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1113 IM jroross AdzAncs« WcdsKS ay, Qc cb r 15. 1573 JAS. P. SIMMONS,? -p,.. JAS. U. VINCENT. ( E llt; -’ rs - ■nr ! I IO OUR PATRONS. When we purchased the Advance it was just getting under way as a political and miscellaneous news paper. It was intended by the original proprietor for local cir culation only. From then until very recently we have been running it at great disadvantage, but corresponding all the time with printers and publishers, for the purpose of pro curing a partner who understands the business We have intended all the time, should we secure such partner, and our views meet his approval, to change the whole character of the paper, and try to make. something of it. We now have the pleasure to inform our readers that we have secured the services of Jlr. John Beats, who has become jointly in terested with us in the establish ment, and taken full charge of the office as publisher. Os our partner, wo will at pre sent, onlv say that he is a South I I Carolinian by birth and education. • He comes to us well recommended as a reliable business man. And he professes to be a gentleman, and looks and talks like he might be a fair specimen of that class of sons of the Old Palmetto State. We, therefore, recommend him to your confidence as such, and pro miso you now, that if we find him not what he appears and professes to be, we will promptly notify you thereof. We have now made the change of programme desired, as will be seen by reference to “Oun Peat form.” The Advance will, in future, give such political information as we may deem interesting to our read ers, but will take no part in the heated party confes s of the coun try. And, as wo furl our party banner, we frankly say to our Democratic friends and patrons, that we will not consider you longer bound by your subscrip tions to our paper, and on payment up to this time, you are at liberty • I to withdraw your names from our ' support. In saying this we must: freely admit that it would be pain- ! lul with us to part from any ot you. We change the character of our paper for the sole purpose of add ng to its value. And we would gladly have you all con tinue, and bring your friends to our support with you. We affec tionately invite all to “come and go with us,” and we will try to ' “do you good.” We will continue the Literary, News, Agricultural and other ft»i lures of the Advance as hereto fore. And hope soon to enlarge and greatly improve its appear anco and capacity for usefulness. This number is put to press ■ hastily, so as to change our day of publication from Friday to' Wednesday. This we do to suit the mail facilities of some of our subscribers better. We intend to publish a new i prospectus next week, coriep.md ing with our present plans and I purposes. Simmons A Vincent. ! .„ . j OUR PLATFORM. We believe that there is a per-; soual God —who created ami over rules all things—that Jesus Christ Ills Son anti our Savior, and that , ? . IL ly Ghost is His messenger ; 1 our instructor. that the Bible was written by inspiration of God—is true —ami the only safe foundation for i Christi tn faith and practice. That she eoul is immortal—that * there will be a resurrection of the dead and lina 1 judgment, and that! the punishment of the uure- i deemed will be eternal. And will insist, that all who agree in these fundamental propo sitious.und seek salvation through Christ, constitute his t'hureh, and should all unite and co-operate with Him, and each other, in the sacred work of redemption, as an affectionate family of brothers and . RAMBLE.: ON AB9RITON. In his article before the last lie asked this question : “Has a child, before it is born into the world and ac t u ally sreall ie sa“s"o u f?’ ’ I answered, ?to. ’ And asked him this: “If he thinks it has, to say at what stage of its previous exist ence the soul becomes sufficiently matured to live on without the body ?” To that question he made no reply. Why did he not answer it ? He could not; nor can any body else. This is one of the difficulties into which Error leads her worshippers, and leaves them there. Truth never serves her votaries so badly. Rambler then lays down the proposition that if a child has no soul before its birth (here is no harm in destroying it, and further on says: “If an embryo has no soul, then its death is a double mercy. It is a mercy to (he mother, who is saved from untold suffering by it. It is a mercy to the child, since if it comes on the I stage of action it will, most pro bably, suffer no little in this Ike, and in the end sink .n the ray less night of doom. . It follows then that the ph;, si cian who can destroy tiie