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for baptism. As ho told his ex
perience it was nude to appear
that on the day of brother Sher
wood's visit, and, as near as could
be asc»riamed, about the sane
hour, he was resting for a little
while under the shade of a tree
that happened to be in [the field.
While musing there.suddenly, he.
knew not why or how, the thought
of his ungodly life occurred to
him. Jt came with such power
that he could not shake it off.
He felt that he was a sinner.
Whrn he met his wife in the eve
ning, and heard the story of Dr.
Sherwood s visit and of his ear
nest prayer for him, his religious
feelings were greatly intensified.
He sought the Lord, and in a few
days, in the quiet of his own
home, he was enabled to rejoice
in the hope of heaven. Brother
Sherwood’s prayer was answered.
And his example illustrates the
worth of pastoral visiting.
I could fill pages with such in
cidents as the foregoing in his
life. They reveal to us what
may be called the private and for
the most part, the unseen labors
of this Godly man among his
brethren, in which his sole aim
was to leave a blessing behind
him in every household.
I will now >ela e an incident of
a more public kind. It occurred
at the Ministers’ meeting nt For
syth in 1X36, of which 1 have al
ready spoken in a previous pa
per.
Among the resolutiors pre
sented to that body, was one de
signed, if possible, to promote
reconciliation and fellowship
among the brethren In the heat
of controversy about missions,
hard words had been spoke n, and
bad feelings, here and there, had
been excited. The resolution al
luded to these facts in terms of
regret, and proposed that all
should forgive, and seek to be
forgiven, in ti e spirit and in the
way that Jesus had pointed out.
Such, I think, was about the
meaning < f the resolution. It
was passed, and if my memory
is not at fault, without a dissent
ing voice.
It was then that brother Sher
wood, standing in front of the
audience, said: “Brother Moder
ator, I propose that we begin
right now, and here, to comply
with the terms of this resolution;
and 1 am willing to be the first to
do it. 1 know there have been
hatd feelings between a brother
who sits beloie me |calling his
name| and myself. If I ever
hurt uis feelings, I am sorry for
it, and 1 ask his forgiveness and
am willing to givehim my hand.'’
Tne brother alluded to rose
promptly, ami coming forward,
/ grasped the ex ended hand, and
the bond of fellowship was re
stored. It was a scene which
angels might rejoice to behold,
and it was an example which all
would do well tj follow.
To strangers, Dr. Sherwood
had the appearance of being
stern; but, though possessed of
a strong will, he had in him “the
milk of human kindness.” He was
devoted to Sunday schools, to
temperance, to missions, and to
ministerial education. I remem
ber hearing him say that there
was a time when he determined
that he would not have a perma
nt nt home for himself till he
should ste steps taken to provide
some way for the education of
young ministers in Georgia. This
was away back in the twenties.
After waiting, and no steps were
taken, he procured a home and
opened upon his own premises a
theological school. He soon
gethtred round him a group of
students who pai 1 their expenses,
in part at least, by working i a
the farm. But as-sooi as Mercer
Institute was established, he
promptly gave up his own enter
prise, and threw’ his whole infill
er.ee in favor of the new’ institu
tion. He saw at last the accom
plishment of what had been his
aim and his hope for Georgia
Baptists.
563 S. Pryor st., Atlanta.
Baptist Position Slated and Contrast
ed - Qualifications of Communion.
BY G. A. LOFTON, D D.
VII.
Baptism symbolizes the death
of Christ as to state, followed by
his burial and resurrection; the
Lord's Supper symbolizes the
death of Christ in process, pre
ceded by the sufferings which
produced it. Again, baptism is
the symbol of regeneration, in
which we declare the death of
Christ as the “procuring cause of
our new birth into the Kingdom
of God;’’while the Lord’s Sup
per is the symbol of sanctifica
tion, in which we declare the
death of Christ as the “sustain
ing pow»r of our spiritual life
after it has once begun.” As
we are regenerated but once, so
we are baptized but once; hut as
sanctification is a continued pro
cess wh ; ch follows regeneration,
so we often repeat the Lord's
Supper which follows baptism.
Herein we discover, too. the in
separable relation of these two
ordinances in their order, as
there is an inseparable relation
between regeneration and sane
tificaiicn in their order; and
hence we behold their unity in
their different representation of
the death of Christ, and in
their common reference to that
death. The assumption of
ped<?bap‘ists that baptism is only
a symbol of “purification” would
sever all connection between
tte ; e two ordinances,by d istroy
ing all reference of both alike to
the death of Christ; and so far
as ihe symbolic significance and
design of baptism is concerned,
such assumption would make
Rjm 6:8 6 and Col. 2:12 abso
lutely unintelligible.
