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May, 1896.—Subject, Italy.
“God's people are to be measured
rather than counted. It is not numbers
but quality that tells."
Italy.—“l am ready to preach the
Gospel to you that are at Rome also.
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ ” Missionaries, three; native as
sistants, twenty eight; stations, forty
six; churches, eighteen; membership,
353; baptisms, twenty eight; Sunday
school scholars, 287. Contributions,
$357.25.
Study Topics.—Beginning of mis
sion work in Italy. History of S. B. C.
missions. What is the duty of each
church, society and individual, in the
bounds of our Convention, to this work?
Hindrances to Gospel work in Italy—
ignorance, superstition, and the deter
mined opposition of Romanists.
1. Opening prayer for Italy and the
missionaries—foreign and native.
2. Item — Homan Catholic view of the
situation in Italy.— What has the
Italian Government done for the
country? It has closed 4,0Q0 re
ligious institutions, robbed 50,-
000 men and women of their
means of subsistence, impover
ished 380 convents and made ths
clergy liable to military service
until their fortieth year Relig
ion has been banished from the
tchools, the property of churches
and charitable institutions, as
well as the income of the Papal
See, have been confiscated, and the
Pope himself is forced to accept
the charity of the faithful. Yet
these men miss no chance to
declare that the Catholics enjoy
perfect freedom! !"
3. Hymn.—“ln the Cross of Christi
glory.'’
4. Scripture —2 Pet. let chapter.
5. Chain of prayer for growth in the
divine likeness
6. Paper. Hindrances to work in
Italy.
7. Item ‘What Italy specially needs
is the preaching of a purer Gos
pel by those who see its peril and
know nothing personally of the
thraldom of its peculiar condi
tions."
8. Special prayer for the meet ngs of
the Southern Baptist Convention
and Woman's Missionary Union
at Chattanooga.
9 Music arranged by the Committee.
10. Leaflet—"ln an Italian Hospital,”
by Rev. J H Eager.
11. UrgeS. B. C publications— Mission
Journal. 50 cts ; Young Peoples’
Leader, 75 cts .Kind Words, 50 cts.
12. Hymn.--“Jesns. lover of my soul."
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Italy.
Florence. —We seem to have
more to encourage us of late than
usual. Our congregations are
better, and a greater number
seem to be sincerely inquiring
after the truth. Our people at
home do not realize that the plan
of salvation is about as little un
derstood here as in China, and
that the new birth is entirely un
known. The Church of Rome
still has mighty power, but the
people are gradually drifting
away from it. May Italy's many
troubles prove a means of grace
We are in constant danger of a
great revolution, and it is said
the king and the pope both are
trembling, for some say that a
republic would mean the down
fall of both. — John H. Eager.
Spread of the Bible.
The Florence correspondent
of Evangelical Christendom affirms
that there is no book so widely
spread in Italy at the present
moment as the Bible; that of all
books, none finds so many buy
ers. This is owing to the per
severing and successful work
pursued in this country, for now
nearly 40 years, by the Briiish
and Foreign Bible Society and
the National Bible Society of
Scotland. These societies have
now spread throughout the
length and breadth of the land
about 3.000,000 copies of the
Word of God, in whole or in pari.
The figures of last year’s circu
lation are: Bibles, 7662; Testa
ments, 16.926; portions, 165,085;
total, 189,633. The total for
1*93 was 169,937 copies; the in
crease, therefore, is about 20,000
copie s.— Missionary Review.
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Missions in Italy.
Missions begun in Italy about
the middle of the present cen
tury. About 250 missionaries of
different denominations are now
at work in Italy, viz., Walde
sians, English Wesleyan, Ameri
can Methodist, English and
American Baptists, Free Italian
Church, Plymouth Brethren,
Unitarian and Reformed Catho
lic. Multitudes of Italians have
not yet heard the gospel as
preached by evangelicals, though
all might hear it.
United Italy.—Until recent
ly, Italy was divided into several
petty kingdoms, dukedoms, re
publics and papal states. As a
consequence great enmity, dis
cord and confusion reigned. Af
ter a long and desperate strug
gle, which culminated on Sep
tember 20,1870, when the Italian
army entered Rome, all Italy
gathered about Victor Immanuel
and by a popular vote of the en
tire nation declared him first
king of Unitel Italy. This uni
fication of Italy is one of the most
important events of modern
times, and seems to have been
God’s way of opening Rome and
the whole of Italy to the preach
ing of the gospel. Cavour’s fa
mous motto: “A free church in
a free State,’' is still the motto of
United Italy, much to the sorrow
and disgust of the Pope and his
followers. Victor Immanuel, Ca
vour, d’Azeglio, Mazzini, Gari
baldi, Cairoli and many others
who took so prominent a part in
the unification of Italy, have
passed away, but we are enjoy
ing the fruit of their labors.