greatest number of human germs, and do it without hurt to the bearer o! them, is not a monster of iniquity, but a bone actor of the first mag nitmlc.” What a monstrous proposition for a Minister of the Gospel to assume! Is it no harm to violate the penal laws of the country ? God requires his people strictly to obey them. The Hebrew Church,the heathen philosophers, (who believed the soil immortal,) and a large ma jority of the Christian Church of the present and all past ages, do and have,held (hat the soul enters the body at the time of its birth., ami not before; yet in'anticide has ever been held as one of the most revolting crimes against the laws of Heaven, and punished severely by the penal code of every civilized country. Il is a crime, in my view, than which none is more impious—God defy ing—hell deserving! If I am right in my views of the soul, (and it is upon the hypothe sis that I am, that he assumes his position,) our bodies are created— made by our Creator, through in strumentalities of his own wise and sufficient appointment, and art'designed by him, in bis wisdom and mercy, to become the tene ments of his poor, fallen ami out cast creatures in this life, that he i may h< re offer us pardon and re-j storalion to his favor, on terms the ' most liberal which Divine Wisdom > could devise. Not withstanding all which, Rambler gravely argues ■ that to destroy these precious caskets, so created ami so design ed, at any time before the souls enter them, no harm,!"—“a blessing"— and, of course, right !! If 1 am correct as to the sacred, holy and merciful purposes for: which these bodies are intended j and necessary, the savans of the I world cannot name a crime more ! irreverent to God, or subversive of I his will than this. The abortionist, in (his view, when he goes at his fiendish work , defies the Almighty trad attempts j to defeat and disappoint Him in , his great ami benign purpose in > the creation of this world— the ' salvation of men, Ami in that we are told (here ns- no harm ! If a man were to prevent, by force, a penitent sinner from go ; ing up to the altar for prayer, j Rambler would think it a great outrage, as it would be; yet he insists that to have destroyed lire body in which the penitent wanted j to bow down and pray for pardon , and life, before the spirit entered it, would have been. “;m harm," but “a blessing.”' If that be true., this life is a curse ! lo what extremities of error and ; inconsi tency the blind prejudices i . of great and good men may lead | them, when defending Mime favor ! ite dogma, or pet idea of their ow n, I none can foresee. i It cannot be neves .try to pursue our friend's argument of that posi ‘ lion further. The heart sickens al • the thought of such gross impiety, (though unintentional.) a> it ne | cessarily involves. Before closing, however, we beg l | leave to suggest to’him that he; has entirely misconceived the; ; effect of his argument. If ht is j light in holding that the soul and i | body mes into the world alike and together, and that the soul is capable of inheriting eternal life, and will do so it the body die, be fore it is bom into the world, and that a very large majority of those who live up lo a mature age go to hell, on leaving here, would it not. as a mere matter of policy, “be a blessing;” t U N7« r. ry before they are born, or, at most, before they arrive at years of ac countability? That, in his view would surely appear to be the most certain way to save (hem from torment, ami to secure for them eternal life. If lie is right, one of the “learned doctors" \\e speaks of, could save more sou’s (han a score of preachers. Then why not turn over that business, in part, anyhow, to Ils “doctors ■" From the direction this argu ment has ta .en, it would seem to have become important to ascer tain winch of our theories is most promotive of the baby-raising in terests of the country. Let Us try them by known results. We will produce but one comparison at present. Rambler and I have both, been “heads of families” for many years. 