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mt ck.i- ho hath killed n man or n woman;
h> i ah Id Ihe stone.l, mid Ills owner also
stull I* pm to death." Kx.21:29.
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V/ut’ n--o r'x rr.qnmsilih’ tor the effects q/ mi
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AR.' (Il NVENT OF rilK LIQUOR THAI'’
> 1< . Ah'.U WHO is RESPONSIBLE?
I Vft. IUKGE THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
tMTH 7 IOC FOLLOWING EFFECTS
1. A’lrmivons »n/x/< o/ mono/ Tile Celt
-4U» of/!* United Staten for 1880 given
tin tie id io wing startling facts:
Amt. wait! for liquor. S9IM),<HIO,IHHI
bread 505.0(H>,01H1
• meat .’103,000.000
‘ ‘ iron and steel 290.000.000
" woollen goods 237,000,000
cott >n goods . 210,000,000
" “ boots A* shoes 190,(100,000
“ pub education 55.000.000
The cash wasted, and worse titan
wasted, was more than the bread and
iiiivat bill increased by the amount spent
tfor public edncplmn; it was nearly as
much as was paid for meat, woollen
goods. cotton goods, and boots and
shoes combined. in a town where
there was a large business, employing a
great many hands, the owner made a
special experiment to find how much
•of tile wages went into the saloons He
necnred a large number of brand new
silver dollars and marked them with a
-slight scratch so they could be traced
On Saturday night he paid out 720. of
these coins Next Monday morning he
weunested the cashiers of the banks to
tel' him how many of the dollars with
Hat mark on them were depisitedby
the liquor dealers Os the 720 that he
had paid out on his pay roll, lie traced
420 that bad come from the bar rooms
.Thus it in everywhere Liquor gobbles
Itows The hard earnings of the pour, as
as the wealth of the rich. Il7mt
waste.' What enormous waste!
“ M i charge the liquor traffic with
.moils irits/e of labor From the field, the
-work shop, the factory, the mill, the of
tire it takes its victim, and disqualifies
him for business A commission ap
pointed by the British Parliament made
this report
"Tireless of productive labor from
the use of intoxicants is to the extent of
■oneday in six. by which the wealth of
the country, created as it chiefly is by
ialmr. i* retarded or suppressed to the
■xt.'-nl of one million out of every six
that is produced; to say nothing of the
i.'iuistaut derangement, imperfection and
destruction in every agricultural and
manufacturing process occasioned by
the intemperance and consequent nn
iskillfnines*. inattention and neglect of j
.those afflicted by intoxication, produc I
ng great injury in our domestic and
foreign trade (Business View of Pro
hibition/.
The Supreme Court of the I'nited
States have decided, not only that Pro
hibitiou was constitutional, but they
also charge liquor with being the cause
of misery. crime and poverty
Their testimony is as follows: "It is
not necessary to array the appalling
statistics of misery, pauperism and
■crime, which have their origin in the
use and abuse of ardent spirits The
police power, which is exclusively in the
State, is competent to the correction of
these great evils, and measures of re
stramt or prohibition necessary to effect
that purpose are within the scope of
that authority, and if a loss of revenue
should accrue to the I'nited States
from a diminished consumption of ar
dent spirits, she will be a gainer of <i
thousandfold in the In ilth. wealth mid
happiness oj the peoule (B P)
Thus, according to the testimony of
these authorities, the two highest and
most trustworthy in the world, the
liquor tiaftic is guilty of the charge of
enormous waste of labor
3 117 charge tin liquor tra.ftic with tn
ine ilous wash of nri »«< in the protect!
tian of crime caused by liquor. The
records of every court in the land from
the lowest to the highest, furnished
ab mdant evidence of this charge
A bottle of whiskey caused a murder
to be committed in one of the counties
in South Georgia, in the prosecution of
which the county spent about $10,000:
a drink of whiskey cost another
county $7,500
Judge Jas. B Brown says: "Twenty
five cents' worth of liquor, out of which
grows a criminal else. generally costs
the county from S2OO to S3OO. ”
C >l. A V Lee. of Barbour county. Ala
bama, said, when three of the counties
in the circuit of which he was the able
and efficient Solicitor General were
dry, that if all the counties in the cir
cuit were dry he would have to resign
his office for want of support; as it was,
he made a fortune.
This expense must be met. not by the
liquor dealers, but by the tax payers of
the country. No wonder that the taxes
are high.
