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WOMAN'S BIG WORK Bill Arp Addresses the Wcrnan's Home Mission Society. BE GIVES HIS UNSTINTED TRUSE Tells cr the Splendid Work an J SelfSacrifice or ?Vomen?tiis Address Fcb.i^h.d i;j ? ull. Atlanta Constitution. Kttt'ii.y in Cnrtesviilc. Co.. the Wcio.:.;;'r Home Mission Society of the north Georgia conference met. Among those who made addresses were Cill Arp. ilis taik was interesting throughout. and is by request from many reprod ued in the Constitution in lieu of - - *..11. his regular letter. It ioitows in iun. "If <i..r voatli is happiiy spent, our old age will he crowned with pleasant memories. How blessed are those "hildren whose hemes are happy, whose parents are kind and loving, who are not cursed with wealth nor pinched with poverty. I believe that it is possible tor parents to make the home so attractive that even the boys would rather stay there in their leisure hours than to seek the careless company ol those about town whose homes are not happy. I don't know about David's home, nor what he did in his youth, but his prayer was one of great anguish when he said 'Visit not upon me #the Iniquities of mv youth.' "But I was ruminating about the state and condition of Methodism and missions in the long ago. when I was young and the most of you were an unknown quantity. When I was in my teens and was just noticing the girls and wondering what they were made for, the Methodist church was the only church in our town?and it had the only graveyard. I was very familiar with that graveyard, for I had to m>ss right by it every night that I visited my sweetheart's home. I had a rival in her affections, and one dark night ho saw a ghost and ran home and I got rid of him. though I was accused of being the ghost. Near there was the church and there were the people, hut where was the bell and where was the steeple, for it had neither. It was an old-fashicned unpainted building and had small glass windows of 8 by 10 glass, and two dcors in front, which used to be a peculiarity of Methodist churches. It was said that one door was to take in the converts and the other to turn them out. The Baptist churche3 of that day had but one door, for when cnce they got in they never got out. This old church contained on the Sabbath nearly all the religion that was in the town, and at night was the trysting place of the old people who lioved God and the young men and maidens who loved one another. Notice was given that meeting would begin at early candle-light. Candles! that gave what Milton calls a dim religions light. Don't smile, my young friends, for ShakesDeare wrote by candle-lig.it and says. 'How for that little candle throws its beams, so shines a good deed in a naughty world.' Everybody was laminar wiin me amen corner ami had reverence for those who occupied it. My wife and I still remember the low. guttural aniens of Brother Mur phy, the snap-short amens of Brother Ivy. and the deep groaning3 of old Father Norton in echo to the pleading prayers of the preachers. Father Norton was a very close and stingy man and cn one creation got to shouting and olapned his bands and exclaimed, 'Thank God for giving us a religion that has never cost me 25 cents.' And the preacher responded. 'And may the liOrd have mercy on your stingy sou!.' We remember, too, the good Sister 7onl/?nc whn o 1 nrnva lmrt throe* or fnrr little children tagging after her, besides one at the breast, and how she always took them to church and spread them out on the long front bench and took a basket of biscuit and friod chicken to keep them quiet, and all the space between the front bench and the pulpit was their crawling ground, and when they wanted water she reached up to the pulpit and got it from the preacher's pitcher. "By and by a now preacher came who was deacrmined to purge the church of its loose and languid members. At his second service he had before him the oook of membership and read out the roll end remarked that somebody had 'been adding to some of the names in pencil with such capital letters as P. P.. which he supposed stood for doctor of divinity, but learned later that it stood for dram drinker, and there were other letters, such as B. K.. which stood for barkeeper, and N. T. for nigger trade, and H. R. for horse racer, and there was G for gambler and an F. for fiddler. ?> ? raised a big rumpus over all such nr. these and declared they should all be turned out and they were. Ho reminded me of old Simon Peter Richardson. who. while stationed here, went over to visit his old home on the Peedec. in South Carolina. When he returned I asked him if he had a good time. ar. 1 he said yes he had a glorious time in his old church?the church he first joined and used to prepch in. Ob, said lie. we had a alorinus revival the best I ever experienced. Did you take in many? said I. 