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A Life Plan in Giving
Concerning the late William E.
Dodge, than whom America has pro
duced few, if any, more liberal givers
to good causes. Dr. Pierson says, in
the Missionary Review:
‘‘The central secret of his large and
versatile benevolence is to be found,
however, in his deliberate life plan.
As his main purpose was not io be
rich, but to be useful, his wealth was
regarded as an avenue to service. The
hour when ne began to have an in
come was the hour when he began to
actively distribute, and this is with
every true giver the basis of a habit
of giving. Nothing is more illusive
than the dream of-benevolence after
accumulation. Habit is ironclad for
its fixedness, and habits of avaricious
hoarding are practically immutable.
He who defers his giving till he has
done his hoarding, finds his wealth
locked up in vaults of which a tyran
nical and heartless selfishness holds
the key. Such a man has already
learned to get and keep, and to re
concile his mind, heart, and con
science to a course that is distinctly
unscripfttral and in a high sense im
moral: and that lesson not one man in
a million ever unlearns. No vice is
more common, more hopeless, more
incorigible, than the vice of greed,
and none hide under more respecta
ble guises. William E. Dodge escaped
a life-blunder and crime by begin
ning to give when he began to get.
He became a regular contributor to
all great leading forms of beneficence,
and an occasional contributor to
many others as they commended
themselves to his judgment, and as
his ability was equal to the opportu
nity.”
There is a world of sense and truth
in this, 'rhe old adage "it is hard to
teach an old dog new tricks” holds
true in regard to those habits which
men form in the matter of giving or
not giving to benevolent objects. How
important then that we train our
young people, while they are young,
to give to the Ix>rd a part of what
ever they earn or receive by gift.
“"Benevolence after accumulation” is a
rare virtue, and few large givers are
developed by following that principle.
Sometimes the charge is made
against our missionaries that in their
eagerness for numbers they take into
the churches people who are not con
verted. and who come in only for what
“"there is in it” of money, etc. From
all of our reading of missionary let
ters and reports we have been led to
just the opposite opinion. We think
the missionaries are, as a rule, very
careful in receiving members, and
their'examinations of candidates are
very searching. The candidates are
tested in every possible way to dis
cover their motives. We gave one in
stance, taken from a missionary let
ter:
A rejected applicant perhaps is
worthy of remark. She has been a
regular attendant at preaching and
prayer-meeting for above two years,
and sh answered every question that
was asked on examination, both doc
trinal >nd personal to herself, most
satisfactorily; but on being asked
wheth ir she had any fellowship with
the worship of ancestors, she replied
that she had not. but that her grand
son was owing her S7O borrowed
money, and that he would not pay her
except on condition that she would
prepare food and spread on the table
for their deceased ancestors, at the
regular times for that service accord
ing to Chinese custom, and he would
pay her $7 a year until the S7O was
paid; and she alleged that She had
agreed to do this, not that she fellow
shiped ancestral worship, but to re
cover her money. When asked
whether she deliberately intended to
deceive her grandson in order to re
cover her money, she replied that she
did, and that it was wrong. Though
She sincerely declared her intention to
put the whole matter from her, she
was told that we could only accent
those who had put away all unrighte
ousness. We were glad of the oppor
tunity to sharply signalize the differ
ence between those who had put away
unrighteousness and those who were
going to put it away, as a number of
unbaptized adherents were present to
hear the examinations. —Baptist Mis
sionary Magazine.
Do They Really Believe It ?
A young Brahman put this question
to the Rev. E. Lewis, of Bellany:
"Do the Christian people of England
really believe that it would be a good
thing for the people of India to be
come Christians?” “Why, yes. to be
sure they do,” he replied. “What I
mean is this,” continued the Brah
man. "do they in their hearts believe
that the Hindoos would be better and
happier if they were converted to
Christianity?” “Certainly they do,”
said Mr. Lewis. “Why, then, do they
act in such a sitrange way? Why do
they send so few to preach their re
ligion? When there are vacancies in
the civil service there are numerous
applicants at once; when there is a
military expedition a hundred officers
volunteer for it; in commercial en
terprises, also, you are full of activity,
and always have a strong staff. But
it is different with your religion. I
gee the missionary with his wife here,
and one hundred and fifty miles away
is another, and one hundred miles in
another direction is a third. How
can the Christians of England expect
to convert the people of India from
their hoary faith, with so little effort
on their part.”
