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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII.--NO. 37.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RUFOS CARTER & GO.
• ' (Successors to Smith & Carter,)
Tobacco Manufacturers
And Wholesale Dealers in
Tobacco.Cigars,Snuff
833 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES.
SQTEIVAIE ili JEWELRY
Bpr Bridal Presents. Send for illustrated
catalogue and price list to
A. F. P ICKERT *'
mav 23rd, ’S4. Atlasta, Ga.
“bmi upnu nil
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY, )
Offige of Gf.xkkal Manager, -
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 17, 1883.)
Commencing Sunday, thernii inst.
J the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run by 90th meridian
time, 32 minutes slower tliau Augusta lime:
FAST X-IIbTE!!
No, 27. WEST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:40 am
Ar Athens 12:30 am
“ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm
NO. 1 WEST—DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a m
“ Macon.. 7 10 “
t “ Mii’dge. 9 18 “
“Camak.l2 29 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “
“ Athens. 905 “
Ar G’boro’. 2 15 p m
Ar Atlanta. 5 45 p m
NO. 3 WEST—DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 9 00 p m
Ar G’boro’.. 1 44 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 6 40 “
NO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Atlanta 2:45 p m
Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:21 p m
“ Athens... 7:15 “
“ Augusta 8:05 “
NO. 2 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 25 a m
“ G’boro’. 12 09 p m
Ar Athens 445 p m
Ar Wash't. 355 “
“ Oar.iak. 157 “
“ Mil’dge. 449 “
“ Macon . 645 “
Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
NO. 4 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta.B 50 pm
Ar G’boro’ 146 am
Ar Augusta 6 10am
IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and frotf the following
points only: Berzelia, Harlem, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutleffgc, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
tain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Dearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Lino lias Through from
Atlanta te Charleston 'and conn&cta for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
Located in the centre of business and on
the principal shopping square. Clean
Rooms, Excellent Table, Superior Service,
Moderate Rates. Solicits a share of the
patronage of visitors to the city.
B. F, BROWN,
mylO MANAGER.
FOR SALE.
Eight 4 to G h p Engines on wheels.
Six G to 8 li p Engines on wheels.
Two 7 to 9 h p Engines on wheels.
One 12 to 15 h p Engine on wheels.
One 8 to 10 h p Engine on sills.
One 15 to 18 h p Engine on sills.
One 20 h p Engine detached.
Eight 24-inch Empire Separators four
wheels.
Pour 24-inch Empire Separators, two
wheels.
Two 25-foot Saw Mills.
Six Mowers. Six Reapers.
Seven Twine Binders.
Twelve Hay Rakes.
Thirty Saw Guards, Plows, Harrows,
Pumps, Wind Mills, Etc.
Call and see me before you buy. Send
for price lists.
J. H. ANDERSON,
General Agent, 03 West Broad Street,
ATLANTA, <3--A.,
NOTICE!
TTTTILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST
V Bidder on the First Tuesday in Oc
tober next, the kaeping of Parks’ Ferry for
one year the contractor to give bond in the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars,
Also, at the same time and place, will be
let to the lowest bidder, the building of a
flat for said ferry. The contractor to giye
bond to keep the flat in order for seven
years.
Plans and specifications can be seen at the
Clerk’s office.
The board of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order of Board of County Commis
sioners. This, September 2, 1883.
JESSE P. WILSON, Clerk.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
1884. 1884,
GREENESBOROUGH
SIGH sell
MALE & FEMALE.
TIIE Fall Session will open on Monday
Sep. Ist and continue 14 weeks. As
nearly as practicable the School is graded
as follows : Primary, Intermediate and Ad
vaSeed Classes. a
The Primary End Intermediate Classes are
under the immediate instruction of MISS
JULIA MOORE, who has proven herself
to be an accomplished Teacher. Advanced
classes taught by the Principal, who exer
cises a general supervisions over the entire
school. The Music Department is in charge
of MISS LULA BOWEN, whose effioiency
is well attested by repeated public perfor
mances of her pupils. Lessons given on
Piano and Organ. Vocal lessons free.