4 H i I'hiirqr Hu liquor II uffie with bl ing
tin const nf many di uths. It is estimated
that from seventy to a hundred thou
sand drunkards are swept into eternity
every year by ardent spirits. Nine out
of every ten murders are said to be
caused by liquor It produces, yearly,
live hundred suicides, probably more
5. 117 cliarqi tlii traffic with living tin
direct cause i>l incalculable sii(l< ring. An
eloquent writer describes it thus
"A DREADFUL TRAFFIC.
“It coms into money the sins and sor
rows ami sufferings of our fellow men;
it thrives by creat ng a patronage of
drunkards, and by the manufacture of
widows ami orphans; it is the direct
cause of three fourths or all the crimes
committed ;it is the moi her of pauperism,
insanity, suicide, disease and wretched
ness. It has desolated more homes, de
stroyed more intellects, and broken
more hearts than all other human evils
combined; it is a greater scourge to
mankind, says Mr Gladstone, than war,
pestilence and famine united; it taxes
the property of sober citizens to punish
its criminals and to provide for its
a n fort u nates ;'it wastes $! II HI, (MX *. IM It I. 11l r in
our country every year; it usurps polit
ical control corrupts elections and de
tiles our politics. By its ever present
temptations, it stimulates and fosters
and multiplies and confirms habits of
intemperance It traffics in the souls
ami bodies of our children; it sends
every year into the drunkard's grave a
hundred thousand men: it undoes the
work of the school, the press and the
pulpit; it peoples hell with millions of
souls."
It deprives families of the necessaries
of life It causes innocent children to
cry with hunger and c >ld It breaks
the hearts of parents; it brings wives
to utter wretchedness and despair: it
makes beggars and vagabonds of those
worthy of a better fate. No words can
depict the intolerable misery of the
drunkards home. What suffering!
What wretchedness!
6. H e c/i to i/i tin traffic with producing
insanity. idiocy and imbecility. Tire Su
perintendent of the Lunatic Asylum of
Alabama says: "By long observation,
extending over a quarter of a century,
in the care and treatment of thein-ane.
the impression has become very firmly
fixed in my mind that more than half
of the idiocy, imbecility, and insanity
of our day is due either directly or in
directly. to the use of alcoholic
liquors."
Dr Powell. Superintendent of the
Lunatic Asylum of Georgia, confirms
this statement. He says that one half
of the inmates of that crowded institu
tion are there as the victims of drink;
not that so many were themselves ine
briates, but that alcoholism had been
either by inheritance or direct effect
the predisposing cause of the conditions
which developed the "mind diseased "
What a terrible fact is here announced!
The drunkard transmits his disease to
his chil iren after him !
7. W’c charge the saloon with being the
prolific source of almost all of tin crimes
committed. It is the testimony of all the
judgesand prosecuting officers, in Eng
land and the I'nited States, in all the
courts. Federal. State, and municipal,
that liquor is the cause of three-fourths
of all the crimes committed; some say
more.
1. Indirectly. Liquor prepares men
to commit crime of all kinds: theft,
arson, gambling, burgulary. adultery,
rape, murders, and every other crime
known to the laws of God and man A
great English judge has said: "Even
in cases that had no apparent connec
tion with drink at all. if closely investi
grted they will on many occasions be
found to have had their origin in drink "
2. Directly. The papers of the whole
country are tilled with the testimony.
B-mj’ H. Hill. Jr., says of seven
hundred consecutive cases tried during
his term of office as Solicitor General
of the Atlanta circuit, six hundred pro
ceeded from liquor.
In Macon. Ga., a police officer kept a
record of sir hundred and seventy-tlirei
(1173) cases, sir hundred and three (603) of
them he trace dliquor.
The grand jury of Barbour county,
Ala , in their general presentments for
December. 1886. said: "Crime in the sec
tions of the county where whisky is
not sold is greatly on the decrease.
Most of the crimes for which we have
found indictments are the result of the
evils growing out of the liquor traffic
In our opinion but few crim“s would
be committed but for the use of liquor."
The grand jury of Pike comity. Ala,
in their general presentments for the
spring term. 1886. testify as follows:
" We cannot close this report without
calling the attention of our fellow citi
zens throughout the State to the effects
of a temporary prohibition of the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the city of
Troy. During the months of January
and’February all bar rooms were closed,
and the liquor traffic was practically
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1896
HiiHpended. The police force of the
city wan called upon to make only
three arrette during those two
inimllix; •quiet and order prevailed
and patriotic hearts were hope
ful that King Alcohol was at last de
throned. But under the laws of IMHI. a
majority of the voters of the beat peti
tioned for his restoration. It is in
structive to note the fact that the large
majority of these signers of these peti
tions could not write their own names.