Mr. Henry M. Stanley writes of the
missionaries of Central Africa: "I
was the only white man during 1876
in Equatorial Africa, but in 1877 the
first missionaries landed on the east
coast in response to an appeal that
I had written in 1875 from Uganda.
During the years from 1879 to 1884
missionaries followed closely in my
tracks up the Congo, and as hun
dred influences were in the course of
a few years enlisted in the cause of
Africa. Nyassaland and the Eastern
and Southern part of Central Africa
began to be studded with Christian
missions, and missionaries have con
tinued to enter Africa ever since, un
til now there must be about three
hundred of them, and the number is
still increasing. They are not all
reputed to to first-class men, but it is
wonderful what earnestness and per
severance will do. We have only to
think of Ugnn>.a with its two hundred
churches and cathedral, and its fifty
thousand native Christians, and to
read the latest official reports from
Nyassaland, and glance at the latest
map of Africa, to be convinced of the
zeal, devotion, and industry of the
missionaries.”
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“ loh Wanp,” or China's Medicine
God.
UY .1 H. MCCARTNEY, M.D.
"toll Wang" is the name of the pe
culiar god who is supposed to look
after the wants of China's medical
men. and to give them power in the
healing of disease.
The degree in which this god is rev
erenced varies in different parts of
China. The day on which he is spe
cially worshiped is held as a great
holiday for physicians all over China.
A physician living here is, supposed
to have become a spirit some time
between A.D. 621 and G 24. and took
possession of this god on the twenty
eighth day of the fourth moon.
This physician, Wang, did not make
a success in the practice of medicine,
and in consequence he moved to an
out-of-the-way place on a mountain,
among poor people. Here he followed
his profession, but on account of his
lack of popularity he charged less
than other physicians. It is said that
one day a little toy whose mother
.was a constant sufferer from dyspep
sia called upon him. seeking aid for
his mother’s ailments.
It happened that sawyers were saw
ing “Shang Mo,” a kind of scented
wood, near the doctor’s door. Not
knowing what to prescribe, he wrap
ped up a quantity of the sawdust, and
giving it to the boy, bade him make
a decoction from it and give it to his
mother. The toy did so, and the
woman was cured. In gratitude the
son brought as a present two chickens
and a doe of rice and presented them
to the doctor.
. From that time it has been the cus
tom in China for patients who have
been healed during the year to make
presents to their doctor on this day.
These presents vary, as their value
depends upon the wealth of the pa
tients. They consist of fowls, sweet
meats, silver, etc. At this time also
they present their physician with a
Tsao-pi, or gilded sign, which tells
of his wonderful wisdom and power
in healing. These boards are hung
at the physician’s outer door, and
serve as an advertisement to all pass
ers-by. A physician’s success is .al
ways measured by the number of
Tsao-pis he has, hanging at his outer
gate (although it is said they some
times make their own Tsao-pis).
, On this day the physician, according
to his means, gives a greater or
smaller feast to his friends and goes
to the nearest loh Wang temple to
,pay his respects to old Wang in the
burning of candles and incense. Also,
those who have disease go there and
pray to be healed, and those who
have been cured go to give thanks.
In some places it is said the patient
goes kneeling and striking his head
on the ground at every step, all the
way from his home.
In the temple the idol is represented
as holding with both hands over his
head a snake and sitting on the back
of a tiger. The snake is supposed to
have been cured of eye disease by
Wang while he resided upon the
mountain, and ever after remained his
fast friend. The tiger, it is said, was
found by Dr. Wang choking to death
from a man Which he had eaten, but
whom he could not swallow. Wang
pried the tiger's jaws open and kept
them apart with a stick until the tiger
finally swallowed the man, and was
relieved. This tiger proved a life-long
friend of Wang.
This history of the origin of one
of China’s most popular gods goes to
show how deeply the people are buried
in superstitlton and deceived by the
powers which the idols are supposed
to possess. Chinese physicians (Chris
tians excepted) have one of these idols
in their homes, to which they daily
pay their respects.
