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October, 1896. Subject—Mexico.
“Do not forget the three ‘P’e’ in get
ting ready for the Missionary meeting:
Plan, Pray, Prepare.’’
SEED THOUGHT: THE IX4ST.
1. Opening Hymn—“ More love to
thee.’’
2. Prayer for more love for the cause
of mi-siona.
3. Item —“ The priests have shown
special fury against (tod’s Word
the pest yea', aL( j i iave burnt—
sometimes stealing the books to
effect their purpose—large num
bers of Bibles and Testaments.
God have mercy on these blind
leaders of a blind people ! H.
P. McCormick, Morelia, Mexico.
4. Scripture—Matt 18:1-14.
5. Solo “There w«re ninety and
nine ”
6. Map study of Mexico, locating S.
B. C. missions and missionaries.
(See For. Mis. Journal )
7. Ask each one present to select one
of the missionaries with his or
her fled, as special objects of
prayer during the month.
8. Short sketch and picture <.f Miss
Ida Hayes, See Kind Woid.-,
October 11.
9. Leaflet—“ Home Life in Mexico,”
by Mrs, Janie P. Duggan. To be
read in sections by different per
sons*
10, Plan forS. S. Missionary Day, if not
already obseived, and for the
frontier box.
11, Regular business. Colli ction,
12, Hymn—‘Rescue the Perishing.”
Mexico.—" The glory of the Lord
shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it; for the mouth of the I,ord hath
spoken it.” 8 B. C. Mission opened,
1880; missionaries, 19; native assistants,
18; stat ons, 14; churches, 37; member
ship, 1,03.5; baptisms, 177; schools, 3;
scholars, 96; Sunday-school scholars,
414.
Study Tonics, Romanism, the
chief obstacle to evangelization. Sec
ular hindrances: Want of railroads and
other improved means of conveyance
and comrnunicatii n. Elevating influ
ence of the Madero Institute, Saltillo.
Effects of separation of Ctiurch and
State.
WHAT TIDINGS FROM MEXICO 1
BY K«V. 11. L. MORBHOVSB.
Ho, watchman 1 what tidings from Mexico?
I see the gleam of a brighter day,
The loftier peaks with Its light aglow,
While the shadowed valleys are growing
Wit g h gHmmerlng rays through mists be
low;
I see the lingering shadows retire
And the lovers of darkness sullenly go.
The coming of others with a holy desire
To mold from the old a new Mexico.
Ho, watchman ! What further of Mexico?
I hear the noise of a host astir.
The sound of a going whose meanlag we
know,—
A stirring of souls, as the boughs of the fir
Are vibrant when heavenly breezes blow ;
I hear the lament of tyrants who quake
At the doom of their merited overthrow,
And the jubilant tones of heroes who break
The bonds from the old for a new Mexico.
And what of the future of Mexico ?
Our faith responds; It will not be long
Ere we wrest the landfrom the hand of the
foe,
And strongboldsof error erected on wrong
Shall fall like the walls of Jericho;
While the moral deserts of b lerand thorn
Shall bloom as the ruse; and fountains
shall flow;
And a nation refashioned .redeemed, reborn,
Shall unfold frim lheoitla new Mexico.
-HomeMission Monthly.
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Work of Southern Baptists in
Mexico.
SALTILLO.
The work in the field has not moved
rapidly during the year; still there has
been progress.
1 Madero Institute has sixty-two
matriculates up to date. This number
is somewhat behind that of last session,
the decrease being due (1) to an increase
of two dollars a month now charged
for board; (2) to the fact that the State
now has many good s'-hools where girls
are educated free of cost; (3) to the fact
that last September, during a series of
revival services, every Catholic girl in
the school except one made a public pro
fession cf faith in Christ. This fright
ened the families of these girls to such
an extent that they now prefer to send
their girls to the State N jrmal School,
under the charge of an infidel director.
2. Zaragoza Institute, our boys’
school, is still supported by the Virginia
brother who has been standing by us
during the last three years. Only nine
boys are studying with ns this session.
