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being aroused and we shall reap the
joyful benefit of fellowship in a great
work. No preacher has studied the
absorbing questions of the hour
whose mind and heart has not glowed
with new energy and ■whose speech
has not been the scintilations of new
fires within.
This is a great day in which to
live. We sometimes feel inclined
to wish that we had lived in the days
of Christ and the Apostles when the
dawn of the light was beginning to
chase the phantoms away. That was a
great time in which to live. Some
times we wish we might live a hun
dred years hence. If any of us
should do so, we should have our ears
tingle and our eyes dazzle. But he
that now lives has a privilege. We
stand in the focus of the ages. The
accumulated light of centuries pours
its flood upon us, the glorious fruits
of the future are now germinating.
The flowers of coming generations
are now sweet scented buds. We
have begun the planting of the trees
of the Paradise of God.
F. C. McConnell.
THE DOOTRINE OF ELECTION.
No. 4.
In the preceding articles, we have
seen that according to both the doc
trine of absolute free-will, and the
doctrine that the will is influenced,
directed in its choice by the strong,
est motive, the perdition of the whole
of fallen mankind is not only certain
but inevitable. For in the one case,
the Gospel, including as it does, the
life, death, burial, resurrection, as
cension, and intercession of Christ,
together with the gift of the Holy
Spirit is excluded; and in the other,
the causes of volitions lying wholly
within a fallen, depraved mind, a
mind carnal and enmity against God,
the gospel is rejected.
In either case the universal perdi
tion of our fallen race is certain.
Whether the positions taken in these
articles have been well maintained,
it matters not. They are correct po
sitions. Then what has the doctrine
of election to do with the perdition
of any sinner, any part of the race?
The causes of perdition lie altogeth
er in a different realm; and they
would be none the less, but all the
more extensive in their sw’eep of des
traction, if God’s purpose of election
did not sthnd. So far from the fdoo
trine of Election’s being tho cause of
the perdition of any part of the race
but for it, seeing that God acts not
without purpose, the whole race
■would be lost.
Why then, do men assail it with
such bitterness ? Why do they
represent it as consigning multitudes
to endless woe, who otherwise would
bo happy? Looking at man as he is>
meeting the opposers of the Scrip
ture doctrine of election on their own
ground, we have seen that if any
part of the race is saved, God must
save them; that they are utterly
powerless to save themselves. Now
will these opposers force God to the
alternatives, universal salvation or
universal damnation? Will they
raise their puny arms against God’s
being God?
Let our cavilling be what it may be
God purposed to save, not the whole,
but a part of mankind. And this
purpose to save a part of mankind,
not any way, but his way, this pur
pose, including all tho means and
agencies, is God's election.
I have no desire to state, or to ad
vocate tho doctrine that all men
will accept it without murmer or
complaint; for in that case, I should
be right sure that I had pleased God
in neither. The following statement
of the doctrine by Dr. A. IT. Strong
jn his systematic theology, I adopt as
being Scriptural:
“Election is that eternal act of
God, by which in his sovereign pleas
ure, and on account of no foreseen
merit in them, ho chooses certain out
of the number of sinful men to bo
the recipients of the special grace of
his Spirit, and so to be made volun
tary partakers of Christ’s salvation.
The special grace of the Spirit refer
red to here, is the Spirit’s regenera
ting power, by which the fundamen
tal and ruling preferences, affections,
desires, character of the sinner is
changed, so that he ‘voluntarily,’
through repentance and faith, ‘par
takes of Christ’s salvation.’ In other
words, regeneration, by the Holy
Spirit, takes logical precedence of re
pentance and faith.
The Apostle says (2 These. 2: 18)
“We are bound to give thanks alway
to God for you, brethren beloved of
the Lord; because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth.”
With this explicit statement before
their eyes with what show of respect
for God’s word, can men charge upon
the doctrine of election that it ren
ders useless either the preaching or
belief of the gospel. Never did it
obviate the necessity of the use of the
means revealed in God’s word. Nor
has the doctrine any such tendency
as to make the devoutly pious care
less and indifferent, with reference
to these means; nor does it foster li
centiousness or lasciviousness in those
who, in heart accept it.
