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Woman’s Missions.
MISS MARY E. WRIGHT, ; ; Editress
PERSONAL CONSECRATION-
There was a homely beauty in
that old device, —the patient ox,
the altar, the plow on either side ;
it appeals to us through all these
years. “Ready for sacrifice or for
service.”
Are we ready? Only if we have
stood face to face with our unseen
Lord, and reached forth trusting
hands to Him, waiting to receive
the great commission, willing to
go out like him of old, not knowing
whither we go ; knowing only this,
His promise : Lo, I am with you al
ways.
We would gladly lead others to
the Saviour’s feet. From the
depths of the soul have we cried,
“Lord, I come ; first would I bring
‘myself and not another,’ and then,
though ‘crimson’ with the hectic
glow of earth, let me go forth in
garments of Thy giving, ‘whiter
than snow' to do Thy bidding.”
Sacrifice may be service, service
may be sacrifice. Can we doubt
it? When a missionary falls at his
post, is that the end, even in this
world? “He being dead, yet
speaketh.” We read in our own
records of the many vain attempts
to uphold our Saviour’s standard
on a distant field. One discour
agement follows another: brave
hearts grow faint, at last the en
sign falls. Then, an unseen hand
has seized the battle-flag, and the
victory is won.
Nor can we deny that service is
often sacrifice. Tenderly, lovingly,
with hushed breath we watch,
through tears it may be, the disap
pearing sails that waft from us our
missionaries—our loved ones let us
say—be they known or unknown.
Yet do we realize it all—how human
a human heart must be—how many
its ties—how strong and how close
ly they cling?
Nevertheless, thanks be to God,
there are those who, hearing the
Father’s voice, will follow, satisfied
that He knows best. “The Master
hath need” is all they care to know.
Yet, “He knoweth our frame; He
remembereth that we are dust.”
“Like as a father piteth his chil
dren, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear Him.”
Is this thing that we call “per
sonal consecration” a gift from God
to us? Or does He who thought
it worth while to die for us, who
took on Himself the nature, not of
angels but of men, add yet this fur
ther condescension in taking a gift
at our hands? Enough for us to
know, that “the Spirit and the
bride say come. Him that coineth
unto me, I will in no wise cast out.”
“He that spuicd not His own Son,
but delivered Him up for us all,
how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things?
And so, for all of us, are tender
words of cheer. For some, the
martyr’s wreath, twined from no
other than the tree of life. For
some, the “wondrous things" we
dream of, awaiting those who have
gone “far hence” for His sake.
“How beautiful upon the moun
tains are the feet of him that bring
eth good tidings. Is. 52 :7.
Yet a bruised reed will He not
br< ak Faith as a grain of mustard
seed is not despised. A cup of
cold water in His name is not for
gotten. We comfort ourselves
with the thought of the scant
loaves on which thousands were fed.
But they were first placed in the
Master’s hands. Those bearing
them to others, had themselves been
very close to His side. So must
we be, if we would “the world's
famine feed.”
Going forth in His strength, let
us strive to be serviceable. Many
were the proud devices of gallant
knights as they gathered on a cer
tain occasion, noticeable even in
the glittering days of chivalry.
Proudly they entered the field,
vying with each other in their
lordly assumptions. At last one
came, the kingliest of all, his only
device, —“I serve.”
“I atn nobody’s servant,” ex
claimed a young lady, one of a mer
ry party. A gentleman near turned
quietly to her. “You ought to be,”
he said. Nobody is of any ac
count whois not a servant to some
body or something.
Never till we know the full free
dom of a service, aglow with love
in fields above, can we understand
all that the word implies.
11. E.
Augusta, Ga.
The W. M. S. ok Hephzibah
Church.—We have observed the
week of prayer notwithstanding the
LOSS OF POWER
nnd force follow
loss of flesh, or ema
__ 'V , elation. These come
A lil from impoverished
1 11 Hr blood. Dr. Pierce’s
v» I I | K Gohlen Medical DLs-
1T 1 I / " cowry enriches the
11 I Ir' blood, stops the waste
V
‘ < and builds up healthy
fl-—h. Nasty Cod Liver
X_ Oils add frit, but not
wholevmf JWi- Thin. i«ile, puny and scrof
ulous children arc made plump, rosy and ro
bust by the " Discovery.” They like it, too.