The number could be greatly increased,
were we not so anxious as to quality
rather than quantity. During the month
of July nearly all of our native work
ers will be here to study with us in the
Theological Institute to be held in the
Zaragoza Institute during that month.
GUADAT AJARA.
For the past two years the Sialo and
Guadalajara fields have been combined
in one. These are two centers, in two
large and densely populated States, and
ought, by all means, to have two mis
sionaries, as they cannot be properly
looked after by one man. By the resig
nation cf Bro. Stephenson, and the re
moval to the north of Bro. Samuel Dom
inguez, we are left with only one native
helper. But lam trying to teach the
churches that they must look to the
Lord to raise up laborers from among
their own membership. For years we
have hoped that means would be pro
vided to purchase property in Guadala
jara. All the other denominations own
valuable properties, and we are placed
at a great disadvantage without it.
We still hope and pray that our re
quest may be granted, and are raising
among ourselves what money we can
for that purpose.
What we most need and most pray
for, is the Holy Spirit’s power in the
missionaries and in the churches.
MORELIA.
Churches, 1; outstations, 3; mis
sionariis, male 1, female. 1; baptisms,
20, membership, 68; Sunday school
scholars, 70. , , ,
The work progresses, though largely
of a sort not to be tabulated. A num
ber are awaiting;baptism. Several un
paid brethren are doing good work evan
gelizing. Great numbers of tracts, Gos
pels and Bibles have been sold. The
church has liberally assisted financially
in the extension of the kingdom. At
one point on the field native brethren
have furnished a neat church room, and
are preparing to build a church-house.
A num oer of our brethren have been
tried by the fires of persecution during
the year , ,
While this strengthened the saints
several inquirers turned back to idola
try. The priests have shown special
fury against God’s Word during the
year, and have burnt—sometimes steal
ing the books to effect their purpose
large numbers of Bibles and New Tes
taments. God have mercy on these
blind leaders of a blind people.
DOCTOR ARROYO.
On this field there are two organized
ch irches—Doctor Arroyo and Galeana.
In Dr. Arroyo Jwe have 26 members.
Have baptized 2 and excluded I during
the past year. Our Sunday-school av
erages 32. We have a primary girls’
school, which averages about 16, and is
doing excellent work This school is of
no expense to the Board. Oar congre
gations are quite regular, but seldom
exceed 58 or 60 persons indoors.
In Galeana we are trying to reor
ganize the church, leaving out some of
the unconverted material. There are
ten members who offer to go into the
new organization. One has been bap
tized there daring the year.
ORIZABA.
During the year there were 4 bap
tisms. We have now 20 members; 6 of
these live outside of our country. We
have opened a regular preaching sta
tion at Tenango, using a house rented
by a believer, temporarily. The church
has raised (35 40 for all purposes Con
tributions to Foreign Missions (10; to
home expenses and improvements, (25.-
40. The collections are on the increase.
Thousand of tracts have been dis
tributed and visits made and preaching
done, from house to house, in Orizaba,
Tenango, Nogales, San Juan del Rio,
Hnatusco Cordoba, Vera Ciuz, Alva
rado, Tlacotalpam, and Maltrata.
Mexico.
“Thou Italy of the Occident-
Glorious, gory Mexico. ”
—Joaquin Miller.
QUOTATIONS FROM A GUIDE BOOK.
Mexico is distant only one week from
New York Mexico is 2,000 miles long,
with an average width of 400 miles.
Every climate in the world may be ex
perienced between the seashore at Vera
Cruz and the capital.
“The shape of Mtxicois that of a cor
nucopia turned the wrong way." An
other perhaps as truthfully says; “The
cornucopia is by no means turned the
wrong way; the big end is toward the
United States, and there is naught for
us to do but to pour out its treasures of
climate, scenic beauty, antiquity, le
gends, and commercial wealth for our
delectation and to the prosperity of its
people and ours.”