Never was there a purer, humbler,
more self-sacrificing Christian, a more
zealous, persistent, laborious preach
er of the gospel than Paul, yet he
eclipses all men in his terse and logi
cal statement of the doctrine, and in
his elaborate and invincible argument
in defense of it. “The Sotch Coven
anters knew what practical religion
was. The English church of the
eighteenth century hardly did.”
Election is God’s purpose, accord
ing to which he operates in effecting
the salvation of the sinner. His
method is outlined in his purpose.
His purpose is not, and cannot be the
rule of our action. His purpose with
reference to future events, is read
only in the occurenoo of those events.
It has pleased God to associate
men with himself in saving sinners;
not in the way of delegating to them
the power to save; but in the way of
preaching the gospel, which is the
power of God unto salvation unto
every one that believes. The rule
of their action is therefore not to be
sought in any secret "purpose of God,
but in his revealed will; and the
method of their work is outlined, not
in God’s purpose of election, but in
his word. Shall we say then that
God has commanded us to do cer
tain work, and obstructed the way of
obedience by bis secret counsels?
Shall Christians refuse obedience to
God’s word, because they cannot
read the purpose which God has in
enjoining that obedience? Did they
withhold obedience until they knew
what God would accomplish through
their obedience, would they not be
walking by sight, rather than|by faith?
Yea would they not thus exalt utili
ty above God’s command? Would
not such a course destroy the possi
bility of Christian life? And yet
this is what those unwittingly con
cede, w’ho affirm that the doctrine of
election discourages the use of
jneans.
As God’s purpose of election is not
the rule of tho preacher’s action in
preaching the gospel, so it is not the
object of saving faith in the sinner
who is commanded to believe the
gospel. And so neither the one, nor
tho- other is to withhold obedience
until he can comprehend God’s se
cret purpose with reference to him
self.
The objection that according to
the doctrine of election, “the perdi
tion of a part of mankind, tho non
eloct is not only certain but inevita
ble, let them do what they can to ob
tain salvation, even in the way ap
pointed in the gospel,” is utterly
false. Because it assumes that to be
true, which both tho Scriptures and
Christian experience universally de
clares to be untrue, viz., that any be
ing was cast ever away who came to
God in the way appointed in the
gospel. It is false again, bscause,
overlooking.—l will not say ignoring,
the truth that no one can come to
the Christ of tho gospel, except he
is drawn by the Father, the objec
tion implies that the non-elect have
such heavenly heart-longings for sal
vation—that they are constrained to
seek it “even in the way appointed
in the gospel.
The uniform teaching of the Scrip
ture, is “whosoever will, let him take
of the water of life freely,” that is,
gratis; and universal Christian expe .
rienoe testifies that this exhortation
is given in all truth and sincerity.
The trouble which lies in the way of
the non-elect, and prevents their
coming to the Christ for life and sal
vation, is not any secret or manifest
purpose of God, but their settled
preferences, affections, desires, char
acter. They see in the Christ “no
beauty that they should desire him.”
They are altogether out and out»
through and through, opposed to him.
Christ said to the unbelieving Jews:
“Ye will not come to me, that ye
might have life.” Stretching far be
low the outward conduct of these un
believing Jews, was their heart-life,
all alienated from Christ, and hostile
to him. That must lie changed, be
fore they will to come to him. But
because this is true, does it reflect
upon the sincerity of God, in offering
the water of life gratis to all who will
partake of it? Not until God refuses
it to any who wills to take it, is the
charge well founded.
But it may be said that God by his
Spirit so changes the settled prefer,
ences, affectrnna, desires, character
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX THURSDAY APRIL 6. 1893.
of some that they choose to come to
Christ, and are saved. So he does,
and but for this radical change, in
wrought by the Holy Spirit, all with
out exception, would be lost. Is
God less righteous in saving some,
than in damningall? But although
God effects this change, so that the
sinner chooses Christ, Christian ex
perience teaches that it is so effec
ted as not to interfere with his free
dom in making the choice. But
does not this very objection show
that those who oppose the Scripture
doctrine of election, are logically
compolled|to oppose the doctrine of
regeneration as wrought by the Holy
Spirit? It was stated in the first ar
ticle of this series that the doctrines
of Christianity sustain a relation to
each other that is vital. Opposition
to one involves opposition to all.
