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THE PEOPLE'S \. REV. THOMAS. DIXON ON THE ERA C? COMMON HUMANITY. The Cola m bi tut Exposition a Brilliant Il? lustration of the Progress of the Mas??. Eulalie and Veragua Were? There aa Kel *e?-^3-Inty" Waa Not 1? It; NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., continued in Association hall this morning the second series of ser - mons on the ''Prophecies of the World's Fair." Tb? subject of today's discourse wa&s**The Era of th? Common People *' He declared that this great exposition was tb? achievement of the common peo? ple. "Society,** so called, was not there. Th? common people conceived it They planned it They managed it They1 patronised it and mad? it a success. Class distinctions were lost in the vaster idea of humanity. This triumphant ex - pressioa of Hf? by th? common people is the -prophecy of their early assumption of the supreme control of the whole so? cial order. Th? text chosen was from John xii, 34, "Who is this Son of Man?" j It is a most significant fact that Jesus Christ called himself the Son of Man. This was his favorite designation of him? self. It was his chosen definition of him? self. The greatest revelation Christ made to the world was himself. And in this title he declared himself to be the son of humanity. He was not to be limited to any one family, to any class, to any na- j tion, to any race-he was the Son of Man. \ The Son of Man shall come in his glory, j he told us. The promise in this title he : thus gives to humanity is full of richest j meaning: As this supreme representa- I ti ve of the human race shall triumph and to him every knee bow at last, so shall humanity, for which he lived, of which he was born, find its day of emancipa- ! tion and triumph. Th? Son of Man was crucified, but he rose again. Humanity has been crucified through centuries on the Calvary of pharisaism, "sacred" and profane. BUT IT SHALL RISE AGAIN. Class and sect and faction shall die at length, never to live again. The desire to be out of the current of the great humanity is the sure index of the uncivilized animal. Whether he wear purple and fine linen and fare sumptu? ously every day, or whether he live from hand to mouth and flaunt th? red nag of an anarchist, it matters not. The princi? ple is the same. All class ideas and class ; foundations as such are fundamentally ?vrong. They are not only immoral, but they are brutal Th? self assertion of class, whether of proletariat or heredi? tary title or millionaire, is the assertion of th? antisocial nature of man-the es? sentially inhuman part of him-in short, th? brutal. There is no other name for it. It is a matter, then, for heartfelt con? gratulation that, this great exposition was in the highest and best sense of the word by the people, of the people, for the people. It was the affair of Man-Man spelled with a big capital. - There were no personages there. It was th? triumph of the genius of humanity. There was no exhibit of "sassiety.** j The Four Hundred were not there to see the exhibit It was not their day, True, the Duke of Veragua was.pres ent.as the guest of the United States government. But he was present as a relic He. was not exhibited as a mem? ber of "society.** He was shown strictly as a relic of Columbus. So the Spanish Enfanta was a curio of a romantic past surviving today. Only I in this sens? were they a part of the j show. HUMANITY'S TRIUMPH. For once class was lost in humanity. ; The idea of the fair originated in the ? brain and heart of the common people, j It was created by them. It was planned and manage?* by them ! and for them. It was patronized and made a success j by them. It could have been created by no less a power. lt could have l>een sustained by no i 'ess a power. No king or prince or emperor of any I nation or empire in this or any other age ! could have done such a work. It meant j an expenditure first and last of about [ 1300,000,000. And more, it meant the corporation in heart and purpose of mil? lions of people of all races and nations j with on? thought and one purpose. The vast crowds of people who poured through those gates from day to day and j filled those palaces and grounds were ] the best looking people of equal number that ever gathered on this planet in one j place. And "sassiety** was nowhere to be seen. I Let the dudes and loafers and butlers ? who crawl up th? stoops of the so called i great and count it an honor to wash their -dishes make a note of this fact. This was a world's fair. And the world was represented there. And the world was there to see it. But "society" was not there. Where, then, is the place of this petty tnob that arrogates to itself so lofty a title? Nowhere. IT IS A SUPERFLUITY. lt has no mission in the real work of the world. It is froth. There are two great problems that now weigh on til?' minds of "sassiet}'." They are the two problems that always arose to trouble the peace of a distinguished cipher in that august coterie. "There are two $ things that bother me," he said. "One is, how the world got on before I came i nit. it, and th? other is how it is going to get on after I leave it.'