Newspaper Page Text
18 (856)
W. T. Hardle Wm. F. Hurdle
Hobt. T. Hurdle Ebea Hardle
WILLIAM T. MAR 1)1 K A CO.
Cottea Pact?ri A Commission Merchant*
WMS llravler Street, Cor. Dryadea
IV EW OH LEA IV 8, LA.
S. H. HAWES t CO.
Dealers in
COAL
Also
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT
RICHMOND VA.
I 1
WHEN
When traveling between Norfolk,
Richmond, Lynchbnrg, Cincinnati, Leutsvllle,
Chicago, St. Louia and the West
and Southwest generally, von will And
the CHESAPEAKE A OHIO up-to-date
in every particular.
Finest Pullman equipment. Best Dining
Car Service. Scenery that will delight
yon.
JOHN D. POTTS,
General Passenger Agent,
C. A O. By, Richmond, Va.
A. n. GRISWOL.D a CO., Limited.
Jeweler* and Silversmith*.
Our stock of Jewelry, Silverware, Diamonds
and Preolous Stones, Watches,
Novelties In Gold and Silver. Is the largr
est and handsomest we have evei Shown.
Everything new, Fresh, attractive. Write
for our Book of Suggestion.
A. B. GRISWOLD,
728 Caaal St., New Orleans, La.
(Established 1817.)
Mwtores Gray Natr to Ma* ?ral Color
naevii osaosurr see ? ??
BsmonlM and prarente tb? hear trwnr Mist ?
rw Mt St eruiiclat*. Sam Dlract Sy
XANTHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia
~ - SI Ta iMIla SaMla lit S?i?^ la CSaal?'i
INCORPORATED ISIS.
VIR6INIA FIRE & MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY
RICHMOND, VA.
Aaoota Mt.?C
W. H. PiADMHR. PrefltSsM.
8. B. ADD WON, Vice President,
W. H. MCCARTHY, Secretary,
OSCAR D. PITTS. Treasurer.
THE SAFEST If AT TO
TRANSFER MONEY
In hr
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
Far Rates Apply te Local l>Dif?r.
Qsrttdtsl Ttlephoiii k Ttltfrtph
OmpnTi h?en
NRlf ORLFAXS. LA.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER OP THE SOUTH.
Train* Leave Richmond.
N. B.?Following schedule figures published
as Information and not guaranteed:
6:10 A.M. Daily Local for Danville.
Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh.
10:46 A.M. Daily Limited For all points
South. Drawing Room, Buffet,
Sleeping Car to Ashevllle.
3:00 P.M.?Ex. Sunday?Local for Durham,
Raleigh and intermediate stations.
6:00 P.M. Dally For Danville, Atlanta
and Birmingham, with through
electric lighted drawing room
sleeping car.
11:46 P.M. Daily Limited for all points
Seuth. Pullman ready 9:00 P. M.
Torlc River I.lne.
4:80 P.M. Daily. To West Pt.. connecting
for Baltimore Mon? Wed.,
?:00 A.M. Ex. Sun. and 2:15 P.M. Mon.,
Wed. and Frl. Local to Weit Pt.
Train* Arrtva In Rlrhaaad.
From the South: 8:60 A. M., 8:40 A. M.,
2:00 P. M.. 8:06 P. M.. dally, and 12:05
P. M., ex. Sua.
From Weat Point: 0:80 A. M., dally;
11:36 A. M., Mon., Wed. and Frl.; 4:26
P. M., Ex. Sun.
8. E. BURGESS. p. P. A.
907 E. Main St. 'Phone Madlaon 372.
THE PRESBYTERU
"OLD rELHAjrS."
tn a sometime copy of The Presbyterian
of the South, a rude picture of an
old-time place of worship In our own
church, reminded me of a similar edince
with which I was familiar in my
younger years. It was in southern Virginia
and formed the gathering place of
public worship for Methodists In a large
section of country. INor need it be supposed
that the plainness and even rudeness
of that decaying old building indicated
any degree of poverty among
those godly people and Bimple folk. The
primitive simplicity of the early Enllsh
Methodists was shown by them maniwise.
and often needlessly, for it is not
by the cut of the garb or eechewinE
paint on wood or plastering oa laths
that the heart is made better, such being
habits descending from father to
son and held onto with mistaken reverence.
But I speak of an age ago. Why,
on the records of "Old Pelham's" was
the suspension of a member, and a good
woman, too, who would wear her wedding
ring. How said lady came to have
a golden ring we know not.
