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THE TWO COVENANTS; A SERMON
BY BEV. A. J. CHEVES.
Text Hebrews S:1 12.
The high priest of the New
Covenant has obtained a minis
try more excellent than that of
the Aaronie priesthood, by so
much as he is also the mediator
of a better covenant, which has
been established upon better
promises.
The promises upon which the
Old Covenant was established
would seem to be as good as the
human race could ask for Cm
we not say that every pure, no
ble, high, grand, glorious aspi
ration of the human heart is
promised gratification under this
old Covenant!’ Temporal and
eternal good. Permanent occu
pation of a land flowing with
milk and honey; to dwell in
houses and cities built by others;
to use water from wells dug by
others; to prosper, to grow, to
increase and be great above all
the nations of the earth. And
heaven at last with all its joy,
and glory’, and delightsomeness.
Such as eye hath not seen, nor
ear beard, nor have entered into
the heart, of man to conceive.
What better promises can be
made than these? “For if that
lirsi had been faultless, a place
would not have been sought lor
the second." The promises t hat
we shall have a mind red fold
more in this world, of all that
we give up for Christ, and in the
world to come eternal life is,
measure for measure, the very
same as the promises under the
first covenant.
Let it be carefully and partic
ularly emphasized that: The
first was faulty, therefore a
second was made.
The fault in the first is cor
rected in the second. The
second is better than the first
because of its better promises.
Therefore the fault in the first is
to be looked for in the promises.
God did iol /iromise eiiouyh in
the Jlrid. The promises that lie
did make were conditional. Cod
agreed to do these great things
for them upon the condition that
His people would be His loyal,
devoted, obedient subjects.
They could not comply with the
conditions, because they were
carnal, sold under sin. The car
nil mind is enmity against Cod;
it is not subject to the law of
Cod, neither indeed can be. So
then they that are in the tiesh
cannot please Cod." So “find
ing fault with THUM." in that
there was no hope, no possibil
ity, that humani'y, or any part
of it, or any individual of it, will
ever keep a covenant with Cod
until this depravity and wicked
i ess and willfulness and natural
carnality shall be removed. The
promises of external good may
be said to lie equal in the two
covenants. The better promises
of the new have legat’d to the
change to be wrought in the
chosen people. Under the old
He had said: “Oh, that there
were such an heart in them, that
they would fear me and keep my
commandments. ' Under the
new, He promises to give this
very heart —a heart that will
fear Him and keep his command
inents. Under the old He said
they were a stiff necked people.
Under the new they are made
willing to bow the neck and will
ingly take His yoke upon it.
Under the old the people had
strong hearts. Under the new,
He promises to give them heaits
of flesh The new is a covenant
of GRACE, in that He gives the
disposition to do right and re
wards for right doing.
This new’ covenant was no af
terthought on God’s part. It was
not necessary that He should
make tin experiment with man
and try one thing and then an
other Io find what would do. He
is the Omniscient, unchangeable
One. He allowed man to live
under the first covenant four
thousand years as a period of
tuition. A hard lesson was to be
learned. A dull, stupid, obsti
nate pupil was put at the task.
The lesson was stated plainly to
Nicodemus in John 3:1 1”>, that
no man can be admitted into
these new covenant relations
without regeneration, or as it is
stited in Heb. *:IU, “I will put
my law into their minds and
write it in their hearts." etc.
That is God has given to His
Son a people, and in order to se
cure them to Him He has agreed
that He would give them new
heads and new hearts; that He
would take away from them the
vt»y foundation, ground work
and cause of their breaking the
first covenant; that is the dispose
tion to break it, and gi”e them a
nature that would revi It against
sin, repudiate forever all alle
giance to satan, and willingly
surrender themselves, as clay in
the hands of a potter, that He
might take them and make of
them vessels mete for His own
use. If this is not what is meant
by putting His law into their
minds and writing it on their
hearts there is no difference be
tween the new and the old cove
nant.