The Measuring Rod.
Let us measure our duty in giving.
What shall be the measuring rod?
1. Your capacity. "She hath done
what she could.”
2. Your opportunity. “As ye have
opportunity do good unto all men.”
• 3. Your convictions. “That servant
which knew his Lord’s will and pre
pared not himself, neither did accord
ing to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.”
4. The necessities of others. “If a
brother or a sister be naked, or desti
tute of daily food,” etc.
5. ’The providence of God. “Let
every man lay by him in store as God
hath prospered him.”
6. Symmetry of character. “Abound
in this grace also.”
7. Your own happiness. “It is more
blessed to give than to receive.”
8. God’s glory. “Honor God with
your substance.” —Watchman.
The sordid, selftsn, money-getting
character of the papal priests in their
dealings with their poverty-stricken
parishioners is shown by the fact that
the Archbishop of Santiago, Chili, re
cently inserted an advertisement in
the papers stating that because of the
bad state of public finance it would
be needful to raise the whole scale of
church rates. Prices for masses and
for funerals and for baptisms, and for
the whole list of stock in trade, would
be advanced 50 per cent. Indulgences
cost double now. “Bulas” or “Bulls”
granting permission to eat meals cost
double. Masses have gone up. It
costs more now to get through tickets
to heaven than before. Indeed, the
through i.cke’ts have not been issued;
only half way and stop-overs can be
obtained. Like immigrants in Ameri
ca who send for their friends and
bring them over with the first money
earned in the new land, so, reversing
the process, those Who go on before
with half-way stop-over tickets pa
tiently wait for the investments of
their friends on this side, which will
secure from the church orders to have
the spiritual freight duly forwarded.
All this, however, costs double now,
because of the depression in the
money market. The appearance of
this unique advertisement caused a
good deal of comment, and the liberal
press took occasion to say several
hard things about such traffic in spir
itual things.—Missionary Review.
'**-
A very little missionary girl, say
ing her prayers at her mother’s knee,
exclaimed: “God bless those poor
heathen that worship idols! These
idols can’t hear, and they can’t see.
and they can’t talk, and they can’t
even wiggle about.”
V. E. Orr, Atlanta, supplies teachers
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THE CHRISTIAN INDEX’ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10 IHWI.
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Prayer Meeting Topics
December 13. —The Believer’s Ulti
mate Triumph.
December 20.—The Final Corona
tion. Rev. 3:14-21.
December 27. —State Missions,
V.to
Wha' is Being Done
We presume very many are inter
ested in the work being done by the
newly organized Southern Union, It
will be remembered that the head
quarters of this union is at Birming
ham. It required some time to select
the man who should direct our work
as secretary. At last Rev. J. D. Jor
dan. of Little Rock, Ark., was chosen.
He has proven himself admirably
adapted to the work and has won good
opinions on all hands. His time has
been occupied in visiting conventions,
both the regular State meetings and
special conventions for young people.
He has thus come in contact with the
brethren in various States, and greatly
unified the work and workers. He
has also been gradually getting a
view of the field sufficiently clear to
enable him to formulate a policy. We
may expect to hear from him soon.
Instead of publishing a regular paper,
the union expects to publish a month
ly hand-book giving topics, studies,
hints, etc. Efforts will also be made
to secure contributions from the
unions to all missionary causes. It is
also proposed to urge the State papers
to maintain young people's depart
ments and then to urge these papers
on the unions. The plans so far out
lined seem to us very wise, and they
look to a most conservative but ef
fective direction of our young people’s
work. The question now is simply
that of finances from now until May.
The Chattanooga meeting took no
positive measures as to raising money
while ordering it spent. After the
Wilmington meeting no trouble is an
ticipated. The Work is very econom
ically conducted.
The Southern Union Topic —Dec. 13
The Ultimate Triumph of the Be
liever. —Roms. 8:28 39.
We do not find any passage given
in the topic card, and so we use for
it the one above indicated. It may
serve to illustrate the best triumph
the Christian is to have, namely, that
of being redeemed and saved eter
nally.
