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The Cartersville Express.
VOL. XX.—NO. 45.
SUNDAY’S SERMONS.
Electric Sparks from Brooklyn’s Great
Preachers.
Mr. Beecher concludes a discourse
in which he makes the point that
“there is no religion in the Bible,”
and says “it is the work of the heart,”
as follows:
“To follow Christ is not so easy a
thing that it can be put off or post
poned. It includes the whole of a
man’s life and disposition. Secondly,
there is an idea that religion is re
strictive; that it is a limitation in
stead of an enlargement, and that,
therefore, it is to beput off as long as
long as it is safe. If a man has youth,
he wants to enjoy youth, and if one
could be insured that could live until
he was eighty and could have religion
when he chose, he would request that
he might not be converted until he
was seventy-nine years and nine
months old, and then he would like
religion just to shoot him through
the gap. [Laughter.] What a total
misapprehension is this, for religion
is declared to be a liberty; Christ has
declared that he came to open the
prison doors, to bring out of captivi
ty. It is a larger life and a better
life* The beginnings of religion are
like the beginnings of all other re*
quirements of knowledge—painful,
hut once possessed, all knowledge is
pleasant. The work of obtaining re
ligion is progressive, but entered up
on heartily it is the sweetest life in
which a man can engage—the most
ennobling and the best.
BROTHER TALMAGE '
compares it to Isaac Watts, who
went to see Sir Thomas and Lady
Abney at their place at Theobald,
intending to stay a week, but stayed
thirty-five years. If religion gets in
to your house for a day or night, she
will probably stay there forever.
•Religion in the talmage family
There was in my ancestral line
something so strongly impressive
that it sounds more like a romance
than a reality. I have seen the facts
so inaccurately put that I now give
the true incidents. My grandfather
and grandmother, living at Somer
ville, N. J., went to Basking B-idge
to witness a great revival in the days
of Dr. Finley* They returned so im
pressed that they resolved on the sals
vation of their own family. The
young people were about to start for
an evening party. My grandmother
said: “When you get ready to go,
come to my room, for 1 have some
thing to say to you.” Ready for de
parture, they came to my grand
mother’s room. She said: “While
you are gone to the party, I want
you to know that I am in this room
all the time praying for your salva
tion. I shall continue praying till
you get back.” The young people
departed, but did not enjoy the even
ing, because they could not forget,
amid the hilarities, that their mother
was all the time engaged with God
imploring their conversion. The
evening passed, and the young peo
ple returned. The next morning my
grandparents heard a loud weeping
in another room, the room of their
daughter. Going there, they found
her crying to God for pardoning
mercy. The daughter told them that
her brothers were at the barn and the
wagon-house, under deep conviction.
My grandparents went to the barn
! and found my uncle Jehiel, who af
totward became a minister of the
Gospel, crying to God for mercy.
They went to the wagon-house and
found their son David, afterward my
father, crying for mercy. They all
hepame Christians. David went
d' fnto tell the story to a young
W £an to whom he was affianced,
she, as a consequence, became a
Christian, aid from her, my mother,
I got the incident. The story of this
family saved, reached the village of
Somerville, and the influence spread
from family to family until all the
neighborhood were whelmed with
religious awakening and two hun
dred souls stood up in the village
church on Sabbath, professing the
faith of the Gospel. My mother,
impressed with the scene of her early
womanhood, tried in after years to
see if she might not bring all her
family of children into the kingdom
of God. For many years she, every
week, met these Christian mothers in
private prayers for the salvation of
their families. I think all their fam~
ilies were brought into the kingdom
of God, myself the youngest and the
last. There were twelve of us—seven
now in heaven and five of us trying
in various ways to serve God. I
trace this line of mercy back to the
time when my Christian grandmoth
er spent that evening in prayer for
her children. Nine of her descend
ants have preached the Gospel, and
many of them are already safe in
heaven, while some of us are still in
the Christian struggle. Did it pay
for that Christian woman to spend a
whole evening iu agonizing prayer
for her children? Ask her before
the throne of God, all her own chil
dren already with her in heaven. I
put on record to-day for the first time
this full story of ancestral piety. Oh,
what a beautiful, touching and sub
lime thing is family religion!
THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE.
Mr. Talmage said further in this
same discourse.