In recovering from “Grippe,”or in conva
lescence from pneumonia, fevers, or other
wasting diseases, it speedily anil surely invig
orates and builds up the whole system. As
on appetizing, restorative tonic, it sots at
work all the processes of digestion and nu
trition. rouses every organ into natural ac
tion, and brings back health and strength.
If ft doesn’t benefit or cure, in every case,
you have your money liack.
It has cured others of Catarrh—thousands
of them. Why not you? Dr. Rages Ca
tarrh Remedy is so pomVirr. its makers offer
fi&OO reward for an incurable case.
inclement weather in the early part
of the week ; we used the programs
prepared by the W. M. S.
Our meetings have increased in
numbers and interest. Several of
our young members have taken
active parts in them, leading the
meetings nicely.
Our .Methodist sisters have en
couraged us by their presence and
prayers. We feel the meeting has
done good. C. E. M.
THE STORY OF A TRACT.
We copy the following from the
Southwestern Presbyterian, feeling
sure it will be of some interest to
many of our readers. The wi iter of
the letter may be known to many,
Mrs. Carline, nee Miss Alice Brink
ley.
We are permitted to make the fol
lowing extract from a private letter
from the wife of a Baptist mission
ary in Swatow, China, to a friend in
Augusta, Ga. It was not written
for publication. But we are sure
that our readers will agree with us
that it is both interesting and profi
table reading. It will encourage
Christians and silence objections,
when we can thus say, “Behold,
what God hath wrought 1”
How greatly we need more work
ers, only those already on the field
can know. You wished me to tell
you something connected with the
work here. 1 think you would like
to hear how a simple little tract was
used by the Holy Spirit as a means
of bringing almost a whole town to
know the Savior. This experience
has strengthened my faith wonder,
fully. Several years ago a mission
ary was travelling through the then
almost unknown Jio Pheng District,
selling tracts and preaching wher
ever he had opportunity. He often
stopped by the wayside and preached
or sold tracts to travelers whom he
met. Let us imagine a traveler buy
ing a tract, and after reading it drop
ping it on the road just as he was
passing a certain town. A laborer
just behind him, returning from his
day’s work picked up the tract, but
being unable to read took it to a
friend in the town. This friend be
gan to read it carelessly, but soon
became interested in the curious
things told therein, of God and his
Son—the world’s Savior—of sin and
judgment, and of the wonderful
mercy of God. What strange doc
trine ! No foreigner had ever been
to their town, and their people had
lived along quietly, and had never
so much as heard of this .lesus doc
trine. The man’s heart was stirred
within him by this news—suppose it
were true! He asked the laborer
how he came by the paper ; and the
man told him just the little he knew,
how a stranger had dropped it in the
road. Well, in a few days this
wonderful news had spread all over
the town; those who could read,
eagerly real for themselves the
strange news; those who could not
read had the tracts read to them. It
so happened that in the next few
years there were no missionaries
coming to that part of the Jio Pheng
District, and so these people new
only wh it the little tract could tell
them. Last year this particular Dis
trict was given to my husband;
there are thousands < f towns where
a missionary has never been. Dur
ing one of his tours these people
heard of him, and sent a messenger
to invite him to visit them, that they
mig! t learn more of the Savior.
When they heard that the missionary
was coming many of the people
went out to meet him. They es
corted him to their ancestrial hall,
where the whole town soon gathered
around him, and the head man told
the circumstance of the tract, and
how their hearts were st'rred within
them to learn more of this gracious
doctrine, and now he said they had
gathered together men, women and
children, to learn from him more of
this news.
My husband said he first bad one
of bis native preachers talk to them,
but when he saw the people listen
ing so attentively: and many weep
ing when the story of the cross was
being told them, he was so carried
away by the manifest presence of
the Holy Spirit that the difficulties
of the Chinese tongue seemed to
vanish, and he himself sprang upon
a box and poured forth the whole
story to this attentive audience. The
missionary and the people wept and
rejoiced together; and when they
brought out that little tract, soiled as
it was, he handled it most reverently,
for it was the means, by the blessing
of God, of bringing a whole town to
love the Savior! When the mis
sionary hade them good bye, many
of them followed him out of the
town, urging him to come again
soon and teach them. In visiting
that town since, many of our native
preachers confidently affirm that the
whole town is converted to God. Is
it not a wonderful story? I love to
think of it. A. B. C.