We are told that we may be sure all
things work together toward this
triumph. “We know that all things
work together for good.” This is spe
cifically qualified by stating tthait it is
to those who love God. Tills love of
God is an indication that we are called
of God, and this according to his pur
pose. When once assured of this, we
can look with confidence on the final
end, our being conformed to the im
age' of God’s Son. We have here,
therefore, the theological basis of our
ultimate triumph. If we love God,
we may be sure of our calling; if call
ed, we may be sure of being glorified.
Then follows the famous passage in
Which Paul arrays all the opposing
elements against the Christian’s final
triumph. These are all grouped and
over against them is put the love of
Christ for us with the conquering
power he displays. Nothing can sep
arate us from Christ's love. This
gives us the two sides. In the one
is our experience of grace, giving us
the assurance of God’s power and
purpose back of us. 'I he other is the
promise that nothing shall separate us
from this condition.
From this we may learn several les
sons. One is that the final triumph
of the believer is to be wrought by
God. It is his purpose and his calling,
and his love in Christ that assures us
of our final and complete triumph.
Our victory does not depend on our
own strength, but in Christ’s strength.
Not our hold, but his hold. Not our
power, but his power. Surely this
must give us great consolation.
Another lesson is that we need onlv
keep our hearts right to be assured
of victory. Os course to keen our
hearts right we must do right. The
dangers from without are all included
in the list over which we are con
querors and more than conquerors in
Christ. An examination of this list,
however, will show that the inside
temptations are noticeably absent.
Not that Christ does not help us with
these, for he does, but that we must
here have something to do our
selves. God’s purpose moves on all
without. If we keep our hearts pure,
out from them shall flow tue issues of
life.
A last lesson is that we must make
our calling and election sure. Peter
tells us we can do this by utilizing
God’s promises and adding to our faith
the long list of graces given in the
first chapter of his second epistle.
We have here another. We must keep
our hearts warm with love for God.
We must have a religion of present
experience. This is one of our best
indications that we are called to God.
The best is that we have accepted
God’s promised salvation and rest on
his word. A personal experience of
acceptance is needed to complete our
assurance.
How an Invitation to Church from a
Young: Disciple Led to a
Conversion.
Among the congregation at the
Church of the Strangers in New York
a few Sundays ago, was a young lady
apparently about eighteen years old,
wno paid close attention to the ser
vice. For some unknown cause which
a preacher is often conscious of, but
cannot explain, Dr. Asa Blackburn,
the earnest young pastor of the
church, felt that this one hearer
among the hundreds before him, was
waiting for some special message. On
the following Sunday she was in the
church again and listening with just
as much avidity. Again Dr. Black
burn preached the plain, simple Gos
pel. He announced that he would be
in his vestry on a certain day to meet
any who might wish to converse
with him about their souls!
One of the first visitors who came
was the girl he had noticed in church,
ton, sir,” she said, “I do want to be a
Christian.” Dr. Blackburn talked
with her, and found that she had been
reading the New Testament, and
the Holy Spirit had applied the truth
to her heart. But her father and
brother were agnostics, and they were
irritated by the girl’s distress. They
had done their utmost to oppose her.
One day they found her on her knees
and lifted her to her feet and assailed
her with scorn and ridicule. They
wanted her to go to the theater, to
go into society, anywhere to cheer her
and "drive away superstitions ideas."
But she would not yield. "I want to
become a Christian, sir," she said,
“and I won't you to help me." No
words sweeter than those over fell on
the true pastor's ear. Dr. Blackburn
talked with her awnile, lolling her
how gladly Jesus received sin h seek
ers. and how pleased ho was when
souls for whom he died were anxious
to have the eternal life ho won for
them. Then kneeling down with the
seeker, he presented her ease to the
Lord and thanked him for the assur
ances he had given of receiving just
such souls. Joy and pear ■ wore in
her face when they rose. “Do you be
lieve Christ is able to save you and
keep you true to him?” the ministet
asked. “I do,” said the girl, solemn
ly. “Then he will,” said the minister.
When she was received into the
church recently, she was one of the
happiest of the converts, and she said
that her father and her brother hail
ceased to persecute her.
