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THE WEE
ESTABLISHED Of ISM
BY C. W. HANCOCK.
INDEPENDENT IN POlWIfE AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE SCEENCiE. AND GENERAL PROGRESS j Terms. S2 A WAS in ADVANCE.
Minion type solid, con
stitute a square. .
AH advertisements not contracted for will
be charged above rates.
Advertisements not .specifying the length
of time foe which-they are to be inserted
med until ordered out and
^vertl^t. unless
loeta bayo been made.
MKftiiSS VOL. SI.
E. G. SIMMONS. If
slttorn&v at Fam .ll
ameeJods oa, u '
»la Bawttnf MUkiam
■ Street, In tho old office <
m
B. P. HOLLIS,
Attorney at
AMERICUS, OA.
Forsyth Street *n National Buk
—DEALER IN-
G. V HOUOWAY,
OentisT,
intiii. ■ • Gocrgi.
its successfully all diva*
o the profession.
r Davenport and Son'
Hr. J. A. FORT,
Physician ana Surgeon,
services to the
r*rus and vicinity. Office
s Drug Store. At night cl_
esidence at the Taylor boose,
reive prompt attention.
Winship & Callaway,
1 Jtl Second Street. Macon, On.
LEADING CLOTHIERS and
HATTERS of Middle Ga.
THE GEORGIA LOAN,
AND TRUST COMPAHT.
Negotiates loans on Improved farms,
rime one to five yean. Kate of interest
eight per cent. Expenses light Apply at
principal —
principal office, AnieTlcu Ga.
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
J35
t front by 105 feet b
t Oglethorpe street, east o
side of Oglethorpe street, east of Court
le by order of Commissioners of Roads
rv » B oaths
- Terms made known o
,f sale. ' W. C. r. CI.EGBORN,
f Board
NEW ENTERPRISE.
Having completed arrangements with
first-class partiea, 1 am now prepared to
take orders for the sale or purchase of
Cotton, Produce, Stocks, Bonds, etc. The
Chicago and New York market reports will
be received and placed <m file atmy office
every half hour during the business hours
•>f the day. Those desiring to deal in futures
. treated. Prompt and
julyMi
properly treated. Prompt ana iai
guaranteed. J. B- FELDER.
PATENfTS
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LORILLAED’S
MACC0B0Y SNUFF.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1884.
NO. 23.
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Louisiana State Lottery Co
••We do kertbf certify that m imusimh
arrangement* for mil Monthly and Semi-Annual
Drawings ef Tks Louisian* Slate lottery
* " ” >t mUcmitrmltit
. Incorporated in 1968 for *5 year* by the
legislature for Educational and Charitable
pmynses with a capital of f1,000,000—fcj
SSSjS&f 3 * mm'TS5S5
•By'aa overwhelming popular vote its
Aawchlee was made a part of the a WHdf
** nsssmtlw adopted Dreember 2d,
The only Lottery ever voted
t tit people of any State.
It never media or pottyonu., ,
tta Gnat Wing to Number Dravrla|m ft to alt who have weak tanp.
.* WLESDID OPPORTUIWTV TO
WIN i roBTDJE. EIGHTH GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS H, IS THE ACAD.
BUY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS,;
TUESDAY, Angus* IS, 18S4 — *71st
Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PR!Z£r$75,000.
00,000 Ticket* at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths in proportion.
•unting
Application for rates
ado only to the office
New Orleans.
For further i
SEWING MACHINES.
Company In
payable and address Registered Letters to
NEW OltLEANS NATION a I. BANK,
65 and up-
THE BEST OPERATING!
HANDSOMEST and
HOOT PERFECT
by Mall or Express (all
wards by Express at our expense)
M. A. DAUPHIN,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
sihhiiii
Prieto Ecta»d$3.00 on Such Stylo
CARXrOL ATTENTION IS DCTITXD TO
tffc.ss'Bf sssesu^: ,cr'£c
J aurabiiitv. the finish ol wood work,
its absolutely self-threading qualities, its
automatic bobbing winder and its belt shift
ing device, also Its great rangc.of work.
