 1 ii.iiall off \\ ‘lilst a b- st na-i- t in-. .m'i umi hioh ci’i.r!:- !i » 1n t d :n i •• in le. '1 her. ; lion: mat mI }*, *>”.1 “h .. -i inmi-e-i on lino p'utlonn ami • hi i r | l; ,. ., 4 ..- l., w lx. liavo : .m:i : U' ‘ ’ i 1 ;! .• I v »mil i'll- ...- >.e dal- riilmaui'iii witli lioillihg , ; ! loir ! arc ;*t!i, |< v :tr /;o-’ -1' I'i * (or tb ! v .ix ' -. tbeti it began lo be Wio ! • • : • * »i ;>•; IlitNo hovji t ... . v 1 , . •isifl l»\ > ineb sliould 11--' people A ' and ! VV 11! *' }•: *• jtidioo. h Mr. Si* i liai p! .Picard aiforio ' uni hi poa; •t !l | !-i liiulro against tlie purposes for w o', h it -.v a ini-h.iei!. Governor i y\v. tUO\I'UK'Ilt to in' d> that evil was t .- Mni ; {'“iainiv • laiv ■ - i; ;ii [lie* * ai- •- bua ' tlid a -jo. ! ' !k aliout told : immsiiiriito'i. ■ g. • ili.i:i: »i •1; ■ * ... ...... „.,d .Mi very lai-gi He SIIKI'I'Alil). Sli-'ppard tbid mtteh graiilied nubteiice Vi inch Wils ill ixbll'e" tlx* - e.lY-iuieii liim some light if they would give tlxir atteiilioii. Governor 'Tillman, demanded the abolition offices, and a I.. .-i.-luo Silli ..II hail ; It* ut all:- v-.iiIt him. il- hud condemned ihe I HI ; • \ l i d.i*! - hi •K 1** ur.'l iid t iiMfi> to liavuo: a I\m> Thu w:..- itiV,;-. Ring ib- .,gLt .i imil -•,1.! tx - - ii i i -i I! at - i of I wisixtlal l lie oulsel to express | kld-gioved clerks of I be State House, |.eoj>le -ujqioU. I bis sympahv with the l•'nl•llK•|•s’ Move- i meut. Whilst not the author nor . i ii ’ a .o otbi wo veal ex lo 'how a laim oi i mit i rot t:o l LSI.*, am! | nor does (lovenior Sh vy ir<Ts action coil- 1 in taki? g tile sti in) i’oi < uivenxir 1 1 •i i n; i... na: , ' • ! i i 1 ! 'A ;irn ! i • i •. 1 w.i i • t ‘luiidiia in in\. J ath. :.d:;n V : |>o)l < u .a i • r t « 11 - th.* ven it n v. hf.i • !| ,.» Ilia: tliere I hat linn-, ami y, - r- Allian- e got w it b S'- j| light- »r tii-‘ tti.it. who eanx- lo work at It o'eloek and | thing was hrokeii up. \\ hen a load-i would !<e a be.It -liid a - t eat a .'l. - i ell th siix-e I have Im-ii made tliere beggiu land sliouldei ’ to sboublei' sjilil. ami the I Ili.V e made poli'i-- was Olir |H-ulile to and 11. al. opinion - ai t to them. Mr. t illman: •ay at C I .lllii- Tillmni .. in! • 's ‘i . ; n.oie tit ii’. • li»4 no Haro • > * * 11 - t} i * * \ ... .».. ■ in regard sub- dtew extravagant salaries, autl acted | er of this movement arose they w uuhl j nut to Goveiij or Tillmaii because he: You ^ive us your t cntiuiicd on Third Taco