These two ordinances are twin
monuments of Christ’s death and
suffering —of his death, burial
and resurrection ; and as such
they stand inseaprab'y related as
the symbols of en’rarce into and
fellowship in God’s house.
Neither of them have any re
generating or sanctifying power
within themselves. They both
symbolize a previous state of
salvation by grace by which we
are related to Christ beforehand;
but they jointly and visibly re
late us to the Kingdom of
Christ as visible signs by which
we enter into, and continue in,
fellowship with the body of
Christ, as we have fellowship
with thedeathof Christ. As we
are all baptized into one body by
being baptized into the death of
Christ, so *we who are many ’
are “one bread and one body.”
“partaking of that one bread ” in
“remembrance” of him whose
death we continue to “shew forth
until he come” again. The Lord’s
Supper is specially symbolic of
our unity and fellowship in the
body of Christ as with Christ
himself; and hence our church re
lations, begun in baptism and
continued in communion, are
based upon that unity and fel
lowship which is absolutely es
sential to the organism of Christ’s
K ingdom on earth. There can
be no organism to begin with
without baptism; and there cm
be no organism to continue with
without communion -symbolized
and expressed in the Lord’s Sup
per. Thedeathof Christ is the tie
by which baptism and the Lord’s
Supper are inseparable symbols
of our union and communion with
Christ in spiritual relations; the
death of Cnrist is the bond by
w hich these two ordinances sym
boliz.e the union and communion
of the body of Christ in organic
or visible relations.
The qualifications which are
essential to the communion of
the Lord’s Supper, therefore, are
simply such qualifications as ad
mit us to fellowship in the Lord's
body. The church of Christ is
simply and only a local body of
regenerate believers baptized in
to Christ; and whatever it takes
to get into Christ and into his
visible body and stay there, it
takes to get to the Lord’s Table.
Whatsoever is essential to church
relations is essential to the com
munion; and whatsoever is es
sential to communion is essential
to church relations. The Lord’s
Supper is strictly and only a
Ice U church ordinance; and any
participation in its administra
tion is simply and only a local
church ac'. There is no such
thing, as in baptism, as an indi
vidual partaking of the Lord’s
Supper apart from church unity,
church fellowshi o, or church re
lations. It is w hen we as a local
body “cometogether,” en ecclesia,
“in the church,” as Paul puts it,
that we can “eat toe Lord’s Sup
per.” The elements may be taken
to a sick communicant at his
home, but in order to participa
tion the church must go with the
ordinance and eat it with the sick
communicant. The New Testa
ment knows nothing of individ
ual participation in the Lord’s
Supper apart from the organic
union and communion of the
body of Christ. Any individual
or sectional celebration of the
ordinance, apart from church re
lations, would be w’holly destruc
tive of its symbolism as a local
church rite, and any union of two
or more churches to take the
Lord’s Supper would be equally
destructive of its symbolism. It
may be argued that the chief sig
niticance of the Lord's Supper is
io “ shew forth the death of
Christ.” This is true, but it
must be the act of a church in its
local and organic capacity—not
the act of an individual apart
from church unity or church re
lationship.
If the communion of the Lord’s
Supper is dependent upon local
cuurch unity and relationship,
then it is dependent upon all the
elements which constitute that
unity and church relationship.
In order to be a member of
Christ’s ecclesia we must not
only be born again and baptized
into fellowship with Christ’s
body, but we must be in fe.low
ship with the apostle’s doctrine
and practice; and whatsoever
would exclude me from the
church, or prevent me from
entering the church, on account
of disagreement in morals, doc
trine or practice, would exclude
me from the Lord’s Table, or pre
vent me from coming to it. The
Lord's Supper, as a symbol of
church unity and fellowship, is
the symbol thereby of church or
thodoxy. It is the key to church
purity and church perpetuity
and it is expressly guarded by
discipline in which we are told
not to “walk” nor “eat” with the
disorderly or the heretic. Hence,
our restricted communion, as it
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX : THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1896.
is ca'led, because it is church
communion, symbolizes church
unity, church orthodoxy and
church purity. Bapti-ts cannot
commune with those who could
not be admitted to church rela
tions, no more than commune
with those whom they excluded
from church relations. The
Lord’s Table is governed by the
Lord’s law given to the Lord’s
servants; and the Lord’s servants
have no discretion in administer
ing the Ix>rd’s Supper as gov
erned by the Lora's law.