'Take in. take in; no my frier.:!, we never took in nary one; but we turned seventeen out. thank the Lord. On, it was a glorious revival.' CHURCH WORK THEN* AND NOW. "But I was ruminating about the difference between now and then in church work and missions and salaries and church environments and the cul, ture of the preachers. There was old Father Donally, with his wooden leg. who always came to our campraeetings and attracted great crowds. who "am? to bear him s.-ara the sinners ar.d scarify the Chrisiians and denounce the 1 fashions end Tollies of the day. I have i no: forgotten his rebut:* to a pay young : couple who behaved "unseemly during the s:r. .cn and the old man stopped and sai l. *1' thv.t ycung xa.en over there with hair on his face and that young woman with r preen bonnet 0:1 her he?.;] cr.il the devii's ronriinraws arced fttr nr i: ami his stirrups rn tier ears i!ui: i si up i.uur sissir-it: virile I nr.i preaching Ge l's message to sinners. I v/ill part Vm cut to the conj gregation.' But we had a number ol vary - rt and notable preachers in those days. George Pierce. the bishop, i r.uu cl.l I.avic Pierce, his father, and ; Judge Longstrcct. the eloquent president ol: Emory college, and Dr. Means and Wa-.kn Glenn and eld brother ( Parks used to r.tfmd our quarterly ! meetings and our revivals. They were all '-re.-.; and good men and the people came thorn far and near to hear them. No move eloquent and gifted divines j have occupied the pulpits of Georgia ; from that day to this. i - i o ii-n'-1- im- IntTlW. ; knows 23 aa organized feature of j church wo:!:. The first \vo ever heard of was introduced by some northern emisi series who came to this region to plant { Christianity among the Indians. Two i of them, whose names were Worcester j and Butler, were suspects, and arrested ; by order of Governor Gilmer and I placed in jail in Lawrcnceville, where ! my father lived. It was believed that these men, who were Massachusetts yankees, were secretly trying to infiu1 ence the Indians to violate the treaty and not to sell their lads to Georgia; but this was never proven, and Governor Gilmer turned them out on condition that they would go back to New England, and they went. I remember i the excitement that pervaded our ! townspeople during the event. John Howard Payne, the author of 'Home, Sweet Home,' was another suspect. He. too. was arrested and sent to Milledge*",n' ! w"4 ?.o'oocnfl Vllie a pn&UllCl, UUl ?#o,o auua ivtvuivM and sent to Washington city with an I escort. Two years ago I received a letter from an old woman in Texas, who i said she was born near Cartersville in i 1S31. while her father, who was a Methodist preacher was teaching an Indian i mission school up the Ftowah river at a place called Laughing Gal. which was the name of an Indian chief. My old partner. Judge Underwood, knew him well, and said he was a good Indian. He got his feminiDe name according to Indian custom, which was to name a newborn child for the first thing that the Indian doctor saw from the door of the ln>n>A>w ?Lorn onH VW?VitfUi dilCl lUl' V.U11U UJl II, ttiiu so, when the doctor looked out and saw an Indian maiden laughing, the little baby boy had to be named Laughing Gal. Old man Harrison, who has been living here for sitty-flve years, is familiar with the name and the home of Laughing Gal. The Cherokee Indians took kindly to this missionary work, i John Ross and Major Ridge, who were half-breeds, became converts, and Ross' son became a preacher, and so did his grandson ,and I and my daughtr. Mrs. Aubrey, heard him preach at Little Rock about twenty years ago. CHANGE WROUGHT BY WOMAN'S WORK. "But you must pardon me. I did not forget that the object of this conference was home mission work, but eloquent men and cultured women who have preceded me have faithfully covered that ground in every phase and have left for me nothing but memories . that are only kin to it. Inhere is. however. no dividing line. Both foreign and domestic missicna are founded in Christian charity and Christian progress. There was a time when there was no such organization as home mission conference. When there was not a parsonagein the State, and the itenerant nrrtenrrc nmr<* t Koltoro^ in onv house that was vacant and could be rented for a trifle?when their household goods were moved from place to place by a single team and the good wife and little children were mixed up J with the lead; when two or three hundred dollars was considered a libera; allowance for a year's support. But woman's work has wrought a wondrous change over these conditions, and almost every town and village has provided a comfortable home for the Dre.acher'a fjmilv Tha advanro r>r> thio line has been rapid and it has been , coDtagicus. Ten years ago there was not a preacher's permanent domicile in Cartersville. but now every church has a comfortable home attached. But let me say just here that there is yet | room for improvement. A house is not all of a home. It takes shade trees and i flowers and fruits and green grass and vines to adorn and shade