Mexico possesses a curious physical for
mation. A succession of terraces rising
rapidly from the low, sandy coasts on
the east and west culminate in a vast
table-land, covering nearly three-fourths
of its area, and having an elevation va
rying from 4,000 to 8 000 feet above the
sea. High above this plateau tower the
snow-capped crests of several volcanoes,
ten of which are over 12,000 feet high,
while over all stand as sentinels the two
lofty peaks of Orizaba and Popocata
petl (over 17.000 feet in height).
Mexico is literally “a dry and thirsty
land." Most of the streams are little
more than mountain torrents rushing
from terrace to terrace seaward; and in
the northern and central States the cul
ti vat ion of the soil depends largely upon
irrigation.
Land of Flowers —Mexico has
justly been named the ‘ Land of Flow
ers,” the most striking characteristic
being their deep, rich color; and the
marvelous size of the callalilies (which
grow wild by the roadside in many
parts of Mexico), heliotropes, camelias,
and poppies attain arrests wondering
attention. All these, with roses, im
mense pansies, and many other flowers,
may be purchased every day in the year
flora mere trifle 'Th ' flo-.vere deck
the edges of we magnificent reser
voirs in and rv«‘uuu .he cities, and the
very habits and character of the people
seem to be influenced by the abundance
of flowers scattered everywhere over
their fair land.
The People of Mexico —Of the
people themselves—what shall be said of
them? I don’t mean those who wear the
Parisian bonnet and have their gowns
designed by Worth instead of the lace
mantilla, or the silken tile instead of the
silvered sombrero; but the oldest inhab
itants, those of the ancient Spanish
dress, and the humbler sort, who might
trace their lineage to the great Aztec
and Toltec times.
‘ The courtesy and gentle manners of
this grave, dark people, their sandaled
feet, white garments and bright wrap
pings as one meets them on the street;
the low, flat roofed houses, with their
over-banging balconies, their arched
ways and courts, their many fountains
where the maidens gather to fill their
water jara, all speak of the East. The
marvellous resemblance between this
tropical world and the Orient is a con
stantly new surprise. For the outer
world there is the blank wall, the grated
window, the bolted door; inside, for the
household, the sunny court yard gay with
fountains and flowers, the large open
arches throwing grateful shadows over
vast, cool rooms, the cordial family life
with its treasures hidden from the prying
eyes of the multitude Street criers
calling their wares, fruit-sellers with
great trays of luscious, unknown sweet
ness upon their heads, water carriers
with earthen jars slung across the backs
of shaggy donkeys, the strange, soft,
liquid tones of a foreign language—it is
all near our own land and our own peo
pie? Is it not Damascus, or Syria,or Con
stantinople, with the muezzin ready to
call to prayer from the gallery of the
mosque, and the wandering vendors cry
ing through the narrow lanes, ‘First
blush of the hillsides, oh, strawber
ries?’”
The Cities —How like this all is to
pictures of Oriental towns! Every
body remarks the likeness to cities of
Palestine.
A recent writer says: “One is more
interested in character sketches than in
landscapes, because one cannot locate
the landscape except by the title, and a
picture of a pyramid of Egypt might
have a title locating it in Mexico, and
even the man who has been there and
knows all about it can’t identify it; the
fact is, a picture of Jerusalem has been
printed along with that of a Mexican
city, without placing any titles, and the
reader asked to guess which is which.’
and nine times out of ten Jerusalem’s
portrait was assigned to Mexico,
The Streets —The streets present
to day a view of every-day life as the ma
jority of the people of Mexico have it,
very much as they have looked for the
past three hundred years—the men
dretsed in white coarse cotton, wearing
the broad brim, sugar loaf sombrero of
straw, and wrapped even in summer in
a shawl, called a zarape: the women
dressed in all the colors of the rainbow,
and partiv wrapped up in a dark colored
scarf or shawl, called a reboso. From
the border to the coast the costume of
the natives is the same. Nearly all of
them, women as well as men, are bare
foot or have only sandals on their feet.
The women of the better class wear a
black garment of the same scarf kind,
called a topalo-, and the lady of high de
gree one made of fine wool or lace, called
the mantilla.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24.1886.
yeuttg yeapte’a
department.