It may be asked, then, what of
Baptist custom in inviting visit
ing brethren to participate with
us at the communion? I only
answer, that an orthodox, order
ly walking Baptist of another
church would be admitted to
church relations with any church
of like faith and order; and upon
the ground of similar church re
lations we extend the courtesy
to visiting brethren. What about
the doctrine of local church in
dependency, and of local church
unity so strongly put by Paul
under the symbolization of the
“one body” and “one bread” of
the communion? I can only say
that with all the significance and
force of Paul’s logic, it seems
that he and his travelling com
panions broke bread with the
brethren at Troas; and it also
seems feasible that a visiting
brother, having like church re
lations and in good standing at
home, may be considered one of
us under our watch care when in
vited by courtesy to commune
with us. At all events the cus
tom does not involve, organical
ly and wholly, inter church com
munion; and whatever of irreg
ularity the custom might seem
to some to have, it is not fraught
with any danger to the independ
ence and unity of the local
churches when viewed as a mere
courtesy. It certainly can give
no favor to open comm union with
pedobaptist®, Campbellites and
others with whom we can have
no church unity, or relationship,
ani hence no communion at the
Lord’s Table.
This does > do
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by
iiioni.il or official
only part with our
friends of other
when the road forks, or \Wen we
disagree. Two disagreed can
not walk together in that they
disagree in; and hence Baptists
cajinot be charged with selfish
ness for separating from others
upon ground which is made ex
elusive by New Testament teach
ing and practice. We do not
love our Christian brethren with
whom we disagree any the less,
but we love God’s Word, and the
principles upon which we are
founded, more.
In showing up the position of
Baptists as here contrasted, it is
only necessary to state that we
differ from the views of others as
held strictly unscriptural by us.
Open Communion Baptists base
the communion of the Lord's
Supper strictly upon moral
grounds, without any relation to
baptism or church organism; but
not only is this position repudi
ated by pedobaptists and others,
but it is wholly subversive of the
Scriptures which make the Lord's
Supper a church ordinance and
its celebration a church act.
C.mpbellites and Mormons hold
to about the same practice.
Methodists. Presbyterians, Epis
copalians and others require bap
tism as a prerequisite to the com
munion, and to this extent, are
as close communion as Bap
tists; but these denominations
regard the church as embodied in
their general organizations and
hence disregard the idea of local
church independency and unity
in the symbolism and administra
tion of the Lord’s Supper. The
communion by these denomina
tions can be administered at a
conference, convention or gen
eral assembly; and they com mune
with each other and all Chris
tians upon the simple ground of
faith and baptism, without re
gard to questions of church order,
doctrinal peculiarity, or ceremo
nial institution. Os course the
Scriptures know nothing of such
general organizations or churches
—nothing of their erders, ordi
nances or offices —and nothing
about some of their doctrines and
practices: and hence Baptists
who plant themselves solely up
on the New Testament pattern
or plan of church organism, can
not ecclesiastically recognize
these organizations by commu
nion. The communion of the
Lord's Supper being a church
act, any participation in that act
with those in error, is a church
recognition of, and a churchfel
lowship with, error.
It is said that out of the 139
Missi unary S ucieties in the world,
121 are supported by Anglo Sax
on money; and out of the $12,-
500,0C0 given for foreign mis
sions, $10,000,000 are given by
the Anglo-Saxon race.
Soul Winning.
BY REV. G S. TL’MLIN.
That the Master hath permitted
us to enlist in this work, we
should be supremely grateful.
It is his work, hence highly
honorable.
Since the angels in heaven re
joice over one sinner saved, we
may infer that they would joy
fully have enlisted in rescuing
the purishing here, had that sa
cred mission been intrusted to
them.
Our Savior came from his
home in glory to “seek and to
save the lost.” Frances Haver
gal thus beautifully frames this
thought:
“And 1 have brought to thee,
Down from my home above,
Salvation full and free,
My pardon and my love;
I biing rich gifts to thee,
What hast thou brought to me?”
As this is an important part of
the believer’s work, we should
strive to appreciate its impor
tance, and to study the means
that will help us to this end.