Good News.—ln Rome the
Catholic Professor and Doctor of
Tneology, Filippo De Lorenzi,
has become a Protestant. He
has addressed a letter to the com
mittee of the Free Church, in
which he has given the reasons
for this step. After stating that
he was born in 1863, and had been
a priest and a professor of dog
matics in various colleges in
Rome, among them also that of
the Propaganda, he applies for
admission to the Free Church.
He acknowledges that for years
his heart has been tilled with un
rest, and states that he has found
peace in the Evangelical church,
“whose faith is based solely and
alone upon the word of God, and
which lives in accordance with
this word.”— Missionary Review
Eighth Annual meeting of Wo
man's Missionary Union, auxil
iary to the Southern Baptist
Convention, will be held in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., at the same time
that the Convention holds its ses
sions. Tne meetings will take
place at the First Presbyterian
church, cor. 7th street and Geor
gia Ave., only a half block from
the Convention church, continu
ing from Friday, May 8, to Mon
day, May 11. Week day sessions
from 9 a. m. to 12 m.; Sunday
session, 2:30 p. m. Mrs. John
Eager, of Italy, Miss Sallie Hale,
of Mexico, and Miss Buhlmaier,
German missionary in Baltimore,
will be in attendance A program
of unusual interest has been pre
pared.
Annie. W. Armstrong,
Cor. Secretary.
Our Work in Italy.—Foreign
Mission Board of S B C. begun
work in Italy in 1870. Eighteen
Italian preachers are connected
with the work, stationed at Torre
Pellice, San Remo, Milan, Ven
ice, Genoa, Carpi, Florence,
Rome, Naples, Boscoreale, Por
tici, Bari, Miglionico, Gravina,
and in the Isle of Sardinia.
Italy must be evangelized. The
field is hard, and the difficulties
great, but faith will arise above
them all.
W. M. U. Annual Meeting: at Chatta
nooga.
While the echoes of the meeting at
Washington seem still in our ears, in a
little more than a month the annual
session of the Convention and Woman’s
Missionary Union will be held in Chat
tanooga. The question, “How shall
this coming together of workers inter
ested in missions be made of the most
profit for the expenditure of time and
money required in coming?” is a most
important one
There seemed to be a general desire
for longer time for discussion, and yet
there was call for a longer time for
speeches. The more .general request
had to be heeded, with shortened time
for speeches allowing the more ex
tended discussion. From present ar
rangements it would seem that one
halt of the time of the sessions will be
open to discussion. Up to date (March
15th) the selected speakers to lead the
discussion are nearly all different from
thise invited on previous occasions,
representing almost every State. As
the printed program, with the subjects
announced, will be in the hands of
every delegate, each one can prepare
herself to give her best thought, -based
on her successes or her needs, in the
open discussions. There will be also
time -given on the program for new
busineis, should other than the appoint
ed topics be desired. Boiled down,
well digested thought which can be
had only by careful preparation, will
thus be secured, giving real help to
many and saving the time of all.
As far as the arrangements at Chat
tanooga can make a successful meeting,
we are assured by the most cordial let
ters, with their systematic, business
like preparations already making, that
nothing will be lacking. Every dele
gate in attendance, thinking her best
and praying in the spirit, with every
member at home sending up special pe
titions for those who have been privi
leged to go, will make an ideal meeting,
which can well dispense with an ideal
program. Alice Armstrong.
Which Should be First?
Now I should like to pass this
question on to some of the
school girls in other towns and
cities. Which should come first,
your church duties or your
school duties? Are you not in
danger sometimes of placing
many things before your reli
gion? I have more than once
heard young girls say, “O, I
cannot go to our weekly prayer
meeting because I have to study.”
Is that really a good excuse v
Must the lessons came first and
the prayer meeting second? Do
you really need the help you
will get from that hour of study
more than the help you would
get from the prayer-meeting?
Will it-really do more to fit you
for your life-work? Do you not
generally find it possible so to
plan your studies that you can
go to the church sociable, or to
a reception, or concert, or lec
ture, when you want to? If it is
something that you very much
want to attend, do not the stud
ies generally bend? Which
should come first? Will you not
consider the question and an
swer it for yourself.— Golden
Rule.