Accept them as God reveals them, or
take the ommiscient Jehovah off his
throne. What will you do?
The soul that has experienced de
liverance from the guilt and bondage,
of sin, turns with instinctive horror
from such a thought as dethroning
the Lord Almighty; and finding
itself confronted with those doctrines
of God’s word, which rise infinitely
above man’s comprehension, rather
than fasten ignorance upon God, and
accuse him of blindness to maintain
its own liberty, rather than deny a
perfection in God, to support its own
selfrighteousness, takes all ignorance
all blindness, all imperfection justly
to itself, and with the redeemed
spirit of our. brother Paul, rapturous
ly exclaimes: “0, the depths of tho
riches both of the wisdom and knowl
edge of God. How unsearchable
are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out. * * * For o f him,
and through him, and to him are all
things, to whom be glory forever.”
A. B. Vaughan, Jr.
EROM FLORIDA.
THE CENTENNIAL.
All over tho State a lively inter
est in this movement is manifest.
Powell set the flame a going at the
State Convention at Lake City, the
first of January. Brother Chau
doin, the irrepressible, irresistible’
indefatigable, indomitable, “al-was
at-it,” “be-sure-and-get-there,” Cor
responding Secretary of Missions
keeps fanning, and adding fuel and
fire keeps hot and burning. We
are only 20,000 strong in Florida,
and yet we promised Drs. Tichenor,
and Powell to raise $3,000 by the
Ist of May and $2,000 of that
amount has materialized, as the
Treasurer reports.
To show you how it is done, Cen
tennial meetings are being held al|
over the State, strong men are pres
ent to arouse tho people to enthusi
asm, and generous collections are
secured.
The spirit of it is in the air. A
church that has been pastorless for
six months or more has just secured
a pastor, on the first Sunday after
his arrival a brother said to him,
“Call a conference after preaching
to-day, let us devise means to raise
our quota of the Centennial Chapel
Fund,” and it was done. See?
Many at Lake City at the Con
vention were skeptical as to secur
ing this fund of $3,000; some said
'•no use to try.” Chaudoin and his
followers, for they do follow him
will appear at Nashville, bright and
smiling, with their quota in hand.
And when they do, it will be the
greatest success in proportion to our
means and numbers of any in the
South. If we can do it down here,
the other states can do it if thev
will.
There is a movement on foot to
make Ocala
THE HUB
of tho State both Baptistic and other
wise. The Baptist Witness is pub
lished there. We have a strong
Baptist church there in the hands of
one of our strongest men Dr. Geiger.
Pressure is brought to bear to bring
Bro Chaudoin there, the State Board
of missions holds its meetings there
etc. It is a railway centre, a large
and growing town and it is believed
that the State Capital will be re
moved from Tallahassee to Ocala.
Some Baptists in other parts say
“Ocala wants the earth,” well is
not that the way to get a good slice
to ask |for all? Auent the Ocala,
matter, I hear that the Baptist saints
there have built a parsonage for their
new pastor Dr. Geiger, costing $3,-
500. A brother from South Carolina
who slept in it says it is the finest
and best pastors home he ever saw.
Geiger, their present pastor is not
only a native of Florida, but was
born reared and has spent all his life
within a few miles of Ocala. He was
preaching to country churches
when the saints in the city movep
him in and made him pastor,
»•«* • - • *.
This must be an excellent way
when it works well, and it is work
ing well in this case. A similar case
I recall in the Palmetto State of
Rev. J. D. Pitts, who was born
reared and educated at Lawrens
C. H. and is spending his life preach
ing among those people, never hav
ing had a pastorate elsewhere.
Sometimes a prophet has honor in
his own country and among his own
kin.
Many eyes will watch with interest
the pastor and his work at Ocala.
Is not your own noble, consecrated
Sam A. Burney D. D. of Madison>
Ga. another illustration in point?
To talk of
Florida’s great resources
and coming power and wealth is no
new thing to your readers, but we
talk about it down here, aud per
mit me to mention briefly. Her or
anges and other fruits I will not
mention as every body knows that
tho Florida orange and lemon are
ne plus ultra. ,
But soon Florida will take her
stand along side Kentucky, Virginia
and Missouri in her tobacco crop.