“Do you see anything peculiar
about this Bible? I have never
preached out of it before. This is
my father’s and mother’s Bible. You
see the binding is old. There is not
a page in it that is not discolored,
either with time or with tears. Twice
a day, as long as I can remember,
this book was opened and road to us
children. When my brother Van
Wirt died far from home, in the
West Indies,gone there for his health,
the night after the news father read
out of this book to us. When my
brother David died in this city, a
young man just starting in business
life, this was the book that comforted
the old people. There came a long
sickness of fifteen years to my lather,
and it was a struggle for bread; and
out of this book he read of the ravens
that fed Elijah. When my mother
went through the dark valley this
was the lamp that lighted her path
way, and out of this book father read
of their reunion which two years af
terward took place in heaven. There
are but four or five pictures in it, but
Dore never bo vividly illustrated the
Bible as this is illustrated to my eye.
I look through it into mournings
and burials, joys and sorrowt, meet
ings and partings, thanksgiving days
and Christmas festivals, cradles and
death-beds. Speak out, O blessed
book, and tell me of the praters of
fered, of the sorrows comforted, of
the dying hours irradiated. The
hands that handled it are ashes; the
eyes that perused these leaves are
closed. Old, old book! What a pil
low thou wouldst make for a dying
head. Oh, my hearers, get a family
Bible. The New Testament in fine
print is not worthy being called that.
Get a Bible with large type, and have
in it a family record of marriages,
births and deaths. What If some
curious person does turn it over to
find how old you are. You are youn
ger now than you will ever be again.
The curious will find out anyhow
from someone who knew you when
a child and told the truth about your
age. Have a family Bible, Let it
go down from generation to genera
tion, all suggestive of holy memories.
A hundred years after you are dead
it will be a benediction upon those
who come after. Other books worn
out and fallen apart will be flung in
to garret or cellar, but that will re
main inviolate, and will be your pro
test for centuries against all iniquity,
iu behalf of ail righteousness.
Paying Old Debts.
[Nashville Christian Advocate.]
A distinguished clergyman just
from Texas says the people of that
State are in the humor of debt-pay
ing. They are paying up old debts
like honest men, sometimes to the
agreeable surprise of despairing cred
itors. There is no better sign of
moral soundness in a community
than this. Let debt-paying be a
characteristic of the better times, but
let creditors be merciful with honest
men.
J. J. Howard & Son.
With a view of insuring absolute security for
nil deposits left with U 6, we have purchased a
large safe with Hall’s double time lock attach
ment, which is absolutely impossible to open,
except during the hours when it is desirable
to open it. The safe is fire-proof and burglar
proof. Merchants and others who desire a
safe place for their accounts and money, in
cited. J. J. HOWARD & SON.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1879.
SAM H. HILL.
The Prisoner Visited by an Atlanta
Party—What a Lady said.
Sunday was a bright, pleasant day
in the gate city. A small party of
elegant ladies and gentlemen visited
the Fulton county prison. They
called at the cell of Mr. S. H. Hill.
His wife, her sister and the writer
were with him when the party men
tioned entered his apartment. The
ladies were all seated on box, chair
and narrow mattrass; the gentlemen
present stood on the of the lit
tle room, while the prisoner endeav*.
ored to act the host. How well he
succeeded, those present will not
soon forget. Naturally, his case, the
prospect for anew trial, came up.
He referred to it modestly, and in
the most chaste manner recited how
he, impressed with his responsibili
ties as a husband, had been driven
to the deed and how he regretted
having had it to perform. His sen
timents had been portrayed in a
thrilling manner by patient artistic
work on the walls and ceiling of his
cell. These scenes he described with
sufficient minuteness, while his au
ditors followed with amazing inter
est. Not a word was spoken until
he closed the last reference—being to
an American eagle flying from a
court house, in the picture, with the
scales of Justice in his beak—when a
spontaneous expression evidenced
the hearty sympathy of those present
with the speaker.
Prison life had been experienced
before by Mr. Hill. He remarked
that he was a very young confeder
ate soldier and was at Camp Douglas
during the war for eight months.
Here a lady of the party uttered these
words: *‘ Nothing has shown moreful~
ly how the south has deteriorated in
morals , since the war , than has your
conviction Then, as the party re**
tired, this same noble lady taking
him by the hand for a cordial good
bye, said : “JT trust you t mil gel anew
trial and be acquitted , as you should
have been at first*”
WEALTHY GEORGIA NEGROES.
The Colored People Continuing to Buy
Land.
Some days ago the Constitution
published the returns to the comp
troller general’s office, giving the to
tal of property held subject to tax in
the state. It will be remembered
that the total of taxable values had
fallen off about $1,000,000 in the state.