Before I am in any condition to
win others to Christ I must know
him for myself. The blind can
not lead the blind. I ought to
appreciate the value of a soul.
“ What shall it profit a man if
he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul?”
I ought to have my heart in
the work. It is not the cold
wirls that fall from the lips that
will find the way to the heart of
another. But heart reaches
heart. A warm heart can break
down the. hardest obstacles that
get in our way.
Also, “be filled with the Spir
it.” Then he will guide you in
your work as Philip was led to
the eunuch.
Meditation on the glory that
awaits a redeemed soul, or the
anguish of one lost, ought to
nerve us to prompt and earnest
effort.
“He that winneth souls is
wise.”
Let no one imagine that minis
ters have & monopoly of this
work.
None of us
oil!
last day empty
“He that goeth forth wtepmg
bearing precious seed will come
again rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.”
The preaching of the Gospel is
God’s specially ordained means
to gain this end.
The ciiujtfi that faithfully
stands pastor while he
joint partici
pator he may at
tain by Siralion.
Let on gather
ing in men" women by tens,
or hundreds, dr thousands. Such
occurrences are rare. Hand
picked fruit will be unbruised in
gathering. If we frail off a peach
with one stroke, it will be bruised
and contaminated from coming
in contact with the soil.
Rememben how Andrew
reached Simon, and Christ’s deal
ing with the woman at the well.
It is better for the preacher to
shape his sermon wi.th a view of
capturing one person in the con
gregation, than to shell the
woods indefinitely and impress
no one. I have often accom
plished more in a ten minutes pri
vate conversation with some one
than with twenty sermons.
The minister who thinks that
the pulpit is the only occasion
from which he can reach an un
converted one makes a tremen
dous mistake. The man who
thinks that honest, sober pastor
al visiting is time lost, is badly
deceived. Paul plead with the
people from house to house with
tears. In all the details of our
work we should seek the guid
ance of the Holy Spirit.
Let personal effort be supple
merited with prayer Freely use
and distribute tracts. The
American Baptist Publication
Society is entitled to great cred
it for her exceeding liberality in
supplying pastors with this kind
of literature. Let no pastor suf
fer himself to be so entangled
with other work that his church
work is crowded into a corner,
or b :d y neglected.
If Christ is entitled to the first,
place in our heart, then his work
should also come first.
Many pastors and churches
make the egregious mistake of
only expect ing conversions at one
season of the year. I thank God
that I have baptized people every
month in the year.
I pray and work for results all
along through the year and I am
not disappointed. Rarely a month
passes without conversions, and
the average will be much over
one a month.
I will close with an incident in
my experience that occurred
within the past week. I tell it
because I believe it will help
some other pastor.
The time had come when I
thought I ought to visit a family
connected with my church that
lived nine miles in the country.
It would take a whole day, and
the industrious pastor can't af
ford to lose a day. The children
in my home gathered around me
and besought me to go, one and
all, for they knew that for them
it meant a pleasant ride and a
good dinner. I secured a two
horse hack and made about half
a dozen of them happy, and was
sorry that I could not carry all.
That was only an incidental fea
ture, however. The main point
that came up in my mind was, in
as much jas there were two or
three unconverted young men in
that house, could I not say some
thing to them that would win
them to Cnrist One by one I
had a private talk with them. I
managed to make them feel
easy and talk freely. 1 saw that
the seed fell in good ground.
Sunday i ight they came in
to church. 1 preached a sermon
on “Following Christ ” At the
close one, a bright young fellow,
came up and joined the church.
The other, I am confident, will
soon come in. Now observe this,
our days of social enjoyment wnn
our congregation need not be
time lost. Without detracting
from social pleasure we can let
full some seed by the wayside
that will bring forth fruit. More
than once have I found this to be
true. So I hope this leaf from a
pastor’s experience may be an
inspiration to some other w’ork
er. If you want to know some
thing of the reward of this work,
read Dan. 12:4; James 5:20. Go
not into the kings presence
empty handed.
Brenham, Tex.
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School History of the united
States. J Wm. Jones, DD. R. H.
Woodward & Co., Baltimore
We have al-eady given a notice of
this b >ok, but it was from advance
sheets and not illustrate], or the cover
on. We now see it as it is completed
W<-are sure it will be widely read and
used in many schools. The b >ok has re
ceived many criticisms, but the author
his ground well. In general
and we think
is most in method
and style for a text book We trust all
will examine it for themselves. The
book is well illustrate]. Outside of
one's opinion as to the special feature of
a treatment of the Civil War from a
Southern standpoint, there can be no
question of the excellency of the book.
