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OUR PULPIT.
BUILDING CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
sermon preached by pastor a. b.
VAUGHAN. JR., OF BAPTIST
CHURCH, CAN ION, I.A.
Jude 20. 21.—‘But. ye. beloved, building up
yourselves on your most boly Lrit.li. praying
in th* Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love
of God.”
Building on the faith, praying in the
Holy Spirit to keep in the love of God.
Is the love of God like sunshine, into
which, or out of which one may put
himself at pleasure'? Are we to undei
stand that to be the object of God s love,
depends upon one’s own exertions'?
There is nothing personal in sunshine;
it shines alike on grass and herb, bird
and beast and man —the just and the un
just. God's love is intensely personal,
and it is written: "having loved his own,
he loved them unto the end."
The phrase "love of God has two sig
niftcations in the New Testament.. First
it imports God's love to us. and secondly
it imports our love to God. Passages
illustrating the first meaning are the
following: Rom. 5:5. "Because the love
of God hath been shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Spirit." Rom. 8:311
"Nor any other creature shall be able to
separate us from the love of God which
is in Christ Jesus.'' Passages illustrat
ing the second meaning are the follow
ing: Luke 11:42. "Woe unto you Phari
sees! because ye pay tithes of the mint,
and the rue. every herb, and pass by
judgement and the love of God." I
John 3:17. "But who hath this world's
good, ami seeth his brother have need,
and fhutteth his bowels of compassion
against him, bow dwelleth the love of
God in him'?"
The phrase in the text belongs to this
latter class. God's love to sinners, ac
cording to which he gave his Son, ami
bestows all grace for their salvation, is
not conditioned upon th< ir righteous
ness of character, or excellency of con
duct. That were to shut them out for
ever from being the objects of that love;
and therefore to render their salvation
impossible.
But oil: love to God upon which is
conditioned our communion and con
scious fellowship with him, does depend
upon what we are, ami what we do: and
this, 1 apprehend, is the teaching of the
text.
That we should be conscious of love
to God, and thus enjoy communion with
him, or experience his love in our hearts
when we are indulging known sin, or
living in neglect of known duty, is to
make righteousness a thing of indiffer
ence—aye more; it is to put a premium
on wrong doing; and we may be sure
that God can never dothat. “For the
eyes of the Lord run to and fro through
out the whole earth, to show himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart
is perfect toward him." God is pure,
ami just, and holy. When therefore that
which is impure, unjust, unholy finds a
welcome habitation in any heart, the
conscious love of God in that heart ceas
es. Then “we wait for light, hut behold
obscurity; for brightness, but we walk
in darkness. We grope for the wall like
the blind, we grope as they that have no
eyes. We stumble at noonday as in the
twilight; we mourn sore like doves;
among them that are lusty we arc as
dead men. We look lor judgement bitt
therein none, for salvation, but it is far
from us."
The sac t of our salvation rests neither
on what we are, or what we do; but our
assurance of it, our joy in it, our useful
ness and efficiency growing out of it, are
inseparably connected with the mainten
ance of an upright Christian character.
The testimony of all Christian experi
ence, and of the holy Oracle is, that
when we are neglectful of the Spirit anil
Word ot the Lord, we become cold in
love, follow afar off, and are easily en
trapped in the machinations of the
devil. Had Peter's love foi Christ been
as unchangeable as Christ's love for
Peter, the disciple had never denied his
Lord, nor endured such remorse and
shame. But fear of the multitude, in
its rage and madness against his Master,
overcame for a time the disciple's love,
rendering it inoperative; and the result
was that he shamefully denied his Loril,
and the bitterness of anguish tilled the
disciple’s soul. Simon son of Jonas
Invest thou mo," tells the story of not
onlv Peter’s fall, but where he gave way;
and just where Peter failed, broke down,
there the Loril applied himself to up
build.
The term “building” is figurative.
Plainly it signifies growth, development.