In Deuteronomy (the sth chap
ter) Moses restated the covenant
ygreements and reimpressed up-
on them their terror at Horeb,
how they shrank from that dark
ness and fire and smoke and
awe-inspiring voice; that they
could not ear to hear again and
entreated him to hear for them;
and how they honestly and sin
cerely agree d to hear and do all
that He would say. And
“the Lord heard lhe voice of
your words, when ye spake unto
me; and the Lord said unto me,
I have heard the words of this
people, which they have spoken
unto thee: they have well said
all that they have spoken. O/i,
that Hurt' Were Kill'll Un heart in
llu in, Hmt Huy ii'iiuld Jiur no 1 , and
l,i i/i nil my ruin ma nd iiu'ii Ik uhvayH,
lli'it it miyld tn iri H with them, and
ivilli their childn n forever!" Deut.
7:2 s 29. Knowing well that with
these hearts they now had it
would be just as Joshua after
wards declared: “ »■ cannot serve
Uu Lord: for H< is uh holy Hod:
th is a jcidoiiK Gud; He will not
forgive your t vutisgreSMions, nor
your xiiix.” Josh. 21:19. And
as Paul said: “For the mind of
the flesh U enmity against God;
for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can it be;
and they that are in the flesh
enu not phase God." Rom. H:G K,
Let me say here, in passing,
that they who see any good in
an unregenerate man that there
ever could be any disposition in
him to hear God’s word, except
salvation, oelieve in Him, have
not read God’s word airght.
The man does not know the first
foundation principle of the New
Covenant, who holds t >at God’s
people are they who, He fore
knew ot their own accord would
hear, accept, believe. If this
were true, there would have
been no occasion, no reason for
a New Covenant. “For finding
fault with //cw He saith, ‘behold
the days come, saith the Lord,
that 1 will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and
with lhe house of Judah; not ac
cording to the covenant that I
made with their fathers. In the
day that 1 took them by the
hand to lead them fort h out of
the land of Egypt ; for they con
tinned not in my covenant, and I
regarded them not, saith the
Lord." Let me here again call
cares ul attention to the reason
given for making a new cove
nant. They continued not in it be
cause they did not have the
heart in them to keep it. “For
this is the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord.
1 will put my laws into their
mind, and on their heart also
will 1 write them. And I will be
io them a God, and they shall be.
to me a people; And they shall
not teach, every man his fellow
citizen and every man his broth
er, saying. Know the Lord, for
all shall know me from the least
to the greatest of them. For I
will be merciful to their iniqui
ties, and their sins will I remt in
ber no nore.”
This covenant is, for God’s
people, without conditions.
There is absolutely not an “if"
in it. No demands are made,
Read it over again and again
and see. The promises tire yea
and amen.
These promises art :
1. “1 will be Io them a God.”
To deliver from the bi nd age of
the flesh. I'o protect from all
enemies. To guide in all the
journey ol life. To supply till
our need according to the riches
of the glory of His grace. To
give a glorious and triumphant
entrance into the promised home
above.
2 “They shall be to me a peo
ple." Not they will be, but they
shall be. It is God’s own omnipo
tent shall. Not of compulsion,
but a shall that first gives the
mind and heart to do it, and sur
rounds with every’ hallowing in
fluence that is needed to bring it
about.
3. They shall know HIM.
What an illumination of the
mind is given to every renewed
man!
I. There will yet be inquities
and transgressions, but HE will
be merciful to them and remem
ber them no more.
Oh! brother Christian, what a
glorious covenant is this under
which we live! It is indeed a
covenant of grace.
The prayer of the Psalmist,
which is the prayer of every
truly convicted, awakened con
science: “Create in me a clean
heart, O God; And renew a
light spirit within me,” is an
swered. These are the exceed
ing great and precious promises
through which we may become
partakers of the divine i ature.
This new, divine nature is the
leaven within us which trans
forms the whole of our nature
and conforms us to the divine
image.
The spirit of Christ becomes
our spirit. The spirit of hu
mility that will make us willing
to give up any dignity and go
down into any depths—as Christ
gave up heaven and came down
into the world, that we may seek
and save the lost. The spirit of
obediance, to know and do no
will but His will.
The spirit of self-sacrifice, self
forgetfulness, self renunciation.
The living for others and not for
self.