♦
“The progress of the negro under
the tutelage of slavery, and especi
ally under the more difficult tute
lage of freedom is a sublime proph
ecy of the future good of the race.
There is progress all along the line :
in self-management, in education, in
personal and church life. Many of
their preachers have developed great
power and the number of capable
teachers among them is increasing
at a rapid rate. I believe that no one
who will acquaint himself with the
facts, can take anything but a hope
ful view of the future of these peo
ple.”
If >•><//» HACK A'UI'N,
Jr you are all worn out, really Rood fur noth
ing, It is general debility. try
Jl«Ol»A‘.s IKON HITTEHB.
It will cure you. cleanse your liver, and give
* good appetite.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1894.
Shall we Save Ourselves.—ln
the inimitable story of Mr. Nobody,
we are told that the rich man bit
terly upbraided the poor and igno
rant man, because the plague, be
ginning in the low quarter of the
city had gone up to the other end of
the city and carried away the loved
ones of the wealthy man. “If you
had lived right, kept your homes
clean, there would have been no
plague’” said the great one. ‘'Yes,”
said Mr. Nobody, “I reckon that
is so, I don’t know much ; but some
how it seems to me, that if you all
who know so much and have so
much, had come among us in time
and showed us how to do and had
helped us that would have been the
best way.”
The lesson is plain. We save our
selves by saving others. Christian
ize and elevate the negroes and our
children will get the benefit. The
better life will come into our homes
to bless them. And more, in time
of trial not far distant when the
Christian institutions of America are
to be tested fully by the onslaught of
Romanized foreigners, we will have
allies in those whose benefactors we
have been.
Rev. J. B. Gambrell.
©lie gmteclioUL
HOUSEHOLD RELIGION.
Su.ely this is the only kind worth
mentioning. That is, the religion
which is not felt in the household
from day to day, the religion which
confines itself to the church and to
Sunday or to a certain round of out
ward observances, must Le spurious.
It certainly will not pass muster as
genuine Christianity.
The sort of piety on which Christ
put His stamp studies the comfort
ol all around. It is full of sympathy,
brotherly kindness, and friendly aid.
It is considerate for otheis’ feelings,
and scrupulous about others’ rights.
It carries a chreerful countenance,
speaks pleasant words, and abounds
in little deeds of love. It does not
forget that happiness is made up
mainly of trifles, being not a single,
magnificent gem, but a mosaic com
posed of a thousand pieces. And it
resolves to enroll itself in the number
of happiness-makers, burden-bearers,
who scatter flowers, diffuse sunshine,
and take all possible pains to give
pleasure.
Os what vital importance it is to
every household that it be a shrine of
this religion. How otherwise can
the children grow up good? Os what
use is right instruction by the preach
er one day in the week it it be offset
by bad example at home six days?
What avails a formal lecture from the
parent now and then if it be not em
phasized by a consistent life?
Blessed are the children of true
Christian parents, day by day drink
ing in wholesome spiritual food and
strengthing moral nutriment! Bless
ed are the parents of Christian child
ren, sending forth into the future
prolonged influences for good, per
manently represented of the earth by
intelligence and virtue long years af
ter they themselves have ascended
to heaven! How miserable the estate
of those whose names must go down
to posterity linked with creatures of
wretchedness, vice and crime! Too
late foi repentance do such behold
the legitimate outcome of the absence
of household religion.
Some have we seen whose own
parents had left in their iiearts and
lives a precious legacy of Christian
faith and love divine. Yet they them
selves were not pious, and so were
making a break in the chain, and
defrauding their children of that
boon which should have passed on
without diminution. Those children
had no godly influences around them
and hence in the hour of temptation
would have no sweet memories to
hold them fast, and in the stress of
the world’s conflicts they would be
almost sure to deteriorate. An im
paired vitality of virtue would pro
bably be passed on in turn to their
children, and so the stock would de
generate. How sad!