Its use here, as well as elsewhere, is to
preserve the unity of the figure by
which the individual Christian is called
"a living stone,” and the Church of God
“a spiritual house.” To build is toon
large, strengthen, make serviceable; and
that is the idea here.
t'f the many ten thousand blessings
for which we ought to be profoundly
grateful to Almighty God, not the least
of these is. that in the economy of re
demption, he has provided for growth
and development, based on our own ef
forts, Jias reserved for us a place of
work, and has assigned us to it. As
every where else, so in Christian life,
activity—action—is the condition of
strength, vigor, happiness.
The purpose—at least as it respects
this lite—for w hich God regenerates the
soul, instated in Eph. 2: 10. "Eorwe are
his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in
them." "Why stand ye heteall the day
idle?” is the Master’s searching ques
tion, to impress us with our obligations
under grace.
Says Dr. Crawford. "All that a Chris
tian can do. will not procure salvation:
Yet he should workasjf his sahationde
pended upon each one of his works. Not
that he should even regard his salva
tion as at all dependent upon his w orks;
nor yet that his motive to work, should
be his getting to heaven: but that his
earnestness ami intensity in his obedi
ence to the Lord's commands should be
no less than if his salvation depended
upon it.
Such obedience exalts God’s author
ity above the soul's desire for salvation:
since with salvation already received by
faith. as God's absolute gift, the obedi
ence is no less hearty, active, thorough
than if salvation depended upon it.
This is the Bible ideal of Christian free
dom .
“Building up yourselves on your most
holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit."
God has both told us what to do, and
how to do it. Nothing that can add one
cubit to out stature, has God failed to
reveal. Divine growth follows the de
velopment of the divine birth. If we
were begotten by the word of truth, we
must be daily renewed from the same
element. This is a vital question. In
these days of many books, magazines—
in these days when the religious news
papers fall upon our tables thick as au
tumn leaves, it is to be greatly feared
that Christians fail to appreciate the
fact that the Scriptures, rather than
these—good as they are—furnish nutri
ment ami up-building to the soul
Let Christians return to a daily and
reverent reading of the word of truth,
and there will be giants in these days.
“The word of the Lord is powerful ” -
powerful in its effects on the life and
character of those who feed upon it:
powerful in preserving them against 1
dangerous and destructive lusts and j
: temptations.
But let us not lose sight of the figure
in the text, "building."
(a) The foundation must be sure.
Christ is the basis of all Christian
character. Start with him, otherwise
a Christian character is impossible No
amount of good resolutions, no amount
of punctilious observances of lightsand
ceremonies, no amount of training the I
soul in the performance of duties, even
though they aie prescribed by Jehovah
himself, will avail anything, unless we
begin at the foundation. "Rooted and
built up in him,” the Holy Spirit says,
"Being built upon the foundation of the
apostlesand prophets. Jesus Christ him
self, the chief corner stone."
"On Christ the solid rock I stand.
All other ground is sinking Kind."
Having begun according to the divine
method, so must we proceed. "As ye
have received Christ Jesus the Lord so '
walk ye in him.” lie is your prophet
and kingas well as priest and sacrifice.
"Where the voice of a king is, there is
power.” Said the Lord to the prophet:
"Get thee unto the house of Isarel and
speak with my words unto them." The :
prophet obeyed, and Israel trembled.
"Preach the preaching I bid thee.” said
the Lord to Jonah. The command was
executed, and proud Nineveh clothed
herself in sack cloth and ashes. God
puts high honor upon his word, and so
must we. In no other way can we so
honor God, as in according to him what
he claims, and this we do by heartily
receiving and obeying his word.
The word of God is the Christian’s
text-book: his teacher and guide is the
Holy Spirit. Hence our apostle couples
"building on the faith" with "praying in
the Holy Spirit” Better have little
knowledge of the word ami be filled
with the Spirit, than to be much filled
with our notions of the word ami know
nothing of the blessed Spirit.