The Inspiration of History.
James Muichabey. Thon. Wbit
iaker, New York City.
Thia is a very valuable book. We
gave our a part of, one of
chapters last week. It is not exactly
as strong in its claims of inspiration as
we coul.i desire, but it is an unusual
presentation of the historical accuracy
of tile Old Testament. Certain erite
rions of authentic history are derived
from secular sources and the tests ap
pile.) to the Bible history. The chap
ter on the significance of Bible history
simply as history is one of great va ue.
The author represents the best school
of Episcopalian writers.
Through Fire and Flood. F. B.
Meyer, B. A. Fleming H. Revell
Co., New York and Cnicago. Price
50 cts.
Mr. Meyer is a most prolific writer.
Nearly all his sermons must go into
books. He keeps a re narkable freih
ness His special qualification is keen
spiritual insight into truth. His little
books shows him at his best. In ad
dition we found the book full of sug
ge-itive exegesis. >An interesting expo
sition of Matt. 10:18, 19 is given It
will be helpful to all burdened souls as
well as all spiritual minded Christians.
We believe it is the best of this writer's
smaller books that we have seen.
Studies in the Gospel by John’
Prof. W. W. White, Pb.U. Film
ing H. Revell Co., New York and
Chicago.
Tnis contains thirty stu lies in out
line, in the Gospel of John. The plan
is fresh and we think commendable.
It proceeds on the idea that John
wrote with the special purpose of mass
ing the proofs as to Jesus' divinity.
For a Bible da sit will be unusually
helpiut raid ii can serve with efficiive
ness as the bisis of a wintei’s private
study. Che work is mainly out'.ne,
and it has an abundance of chads.
Expecta .'ion Corner. E S. Elliot.
Fleming H. Revell Co., New Y'ork
and Chicago. Price 10 cts.
Tnis also ought to be read by every
one aud kept on hand by pastors. In
the form of a delightful, char and
well sustained allegory, we have set
before us the possibilities and privi
leges of Christians.
It will incite to trust and cheerful
ness. It is unu ually strong for such
work. Few besides Bunyan have
ever succeeded at allegory. We think
this writer has.
God's Box. By Mabel Nelson Thurs
ton. Fl mitig H. Revell Co., New
Y'ork and Chicago. Price 10 cts.
B t sure and git this for your Mis
sionary society or to read in prayer
meeti- g It is an account ofa frontier
missionary and the box he received.
It will soften the heart and serve to
ennoble the lives of the heroic pension
ers on the Lord’s bounty as held in
trust by us.
North American Review. Septem
ber. North American Review Co ,
New Y'ork. Price $5.00. 50 cts. a copy.
This Review is always a good one.
The political question is touched on
with three articles. From a Silver to a
Gold Standard in British Honduras, by
the Governor of Honduras: Are Farm
ers Populists? by Mr. Stahl, the secre
tary of the Farmers’ N ational Congress
of the United States; The Duty of the
Hour by Warner Miller and Richard P
Bland Other articles of interest are
The Plague of City Noises; The Pay of
College Women and An Industrial Op
portunity for America This last treats
of the cultivation of beet sugar.
St. Nicholas. September. Centurv
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number.
In ‘ Out of Way Corners in Westmin
ster Abbey ” young people get glimpses
into this venerable old church “ Sa
mantha's Summer Boarders” prove to
be an interesting trio, dog. parrot, and
monkey, and they are a lively set. “At
S rhool a Hundred Y» ars Atio” ought to
make every child appreciate the com
forts of school life now “ The Sword
maker's Son,’ “Sinbad Smith & Co .”
and “The Story of Marco Polo" are
continued. “ Joseph Francis ”is intro
dneed to this generation, who was the
founder of the Life Saving Service of
this country. His life and work are
deeply inter* sting. The make up of a
human body is continue] in “Talks with
Boys and Girls About Themselves ”
The-ie, with the usual short stories, etc.,
make up a good issue.
Peddlers of Damascus.—ln
the streets of the ancient Hyiim
city, the Western traveler finds
endless interest in the bazaars,
or st nets of open shops, where
the merchan’ sits cross legged
among his wares, nearly alwajs
smoking his beloved hookah.