Let every man, that is a man,
every woman that is a woman,
reflect ,very seriously on these
things, and in some moment of sa
cred silence answer honestly one or
two questions: Will your children
have as good a chance as you had,
not merely in temporal, but in spir
itual matters? Or will they reproach
you some day, and say that they
have been robbed of the best part of
what should have been theirs? Are
you doing by them as you would
wish to be done by? They have a
a right to receive from you an ex
ample of positive piety. It will be
worth to them more than lands and
and gold.
House bold religion—something
that shall brighten the eye, sweeten
the voice, check the hasty word,
alter the impatient tone, make the
brow smoother, the heart happier,
and the home a paradise! This is
what we need. May it grow and
prevail mightily throughout the land
in this year of our Lord 1894!
ASK YOUR FRIENDS
Who have taken Hood’s Sarsaparil
la what they think of it, and the re
plies will be positive in its favor.
Simply what Hood’s Sarsaparilla
does; that tells the story of its merit.
One has been cured of indigestion or
dyspepsia, another finds its indispen
sable for sick headache or biliousness
while others report remarkable cures
of scrofula catarrh, rheumatism, salt
rheum, etc.
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable.
©liildven’e (Corner,
ORIGINAL STORIES.
The Index is decidedly in sym
pathy with the mothers and the
children who read its columns. In
fact, the Index counts its best sup
port among the sisters. We do not
mean to say that they pay more
money to enable us to make the
paper. They do contribute largely.
We could not make the paper, we
do, if we did not receive the many
strong letters of sympathy and ap
preciation of our work. We often
get letters, so touching in their
nature that we are unable to restrain
tears. In order to make the House
hold and childrens page more inter
esting and instructive, we have ar
ranged to give, each week one or
more original stories. We give two in
this issue. One of them is written :
by one of our most consecrated
sisters. The other is written by a
young boy, yet in his teens.
“Life is a mission,” said .Mazzini.
Let what is written and published in
our childrens department look to
the fulfillment of this mission. Let us
teach them that every existence is
an aim, and that it is a high distinc
tion that they are capable of living i
with an aim. Children, life’s pos- ]
sibilities are tremendous. You are ■
beginning life. Only realize now, ■
that a right beginning is half the '
battle for true success. Fear God
and keep his commandments, for
this is the whole duty of man.
HEROES AND MARTYRS-
BY MSTER RUFUS JONES.
There are many kinds of heroes.
Some are heroes of war. Os this
kind we have many noted examples.
Joan of Arc, the girl soldier and
general, Commodore Perry, the
boy general, Gen. Taylor, the hero
of the war with Mexico, and after
wards president of the United
States; and 1 could mention many
more who were as noted as they,
as Stonewall Jackson, etc. These
were heroes of strife.
Then again there were heroes (or
martyrs) who gave their life-blood
for religion. Among these martyrs’
names, some of the most important
are as follows: Luther, Sawtrey,
etc. The apostles were martyrs, es
pecially John (who was beheaded
by Herod) and Paul. There are a
class of martyrs who are called
“ national martyrs.” Among this
class we have Garfield and Lincoln.
Now comes the question, what is the
meaning of martyr and hero ? The
dictionary meaning of martyr is
“one who is put to death for the
sake of the truth” and of hero, is
“A brave man; a great person.”
Another thing: theie are men and
women who are nqj known to the
woiid as are these whose names 1
have mentioned, but who are heroes
and heroines, all this same. There
is the woman who spends her life,
battling to support her husband, who
is seldom seen sober. Is not she a
heroine? The answer is plain.
Then again, there’s the man who has
an easy position and an enormous
(to him) salary offered him in a
far off city, but prefers to remain
with his old and feeble mother,
whose days are almost numbered,
and live in a little three room cot
tage. Is not he also a hero? The
answer is as plain as before. The
greatest hero (and martyr, too) that
this world has ever seen or will ever
see was Jesus Christ.
Dawson, Ga.
WEARING DIAMONDS. A TRUE i
STORY.
BY MRS. L. RICHARDS.
Some years ago, in the thriving
little city of Acworth, Georgia, there
lived an ex-congressman, a noble old j
gentleman who was noted for bis
cheerfulness in afllictions and adver
sity. An invalid for a half score of
years, his head was frosted, not so
much from age as from physical suff
ering, yet his fortitude and strong
mental powers bore him up and he
was a perfect store house of wit, hu
mor, and good, sound sense, which
drew around him a host of friends
and admirers.