When the apostle would make known
to the saints at Ephesus, how not to be |
unwise, but to understand what the will !
of the Loril is, he immediately adds; I
"be tilled w ith the Spirit.”
Thus it is that we think God’s '
thoughts after him. In this way the
soul grows and thrives; it is uplifted,
enriched, ennobled.
"Building on your most holy faith
praying in the Holy Spirit, keep your,
self in the love of God." Is the Chris- i
tian's happiness the prominent thought
in the apostle's mind'? Is it to that end !
merely that, he gives direction? The ’
favor of God is indeed to be much j
sought after: and the apostle here spec!- .
lies the rightful way. Yet Ido not un- !
derstand him to teach that our enjoy
ment of any kind should be the motive i
prompting us in our service and worship ’
of < lod.
The end is not so much our enjoy- ;
ment, of God’s love, or our happiness in '
that state of loving God as our dwelling
in that state so as thereby to be the better j
prepared to serve and worship him. It
is bis glory and our joy in that glory.
If ye keep my commandments ye
shall abide in my love, even as I have
kept my Father's commandments and
: abide in his love These things have I
spoken unto you. that my joy might re- 1
main in you, and that your joy might
bo full, Obedience puts us in fellow
ship with the heart-life of Christ. His
[ experience becomes ours: and thus,
though danger threaten and sor
i rows encompass, our souls are at peace,
I our joy is full'" Look at the recipro- !
cal influence of these heavenly bless-
ings.
obedience nourishes love; love brings
joy; and joy again ministers strength.
"The joy of the Lord is your strength.
.Strength to combat sin. to resist temp
tation, to obey from tire heart “as we
have been taught.
An ox lias strength, and the Christian
needs thisamt more, ami love furnishes
that. “The love of Christ constraineth
us.” Motive power is what we need,
ami hero it is the strongest possible.
Love awakens and maintains the de
sire for dose conformity to the divine
will, and so contributes to our living,
walking and praying in the spirit.
Thus the Christians life becomes a
higway of holiness, along which patri
archs and prophets, apostles and mar
tyrs, and he who is Lord of all, walked
a highway ever leading through scenes
new, Hehls of delight, fresh and fair—
up, up higher, higher until we pass
through the gates into the city of our
God, where, in the likeness of him
who is now exalted far above all ptin
cipalities and powers, thrones ami do
mains, we shall be satisfied in the full
enjoyment of that w hich, without money
and without price, he came to bling
and bestow eternal life,
CHURCHES AND PREACHERS-
IIY REV. M. .1. W EBB.
In a recent number of the Index
appeared an editorial deploring the
fact that there are so many unem
ployed ministers, and, at the same
time, so many pastorless churches.
A Tennessee brother ventures to
say, in the issue of December 7th,
that one reason why so many of
God's appointed laborers are idle is
that the churches crowd them out
by bringing in brilliant, dashing
men, many of whom ought not to be
in the church, much less in the min
istry. When it is observed what aro
the qualities sought for by many
churches, it may be easy perceived
how just are brother Fulgham's sug
gestions. Mans real godly men are
ejected from their Master’s heritage
by these treasonable intruders.
Another reason may bethat many
men who are licensed or even or
dained to preach, lack some Script
ural qualification and are properly
rejected by all the churches when
looking for pastors. Especial stress
is laid on the requirements that bish
ops “be blameless, the husband of
one wife, having faithful children,
not accused of riot or unruly.” 1
have known of preachers whose
whole pastoral and ministerial life
was marred, if not entirely ruined,
simply because they had not re
strained their wayward children.
Some such, are unfortunately found
in the pastorate in violation of
Scriptural teaching, but they ought
to be sent to join the army of the
unemployed. Let all be kept in se
clusion and retirement who do not
measure up to the Bible mark.
In the above observations I but go
a step farther than your recent con.
tributor. But I wish now to explore
a new field in quest of a reason for
this state of things.