* This exposition, that marks the glory of centuries of human achievement, has given a mos' emphatic answer to these solemn queries. Yet how many poor fools there are in this big world of ours who actually be? lieve that the universe is no larger than their conception of a "class." or caste, of artificial social distinctions! Most of our signings and heart burn? ings ar? not over the great problems of the human race and human heart, but over the tremendous problen ? . ...AI: class position and limitations. An uneducated man who had maV!e M vast fortune in a few years by Spedi? tion, while driving in the park, encou: tered a plainly dressed middle aged ma on foot. "That man," said he to his wife. "b( longs to one of the oldest families in thi city. His grandfather was one of th signers pf the Declaration of Indepei dence. He belongs to a set I cannc enter. I would give half I am worth fo his position." Meantime the middle aged gentlema on foot mused as he looked at the mac nificent carriage and equipments. "If had some of that man's money, ho\ many comforts I could bring into ou bare lives!" So the Wall street magnate, who one made a speech 3? minutes long at a dir ner and saw his name in the papers nes morning, envies the peculiar glory c the man of letters whose name appear daily.. ' So the poor man of letters sighs fo the gold of his neighbor and resolve that if he ever gets enough of it he wi! never write another line. ?o when we aspire we hope to clim from class to class. WE LIVE IN CLASSES. We think in classes; we forget the hn man. In proportion as a class is a class it is not human. Toe class idea is the es sence of self-that is, brutality. The sc cial ideal in which we are willing to sub ordinate self to the good of others-thi is the very essence of humanity. If this exposition can only burn thi great thought into the minds of the mil lions who saw its glories and wep with the rapture of its beauty and har mony, it were'worth twice $200,000,000. Scarcely a day passes iu our biston but that the cable brings us the news o: a divorce suit or separation between ai American girl who married a titled brut< under the impression she was getting into "society." When will they lean they are getting out of society and join inga contemptible little mob, the founda tion of whose class is the brute part oj man's nature? The last news we have from the ole world is that the daughter of a mai who rose from the ranks of the poor t( be many times a millionaire andinarriec a title has sued for a divorce from hei "prince." This prince, we are informed is a young debauchee, whom no decenl man could allow to enter his home b* cause of his disreputable habits, and whe boasted that he would yet take the inde pendence out of his American wife. Well, the American girl who marries i titled brute deserves no better than sh? gets. And yet, the pity of it! BUT ONE GOOD TITLE. Let our girls and boys know there ii but one title to nobility-the nobility ol a great nature. The man who separates himself from his fellow men by class oj clique wall is by its limitations sc much smaller a man. The man who be Heves the sun rises and sets for 400 peo? ple and aspires to be one of them has only 400 people, and very small peop?? at that, in the world in which he lives and reduces himself to a stray poodle whining at the gate and hoping for ad? mission in the dim by and by, wher Ward McAllister or some other great butler shall smile. This exposition w?i teach us here a most important lesson. This triumphant expression of life in the common people is the sure prophecy of the day soon to dawn when they will rule supreme over the whole social order. The same reasons make this a certain? ty which made the absence of "society' in attendance and management a for? gone conclusion. First-The vulgar rabble, called the common people, seem to have a practical monopoly of patriotism. Such a fair was first a supreme expression of na? tional consciousness. "Society" has no national consciousness. "Society" takes no note of any of the vulgar affairs of this dirty earth that originate and have their being outside their "set." The smaller the "set" the more perfect it is considered. There is r.o room in a set for a nation, and ii national consciousness among suet) people is as unreasonable a demand as \ ; > suppose them capable of thought. Vacuity is the ideal aimed at in their mental development. PATRIOTISM OF GREAT MINDS. The love of cotmtry is a