Propped up in bed he would talk
for hours on different subject-', al
ways in a cheerful, hopeful strain, al
ways laughing and making others
laugh, unless his suffering was so
great he simply could not, he realiz
ed the truth of the words: “Laugh
and the world laughs with you,
weep and you weep alone,” and his
room was seldom without a visitor.
Nor was that the only attraction, his
mind was clear and strong, his rea
soning powers grand, and his opinion
was eagerly sought after and valued
oy old and young.
One day a young man, a nephew
of his and great admirer of his un
cle, paid him a farewell visit before
locating in the far West. Just
twenty-one, and recently come in
posession •of his portion of his
fatheijs estate, the young man was
feeling his importance and dignity.
He had been to the city and dressed
himself quite handsomely out of his
nice little fortune and among other
things bought for himself a handsome
diamond ring and scarf pin. A
good, clear, wholesouled sensible boy
was transformed in a handsome,
stylish dude.
Calling at the residence of his
Drs. J. M. A Don B. Bosworth,
DISEASES OF THE
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Cor. Whitehall and Hunter Sts.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
uncle, he was met at the door by a
| young lady cousin, and invited into
the parlor. When he asked to see
his uncle, his cousin looked at him
kindly and said: “Cousin, you look
1 very handsome and nice in your new
I suit and diamonds, but do you know
if you go into fathers presence with
; those diamonds on he will be so dis
| gusted he will be tempted to say
1 something insulting? Take them off
: and spare yourself, as well as him the
trying ordeal.
Realizing the force of her remarks,
and her kind intentions, without a
word of dissent he took them off
and put them into his pocket, and
out of sight, before going into the
presence of his uncle.
The daughter had heard her father
express himself upon the subject of
wearing diamonds,and his sage advice
will bear repeating. Diamonds are
a dead weight. They pay no divi
dend. Only those who have a sur
plus of money can afford to wear
diamonds. A young man starting
out in life, even with some capital, if
he begins by carrying a dead weight
in the shape of expensive jewelry is
apt to sink to the bottom, in a short
time.
In proof of this, tile young man
alluded to went West with a nice
little capital, met with influential
friends in the cities of San Francisco
and Los Angeles, and had bright
prospects of building for himself a
tine business reputation; but alas,]
that extravagant disposition which
led him to wear diamonds before he
was able to afford them, wrecked his
fortune, and to-day he is herding
cattle upon the plains of Arizona,
far away from home and friends, liv- I
ing a hard and almost uncivilized
life.
There is a lesson in this little true
story which those who read will not
fail to see. As one generation
passes off the stage of action an- j
other comeson, and the same lessons
have to be taught, requiring “Line
upon line, precept upon precept.”
’ BOYS WILL LAUGH
Baptists are not in the habit of
much pulpit decoration. In case
flowers arc used it may be well to
give the church decorative commit
tee this story from the Chicago Ad
vance, the moral of which should be
taken to heart: There is another
evil on the desk—sometimes, a tall
vase with a large bouquet in it. It
hampers the movements of the
preacher,is distracting to nervous peo- ;
pie in the audience, and occas- I
ionally leads to tragic conse
quences. A minister was once
preaching in a pulpit thus dec
orated, and in the energy begot- |
ten of earnestness ho had the misfor
tune to hit the vase with his hand. It
tottered and fell. He made a desper
ate clutch at it only to see it disap
pear over the edge of the pulpit. He
leaned forward,unconsciously balanc
ing himself over the desk to watch it
as it dashed itself into a thousand
pieces on the floor. The hu’.icrousne s
of the situation was well-nigh too
much for both pulpit and pew, but the
pre icher rose to the occasion and he
roically proceeded with the sermon.
He was well under way again when
he chanced to catch the eye of a small
boy in the congregation, whereat
the small boy’s pent-up mirth burst
out again and the poor minister
snickered in response.