Our churches apparently ignore
all God’s gifts but one. The apos
tle tells us that “there are diversities
of gifts, but the same Spirit.” To
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY JANUARY 18,1894.
the early churches he gave apostles,
prophets, evangelists, pastors and
teachers. Singly, as well as collect
ively, these labored “for the perfect
ing of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ.”
Both the i hurclies and the preach
ers seemingly err in not recognizing
this diversity which the wisdom of
God has suggested and his love pro
vided. The churches usually recog
nize but one calling and frequently
provide work for but one. If there be
two or a dozen preachers in a member
ship, but one, at most, is ever recog
nized by the church. Often they
are all ignored and some bigoted,
bombastic boaster from abroad,
whom few or none of the members
ever saw, is called. In the matter
of preachers it is almost universally
true of world-conforming churches,
that “familiarity breeds contempt.”
Os course it is little or no part of
the programme of such churches to
develop themselves on the line of
pure godliness, nor to acknowledge
and utilize God’s essential gifts.
Many churches require of a pas
tor what a godly man cannot afford
to assume, and when they do not
employ an elder as pastor, they can
never find any possible use for him.
I le is considered entirely superfluous.
He may be called of God, but un
fortunately, they think, God did not
consult their wishes in the matter;
and his failure to do so is fatal to the
ease. If the churches had more
confidence in God's wisdom, they
would unhesitatingly accept more of
bis provisions. Employment ought
to be found for every true preacher
in the land.
But, alas! the preachers make a
similar mistake in their own cases
and seem to justify, in a large meas
ure, the practice of the churches. If
they cannot be pastors they will be
nothing ; whereas in the anti-climax
of Ephesians 4 : 11, pastors are
named last but one of all the offices
to be filled. If one really is called, he
feels that “woe is me, if I preach not
the gospel," and he will preach it
whether as pastor or independent of
the pastorate. It may be that many
of these supposed supernumeraries
are but the servants commanded to
go out into the highways and hedges
after the afllicted and lowly. By
answering the call they have said
they would go, but they go not.
They thus do far less good than the
faithful lay-brethren who energetic
ally perform the minor duties of the
church and take the lead in religious
enterprises designed for the further
ance of the cause.
I might go still further and sug
gest that if all the churches would
resolve to meet together every Sab
bath, those extra “gifts” might, in
the occasional absence of the pastor,
be found useful in exhorting, admon
ishing, ami often instructing the
members and rs asseinHfad.* lln
this way, also, the zeal of these mon
would be aroused and their talents
improved.
It is bad enough when a preacher
wraps his Lord’s money in a napkin
ami hides it in the ground ; but it is
more deplorable still to see a church
dig the hole in which he hides it.
O’Brien, Fla.
ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY DR. C. E. W. DOBBS.
Dear brother Dobbs.—Please ex
plain what the golden girdle repre
sents in Rev. 1: 13.
HENRY MILLER.
The passage is as follows : “And
in the midst of the candlesticks one
like unto the Son of man, clothed
with a garment down to the feet, and
girt about at the breast with a golden
: girdle.” In one of our Sunday
i school periodicals we find the opin
' ion that “the position and the rich
material of this girdle indicate the
sovereignty of its wearer ; a toiler
would have had a leathen girdle, and
he would have had it tied tightly
around his waist. This description
shows the Son of man as both king
ami priest.”
Dr. J. A. Smith, in the American
Commentary, says : “That the gird
ing of the robe is at the breast, in
stead of the loins, does not appear to
be an incident so significant as some
(Bengel, De Wette, and others) sup
pose. Bengel led the way in main
taining that a girdle at the loins in
dicates activity; at the breast, re
pose. Zullig considers the latter
mode of girding a sign of dignity
j and majesty. Dusterdieek quotes
Josephus (Antig. 3,7, 2,) as authori
ty for the statement that the priests
were customarily girded about the
chest.” Pedantic Adam Clark says
the golden girdle was the “emblem
both of regal and sacerdotal dignity”
—of Christ’s kingship and priesthood.
