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2 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 ■ih i ' inir • • r ■■ 11 -. v' 1 1' h■ I! 11 I - 111 > 11: orgm trial i >nin \ f ’ 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. the Any publication mentioned in this de partment may be obtained of the American Baptist Publication So ciety. 93 Whitehall St., Atlanta. Ga When prices are named they include postage. The Editors of the Christian Index desire to make this column of service to their readers They will gladly ansver, or have answered, any ques tions regarding books. If you desire books for certain lines of reading, or desire to find out the worth or pub lisher of any book, write to them. 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 Co , New York. $3 00 a year, 25cts. a 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.