And thus a mass of ignorance overrides
the will of the intelligent, virtuous and
patriotic citizens who are opposed to ,1
cohol in all its forms. As soon as the
licenses were granted and the bars re
opened, the evil effects could be seen and
heard on every road leading from Troy
and the peaceful citizen in his home ten
miles away that night could tell by the
bacchanalian shouts and ribald songs of
drunken teamsters, the “drouth” was
ended and whisky had once more tri
umphed.”
At the fall session 1895, of the Supe
rior Court of Upson county.. Ga., the
grand jury returned thirty one (31) in
dictments. Seventeen (17) of these indict
ments were for crimes committed
within the limits of the county seat,
where there were four bar-rooms, four
teen (l-l) for all the rest of the county,
where there are no bar rooms How
many of those fourteen (14) can be
traced to whisky we do not know, but
doubtless most of them.
Thus it is always and everywhere.
The liquor traffic is found guilty of all
these terrible results. This ox always
pushes with his horns; he spares neither
rank, sex, or age; the high and the low
the rich and the poor, the honored and
the despised, the old an 1 the young, all
alike fall before him.
11. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
AWFUL RESULTS?
The people Because:
/ Th<y han been notifii <l. They know
what the effects of the traffic are. Many
of them know’ from bitter, heart-breaking
experience Their own loved ones have
gone down in the vortex; they have
seen their neighbors and friends over
whelmed by the flood of evil. Voices
come from the jail, the State prison,
the gallows, testifying to the destruct
ive work of the liquor traffic
■ 7/« /nn/ib fin Hu h a [lie they
can flusi the Inn iimais, tor the whole busi
ness is under their contr >l. The Chris
tian voters of the State can say to the
liquor sellers, your accursed business
must stop. Yon shall not continue to
ruin our sons, break the hearts of our
daughters, and fill our hind with
wretchedness and despair. If these
Christian voters do not exercise their in
fluence anil power to close the saloon,
then whatever results may come from
this ally of Satan, however awful such
results may be, these Christian voters
are responsible; they could have pre
vented them, but they di 1 not.
The ox was wont to push with his
hoin in time past, and it hath been tes
titled to them and they have not kept
him in; they are guilty.
SUMMARY.
1. The liquor traffic has done, and is
doing, incalculable harm.
2 The people can close thit bar rooms.
3 If they do not close the bar rooms
they are responsible for all the crime,
suffering, and woe arising from the bar
rooms.
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Some Reasons Why all Baptists
Should Rally to the Support
of Mercer.
There are three distinct phases in the
development of every nation There is
the venerative age. in which man lives
near to natures heart and imbibes a
feeling of veneration for all natural ob
jects. To his imaginative mind the
woods abound in dryades and the
streams in nymphs And oft these aim
pie children approach nearer to pure
truth than is generally conceived Then,
as man comes to i ecognize his knowl
edge of certain things and his ignorance
of certain other facts, he begins to spec
ulate. and creates a certain mystic phi
losophy. Last comes the critical age
By virtue of the profundity of his knowl
edge man analyzes, criticises and classi
ties. We, as a people, have passed the
two first stages of development, and are
far into the third. From the poetic leg
ends of Greece we have advanced to
the practical nineteenth century. There
are no longer superstitions to foster,
riusiin is the link between God and man
Tis needless to longer dwell upon pos
sibilities; realities touch ns every day.
There are definite, well defined relations
in life. Just as we recognize this and
adjust ourselves to them, just so far is
our course smooth or rugged. All pos
sibilities are wrapped within the babe.
Shall this divine essence drift o'er life's
sea. or shall the sacred bark be guided
by a skilled hand ? Given, man to find
God. Youth is the spring time of life,
youth is the plastic state of man Shall
we sow good seed, or bad ? Shall we
fashion him after the type of the Mas
ter, or according to some indefinite plan ?