the veranda. ; Even a few pretty pictures and a mir| ror would not come amiss, for such ! things cannot be safely moved. if j nothing : better can be supplied, you j might put a painted motto over the I mantel. "God Bless Our Temporary ! Home.' uur t'artersville Methodists have built a nice, comfortable house, I but I have to furnish Brother Yarj trough with Presbyterian strawberries, and he feels constrained to pay me ' back in Methodist tomatoes. I promise ! now to furnish every parsonage in I town with strawberries and rasnber | ry plants next fall if the good ladies j will have them planted. I have noticed ' that the children of preachers are as i fond of these things as other children, and their wives and daughters are as fond of flowers. Yes. my friends, mission work, whether foreign or domestic, is advancing all along the lines. Home missions are but a nursery for those wider fields that take in all mankind. The spirit of charity?love of God and love to man?is the foundation of all and there is no boundary to that, no conference limits, no Mason i and DixonTines. The good Samaritan did not stop to inquire where the suiferer lived. Charity is the only thing I upon which all mankind agree. Pope says: , ? : ? .. I " "in raitti ana creed the world will ; disagree. But all mankind unite on charity." "And Wadswerth says: " 'The charities that sooth# and heal j and bless Aro scattered at the feet cf man like' flowers.'" MAn.M'E DC FTAEL AND MISS STONE. "Charity is the^e:;.- .mo of love, and love is the fnifll'Inn: of tlu* lav;. Charily. lii:c mercy, is not ci.r.incd, but drc; peth as the senile dev.* from heav- j nn i;pon tlv eatth beneath. It is twice ! i blessed, "it ilerseth him that gives j fi.in i con tcc:v?. r.ia:.*n:nc (Ic iJ.u 1 said. 'The only bank account; we will have in heaven will bo what; we gave away in charity.' Sometimes we question the self-sacrifice cf missionary work in foreign lands, and the , recent car- cf M'ss Stone has staggered the faith of those who help unwill-. ! ingly; but the command of the Savior! after His resurrection is ever before j us: 'Go ye unto all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.' j ; Not long a go r. lady said to mc. 'Well if we cannot convert them, we can civilize them.' The gcspel of a clean shirt goes side by side with that of repentance. Wherever the missionary, has gone, his or her message has been addressed to the head as well a3 to the j heart. John Wesley said that cleanli-1 ncss was next thing to godliness. A ! clean body and a comfortable home i9 the beginning of religion. But neither I i the abduction of Miss Stone nor the j personal sacrifices of thousands of othI ers for a moment stops or impedes the ; work of the missionaries. It broadens i i ana lengtnens as tne years roll on, up- i | lifting the lives of the ignorant and degraded in the dark places of the earth. The twenty millions contribu: ted this last year to this cause proves that the god of greed and selfishness 1 has not assumed entire sway over this, | nation. These millions bring no return in wealth to the donors, nathino j but the reward of duty performed. "Just think of it for a moment. Do , you know that we have eighteen thousand missionaries in foreign lands? In ! China. India, Turkey. Egypt, and Cape j Colony, and these missionaries are rej inforced by eighty thousand native : preachers and teachers. They have churches in twenty-three thousand ' towns and villaees with one and a half million communicants and Christian ! communities of over four million | nupils. These missionaries have ovei I four million pupils under Instruction. : They have ninety-four universities and ! colleges, and sc 12 of them are worldrenowned and rank well with out own. The best endowed of these colleges are at Constantinople, Beirut. Pekin, | Egypt and Cape Colony. Then there are , over one thousand secondary schools I for training in the arts and industries:, anH nne hundred and twenty-two kindergarten schools. The most gratifying and significant fact is that more i and rejoice, for it is a pitiful fact that J girls. The colleges have over two I thousand of them, and in the common schools they- constitute more than half the number of pupils. Just chink of it and rejoice, for it is a pitful fact that for centuries in these benighted lands ; women has been under the ban, and young girls were slaves to man's domi nation, convenience a ad passion. What a beautiful and glorious picture I she now has of the freedom and eleI vation of her sex. and it has all come , through the work of missionaries, and j is worth a million times more than it has ever cost. WOMAN'S GREAT WORK. "The freedom and elevation of woman is the most glorious and heavenly i work of the past century, and it still ; goes on, not only in foreign lands, hut here at home. Woman is now at the ; head of every charitable work. Who else is educating our children in the public schools? Who is foremost in I the church, the Sabbath school, the Epworth League and the aid societies? i who is in almost exclusive charge of i this conference? Fifty years ago she j i had no voice in these things and they * ? J 1 J 1 I i were consiaerea Deyuuu uci oyuc?c auu 1 St. Paur was quoted against ber evry ' time she presumed to talk in meeting or speak very loud at home. The Sav- j j ior did not so speak to the woman of Samaria, nor condemn the one the j Jews wished to stone because it was ; the Mosaic law. 