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.Mahomet and His Teaching.
As Christianity assumes the divine origin
‘of Judaism, no less does Islam, undoubting-
<ly assume the divine origin both oi Judaism
end Christianity. Adam, Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus and Mahomet, are declared to
he alike prophets of the Lord, to bo aliko
preachert of the originnl laith of Abraham,
•each of whom have preached the true naans
of salvation sufi.iing however, oulj ‘until the
■appearance cf his greater successor, but Ma
homet whose advent had been predioted by
Jesus, as that of him by Moses, is the high-
■estofoll and the best. Not only tbe unity
but the spirituality and infinity ef Qod ore
taught in the Koran, and besides immortali
ty announces infinite reward beyond tbe
-grave for the elect, but terrible punishment
for reprobates. Moses who so impressively
inculcated God’s moral commands, has been
silent upon the immortality of the^oul The
zeal of this doctrine, which made its appear
ance alter the Bablonian captivity* was round*
ed not upon scripture but upon tradition.
Islamism - urges -the -general dictates of
morality especial lj that of justice agd the dn*
ty of beoefioence to a positive command
chiming for that the tenth part of all
oomes. Abstiuenco from wine is also impos
ed on its followers. Friday of each week is
set apart lor the publio worship of God,
prayer and edifying discourses, but every in*
dividual is required to pray daily five times,
wherever he may be, after performing ablu
tions. Hl« eyes and spirit during this uot ol
piety must be dlreoted to that part of the
horizon where Mecca, with its Bacrcd temple
is situated, a simple but sublime obligation
of devotion, a mute symbol of tbe religious
fraternity of the nations in a 1 trge portion ol
the world. The pilgrimage to Mecca at least
. once in life, is a religious duty, or at any
rate, a very meritorious act.
The Koran it is claimed, is uncreated
as the essence of the deity, a
been engraved from ali eternity on the table
of his immutable laws. A transcript uf tnis
was brought by tbe nrohangel Gabriel, into
the lowest heaven and revealed to the proph
et by chapters. Ho imparted them to his
dsiciples but the revelation and communica
tion took place neither in regular succession
nor in connection, but to tho need ol the' mo*
men*, to prove the divine ongm of his took,
the prophet ohnllenged boldly angels and
meat to produce nn^ thing that would equal
in excellence a single one of his Sura
chapters of the Koran ever called.
Mahomet worked no miracles, nlther did
he claim tbe power. Ho held justly, that
signs and merides, diminished the merito-
rlonsuess of faith, for it would be but ser
vile homage paid to a doctrine on account of
mitfiuhs, the froe-spirit surrenders only, to
the intrinsic force of truth. Mahomet was
tupreme and sole priest uf his religion, and
his first successors exercised like him the
right and duty to preach in the mosques, to
pray before oud with the people. Every Ma
hometan is own priest,he may make bis vow
and perform bin ablution by himself, at any
place. With this imperfect outline of his
life and teachings, w c pass to a consideration
ol this eftect oi l-is reform as touching him
self and his followers, and in doing this it is
wel» to bo»r m mind that Islamism is yet a
missionary religion one that makes its way
by persuasion as well as by force into tho
heathen werids; uud for the reason that its
teachings comes nearer to Ohristianit than
any other false system, und because it is
nearer to satisfying man’s spirit, and nature,
makes It as it were the personal enemy and
rival of the Cnristian religion.
The preaching of an imperfect creed is
everywhere a great stumbling block in the
way of a more perfect one. Whtle wn muy
lament the successes cf the Mahometan mis
sionazy which going before condemn tho
labors of tbe Christian missionary to bo in
vain, but for the Mahometan liimgeU we cun
feel nothing but respect and sympathy, glv*
iug as he does to others such light as he
himself has I s acceptance by tho heatheru
would of itself prove an unmixed blessing,
but one wbich destroys all hope of the re
ception of a greater.
A careful study of tho life and teachings of
Mahomet liom able interpreters, would be
sufficient to satisfy a candid reader that the
prophet was from tho beginning to the end
of Ijis career convinced of the truth of his
mission, and iu so far as his mission made
him a reformer, religious and moral, that
his belief in his divine mission was not ill-
founded. His teachings were far in advance
of auy thing his nation had as yet accepted.