The course of study is liberal. Girls and
boys prepared for Advanced College Classes,
or for business pursuits. Instruction in
each Department thorough, practical and
progressive.
TUITION—S2.OO per month, payable at
end of each month. Board —$10.00 per
month. Incidental Expenses—2s cents in
advance.
DIOIPIjINE..
The Government of the School will be ad
ministered wisely and faithfully. Obedi
ence and an exemplary deportment will be
demanded of every pupil. Special attention
given to the moral culture of pupils.
Tlio Teachers all experienced. We know
our business. Will Ureenesboro support
her Hglii School ? Without the sympathy
and co-operation of the people the best
teachers labor in vain. If we are worthy,
support us ; if not worthy, have the moral
courage to tell us so.
W. E. REYNOLDS,
aug. 29th, ’B4. PRINCIPAL.
EL IFXX"TS,
GKA.
Contractor & Builder,
is prepared to make bids, give estimates and
undertake building contracts of every de
scription. He keeps constantly on hand a
full supply of buikltng materials which lie
is selling at reasonable prices. lie solicits
a share of the patronage of Greene and ad
jacent counties. Write to him for estimates
when you have contracting. seps
bricks! ~br7oksm
HAMBURG
BRICKYARD!
T AM NOW PREPARED to deliver any
A quantity of first-class Bricks. The bricks
made at this Yard are of the best clay, and
known by Contractors as the very best ir,
the market.
©"Messrs. G'opelan, Seals & Armor arc
our Agents at Greenesboro’, Ga.
W. J. RUTHERFORD,
june 18th, ’B4. ■ AUGUSTA, GA.
G. H. TCJ.
THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE
WORLD ACKNOWLEDGE THE SU
PERIORIT Y OF THE PIANOS
AND ORGANS SOLD H.Y
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
They are selected from ten of the BEST
Makers, and arc so much Superior
to Others at Prices so much
Less that I’crchasers
Save from
$lO to SIOO
By visiting or writing to
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
E.1.0,M,—L.P.Q.S-
Large and increasing sales of musical
merchandise verify the fact that G. 0.
ROBINSON & CO. SAVE MONEY for
EVERY PURCHASER.
SHEET MUSIC, the LATEST PUBLI
CATIONS, MUSIC BOOKS of every de
scription: the latest Italian Strings.
The Latest and Most Popular Sunday
• School Book
‘WE AID praise;
LOWEST PRICES, at
G. O. ROBINSON & CO’S.,
831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
—White Fsii, fresh and nice, in kits,
drums, quarter and half barrels, received
this week,—Copelan, Seals & Armor,
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF TIIE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY CORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1884.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DNAGER!
Under tbo first impulses of the
moment wo will resort to all kinds
of remedies for
PILES,
making them worse by so many dif
ferent remedies. Extornal reme
dies are known to relieve but noth
ing more, whereas by an internal
treatment we are relieved at once,
and cured permanently. The
ESSUISE! FILE Mill,
for iatecgal ns#^is prepared ex
pressly for piles in their various
forms. Send for pamphlet, or ask
yonr druggist for it.
Schumann’s Pharmacy
ATLANTA GA.
may 2 84
-TIIE
PIEDMONT AIR-LINE.
BlClfllß AID DABVILLE SYSTEM.
72 MILES SHORTER
TBAX ANY EXISTING LOUTS TO
Washington and the East.