1 have had to foot the school and other bills for eight of these responsibilities. How is it with you, my friend ? Now don’t — i go North and join the “ Yankee | church" you write ab-rni. Some 1 people think themselves very un fortunate in having no children. It would be ha rd lo their misfortunes to crime, ami one at which (hey might shudder as much as would \onor I. We should be charitable to all m.n. But this is a side show. Let us have no more such, but come right up to the question before us. In bis last Rambler cited Eph. i: 4, to prove a point not in ou; dispute. That verse, like all others, touching the point at issue be tween us, ruins his case. “He hath chosen us in him before the foun dation of the world,” etc. Then, were we not in existence “before the foundation of the world ?” If not, how could we tlteai have been chosen? Or, what need had we then of the divine favor ? Please answer these questions in your next. And if you have other authorities which you think would suit your purpose better, give us the others also. Our read ers want to see the Scriptures on which we rely. Be careful how you select your quotations from the Bible; if not you may find them more damag ing to your cause than oven Scott’s Com., or Irwin’s Code hav been. S. .11. S. IN THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE lu a communication signed “JI. S’.,” in the GaineviHe Erg e, of the 10th iust., w.' find the following: In the Noitciio-f Vdva:-' ?■’, of (hr? 19. h :S< pEhib r, tiie edil< i sir.s: “The t» ryi Iras been found on Ike 1.ca.l waters of tiie Oconee, and no doubt its at-soclales—i-a.p j’nire, corundum, tin- ruby an I the er.r i .:!d, ; can also (• mid th-re, as tlv y all have ! ilr. same cous-JtuViori, leing pure akmi’!'.-., chrysii-.iiz'd.” Wear- rurpris d ::t this, and r‘..r t that ' so palpabl an error should be end red by j the pr ss, which is now tiie thi-f ni'-diitni I through which correct ini'ormata n isc<-n --; reyed t > tiie piriiady educ ted iniliious. i The beryl and cm raid ere different spicks of the same genus; but sapphire or c< ruu dum an I ruby are different speci- s of an other genus, to show which, we give their chemical composition, viz: Em > ahis. B ryl. Glucina.... 12.50 15.50 Silica 68.50 66.45 Alumina 15.75 66.45 i Oxide of chrome,... 0.30 0.00 I Oxide of iron 1.00 0.00 I Lime 0.25 0.00 11. 7.5 —sp. gr. 2.73 to 2.76 native form I .i hexagonal prism, terminated in a six ! sided pyramid. Sapphire or pure corundum. Ruby. I Alumna9B.s 90.0 Lime . .00.5 00.0 ! "iliea .00.0 7.0 i Oxide of ironl.oo 1.2 Sp. gr. 8.99, IL 9 e'eetric. Native form, 1 six-sided pris i». Tims you s -e an essential and every way ■ marked differ- nc ■ in the chemical composi j lion of the two genera. In reply to which we wish in the first place to say that the “essential and every I way marked difference in the chemical 1 comiKisition of the two g ncra/’ is no jgn .itei than we were aware of, and that ! the difference was then and is now deemed | too unimportant to our n ad- rs to require ; hair-splitting in sei--nlifle technical ths. i S.i' ti hair-splitting of ti elmiealiii ,s in | chemical labors lories is all-esseutial —in i popular journals it is simply balderdash. In th;- econd plac< or.r m-wspap. r state ments are nccess rih g neral; because specific statements require tiie us? of tic h> ; idealities which, mate d of being sign* .mL- I and ins ructive, constitute a formidable obstacle to a large majority cf our readers. ExactituJ - iii pmely scientific artivies con stitutes thiii gem;st value; and no one i more highly appreciates t liis exactitude than j we; but it is not and cannot be the pr<>- vince of popular uewf-wp rs to instruct the partially e u ited m Hioii* of whom “JI. S.” so syiiwathetically sja-aks, in themean \ tug and urc of technicalities. As an illus tration— 'hat information is conveyed to ! “dll' partially ediu-ated millions” by the at ove analysis ? None whatever. If it b? ; intended for the educated millions, they have the analysis given in standard text j bo- ks ujxrn their skclvi s, and with more exactitude since “JL S.” gives 60.45 parts ; of alumina in iarvl, while it contains only i 19.0 parts. To scientific m. n this is a ghir ; in.: error; and it comes with bad ’grace from one who lifts his eyes in holy horror t at “so p:il|Mble an error," as Lis Pcck- I suTliau mind detected in our general state* m- nt. j In conclusion, we Ug to say to “M. S." I that in all our scientific articles, we s a I j aim to a - , oid to the utmost scieatifie techni | calltk s, and shall write in popular Lui guagc—in laugnsg? that men and women of ’ gixfci .