Taking up the Work.
We presume that many Unions
are just now bemoaning the re
moval of some leading spirit.
Men who are worth a great deal
do go away many times. Their
very efficiency helps to. take them
up higher. Our brightest go
away to school and our best go
to be preachers or something of
that kind. We desire to urge the
readers of the Index to fill every
such vacant place by getting into it
themselves. Os course if it is an
elective position.you can’t occupy
it unasked. In every other
sphere of work you can, how
ever, make a try at it. We be
lieve thoroughly in the spirit of
putting ourselves to work. We
cannot afford to stand around and
wait. We must have consecrated
confidence in ourselves, and let it
approach to cheek. The Lord’s
work waits because people hang
around waiting to be asked
to do it. It needs people
who set themselves to work
before being asked. David
volunteered and they thought
him a little too bold, but he saved
Israel and did God’s will. We
must volunteer the same way. So
wherever there is a vacancy let
us take hold of it for ourselves.
Dividing Up.
It is very essential that we di
vide labors in our church work
It is not wise for one to do all
the work, any more than it is
fair. Some are so ready and so
efficient that they naturally ab
sorb all the work to be done
Now others may be less efficient,
but if they are not so much so as
to imperil our work, they ought
to be used. We must never sac
rifice our work to the cause of
an individual We can often take
risk-, however, and find that our
work gets along better than we
thought it would. Every divi
sion of work means an increase of
interest, of thought and of
prayer. The more minds that
are thinking and planning the
better. One supplements the
other. Wise men learn to desire
helpers that they may see more
broadly than their own powers
admit. So if it becomes necc ssa
ry to give some one extra work,
relieve him if possible of some
o .her work and give i) to an
other. Let us distribute our
burdens as well as our honors
and all learn to share them. Let
us look around and see wl o < a i
be relieved and who can relieve
him.
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Musical Programs.
It is not unusual for Unions to
desire to attract by having spec
ial musical programs. This is
notin itself out of place, if it will
stay in its place. We have seen
special music used to great ad
vantage and we have also seen
it get the best of the religious
part of the exercises and com
pletely overtop it This is
always wrong. Anything that
brings members to the Union at
the expense of its vital piety is
hurtful. Spiritual life is worth
more than a crowd. You cannot
get along without the one, you
can without the other. It will
be well, therefore, to make ar
rangements to strengthen the
devotional part of your exercises
whenever you plan for features
less distinctly religious.
The Baptist Union Topic—Sept. 27
The Grace of Giving—2 Cor. 9:5 8
Giving is called by Paul a
grace. It is as much so as the
grace of humility or any other
adornment of the Christian char
acter. It will be well for us if
we can get giving into our hearts
and heads as one of the accompa
niments of a full Christian life.
It is more than duty, it is a priv
ilege. It is beyond our mere
caprice, it is a necessity.
One of the characteristics of
giving as a grace is purpose.
Our gifts must be the outcome o'
purposes in our hearts. It is in
this way that we avoid grudging
or necessitous giving. When
purpose influences, these tra
avoided. The foundat’o uof sys
tematic giving is purpose rather
than caprice. Special appeals
lose their force. Giving from
excited sympathy is very trans
itory. Only when our gifts get
deep down in an abiding purpose
is our giving sure.
Another characteristic is
thought and system. Paul urges
that they get ready for his com
ing and have the sum all made
up. This implies an orderly car
rying out of the purpose they
had. Systematic giving may us
usally be summed up as thought
ful giving. Any system may be
followed, the main thing being
that we give proper thought to
our giving.
Another characteristic is cheer
fulness. It is such a giver the
Lord loves. It is as a matter of
bounty that the gifts are made.
When'we do give from motives
such as these, our giving will be
cheerful. If we can understand
the need of our gifts and realize
our stewardship and responsibil
ity, we will be cheerful even when
the giving costs something. It
is because of a <greater love for
our own pleasures that we be
grudge God his portion. Once
thoroughly convinced of God’s
right to our gifts and imbued
with love for the cause they pro
mote, we will be cheerful.