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
Many preachers are duped in
buying commentaries. Cheap offers
are baits at which they oftentimes
readily bite. When their money is
gone and the commentaries come they
are glanced over with feelings of dis
appointment,and are at once shelved,
scarcely ever to be thought of again
for use. No such experience comesof
the purchase and use of the Ameri
can Commentary, published by the
American Baptist Publication Socie
ty at SIO.OO for the entire set.
Scott’s Rebecca.—The memory
of Rebecca Gratz, who lived in
Phildelphia to the age of ninety, and
was said to have been the original
of Scott’s Rebecca in Ivanhoe, is to
be perpetuated by a bequest of over
SIOO,OOO, which was recently receiv
ed by the Michoe Israel Congrega
tion of the City of Brotherly Love.
The money was left in trust by Hy
men Gratz to keep his sister Rebec
ca’s memory green, and it is only
since the death of the trustee that
it has passed to its destination.
Single at One Hundred. There
is a woman in Kansas who has re
pulsed the advances of admirers
since 1793, or from such later pe
riod of her one-hundred-yoar-life as
they began to throw sheep’s eyes at
her. She is very proud of the achiev
ment, and it is to be hoped her se
ductive charms may not yet lead to
her entrapment. She never drank tea
or coffee, but her brother was less
wise and now lies in the cold grave,
an early victim to the intemperate
use of theses beverages, to which
ho succumbed while yet but 101
years of age.
She Sells Beks.—Mrs. Jennie
Atchley, of Beeville, Bee County,
Tex., knows about how the little busy
bee doth improve each shining Lone
I Star hour. She is the most extensive
queen bee breeder in the world. She
' is a woman of thirty-eight years,and
| has had eight children, who are so
familiar with royalty in the shape of
queen bees that they occasionally
1 handle the same without gloves. Mrs.
' Atchley does a large busisness in
| queens. She sold over 4,000 last
| year. Some queens are worth SIOO
each.
She Was a Housewife.—Mr
Eliza F. Routt, wife of ex Gov.
John L. Routt, of Colorado, was the
first woman in Denver who register
ed to vote under the new Equal Suf
ferage law. She gave her occupa
tion as “housewife,’’and her vouchers
1 were ex-Gov. Routt and State Sena
-1 tor Charles Hartzell. Mrs. Routt
! is President of the Denver Equal
1 Stiff erage League. Her husband was
the last Territorial Governor and the
first Governor of Colorado after the
Territory was admitted to Statehood.
She registered on the Saturday even
ing immediately after the proclama
tion was issued by Gov. Waite.
The Queen’s Hobby.—The
Queen of Saxony takes a warm and
active interest in the welfare of epi
leptic children. Next year the Queen
intends opening homes for them,
which will be the first in the country;
its position will be close to the capital
and a prominentdoctor,Robt. Klemm
physician to the court is assisting,
the Queen in the carrying out of her
plan. The Dresden home will be
arranged in a similar manimto that
founded by Fru Ebba Ramsay in
Sweden, who has done so much for
epileptics, and whose experience in
this respect is also known in Germa
"y-
Mrs. Romney's Pail.—Mrs. Car
olina Romney exbited at the World’s
Fair a patent dinner pail, which,
with an inner wall of clay, sawdust
and asbestos, is warranted to keep
food hot for six hours. Mr. Edward
Atkinson, Boston, is about perfect
ing a workman’s dinner pail which
will cook the food while he is at work
—cook it by means of a small metal
lamp set in the bottom of the tin
pail. The delay has been caused by
some hitch in the patenting of this
lamp, which has no chimney, as
glass chimneys and dinner pails are
incompatible objects. This perfected
chimney has a wire gauze screen,
and the pail, now released from its
entanglements, is promised soon to
be put upon the market.
Women Clerks in Washington.
—There have been great changes in
the Government departments in the
last thirty years. The first woman
regularly employed was put on the
rolls of the Navy Department,
thirty-five years ago. She was a
young widow, and the officials con
sidered it an awful problem how i
to dispose of her. Finally they hit !
upon a plan. They treated her as if
she was a contagious disease and iso
lated her in an attic room. She re
ceived and returned her copying by
a messenger. But the disease caught I
on, so to speak, and to-day there are
1,900 women in the Treasury’ alone.
There is one woman to every seven I
men.