-cuunou sense may eompreheitd, th-ugh ! hey hare never se»n a lalMiratory. Science has hern wrapt long enough in the my?tlc haMlinicnt- of t»clm:ca»itHs. , [communicated.] Editors Advance: I very much question the pro- ■ priety ol the discussion going on between Col S — and Rambler. • What matters it to the sinner , whether there was “Warin Heav en” or that the souls of men are of tiie fallen angels. Sufficient is it to know that men have souls to save or lose, and the discussion only mystifies the matter, and may result in mischief to some persons. There is the glorious truth of Christ the Savior of mankind, which is of more importance than any other doctrine taught in the Bible, and upon which there is no difference of opinion. Why not make Christ and salvation through Him, together with Chris tian unity of all His followers, your theme? Try this awhile, brethren, and see if you do not ac complish more good, than in the effort to uncover the hidden tilings of she Bible. Union. UNION. Or.r correspondent “Union” is more than welcome to these columns. It is always gra tifying to see such evidences of the deep and abiding interest, which is manifestly grow ing among the lay m mbers of the church in her peace and general prosperity. The time has come when the sacred c-use of “Chri tian Union” must be pressed upon the r ligi ius world. And if ministers and church organs wiil not do it, the laity will. We fully appreciate the motives which prompted his suggestion as to the ques tionable propriety of the discussion which is now going on between our Senior Edi tor ami Rambler, as to the origin of the human soul. As the general rule such . controversies are unprofitable, if not hur - ful. But to all general rules, there arc special exceptions, and we think this one of the excepted cases. This discussion was not sought, or ex pected by ns, until the first number of Rambler had been delivered to the printer. We, of course, read it before it was put in type, and on brief reflection determined to admit it We did so, believing that it could do no harm and it might result iu sonie-r-perhaps vast good. B? patient friends, until you see the end of it. The writer of this had examined that question thoroughly for more than twenty years, and viewed it in every accessible light, and in all its bearings upon the gr at future of the church. 1 his we knew Rambler had not done, or !r- wciil t not have made the attack on the book referred to, or rather, it g ■author, vifiteh he did. We knew also, : ’ (hat public opinion would not p-rnfit I ■ h’.in, with credit to himself, to with* I j .haw from the contest without first giv- : ing some good reason for his rejection ! of the theory which he attacked so rough- i ■ ly, or some piausibl: authority, from the j ri.l/. , in repport of his own ; neither of I ■.vhi !i has he don-, nor can he. do; nor! can any of those who agree with him in ; . E-.at particular du so. This remark looks broad, but it is not made rashly, nor in any vain t- lf-confi.l;nee. A failure so signal, on bis part, cannot fail to do some good by unhinging public opinion from the ruinous error he advo cates to some extent at least, and beget ing »uch doubt ol the truth of the unreasona ble and unscriptural doctrine of Traduction, as will induce people who have capacity * and leisure to look into the matter with ; ill-? care which a correct understanding of the true nature, origin and destiny of the human soul demands of tins scientific age. As to the import nice of this subject we have only space at present to say, that all Bible truth is important. There is a special and pressing necessity also, on the , friends of Christianity at the present time, I and mor - than ever before, to examine *his I question narrowly. Modern infidelity will drite the friends of Christ to the wall, if ! we do not put our system of religion on I i a bet < r foundation than that on which : it now trembles and quakes. That the Bible is true, we entertain no ; deubt. It is not in conflict with itself— j with physical science, our human reason. ; Yet it is a painful fact that, as constru >d 1 I by sectarians in support of favorite d<>g- ■ i mas, it is made to contradict itself—well I I establish -<l, scientific facts and every die- ; , tale of common sense and natural reason. ' Infidels have gladly seized upon the ad- ' j vantage sso given them, and, but for the | ; impressive power of the Holy Spirit, on I tiie lerereatial mind—that God is true— ! : and Christ our only hope for salvation, ; • the cncmii s of the Cross would, long since, i ! have maifihed in triumph, over the fairest j I fl Ids of earth. Why are these things so ? The fault i.s I not in Revelation. The Bible sp aks not I 1 i with a forked tongue. That Bkss?d Book i Uac es a consistent, reasonable and perfect I j system of theoiogy; and which is easily I ■ compreheßded,and p-. rfectly consistent with i : all tha .is taught in that Sacred Volume — ! with every fact known, (or unknown,) in • science—and with that rerts.n which God • I has give n us, as our gui-1? in se arching out that sac red, but renevaletl truth. The investigation of that system can do J ■ no possible harm, -bevond the loss of time ; required, at most. For, whether the soul , j lived before this world was made, or is j pro iuced as is the body, » a question upon wneb Protestants have bestowed but lit -1 ta- tiioireat. and one to which no • or..