Os the same tenor is the note by
Bishop Carpenter tn the Ellicot
Commentary. This is the general
opinion of commentators, and is pro
bably true.
lias any one visited the Garden of
Eden since Adam and Evo were
driven out? a. N. s.
No, for no one has ever known
where it actually lav. The Bible
says that Eden had a river, divided
into four heads, Pison, Gihon, Hidde
kel and Euphrates. The Euphrates
is the same river still called by that
name: the Hiddekel has been identi
fied as the Tigris; the other two
rivers cannot be placed certainly.
Josephus and many church fathers
think the ocean is the original river,
and identify the Pison with the Gan
ger, and the Gihon with the Nile.
Other commentators think that the
| river which went out of Eden was in
a region of springs, and assume that
the Gihon and Pison were mere
mountain streams; they place the
garden in the mountains of Armenia.
Calvin placed Eden in lower Baby
lonia; Luther and others suggested
that the flood altered the course of
the rivers. So, assuming Eden to
have been an actual garden, its geo
graphical position can not be known.
But other commentators have pre
ferred to interpret the story of Eden
as an allegory, calling the garden
the soul that delights in virtue,” and
the rivers and virtues of prudence,
temperance, courage and justice ; or
considering E len as heaven and the
rivers wisdom. So however we look
at the story of the garden, we cannot
identify the location of Eden.
Please tell me when was the Bible
divided into chapters and verses.
F c. M.
The division was not made all at
once, but was gradually done. The
Jewish scribes divided the Old Tes
tament in 669 paragraphs. Subse
quently, the Pentateuch was por
tioned out into fifty-four lessons.
The division into verses was begun
by Rabbi Nathan, about 1445, and
finished by Athias, also a Jew, in
1662. Before the Jew divided the !
Old Testament into verses, it was
divided into chapters—that is, the
Latin version was—some say bv
Archbishop Lanfrac, a French monk,
in the eleventh century. Others as
cribe the division to an English pre
late, Archbishop Langton, in the
thirteenth century. There is really
no certainty about it. Our English
Bible, as it is commonly known in
the King James version, received the
headings of the chapters from Miles
Smith, bishop of Gloucester, one of
of the translators. The New
Testament seems to have
first appeared printed in verses,
in the Groek Testament of Robert
Stephens, published in 1551. The
first English New Testament with
the verse division was the Genevan,
printed in 1557. Subsequent En
glish versions followed the example,
and thus it was perpetuated in our
common version. The Canterbury
Revised Version returns to the origi
nal paragraph division. The revisers
urge this point as a great improve
ment. We quote from their preface :
“We have arranged the Sacred Text
in paragraphs, after the precedent
of the earliest English Versions, so
as to assist the general reader in fol
lowing the current of narrative or ar
gument. • * * The serious ob
stacles to the right understanding of
Holy Scripture, which are interposed
by minute sub division, are often
overlooked ; but if any one will con
sider for a moment the injurious
effect that would be produced by
breaking up a portion of some great
standard work into separate verses,
he will at once/perceive how neces
sary has been alteration Jn this
particular. Ttio arrangement ’>y
chapters and verses undoubtedly
affords facilities for reference ; but
this advantage we have been able to
retain by placing the numerals on
the margin of each page.” The ar
rangement of the American Bible
I nion Version is even better still.
It has the small numerals at the be
ginning of each verse portion of its
paragraphs.
Last Sunday I heard a distinguish
ed Presbyterian minister preach a
sermon on baptism, in which he ar
gued that baptism is prefigured in
prophecy by sprinkling. Among
other proof-texts he referred to
Isaiah 52: 15, which he said referred
to the baptism of the Gentiles under
the gospel. What do you think of
that? a. j. s.