I remember that ancient meetinghouse
and often sat there under the
preaching of the Word and hearty ringing
of many voices untrained, 'but devout,
when "Jesus, Lover of My Soul,"
"Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy,"
and other Btirring prayerful hymns
would rise and lose themselves among
the bare rafters, but never cease until
the ear of God and height of heaven had
been attained. And the prayers of those
good old brethren on the minister's right
hand. I recall some very utterances
iU - A U o.
iivrn mo ucyiuo ui iiuuiuic, uuuuilc
ssuls. !1 always thought that old
"Brother U." must have known much
trouble In his life when he prayed bo
earnestly the good Lord to help us "In
these low grounds" of sorrow. Ah! he
has long since gone up from his "low
grounds" to the lofty summits of the
"delectable mountains" of Zion where
groans and lamentations are turned into
praises and rejoicings. I reeall another
aged member, a Mr. Heath, who"
having once taught an "old field
school," as it was termed, and instilled
rudiments to those that could after have
taught him the lofty branches, was ever
accosted In peculiar revereace as "Mr."
and not "Brother," which latter seemed
a little too familiar. "Old Mr. Heath"
was tall and thin, of grave countenance
and had never married; he always wore
the garb of his early days, very distinguishing,
short knee breeches with
buckels and long brown stockings; one
would think he had just stepped out
from some old portrait picture of far
away days in the peat. "Old Pelbam s *
had no more regular or devout attendant
than this plain old man, who hath long
since put on the fine linen of the salntB
in glory and still worships, but in the
upper sanctuary now.
Well, when "Pelham's" refused to
hold those worn out timbers together
any longer, and the ' rough benches
could 'be propped up no longer, and the
waiting winds of autumn found entrance
through the broken panes and
crevices, the strong members thought
the time must have come and the Lord
would not be angry if they built anew,
and so they did build a plain and simple
structure, In na wise tasteful, that might
foster pride, you know, and never one
brush-full of paint Inside or out Still,
new Pelham's was a great advance on
the old, and I often worshipped In It,
too. Sometimes they would erect green
booths near the door to accommodate
the large assemblage, for that was a
church-going people and so quiet and
orderly; If any went with hearts not
attuned to'God's worship, they were outwardly
composed and the better prepared
for receiving God's Spirit, and
many were added to the church of such
LH or THE SOUTH
as should be Baved. There were seasons
when we found the doors fast
closed and a solemn hush within, when
we were told in whispers, 'twas "love
reast" within and all the old Pilgrims
were softly, sweetly communing with
one another and their Lord, refreshing
their weary souls by the earthly way
that leads direot to the Celestial City.
Like Bunyan in his dream catching a
passing glimpse of the happy ones inside,
we too could have wished ourselves
among them.
It was not the church of my order
f Presbyterian), nor of that of the family
of my sojourning (Episcopal), but we all
loved "Old Pelham's" and its faithful
membership, our friends and neighbors.
and ever attended between whiles on Its
services and felt our souls uplifted. The
Holy Sacrament was there administered
from a dinner plate and common tumbler
glass. After a little needless shock
to one's sensibility one remembered this
did not in the least afreet the broken
body and shed blood of our Redeemer,
and so we sat together in heavenly
places. Good "Old Pelham's," I bear
thee still in my memory of memories
and rejoice for the multitudes thou didst
help on to Heaven.
Marllnton, W. Va. Anna L. Price.
THE GREAT MEN OF THE WORLD ON
THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF
THE WORLD.
Compiled and arranged by Carl
Theodore Wettsteln.
(Copyrighted 1911, by C. T. Wettsteln.)
Introduction:
"The existence of a Creator and Ruler
of the universe has been acknowledged
"by the greatest men of the world."?
Charles Darwin.
"I believe in the divinity of Jesus
ChriBt, the same as Tycho de Brahe,
Copernicus Descartes, Newton, Lermath,
Leibnitz, Pascal, Qrimaldo, Euler,
Guldin, Boscowltch and Gerdil?like all
great naturalists, all great astronomers,
and all great mathematicians of the past
centuries.'*?<L. A. Cauchy, one of the
greatest mathematicians and physical
scientists of France; professor of
Theoretical Astronomy at the Sarbonne,
ParlB.
"Many unbelieving scientists have accomplished
great things in all sciences,
even as specialists. But more epochmaking.
more leading, more enlightening
are the labors of the great Chris
tians, the true princes of science."?F.