An interesting fact about her con
version came out in conversation with
Dr. Blackburn subsequently. She said
that, her first visit to the church was
due to the invitation of a poor girl
Whom she casually met. This chance
acquaintance had herself only recently
been converted, and her first timid ef
fort to do something for Christ was
to approach this young lady and tell
her how happy she was and beg her to
come to church. The invitation was
accented, with the result nbove nar
rated. —The Christian Herald.
How to Study.
A Christian Culture class requires
study on the part of its members.
Some of them do not know how to
study. They have never acquired tlhe
power of concentrating thought on a
subject, of analyzing it and consider
ing the relations of its parts, until
they begin to see new points that had
never been apparent before. For
such pupils the leader must plan defi
nite things to be studied, or they will
not study at all. In the Sacred Lit
erature Course, which is now being
studied, each lesson should be planned
out in advance. To one member
should be given the historical points
of the period to be studied—the ques
tions of harmony, chronology, etc.
These are subordinate to the teaching
of Jesus, but should be briefly pre
sented. The leader must of course see
that tlhe one who is to report is pro
vided with some life of Christ for the
purpose—Andrews' “Life of Our Lord”
is the best for all chronological and
geographical questions. Thon the va
rious truths taught in the section
may be assigned to other members;
each one to consider the reason whv
Jesus enforced that truth nt that, par
ticular time, or its relation to other
doctrines, or its relation to the Old
Testament or some similar point.
The important thing is that the stu
dent shall start out to accomplish
some definite end, and tihat he shall
know when he has accomplished it.
A mere reading over of the text can
not be called study, and yet hundreds
of young people stop there simply
because they do not know what to do
next. —The Standard. ’
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THE CHui;i?lHiV Va;?
Lesson for Sunday, Dec. 20, 1890.
Scripture Lesson.—Matt. 16
17-20; A.cts2;4l 42;Matt. 28:19,
20; Eph. 5;25 27.
Motto Text. —Upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. Matt.
16:18.
The arrangement of the internation
al course of lessons allows an optional
lesson once each quarter. The op
tional lesson for Southern Baptists
this quarter is upon the subject of the
church. A very fruitful and impor
tant subject it is for us.
The Builder.—Matt. 16:17-20. The
disciples have here confessed a truth
of lofty spiritual character. Jesus de
clares that it has not been revealed
unto them by flesh and blood. This
truth brings them into closer relation
than ever with their Lord and Mas
ter. He can now speak to them of
things for which they have hitherto
been unprepared. So he tells them of
his purpose to build his Church.
His words are of difficult interpreta
tion and have been the occasion for
much controversy. Besides others
there are two special ideas attaching
to the word church. One relates to
a local and visible congregation of
baptized believers, the other refers
more to the spiritual relationship into
which all are brought who believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. It
is the latter of these ideas which is
more commonly understood as being
meant here. This involves less of
difficulty than any other view. Yet
there is meant to be an intimate rela
tionship between the local, visible
church, and the spiritual universal
church. Through the teachings and
labors of the one the other is to be
more and more perfectly realized. As
it was not till Jesus found his disciples
exhibiting clear discernment of spir
itual relations that he spoke upon this
subject, it is perhaps true that the
meaning of the words will not become
clear to cold reasoning, but only to
loving spiritual insight.
The Membership.—Acts 2:41, 42.
Perhaps not yet at Pentecost does the
visible church come to possess all the
detailed features of a completed out
ward organization. But a new com
pany is growing up, and several
marks manifest at this time become
distinguishing features of the New
Testament church. Here receiving
Christ, which is but another expres
sion for faith, is made prominent as
the first condition. Baptism follows,
does not precede, faith. Believers in
Christ are the only true and proper
subjects of baptism. Faith and bap
tism are the proper prerequisites to
church and Christian duty. The
points specified here are deeply signifi
cant, steadfast continuance in doc
trine, in fellowship, in breaking of
bread, and prayers. Young church
members need first of all to be taught
in God’s word and trained for useful
service. A duty long and sadly neg
lected has been the providing of prop
er training for young Christians.
Fellowship means more than a fel
low feeling. It here means actual
helpfulness, every one lending a hand
to bear the common burdens. There
were no idlers when work was to be
done; there were none who shirked
the duties that belonged to all alike.
