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I ===== Replying to "M." Editor County Record:? f Please allow me a word in reply to She communication of my brother,M,dated August 11, not in detail; i first,because it is not necessary; sec-1 ' ond, it would be too long; but on general principles. "If I vote in the approaching election I expect to vote for the dispensary. Why?" The proper answer is: j "I have backslidden." Twenty years is hardly a unit compared with 4,361 years. At this time we see one man fronting the whole world in all of its crimes, even causing God to repent "that He made man, it grieving Him at His heart, "but Noah found grace ir the eyes of the Lord," is c' the blessed record. This faithful man preached 120 years with no positive statement that his teaching saved anybody but his own family, eight souls. He condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. So you see Christianity is a vital principle and heeds God's voice. "Thou shalt not go after a multitude to do evil." Was Noah's work a success or a failure,say? It was a grand success, as 1_>?ill works of righteousness are. "Thy saints in all this glorious war Shall conquer, though tney die." like our Master, Who conquered when He fell. There is presumptive proof that Noah'3 preaching saved all the peo?1_ ?l? rlmnmAil in thp flood. ' pie W1IU "Clt Ulun ... The Book does not say they were lost, but destroyed off the face of the earth. It is reasonable that at last all who repented were saved. See Genesis vii:4: "Yet seven days." If this seven days' grace was not intended to save all who would repent what was it for? Like the light that ^ lighteth every man that cometh into ""the world, if it can't lead men to re pentance and God it is an unmitigated curse. You remember old Elijah thought once he was the last good man, but God showed him He had reserved to Himself 7,000. You made a si milar blunder when you counted 2.200? Si ii y I IM. R. Gass, Man AAI ' 1,000 agrainst 1,200?for the dispensary. You will never be able to number God's people; He says Himself you had as well try to count the , grains of sand. The devil will never outdo God. When the devil does a big thing God always does somethinggreater,and He will make the wrath of man to praise Him in the end?J ! 253 for, 259 against. Brother, do you keep a blind ti- ! ger? Why were you a-running from I the two eyes across th lots, under the houses, bumping your head among cobwebs, etc? Who was after ! you? If you are a straight-out sort j of citizen and had violated the law, i why did you not go to the legal officer and give up like a man? 1 - ?I.-A. It is none ot my ousiness 10 wuui church you belong, but just let us! have a kind of experience meeting. First,were you ever regenerated? 11 hope so. You have already showed that if you were converted you have | gone back. "We are not of them j that draw back." No matter what men or devils do,God's people go on. We are told not to believe every spirit, but try the spirits, for many prove false. "They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if B ^ 1 *??Anl/4 nA they had been 01 us uiey WUUIU uv doubt have continued with us; but they went out,that it might be made , manifest that they were not all of ' us."?I John ii:19. Again, John's I Gospel, vi:66:71 (read the whole paragraph): "Will ye also go away? ; Peter said. To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life, Jesus said, HflVe not I chosen yoii twelve and one of you is a devil? He that is not for us is against us. He that gathereth not with us scattered." Jesus, foreseeing this class of professors, said: "In that day manv will say unto Me, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name I and in Thy name cast out devils and j done many wonderful works?" Listen to the answer: "1 never knew you." ; There are three Stc')?s in the wurk of the Spirit: 1st, ecstatic; Zd, charismatic; 3d,ethical. The first is more ?? 1/non TUIIU IIThe T >ing t< the h I maim to us ager mor v BSEL Cum or less joy; the second, emotional I and prophetical power to teach and | | cast out devils. Balaam had this and many have it today. The third, ethlical,takes complete control of spirit, 1 cwii on/) Koriv Rmthpr vfiu and I i j ouui anu uuu j w?>? . , ^ ^ had better stop at once and see i where we stand. See I Cor xiii: 1,2,3. i Such great men as Chalmers and ' John Wesley,of whose character and piety there is no question by men of intelligence, went on for years and then found out that they had never been redeemed through the blood of Christ. Hear Mr Wesley's testimony! the night he wrestled with God as Jacob of old did, in that Moravian church in London till 3 o'clock a.m. Hear him: "For the first time I did , trust Christ, Christ alone, for salvation, and an assurance was given me y*.a hflri tflkon awav my sins,' j even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." Dr HC Vedder, our Baptist historian, says:, "At this point England was born again." What was reached is, this mighty man of God had got in pos-, session of the Gospel as it is to-day. If you and I will pull up to this, we will not be so pessimistic; we will j not be afraid of the giants. God bless you and the faithful ones who are praying for His cause. Whether you are one who prays or not, we pray for you. We see at the end 01 the race victory. If you are one of God's children you will suffer for your wrong-doing. Our Father will correct us when we do wrong. ''The Lord has A controversy with Judah and will punish Jacob fiCfiordihg to his ways; according to his doing will He recompense him."