Martin Luther said: “If any one
knocked at the door of my heart and
asked, ‘Does Martin Luther live here?’
I should answer, ‘No; he has moved out
to make Christ room to move in.’ ”
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1896.
department
Nothing Venture Nothin? Have.
A good many pastors and
brethren are desirous of organiz
ing unions in their churches but
cannot see such a success ahead
of them as to lead them to ven
ture. They say, we do want to
do it. We venture to urge that
you make the venture, remem.
bering that ‘nothing venture
nothing have” is a most true
adage. As a rule, nothing but
an attempt at doing anything
develops the power to do that
thing. In launching enterprises
that involve the acquisence of
other human beings we must al
ways be willing to risk a little.
So it is with organizing a young
people's union. It may seem that
you have not interest enough to
venture on an organization, but
sometimes from the most unex
pected sources we will find help
ers and workers. Then a union
has to educate much of its own
working material. Unless you
do get started your material will
never get ready. Our work gath
ers strength as it goes on. New
voices learn the w r aysof Christian
speech, new faces learn to fre
quent our meetings. We have seen
a few months work bring about
almost an entire change in the
personel of a meeting. At the end
ol that time the whole working
force was practically new. So
if you can muster only a few,
make up your mind to go ahead.
Dr. Clark, of the Christian En
deavor movement, tells how he
gave the announcement of the
meeting at which the first Chris
tian Endeavor society was form
ed with great fear, and waited
anxiously for the hour to arrive,
fearing no one would come. The
result all know.
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Ups and Downs.
Every young people’s union
will have them. We have heard
frequently of enthusiastic work
somewhere, and then ventured
to visit that place only to
find the enthusiasm a little less
than expected. The explanation
usually furnished was that the
night was not quite as good as
usual. We are not inclined to
doubt such statements, but we
recognize in others’ work the va
riation that are so clearly a part
of nearly all kinds of effort. The
point is to get the same spirit
about our own work and realize
that it, too, must be subject to
the law of ups and downs. There
are seasons for “ups” and sea
sons productive of “downs.” The
thing for us to do is to prepare
in the up season for the down
season, and in the down season
to remember that there will be
an up one later. Periods come
alsoin which,from various causes,
interest declines. Just a few of
our most active members leave
us, or get sick, or go to school,
and down we go. If w’e can just
hold on, though, everything will
right itself. New persons will
come in to take the places of the
old and interest once more be
excited. The great thing is to
learn to wait, and keep on faith
fully working as we wait. The
time of depression may be a time
of ripening acquaintance and
growing strength, preparing us
for better strength when the day
grows brighter. To learn to do
our work under all conditions is
knowledge worth a great deal.
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Going Outside to Work.
We do not know to
our Unions are engaged in mis
sion work, but we hope it is to no
inconsiderable extent. Some
Young People’s organizations
carry on two or three missions
and work in them. Beyond the
holding of a Sunday-school much
can be done. It is possible to
hold effective prayer-meetings.
A little group could easily go out
on week night evenings and
gather the folks together for
prayer and praise. We are often
inclined to think a Sunday
school enough for a mission. A
good, warm, heart-searching
prayer-meeting will often reach
the tired people where missions
are located quicker than anything
else can do it. Young people
can go more conveniently than
older people, and with their pres
ent experience in conducting
meetings, can do good service.
Let us make our Unions some
thing more than a school for our
selves. Make it reach out to
others, and build up other in
terests.
The Young People’s Leader Topic.
May 3d. Psalm 51.
This Psalm was written just
after Nathan had brought home
to David his great sin. It came
in the depth of contrition and re
pentance. It is to be understood
as the heart searchings preced
ing the forgiveness that after
ward came. It is no imaginary
experience, but real, and because
real, deeply solicitous for the
peace that has not yet come. It
may, tfie'refdre, be taken as a
picture of what sin does to us
and our attitude toward it when
once discovered
We may thus notice at once
that sin is against God. David
had directly injured God only, as
he had dishonored his name. His
sin was primarily to the injury
of others. Butin his contrition
he can see no direction or indi
rection, but God only. “Against
thee, thee only, have I sinned,”
he says. Blood guiltiness is on
him and it is God that sees it.
Whenever we place our sin where
it belongs, as against God, there
can be no doubtof contrition and
repentance. Any other stan
dard or sotyce can be easily
evaded.