Now if there is a definite end to be ob
tained, and we have the child what is
the tool we shall use ? If reason is the
tool God gave us. why not use it ? But
if we will take reason let ns have per
fectly developed reason. How can this
faculty be developed, this tool sharp
ened ? By grinding; you say. by exer
cising. But where is the gymnasium,
the stone to whet on? Ah ! now the an
swer pleases me ! The common school
for the early training, a soft whet rock,
but the unirersity for perfect training;
for polish. If this is admitted, then the
more perfect the unieerxity, the more
perfect the result as a man. But only
the advanced students can enter the
university. 'The affiliated schiols are
the source from which the universi’y
must gain supplies. Then foster these
branches, that the trunk may possess
more vigor, and in turn the trunk will
strengthen the branches. We claim to
be Baptistic. If we are, in the true sense
of the word, we are all democratic in prin
ciple and progressive in spirit. Are we
progressive ? Then let us endow Mercer
so largely that she shall be a brilliant
light, tiashingrays of truth, pure truth.
God's loving truth, over our entire State.
If there is a definite plan to be worked
out. and we have the youth as material,
reason as the tool, and the divine model
to imitate, behold the possible result!
Are we obtaining notable results today?
1 s the world evangelized ? Are all men
conforming their lives to the all good ?
Is Christ's kingdom coming and Go i s
will being done on earth as well as in
heaven ? If not. the fault lies in someone
or something. The youth is divine, ca
pable of perfection; the tool is tried
metal: the plan is God's own : then
where does the fault lie ? Evidently in
the fashioning or the fashioner The tool
is not in a proper state or it does not cut
in the proper place. If heaven is our
destined end. and perfect living here our
object in view, God direct us that we
may not miss the haven nor remain so
gross.
Now is there any well defined reason
why we should strive to be educated ?
Yes. The ignorant man is coarse of na
ture, and of emotion void. God is all
wisdom. Do we desire to be like him ?
Then let us seek knowledge. Would we
lie pure? Let us lie conscious of impu
rity and shun it. Would we lie happy?
Let us recognize the harmony of life
and listen to the music of nature, which
sings God's praises from day to day.
Socrates was right: knowledge is virtue,
because the more we know the nearer
we approach to God -the source of all
knowledge. Would we be more like
God ? Let us be educated. Would we
be educated ? Let us foster our schools
and universities. But there is another
powerful factor in this education that
ranks equally with the schools, and is
the best of them—'tis our Baptist paper,
the Index. Let every Georgian who
claims to be a Baptist subscribe for and
read the Index. Let him know what
his brethren are doing, and strive to
imitate their good deeds, that we may
hasten the coming of our Lord on earth.
My cry to God each day is for wisdom.
My God, for understanding! Is this
the prayer of all who are Baptists ? Are
all interested in higher edneatien? If
not, then the flame of divine love and the
panting after knowledge has not reached
all yet. How can we reach these care
less ones ? By sending boys fresh from
Mercer to them. The country is the
hope and sustenance of the denomina
tion. Let us receive the brightest boys
into the schools allied to Mercer, and
then, when prepared, into Mercer her
self, that they, after having drank deep
of the fountain head of our denomination,
may return to educate and truly fit for
life and eternity those from whom they
sprang.
Mercer needs money to do all she
should accomplish. Do we love God ?
Do we love purity ? Do we love holi
ness ? Do we desire that Christ's king
dom shall come speedily ? Oh Ido we
love our fellowman and our common
creator ? Then let us give of our means
and endow Mercer largely. Does this
sound foolish ? You, man, who say so.
nave you been educated have you ever
been in close contact with God’s holy
spirit ? If not, then judge not hastily.
Reason says become like (Jod. Ednca
tion in its highest sense is becoming like
God. Then let us be educated. But
common schools and academies only
partially educate. Universities educate
more fully. Mercer is our University.
Then sustain Mercer. Feed her that
she may grow ! Give her money that
she may return men ' Rally around her
that she may conquer ignorance, sin and
moral death 1 A Junior.
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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C. E. W. DOBBS, D.D.
Brother Dobbs: In John 19:14 it
reads ' Now it was the preparation of
the Passover. How could that be when
we are told elsewhere that Jesus ate
the passover the night before ? See also
John 18:28. where it is declared that
the Jews had not yet eaten the Pa-sover
Were there two Passover meals ?