large thought, it cannot dwell in small quarters. Nor can it live in a vacuum. It presupposes company. It presupposes something of the human-something of human broth? erhood and fellowship upon the largest lines. To love one's country means of neces? sity to love the people who make it love? able. "Society" by its very cardinal principle is forbidden under penalty of deepest damnation from loving laige numbers Df people or from even taking note mentally of their existence. Besides "society" is forbidden to love anything. For love is an emotion. Worse, it is a passion. And emotions and passions are extremely vulgar! Vio? lent emotion, indeed any movement of the soul one degree removed from vacu? ity, is therefore strictly forbidden. Hence the only love "society" does not forbid is the love of a poodle. Not only is it impossible for "society" to love country because the country con? tains millions of common people, and be? cause love is a vulgar passion, but now it is made still further impossible because the love of country really means the love of humanity-and this is too large a thought even for the great butlers of "society" who write its guides to con? sider. True patriotism is to love one s coun? try not as against the world-it is to love one's country because it is" a part of God's world, which he has given to man. Every true patriot has a heart as big as the world. He loves his fellow man as man, and is as ready to fight man's bat? tles in other climes and beneath other skies, as beneath his own flag or his own soil. Such world embracing emotions are entirely impossible in a vacuum. THE VAPID "SOCIETY" INTELLECT. Hence any great function which has as its basal principle the national con ? sciousness is utterly foreign to the genius of "society." "Society" does not even ; deign to adjust its single barreled eye? glass to see what it is all about. "Soci j ety" simply plays with the poodle and j drinks tea until it is over. Moreover, j such a grand exposition could never be conceived, much less carried to a cessful issue without a co-operat which means the subordination of sel the good of others. Subordination of is the great unknown in "society." ' ciety" is born, lives, moves, has its b( strictly in and of the exploitation of s To subordinate self would annihi "society" at one full stroke. It wc destroy clique and class and exhalt inanity. Hence "society" was not ii And it could not have entered it w out abrogating its right to existei If it were indeed the World's fair, ; "society" was not there, the place "society" is where? The echoes of ^ uity answer "Nowhere!" But why inveigh against "socie with such warmth if it were not tfc and did not profess to be there? For same reason an irascible old jusiic? the peace once gave for a fine. A yoi lawyer accosted him familiarly on street one day and made some rem which at once aroused his? wrath. "Young man," said he, "I fine yon for contempt of court." "Why, judge," said the young offend "you are not in session." "This court," responded the jud now thoroughly aroused; "this couti always in session, sir, and cousequen is always an object of contempt." Second-Such movements presupp a boundless faith in man. It required a measureless faith in n to project in the name of human progr a mere show to last but six mon which could not be held without levy: tribute upon the whole world, civili; and savage, and expending the enorme sum of $200,000.000. "Society" in its fundamental creed f bids, under penalty of banishment ame the common herd, faith in man. "Society" does not know "man." has not been presented. Nobody c sp-eak for his ancestors. And those w do whisper the horrible rumor tl folks say he is related by blood to a mt key! Whereupon "society" is shock and calls for smelling salts and tea 1 400! FAITH AND PROGRESS. Now, faith in man is the secret of human progress. For this reason the philosopher thin] for this reason the scientist toils, t philanthropistsacrifices, and the invent never despairs. Sweep from the human soul this st lime thought, and civilization is dead. It is this faith that has sailed nnknov seas, opened the forests, tunneled t mountains and brought to the whi world the inspiring conception of i unity and brotherhood. The poorest i vestment any man ever made is infidt itv-especially in man and of man. 2 investment pays such returns as faith especially in man, the image of Go And no man can have faith in God wi has no faith in man. I read the other day a strange story a gulch near Shasta City, Cal. The writ said that it is a deep ravine, with roc showing all the way up the sides. Go in paying quantities had been four along the stream, but it seemed todisa pear a few feet from the channel. Oi day, while a gang of men were toiling' the stream, a stranger, evidently ign rant of