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we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as
He is. The inheritance is unspeakably glorious.
It shall never diminish or fade away. It is an
eternal possession. It has no principle of decay
within itself, nor can it be wasted by anything
from without.
All our theology is embedded in the six little
words of my text.
Is He your Father? Have you, as His child,
felt the unutterable sweetness of those words as
you knelt in prayer? What confidence they
give! What boldness they inspire!
A HUGUENOT'S WILL: 1743.
BY REV. B. H. DUPUY.
"In the name of God, Amen. 1, Bartholomew
Dupuy, of Goochland County and in King William
Parrish, Virginia, being sick in body but
of good and perfect memory, thanks be to the
Almighty God, and calling to remembrance the
uncertain estate of this transitory life, and that
all tlesli must yield unto death, when it shall
please the Almighty God to call, do make, constitute,
ordain and declare this to be my last
Will and Testament and none other and in man
ner and form following: Revoking and annuling
by these presents all and every Testament or
Testaments, will or Wills heretofore by me made
or declared, either by word or writing and this
only to be taken only for my last Will and Testament
and none other. And first being penitent
and sorry from the bottom of my heart for
my sins past most humbly desiring forgiveness
for the same. I give and Commit my Soul unto
the Almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer,
In whom and by whose merits I trust and believe
assuredly to be saved and to have full remission
and forgiveness for all my Sins past, and that
my Soul with my body at the General Day of
Resurrection shall rise again with joy, and
through the merits of Christ's death and passion .
possess and Inherit the K ingdom of Heaven pre
pared for the Elect and Chosen. And my body
to be decently buried in such place as it shall
please my Executors hereafter named. And for
the better settling my Temporal Estates such
Goods Chatties and implements as it has pleased
the Almighty God to bestow on me above my
deserts, I order and dispose the same in manner
and form following, That is to say I will that
those debts and Duties as I owe in Right and
Conscience to any person or persons whatsoever
shall be well and truly Contented and paid or
ordained to be Daid within Convenient timp *ft.pr
my decease by my Executors, hereafter named."
Then follow five short items. The fourth item is:
"I give and bequeath to the poor of King William
Parrish five pounds of Current money."
The remarkable document concludes: "I do acknowledge
this to be my last Will and Testament
and none other, and I renounce to all Laws and
Customs that are Contrary to this my last Will
and Testament. As Witness my hand and seal
this 7th day of March 1742-3.
Bartholomew Dupuy. (Seal.)
This remarkable and brave man with his wife
escaped from France to Germany through thrilling
scenes in December, 1685, shortly after the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1700 he
emigrated with his wife and four children to
America a#d settled in Virginia on James river
some 18 miles above Richmond, where he died
in the ripe old age of 91 years. His descendants
by thousands are now settled in all parts of the
United States. "Thou shalt know that thy seed
shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass
of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in
a full age, like as a shock of corn oometh in in
his season." His will is a dying testimony of
that noble class of immigrants in this country?
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE S
the Huguenots?whose sterling worth helped to
lay the firm corner stones of the republic and
to establish the grand institutions of <the land.
Their influence in moulding the character of
the people has been out of all proportion to the
extent of their immigration. The prominence
of Huguenot names in the rolls of patriots,
statesmen, lawyers, philanthropists, ministers of
the gospel, physicians, editors, educators?men
of not in every calling in the United States?is
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called in question. Moulded as the Huguenots
were in the furnace of persecution, they taught
their offspring to endure hardness, to develop
the mental powers, and to build character on
industry, truth, honesty, virtue and religious belief,
from which they were not to swerve.
These principles have clung to their descendants,
in their dispersion over the country, and
may be recognized in living generations. More
noble blood never settled American soil. This
is evidenced in a Biography and Genealogy of
this sterling man and his descendants, which is
published by the writer under the title, "The
Huguenot, Bartholomew Dupuy, and His Descendants.
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Leesburg, Fla.
THE NEW NEIGHBORS WHO MOVED
AWAY.
W. H. MORSE, M. D.
Have you called on your neighbors?
Well, why not?
Have you spoken to them over the 'back-yard
fence ?
No ? Is that neighborly ?
What is your excuse for not calling?
By your new neighbors is meant the Italians.
They have moved in, and got settled. In the last
ten years two and one-fourth millions of them
have arrived. New York alone has more than a
half-million, and that is more than Borne itself.