How strange the notion that one can
be a church member in full fellowship
When he habitually fails and refuses
any help toward the support of the
Gospel.
The breaking of bread classed so
closely with religious exercises must
itself lie a religious act, and evidently
signifies here the Lord’s Supper. The
order is significant. Participation in
the Lord's Supper must come after
faith and Scriptural baptism. The
Baptist position is simple enough to
those wishing to understand it, that
only baptized believers may properly
come to the Lord's table.
The prayers mentioned most proba
bly refer to the exercises of public
worship, more especially such as are
aimed at in prayer and devotional
meetings. The failure to attend reg
ularly upon public worship is disobe
dience to the Lord's command, and
always results in serious spiritual
loss.
The Mission.- Matt. 28:19, 20. These
words are the groat commission to
every New Testament church. The
church has a mission and a message
for all the world. Men everywhere,
irrespective of race or nation, are to
be discipled by the Gospel. Those be
coming disciples are to be baptized.
And this is but a beginning. Baptized
believers are to be taught all things
Christ has commanded. How little
that church can claim of fellowship
with Christ or loyalty to his com
mands that is not diligently striving
to carry forward the work of giving
the Gospel to all the nations.
The Destiny.—Eph. 5:25-27. The
marriage relation is made a symbol of
the rotation of Christ and his church.
Most beautiful and impressive figure
this is. How Christ loves his church,
even When her garments are sadly
stained with sin. In love he sheds
his blood to wash away sin’s foulest
stain. He means tihat it shall be free
from every spot, wrinkle or blemish.
To us the work is slow and at times
seems hopeless. But it shall not fail.
They who are Christ’s through faith
in his name shall at last stand forth
in all the beauties of his spotless
righteousness, and shall enter with
him upon his everlasting glory.
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Dr. 11. A. Schaufflcr, of Cleveland,
0., who has been botlh a home and a
foreign missionary, says: “It is a
wonderful and inspiring thing to be
able to accomplish two distinct and
grand reuslts While engaged in the
direct pursuit of only one of them.
Such is the privilege of both the home
and foreign missionary; and this is
just What every man, woman, and
child is doing whto in any way aids
our home or foreign missionary work.
In furthering one you are really pro
moting both, lou are doing what
Joseph did when, in saving Egypt,
he also saved alive his father’s fam
ily, the progenitors of God’s chosen
jieople, and helped to carry out an
essential part of God’s plan for the
establishment of his kingdom on
earth and for the salvation of the hu
man race. In helping to save Amer
ica we are helping to save the world;
in laboring to save other lands we are
doing work whose reflex influence is
essential to the salvation of our own
country. What a marvelous thing it
is thus to be working out God’s glori
ous purposes of mercy with ever seif
multiplying and cumulative power!
When we Work with God we do that
always.”
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Hall's Catarrh ('lire.
F..J.CH ENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known E. J
Cheney for the last layears.and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
West <fc Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, Ohio.
Wai.ding, Rinnan <fc Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of tin* system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Drugylsts. Testimonials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Slate, Paper, Cloth Boards, V. E. Orr.
Out of work! We can point to old
men who were never out of work a
day in their lives, and to young men
who never will be. They are those
who are willing to take the best work
they can get and do it cheerfully. An
employe ought to have more than one
string to his bow —more than one al
ternative laid out and planned for the
future. We knew a young man once
who said that he never expected to be
worsted in the competition of life. “I
can do almost anything, and I am per
fectly willing to do anything that is
honest.” A man can get an acre and
raise a hundred bushels of potatoes—
and baked potatoes are not sneezed
at by any man or boy who has an in
dustrious appetite.—The Interior.
FOR WAKEFULNESS
(Jse Horsford’s Acid Phosphate.
Dr. A. I’. McDonald,“Wilmington, N. C.,
says: ‘ 1 find eight drops taken tn w ater, on
going to bed. will rest the brain and causea
quiet sleep.’’
A parent has a right to advise a son
to separate from his wife, provided the
advice is given through proper parent
al motives for the son’s welfare and
happiness, and not through malice. —
Mississippi Supreme Court.