Bettex, professor of Natural Sciences in
Stuttgart.
In the following articles we will give,
m their own words, the opinions of the
most prominent statesmen, scientists
and authors on subjects like the Bible,
Darwinism, Atheism, God, Creator, Immortality,
Prayer, Religion, Christianity
and Mission. From them the reader can
see that the above quotations are sorroborated
by the greatest men of the
world.
Darwinism, Atheism, etc.
William Hanna Thompson, M. D., LL.
D.: Celebrated scientist and ex-presIdent
of the New York Academy of
Medicine.
tfn his latest books, 'Ufa, Death and
Immortality," he regards Darwinism as 1
"definitely discredited by modern
science," and says "some scientific investigators
now treat it with ridicule."
Funk and Wagnalls Co., N. Y.
Milwaukee Sentinel:
"To the young upstart in science who
has had his mind perverted to such an
extent met ne e&n account for anything
in nature upon Ave minutes' notice,
it must be an eye-opener to find
that hie pet theories about the descent
or ascent of man 1b questioned and
even seriously questioned by some of
the greatest scientists of the present
time and of the last half century. This
n
[July 17, 1912
will, undoubtedly, have the effect of
creating just doubt enough to lead to a
careful and critical study of the subject.
Nothing has ever been so painful to me
as to be compelled to listen to some of
these upstarts giving what they call
proofs of their particular brand of evolution.
In a court of justice no jury
would convict a boy on any charge, on
evidence as weak as that that these
chaps call proofs. Every man, whether
scientist or not. believes in some measure
of evolution, but all scientists do
not believe in the Darwinian principle.
When scientists shall be able to agree
among themselves as to the relative
weights to be attached to natural selection,
environment, the internal factors
and other factors, it will be tlm,? enouah
to talk dogmatically. And let It be remembered
tbat the burden of proof is on
those who propose the theory and it is
they alona who. in the present stage of
the controversy are justly liable to he
rushed in where imponderable spirits
are afraid of breaking through. The
proposer of a theory must make good
his claim and the rest of us are entitled
to our circus while he is trying to
do it."
John Johnson?'Prominent Banker in
(Milwaukee:
"Coarse, impudent Atheism and Infidelity,
that made itself so conspicuous
and boasted so boldly a few generations
ago, has vanished almost entirely.
iRobert Ingersoll was the last
who pubMcly preached such a rude and
hearilfRS BXtflrminntinTi nt fha nnkloot
and sublimest aspirations of the soul.
"Recently, I read a book by the late
John Fiske (American philosopher), and
I was astonished about the change of
his views on religion, from a certain
skepticism to a genuine strong faith in
God and a life after death."
(For quotations from Fiske's book on
faith in God, etc., see John Flake in this
series.)
M. O. Waggoner?Prominent Lawyer in
Toledo:
Some years ago the following appeared
in the newspapers:
"Lawyer M. O. Waggoner, of Toledo,
the agnostic and Infldel converted to
PhrloHonltv Vvtr oo/iwaiI
u; OO^lCU tU'UOlV; ISDUIUg
from a talking machine, and who la going
to burn his library on August 20,
is the recipient of many letters. They
corns from men in every walk of life.
The majority of them are from curioua
individuals, inquiring if it is true that
he has been converted from & scoffer to
a believer. Many of them are from Infidels,
who call him a fool, and one
man says he must have been under a
hypnotic influence. One enterprising
book hunter in Cincinnati has written
him offering to purchase his library at
a good figure. As it has become known
that he Is to burn his books he has received
numerous letters from oersons
who wish to buy certain volumes. He
has received hundreds of letters from
clergymen from all parts of the country,
congratulating him on the stand he has
taken in the matter. One professor of
an Ohio college wrote him to postpone
the burning of his books for Just one
month and reflect on the matter. Mr.
Waggoner has been busily engaged the
last week In answering these letters. To
all he writes at some length. The mea
who have written him kind words he
thanlre and those who have essayed to
criticise he endeavors to show the error
of their harsh words. Several agnostics
hare visited the city and called upon
him. Dong Interviews have been the result,
and the men who came to denounce
him have gone away In a thoughtful
mood."
Dr. G. C. Redbert, Editor and Professor
at the Seminary In Bloomfleld, N. J.
In an article on Darwinism In
"DeutBcker Volhsfrennd:"
"In fact, the Darwinian high-flood
soon started on Its retrogratlon. Dr.