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IMD 0T H HIT TH By a system of home treatment with the ELECTRO- “ For y° ars 1 suffered with a disease peculiar to my sex, accompanied ATf A XTFC f L i\ I ill aU nIA H I Hi POISE, Female Troubles of all kinds yield so readily Conßtipi ‘ tion ’ m ° st obstinate indigestion, fearful headaches aujt n Wil I 111 l 1 E and COrtainlv that it is a nleasnre to be the means of i 1 s eeplessness and nervousness. Ihe best medical skill tail- tit TprirpT) ADfiTQT? C ‘‘’V*. C • 111115 • i ' w• • . 1 -i J.d 3? t 0 glVe ine morethan temporary relief and I was most miserable. ELEC 1 KOI OIdE U FV|"| B A B E"E" EB■» AP* 1 eleiving so much suffering. Many healthy and happy Four months use of the Electropoise has raised mo from such a depth of . I mJ J'L if ||L| II fl I flillCx women owe their restoration to the Electropoise and suffering and misery that my friends regard me as a “walking wonder;” COMPANY U1 iffllWH 111 -J P JLLIUfiIKm LHUiLOI the grateful letters we receive are most gratifying. “y troubles have all disappeared and lam most thankful that tile wonder- VV.n - • J One hiillDV mother writes US * *. nistrument was brought to my notice. I hope all suffering, wornout Washington, I). C. MISS MARY E, WRIGHT, ; : Editress Those of us who had the pleasure of meeting our brother Cova, during his recent visit to the States will read with especial interest the letter which we copy from the Home Field. It was our pleasure in Augusta to have Mr. Cova speak to us on Sun day night about the work in Cuba. A large congregation assembled to listen to him and I have rarely seen a more interested audience. Each one present I think will deserve to give something toward the Centen nial Chapel fund, hoping that brother Cova may enjoy some of it in a com modious chapel for bis people. Socially Mr. Cova is charming and we could not but regret that all our people were not permitted to enjoy him in their homes. Truly these missionaries bring a blessing with them though their stay among us is so brief. In Augusta we consider ourselves especially favored,- Mr. Cova on the 27tb, of Nov. and the anticipation of a visit from our beloved brother Powell on the Dec. 4th. Our Centennial work is going for ward quietly but earnesely, the ladies are making a personal visitation of the entire membership and we hope and pray for large results. We hope to have a Christmas Offering from many of our people and to enlist the children in this work by a Sun day School Missionary celebration and offering on Christmas Sunday. This suggestion might find favor with many of our Sunday Schools throughout the state. We also pub lish some extracts from letters re ceived from missionary -workers con cerning the Missionary Calendar which may be of general interest. CUBA. BY REV. J. V. OOVA. THE PEOPLE. Os the one million and a half in Cuba some eight hundred thousand are white and the rest black, Chinese, and mulattoes who were introduced nto the island three centuries ago, for laboring at the sugar, tobacco and coffee plantations, there being so few of the wdiite people at that time. The whites are half Spaniards and half Cubans. The first are generally of the lowest class of society in their country, and have come here to look for fortune and leave the land as soon as they get it. The cultured people are among the Cubans, who have always considered the Spaniards here as their oppressors, and have revolted many times for throwing off their yoke. After the last revolution, which lasted ten years, the hatred has deeply increased, there being a lack of blood between them. The country has remained impoverished and Spam, by the hardest tax, is drawing from it as much as she can. RELIGIOUS STATE. The official established religion is the Roman Catholic, but except a very reduced number, who are regu lar communicants of that church, and our Baptist people, the rest live without any religion at all. They despise and ridicule the Roman priests and laugh at their mass and ceremonies. Nothing is, in truth, more base and ignorant than the Spanish Catholic priesthood who come here from the old papal land of Spain. They are truly imported ministers, as if they were any other merchandize. Those who find no good opportunity of getting a living n their country come to Cuba as birds of prey to look for a chance. The great majority are so ignorant they can hardly write, and never preach, being their whole religions service to say or sing the Latin mass> which the people do not understand. Besides they have caused many scan dals by grasping large sums of money at the bedside of dying persons, and by sensual impurities, drunkenness and other vices. So the people D-PRICE’S The only I lire Cream of Tartar Powder.