MY FRENX>o,
ffiSTTo yuse In talkin’, ef vo haint gotTi
Planer or a OrgVn in yuro house ye wi!
>w what rale simon pure happiness
Is, untcl yo git one, an* when yo du, Jete
take a woman's
bayin’ hit at
WHICH IS AS FOLLOW8:
Plain Hewing with perfect stitch,
jewing fro
“SSfcSSS**.
Sews two curved edges together.
lace at one operation.
lace and inserts bias,
turning at head of hem, all in one operation.
- * wide hemming. It does quilting.
It does tucking. Jt does puffltog^ _
It does rolling between two band*.
It does binding. It does scollop binding.
It does dress trimming. It does fold mak
ing- It does coat binding.
It binds a garment mad
a lace at
It Is the
machine In the world that
doe* hem tftcLing without the use of blot-
^SoesembroWetycwtth «» attachment.
It does embroidery without an attachment
It does chenille embroidery.
orlng and General Manufacturing.
CAUTION TO lOSSDJl;
s many inferior imitations have appear-
ipon the market In packages to closely
mbling ours as to deceive the on wary, we
ild request the purchase!
THE WHITE IS WITHOUT A PEER.
red lithographed tin cans In which it is pack-
In Its great range of work it stands without
In buying the imitation you pay as much
for an Inferior article as the genuine costs’
Be Sura You Obtain tho Genuine.
Every Machine Warranted
for Five Years.
LORILLARD’S CLIMAX
RED TIN-TAG PLUG TOBACCO.
The Finest Sweet Navy Owwing To
bacco Unde.
The Genuine always bears a Red Tin-Tag
FOUTZ’S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
For future particulars regarding the merits
white;
OF THE GREAT UN
RIVALED
“iraim”
Best Hscto^KejgM fa Enfitf and
1 CAPITAL PRIZE...
2 PRIZES OF 66000...
HOXIMATION 1
iatkm Prizes c
POSTAI. IVOTICS i
ordinary l
SAKF.S HUE!
»SE nOUGHT A
PIANJBB.
lack,
LUDDEN & BATES
SOUTHHOt; MUSIC HOUSE.
, Tbey's the amnYor my money. No awin-
dHn' fur them. Theydon’t humbug yo with
offers of gqld dollars fug 50 cents, or Ah000
Plain —wine over onere. lurtM—* .
Pinfewing from lace to leather without g***™ iiLSSy 1 *’
of thnmV^a r y J
they otUs-r- >
PIANOS andORGANS
PIANOS— Rosiwood, 7-Octaye,
Square, Large She,
Overstecno Bass. All Improve
ments. Ohlt |JiO. Uprights 6225.
Gha.no Squares, VA Oer-, 5225.
Reliable Makers.
Sweet toned, perfect and durable.
Good for a lifetime.
ORGANS— Walnut Casks, Kx-
tended Top, two sets Ueed«,5 Stops,
ohlt 655; roua sets Reeds, 1 Stops,
only |65; 9 Stops. |70. In elegant
cases, richly ornamented: guaranteed
in tone, construction and durability.
Ten^ first-class Makers and o
Installments; 815 monthly on Pianos,
Organs, and
With Each Plano, a flood Stool
and Cower. With Each Organ,
deliver the Instrument to your nearest
depot or landing.
Ml Freight t*a\
IS.
__ke my advice ; they did lair by
they will du the same, by yo. But '
tu beat them down, fur they have
e, an'
9250
ONLY ONE PRICE,
r they stick to like ajcoon to a tree. I
them, an* they will satisfy yo or pay bi
yure money. Send jure name an* postoffice
an’ tell ’em what yo want, an’ they’ll send
yo mor’n a peck of catalogues, circulars and .
price lists, which will help yo pick out the flflO
Instrument yo w&uV Jess put on your let-
A REMARKABLE CURE!
msicuis ilD SUBGEOHS DECIDED
TOmfEE HtfE. v.<..