She is an Expert.—.MissFrances
Johnston, of Washington, is regarded
as one of the most expert woman pho
tographers in the country, if not the
most. Previous to taking up photo
graphy, Miss Johnston studided art
for a few seasons at the Academy
Julien in Paris, and so brought and
unusual training to the exercise of
photographic art. Miss Johnston
was first to make successful
fiashlight pictures of the
Mammoth Cave, after many’ men
had failed. This summer she was
chosen as assistant to Professor
Smiilie, the famed photographer of
the Smithsonian Institution, to pre
pare the plates which constitute the
Government record and report of
the World’s Fair.
Saved her Father.— Dear boys
and girls, if you have Christ in your
heart and your parents have not, re
member that you can lead them to
Christ. What others have done you
can do.
On one of our railroads is an en
gineer who would never drink when
upon duty, but would stop at the
corner grocery and come to his
family intoxicated. His little seven
year old daughter, finding this out,
went each time and met him at the
train and led him home sober. But
alas! he would drink at the other
end of the trip, and finally was dis
charged. But the little child who
had guarded him went to the super
intendent and pleaded for him until
she had him reinstated in his posi
tion and obtained a pass to go with
him to the other end of the road.
She went regularly until he was
cured of the habit. He has not
touched a drop for ten years, and
the child who saved her father is a
young lady now working to save
the fathers of other sorrowful ones.
“God Is Love.”—This is the
lovely text chosen by Dr. Moxoin,
from which to preach his farewell
sermon a few days since on leaving
the pastorate of the First Baptist
church at Boston, Mass. Among the
many good things uttered, he said;
It is not the devil’s world, but
God's world ; and he is in it, bring
ing out the permanent good against
the dark foil of the transient evil,
promoting every right endeavor,
conserving every right achievement,
] and suffering no pure purpose and
aspiration to fail of their final aim.
I know many devoted Christians
look upon the enterprise of God in
Christ as mainly, if not entirely, an
! enterprise of rescue and repair; but
I am persuaded that a deeper knowl
edge of God and a clearer insight
i into his purpose, which a radical
view of the divine nature as love
must impart, will change their con
; ception of the world, and will give
' them new heart and hope as they
grapple with the problems of present
evil ai.d sorrow and wrong. Wo
toil not in an alien land, we fight
not in an enemy’s country. Such a
view of the world and God’s rela
tion to it is full of inspiration. We
need not fear that such a consecra
ted optimism will chill spiritual
ardor.
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[MERGER UNIVERSITY.
BY REV. 11. R. BERNARD.
We notice there is a call for
money at Mercer University.
Surely it will be forthcoming.
True, “times are hard,” and money
is scarce, but there are so many
Baptist churches in Georgia, that
very small contributions from all
would supply the need.
We have set apart one month of
the present year—February—in
which to bring before the churches
which avc serve, our college, and
the idea is, that during this month
we are to think about Mercer, and
for Mercer. Pray for Mercer and
give to Mercer. A great deal can
be done for a cause by thinking
about it. David once thought of
building a temple, and though the
Lord did not permit him to build,
yet he declared that he xvas
pleased with David’s thought. If
we thought to help Mercer Univer
sity, I am sure of two things :
First, we would honor and please
the Lord. Second, we would pray
more, and we could not pray very
long until we would find all the
means necessary to lift the college
up and put it on the very highest
plane. Let us think more about*
Mercer. It is ours—therfc’s a
thought. The Methodists, Presby
terians and Catholics are not do
ing anything for our college—there
is another thought. Because Mer
cer University is ours, we are obli
gated to care for it. Again, we
need Mercer. We need it clothed
with power. We need to have it
the strongest and best institution
of learning in the land. Hoav do
we get needed good? By asking.
Let every Baptist in Georgia put
Mercer University on his prayer
list, and keep it there, and ask con
tinuously for all the gifts needed
to make it peerless among Univer
sities. Now all this is very easily
done, and when done thoroughly,
the ability and willingness to give
all the money required for the
good ends in view will be mani
fest. There will be no lack.
Where is our faith ? Do we now
believe? Where is our love of
truth?
Now about money at this season,
“Times are hard.” Yes, but a
"two-mite” contribution, backed
by a “willing mind” and resting on
prayer, under God’s management
will work wonders. God help us
to be wise and faithful.
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