Sin may be also seen to have
complete dominion over David’s
heart. It is no passing episode,
but he is conscious of being in
its power. He must be recreated
to escape the power 1 hat sin has
gained over him. Sin was to
David no mere falling short,
through ignorance, of some
ideal. It was a slavery to pas
sions and feelings inherent in
himself. He was shapen in it,
and it was the portion of his
birth. Paul realized this slavery
in his day. Sin is our master if
grace be not.
Sin further is shown to us in
this Psalm as bringing loss.
It shuts from God. It stops the
heart’s joy. It takes away our
influence over others. It de
prives the heart of the presence
of the Holy Spirit. It gives
only sadness and grief. Sin is
always destructive. It deprives
of something and weakens us for
very much that is good and true.
Sin’s losses are enough to lead us
to forsake it even if it did not at
the last bring eternal death. No
faith can long Jive in the pres
ence of permitted sin.
David’s attitude toward the sin
is most instructive. First and
most important is his honest con
fession. He owns up. His
heart acknowledges as well as
his lips. There can be no doubt
of the sincerity manifestedun this
psalmQof prayer. In his frank
acknowledgment to himself, {to
God, to Nathan, is the beginning
of his restoration. We never do
understand sin until we own up
to it. We never can see the dan
ger of it until we confess to its
awfulness. In confession we
come to rightly see ourselves.
David again shows us that sin
can only be removed by God’s
power. From his depth of re
pentance it is manifest that Da
vid would readily have made an
effort to overcome his sin. If
sin is simply a mistake of ours,
repentance a grief over our fail
ure, conversion an Assertion of
our better manhood, then this
psalm does not describe such
conditions. This man is con
scious that there is no hope for
him unless God give the help.
We reach our help when we re
alize our inability and God’s
power to help.
David further shows that for
giveness from God is given be
cause of God’s loving kindness
and grace. He does not demand,
ho prays. He acknowledges the
futility of purchasing forgive
ness with even burnt offerings
and sacrifices. It is a broken
and contrite heart that asks God
to forgive.
David gives us yet one further
lesson in this Psalm. It is that
what we want is not simply ab
solution but cleansing. And not
only forgiveness but a new
heart. David does not ask for
any future opportunities to sin.
He wants a heart that will not
sin. He wants to be cleansed
within. When we get in an atti
tude such as this, sin is apt to
find forgiveness. Too many
times we ask forgiveness with a
spirit that does not mean cleans
ing. The forgiveness for the
past is conditioned on the purpose
for the future.
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The Baptist Union Topic, May 3.
The Promises of God. 2 Pet.
1:4.
This is the focal point of
promise study. In this passage
the promises are described and
their purposes revealed. It is a
verse to study and then to go
from, and search through Script
ure, for the pomises it describes.
In this lesson we are not to study
any specific promise, but all
promises.
It gives, in the previous verse,
the source of these promises.
“ According as his divine power
hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and godli
ness.” The “ whereby ” follows
this. Then our promises are
not human born on the product
of human experiences, but are
part of God’s provision for our
spiritual nature and needs. He
has sent us promises as a part
of our furnishing. Now God is
not wasteful, he makes things
because they are useful. Prom
ises can no more be neglected
than any other means provided
for our development. There are
stages in our histories when the
bridge needed is the strength of
faith called forth by a promise.
It gives the scope of the prom
ises “All things that pertain
unto life and godliness.” We
will be justified then in our
search for promises dealing with
both the spiritual and the secu
lar. The soul and body will
both be provided for. We shall
not be surprised then at prom
ises of daily bread as well as of
care in the dark waters. It is
well to remember as we read our
Bible how wide is the reach of
the premises as indicated here
by Pel er.
It gives us also the purposes
of the the promises. Our ap
predation of the scope will be
affected by this purpose. It is a
twofold purpose. F.rst, that we
may be partakers of the divine
nature. That is the end. The
promises are to lead straight to
God. Even the promises of tem
poral welfare and care are to
help us to God. We are pro
vided for that we may be free to
reach after God Most of our
promises are therefore soul
promises. The second purpose
is one accessory to the first. It
is that we may escape the cor
ruption in the world through
lust. The promises are to so
cheer and uphold us that we may
get out of ourselves the corrup
tion of the world. How many
promises hold out blessings that
encourage us to deny ourselves
our desires. We escape the
world’s temptations more fre
quently because of God’s prom
ises than because of our strength
and knowledge. Here then is
the purpose. It isour comfort,
not our ease, not our idleness,
but to get rid of the world and
get io God. Under this head we
may classify our promises.