We iray truthfully say that be preached all
the moral virtues but one, and that when
temptations were strongest, and failed when
at an age many reform. In this os well autnost
of tbe notions of Mahomet which we would
condemn, we can witn ease find an example
in the old dispensation. Whatever he may
hare been, otherwise os an anthor of a migh
ty revolution, and ns its powerful instrument
be will always excite interest, and it may no
doubted whether an abandoned
eter produced an extended permanent
change. CntJX.
Life 'oil tho Form.
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Farm life is generally looked at, as being
very distasteful It is thought, also, that
it is not at all profitable, We propose to
submit a few foot* in regard to this matter
to the intelligent readers of the Hxbald. Lfe
go beck a few yean, prior to the time of
our late war, the farmers all made money.
They all had good comfortable houses,
whioh were oomfortubly, if not elaborately
furnished. Then In the true sense cf the
word, the farmers lived %t home, faired
nmptuotuly, drank his good old “Robinson,
oounty wniskey,'* was social and hospitable
tnoy had an abundance of beef, mutton, kid,
and no*tud of vegetables, and every thing
else that was palatable. They had good,
society in the country then. But what is it
now? Everyone ie paintnllv conscious of
the present state of affairs. What a ehange!
It wus caused by this everlasting effort after
greedy gain. This bountilnl fleecy staple
that whitens the fields in beptember und Oc
tober, has oaused thousands of our farmers
to shield themselves by taking the homestead,
and in fact has bankrupted the country. The
farmers are nut ignorant of this, Then you
willowk why do they persist in continuing
this ruinous course ? This is a question that
has pnzzled the wisest fiends Tho timi will
soon come when our farmers will be forced to
discontinue this extensive growth of cotton.
Aye, the time is lost approaching. The
question will then be, what shall we do! you
will Have to return to the old ways. Raise
your own supplies, of everything that you
consume on fhe farm. The wheat crops this
year on land that has been ini cultivation fur
from twenty, to fifty years, has averaged
about ten bushels to the acre, Now let us
see one acre of land of this kind, is given in
(so the tax books shows) at from four, to six
dollars. Now suppose we purchase one ncre
for six doll ore, the cost of the preparation,
including the planting will not exceed four
dollars. The seed wheat required for plant
ing is one bushel, the cost of harvesting will
not exceed one dollar, one bushel will go for
the threshing. Now you have left you eight
bushels, which at the preseut prioe ($1,60
per bushel) is equal to twelve dollars. De
ducting from your twelve dollars five dollars
you have net, seven dollars, which is over
one hundred per cent, on yoar investment
Now Mr. Editor, if this is not making money
w« dont know “how to do it,” It is general
ly presumed that the farmer is an ignorant
man, we hold that the farmer is not nectssa-
rially ignorant A man that makes une hun
dred per cent can surely afford to take as
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Attempted Suicide.
The Aivaunah News gives the following;
About 8,90 o'clook yesterday morniug po
liceman .Dennett's attention was et'raoted to
a noise in the yard of a bouse on Margaret
street, upon entering whioh he discovered
white man on the ground bleeding perlusely
from a severe cut in the neck. Tie man’s
name was Bailey, and the information given
tbe policeman woe that he had been separat
ed for a time from hli wife, who was living
nt the bouse on Mragaret street On Tues
day night, we are informed, he visited this
bouse and endeavored to ob'tain an interview
with his wife, but she declined to hold oon-
with him except through the window
blinds. He then left and went to the house
e ho was boarding, procured a razor*
ned returned to his wife’s house. Ue knock
ed at the door, which was opened by hie
wifo, when ho drew the razor, and saying
‘Good-bye.” wiped it across his neck and
tell The alarm was given by bis wife, and
was responded to by policeman Bennett,.
He was conveyed to the Marino Hospital,
where he received proper medical attention.
Builoy, we are informed, had been working
for the past throe weeks at Bowles A Camp
bell’s planing mill, and was regarded as an
industrious, sober man. His wound is not
serious, and it is expeeted that he will be
oat in a few days.
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HOME
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WAS AWARDED TUB
FIRST PREMIUM!
At the Centennial Exhibition, 1S7A, and has
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wherever exhibited.
AAVSRhMBmitBSk
STITCH” MACHINE.
. Is SIMPLE in COX8TL
OR In Strength and .Beauty,
Sewing Maohlftes. It will RUN tor mil
withoutcostixo ONE CCNTtorUtfAins.