350 MILES SHORTER
—THAN —
-A.rl.3r :£7,otj.te via OiM.cism.ati
Richmond and Danville Railroad. Time,
One Hour Faster than Atlanta Time,
Schedule in effoct, la,Un,,
ai.iv 11 lulu Express Express
iuny 11, IBM. No 53 fr osl
Lv Atlanta, city time 740 am 340 pm
“ Atlanta,R &D “ 840 am 440 pm
“ Lula 1104 am 740 pm
“ Greenville 250 pm 1145 pm
“ Charlotte 0:40 pm 420 am
“ Salisbury 840 pm 050 am
“ Grecnesboro 10 25 pm 805 am
Ar Danville 13 00 ra 10 20 am
Lv Danville 12 20am 1585 am
“ Lynchburg 240 am 150 pm
“ Charlottesville ... 445 am 435 pm
Ar Washington 920 am 920 pm
Lv Washington 940 am 950 pm
Ar Baltimore.,.lo 50am ll? r u>m
‘‘Philadelphia 123 pm '
“ New' York.! 3 50 pn*- ‘O^Wain
“ Boston £4O pm
Lv Danville 10 20 pm 10 85 am
Burkvillc 520 am 144 pm
Ar Richmond 700 am 850 pm
GAINESVILLE ACCOMMODATION-DAILY
Leave Atlanta 5 15 p m
Arrive at Gainesville 7 25 p m
RETURNING.
Leave Gainesville GOO a m
Arrive Atlanta 8 20 a m
Two daily trains for At liens, Ga., except
Sunday. Only 31 hours transit
ATLANTA TO NEW YORK,
Two Fast Through Trains Daily, Pullman
Palace Buffet bleeping Cars, Atlanta to
New York without change, via
VIRGINIA MIDLAND.
Berths secured and numbers given ton
days in advance.
E BERKELY, M SLAUGTER,
Superintendent, Gen Pass. Agt
Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, Va.
C W CIIEARS, C E SERGEANT,
Ast Gen Pass Agt City Pass Agt
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta. Ga.
WOOD WORK,
BLACKSMITHINB,
-AND—
General Renairing,
-BY
J, 1 HOWELL It 1,
GREENESBORO GA
YVTE have just opened business at the
” Copelan Shops, in Greenesboro, and
are prepared to do all kinds of work in our
line.
BLACKSMITHING,
malting Wheels, Turning, Shoeing, Forging
and repairing of all kinds. We ask for the
public patronage. Wc do first-class work,
and guarantee it in every instance. Terms
CASH.
’WJi.GrONm l
One-liorse Wagons, S4O to $45. Two
horse Wagons, $02.50 to S7O.
J.M.HOWKLL & SON
GREENESBORO, GA.
OPIUM
AND
WHISK X
HABITS
CTJEE.
CANARY Mill.
FINE IMPORTED CANARY BIRDS
guaranted good singers, also the finest as
sortment of Cages in the city. Plain and
Mixed Bird seed, Gravel Song Restorer,
Mocking Bird food etc. etc. Orders by
mail promptly attend to and satisfacton guar
anteed at
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon !
No. 212 Bth Jackson Street; rear of E.
R. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA , - - - GA.
NEW ADVERTBtBMENTS.
A Sing-liFact
Is Worth a WHnle SlflpSoad of Ar
gumenr.
CAr.TKRsviLLK.GA.— Thi'yill certify that
two members of my’ immc&tp family, after
having suffered for nianyfcirs from men
strual irregularity, and ha*jg been treated
without lienefit by various-juferiicid doctors,
were at length completely seil by one bot
tle of Dr. J. Bradfield’s SSmalc Regulator.
Its effect on such cases UlJrely wonderful,
and well may the remedy w°called “Wo
man's Best Friend.”
Yours resped} Illy,
—. JAMES pRANGE.
Entire and Absolu-’ ~
Major John C. Whitncrt* feroi-Mij
and favorably known all "Iyer the United
States as Gencrallnsuran(s| Agent, says: “I
used this remedy before tiwwar on a large
plantation in a great numbfi of cases, always
u>it?i absolute miccem."
I>r. J. Davis, Milltown,lpabama, writes:
“Have used Bradfleki’s Bgiilator exten
sively in my pmctice withmjlre success. If
it is not specific, it is, in Biy opinion, the
best known remedy for fbe l .jfiseases for
winch it is recommended.!;; "
A lady of Bonham, 'Ettas, writes: “I
liave been using your Fcflfio Regulator for
several weeks and with gist benefit. My
case is of long standing angbas baflled many
pliysiciaus. I have tried •cry medicine I
could hear of, but the Ileftator is the only
one. that lias ever relievH my distressing
sufferings.