M e think the good doctor was
“straining a point.” The passage re
ferred to reads thus: “Behold my
servant shall deal wisely; he shall be
exalted and lifted up, and shall be
very high. Like as many were as
tonished at thee, ( his visage was so
marred more than any man, and his
form more than the sons of men,)
so shall he sprinkle many nations ;
kings shall shut their mouths at him;
for that which had not been told
them shall they see, and that
which they had not heard
shall they understand.” We quote
the Revised Version of Isaiah 52:
13 15. The margin gives “startle”
instead of “sprinkle.” The Presby
terian doctor, if he had taken the
trouble to consult his library, could
not have quoted Isaiah so positively,
for he would have found that among
competent interpreters there is much
perplexity as to the prophet’s
meaning. The Septuagint (Greek
translation of the Old Testament)
rendered the Hebrew word—“sprin
kle” in this place—by “thaumizo,’’
which certainly does not mean to
spinkle.
The Methodist, Dr. Adam Clark,
quotes Dr. Jebb, who renders: So
many nations shall look on him with
admiration.” Others give the sense
of to astonish, to throw into confu
sion, to cause to leap for joy, etc.
For example, John Pye Smith, in
his “Four Discourses on the Sacri
fice and Priesthood of Christ,” quotes
Michaelis; “So shall he be the delight
of the numerous Gentile.s” He
quotes Rosenmuller: “So shall he
rouse up many nations.”
Dr. Albert Barnes, the Presbyter
ian says:
“Whichever of the above mean
ings are assigned, it furnishes no ar
gument for the practice of sprink
ling in baptism. It refers to his
purifying or cleansing the nations,
and not to the ordinance of Chris
tian baptism. Nor should it ever be
used as an argument in reference to
the mode in which that ordinance
should be administered.”
MISSIONS IN CHRIST AND CHRIST
IN MISSIONS-
BY C. K. HENDERSON.
PA”T I. CHRIST AS LORD IN MIS-
SIONS.
O that the world might taste and see,
The riches of his grace:
The arms of love that compass me.
Would all mankind embrace.
Wherefore, holy brethren, par
takers of a heavenly calling, con
sider the Apostle and High Priest
of our confession, Jesus. Heb. 3:1.
He is the Lord of our life. We
preach not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus as Lord. 2 Cor. 4 :J. Jesus
says, All authority hath been
given unto me in heaven and on
earth. Go ye therefore, and make
disciples of all the nations. Matt.
28 :iB. As Christ is Lord he must
be obeyed.
This command was given unto
the eleven as disciples and is bind
ing upon all who confess Jesus as
Lord.
Jesus is Lord in missions, and
upon the ground of his mediatorial
authority he issues his command to
his disciples and followers, to make
disciples of all the nations. The
command of the personal Lord and
Christ is the sole basis of our com
mission to make disciples of all the
nations. The preaching of the
gospel was at first limited to the
Jews. It was therefore necessary
to extend the preaching to the Gen
tiles. No one without the com
mand of Jesus would have thought
of going. Even now, while many
are willing for men to come to the
gospel they need the command to
go. The Jews needed this com
mand and we need it. If Christ is
Lord—Go. But Jesus conceived
one religion for all mankind, and
for this reason his command was
necessary that his followers should
preach it to all mankind. The
idea of one universal religion for
all the world was a new and
strange one to the Jews and Gen
tiles, and therefore, Jesus com
mands, “Go make disciples of all
nations.” This command is as nec
essary to the modern as it was to
the ancient. Especially so, since
the claim is put forth, that the
Christian religion is one among
many co-ordinate religions. Jesus
will allow no rival. He is Lord
over all, and his religion is one and
all embracing. There are three
score queens and four score concu
bines, and maidens without num
ber. My dove, my vndefiled is
one. She is the only one of her
mother. She is the pure one of
her that bare her. The daughters
saw her and called her blessed;
Yea, the queens and the concu
bines, and they praised her. Solo
mons’ Song. 6 :S-9.