W H B
First as tp the "Preparation. ” W e
capitalize the word to indicate that the
Preparation was really the name of a
day in ttie week, the day preceding the
Sdbbath. Friday, and not merely a
day of preparation There can be no
doubt about this, as all the gospels so
use it
Lune 23 51'W’ohn 19 HI. 42. The mean
ing of the phrase in verse 14. then, is
that it was the sixth hour on the Friday
occurring in the Passover week In the
Modern Greek language " Preparation
is the name for Friday. If any ques
tion has been absolutely settled by ac
curate scholarship it is that Jesus was
crucified on Friday, the " Preparation
day in the Passover week
As to the statement in John 18 :28. It
cannot be maintained that the phrase
"eat the Passover " refers only to the
paschal supper. Nothing is more com
mon than by a metonymy of speech to
use the name of a part for the whole.
The phrase "feast of the Passover"
frequently refers to the whole week of
unleavened bread, of which the paschal
supper was the beginning. John uses
the word " Passover " eight times else
where, and in every instance he refers
to the festival as a whole, and not to the
opening supper. Professor Roberts >n
(in Broadus's Harmony) says: "So it is
entirely possible for the phrase, eat the
Passovor ' to mean in this instance also
the celebration of the Passover festival
Some have urged that the Sanhedrin
had not eaten the Passover at the regu
lar hour because of the excitement of
the trial But this is hardly tenable.
And. moreover, sin -e this remark was
made early in the morning, how could
that affect' the eating of the supper in
the evening ? For whatever impurities
one had during the day passed away at
evening. "
Dear Brother Dobbs : What kind
of people are the Amish ? A colony of
them have purchased land and are com
ing to our locality. F. A D.
The Amish’church is a branch of the
Mennonites. The Mennonites take their
name from Simon Menno, who was a
Roman Catholic priest, who in 1539 be
came a Waldtnsian and soon began to
organize churches opposed to infant
baptisu and holding the doctrine of non
resistance. These churches were mostly
in Holland From them in the next
century large numbers came to this
country, settling in Pennsylvania All
Mennonites accept the confession of
faith adopted by the Mennonites of Hol
land in 1032. Whatever may have been
the practice of some of the earlier Men
nonites. it is certain that they do not now
require immersion, but practice pour
ing. th >ugh they reject infant baptism
The Amish Mennonites separated from
the mother church two hun ired years
ago in consequence of differences con
cerning church discipline. "Amish"
comes from the name of their original
leader. They are noted chiefly for their
plainness and peculiarity of dress. For
merly they were nicknamed “ Hookers, "
because they thought it a sin to wear
buttons,using hooks instead. The Amish
have themselves been divided, and one
body now calls itself the "Old Amish
Mennonite Church." The separation took
place thirty years ago, and was caused
by what were regarded as innovations
in the simplicity of worship Altogether
the Amish number about 12,000 com
municants in the United States. The
whole number of Mennonites (twelve
branches) is about 40 000. We have no
means of ascertaining what particular
branch our correspondent refers to.
Dear Bro. Dobbs : —Please answer
in your department, "Asked and An
swered,” the following 1. What scrip
tural reason have we for refusing to re
ceive into onr churches those coming to
us from other denominations, having
been baptized into such church ‘' upon
profession of faith ?” 2 Have we scrip
tural authority for holding that none
but ordained ministers of the gospel
should administer this ordinance ?
3. Would it not be considered valid if ad
ministered by a deacon ?
J. R. M
1. The Scriptaressay nothing on the sub
ject; inasmuch as there were no “other
denominations" in the apostolic age when
the New Testament was written Bap
tists differ as to the reception of such
immersions. In the North, and else
where in the world, our churches do not
rebaptize such persons. In the South,
however, it is a rare thing to find a Bap
tist church which would receive such
baptisms as valid. In early times Geor
gia Baptists did recognize the im
mersions administered by Methodists
when the person immersed was con
verted before the act.
3. So far as we can see, the New Tes
tament says nothing definitely about
the qualifications of the administrator.
The phrase “ordained minister ” is not
found in the sacred book. The ground
upon which the prerogative of baptizing
is confined to the ordained ministry by
the Baptists, is that all things should be
done decently and in order. The church
es are to keep the ordinances as they
were committed to them, and they can
not do that without carefully guarding
the administration of them. As in re
gard to the preceding question, so as to
this. Baptists widely differ in different
localities, though almost everywhere
they hold that only the regular ordained
ministry are p oper ones to baptize.
Some Baptists hold that the church
has the right to authorize any member
to baptize candidates received by the
church on profession of faith They
hold that “church authority” is essen
tial to valid baptism. Other Baptists
hold that the authority to baptize in
heres in the ministry, rather than in the
church. The great majority of Baptist
churches and ministers, however, hold
that believers should lie received by the
church, and then be baptized by the pas
tor. And in this opinion we concur.