It gives us the character of the
promises. They are exceedingly
great and precious. We must
not be surprised therefore to find
great things in a promise. We
may rather be doubtful when the
promises are small and insignifi
cant. We suspect paltry gifts
seeming to come from kings on
great occasions. To have great
truth, great hopes, gieat bless
ings, is the nature of a promise.
They are precious also. Such
as endear themselves to us and
get close up to our hearts. Prom
ises are to be sought for our
dearest needs and most private
hopes. Preciousnes-s is one of
their characteristics.
Let us search when in need. A
promise may be waiting us all
unsuspected.
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LESSONS ON PRAYER.
Lesson for Sunday,May 10, 1896
Scripture Lesson. Luke
18:9-17.
Motto Text.—“ The publican,
standing afar off, w’ould not lift
up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his
breast, saying, God be merciful
to me a sinner.” V. 13.
Pairs of Things.— How many
are the instances where things
stand related as pairs, as com
panions or counterparts in some
respects. It is a very rare thing
to find absolute isolation of any
thing. No virtue of marked
character stands or can stand
alone. Its existence and stabil
ity depend largely on companion
ship. The same is decidedly true
of evils. They are to be found
invariably in groups or pairs. A
fine instance is given in the first
verse of our lesson. With self
righteousness is ever coupled the
despising or the disparagement
of others. This principle affords
a fine test of the real character
of one’s righteousness. Is it
humble and distrustful of itself,
or does it incline to boastfulness
and self-parade and invidious
comparisons? In view of this
companionship in evil we vainly
think to conceal our faults, for
which in professed friendship
these very faults are traitors to
each other.
Take names of Things — ls there
anything in a name ? Yes,
enough to satisfy many minds
without their taking the trouble
to go behind it and make a per
son il investigation. Name or
label a thing and there are mul
titudes who will swallow it down
without inquiry. What possibil
ities of falsehood and deceit are
here! How strange to hear the
name of praying applied to the
self-righteous boastings of this
proud Pharisee. The Scriptures
do so use the term, but not with
out proceeding to show its false
ness. How much of so-called
prayer is unworthy the name
and an insult to the divine majes
ty. How often we boast before
God, dictate to God, or repeat
familiar and idle forms of words,
when our hearts are full of self
righteousness or self-will, or
cold indifference.
Attitude.- -We have heard ob
jections urged against standing
to pray as being like this proud
Pharisee. But it is a strange
oversight not to see that the pub
lican stood also. It is a marked
feature of the New Testament that
it nowhere demands any specific
posture in prayer. It is impor
tant only that the attitude be one
of reverence and adoration. For
people in a congregation to sit
bolt upright in prayer, with eyes
gazing around, is not only dis
honoring to God but a positive
sign of low breeding.
Attitude does not always signi
fy. Lying men will lie as readily
through attitude as in any other
way. The man whose heart is
given to lying may speak falsely
upon his knees or with uplifted
, right hand.
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Form of Godliness. — No ques
tion is raised as to the claims this
Pharisee made for himself.
Quite busy did he make himself
about the thii gs of religion. It
is remarkable how many appa
rently good works may be per
formed by one who has no love
for God, works that after all are
only dead works. There can
be no worthy religion without
thought and study and discern
ment. There is so much of form
where the substance is lacking.
There are so many counterfeits
fashioned outwardly after the
likeness of the true and genuine.
All the powers of man’s intelli
gence are needed to discriminate
between the true and the imita
tion. Religion is not a matter of
mere impulse, but a thing for ra
tional minds.
The Universal Prayer.— Not
everybody prays this prayer, yet
its appropriateness is universal.
The condition of all men is sin
ful, and the supreme need of all
dinners is mercy. If mercy be
the display of God’s most glori
ous attribute, it is only because
that next to mercy sin is the
greatest fact in the world. All
attempts to disparage the enorm
ity or the heinousness of man’s
guilt do also disparage the mer
cy of Christ. Christ brings a
great salvation, great because it
delivers us from so great con
demnation.
This is the prayer which, ut
tered sincerely, universally
brings answer. A broken and
contrite heart God will not de
spise. Whatever be cur needs,
for whatever else we pray, the
one burden of every prayer
should be for mercy because we
are sinners,
Christ and Little Children.—
Christ himself was once a little
child, and he always loved little
children. Parents read his kind
ness for little ones in his face
and in his tones, and were eager
for him to bestow tokens of his
favor. He is as pleased to ex
press his love and sympathy for
the little ones as the fondest pa
rents are to receive such expres
sion.