mining, came along and lean* on his ragged elbows to watch the resul of their labor. The miner near him took out a ?5 nu: get, and anxiety overcame the ignorai stranaer. "Say," he asked, "where can I go t diggin to find it like tliat?" The hardy miner stopped his worl and giving the wink to all the boys, s that the joke, should not be lost, pointe up to the barren rocks, where no gol had ever been found. "You see that rough lookin place?" "Yes," said the new hand. "Well, thar it is rich. Jes* you stak out a claim au go to work, an when \y finish here we'll come up too." The new hand thanked the miner, ant the boys all grinned their appreeiatio: of the joke. That afternoon a solitar; figure was seen picking on the rock; hillside, and every time the miner looked up they roared with laughter. But the next day the new miner strut*] a pocket and took out several thousand of dollars in gold. Then he came an< thanked the miner who had sent him nj there, and went down into the valley and bought a farm, while the other min ers dotted that same rocky hillside foi days without finding a pocket. The} agreed that it was a joke, but not PX actly of the kind they had intended. So "society" lifts its nose in supercil ions surpris^ at the simplicity of a bonna less faith in man. and would roar with laughter at those who toil for that faitl were not roaring "vulgar." Born oi this measureless faith in man was th? uniform good nature and kindliness thal beamed on the faces of the hungry mil? lions that crowded those palaces and beautiful grounds. NOWHERE AN ANGRY, SCOWLING FACE. Everywhere good nature and fraternal kindness! Who that saw it will ever forget that crowd of joy-lit human fae s! No drunken revelry! No envious glances! No standing on privileges! Fraternity! Humanity! Verily, "society" was not there! Third-The common people are hu? manity. By the common people I mean the aggregate, inclusive of the two great classes continental writers would desig? nate as bourgeois and proletariat. In America there is. strictly speaking, no middle class as distinguished by hostile ideals from the working class. The mid? dle class people with us are working people, and they are identified in the main with the working people in life and aims and hopes. Human progress is bound up in the common people. Prog? ress that is not in them and of them is not progress. The little cliques of peo? ple that form themselves into petty un? social mobs apart from the common peo? ple may be grouped as intellectual and spiritual paupers, and with other feeble folk cared for by the state may be left ou. . :ue account of the ii. mani ty. Thc one lesson the vastness of i.. ii taught, with overwhelming emphasis, was the measureless grandeur of man and the insignificance of men. Individual interests were dwarfed and lost in the immensity of the world idea. Corporations whose name circle the j e.trth. and whose affaira axe discussed in book and pamphlet and magazine as though they controlled the destinies of nations, had their little exhibits here and were lost in the whole. The ?Stan? dard Oil company cuts an insignificant figure as compared with the great indus? try of eggs and poultry. The common people are humanity, be- j cause they fight its battles. They do its thinking. They do its suffering. They do its work. Take out of the history of the race the battles to be fought, the achievements of thought, the martyrdoms to be suf? fered, the work to be done, and what is there left? -Society!" Nothing! Let idle loafers, the froth and the dregs, take note, the day of humanity dawns! Class must perish, man be glorified! Yes, man, whose inhumanity to man has made countless thousands mourn, will yet come forth purified by suffer? ing. Yes, man, that ''pendulum twixt a smile and a tear," will yet live to see tears turned to smiles upon the faces vf a nobler race! For the Son of man will yet come in his glory! A Chane? to Make a Million. Five years ago a Russian princess who ! died in this city left by will $1,000,000 to the person who would consent to remain | for the space of one year in the chapel j which is erected over her tomb in the ! cemetery of Pere Lachaise. The prin? cess lies in a crystal coflin. Thus the whole body is distinctly visible, and this is what causes so much fright to all who i have as yet attempted to gain the prize, j But the will forbids all visitors. The i candidate must be alone with the dend ? for a whole year before the $1.000.000 is won. No work is allowed. Books and newspapers, however, are permitted, and a servant brings meals regularly to t%e watcher. One hour's walk a day is al- i lowed, but this must be undertaken be- j fore 5 o'clock in the morning in summer and S o'clock during the winter mouths. Several Frenchmen have essayed to win the prize, but all have given np after a short trial. One lasted out near? ly three weeks, by which time he had completely lost his reason and still re? mains a jabbering idiot. The will makes no mention of foreigners being ineligi? ble. There is every chance, therefore, for a strong minded American who fears neither ghosts, ghouls nor gravestones to become rich in the short period of 365 days. Application is to be made to t'.e municipality of Paris. - Paris Corre- j spondent. LOST-I "LABGE AMOUNT 0P| MONEY Ia lost annually bv parties purchasing worth- j less triiii tm?;?, roes, &c. Get them from J? ! firm that (?rows their own tree.