3. We have known instances in which
baptism was administered by "deacons"
and it was considered valid. But we
prefer that the administration should be
confined t > pastors.
Dr. Dobbs -.—Your kindness to me in
time past makes me feel at liberty to ask
you some more questions. I thank you
for your kindness, and I do feel that
God has sent s special blessing on ns in
giving you wisdom and willingness to
help us who are trying to learn. Now
1 want to know which, or whose, notes
on Matthew. Luke and Acts are best. I
have "('lark on Mark "anda "Harmony
of the Gospels” I have a "Bible Dic
tionary;” a "Portable Commentary J.
F B. . "Geikie's Lif* of Christ.” and
four volumes of his "Hours with the Bi
ble." and some other books which I love,
but frequently I want information in a
more condensed form, and I am lost in
wonder I do not have much time to
study, but I do want to increase in wis
dom. and especially now that my Sun
day-school class is increasing in numbers
anil interest Would it be better to get
Peloubet's Notes ? Your advice will be
much appreciated. M. R
We give the whole of this correspon
dent's letter because we not only wish
to answer her inquiries, but we also de
sire to preach a little sermon, taking it
for a text First, we would say that if
one wishes help only for the Sunday
school lessons of 1896. perhaps Peloubet's
Notes are the most complete and satis
factory as a whole : but if the desire is
for permanent helps in studying the
word of God. we would advise something
more. The books M R has are all
good and deserve a place in her library
We believe she could not do better than
to get Broadus on Matthew and Bliss
and Clark on Mark The first named is
volume one of the "American Commen
tary. " published by the American Bap
tint Publication Society, and is conceded
to be the best commentary on Matthew
in the English language The two others
form the second volume of that com
mentary. We do not regard the volume
on Acts in this series as adapted to the
ordinary Bible render. Fortheaverage
person we think Geo W Clark's No es
on Acts preferable. On the whole New
Testament we know of nothing really
more valuable to the ordinary reader
than the three large volumes of “ Elli
cutt’s New Testament-Commentary for
English Readers " But that work is
expensive: it cannot be had for less than
sls or $lB. But to our sermon Alas
that so few Baptists are anxious to study
the word of God as our sister seems to
desire to study it. How few are there
who are willing to spend money for
books which help in the elucidation of
the sacred volume There are thousands
of families, and well-to-do families at
that, which do not spend $lO a year for
reading matter If one wishes to be an
intelligent student of the word of God
he needs suitable books just as certainly
as a skilled mechanic needs tools. Just
here we beg leave to reproduce a ques
tion and answer from the new Philadel
phia Baptist paper. Tin ('imiwtntce ilth.
which aptlv points our moral:
“Can a Baptist Sunday school succeed
without Baptist litera ure or lesson
helps ?”
Yes. A man can go from San Francisco
to Philadelphia without using the rail
road. He can walk. But it costs him
more in shoe leather and time than to
do as Jonah did. pay his fare and ride
A Sunday-school cannot do without a
good literature as well as with it It
can. if it choises. ignore the appliances
which Gods providence has brought
within our reach But it is better to
live in our century than the last.
Dear Brother Dobbs:—Please an
swer through the Asked and Answered
column the following: 1. In what month
of the year did people go to Jerusalem
to lie taxed ani how long did they stay?
2 Please explain Matthew 7:6 3. What
does the word "Selah" mean ? 4. What
does the word “Mizpah” mean ?
1. We suppose the question refers to
Luke 2;1 -5. We do not know the month in
which this taxing" took place. Per
haps our inquirer wishes to ascertain
the month in which Jesus was born. If
so we cannot inform her. for we do not
know even the year of that birth. Our
opinion is that he was born on the twen
ty fifth of December. Shepherds were
not accustomed to watch their flocks by
night in that country in the winter sea
son. But unless we knew more def
initely what our correspondent desires
our answer must be only a guess.
2 This passage was elaborately ex
plained some months since in this col
umn. In brief it means that "we must
not heedlessly expose sacred things to
persons wholly wanting in appreciation
and sure to reject them.” “It is a warn
ing against mistaken zeal in trying to
make converts, or to correct men's faults.
* * * Efforts to convert a
drunken man. or one who had just been
pouring out foul obscenity, would come
under this head. " “Our Lord probably
adopted a proverbial, saying since we
find in the Talmud, ‘Do not cast pearls
to swine, nor deliver wisdom to him who
does not know its worth.’” (Broadus.)