Notasulga, Ala. —Drjj. Bradfield’s Fe
male Regulator has been jko roughly tested
by me in a great variety (Jeases, anti I am
fully convinced that it is fcrivaled for that
class of diseases which it |bims to cure.
j. (Truss, m. and.
Treatise on the Health riid Happiness of
Woman mailed free to apijicants.
Tim BrAdfield Hiiijh.ATOit Cos.,
Box Is, Atlanta, Ga.
$11,950
IN CASH
GIVEN AWAY
To the SIVI (JEERS' of 1
Blackwell’s Genuine
Bull Durham Smok
ing Tobacco.
The genuine has picture of
BULL on every package.
For particulars see our next
announcement.
HARD WARE!
REAPERS & MOWERS,
Buckthorn Wire Fencing, Eureka Post
11010 Diggers, lee Cream Freezers, Ma
han’s Vehicle Seat Sunshades. Fairman’s
Ice Crushers, Sarven Patent Wheels, Car
riage Makers’ Supplies, Jacobs’ Patent
Wheelbarrows, Plain and Stamped Tinware,
Richardson's Celebrated Handsaws, Fishing
Tackle and Seine Twines. A full line of all
kinds of Hardware. Write 11s for prices
before buying. No irmttcr wlmt others sell
at our prices are always low'd'.
Thorne Hardware Co*,
1032 Broad St., Corner 11th,
AUGUSTA, : : : GA.
SAVED HIS LIFE.
A Physician’s Testimony.
I was called to see Mr. John Pearson, who
was confined to Ills bed with What appeared to
bo consumption of the worst form. As all of
his family had died with that dread disease
(except his half-hrother), Ids death was; regard
ed as certain and s<s>n. After exhausting all
the remedies, 1 finally, a last resort, sent for
a bottle of Brewer’s Ltme Restorer, and it
acted like magic. He continued the use of it
for some time, and has been fully restored to
health. So far as I could discover, he had con
sumption, and Brewer’s Lung Restorer saved
his life. Id. O. HOLLOW AY, M. D.
Baruesville, Ga.
Another Rescue from Death.
In 1881, while sewinjc on a machine, my wife
was taken with a severe pain in her side, which
was soon followed by hemorrhages from her
lungs, severe cough, fever, and she could nei
ther eat nor sleep, and in a few weeks she was
reduced to a living skeleton. Her stomach re
fused to retain any food, and the physician
thought one of her lungs was entirety gone.
At a final consultation of two physicians, her
case was pronounced hopeless. I tried Brewer s
Lung Restorer, by advice of one of the physi
cians. and she began to improve after the third
dose. She continued the medte-ine, and is now
in excellent health, and is better than she has
been in several years. I believe Brewer s Lung
Restorer saved p UEARNDON,
Yatesville, Ga.
BTi
B. M. WOOLLEY,
Atlanta, Ga.
Reliable evidence
given and reference
to cured patients &
physicians. Send for
my' book on the hab
it and its cure, free.
From Nlacon.
In August, 1881, It was discovered that my
son’s wife was In the last stages of consump
tion. Sho was coughing: and at
times would discharge quantities of pus from
her lungs, could not sleep or retain anything on
her stomach, and we thought it only a Question
of time when life would be compelled to give
way to the fell destroyer. After all other
remedies had failed, we got Brewer’s Lung Re
storer, and began it in very small doses, as she
was very weak. She soon began to improve;
continued the remedy, and was restored to life
and health; and is to-day better than sbe has
ever been before. I regard her restoration as
nearly a miracle, for which sho is indebted to
Brewer's Lung Restorer. It. W. BONNER,
Macon, Ga.
Brewer's Lung Restorer is a purely vegetabre
preparation, and contains no opium, morphine,
bromide, or any poisonous substance. Send for
circular of long list of wonderful cures.
LAMAR, RANKIN, & LAMAR,
MACON, GA
SELECTED POETRY.