Humanitarian instincts and love
for the race are not alone sufficient
to give direction to the making
disciples of all the nations. We
need the command of Jesus ad
dressed to our intellects to tell us
what to do, and bis inspiring love
in our hearts to execute the doing.
We have his authority as the basis
of our commission, and love as the
motive in the execution of it.
Thus every one who goes on a
misstTa does so becaase of his de
votion to Jesus. Thus we found
missions not in law but in a person.
We make not a system of missions
the object of interest but a person.
Otherwise there is danger of mis
taking the enthusiasm of humanity
for love to Christ, and of substi
tuting zeal for work for zeal for
Christ. God has exalted Christ to
be a Prince and a Savior.
He is Savior only as he is first
Lord, or Prince. What Christ re
quires of us is, service to him as
Lord. It is service to Christ that
in irks us his true servants. In de
votion to Christ as Lord (is found
the inspiration to labor in missions
and the ground of joy and success.
Our schemes do not touch the
springs of character unless founded
in Jesus. Missions in the au
thority of Christ and Christ in
missions as the inspiring and con
verting power, is the Magna
Charta of our commission from
Jesus, who is Lord of all and must
be Lord in missions.
Eatonton.—l have the honor
to be recalled as pastor of Eaton
ton and Harmony churches. We
have had during the year, some
twenty-three baptisms and several
by letter added to the two churches.
The members of these churches
have shown their kindness to me
and my family in many ways. The
sisters of Eatonton church have
sent us quite a number of nice
presents; and to-day being the
tenth anniversary of our marriage.
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FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
We sell this magnificent
Piano for SIOO Cas
Balance easy Payments for one or
two years. Other
Pianos only SSO Cash,
Balance of $165 on easy payments.
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■ J Mm ' n g Organ and the wonder of
1893 always in hand. Call and see
The great SOUTHERN’ FAVORITE, it and the LARGEST and FINEST
especially adapted to this climate, un- Stock South to select from,
surpassed in durability and tone, or any
other desired quality pertaining to PER- 63 reachtree St., Atlanta,
FECT,OX FREYER & BRADEY MUSIC CO.
“THE SWEETEST OF THEM ALL,”
Fiom the Hrn. S. A. Clay, Presides! of the Georgia Senate.
Atlanta, Ga., November 7th, 1892.
Mr. F. L. Frkyer—Mr Dear Sir: i
The Kranich & Bach Piano you sold me ten years ago has proved a won
derful instrument. It is a marvel of durability and is to me tbe “Sweetest
of all Pianos.” Since it was purchased it has never needed repairing, and
to-day is better in every respect than when new, for its tone—like that of a
fine violin-—actually improves with age. The explanation of this is, that
it is a perfectly constructed instrument. Its lovely tones, full, resonant,
brilliant and liquid, have been a constant delight, and all who have touched
its keys have only words of praise. It is my conviction, that the Kranich
& Bach is the ne plus ultra of Pianos, and I feel I cannot recommend them
too highly to my friends. Respectfully, S. A. CLAY.
ATI AWA BUSINESS
n 1 linli 1 n university.
(CHARTERED.)
SEVEN SUPERIOR SCHOOLS ! Business ami Finance. Shorthand and Correspon
dence, Penmanship and Art, Elocution and Oratory, Business Preparatory, Civil Service Pre
paratory. Normal Training. For the
Hisher Business Education of Yow Men and Yonnj Women.
Send at once for a catalogue; it may help you to decide for the future. Address,
MACLEAN, CURTIS & WALKER,
Managers A. B. U., Atlanta, Ga.
N. B.~BooKkkkping is taught in the A. B. U. by an expeart accountant and audito
Shorthand by a court reporter. S3F“ Catalogue free.
they have sent in quite a number
of nice cotnplimentry waiters I
guess sister Champion has the right
name as she is the champion of this
good Samaritan movement to-day.