Nothing Jesus says concern
ing little children is at all out of
perfect harmony with the Scrip
ture teachings elsewhere, that
show the taint of sin and the de
praved nature in every one from
his birth. He never pronounced
them pure and holy.
There is one point in the illus
tration which Jesus made of lit
tle children, and that is their de
pendent trustfulness. They are
helpless and look for all protec
tion and help to others. So we
need to admit our utter help
lessness of guilt and depend en
tirely on what another has done
and will do for us. This is the
condition of sharing the king
dom of our Heavenly Father.
“The wealth of Baptists, when
Mercer University was founded,
was in the country. Now there
is much, if not most of it, in the
cities. And the cities have not,
as yet, done much for the Uni
versity. Unless they do now,
the work of endowment will suf
fer.” Now is the time for the
brethren in the cities to lead off
in this great work, and joining
hands with the brethren all over
the State, do a great work for
the denomination along educa
tional lines.
Blood purified, disease cured,
sickness and suffering prevented
—this is the record made each
year by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
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If you will bear in mind that
the Western & Atlantic and
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Loius Railways are the shortest,
quickest, and best equipped lines
to the North, West, and South
west. Through sleeping-car
from Atlanta to St. Louis on No.
4, making many hours quickest
time between these points.
Through trains to Nashville,
connecting in Union Depot with
vestibule train for Chicago. Call
on or address C. B. Walker,Tick
et Agt., Union Depot, or R. D.
Mann, Ticket Agt., Kimball
House, Atlanta, Ga.,J. L. Edmon
son, Pass Agt., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
The forty-first session, fifty
first year, of the Southern Bap
tist Convention, will, at the invi
tation of the Baptist churches of
Chattanooga, Tenn., beheld in
the meeting house of the First-
Baptist church of Chattanooga,
beginning, Friday May Bth, 1896,
at 10 a. m. The annual sermon
will be preached by Rev. Charles
A. Stakely, D. D., of District of
Columbia.
Lansing Burrows,
Oliver F. Gregory,
Secretaries.
Jonathan Haralson,
President.
Railroad Rates.
The Southern States Passen
ger Association, the Seaboard
Air Line, Louisville & Nashville
R. R. Co., Associated Railways
of Virginia and the Carolinas,
Mobile & Ohio R. R., the Cotton
Belt Route and the Queen and
Crescent Route, and all lines
south of Washington, together
with all railroad lines in Texas,
have granted the following:
Rates of one first-class fare for
the round trip, tickets of iron
clad signature form, limited to
continuous passage in both di
rections, to be sold May sth-Bth,
1896, valid for return within fif
teen days from date of sale, and
to be extended and made good
for return within fifteen days ad
ditienal upon their deposit with
joint Agent at Chattanooga, on
or before May 14, 1896.
The Tennessee River Trans
portation Co. grants a rate of one
fare for the round-trip.
Other announcements may be
made later. Any information re
garding railroad matters will be
cheerfully given by
O. F. Gregory,
Secretary in charge of trans
portation.
Baltimore, March 25, 1896.
To the B. Y. P. U. of Georgia.
The time of our Southern Convention
at Chattanooga (May 7th) is drawing
near. Georgia ought to send the largest
delegation of any State. Every union
and every church without a union
should be represented.
The Southern Railway has been
chosen as the official route. This road
covers nearly every part of the State and
so is the most accessible route to most
of our people. Other lines will sell
tickets via the Southern. The rate
from everywhere in the State will be one
fare for the round trip, tickets on sale
May 5,6, 7-8, and good for fifteen days.
It is greatly desired that the Georgia
delegation mass in Atlanta and go from
here in a body, leaving Atlanta Thurs
day morning at 5:40 a. in. and arriving
in Chattanooga at 9:45 in good time for
the Convention. This is a through
train, coming from Jacksonville through
Macon, and so can bring the South
Georgia delegates
If those who expect to attend will
write tome I will send their names to
the Entertainment Committee at Chat
tanooga, so that accommodations
may be provided for them in advance.
Satisfactory board can be had at about
SI.OO per day. Let us all go together.
«W. W. Gaines,
Transportation Leader appointed by
Ga. B Y P. U.
Atlanta, Ga., April 11.
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