We now have a showing to make
that is the reverse of that. The
negroes in the state, instead of seeing
their property decrease, have snugly
added to it, and their total goes up to
$5,182,398 this year, against $5,124,875
last year, giving a net increase of
$57,523. This does not represent the
actual increase of negro property, but
much less than that. The bulk of
negro property has decreased in value
at least 10 per cent, so that to merely
hold their own, they would have had
to add about $60,000, They have not
only done this but have gone $57,523
over their old figures. In the one
item of land alone, the negroes have
added 39,309 acres to their possessions
during the last year, making a total
of 341,199 acres owned by negroes in
Georgia. This record is a good one,
and shows that whatever may be
said elsewhere, we have the best of
proof at home that the negroes are
prospering. There are only four ne
groes in the state worth over SIO,OOO
—so that the property of $5,183,398 is
divided in small lots among the
negroes of all classes and all sections.
—We were exposed last week to a pitiless
storm, that wet our feet and stockings, and in
deed our person all over. In fact we took a
cracking cold, which brought sore throat and
severe symptoms of fever. The good wife as
serted her authority, plunged our feet into hot
water, wrapped us iu hot blankets, and sent
our faithful son for a bottle of Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral. It is a splendid medicine —pleasant
to take, and did the job. We slept soundly
through the night and awoke well the next
morning. We know we owe our quick recov
ery to the Pectoral, and shall not hesitate to
recommend it to all who need such a medi
cine.—Tehuacana (Texas) Presbyterian.
—The merits of Dr, Bull’s Baby Syrup are
acknowledged by all who have ever used it lor
the diseases of Infancy, Price only 25 cents
a bottle.
AKERMAN.
Comments Upon the Issue —Character
of the Gentleman.
The article in last week’s Express,
headed “Akerman for Congress,” has
elicited much comment in this sec
tion of the district. It was like a
great bomb-shell in the camp of the
howlers, and they have stood in
breathless suspense, as it were, not
knowing what to do about it. It
creates a peculiar test with the disaf
fected element in the party. They
fear to denounce the article or the
gentleman in question, since through
him they have been hoping for
streugth with republicans, and as it
is the pivot upon which their only
hope hangs of perpetuating power at
the expense of just principles.
We acknowledge peculiar pleasure
in the fact that while this class dare
not say anything in opposition, the
conservative element is of one mind in
favor of letting Mr: Akerman run.
They concur in the sentiment that it
would greatly facilitate a return to
peace in our bounds, to restore the
national party divisions, and let ar
gument be on principles rather than
in personal acrimony. They are well
assured that Hon. Amos T. Akerman
is a gentleman who would not mis
represent his section intentionally,
that he would seek to do all the good
in his power, that he is one of the
most capable men in the land, and
that he is rigidly honest. A better
illustration of his integrity and honor
could not be had than by his conduct
in connection with the administra
tion of President Grant. His convic
tions were such that he could not act
in accord with that administration,
therefore he promptly resigned a
cabinet position, yet he was so hon
orable as never to divulge the causes
of disagreement; It would have
given him great popularity, doubt
less, to make public these differences.
Still he, to this day, has said nought
against that household, (he is a per
sonal admirer of Grant.)
The plan suggested, we mention
for the benefit of those who may not
have seen the article In question pub
lished last week, is for the organized
democracy to stand aloof, and let
Mr. Akerman’s personal friends and
party support him, while others vote
for Dr. Felton. Now, there may be
those who think this suggestion is
out of enmity to the present able
representative of the district. If so,
they are mistaken. It is simply a
plan by which bitterness in our so
ciety may be obliterated—by which
men may appear under their chosen
banners, and a creditable consistency
in our politics.
ROBBING GRAVES^
Is there not sufficient intelligence
and benevolence in the land by which
bodies can be procured for medical
students, without this disgraceful
kind of providing ? Is the profession
not of sufficient dignity to authorize
publication of its necessities ? There
are many persons who would cheer
fully grant, in life, the use of their
dead bodies for the benefit of
others. Arrangements could very
well be perfected,that they be remov
ed to proper apartments before de
composition sets in, and without the
formality of burial. Poor parents, in
some instances, would, for the bene
fit of their children, engage their
bodies at an expense no greater than
that of burial, while many would
volunteer gratuitous use in cases of
peculiar illness, in the hope that oth
ers, similarly afflicted, would avoid
a like fate. Then crematists certainly
would not object. There is nothing
connected with this matter to justify
stealing from the grave at night, and
the utterance of falsehood to hide the
theft. Let new methods be adopted
to gain knowledge in this important,
department.