I mention the sisters, but many of
the brethren are silent partners in
this good work. We are very
thankful, and pray that we may
be able to adjust ourselves to the
solemn responsibilities of the New
Year just begun to-day. lam not
as well acquainted with the affairs
of the other churches of this sec
tion as I would like, but I think
that quite a number of them have
had good ingatherings. I think
from the way my churches have
been giving to missions, they will
certainly report an amount not to
be ashamed of at the next meeting
of the “Old Central.” 1 would
love to extend a fraternal greeting
to the staff of the Index and to
the brethren in Georgia, both in
the pulpit and pew. May God
help us all to gird up our loins, and
make ready for the grand work be
fore us. M. L. Carswell.
HOW’S THIS!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure.
F. J CHENEY A CO., Props.
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West it Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
fiee.
GOOD NEWS FOR ALL.
Dr. E. J. Worst, of Ashland,
Ohio, has kindly agreed to mail all
our readers one week's trial treat
ment of the famous Australian
Electro Pill remedy free, for
Catarrh. Kidney, Liver and Stomach
trouble, Sick Headache, Nervousness,
Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, or Seven
weeks treatment for sl. Our read
ers should send at once, naming the
Index. Address above.
Roue Railroad Co. ol Georgia
In effect 9:00 a. m., Sunday, October 30, 1892
Right is reserved to vary from this schedule
as circumstances may require.
Rome to Kingston—Paasenger Drains Daily
Stations. J No. 1. No. 3. 1 No- 5.
Lv. Rome 9 00am 2lspm 715 am
Second Avenue-. 904 “ 219 " 7 17"
Brick Yard 910 “ 225 " 723 “
Freemans 918 “ 233 " 728 “
Dykes 923 ' 238 “ 732 "
Bass Ferry 929 " 244 “ 737 “
Eves 934 " 249 " 743 "
Murchisons 945 " 300 " 75'» “
Wooleys 952 " 307 " 754 "
Ar. Kingston iIOOO “ 315 " 8 00"
Atlanta 115 pm 625 " (1025 “
(ftattanooga I1 30 “ I
Kingston to Rome—Passenger Trains Daily
Stations. No. 2. No. 4. No. 6.
Lv. Chattanooga 750 am 120 pm
Atlanta 810 " 120 " 3 35p
Kingston 11050 “ 405 “ 600
Wooleys 10 55 " 411 “ 606
Murchisons 1059 " 417 “ 610
Eves 1113 “ 426 “ 617
Bass Ferry HlB •' 434 “ 623
Dykes 1123 “ i 440 " 628
Freemans ,1128 " '4 45 " 632
Brick Yard. 11 35 “ 451 " 637
Second Avenue. 1142 " 457 " I 643
Ar. Rome 1145 " 500 " j 645
| Nos. 1. 2,3 and 4 trains run daily, making
1 close connection at Kingston. Ga.,(both morn-
I ing and everting) with Western & Atlantia
trainsgoing North to Chattanooga, Tenn., and
, South to Atlanta, Ga.
Nos. 5 and 6 (Rome Express) will run daily
between Rome and Atlanta. Ga.. except Sun
! day. makingclose connection at Atlanta with
I the Central s fast train. "Nancy Hanks.” for
, Griffin, Macon and Savannah.
W. F. AYER, Superintendent.
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LET US SHOW YOU
as handsome display of DIAMONDS as
ever sparkled before sparklingeyes. Perhaps
you are laboring under the delusion that it is
| necessary to bring a small fortune with you<
Not at all. A little money will go as far in the
purchase of J-WELRY as it will in buying
anything else. We have an idea that it
will goa little further. Perhaps you think we
are mistaken on that point; if you do. we are
confident that we can treat you to an agreea
-1 ble surprise. For instance, we are offering a
Solid Gold Watch for $lO Up !
Silver Watches $5 Up !
All STEM WINDERS, at the
A. L. Delkin Co.,
■ 69 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
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