The native silversmith weighs
his precious stones before he
sells them to the overcharged
Westerner, while the latter, look
ffig over tne piles of merchan
dise, is attracted by the cries of
K passing up and down, and
% out their goods. One
i along—he carries sher oet
veets, and he sing-5: ‘ Buy
! Ah, buy, buy, buy. Yes,
fine!” Another pushes him
and thrusts forward his
skin: “11 >, ye thirsty ones,
buy of me, and drink.” A
custom, termed “ Sebil,” causes
another man to cry: “Lo, thedis
trioulion! Lo, the distribu'ion! ’
The crowd presses around this
man with great eagerness, for
there is nothing to pay. He is
dispensing a sort ot lemonade,
some rich man having purchased
of him his stock ot this cool
drink, wt ich is to be given to all
An Unprecedented
Gain in Weight
A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty=three
Pounds by Using a Nerve Food.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE f
RESULTS ON RECORD.
From tl(o Kiurtte, I'.msß
•’I don’t look inucll like a living skeleton
now, uo 1? Aud yet two years ngo 1 weighed
just seventy-two pounds,” said Mrs. J. W.
Colley, of 55 Warburton Avenue, Yonki-rs.
N. Y’., to a reporter. And we agreed with
her, tor she certainly l<x>ked anything but n
living skeleton, but rather bore the appear
ance of a plump ami attractive lady in ex
cellent health and spirits. Continuing she
said:
“ I had lost tny appetite and was wasting
away in flesh, losing some fifty pounds in a
few months. Doctors said I was threatened
with consumption. I was under what was
regarded as first-class meilieal treatment,
but it had apparently little or no elfeet, for
I kept getting worse until I was so weak
that I could not attend to my household
duties and could hardly walk. My husband
and everybody who saw me thought surely
that I would die, and there seemed no help
for me.
“ Tonics and stimulants and medicines all
seemed useless, and I grew worse and worse
until at last I resolved to seek some new
remedy—one entirely out of the usual line
of nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which
seemed to take away what little relish I
might perhaps otherwise have had for food.
A friend told me of some wonderful cures
effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People and I bought a box. The effect
from their use was noticeable fi-otr. the first
and soon appeared almost miraculous, for it
seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one
from the dead.
“ I soon commenced to eat, something I
had scarcely done before for weeks, and soon
begin to gain in flesh ami strength. I went
one day to the doctor’s office and he was sur
prised at the change in me for the better. I
had to confess that I had been taking the
pills, ami he was broad-minded enough to
advise me tc continue what was evidently
doing me so much good. I took, in all. six
•boxes, and increased in weight from 72 to
125 pounds, which is my regulat and normal
weight.”
“Are vou sure the cure is permanent? ”
“ W.-11. yes. My work is that of a trained
nurse, which means, as you probably know,
irregular hours and at times great exhaus
tion. During the two years since my re
covery I have had many engagements, and
through them all have continued in good
health. I take pleasure in bearing testi
mony to the remarkable power of this great
m ' lical discovery. I know of other cures
eff-eted by it. A friend of mine suffered
greatly at her monthly periods. One lx>x
relieved and three boxes cured her. But I
know of no case equal to mine, for my situ
ation was critical, desperate and almost
hopeless.”
Mrs. Coffey has lived in Yonkers for six
teen years, and for twelve vears has followed
the business of attending the sick, excepting
only the period of her illness. She has
hundreds of acquaintances and friends who
know her to be capable and trustworthy.
Many of them knc.w how very ill she was
and how remarkable was her vecoverv. The
pills have a large sale in Yonkers ant) West
chester County, which will be greatly in
creased as their merit? become better known,
tor they seem to be on 3 of the medical mar
vels of the age.
J. C. & I. L>A.NIEIj,
dealers in
. . . Qtc.
Boot and Shoe Uppers a Speeialty.
GREAT CHURCH
FRINK’S tor electric, gas or oil, give the most powerful, the
O. - w PATENT •ofteat, cheapest and beM light known for Churches,
•T?* REFLECTORS Hails and Public Buildings. Send sire of room. Book
• of Tight and estimate free, I. P, FR IN K, Pearl Bt., New Y ®rk,
HolesinYourHealth. j
What does that mean? Sup- i'
i" pose you are taking in money
'i all day, ai.d drop it into a i 1
? pocket with holes ; you will 'i
S find yourself ;. loser instead of
? a gainer 1 y the incsa< b
) Same w.t’a your i calt’a. Y’ou i
c eat aud drink ;.: I ■ leap, yet
> lose instead cf ; ..in strength. S
< There’s .. hole : : : >ur health.