JIiST AS 1 AM—A VERSION'
FOR THE YOUNG..
Just as I am, without a care.
Finding the world so fresh and fijir,
And longing still its gifts to share,
O Lamb of God, I cpme !
Just ns I am, for Thou hast sought.
And touched me in my sccretWouilK ;
Though I obeyed not when I ought)? ,
. O Lamb of God, I come !
Just as I am, a wilful child,
With selfish aims and fancies wild.
To learn of Thee obedience mild,
O Lamb of God, I come!
Just as I am : my heart will beat
To music made by dancing feet,
And yet for joys thou boldest meet,
O Lamb of God, I come !
Just ns lam I will not wait /
E’en now {'grieve because soTatcr ~~’
* O Lamb of God, I come!
Jiist as I am: the cross a pain,
Afraid to lay it down again ;
Because so sinful, weak and vain,
O Lamb of God, I come !
Just as I am : Thy grace withstood,
And asking who will show me good—
Now to be answered, through Thy blood,
O Lamb of God, I come!
Just ns I am: wilt thou renew,
And let Thy grace distill like dew,
And make me good, and kind, and true ?
. O Lamb ot God, I come!
Just as I am : wilt Thou restrain,
Keep me from grieving Thee again,
And near me be in joy and pain ?
O Lamb of God, I come !
Just as I am—no more to stray,
From God and Heaven and Home away;
To give Thee all life’s little day,
O Lamb of God, I come !
— S, J. C. Ingliam, in Sunday at Home.
BIT OF PAPER.
A STORY OF POVERTY AND
DISTRESS.
Bread Cast Upon The Waters, Re
turn Richly Laden—A Word In
Season Better Than Gold-
Thrilling Car Scene.
Opposite me in the car sat a man
wbose face interested" me greatly.
It was handsome, without that ex
treme perfection of feature which
so often indicates lack of character.
I read noble traits there, but intui
tively I felt that they had been
dwarfed by evil influences; His
brow was largo and intellectual, his
mouth firm and beautiful, save for
a cynical expression which I
thought habitual rather than na
tural. What had first attracted my
attention, however, was an eager
unrest in his fine brown eyes. I
mentally said, “He has drained the
world’s cup to the dregs, and con
cludes there is not any good thing
left, while involuntarily tliegood in
his nature is seeking and still hop
ing for something real and true.”
My thoughts were interrupted by
his saying eagerly: “For God’s
sake, madam, if you have any
pity ” I turned in the direction
ot his glance, and found a woman
at my side in convulsions. My
heart was at once aroused in its
fullest sympathy. I supported the
poor suffei-er as best I could, while
the gentleman stopped the car and
himself assisted in carrying her to
an adjacent drug store, in the ante
room of which was fortunately a
comfortable lounge. In our efforts
to resuscitate her I unfastened her
dress. As I did so a well worn
purse fell out. I immediately
searched its contents for some clue
to her identity, but iu vain. There
were a few silver pieces and a slip
of paper, on which was written in a
cramped hand these words : “The
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sin.” The poor woman,
conscious though unable to speak,
smiled as her eyes fell upon the pa
per, and reached out her trembling
hand to receive it.
When she was at last able to give
us her address we hired a cab and
took her home. On our way thith
er she gave us a sketch of her his
tory. It was the old story of pov
erty, distress and widowhood. Her
heart had been full of rebellion for
tho heavy sorrows laid upon her
until one day she had strayed into
a “Moody meeting,” when she heard
tho words which had carried such a
blessing to her soul. “I would not
remain long,” she recounted : “I
had dropped in partly to rest, part
ly from curiosity; but as I left the
building Mr. Moody uttered that
sentence. It clung to me all the
way home, and I did not rest until
I had written it on that bit of pa
per. I read it over and over again
until I knew that it was true —true
that I was a sinnor, and true that
Jesus could wash me clean—even
tne. I had no one to teach me
what to do, only the Spirit led me.