The spirit ot earnest, impor-
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tunate, believing prayer. The
prayer spirit that comes to God,
buoyed by the glorious knowl
edge that every desire is com
pletely met by a precious prom
ise from Him whose promise
cannot be brok* n.
The spirit of trust. The spirit
of the slave of the olden time,
who had a good master, who
gave himself to do his master's
work with no concern for him
self as to what he should eat or
drink or wherewithal he should
oe clothed; also the spirit of
complete consecration, and the
spirit of complete submission.
The slave becomes Christ’s
freedman. “If ye abide in my
word, then are ye truly my dis
ciples; and ye shall know’ the
truth and the truth shall make
you free. * * * If therefore
the Son shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed.” Jno. 8:31,
32, 36. “For sin shall not have
dominion over you; for ye are
not undt r law but under
grace. Being made Jree from
sin, ye became servants of
righteousness. For there is
therefore now no condemnation
to them that are in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the spirit of life
in Christ Jesus made me free
from the law of sin and death.”
Rom. 6:1-1, 18, and *:1, 2.
“Tell me, ye that desire to be
under the law, do ye not fear
the law? For it is written, that
Abraham had two sons, one by
the handmaid and one by the
free woman. Howbeit the son
by the handmaid is born after
the flesh; but the son by the free
woman is born through promise.
Which things contain an allego
ry; for these women are the two
covenants. One from Mount
Sinai, bearing children into
bondage, which is Hagar. Now
this Hagar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia ai.d answeret h to the Je
rusalem that now is; for she is
in b< ndage with her children.
But the Jerusalem that is above
is free, which is our mother. *
* * Wherefore, brethren, we
are not children of a handmaid,
but of the free woman. With
freedom did Christ set us free.
Stand fast therefore and be not
entangled again in the yoke of
bondage.” Gal. 1:21 and 5:1.
Let me add here, in passing,
that there are two points that
seem to be made as plain in
scripture as they well can be by
human language. The first is
that the unregtnerate man is un
der bondage to sin- “Ye are
slaves to him, whom ye obey."
“Toe carnal mind is enmity
against God, for it is not subject
to the law of God, neit her indeed
can be. So, then, they, that are
in the tlesh cannot please God.”
Rom. 8:7, 8.
Adam was free before the fall,
but since then, he and all his
race have been slaves of sin.
“Ye cannot serve God,” Joshua
said. And it is absolutely true
that no unregenerate man can
serve him. Not because of a
want of ability but because of a
want of inclination.
The other is that the Chris
tian is a freedman. “Ye are
God’s free men.” He can do as
he pleases. The law has no
power over him and no claim on
him. This has been called a
most damnable doctrine. Strong
language, for one calling himse f
a Christian, to use, but it has
been used against this doctrine
so plainly taught in the word of
God.
There are men that are afraid
of it, that it gives license to
do anything. It does. And yet
what does this license amount
to? The writer was once talk
ing to the mayor and marshal
of his town when a brother came
up and jestingly said: “What!
the marshal’s got you up before
the mayor.” The mayor replied:
“Mr. Cheves has perfect liberty
in this town to break every or
dinance on its books.”
Such is the liberty of a Chris
tian, but the law put into the
mind and written on the heart is
absolute security against any
disposition to violate lav’. The
disposition to violate law’, to
abuse his liberty, is a proof of
an unregenerate mind. The
Christian can do what he pleases
because he has had a nature
given him that will secure his
pleasing to do right.
RECAPITULATION.
1. The Old Covenant was giv
en—a school-master to bring us
to Christ —to teach us our inabil
ity to comply with its conditions.
The world was given four thou
sand years to learn the lesson
and yet every one who becomes
a Christian must learn it for
himself before he will lay aside
his endeavors to keep the law
and accept Christ.
2. The promises of the New
are belter than those of the Old,
in that they include all those of
the Old and then go farther, that
God will secure His people by
taking away the old hearts and
giving new ones; by illuminat
ing their minds; by being their
God without conditions; by se
curing that they SHALL be His
people by regeneration; by be
ing merciful to their iniquities,
and by remembering their sins
no more.
“Grace! tis a charming sound.
Harmonious to the ear:
Heaven with the echoes shall resound
And all the earth shall hear.
Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.
Grace led my roving feet
To tread the heavenly road:
And new supplies each hour I meet
While passing on to God.”
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is a man who does not fret about titles
and cflices and elections. And his work
is all the healthier and more charming
for it.
It is not generally known that there
were four conspiracies rgainst Presi
d>-nt Lincoln- three to take his life and
one to kidnap him Victor Louis Ma
son. an attache if the U. 8. War De
partment. has written an article for the
April number of the Century on "The
Four Lincoln Conspiracies. which
gives the first complete and consecutive
account of these attempts A number
of people were connected with the flight
of Booth after the assassination ot Lin
coln. but tne fear of persecution has
hitherto kept them silent Now they
are willing to talk freely, and Mr. Ma
son has taken down from their lip< the
story of the last days of Booth. Pict
tires of s :enes and objects connei ted
with the assassination, many -of them
hitherto unpublished, accompany the
article.
I The Interior says: It is pleasantly re
: called in Chcago that Thomas Hughes,
author of Tom Brown at Rugby and
other popular books, who recently died,
was the founder of our great public
Chicago library, which now occupies
the largest and stateliest library build
ing in the world When the city was
burned in 1871. and Great Britain was
helping America in the relief. Mr.
Hughes bethought him that Chicago was
bookless as well as homeless. Mr.
Hughes had been in this city the year
before and had been very ho-pitably re
ceived. He was deeply touched by the
great calamity, and at once set to wtrk
to supply Chicago with a library The
first consignment was of 3,530 volumes
contributed by himself, and others at
his solicitation. The whole amounted
to near 7,oouvolutnes. The city council
accepted and housed them, and thus
the nucleus of the great library was es
tablished This contribution continues
to be the mist valued part of the li
brary It contains volumes bearing
the autographs of the Queen.of Beacons
field, many authors ami other celebri
ties. There are 212 volumes of the
“ Chronicles and Memorials," published
from the original manuscripts-by the
“Master of the Rolls,” which contain
everything known of the early history
of tiie British Islands. The autograph
and other specially valuable book.- sent
by Mr. Hughes are kept in gla.-s ca-es.
under key.
A Cltauce to Make Money.
I read how one of your subscribers
made money selling Dishwashers: 1
ordered one, and my iady friends were
charmed, as they hate dish washing.
My brother and I commenced selling
them and have made SI.7W after pa}-
ing all expenses. We don't canvas any.
Our sales are all made at home. Peo
pie come or send for them. The Mound
City Dishwasher is the best Dish
waiher on the market. Our business is
increasing, and we are going to keep
right on. until we make ten thousand
dollars We sell from sto 15 machines
every day, and some da} s m< re The
Dishwasher is level} , every housekeeper
wants one There is no use to be poor
when so much money can i e made sell
ing Dishwasheis. For full particulars
address The Mound City Dishwasher '
Co. St. Louis. Mo. They will start you
on the road to success —A Reader.
The day is short and the work j
is great; but the laborers are
idle, though the reward lie great
and the Master of the work
presses. It is not incumbent
upon thee to complete the work
but thou must not. therefore cease
from it. Th<‘ Talmud.
Spring Time
Is when nearly every one feels
the need of some blood purify
ing, strength invigorating and
health producing medicine. The
real merit of Hi od's Sarsaparilla
is the reason of its widespread
popularity. Its unequalhd suc
cess is its best recommendatior.
The whole system is susceptible
to the most good from a tnedi
cine like Hood's Sarsaparilla
taken at this time, and we would
lay special stress upon the tin e
and remeoy, for history has it
recorded that delays are danger
ous. The remarkable success
achieved by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and the many words of praise it
has received, make it worthy of
your confidence. We ask you to
give this medicine a fair trial.
As st< nes moistened by the
rain do not become soft, so the
promised righteousness and sal
vation are prevented from reach
ing unbelievers through their
own hardness of heart.— Calvin.
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Call on or send stamp tor full
particulars how to restore your
hearing, by one who was deaf for
thirty years, John Gar more,
Room 18, Hammond Building,
Cor., Fourth and Vine,Cincinati,
O.