The last characteristic in this
passage is faith. He that sows
sparingly shall reap sparingly.
God is able to make every grace
to abound toward us. We do not
necessarily look for a return in
exact kind, but have a firm faith
that in any needed way we shall
be blessed of God. Our lack
shall not be felt. God will sup
ply all our needs. We may have
more money than we have friends.
God may accept our money and
give us friends. As we give we
give to one who can make grace
to abound to us ill every way.
The Young Feople’s Leader Topic-
Sept 27.— The Whole of Man.
Eccl. 12:13.
We come with this to the last
of our series of great and famil
iar texts. This is one of the
greatest in the literature of Sol
omon. It is the product of a life
of rare advantages and full facil
i ies for using these advantages.
It is the final summing up after
all has been tried. Let us glance
at some of the things experiment
ed with.
He had found pleasure not to
be enough to satisfy man. This
had been duly tried and the ver
dict rendered that it was but
vanity of vanities; nor had busi
ness been enough; that had been
also tried. As a man of affairs
he had failed to find satisfaction.
Wisdom had brought the oft re
peated verdict, “vanity of vani
ties.” After this a sort of com
promise, a golden mean was
tried. A little of each exercised
with care and patience. This,
however, still ended in “vanity
of vanities, all is vanity.” The
search does not end until it reach
es a life surrendered to the fear
of God and a keeping of his com
mandments.
The verse says “this is the
whole of man.” The King James
version inserts the word duty,
but the Revised Version leaves
it out. The whole of man or his
completeness is formed when he
fears God and keeps his com
mandment.
The ques ion for us becomes
this: Will we accept the advice
of the wise man, or insist on
making a trial for ourselves?
The Bible comes to us with its
gathered stores of wisdom, to
hold us back for wasting our
lives in searching for vain delu
sions easily avoided. We desire
to get life’s best. If we fear
God and keep I i« commandment
we shall reach oiir completion
All other things will take shape
about that. Pleasure, business,
wisdom, will each find a place that
does not lead tc vanity of vani
ties. When coupled with the
fear of God and obedience these
are a part of man’s blessing. It
was before he came to that atti
tude to God that Solomon dab
bled with these other things.
So then the end of all is to fear
God and, because of this, to keep
his commandment It may be
the fear of the sinner, or the fear,
or awe, of the saint. In either
case it leads to humble recogni
tion of God’s reality in our daily
life. That coupled with obedi
ence will lead us to our destiny.
©he grundajj gtchtful
SOLOMON ANOINTED KING.
Lesson for Sunday, Oct. 4, 1896.
Scripture Lesson.—l Kings
1: 28-39.
David Grotving Old.— There is
a peculiarly sad and painful ex
perience in the feeling as it first
comes to one that he is growing
old. When strength gives place
to habitual weakness, when the
recuperative powers fail, when
one seeks for some fountain from
which to renew youth and finds
the search all vain, when it is
seen that nothing remains but to
prepare for departure, it is with
sad regrets that one turns to ac
cept the full situation. King
David on nearing the end turned
lingering, longing looks behind.
He sought for means to restore
lost energies, but to no avail.
This universal clinging to the
life that now is shows how dim
is our apprehension of the bright
er things of the better world.
How strangely we grasp after
fleeting shadows and vain delu
sions. as we fail by faith to lay
hold of the substantial and eter
nal glories of our I’ ather s home.
Few of us ascend with Paul to
faith’s high mount where we can
with him “ desire to depart and
be with Christ, which is far bet
ter.”
Adonijah's Ambition. —Solomon
was non to come to the throne
without having his claims dis
puted. He has a bold rival in his
brother Adonijah. Adonijah had
become possessed of the favor of
certain prominent ones, as Joab
and Abiathar the priest, whether
through some natural gifts and
graces, or whether through art
ful schemes and tricks like Absa
lorn’s, we ai e not clearly shown.