*i: ra- - tde importance has been, by them, attached, j r ; It is one therefore, ujx»n which each -oay ; > foi m and express bis individual opinions, and ’' u ta«-at ass. eting in t e least, the harmony J ' of tiie church, or usefuhu-ss of any nv-m --ber, whichsoever side th* reof Ik- may take. - An.!, as we fed confident, one of the first ■ I * fruits -afhered from such labor would be ' .* p a< and harmony between her member*. , '■ and the restoration of the Church to that f iouu-.laiton on which Christ put it—tla- : , ’ rock of truth, “Aim! the gaits of hell shall j . not pre-vail against it” • W e will continue this liran- h of our sub ject nix’ week. UNION AND PRUTESTAN 8. [From Church and State.] No matter how it has come to pass ; it is piaoi io see that uiibe iiel was never more positive arid thorough, was never allied wild more learning, and was never more bold and confident of vic tory. We hope not to betray any relationship to the great iamily of croakers when we say that skepticism, beyond question, both means and expects to push Christianity to the wall. It has gathered to itself an array of great names, and assumed an at titude which means conquest and subjugation. It will not onlv take away tiie Christ from us, it will not even have the old De .sm, nor anything to trust in, or pray to. It shuts us down under nature—encloses us like a fly in amber, as Dr. Holmes has it, and leaves us, if with any room to struggle in, to struggle in vain. And we have not been able to satisfy ourselves but some of its objections, as, for instance, those against prayer, must be answered in a more convincing way than they have been yet. Is it not pos sible that we must go deeper, be fore these sappers and miners will abandon their present posi tion ? , New if, in this state of things, there are those who think the Protestant Chinches can afford to waste their time iu petty squab bles with each other, we are not of them. Shall we forget what became of Greece while Athens and Sparta were disputing about state rights? Has Josephus told us in vain of the wretched jang ling among the Jews while Titus was thundering against the walls of the city ? And what, we should like to know, is the particular business on hand when placed between two fires like those on the part of Rome and unbelief? Is it to waste ammunition on “the sects,” and on such and such pet ty theological game? Oh, the misery of it ! Let us confess, then, that we are Lttle souls, that nei ther know our day nor our calling. Let us skulk behind our churches and fire pop-guns at one another, and show how infinitely insignifi cant we can make ourselves." But it is a joy to know that The Pro testant Churches are going to do nothing of the sort. That there is magnanimity in them they be gin to show; and who.can doubt but that —to say nothing of re turning good sense and Christian charity—a common enemy wiil do for them what France did in bringing about United Germany ? That the Protestant < 'hurches should act together as allied for ces should be too self-evident for argument. And if the Evangeli cal Alliance can do anything to i consolidate them still more, it. will receive the thanksand grali i tude of ail Christian people. It will not expect lo do anything less, of course There Will be I still sticklers for the infinitely litt.ie, and the infinitely unimpor ! taut; but it can take comfort in ! the reflection (hat the world is i not governed by that sort of peo ! pie, and that they can do as lit Lie to hinder as they can to help it. The temper ol tiie tim s, thank God, is liberal, and broad and magnanimous; and if tliis i. not. the spirit of the Gospci and the Spirit of Christ, wo h ;vo strange ly mistaken them. No sufficient attention,we think, has been paid to that article which appeared some time ago in the Edingburg Jievi< an showing that the Churches of the English speaking race ought to be one; that they have gro.in out of it, or out of some bad administration in the English Church; and that they are inseparably bound together, for good or for evil. What an amazing piece of folly, if race, language,customs, common modes of thought, and common interests would reunite them, while the ’ ; commonly accepted Christianity ! | divides them ! The sentiments expressed above ! meet our cordial approval, as far; as they go. And we hope the time ! will soon come when the Christian ■ ! Peacemaker can head his articles, I ; “I nion Among Christians.” We are now engaged in war on j • earth. There are but two armies; ’ I one is commanded by Christ and 1 , the other by Satan —each of us ! ■ belong to one or