Middle and Wcfet Florida produces
a variety of the weed superior in
quality to any raised any where else
in the United States. It is grown
from Havana seed and is used only
for wrappers of fine cigars; from one
hundred, all the way to five and six
hundred dollars an acre has been
grown, and in some instances a
thousand dollars have been realized
on a crop from one acre. The cult
ure is rather more expensive than
that of cotton, the fertilizing neces
sary, much greater, but the crop is
very profitable. Key West is the
market.
The phosphate deposits in this
State, but recently discovered are
very extensive and valuable. This
is now a distinct industry, employing
many thousands of laborers and
millions of capital. The orange tree
to make it most fruitful and profita
ble requires much fertilization. We
have now the climate, the tree, the
fertilizer and- knowledge of proper
culture, for all the ages to come the
North American people will eat
Florida oranges. L'nder the active
development of phosphate-mining
and dredging some years ago, Sonth
Carolina took the lead of all the
Southern Stat » in Agricultural
progress. may nrot Florida
take this p/jbition soon? And
rail roads
are threading, secting, intersecting
and disecting the State in every di
rection—to say that the map of
Florida presents a net work of raib
roads is no exaggeration, but rather
a modest statement. The travel
this season is [heavier than ever be
fore, the hotels are crowded, some
of them to overflowing. Visitors
are pleased with the people they
meet, with the climate, with our
sunny skies aud going away they
will give a good report of the coun
try, come again and bring others
with them.
Atlanta has patronized Florida in
this way during the present season
in numbers greater than ever before-
I wish io add one word concerning
the question of
SUNDAY OPENING THE WORLD’S FAIR.
The discussion of it, the wide spread
interest excited in it, has doubtless
greatly injured the success of the
exposition.
The committee has shown a spirit
of ugly duplicity, deception and
trickery in their continued efforts to
open the gates on Sunday nolens
volens, knowing tho wishes of the
great majority of the good people
of the country and the action of
Congress to be against them; their
presistency has tended to disgust
many people and will likely keep
them from attending at all. I voice
tho opinion of many that this obsti
nacy of the committee will prove
a boomerang. VTia Quercus.
March 27, 1R93.
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been elected to the chaplaincy of
tho University of Pennsyvania,
made vacant by tho resignation of
Dr. Boardhman.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. W. DOBBS.
Is the word Hades in the the Bi
ble? If not, what is its origin and
what does the word implv as general
ly used by our preachers in speaking
of the soul of the dead being in
Hades? Please explain this for me.
■r. c. s.
‘•Hades” is a Greek word, and is
everywhere translated “jiell” in our
common version of the New Testa
ment, except in 1 Cor. 15: 55, where
we have “grave.” It occurs eleven
times: Matt. 11:23; 16: 18; Luke 10:
15; 16: 23; Acts 2: 27; 2: 31; 1 Cor.
15: 55; Rev. :1 18; 6: 8; 20: 13-14.
The Revised Version transfers the
word in each place, except that in
the Corinthian epistle, it has “death,’’
the true original there being ‘thana
tos.” The Greek etymology would
seem to make the word mean the
“unseen world!” Homer uses Hades
as a proper noun for Pluto, the god
of the unseen or lower world. In
later Greek writers it signifies a place
and state, the unseen spiritual world,
or the realm of the departed, the
abode of the dead. The ancient
Greek view of Hades considered it
as a place for all the dead in the
depth of the earth, dark and cheer
less. Still a distinction was made
betwee Elysium and Tartarus in this
subterranean world of shadows.
The Hebrew word “Sheol” is the
equivalent of “Hades.” It is like
wise the abode of all the dead, but
only until the final judgement, and
is divided iiAo two departments,name
ly “Paradise” or “Abraham's Bosom,”
for the good, and “Gehenna” or
“Hell” for the bad. In the King
James version Sheol is variously ren
dered “hell,” “grave,” “pit.” Dr.
Schaff says that in Jewish rabbinical
theology Sheol seems to be nearly
identical with Gehenna (or Gehin.
nons), but with two distinct ends, —
as a purgatorial fire for the Hebrews,
and as a consuming fire for the Gen.
tiles. We quote Schaff further.