He appealed only to them of
whose favor he was sure, and had
them to go through the forms of
putting him forth as king. He
sought not King David’s counsel,
nor in any wise the direction of
the Lord.
They do show their own blind
ness who force themselves into
places of honor or prominence
without the Lord’s guidance
and contrary to his plan and
purpose. What do all Adon
ijah’s ambitious schemes amount
to but the increasing of his
sorrows and his shame? The
highest post of honor for any
man is for him to fill the
Slace appointed him of the Lord.
’e who faitnfully sweeps streets
or cleans boots according to the
will of the Lord, has more true
honor than he who sits upon a
throne of his own ambition.
Bathsheba's Thoughtful Remind
er. — Was David about to forget
to prepare before bis departure
for the succession of the throne?
He was much occupied with his
own infirmities and likely to for
get some important matters. The
love of Bathsheba for her son Sol
omon and her desire for his pro
motion made her keenly thought
ful of the situation. There was
no dishonorable scheming here
such as Rebekah and Jacob re
sorted to for obtaining the bless
ing. David was really in need
of a reminder, for his strength
was fast failing and Adonijah’s
plans were maturing.
Few virtues are comparable to
that of a worthy woman by which
she sees intuitively important
situationsDand emergencies, and
by thoughtful kindness turns
them to good account. The love
of Miriam fcr her baby brother,
Moses, prompted her to stand at
just the safe distance, to advance
at just the right moment, and to
say just the proper thing to Pha
roh’s daughter,and as would make
that day’s experiences a turning
point in the world’s history.
David's Assent. — David needed
no persuasion to cause Solomon
to be established upon the throne.
A reminder was enough. By his
own oath he was committed to it.
By the mercies of God that had
redeemed him out of all distress
he was impelled to keep his oath.
The promotion of Solomon was
the course the Lord had indicat
ed. What else could David say
than he did say—“ Even so will I
certainly do ttis day.”
Solomon Anointed.— Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet
and other faithful servants stand
ready to do the king’s bidding.
Solomon was to receive every
recogniti m due to his new station.
He was to ride upon David’s
mule —the beast of royalty. He
was to be heralded with the bio v
ing of trumpets, and saluted by
the shouts and acclamations of
the people. He was to be anoint
ed by the priest from an horn of
oil out of the tabernacle. Thus
Solomon came to the throne with
the favor of God and of men rest
ing upon him. So striking were
the manifestations of this that
the hearts of Adonijah and his
followers utterly failed them for
fear.
Our Anointing.—We may not
nit upon thrones like Solomon’s.
Yet the way of great honor and
blessing is open to all from God.
The least place in the kingdom
of heaven is above the world’s
principalities. Our honor is in
doing faithfully the service ap
pointed to us of the Lord.
For even the smallest service
we need the Lord’s anointing.
Only by the guidance and help of
the Holy Spirit can we do any
thing that will be acceptable to
God Every thought needs to
be guided. Every affection needs
to be chastened and purified.
Every purpose needs to be exalt
ed and made steadfast. If we do
but serve in faithfulness in our
humble spheres we shall in the
life to come have crowns of re
joicing and of glory.
Light of the Home. —The most
beautiful structure on earth was
erected in honor of a woman.
Twenty thousand men for twenty
years wrought constantly. No
marble was too white, no carvirg
too delicate, no jewels too precious
for this exquisite shrine for the ws -
man so greatly beloved by the Em
peror Shah Jehan. Yet what do
we know of Noor Mahal, the wife
of this devoted Oriental? Little,
save that she was beloved. All
down the ages this halo envelops
her like the veil of divinity. Was
she physically beautiful? Proba
bly. Was the wise? N< t greatly
above the women of her time. Was
she felt in the political interest of
her country? To a certain extent
that must have been true, for the
currency was issued in her name.
But the one thing that we can with
safety say is that she was lovable.
It is nearly three hundred years
since the body of this little India
wc man fell to dust and ashes, and
was laid away in the shadow ofthat
glorious tomb. Yet, because love
is immortal, she still lives; and
across the lapse of time and from
beyond continents and seas we feel
the gracious influence of the loving
queen whose body sleeps beneath
the beautiful canopy of lace turned
into stone.