Every state has them, every city, every country
town. Those men working on the railroads, those
on the public works, those who hawk bananas
and carry greasy bank-notes. They are the Italians,
your new neighbors.
Did you see them move in f Two hundred and
fifty thousand in a year. Listen! There they
come. That moving van is the Carpathia or the
Taormina. Quite a large family, you see. Not
many household goods. No inquiry for highpriced
rents. Perfectly content with any tenement.
So many children; so many boarders.
Not very quiet, and not addicted to putting on
much style.
Your estimate is from your parlor windows.
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haven't called. As to their housekeeping and
their table, furniture, and sanitary conditions,
you are ignorant. It is true that you can hear
and smell, but your eyes have a limited action.
Come now, why not call? Perhaps you do not
know how your folks fared when they first moved
in. If you had been treated as you treat these
new neighbors, likely as not you wouldn't be just
what you are now. You surely do not treat them
as you treat certain other neighbors. There, for
instance, are the English or French. You were
over their threshold as soon as thev had their
blinds open. But as for these sunny new neighbors,?well,
well; where is your neighborly
spirit t
Have you even spoken to them? Not even
bowed, have you? And why? You, with your
boasted Christian spirit, your charity, and all
your fine talk about loving your neighbor as
yourself! Looks as if you didn't love yourself
to any great extent. If you have an excuse for
not calling, out with it.
1
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What was that you said '' anarchists!" O, no;
you can't prove that. "Black Id and J" N0t
proven; but it' it is so, the scouring soap of neighborly
good will is good for "black hands."
"Dirty!" If this is granted, what about your
own spick-and-span neatness T Ever use a microscope
in your corners f " And such children!"
Probably you know what you mean by that, and
probably it will mean something far different
when Tony and (iretta, in the public school, in
the course of a few years leave your Ted and
Angeline some distance behind them. 44 Undesirables!"
Well, what is it to be really desirable?
ISet your gauge, and try yourself by it, first, if
you were to move to Moscow or BudarPesth tomorrow,
the chances are that you yourself might
lbe rated "undesirable." 44 Poverty struck I"
Indeed? The probability is that you never saw
their bank-notes. "Dangerous!". Sure? Did
you ever see that "stiletto" that you talk about?
You will see it at the same time that you see a
fairy wand. 44But they are such awful murders
f" Look up the list of condemned murderers
and you will not hnd that the larger number
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American doing wrong!
"They are Roman Catholics." Suppose they
are, would that excuse your un-neighborliness i
But they are not. There are, of course, some of
them who are, but the Church of Home has lost
much of its influence over them as a whole, and
the majority are out of tune with Romanism and
lapsing into indifference and infidelity. If you
take pains to observe, you will find that comparatively
few ever go to mass, and that their
remarks about the Latin Church are not exactly
pleasant. If you ask your second girl, Bridget,
about it, you will find that she and her fellow
worshippers at St. Patrick's church do not want
"the guinees" there; and if you ask Alphonse,
the chauffer, he will assure you that "dagoes"
are not welcome at St. Anne's. You see that that
muiccmeni is xnrown out. jnow tor another excuse!
"They move so often!" That is so. They
have that habit. Yesterday your next neighbors
were the Roccas, to-day they the Domenicas, and
to-morrow they will be the Petrazzinis. The
man at the fruit stand Monday is not the same
who was there Saturday night. 4 4 Moved away!''
But where T If you ask the present tenant, you
will find that his predecessor has 4 4 gone home.''
If you will take pains to understand that, you
will find that it is the custom of those neighbors
to return to the homeland as soon as they 4 4 make
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steamer. In the autumn they go by thousands.
Last year the number was above one hundred
thousand. On arrival in Italy they are greeted
by friends eager to hear all about this 4 4 Am-ehree-cah,'
* and they, on their part are as eager to
tell. Let your imagination play about what they
say about their neighbors, meaning you!
Any more excuses for not calling!
None. ^ {
Admit that you are unneighborly ? Now consult
your Bible and read up on the man who went
down to Jericho. You will agree that he who is
neighborly is of necessity a home missionary.
You believe in home missions. Now whv not be
home missionary to those neighbors. They who
do not go to church, why not ask them to attend
church t Why not do your part in supporting
the Italian missions? Do not mention the fact
that you "believe in" home missions and leave
the neighbors alone. You can do a very commendable
piece of home missionary work with
those neighbors. They are naturally religiousThey
are readily accessible to the preaching and
teaching of the Gospel. Positive evangelical
preaching reaches them. And the Italian whu