— No Ammonia; Imo Alum. Used in Millions of Homes— 40 Years the Standard- have run away from them and have lost all feeling of worship under the guidance of such pastors. Recently an Havanna paper published the de tails of a Satanic feast at a village in the vicinity of this city, which was organized by four priests and some women of their society which ended by a quarrel among them, all being shamefully drunk, when the policeman surprised them. OUR BAPTIST WORK. Such are the people we have to do with for bringing them to the way of salvation. The Bible was quite unknown on the whole island being considered as a book to be read by the priests. When our church was established in Cuba it caused a great surprise and sensation. This people found that there was some one who dared to speak of Christ and the Bible without fear to be ridiculous. The Baptist Missions were assailed by vast multitudes. They desire to know what was our message, and we delivered it such as the Master bids. Many went away, but many remained and returned to the services. They began to make comparisons between our worship and the Roman one; they liked our simplicity and artlessness; they found our baptism in accordance with the meaning and object of the emblemati cal washing, and in the full spirit of the Scriptures; they were, upon the whole, extremely interested in the preaching of the gospel. They had never tasted the word of life, and they found it sweet and lovely It was generally stated that to be a Baptist was a noble and honest thing. They say we require no money to administer ordinances, and were poor and trustful men who do not pretend to abuse the people, but do them good. So our work has prospered in such away as we could desire. We have at present twenty-one missionaries, fourteen missions, nine hundred children usual average at tendance at Sunday-schools, six Sun day-schools. And to the last membership re ported in May 1 must add twenty-five baptisms. We are called from every where to establish new missions, and the outlook is encouraging beyond expression. If we had means to build some chapels and send more mission aries to the rest of the island, the total evangelization of it would be a blessed fact in a very near future. The Lord blesses our work, and in spite of the bitterest persecution from the papists, and the many hard trials we have suffered, the gospel of sal vation iu Cuba is, and will be, over coming the darkness and the hosts of hell. Yours fraternally, J. V. Cova. To those who have, through the past year, followed the subjects sug gested by the Calendar of Prayer, there has come a wider, deeper love for Missions. Each day as we have prayed for some chosen servant of God our hearts have been lifted above our narrow selfish interests, and we have realized in a truer sense that “the Earth is the Lord’s,” and that we may have a share in winning it back to Him. Then too, we have felt the power of united prayer; the u plifting of hundreds of hearts for the same ob jects cannot fail of a blessing for has not God promised “that if we agree on earth as touching anything that we shall ask it shall be done of ns of our Father?”We feel this pow er. The missionaries separated from us by thousands of miles feel it and are strengthened and upheld amid trials and labors such as we have never known. Christians at home, our missionar ies in distant lands are drawn into closest sympathy. “Facts arc the figures of God that furnish fuel for Missions.” To know of these missionaries, THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1892. their labors and their success, is the necessary condition of intelligent in terest. Acting upon tnis idea The Wo mans’ Missionary Society, of Augus ta have decided to issue a Calendar of Prayer for 1893, which will be in every respect an improvement upon the last. These are now ready and it is earnestly desired that a copy of it may find its way into every home within the Southern Baptist Conven tion. It will never be given ns to see another Centennial of Missions. Shall we let it pass and find us doing noth ing for Him who died for us? Nay, more, can we withhold from our perishing sisters a share in His love. To show how great a comfort these calendars have been to our laborers in distant fields, we copy a few extracts taken from private letters. Mrs. Carlin a Southern Baptist who with her husband is do ing a grand work in Swatow, China writes: “The Calendar came while our three children were ill, Lillie Ellen, so desparately we gave up all hope and for two months thought each day would be her last. You can see what a world of comfort the calendar was to me and how each day the passage of scripture seemed especially for me. Just at that time my husband had to go out on a preaching tour. I was worn and weary but I felt that I was trusting God as I had never done before. Day after day this verse was my comfort. “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” God bless you for thinking of send ing me the calender and may its blessed influence be felt in every Baptist home in the South. The next is from Mrs. Anna S. Bruitt, Whang Hein, North China. The Missionary Calendar proves itself both a means of education and a means of grace. It helps to teach us how and for what we should pray. Anna Seward Pruitt. Hwang Hien, North China. SOME REASONS. Some reasons why I belong to a Woman’s Missionary Society. The first question asked by every earnest enquirer as to Christian duty is : “Can I thereby glorify God and therein obey the scriptural injunc tion, ‘Glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which arc God’s?’ ” I find it a good work, done in the faith and fear of God. I find lam in good company. The best female members of the church are there those who are regular at prayer meeting and Sunday-school. I find co-operation, system, method in their work making it effective and faith ful ; but better than all I find con secration. The laying upon the altar the sacrifices which are accepta ble to God, and the visible fruit, spiritual growth. I find that, not in name only is it missionary, but it is unbounded, unselfish and united in effort reaching out to help save a sinking world. The question may be asked ; “Is not the church sufficient; do we need any other way of glorifying God?” If after discharging all the duties required of us as church mem bers, regular attendance at every service, taking an active part in the Sabbath-school, we find other oppor tunities within the church limits and do not improve them we suffer loss and the cause suffers. The great wave of missions which is spreading out over all Christian lands is kindling enthusiasm, giving zeal and leading on to greater Chris tian activity. Latent energies are developed, hitherto awakened, only to slumber again because of inactiv ity. The elbow touch of sympathy in united effort is a bond of union in the society, which draws to the church, to Christ, not away. Women are the hitherto unused forces of the church, except as witnesses for Christ. Why has this force not been utilized before? The church of Christ on earth has reached that stage when it has developed as a natural consequence. Women can not sit under the preaching of the gospel of missions and the revelations of the Divine Word and bo content to remain idle, mere drones in the hive. The missionary spirit is born in the heart of every true believer when first he knows the Lord. It may be developed or it may be dwarfed. We do not know the out come of the movement but God’s blessing is upon it, this we know be cause it is bearing fruit to the glory of God, and the presence and joy of the Lord are ours. • Member. ©he DINING WITH THE POETS. A GAME FULL OF PLEASURE AND IN SRUCTION FOR OLDER CHILDREN. All gather about the liberary ta ble as for dining. .Some one, who may be called “Professor,” takes the head of the table. With carver and fork he begins the following dis course, the other diners giving the poets’ names, which are in italics: ‘‘l invite you to dine with me in honor of our friends, the poets. I do not inform you who they are to be, but will suggest their names. When in iny rambling talk I pause, under stand that I have led you to that suggestion, and shall expect you to give me the required name before I can go on. If your answer is appro priate, whether or not it happens to be the one I have in mind, I shall accept it and proccocd. “Now, my good friend (turning to his neighbor on the left) in behalf of our poet friends in whose honor we dine today, what is expected of us? to—” “Chaucer” (chaw, sir). “Not quite what I expected, but excellent. You are indeed a wit. But, Miss Butterfly, you are even—” “Whittier” (wittier). “The eliding of an ‘h’ makes little difference in the sound of words, takes a philogoist Master Charles, to to tell how much a—• ’ “Wordsworth.” “And wo must remember that the real value of a friend depends very little upon his physical stature. One may save a little something from the bill of his—” “Taylor,” “if one docs not happen to be a-” “Longfellow.” “Brt the long an?',, the uhort of the whole matter counts very little at a dinner. Now, my dear Miss Edith, I do, indeed, hesitate to offer you a portion of this oyster heap, for, alas these delicious bivalves arc apt to be—” “Shelley,” “and should be avoided by geniuses with unreliable molars. “Miss E., shall I offer you a bit of this chicken? The carver is remind ed by the special rigidity of this joint that our bird is far from—” “Young,” “Besides, I’m convinced that the cook has neglected the—” “Browning” “of this fowl. Usually a cook—■” “Burns.” The discourse goes on indefinite ly. Notable people in any depart ment of literature,' art, or history may be chosen as special guests at a dinner of this Kind.—Ladies’ Home Journal. HABITUAL POSTURE. UNEQAUL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWO SIDES OF THE BODY. Comparatively few persons have both sides of the body of perfectly similar proportions. One leg or one arm is shorter than the other. The two sides of the head are often of unequal size. Few persons have cars of an equal size and symmertri cally placed. The 'size and position of the eyes vary. In the mouth and throat also we find inequality, and the cartilage separating the two na sal cavities is oftencr deflected than vertical. This condition of inequality in the two sides of the . body is called a symmetry. Those who have observed the ef fects of school life on bodily devel opment must have noticed the influ ence of habitual posture on the sym metry and health of the body. There is a tendency among schoo children, and especially among school girls, to assume habitual post ures both in sitting and standing. The habit of throwing all the weight of the body on one leg produces a corresponding throwing of the upper part of the body toward