The ideal of womanhood in its
eseer ce has not changed in all these
years. We may desire additional
graces, more learning, a wider
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Missouri st Uuu ]jy us j n or National Lead Co.’s Pure White
southern Lead Tinting Colors, prepared expressly for
JOHN T. LEWIS * BROS CO this pUTpOSC.
Philadelphia. * * , , , . , . ... ,
MORLEY Pamphlet giving valuable information and card showing samples
Cleveland. of colors free , also cards showing pictures of twelve houses of different
SALEM designs painted in various styles or combinations of shades forwarded
CORNELL Wah ‘'"‘ ••** upo |j application to those intending to paint.
Kentucky I ' u " n ' NATIONAL LEAD CO.,
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COAL! COAL!! The Best on Earth.
THE VIRGINIA & ALABAMA COAL CO.
Miners and shippers of best domestic and steam coals at lowest prices. From our Atlanta yard
we deliver best coal, correct weights and give prompt attention. Send in your orders.
<7. W. WILLS. Manager.
PHONE 356.
It Is Pre-en)ii)<i)t io Tbe Everett Is the only
Artistic foot Quality.
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If not for sale by your S VJIfW Guitar and Mandollr, or
local dealers write us for Harp are produced at will
Catalogue and Prices. of performs..
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Augusta, Ga.., 1889 and 1891
Received BiOest Awarfl j aa
_ Montgomery, Ala., 1889.
l ATLANTA. 1895.
And numerous other Fairs and Expositions.
The Plectrophone is a simple deviee, cannot get out of order and
actually preserves the hammer felts and adds to durability of the Piano.
THE JOHN CHURCH CO.,
CINCINNATI, or CHICAGO
Atlanta Office-99 PEACHTREE STREET.
OLDEST MUSIC HOUSE TINT ATLAIVTA..
FREYER & BRADLEY MUSIC CO.
W. W. CROCKER, Manager.
HAVE REMOVED TO 80 WHITEHALL ST.
-ZSLtlzxntix. Georgia.
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sphere of service, a broader recog
nition of the influence of women;
but none of these lessen the vision
of the perfect being whose crown
ing gift shall be her perfect woman
liness.
So, when we judge the character
of any woman, we are not satisfied
with brilliancy of intellect, quick
ness of wit, skill in a profession,
power as an orator, strength as a
leader. It is not enough that she
shall be even a wise mo*her, a de
voted wife, and faithful friend, un
less permeating all these, diffused
like a celestial atmosphere, is the
spirit of love. — Christian Register.
CHURCH ORGAN FOR SALE.
Our Make. Cost $2,100. Price, 51,200.
Hook & Hastings Co., Boston.
S2OO 00 IN GOLD GIVEN
The International News and Book Co.,
Baltimore, Md , ma ces most liberal offer of
52J0.00 to anyone selling 200 copies of their
books ■ Chilo’s Story of Jesus ” or " Rellg
lous Jewels,” by Spurgeon The greatest
selling booss out A gold watch Is given In
addition to commission for selling «0 copies
In 30 dai s. One agent sold 75111 2 weeks, an
other 40 copies In 5 days Complete SI.OO
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cents. Freight paid, credit given; other
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immediately. SseplOt
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THE IDEAL LAWN FENCE.
We also manufacture many other de
signs in Wire, Wrought Iron and Steel
Picket, for Lawns, Parks, Farms, Cem
eteries and Grave Lots. The cheapest
and best. Slate your wants and let us
quote you prices. Catalogue free. We
pay the fteight. Mention this paper.
CATE CITY FENCE WORKS
Atlanta, Georgia
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I Steel Alloy Church & School Bells. w-Send for
Catalogue. Tlw C. S. BELL iO., Hillsboro,O.
THE LARGEST ESTABLISHMENT MANUFACTURING
CHURCH BELLS«
PUREST BELL METAL (COPPER AND TIN).
Send for Price and Catalogue.
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