*, sends out nothing hut good stock and sells at reason? able prices We want the address of even farmer or gardener in \ our sert ion and will make you n liheral offer, write for particulars and prices HI once, send stamp for descriptive Catalogue. Agents wanted everywhere A dd tess. CHEROKEB NURSERY CO., Waycrose, Ga ^ Mention thin Paper.) BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In- j digestion & Debility. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD FOR 1894 W.ll be with ut Question America's. -LEADING FAMILY PAPER - Tue reputation that ?he Weekly Herald has enjoyed for many years ot i<emg the best home newspaper in the laud will he mater? ially ..ddea to du ri ut! the j ear of 1994 No pains or expense will he spared to make it in every department the most reliable, inter? esting and instructive of all weekly news- j paper publications. ' It will be proved in many ways. A number of new features and depart- j ments will he added. The latest development | in all fields of contemporaneous human interest will he ably descussed from week lo j week hy accomplished writers. THE NEWS OF THE WORLD. will be given in a concise but complete form. Every important or inteiestiug event, either at home or a? road, will be duly described in the columns of the Weekly Herald. In politics the Herald is auso utely inde? pendent and sound. It tells the tight and wrongs of ali sides without fear. Farmers and stock raisers cannot afford to be without the Weekly Herald during the ..urning yeat. It will contain a regular de? partment each week devoted exclusively to subjects of timely interest to them aud giving many valuable suggestions and new ideas. The women and children of the land will find in the Weekly Herald a welcome visitor. The household and children's pages will be both instructive and entertaining. They will abound in hints and receipts which women so much value. A brilliant array of nov?is and short ; stones by the best writers in America and Engl?nd has been secured, so that fiction will be one of the most attrHCtive features in the Weekly Herald during 1894. In tact-, the Weekly Herald will be a ma gaz ne ot the highest order, combined wah a complete newspaper. Now is the Time to Subscribe. 0nly One Dollar AYear SEND F?R SAMPLE COPY. A i d ress, THE WEEKLY HERALD, HERALD SQUARE, NEW YORK. . RE310VAL. LEVAN'S HARBER SHUP has been removed to the room over Mr. B. J. Barnett's store, in his new building on Main Street. Thanking any friends for past favors, 1 solicit their continued patronage in ray new stand, where I am better prepared to serve them with satisfaction to them, as well as myself. Respectfully. JOSEPH IJEVAN. Dec. 6-4. TO YOU We extend a Christmas Greeting. While you are buying presents for Husband, Father, Brother and YOUR SWEETHEART Don't forget that we have just such as will be useful to them. 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Paints Not only guaranteed by the manu ufacturers but by their agents. Respectfully, W. B. Burns. FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT- . BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL LINE Forest Drop ai Cbemicals, CALL ON J. S. HU6HS0N & GO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, Fen 8. _SUMTER. S C. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose ot' working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Murants, Mises, Etc, And doing a Gent ral Business in that line. A complete workshop has neen lined up on LIBERTY STREET, NEA R POST OFFiCE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER. G. E. RICHARDSON! Jnne 16. J. R. Haynsworth, SURVEYOR. C^AN BE communicated with through j office of Havnsworths & Cooper Sum ter, S.C. Nov. 29-4t. H. A. HOYT, MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, FINE DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb. I NOTICE. rpHE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION I will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certificates of Registration to all persons who hare be? come twenty-one years of age since the last General election. Also transfers to those who have changed place of residence. W. S. JAMES, Supervisor of Registration. Dec. 7.