How To Get Good Teachtrs.
Write J. M. Dewberry, Manager of
the "School Agency,” Birmingham,
Ala , stating fully the kind of teacher
desired and what you will pay, Mr
Dewberry will probably recommend to
yon, free of charge, the kind of teacher
asked for and you may rely upon his
recommendations. He will recommend
only competent teachers.
V. E. Orr’s goods not in trust.
SAVE YOUR EYES.
r '-op-
1 f von cannot procure IIA WK Efc* F 4 MOHR
in your town, send for Price List
and dircciions f »r fitting the eye and have them
sent by mail. A perfect fit warranted. Address
A. K. HAWKES, Dept. P. ATLANTA, GA.
KMiTnoNutMoKELVY rp h E MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE
■EYMF.U.BAUMAN ■ is a j ways interested in having painting
javu chammm done, and the great variety of shades
c( , ni | J j nat ions w hi c h can be produced by
ckbtein the use of
ATLANTIC WX "W'WT" T ■
“Z. 1 ure W lute Bead
■ New » ork.
JEWETT
jlster and the Tinting Colors will afford her an
raioN opportunity to exercise her judgment and
nurMAN 1 * taste and secure the best and most durable
collier i , paint. Ihe brands shown in list are genu
missouri I bii|ii j nc co lors use the National Lead
...»i,f.al I C<>'s Pure \\ hite I.cad tinting Colors. No
■OnTHF.ItN i i
iohnt. UIWIBABROB.COI trouble to make or m.ilci. ' shade..
MORLEY | I’uniuhlc-t glvin x ,Uu..l.i.- I cud »h..wing samples
( ■..wlun.l. ~f . ..1.,r, lr-c: ~lv■■ • ...■ I- ,of lueh<: houses ot (hfferenj
SALEM designs p.unud in various slvl. . or combinations ol .shades forwarded
.'ORNErt K'd.m.Miws. u intendi ■■ -O p.iinr.
lUItNILI ‘ Bnffais. NATIONAL LEAD CO.,
KENTUCKY j Broad wav. New York.
IxMllßVHln
It b Pr(-<n)ii)fi)t io - ' U J’b e Kverott Is the onir
ArUzFiz fss. Afisllfu . __... Piano having the Plee-
Artistic loi)f Quality. trophone, by which
I I Ute pleasing offects ot the
If not for salo by your t» Guitar and Mandolin, or
local dualfrs wrltf us for Harparo produced at will
Catalogue and Prices. of performer.
. i CHICAGO, 1893
I Augusta, Ga„, 1889 and 1891
Received fflOnsl Award j Ga -
Montgomery, Ala., 1889.
I 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-*)*.) PEACHTREE STREET.
ga.
FOR THE CURE OF LIQUOR, OPIUM, MORPHINE, COCAINE, TOBACCO and CIGARETTE HABITS.
Adopted by the United States Government. For information address Keeley Institute, Atlanta, Ga.
New Sanitarium corner Jackson and Pine Sts.
$ ’’lbc HUoi-lb’s JBcot” |
ylt It has ever been the aim of the Publishers of Peloubet’s
Ql iar f er l' t ’ s f° make them, from every standpoint, superior to
Mr all other lesson helps. That they have succeeded was
evinced by their enormous circulation, greatly increased
cl? during the past year by their marked reduction in price.
The ißq7 series comprise all of the old favorites of M
/|\
Ipcloubct’s Quarterlies $
/|\ as listed and priced below. Price per Price per W
yk 1 Year. Quarter.
Cl? The Senior Quarterly ..... 16 cents. 4 cents. 71?
The Scholars’(for both oraj and written answers) o 4 ~ M/
The Intermediate ... 16 ~ 4 ~ rfk
Cl? The Junior, or Children’s . . . . 12,, 3 ~ JI?
< The Little Ones’Quarterly . . . . >2 ~ 3 » yr
They will be edited as heretofore by
Rev. F. N. Peloubet, D. D. Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D. D.