?Hosea xii:2. II Sam vii:14-15: "I will be His Father and he shall be My son: if he 1 commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the . stripes of the children of men. But My mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, ! wiiOiTi 1 put away before thee." ' Read the whole chapter." Psalm lxxxix:28: "Mv rtlerey will I keep for him forevermore, and My I nhacco f ) a close ighest pr I - .. ler ui you and "keej rith youn m In & < smmmmmmm covenant shall stand fast with him. "29. His seed will I make to endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven. "30. If his children forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, "31. If they break My statutes and keep not My commandments, "32. Then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. "33. Nevertheless my lovlngkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail." Philippians i:5: "Being confident of this very thing, that He Who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." Heb xii:8: "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons." So,brother, make up your mind to take the lash and remember-" "Like J as a father pitieth his children, so J the Lord pitieth them that fearl i Him." TE James. Strengthen Weak Kidneys. i Don't suffer longer with weak i kidneys. You can get prompt relief by taking Electric Bitters, that wonderful remedy praised by women everywhere. Start with a bottle to1 day,and you will soon feel like anew woman with ambition to work,without fear of pain. Mr John Dowling of San Francisco writes: "Gratitude for the wonderful effect of Electric Bitters prompts me to write. It i cured my wife when nil else failed." Good for the iiver as vTC!!. N?*! better for indigestion or biliousness. Price, 50c and $1.00, at Kingstree Drug Co's and M L Allen's. ad From an Old-Time Friend. Lake City, August 27, 1913. ! Mr C W Wolfe, Kingstree, S C. Dear Sir:?I had been a constant reader of The County Record for ^ about 15 years, but when my subI scription expired the Gth of last FebI ruary I found myself unable to send . the money then for another year. I did not want the paper sent to me on mmm m mm II A >eason is I h you ice for t ir crop br f p in a goc self." if a n nAn Gorreil credit,so ordered it discontinued till I could pay for it, promising to subscribe again when I could. My whole family have been at a loss all this time without The Record. I herewith send you one dollar, for which please send me the paper twelve months, and oblige. I am not living in Williamsburg nnw but I want The Record all the same. I have always been an admirer of the paper and the firm principle of its noble and worthy editor. Here is success for The Record and its editor, too. Very respectfully, J M Baxley. The editor appreciates highly the kind words of commendation bestowed by his old-time friend. Chat from Cades. Cades. September 1: ?Mr J E Ross of Darlington visited friends and relatives at Cades recently. Cades and Scranton met at Lake City Saturday and played a game of baseball, the score being 5 to 4 in favor of Cades. Hurrah for Cades! One out of three, that's better than none. Miss Mamie McLees of Greenwood has accepted a position as superin tendent of rural schools in Williamsburg county. Mr George Eaddy has ^returned home from Johnsonville. Mr and Mrs B W McElveen left today for a visit to Dovesvillle. The Cades ginnery is now r?fc<ty fc "got busy/' W J Haselden and Miss Mamie McLees spent the week-end al Charleston. Jack Frost. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. "1 was taken with diarrhoea arte Mr Yorks, the merchant here, per suaded me to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and diarrhoea remedy. After taking one dose I was cured. It also cured others that I gave it to," writes M E Gebhart, Oriole, Pa. That is not at a! unusual. An ordinary attack of diarrhoea can almost invariablj lx cured by one or two doses of this remedy. For sale by all dealers. ad\ iSiiliiiiiii FARM I I IIII T I draw=| Ij want in lis he re= J| A ing it ^ >d hu= B E 0. c. I if Propr ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT. _ .. j There is a New Remedy that Takes the j Place of Calomel. Recommended and Guaranteed by the Druggists. | Dr W V Brockington never sold a ! remedy that gave more complete satisfaction than Dodson's Liver Tone? a mild vegetable remedy for constipation, sour stomach and lazy liver. Folks who have suffered for years rather than resort to dangerous calomel have found after one trial that this pleasant-tasting vegetable liquid gives them a long sought relief without bad after-effects. Dodson's Liver Tone is guaranteed by Dr W V Brockington to be a safe liver stimulant and to be absolutely harmless?without bad after-effects. You will find many, persons in this locality who have tried it and every user will speak a good word for Dodson's Liver Tone. It livens up a torpid liver and makes you feel fresh, healthy and clean. The price of a large bottle is 50 cents?money back if not pleased. The success of Dodson's Liver Tone has brought many medicines into the field that imitate its claims and some have name very similar and pacKage same color, but remember Dodson's Liver Tone is guaranteed by Dr W V Brockington who will give you back your money if you want it. adv. The National Association of Retail Jewelers has announced a supplementary list of "birth stones," but there is a slight suspicion that the ; announcement was born more of business considerations thsn sentiment. ?pxchange. Do loo Fear fowwp>?? No matter how chronic yourcough t or how severe your throat or lung ailment is.Dr King's New Discovery will surely help you; it may save I your life, Stillman Cwn of Mali^ chite, Col, writes: "Two doctors said X , 11 had consumption and could not live twc y*ar*. I used Or Kin?s New Discovery and am alive and well." Your money refunded If it | fails to benefit you. The best home ' remedy for coughs, 'colds, throat and lung troubles. Price, 50c and | $1.00. Guaranteed by Kingstree , Drug Co and M L Allen. adv ? . mm ! At least the Canadians have to 5 thank Harry Thaw for Retting Sher1 brooke on the map and the front page. 1 US! 1 Currin, Auctioneer jj ietorsjl \i ! ' . .. .1