'Neither do I condemn j thee. Go and sin no more,' was the j most beautful sermon on forgveness ; that was ever preached. But the halt j cannot be now told you n relaton to i our mssonary work. Thnk of the 151) ' publshng houses that last year sent out 110,800,000 volumes. Thnk of the 456 I dfferent translatons of the Bble nto | | foregn tongues. Thnk of tne depart- j ( ment of medicine that goes side by | sidei with the mission work in every t land. We have now 379 hospitals and j ! 783 dispensaries or drug stores and ; during last jear 6,500,000 cases were treated. There are sixty-seven medi- I cal schools and training schools for , nurses, with 650 pupils, male and fc- ! I male. There are 247 orphanages and | asylums, over one hundred homes for ! lepers, thirty for the mute and blind j and 156 for the insane and the slaves to opium. Is it not amazing, the ex; tent of this work? Can wo stop it? j Can we imptde It? Shall we neglect it? j If it be of man it will come to naught, I but if it be of God we cannot over- 1 : throw it, and if we oppose or neglect . it it will br> like fitrhtina aeainst God. ! "My Christian friends. I thank you i for the privilege of making these fare- j well remarks. "When your presiding ! officer wrote to me a kind letter, inviting me to participate in these exer- | cises, I was surprised and pleased, for ; it was another sign of that growing fellowship which is now pervading all i Christian denominations. The bitterness of sectarianism is passing away. I I heard a gentleman say the other day; 'I am a Lutheran, and prefer that church to any other, for I was raised up in it, but when I travel and find no Lutheran church in the tOTvn or vil * \ !?.ge where the Sabbath catches m? I always find a welcome and fee! at home in any Christian church. Love cf God and love o* man covers all creeds and all forms of worship.' i nai is tac spirit cx universal brotherhood. Love is stronger than creeds or kindred or country. Especially the love of woman. Baviil'3 highest tribute to Jonathan was that his love of v.oaicn. Ruth, the Moabirer.s, was not an Israelite, but she left her homo and her native land to live with her husband's in ether because she loved her. How often do we see Methodist or Presbyterian women choosing their mates outside of their church and joining the church of the'r husbands. They do not stop to consuit the creed, but change their church as willingly as they change their name, and I have known them to do that two or three times. Brother Sam Jon-^ is not ashamed to tell how he found his wife in a Baptist duck pond, and I make no secret of telling how 1 mino l?k f'n i f nomo r T,1 \Trxf Vi r?r1 i ar luujuvi hii*jv* in iitui cau;vj um -uv-iuuuiot. church I have described to you?not up in the 'Anion' corner among the saints, nor afar back among the sinner3, out about midway, where tho angels congregate. Men do not change their churches to please their wives for they still maintain their rightful lordship as the head of the family. But for love a woman will change not only her church but her name. The love of woman has no parallel. It extinguishes all fear. The apostles shrank from danger and hid themselves, and one betrayed and another denied his Lord grave. and master, but woman was last at His "Then we bid you God-speed in your noble work, you members of this mission. It Paul had respect for the Jews because unto them was committed th* oracles of God, how much more shall *? cv L ? At* rcnonot /cir PVirlotio n TXT \> e Iiarv lCOpcv.1 IUI kUC vuiMwau nvmen of this land who are planting those oracles at homo and abroad. Postmaster Says MI Kl' led a Man." Postmaster John G. Guyer, of Clayton, N. M., telegraphed the Postottice "Department at Washington: "I was attacked in the postottice and in defense of myself and my office, shot and killed a man. Particulars ty mail." Germany Will Xot Oppose Russia. Germany is said to have been sounded by Washington as to her attitude in the Far East, and the impression is said to have been obtained from Emperor William that he would not mnnto enmothinc Ttnissi.a ro.illv desired. MV ? V?.?.0 ?? " Henrj A. Taylor Punished. Henry A. Taylor, convicted of conj spiracy to bribe, in connection with a proposition to saddle upon Grand Rapi ids, Mich., a $4,000,000 water supply contract, was sentenced j pay a tine | of $2000, the maximum allowed by law, Taylor paid the tine and was dis! charged from custody. . 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