the opposite side in order to establish the neces sary equilibrium. This tends, of course, to curve the spinal column, on which the upper part of the body is supported. In this position the body all the internal organs are thrown out of their normal vertical position, and the force of gravity still further ex aggerates this result. Thus the muscles of the neck are unevenly ex ercised in the unconscious balancing of the head upon the vertebral col. umn. Even the muscles of the face tend to become unevely contracted, and this, in time, develops a condi tion of symmetry of the face. It is a well known physiological law that the use of muscles causes an increase in its size, while neglect causes it to become smaller. The steady use of the same arm in carrying a set of heavy books to and from school, the propping of one arm on a table, or the excessive use of one" arm or log and the disuse of the other—each such habit slowly but surely brings about its own re sult, unless constant effort be made to counteract it. The growing age is more subject than any other to such influences but every ago is directly and power fully influenced by any occupation or habit which tends to the exclusive exercise of certain muscles, or to the habitual taking of a certain posture. —Youth’s Companion. NOTES ABOUT CARVING. Beef’s heart should be cut iu thin slices and served hot. A guest should say whether he prefers the roast rare or well done. A piece of the back and belly of salmon should go to each person. Tongue must be cut very thin; the central portions are the choicest. The results arc in ratio with the skill used, not the force expended. A haunch of venision should be carved in slices down to the bone, from the broad end upward. A few drops of lemon juice and a little paper and salt improve the fla vor of mutton wonderfully. Great care should be exercised in the carving of fish,to keep the flakes from falling to pieces. Have plenty of room upon the platter and in its vicinity; a great many mishaps are thus pevented. Make a heavy line of tar about the paper on which the sugar box stand if you arc troubled with ants,as they nevr cross a tar line. The sirloin of beef should be cut in thin slices, a portion of the tend erloin going on each plat.—Good Housekeeping. (Corner WHEELBARBOW FOLK. There are a good many children and some grown people who go like a wheelbarrow—that is, they go just as far as yon push them, and when you stop they stop. You tell them to do a thing and they do it and that is all they will do. If you want a thing done again, you must tell them to do it again. If you want it done forty times, you must tell them forty times to do it. There are other people who, when you set them going, can keep on themselves. They have some “go” in them. If you tell them to-day that you want a thing done, to-morrow you will find the same thing done without telling them. If you com plain that a thing has been neglected this week, next week they will see that it is not neglected. There is a great deal of difference in the value of these two kinds of people, because the wheelbarrow kind of folks need somebody to run them ; just as much as a machine needs somebody to attend it. They only go while you watch them ; so if you Lave one such person at work you must employ another one to watch him and keep him going; but if you have one of the other kind at work he will watch himself, do do his work, and make you no trou ble aboul it. It is very important for all boys and girls to decide which class they will belong to—whether they will be wheelbarrow folks, that go as far as they are pushed and then stop, or whether they can be depended upon to keep in motion after they are once started. Boys or girls who must be told what to do and watch ed while they do it, are not worth their salt; but if a person can do a thing with one telling, and continue doing it without further care, such a person is worth more than gold.— Canada Presbyterian. W Once a Year a Special Offer is made by the pub lishers of The Youth’s Companion. | M New Subscribers /j YU who send $ T -75 a *- o'icc will receive the paper ’ rani , A) Free from the time the subscription is re- ■ ceived to January i, 1893, and for-a full year gw? *7/1' from that date, including the Double Holiday A ,70 Numbers at Christmas and New Year. /By I Vsjl WI fl' ® .bPWSIIHIa’ k \VI Jiv v-j w ’w The Youth's Companion New Building. fin A SOUVENIR OF TNK COMPANION describing the New A|j a|i Building, 42 pages, in colors, sent on receipt of six cents or Fret to Jill any one requesting it who sends a subscription, M f/ -I jr Features for 1893. J Eleven Serial Stories. $6,500 Prize Stories. A |? The Best Short Stories. Sketches of Travel. ; ( a" Over 700 Large Pages. Nearly 1,000 Illustrations. ' 100 Stories of Adventure. Charming Children’s Page. K Comes Every Week.—sso,ooo Subscribers.