”In the New Testament Hades does
not differ essentially from the He
brew Sheol; but Christ has broken
the power of death, and dispelled
the darkness of Hades, and revealed
to believers the idea of heaven as
the state and abode of bliss in imme
diate prospect after a holy life. The
English version translates Hades
and Gehenna (which last occurs
twelve times) by the same word
“hell,” and thus obliterates the im
portant distinction between the realm
of the dead (or spirit-world) and the
place of torment or eternal punish
ment; but in the Revision of 1881
distinction is restored, and the term
Hades introduced. Hades is a tempor
ary jail or prison-house: heaven and
hell are permanent and final. But
Christ’s descent into Hades no doubt
created a revolution in that dreary
abode - It is very different from
what it was under the old dispensa
tion. Christ has the keys of Death
and of Hades: They have lost their
terrors for believers, who pass imme
diately into the presence of their
Lord and Saviour after death
(John 14: 2-3; Phil. 1: 23).”
Just where the good Doctor learn
ed so much about Hades being a “tern
porary jail,” wo do not know. Cer
tainly, however, it is true that a dis
tinction must be made between ha
des and gehenna. The last word is
found in the following places: Matt
-5: 22,29, 30; 10: 28; 18: 9; 23: 15, 33,
Mark 9: 43, 45,47; Luke 12: 5; James
3: 6. The Roman Catholic doctrine
of “purgatory” is an attempt to ex.
plain the nature of Hades. Luther
and tho protestants rejected, along
with purgatory and its gross abuses,
tho whole idea of a middle state, and
taught simply two states and places;
heaven for believers and hell for un
believers. Hades was identified with
Gehenna, and hence both terms were
translated alike in the Protestant
versions. In more recent times the
idea of a middle state between death
and the resurrection, as distinct from
the final state of heaven and hell,
has been revived among Protestants
especially in Germany, though freed
from the superstitions of the Roman
Catholic purgatory, which has no
foundation in the New Testament
To the believer (as to Lazarus in
Abraham’s bosom) this middle state
is a state of beautitude in union with
their Lord; to the unbelieving (as to
the rich man in the parable) it is a
state of punishment; to both a state
of preparation for the final consum
mation of the day of judgment.
Some assume a constant progress in
that middle state in opposite direc
tions, the good growing better, the
bad worse, and both ripening for the
final harvest. But all speculation on
the future state beyond the limits
of revelation are mere guesses of ig
norance. Os one thing we may be
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VIRGIMACOLLEGE OF ROANOKE.
DR. W. a. HARRIS, PRESIDENT.
Dr. W. A. Harris, of Staunton, Va.,
Establishes an Educational Institu
tion in Roanoke for Young Ladies.
A Detailed Description of the Plans.
In the Virginia College for Young La.
dies Dr. W. A. Harris, the eminent edu
tor, will present to Roanoke its crown
ing ornament, and to the wide and diver
sified natural resources of the city a gein
of instruction will be added.
It is certainly a compliment that Dr.
Harris should have selected Roanoke as
the field for his future educational work.
Such a home as will be’ furnished by
Dr. Harris, and his faculty of twenty-five
officers and teachers for collegiate culture
and refinement will he a blessing to the
hundreds of young ladies who will at
tend this school from all parts of the
country.
It is the aim of Dr. Harris to make his
institute, both as to its buildings and
its faculty, an ideal college for young
ladies, where they can find all thb con
veniences of an elegant home. The
Virginia College cannot be regarded as a
new school, for its founder is now presi
dent of the Wesleyan Female Institute
at Staunton, Va., which has gained a
national reputation under his ’manage
ment, and now has one hundred and for
ty boarding pupils from twenty different
States, with teachers and methods of
instruction of highest order.s
Virginia College, under Dr. Harris'
guiding hand, will begin its career with
the same advantages that would attend
the opening of tho oldest schools in the
country. With such high advantages in
all that pertains to womanly culture and
refinement, parents who wish to educate
their daughters cannot find a more de
sirable college home for them than in this
school, for it will combine every possi
ble sanitary precaution with its educa
tional facilities.