Even sin does not harden peo
pie so much as the gospel heard
but not heeded.—-Pi’cr.son.
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If you pay 84 to SO for shoes, ex
amine the \V. L. Douglas Shoe, and
see what a good shoe you can buy for ■
OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS,
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V kinds of the best selected
leather by skilled work
W ' men. We
X make and JB
V•„ sell more
Shoes ySfll
an an y &
A other L
manufacturer in the world.
None genuine unless name and
price is stamped on the bottom. /g
Ask your dealer for our 85, ¥ s
84, 83.50, 82.50, 82.25 Shoes:
82.50, 82 and 81.75 for boys. A3SZ 1
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer / >
cannot supply you, send to sac- ar
tory, enclosing price and 36 cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style I
of toe (cap or plain), size and I
width. Our Custom Dept, will fill
your order. Send for new Ulus
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EVERY FAMILY
SHOULD KNOW THAT
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Beware of Irnnations. Tako none but *ha
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flu a Kailir.g and Ornamental Wirt
Works. a’
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Manufacture Wire Ratlings for Cemeter
ies Balconies. &c., Sieves. Fenders, Cages.
Hand and Coal Screens, Woven Wire, So.,
Also bedsteads. Chairs, Settees. Ac. 25 febly
L. CURED with Vegetable Bemedleo
H H»»>' ured ma “y thoa-and rates called r
is in ten days at least of all symptoms are
removed. Book of testimonials of cures and 10 day. I
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Western & Atlantic R. R.
(BATTLEFELDS LINE»
AN9 ■
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway
CHATTANOOGA,
NAS”V"LE,
CINCINNATI,
CHICAGO,
MEMPHIS
ST. LOUIS.
PULLMAN PALACE BLfFET SLEEPING CARS
JACKSONVILLE and ATLANTA
. . TO . .
NASHVILLE and ST. LOLIS,
TIIROIGH WITHOLT CHANGE.
Local Sleepers between Atlanta and Chat
tanooga.
Cheap Emigrant Rates to Arkansas and
Texas.
Excursion Tickets to California and Col
orado Resorts.
for Maps, folders. Sleeping Car Reservation and
any information about Rates, 1-chedules, etc.,
write or apply to
C. B. WAfKIR. J. A. THOMAS,
Ticket Agent, ticket Agent,
Union Depot, So. 8 kimbatl House.
ATLANTA, GA.
J. H. LATIMfR G. T. P. A., J. W. HICKS, T. P. A.,
8 Kimball House, 8 Kimball House,
JOS. M. BROWN. CHAS. I. HARMAN,
Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
ATLANTA, GA.
m ■ Scu boil r<l
CZ A I Air l ine. .
B B L-n a Houle of the famou
m M “Atlanta Special" Lq
New York, Wa-h ngt•in, Norfolk, Richmond, North aad
E.uu. Aho the “3. A. L. Exj>te»t."
No. 4G2. ! No. 38.
“A'lat.ta i •*B. A L.
Schedule in effect Feb. 29th. 189 k speetal." Exp.**
Daily. . Dailv.