the other of these ; armies—there is no middle or neu : tral ground here. Let us, there i fore, raise the banner of (flirist so high that all m;qv see it, and call upon all who put their trust in ; Him to rally around it. Heralds of the Cross! remem ! her, Armageddon is before vou. j Ed. Adv. Tiie Freneh couservat i ves claim j a majority of twenty in theassem . bly in favor of a monarchical res ; (oration. A statue of John Howard Payne has been un vailed at Prospect | Park, Brooklyn. The Conservatives of Spain have agreed to support th6 Gov i ernmeut. The Democrats of Minesota have determined to support the i farmers* ticket. Julian Roderick Beneflix, a well-known German comic poet, j is dead It is alleged that jast lx-f >rr, it broke, ■ Secretary Richardson deposited SIOO,OOO i in the First National Bank <>f Washington i agaiE-’t the prot- st of Trea»«rer Skinner. HOW TO TEACH POETRY. BY PROS'. D. W. LEWIS. .Oa the first, page of this issue is an in tevi sting artief.; from the pen of Professor Lewis, to which we invite the special-atten tion of our young re tiers. The Piofessor presents us with that immortal poem of Goldsmith, “Tiie Hermit,” and then sug gests a very efficient plan for teaching poetry—a plan that will reward any teacher with satisfactory results. Hon. A. II; Stephens’ recommendation of this poem is of itself sufficient to awaken a deep inter est on the part of voting men and women in the meri s of “lhe Hermit.” If they will study it in accordance with Professor Lewis’ suggestion, they will thoroughly ap preciate its superior w. rtb. We promise compliance with Professor Lewis’ request to exchange results of class examination on this and similar poems. but ive cannot comply this session, since all our advanced classes arc now engaged exclusively in the Natural Sciences, the L nguages, and the Mathematics. We will be ready to enter the race with him next spring, when our advanced classes will be studying the English classics. In this connection we submit to the con sideration of Professor Lewis and other teachers in Northeast Georgia this question: Do not the educational interests of our s c tion, as well as the interest of teachers empl yed in it, demand that we organize a North Gsorgia Teacher’s Association? CREEDS AND THEORIES. We extract the following from a communication found in a late number of the Southern Christian Advocate, signed “Layman.” And we commend the whole of it, but more particularly his remarks about creeds, to the careful atten tion of our readers. If the degree of harmony which is indispensable to that meed of success for which all Christians should labor, is ever to be at tained, we must write and preach more of the groat, cardinal prin ciples of our holy religion, and less about our denominational creeds. While the first tends to pro mote peace, harmony and love, the last class of teaching is fruit ful only of discord, doubt and evil. The way which leads to eternal life, through faith in Christ and obedience to his will, is so clearly pointed out by the Sacred Writers, that all Christians agree thus far, but when we descend to minute questions, such as have ever di vided Calvinists and Armenians, for instance, we tread upon dan gerous ground: “We systematize and philosophise, and put our system into creeds, and then, con fident of our reasoning and philosophy, command all men to fall down before th; m, of be cast out as en miies of Christ, and contcmii'TS of his Wore!. Herein is a great and hurtful error, grievously hurtful ■ ;to the cause of Christ. If a man acc. pt Christ, as his Saviour, and the Saviour ac cept him in virtue of his belief, h.m dare we come in with creeds, and systems and philosophies to cut him off ? Certainly it is a fearful thing to do so. Christ rebuked that spirit in the disciples when they wished a man cast off, “because he fol ly wed not us.” That was a perverse spir* it, which clings to our human nature, and will contniue until cast out by the loving charity that was in the mind of Chrst. This is not the kind of doctrinal preaching we need. There is also the mystery of the God head, three persons yet one. Who can ex- i plain that ? I have heard it attempted, ' but, of course, it was always a failure. - One illustrates by lhe figure of a tree, with bark, sap, and heart, the three con stituting one tree, and turns away with an air of satisfaction as though an achieve ment had been accomplished. Now, it re quires no great mental acumen to detect ■ the flaw in such re.isoning. He has only ( i shown that a tree is couponed of three I parts, and so far as his argument goes, I would establish the n doc*> i trine of three Essentials, conqio ing one | God. Os precisely the same value and I effect is the figure-of the sun, with its “orb, ! light, and heat,” as found in our ■ “Theological C nipend,” issued at Nash- ; . ville. It proves not three suns yet one, 1 but only three parts or essential of one : sun. Now I say such explanations of the “mystery” an- worse than no explanation. It is safe on subjects of this kind, to proclaim them as true, on the authority of the word of God. If you put men to < reasoning about it, they will far sooner ac- 1 cept the tri-manifestation theory, that is, o;e God, but thrice mani ested; first as Father, then as Son, and lastly as the Ho ly Ghost—thus three manifestations. Or, as b fore ailued to, the theory of thee ' essentials of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I and those essentially constituting but one j God, Now, I do not suppose that the fore going is the kind of doctrinal prei.cl.iag i that is needed. * I do not wish to b- und.-rstooi that 1 subjects of this kind are not in their prop r place and degree, matter for stu ly and ir- ! j v .-cigation. I have troubled mys If much in t ying to search them out, and eave a , thorough consciousness of my inability to fathom their profound depths. But Ife 1 that some limitations ought to be imposed on our i< ve:,ligations, and muc'j wisdom and caution observed in their pulpit pre-sen tation. ” nighiri. .'i, 1 here is no absolute sin in horse i i racing, we learn from a religions I paper. Certainly not, bill if there * | is anything provoking it is to bet ! j your money on the vt rong horse, i ! and to be obliged to steal a ride | home or go on foot. That is where I the trouble is. 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This Machine is heavily constructed to give it strength; all the parts of each Ma chine being made alike by machinery, and beautifully finished and Ornamented. It is very easy to learn. Rapid, Smooth, and Silent in operation. Reliable at all times, and a Practical. Scientific, Mechanical Invention, at greatly reduced prices. A Good. Cheap, Family Sewing Machine at last. The first and only success in pro ducing a valuable, substaiftial and reliable low priced Sewing Machine. Its extreme low price reaches all conditions. Its sim plicity and strength adapts it to afl capac ities, while its many merits make it a uni versal fa vorite wherever used, and. creates a rapid demand. IT IS ALL IT IS RECOMMENDED. I can cheerfully and confidently recom mend its use to those who are wanting a reallv good Sewing Machine, at a- low price. ‘ Mrs. H. B. JAMESON, Peotone, Will County, 111. Price of each Machine. “Class A.” “One’’ (warranted for five years by special certificate), with all the' fixtures, and everything complete belonging to it, in cluding Seif Threading Needle, packed in a strong wooden box, and delivered to any part of the country, by express, free of further charges, on receipt of price. Only Five Dollars. Safe delivery guaranteed. With each Machine we will send, on re ceipt of $1 extra, the new patent BUTTON HOLE WORKER, One of the most important and useful in ventions of the age. So simple and cer tain that a child can work the finest button hole with regularity and ease. Strong and beautiful. Special Terms, and Extra Inducements to Male and Female A gents,Store Keepers, etc., who will establish agencies through the country, and keep our New (Machines on Exhibition and Sale. County Rights given to smart agents free. Agent’s com plete outfit, furnished without any extra charge. 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LEATHER IN VARIETY. and of the best quality constantly on hand and sold cheat) for eash. He will also keep a regular Beef Mai’ket during the season, and sityply his custom ers at their doors, Tuesday and Wednes day of each week. V. C. SPARKS. Norcross.Ga„ July 9. 1873. STEAM POWER COTTON CIN A N D Brooks’ Patent Press. I respectfully inform the farmers of Norcross and vicinity that I will be pre pared to 1 GIN, PACK AND DELIVER, at the Depot, all the cotton raised here abouts, and will do so for one-twentieth of the cotton, or for one-twentieth of the money when the cotton is sold bv the owner. I wiil also furnish lEICCII (I TIES at ATLANTA PRICES 10-lm G. IL JON'rU. JYQECIWS® KE AL ESTATE AGE (Y- In response to frequent inquirie* of par i ties living at a distance, and also in order ; to promote the interesi of Norcross and I vir-initv, I hereby inform the pul lie that I ! wiil ad ai4 Real' Estate Agent for all par i ties living in or near Norcross, and re i spectfitllv solicit the call or eorrespond | ence of all parties desirous of purchasing ; land in or near Norcross. I sept!2-tf 111 OS. DURING M. D.