Since then my life has not seemed
so hard. lam a seamstress ; had
been down town to take home my
work and receive the miserable pit
tance for my labor Years ago I
was subject to these bad spells. I
suppose .jny sewing late at night
has brought them back. It will go
hard with my little ones when I can
work no longer, but if the Lord Jo
sns is able to cleanse my sin he is
able to lake care for them. That
little slip of paper is my best treas
-11
ure.
“Twill give you gold for it,” said
ithe strange gentleman, drawing a
piece of money from his pocket.
For a moment a vision of the com
forts it would bay must have flash
ed through her mind, but remark
ing his skeptical look, her faith
stood the test. “You would tempt
mo, sir.—No, I will not sell God’s
blest blessing to me.”
“Do not refuse him," I said. “It
may do for him what it has done
for you.”
In an instant her features lighted
up.—*-“0 take it, sir,” she urged,
“without the gold. Goths grace is
‘without money, and
may He bless it for. yonr happiness
and good.” He took it from her
hand and dropped it carelessly, in
to his vest pocket.' All through he
had shown the forethought and ten
derness of a woman, but now his
face settled back to the old express
ion.
We found tbo home of our charge
to be poor and bare euough, though
neat in the extreme. After a few
kind words tbo gentleman loft us,
and after his departure we found on
the table a twenty dollar gold
piece.
I afterward secured plain sewing
for the woman from private indi
viduals, which paid her better with
just half the toil. Her health im
proved, and in time she was enabled
to move to a better locality. I in
terested friends in her behalf, and
fitted her children out for school.
So her prospects brightened.
Two years passed, and one mor
ning as I was walking down Broad
way, I saw a gentleman descending
the steps of the Astor House and
watching me closely. Ho hesita
ted a moment, then hastened to
ward me with outstretched hand.—
Somewhat embarrassed, I said,
“Your face, sir, is familiar, but 1
cannot name you.”
“Did we not together act the
part of the ‘good Samaritans’ to
ward a poor creature iu distress ?”
Then, of course, I know him, and
said so.
“You will please pardon ra y bi
king advantage of tlijjjjL chance
meeting to address yon Jfow, but
i t am Jsnow oio fate
of that person we be nendom"'”!
left town that night for roy borne
in the far West, and this is my first
return to New York. I consider
my meeting with you to-day a most
happy coincidence.”
I told him, of course, all the
above facts regarding tbe woman,
and he seemed much gratified.
“Will you see her agaiu?” he
asked.
I l-eplied in the affirmative.
“Then give her this, please,” he
added, taking from bis memorada
tbe memorable slip of paper, “and
tell her it proved a blessing, as she
prayed it might. I, too, know and
feel that the ‘blood of Jesus Christ
cleansest from all sin.’ ”
Having sons of my own, my
motherly heart became more than
ever interested in the young man,
aud I invited him to my house,
where he gave me a glimpse of bis
past life and a full description of
his conversion.
Reared in wealth, be bad become
a devotee of the world, until, sat
isfied with its pleasures and its
sins, ho grew tired of life itself.—
Ho became skeptical as to tho ex
istence of any good, and yet bis
heart continually longed for some
thing, he knew not what.
The woman’s simple story of
faith, told when his heart was soft
ened by the suffering he had seen,
greatly impressed him. The paper
she gave him seemed, he explained,
like a “living thing in his pocket.’-’
The words haunted him day and
night until he was thoroughly con
victed until concerted.
I thought it a beautiful illustra
tion of God’s providence, aud it
strengthens my belief that there is
no such thing as chanco, but that
God moves in a mysterious way
Ilis wonders to perforin.
SERMONS
Sei’mons should be composed
with tho congregation always in
view. They should not be simply
discussions of subjects, strong ar
gument elaborate in language and
illustration: but the question should
ever be present, Will this be profit
able to the congregation ? Will it
reach the consciences of tho stupe
fied and hardened ? Will it arouse
the careless and impenitent ? Will
it attract them to the cross of
Christ ? Will it solve their per
plexities? Will it dispel their
doubts ? Will it impart comfort
to the sorrowing ones? Will it
lead the church to holy living and
Christian activity? With ques
tions like these, and with a single
eye to benefit his people, the ns' n
ister will compose a sermon Lit
only excellent in itself, but espec
ially suited to the needs of his peo
ple.—Bishop Simpson.