> Some blodfl disea.:.-, probably, \
s sapping your vitality. T'oti
? can’t begin, t>o soon, to take S
S the great blood purifier, i'
> Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. J
the thirsty ones who shall ask
for it. And walking up and
down these streets, in and out
i among these crowds, passing un-
I seen through the highways of the
earth, is One who, with a voice
of sweetest in vital ion, cries, “Ho,
i every one that thirsteth ! Buy,
buy. I counsel thee to buy of
me !”
Strange to siy, some of the
most delicious perfumes are de
rived, not from flowersand fruits,
! but by chemictl processes from
substances of the most disgust
' ing odors. Probibly, few of
| those who are delighted with the
delicate aroma of oil of apples
are aware that it is de
rived not from apples but
from fetid fusel oil, distilled
with sulphuric acii and bichro
mate of potash. Oil of pine ap
ples is obtained from a product
of the action of putrid cheese on
■sugar. “Where ignorance is
bliss, ’cis folly to be wise.”— Tom
Hyman.
' A NtINbOLICITED TESTIMONIAL.
Prom the Democrat, Atlanta, Texcu,
** Being constantly asked by many of my
friends if Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People were doing me any good, I offer this
unsolicited testimonial and answer. Never
having seen a well day since I hud typhoid
fever hist summer, 1 <ould ntain scarcely
any foot’, my limbs and joints ached and
paint'd all the time. Ii was misery t<» me to
rise up in lied anil my mind was clouded, in
fact was a physica’ wreck and I felt that my
life was <lra wing to a close, and I must con
fess it was without regret on my part as my
sufferings were almost unbearable.
“Since I commenced to take Dr. Williams*
Pink Pills, at the solicitation o f my wife, I
have taken four boxes, and 1 feel like a new
man. My appetite is good and I now retain
what I eat, my limbs and joints are free of
pain and 1 have gained ten pounds in weight.
My life feels renewed am! while not yet en
tirely well, I fee) so much better that 1 un
hesiiatingly assert i.’ud I believe Pink Pills
for Pale People a good meilieine for what
they are recommended. Knowing that no
medicine will save life under all circum
stances or in all eases, yet I do honestly be
lieve that they have prolonged mine, or at
least, where all was dark and gloomy and
full of suffering it has been changed for the
better.
“The manufacturers of this medicine de
not know of my taking it. Neither am I
paid for this statement, but give it freely in
answer to friends and the editor of this
paper.”
(Signed.) JOHN BaFGRESS. .Atlanta. Texas.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
27th day of March. 181)6.
R. M. Blay DES, Notary Public.
Regarding the above testimonial of John
Baugress I beg to say that no man stands
higher for honesty and wracity in all this
section than John Bau jprss.
W. 11. AV EIGHT.
Editor and proprietor of the Democrat
Atlanta. Texas.
Dr. AVilliams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple are an unfailing remedy for all dis
eases arising from a poor and watery eonili
tion of the blood, such as pale and sal
low complexion, general muscular weakness,
losa of appetite, depression of spirits, lack of
ambition, anaemia, chlorosis or green sick
ness, palpitation of the heart, shortness of
breath on slight exertion, eoldness of hands
or feet, swelling of th* l feet and limbs, pain
in the back, nervous headache, dizziness,
loss of memory, feebleness of wilk ringing in
the ears, early decay, all forms of ft male
weakness, leucorrhcea, tardy or irngular
periods, suppression of menses, hysteria,
paralysis, locomotor ataxia, rheumatism,
sciatica, all diseases resulting from vitiated
humors in the blood, causing scrofula,
swelled glar.ds. fever sores, rickets, hip-joint
diseases, hunchback, acquired deforn ities,
decayed bones, chronic erysipelas, catarrh,
consumption of the bowels and lung*, and
also for invigorating the blood and system
when broken down nv overwork, worry, dis
eases, excesses and indiscretions of living, re
covery from acute diseases, such as fevers,
etc., loss of vital powers, spermatorrhoea,
early decay, premature old age. Tbev act
directly on the blood, supplying tc the blood
its life-giving qualities 'by assisting it to
absorb oxygen, that great supporter of all
organic life. Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers. or wili be sent post paid on receipt ot
price. 50 cents a Iw.x or six boxes for $2.50,
by addressing Dn Wuliams’Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.