In the Manufacture orthls MACHINE tho
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NOISELESS MACHINE, adapted EQUALLY
well tor Coarse or fine THREAD, COT
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OFFICE OF PALACE COTTO.V MILK,
WOOL CARDING,
REYXOLDS, GA.
May 29th, 1877.
I am prepared to card Wool in a superior
manner. Parties may bnug it to the
Mill, or ship it to tbe depot in Reynolds,
and I will haul it both ways tree of charge.
The prioe for carding will be 12} cents per
pound, either in ourrenoy or wool at the
market price. AU wool mast be thorough
ly washed before it is brought to the Fac
tory tor carding.
^3*No Wool made into cloth.
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“Newsy, Spicy 4 Keliitblu.'
The Atlanta Constitution-
T HE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1870>
which includes National, .Mato and
county elections, aud whirl will undoubted*
ly be the most active and bully contested of
any since the rnomornblo canvass of I860, in
now fairly opened. The National Democrat
ic Party will this yt*r make a bold, vigor*
our, and doubtless successful struggle for tlid
maintenance and supremacy of those princi
ples which are vital to the prosperity of tlid
lit public nnd essential tu tbe well-being or
the people.
In addition to the Presidential election, tho
people in Ge;r.*ia und FI *rida will elect ueW
State governments. In Florida the
paign promises to be unusually vigorous,
and there is a probability that tor the flffit
time since the war the people of that Radi
cal-ridden State will elect a Peironmtio State
Government. Iu these campaigns the pco*
pie of th® South are deeply interested; are
very intelligent citizen, who has the weifimd
of his country nnd hat section at heart, Bhuuld
acquaint himself with every ddtni) of the
great work uf redemption and reform that i»
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It is beginning to b* conceded, says the
Boston Post, that it is bnt a question of titpe,
and pretty shortly to be answered, when both
Euglaud une Austria beoome involved in the
war. The advance of the Russians will rap
idly put a new face on matters for both.
Gladstone would scarcely get a hearing be
fore the people of England on Bulgarian at
rocities, with a Russian army moving straight
for Constantinople. Witn her interests in
the East and on the recognized highways to
that quarter 6t tbe globe, and especially with
the prrt she has hitherto played in oonneo-
tion ws;h the seourity of the Tnrkish em
pire, she would stand splf-convinood of im
becility before tbe world if she looked on
while this important movement was making,
and ventured not even a gesture tor the pro
tection of her long established interests.
The active naval and military preparations
now recorded as making by her are there
fore not surprising; on the oontrary, it
would be even more surprising if sbe did
not lend herself td them. Whether her in
tentions are to effeot a landing at Galhpoiis
or at the Mediterranean entrance of the Suez
canal oannot be known to any other power*
but of her determination to defend her in*
teresls or toon ns she sff-s them threatened
bate very small doubf. Now that the -
What the People ' v ant.~A Boston edi-
or says the restoration 01 the old Federal
dollar meaus paying a thousand dollar debt
with ninn hundred dollars. But,
other hand, the act of 1873 obliged evey
man- who owed nine hundred dollars to pay
One thousaud dollars* The people n
eg to pay the oid debt, bat want tne cld j army of the North is moving, the work lur
dollur in wbich the debt wm contracted to f whioh the on looking world has been Waiting
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AMERICAN MAMMOTH RYE.
DIAMOND WHEAT.
For FaU or Spring Sowing,
It was first found growing wild on the
Hmnbold River, Nevada ; since which time
it has been successfully cultivated wherever
tried. It yields from sizty to eighty bushels
to the aore. Mr. A. J. Dufnr, United States
Centennial Commissioner from Oregon as
serts that he has known it to yield eighty-
seven and a half bushels to the aore. It wa*
awarded tfy> highest and only premium at
the United States Centennial Exhibition, and
pronounced the finest and Only grain of the
ktnd on exhibition.
It has been grown os a Fall and Spring
grain with equal success.
£&*Hinglu grains measuring one-half inch
in length,and the average close to that
Prioe per package Sft cents; Five packages
SI 00 ; One dozen fftckugcs, $2 00. Sent
post paid by mail. Agent wanted everywhere
to introduce this wheat
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A ti»w yairs ngo -'August Floww" wos flis-
oovw..! Ui Im ii i^ruuii our. for Dyspepsin
an'l Livsr llouiplniut, „ l«v tl-iu Disuiptio.
uiolu known to tueir frieodo how wisijy and
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