—Only $1.75 a Year, • Mention this Palter when you Subscribe. yiHE YOUTH’S COMPANION, Boston, Mass. K (Send Check or Money Order at our risk.) PROFITLESS QUESTIONS. I A whole evening will be spent by brethren in discussing a question just about as valuable as the famous inquiry of the schoolmen, as to how many angels would be able to stand on the point of a single needle. Af ter discussing it with some little temper, perhaps, and having prayed over it a good deal, too—though I wonder how they dare do so—the whole of it ends in a bag of wind or a bottle of smoke, and nothiim else. Had that same time been spent in the visitation of the sick, and re claiming the Arabs of our streets, the lifting up of the ruffianism and the blackguardism of London into something like decency, morality and Christianity, it might have been much better. But there is very much rubbish, and I am very much afraid we all of us contribute to that rubbish heap a little. We have all some favorite notion, some conceit, some invention of our own, some addition to the word, some subtrac tion from it, some impossible theory some dogma or doctrine rather of our own inventing than of Bible teaching, ami so there is very much rubbish, so that we cannot build the wall. Does not one feel inclined full often to say: “O, how I wish I could get at it, really get at it, get to doing something for God, and the souls of men.” Just let the dust cart come and clear the way. These very excellent works upon fu turity, and profound books upon nothing—yes, let them go, beautiful ly written as they are, and let us plunge into the middle of affairs, and say: “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”—Charles 11. Spur geon. The Kimona,or tea gown,worn by the Japanese women is tight enough to hamper them seriously in active move mentsjjior around it a piece of dress ing material is wound several times so tightly, that it is impossible for them to take any but very short and sliuflliiig steps. This makes them almost as awkward and helpless as if they were Chinese women with crippled feet; and one can hardly wonder that, notwithstanding their natural conservatism, they willingly followed the Empress when, on No vember 1,188 G, she appeared for the first time at a public entertain ment in f“oreign” costume. The consequences, however, were not what bad been expected. It would bo as easy for a leopard to change his spots as for a nation of women to suddenly discard a costume they have worn counties generations, and adopt another of an entirely differ ent pattern, and wear it with ease and comfort, not to speak {of grace. No caricature could do justice to the bad figures, the ill-fitting gar ments, the screeching colors, that have run riot in Japan during the last four years.-Gospel in All lands. Dr. B. F. Riley presented the leg islature of Alabama with a beautifu r ' _ ’ I gavel, made from the foundation tim bcrs upon which the iirst state Capi tol stood at St. Stephens.—Alabama Baptist. EARLY HISTORY OF CUBA. Thelsland of Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his first voyage, October 28th. 1492. It was called by him Juana in honor of Prince John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella. After Ferdinand’s death, its name was changed to Fernandina. Still later it was called Santiago, and Ave Maria, in honor of the patron saint of Spain and the Virgin Mary. Throughout these changes, however the name by which it tVas known to the natives, was still used, until fin ally Cuba became its recognized title. On account of its importance and beauty it is also frequently styled “The Pearl of the Antilles.” Having just celebrated our own anniversary of the discovery of America, it is interesting to know that Columbus also discovered the Island of Cuba in 1492. It was then peopled by a docile race of Indians. Later on, in 1511, Diego Velasquez overran the Island with 300 Spaniards, and easily subdued the natives. SLAVERY IN CUBA. Three hundred Indians were given to each Spaniard as slaves, but from unkind treatment they soon died. Others were compelled to take their place, but the work required proved too hard for them, and in about a century the Indians were almost totally extinct. Long before their extinction, however, by order Queen Isabella, and with the sanction of Columbus, the importation of negro slaves from the west coast of Africa began. From that time to the present the hard work upon the sugar and other plantations has been done by negroes. As already stated there are about half a million of these people now in Cuba, but they are no longer held in bondage. It is said that the incessant toil during crop time and the effects of the enervat ing climate cause a dimunition of s ize, strength and energy with every new generation. Whether this be true or not the negroes form a large part of the population and arc great ly in need of the gospel. WIFT'S SPECIFIC •• For renovating tho entire system, eliminating all Fplsous from tho Blood, whether Os scrofulous or malarial origin, this preparation has nd equal. *-.• --Hjgaanib- ■ — •' For eighteen months I batlan dating sore on my tongue. 1 Was treated by best local I'hysiciaqh but obtained no relief: the sore gradually grew worse. I llnally took S. S. H., and was entirely cured after using a few bottles.” C. B. McLemore, Henderson, Tex. S Treatise on llltiod and Skin Dis eases mailed The SWirr Specific Co., Atlanta, da. I>o YOU WANT DO YOU WANT ’ Teachers ? Schools ? 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