TERMS:—SI2.OO per Annum, In Advance.
STARTING A YOUNG MAN.
It is related of a wealthy Phila
delphian who has been dead these
many years that a young man canto
to him one day and asked for help
to start in business.
“Do you drink ?” inquired the
millionare.
“Occasionally.”
“Stop it! stop it for a yoar, and
then come and see me.”
Then the yonng man broke off
the habit at once, and at the end of
a year again presented himself.
“Do you smoke ?” asked the great
man,
“Yes, now and then.”
“Stop it! stop it for a year, and
then come and see me.” .
cut loose from the habit, and after*
worrying through another twelve
months once more faced the phi
lanthropist.
“Do you chew ?”
“Yes!”
“Stop it, stop it for a yoar, and
then come and see me.”
But the young man nevor called
again. When somo one asked why
ho didn’t make one more effort, ho
replied:
“Didn’t I know what ho was driv
ing at ? He’d have told me that as
I had stopped chewing, drinking
and smoking, I must havo saved
enough money to start myself.”—
Wall Stroet News.
A REAL HOME.
The real home is in the country,
and it is something more than a
dwelling; the field and trees ar
ound it are part of it, and the views
from it of the landscape, and of
distant mountains, perhaps, make
it unlike any other place in the
world. Tho country home with its
fixity of surroundings has usually
some measure of permanence, and
the social life formed there is un
der the favorable conditions of old
family associations. Some have
tho happy condition of living in the
home of their fathers, and aie sur
rounded with objects of precious
memory, daily momentoes of pa
rental affection and instruction.—
The home which it makes is tho
best thing of farm life. There is a
necessity of permanence, and as
there is no sudden or great accu
ifiSflatron of wealth or -large in
crease, tho family is free frbm that
discontent which usually comes
with sudden or
It is one of the of
their condition that the farmers
family is in that “fixity of surroun
dings” which favors their highest
culture.—Country Gentleman.
A WORD TO PARENTS.
The hurry of the day, the short
ening of the morning hours for tho
ieugthening of the evening, both for
legitimate and illegitimate pursuits,
the morning paper, and hurry for
school, the evening concert, lecture,
or worse, and the hurry to dress
and be off; even the Sundays,
crowded with many meetings or
much sleep, leave the children for
tunate if they get their daily quo
ta of tender affection. In ma
ny homes it is to be feared
that even the good night kiss is
sacrificd for the club or something
better. Now this is ruinous; worse
than business failure ; worse than
the loss of new carpets, curtains,
furniture, hooks, presents and tho
things that are not neglected. Ro
bust piety in the home helps solid
integrity on the play-ground, at
school and in tho shop. The Sun
day school is good, but the home
teaching is better. The prayer of
the visiting pastor is precious, but
the pleading of tho father in the
midst of his household is more ac
ceptable still.—Pres. Journal.
A HALE PINT OF LIQUOR.
Judge Brown, during his remarks
to the grand jury previous to their
dismissal last woek, said that it
took upwards of one hundred dol
lars a day to run a superior court,
and that often the effects of a half
pint of whisky would be the sole
cause of occupying the business of
the court for one or two days—ma
king the half pint of liquor cost the
county from one to two hundred
dollars, to say nothing of a proba
ble murder. This is another reas
on why men should be sober.—
Gainesville Eagle.
—Kev. Clement A. Evans has
already been suggested as a worthy
successor of the lamented Bishop
Pierce. Certainly no name can be
mentioned of greater weight in the
Church of which he is an illustrious
representative; than that of this
brave and noble man, devout Chris
tian and eloquent preacher. We
are gratified to see his name men
tioned in connection with the high
office made vacant by the death of
Bishop Pierce.—Atlanta Journal.
—Nothing comes ; at least noth
ing good. All has to bo fetched
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