The selection of its site is in Itsslf a
criterion of the wisdom of its projector,
for from the miniature plateau of ten
acres, in the centre of which the college
will he located, the eyes can feed upon
a ceaseless succession of magnificent
pictures. The campus is Nature's art
gallery, and that deified artist has wield
ed her brush with a grand and liberal
hand—mellow-tinted hills arc backed by
giant i mountains whose weird and
solemn grandeur is relieved by yellow
rift, of color, where the picturesque
gorges breathe in the golden sun, upon
whicq the kaleidoscopic scenery feeds.
Every invention and improvement will
be used to procure unequaled sanitary
arrangements for the school. These
added to its elevated location in the
centre of a tract of land universally con
ceded to be the most healthful in the
United States, will make this institution
one of nature's sanitariums. The school
will be four stories in height and will
have a frontage of 228 feet with two
wings extending to a depth of 106 feet;
the porch from which the hall is entered
will be 16x50 feet in size; the first fioor
will contain two offices, eight lecture
rooms, a laboratory, study hall, sixteen
music rooms, kitehen, pantries, toilet,
store and housekeeper's rooms. There
will be four flights of stairs to the se
cond floor, which will contain two par
lors, a splendid chapel, 66x40, twenty
bed rooms and two toilet rooms. The
third floor contains twenty-five bed
rooms, also toilet rooms. Three rooms
on the fourth floor are devoted to art, the
largest of which is 25x48 feet, also an
infirmary consisting of a general||ward
and four rooms for contagious diseases.
The latter are so arranged as to be en
tirely isolated,
Ample provisions have been made for
the protection of occupants in case of fire,
as a large water main will run (through
the center hall connecting on each floor
with a hose 100 feet in length, by which
means afire in any part of tho house can
be extinguished immediately. On each
floor in the rear of the building will be a
broad varanda 150 feet In length. The
entire structure will be heated with hot
water, and will be lighted throughout
hy electricity, hot water being used as a
sanitary precaution and electricity as a
safeguard against fire. The college will
bo ready for occupancy on July 15, and
it is Dr. Harris' expectation to see this
beautiful college occnpied during the
following school season with young la
dies from every State from New York to
Texas.
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FROM FLORIDA.
I see a late correspondent mentioned
Lake City and Madison and said nothing
of Ft. White.
This place though small is surrounded
hy Phosphate mines (on one side?) three
of them in succssful operation with
mills, to prepare for market. One of
these mines has three hundred and fifty
hands employed, mostly convicts. The
town has three chores for whites and two
for the negroes. The Presbyterians had
meetings lately and five additions. One
joined the Baptists by experence at last
regular service. There is always some
new building “going up” in Ft. White,
JUDSON.
Twenty-five miles South of Ft. White
and across the Santa Fe is this young
town. If prospected railroads pass
through, it may be yet of much impor
tance.
Within from a half mile to two miles
there are five schools numbering from 30
to 60 scholars, Injsight is the Baptist
church. It was organized mainly
through the efforts of Elder Simeon Shef
field, a native of Georgia, He was bap
tized for Lake City church fifty years
ago. This church (Pine Grove) owns
forty acres of land, and can build from
her own timber when the time comes.
LEVYVILLE,
Nine miles South of Judson was once
the 'county town of Levy county. It
consists of three or four families, who
have built, mainly by the efforts of the
sisters, a neat Baptist church. This lit
tle church and small community, com
posed of business men manage well.
They pay the preacher every cent, once
a month. Here Lives Jim Turner, who
gave to Stetson SSOO, here is N. R. Car
ter, Moderator of Harmony Assaciation,
son of Rev. B. M. Carter, a Georgia Bap
tist preacher. This small community
does not hesitate to call tho Association
and.entertain it handsomely.
High Springs,
Is ten miles East of Fort White. It is
a small village built along the railroad
with some back streets. A small band
of four male members, quite poor, with
what they could beg |and borrow have
built a nice church worth SIOOO when
completed. This place takes its name
from a spring on a high hill half mile
distant. From this spring water is con
veyed by pipe under ground to the rail
road's tank and to the steam works for
the cotton seed oil mill, etc. In
all this region the Baptists are
flourishing. Though not always up
to high-water mark, they are
not unmindful of Sunday-schools, Mis
sions, prayer-meetings, or other good
work.
The most grevious sign among them
perhaps, is the decline, in some places,
the total extinction of family prayer.
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