Lv. Macon. via«entrai t Ga. R*y‘;*«7'.O am•& 30 a m
Ar Athens, via Central < f Ga. R y I 40 p m 140 p m
l-\. New Or lean*, via L.t N. R.R. .Opm •< 5' p m
Lv. Mobile, via L. A. N K. R.. ... t 12 20 ngt 12 20 ngt
Lv. Montgomery, via We-t. of Ala.. 6 30 dm h) 10 a tn
At Atlai.ta, via All. nta A W P.K.R. 11 40 am r 6 lap m
1.1. Atlinta, Via B.A.L. iten. time)... i 2 UU n'n 7 45 pin
IV. Athens, via >. A. L 307 p m 11 11 p m
1... Elberton, siaS. A L 4 01 p 15 a tn
l.\ Abbeville \iaß. A. I— 4 55 pin 130 a m
I v. Gieeuwoo 1, vi b. A. L 5 23 pni 202 a m
I v. C inio-i, via S. A. L.» 6 08 p m . 2 59 a m
Lv. Chester, v a S. A. L 7 33 p m 4 3u atn
1. tn 11 ue. vaB.A. I. *8 20 pm*42j a m
\ r. Monrse, via 8. A. L. (dining ata.), 8 55 p 6 u • am
Ar. Hamlet, via S. A. 1 10 34 p m 7 55 a m
»t. Wilmington, •-.A. L_
\r. Southern I’ines. vu 8. A. Llll 21 p m 9 12pm
At. Ra efsh, vi S. A. L> *1 21 ain •!! .6 pm
Lv. Durham nab. A. L„jfs opm 111 U 8 pm
A Weldon, via S. A. I *4 05 ain *3 uu poa
At I’etersbu. g.v a Atlant cCoast L. 6 02 •< m 5 43 pm
Ar. Kichm »i d. via Atlantic Coast L ' 6 40 a m 6 4o p m
Ar. Washington, via J'enn. K. R-...J1U 45 am 11 10pm
Ar. Baltimore, via i’enn. R. R„ 12 UJ n'n 12 48 ugt
?r. Philadelphia via lenn. R. R w ... 2 20 pin 3 45'aa
Ar. New York, via P'T.n. R. R *4 53 n ni ’6 53 a m
Lv. Weldon, via 8. A. L *4 30 a in *3 1U p ■
Ar. Fr.mkliu, via 8. A. L 6 01 am' 4 33»p m
Ar. Suffolk, via 8. A. I. 6 46 a m • 5 10 p m
Ar. Portsmouth, via 8. A. L 7 30 am 5 60 pm
Ar. Norfolk, via 8. A. L *7 50 am 60U pa
A . Old Point Comfort tsteamer),... 40 sin -*7 10p a
ToColum la nnd Charleston. | Ng. 34. [ No. 38.
Lv. Atlanta, via 8. A. L *7 15 a m *8 45 p in
Lv Athena, via 8. A. b 10 41 a m il 11 p m
Lv. Elberton, via S. A. L 1 45 am 12 15 a*•
Lv. Abbeville, via 8. A. L 12 50 p m| 1 30 am
Lv. Greenwo.d, via 8. A. L' I 24 p mi 2 02 a m
Lv. t linto-i, via S. A. L 2 25 pm' 7 05 a m
Ar. Columbia, via C. N. a L. R. R...1 4 30 p m;l0 ‘MI am
A r . Charleston, via A. C. Line.| 852 p m -
81ec; ers on night trains between Atlanta and Colum*
I ia. Coaches between Atlanta and Charleston on day
train.
•Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No 402, •The Atlanta Special," Solid Pullman Vest!-
buled Limited Train with through Buffet Drawing-room
Meepera and Day Coaches (no extra fare), Atlanta to
Washingtom. Pullman Sle pers Atlanta to Poitsiuouth,
ase Momoe to Richmond. Pullman 8 eepers and
Coaches New Orleans to Atlanta, aud Pullman Panor
Cars Washington to New York.
No 38. ”T.:e3. A. L. Express, Solid train witn PulL
•unn Sleepers and Day Coacnes Atlanta t> Weldon,
Weldon to New York. Atlanta to Portsmouth, Capo
CbailestoNew York. Pullman Sleeper* New Orleans
lo At.anta.
IMMEDIATE CONNECTIONS.
At At anta—Wi.h thr. ugh trains from Montgomery,
Mobile New Orleans. Texas, Mexico, California, Macon,
Pensaeo a, Belma. ani Florida.
At Po tsmouth—With Bay Line, coastwise sVa .era,
Washm ton steamers and “Cape Charles Route," te all
poi t» Nutih and East.
Arrive Atl nta from the North—
No. 4Q.i4 09 p m daily [ No. 385 20 a m daily
No • xtra tare on any train
For ticaets. sie -pers, and information, apply to ticket
agents, or to
w. r ■xs '£.'**
I. J. WALKEn. City Tick.l *gen«.) Allunt*. Ofc
H. ST. JOi N, Vic- President and General Manager.
V. E. McBEE, Genera! Sue -iDtendenL
H. W. B. GLOVErt. Traffic Manager.
T. J, ANDERSON. Gene al Paaienfer Agent.
General office*—l'o item out h. Va»