Feeble Ladies.
i Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing
you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet;
that constant drain that is taking from your
system all its elasticity; driving the bloom
from your cheeks; that continual strain upon
your vital forces, rendering you irritable and
fretful, can easily be removed by the use of
that marvelous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irregu
larities and obstructions of your system are
relieved at once, while the special cause of
periodical pain i* parr'"? r.-' " • Uii-wsS. TPK 1
| you heed this ?
S. A. CUNNINGHAM
RISING FAWN FURNACE.
Its Final Sale to Mr. J. C. Warner.
After years of litigation and bitter
personal controversy, at times threat
ening serious riot, the Rising Fawn
furnace and lauds, in Dade county,
were sold in Atlanta, Tuesday, by
order of the court, and purchased by
Mr. J. C. Warner, of Nashville. Mr.
Warner had been practically in pos
session for some time, he and Dr W-
Morrow, also of Tennessee, having
purchased the greater portion of the
first mortgage bonds, from which
consideration the property was in the
hands of a receiver satisfactory to
them. Some months ago Mr. War
ner purchased Dr. Morrow’s interests
so that his claims amounted to about
one hundred and fifteen thonsand
dollars. He and a Mr. Shafer, of
New York, were the bidders. The
bids were first one hundred thousand
dollars, raised ten, then five thousand
dollars each bid, until Mr. Warner’s
was $130,000, when his competitor
suddenly became nervous and would
not make another advance, although
the außtioneer waited half an hour.
His conduct was quite singular, for*
we understand, he had examined the
property and had expressed the opin
ion that it would pay the amount bid
in a single year, while he was largely
interested in the second mortgage
bonds and had the ready cash with
him to advance largely upon Mr.
Warner’s bid. We congratulate the
purchaser upon his good fortune.
The property can hardly be worth
less than a half million—that is less
than cost. Besides being one of the
best furnaces in the *State or south,
there are seven thousand acres terri
tory surrounding, with a vein of ore
which could hardly be exhausted in
a thousand years.
Remedy for Diphtheria.
[Correspondence New York Herald.]
In view of the increase of diphthe
ria in several places of the State of
New York, I hasten to communicate
to yon for publicity a very simple
remedy, which, having been used in
Russia and Germany, may prove
effective here. Out of several others,
Dr. Letzerich has used it in twenty
seven cases, eight of which were of a
very serious nature, all of which had
a favorable result except in one case,
when the child died from a compli
cation of diseases. For children of
one year he prescribes the remedy,
for internal use every one or two
hours, as follows:
Natr. benzoic, pur. 5.0 solv. in aq.
distiliat aq. month, piper, ana 40.0
syr. cort. aur. 10.0.
For children from one to three
years old he prescribed it from seven
to eight grammes for 100 grammes
of distilled Water, with some syrup;
for children from three to seven
years old he prescribed ten to fifteen
grammes, and for grown persons
from fifteen to twenty-five grammes
for each 100 grammes.
Besides this he uses also,with great
success, the insufflation on the diph
therial membrane through a glass
tube in serious cases every three
hours, in light cases three times a
day of the natr. benzoic pulver.
For grown people he prescribes for
gargling a dilution of ten grammes
of this pulver, for 200 grammes of
water.
The effect of the remedy is rapid.
After twenty-four or thirty-six hours
the feverish symptoms disappear
completely and the temperature and
pulse become normal. This remedy
was used also with the same success
by Dr. Braham, Braun and Prof.
Klebs, in Prag; Dr, Senator, in Cas
sel, and several others in Russia and
Germany. N. Shishkin,
Minister of Russia to the United
States.
■ i. ■
Day’s Ague Tonic.
It contains no quinine, arsenic, mercury, or
other deleterious drugs. It does not produce
headache, roaring or buzzing in the head,
deafness, dimness of vision, or any of those
Unpleasant symptoms that so frequently fol
low the use of quinine. Day’s Ague Tonic
cleanses the stomach, unlocks the liver, opens
the bowers, and tones the system without the
use of any other article, hence its are
prompt and permanent. One bottlcTfrcquent
ly cures a whole family. Children iud those
-f • ic’ieete stomachs can LAc It with ear.?- All
j who sell it say it is superior to any othe.*.
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