Mrs. M. G. Kennedy. Miss Lucy Wheelock. W
iji In order to more fully supply the needs of Sunday Schools,
we have prepared for 1897 a new
Ibonte Department ©uartevl? w
which will be found to be exactly what has long been needed
ik for the scholars of Home Departments. It will be published
in the Senior Grade. Sunday-School superintendents and cL
yL teachers desiring to examine any of these Quarterlie? are As
requested to send for free samples, and decide for themselves
Cl? regarding their distinctive merits, kindly specifying which W
Cl? ones and grades are desired.
f for Ueacbers. w
We publish Teachers’ Quarterlies in four grades, contain- Sv
explanatory and illustrative notes for their sa/e use. J
W Price, 40 cents a year, 10 cents a copy. J
M/ W. A. WILDE & CO., Boston, Mass. \|/
When Victor Immanuel entered
Rome the first Bibles were taken into
the city on a dog cart by a colporter.
Now it is recorded on good authority
that “there is no book so widely
spread in Italy at the present moment
as the Bible; that of all books none
finds so many buyers.”
DEATH FlitlM - THE USE OF TO
BACCO.
The Tobacco poisoned heart stops
without warning, often on the street.
SURE QUIT, an antidote chewing gnin
overcomes the cravirg. No sickness,
no starving, affording safe and prompt
relief. Try it today. 25c, a box, nearly
all druggists. Booklet free. Eureka
Chemical Co., Detriot, Mich.
WHO'S SHELLABERGER ?
He's the Wlre Fence Man, of Atlanta, Ga., anC
sei Is the best and cheapest fencing in exlstenc*
fop Ml puroosee Catalogue free. Write for it
Write V. E. Cir, for prices cf Pews
Guarantee Posnion. AcceptnowJ fcr tuition, or can deposit
money in bank till position in aecored. For Catalogub addreM
Nashvlbejenn. Indorsed by Bankers, Merchants, and other* I
Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting,
Telegraphy, etc.; 12 teachers. 4 we**ka in Bookkeeping
with us equals 12 elsewhere. fiOO students past year. No
vacation. Enter any time. Cheap board. Cartarepaid,
To order our books for home study is next best thing to
•Qtenug our school. Write us. (Mention tins paperJ
DR. J. HARVEY MOORE,
Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose.
TCross Eyes straightened by Dr. Moore’s ne*
method without pain. No loss of time and no
confinement.
(Granulated Sore Eyes cured by Dr. Moore’F
original method without caustics or knife.
307-308 Norcross Building,
ATLANTA, - - - GEORGIA
UAumA&waGE&Guumr
I
The Most Picturesque Route in the
South.
J B GLOVER AND E C SPALDING.
Receivers.
This line, nenetratlng the highly pictur
esque mountain region of North Georgia,
Tennessee ami North Carolina, with cool
mountain breezes, excellent fishing and
splendid accommodations for tourists at
reasonable cost, presents many attrac
tions for the prospective tourist seeking a
place to rest and recuperate. Some of the
most advantageously located resorts are:
White Path, Ga.; hotel half mile from
station.
Murphy, N. C ; situated on the banks ot
the Valley and Hiawassee Rivers; two good
hotels.
Alleghany Springs; thirty miles south of
Knoxville; dally hack line from Alleghany
Station.
White CHIT Springs; one of the most noted
and pleasant resorts in East Tennessee, with
dally hack line from Telllco Junction.
Through tickets on sale from all southern
points. Dally train from Atlanta via West
ern & Atlantic R. R. leaving Union Depot at
8:05 a. rn arriving at resorts same afternoon.
Information cheerfully furnished.
W. B. Bradley, J A Pride,
Gen’l Pass. Agent. Trav. Pass Agt.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Jos. McWilliams, Supt.
Marietta, Ga.
A NEW QUARTERLY $
$ FOR THB
I HOME J
f DEPARTMENT |
Inrecognitionoftheneedforaspecial
X Quarterly for Home Departments, we
W have had prepared with great care a j
Home Department Quarterly, which is
qj based on the International Lessons,and
s is so constructed as to eminently satisfy ®
ill the peculiar needs of these scholars. ®
Price, 4 cents each ; 16 cents a year. « $
W W. A. WILDE & CO., - Boston. $
V. E. On's Maps and Charts are the
best.
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