3. Answered recently.
4. ‘ ‘Mizpah” means a sentinel. In the
margin of Gen. 31:49 it is explained as
meaning a beacon, or watchtower. It
was one of the notable cities of Israel.
See 1 Kings 15 :22 : Jer. 40 :6: Jos. 15:38;
Jud, 10:17; I Sam. 7 :5, and elsewhere.
Other questions await answer. We
must express our appreciation of the
many words which have come to us
from Georgia brethren hoping that we
shal 1 not give up this Asked and An-
swered column. They will be glad to
learn that the new proprietors of the In
dex have requested ns to continue the
work. And right here we would be al
lowed to say that in our opinion the
dear oil Index could not have fallen
into the hands of nobler or more capa
ble men than Bell and Van Ness
Do not Hatter yourself that you
can establish a true godly char
acter, and always gain and retain
the friendship of your brethren,
your so-called friends, or your
own immediate lamily and lela
tions.
No matter how well a person
stands in the community in which
he lives, if he is ccmmitted to
any sin known to himself, he is
in the clutches of the devil.
All things are supernatural;
and thus viewed, the presence
and imminence of God are recog
nized, and man sees the eye of
God in the face of his brother.
“We all, with open face, be
holding as in a glass the glory of
the Lord, are changed into the
same image from glory to glory,
even as by the spirit of the Lord.”
True character is made by
wholly disregarding every thing,
save your own interpretation,
under God, of what is wrong and
what is right.
No matter what people think
of you, if you are conscious of
your integrity yourself, you are
proof against all attacks and crit
icism.
No human being is a compe
tent judge of another’s acts —
howbeit, every man is his broth
er's keeper—but in love only.
A Miracle in Vermont.
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF A
WELL-KNOWN CHELSEA MAN.
Htrlckrn with *» Incurable DieeaM
and yet Cured.
(/•'romthe Argan and /'atrial, Montpelier, J’l.)
Eight years ago Geo. Hutchinson moved
from Bradford to Chelsea, Vt., and bought
the sawmill at the latter place. He was
known as one of the strongest men in that
section. On D«c. 10,’92 while at work in
th.- mill, he was struck in the back by a
living board, which seriously injured him
ani incapacitated him for work of any
kind. As a result of this, Locomotor Ataxia
set in, (this is a form of paralysis which
deprives the patient of all use of his lower
limbs.) The Argue A Patriot interviewed
Mr. Hutchinson to day, and his story is
here given in his own words
“ My back ached continually and my legs
b-‘-.-an to grow numb and to be less and less
usable. By the 15th of April I could do
absolutely nothing and was scarcely able to
stand. Mv physicians advised me to go to
tlie Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington,
to be treated, and I took their advice When
1 left home my friends bade me good bye,
never expecting to see me alive again.
I ■ physicians at the hospital told me that
my ease was a serious one and 1 was com
pletely discouraged. I remained at the
hospital seven weeks and took the medicines
which the doctors gave me. 1 felt better at
the hospital and thoughtthat I was recover
ing, and went home to continue their treat
ment, which I did for two mouths, and also
b id an electric battery under their advice.
Th • improvement, however,did not continue
snd I began to give up hope. August Ist,
15J3,1 could not get out of my chair without
assistance, and if I got down upon the floor, I
could not get tip alone. About this time I
chanced to read an account of the wonder
ful curative powers of Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills for Pale People in cases similar to my
own. I did not have anv faith in the Pills
hut thought a trial could do no harm, so I
bought some without telling anyone what I
was going to do. After I had been taking
them some time I found that, for the first time
in months I was able to walk down to the
post office, and my neighbors began to dis
cuss the marked improvement in my health.
As I continued the medicine I continued to
improve, and soon recommenced work
in the mill, at first very lightly, and in
crea ' >g as I was able and as I gained in
he-tl and spirits, and now for the past
three onths I have been working ten hours
nor d v almost as steadily as I ever did.
1 feel ell, eat well and sleep as well as I
ever d and I have no pain anywhere.”
T. reportertalked withsevera) other gen
tlemen in regard to the ease of Mr. Ilutehin
nn, who stated that sny statement he might
m ke would be entitled to entire credence.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists
or mtv be had hr mail front Dr. Williams
Medicine Company. Schenectady, N, Y., for
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