- - -jdifhfct
fiEarSr—
Launched on life’s everlasting sea,'
I ask the gales that waft to Thee,
Two! ’TU the watcher’* loneliest hoary
The realms «f night has darkest power;
’Ere the dawn’s first li
Soats e’er the vale a chill of d
Oh, drive tbeee murky shades
'— ;htai -
thou bright and morning atar i -
Four! Ard the early laborer wakes;
Gray o’er the hills the day-dawn breaks;
Oh, warm my heart, celestial ray,
And shine, and mount, till ali be day J
Five 1 And beaMe their peaceful beds;'
Bow golden lodes, and hoary beads; V r
And MessliUES load the balmy air, ■* >
* way of praise and pra
And strew the w
! Night Is past, and day Is hem;
Ua voices mdrarar to my ear— ^
ssjssJtssasswsjSKf
1 Give this day our dally bread I
hou the countless boards hast spread
Where households meet and kneel, and
For ball and chamber, field and mart.
Tbe above t«t4iiDoaial
gentleman saya after an interval
■O'Canse to ehanre n^ophdou
No spectres of tho distant O'
With puhnonarr disease.
r, .-rtfully,
CO. wi SIMS.”
LAMAR, RANKIN, & LAMAR,
Nine! Blessings, blessings on the sound
Of humble school bells, clashing rr"—* *
The merry sowers forth they ring,
The merry sowers forth they ring,- of infinite wisdom for a more general
r* “«aiCirjk^iX TdiS
MACON, GA.
TUTT f S
PILLi’
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
three-fourths of
Steven 1 And morn has sped to soon;
laste: or the Journey stays tUl noon:
Voe, if the Joyous noonday sun
Look down, and naught be yet begun!
«^P^^^teato^thefire3a*tonee^^ee<i<
mand the uae of a remedy *hat acta directly
o»U*® Liver. Aa a Liver med lclne TtTTT’5
riumhnvenoeqnaL- Tbeir action on the
•agers mi the system," producing appe-
iuitSi aTigoroesbo^^nnnrra^s
SSKS55SM J53WS5
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
el Heaven puts on its dazzling robe,
»tal pomp girds 'round the globe;
»d Is love, and life, and light.
And Joy, and majesty, and right.
The fruitful morning’s rich decline.
Two! Victory hovering in the West,
The soldier craves not soon to rest;
h®* r *» and cooler nerve,
1 OPWahr
i,anil have;tri
Three! Shadowing clouds course o’t
And gentte’breezes curl the main;
And sober toil is half repose,
While day rinks lovelier than it rose.
tlon.two years, and 1
ktnds of pilla, and
.^5r T iS
splendid, food tUge^wadtiy.^lEKlw£
Lave natural passages. I feel like a new
man.” W.I». EDIT ARDS, Palmyra, O.
Soldsvtiy vhere^Ma. Offics.tt Mnrr«T8t..N.T.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
^ am ehai
tby ns
ld.br p
l OfjUUs PTK Sold.
TITT * MAROALCU USEFUL RECEIPTS FBEL
Fitter 5
b needs of the tonrist. commercial
. onrist, comm
traveler and new settler, Hostetler's
ach Bitters is peculiarly adapted, since it
strengthens the digestive organs, and
braces the physical energies to unheal thfui
influences. Itremc
rial fever, const! pa
' Dy stimulates tot
d enriches as wen as purifies the blood,
ken overcome by fatigue, whether mental
physical, the weary and debilitated find
.. a reliable source of renewed strength and
comfort. For sale by nil Druggists and
IN CASH
GI VEN AWAY
$500
IgtPftEilUHt,
2d B !
3d “
LUODEN & BATES
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE.
Savannah, Go.,
an’ it win go rite, aa'yoa'H git an answer 1m
a ^if^^fur they all git up soon in the
c>. Yourtn,
Betst Hamilton Higgins.
I*. S.—They wanted me to be their Agent
fur this settlement, but X haint got no tim«
Jess now; an* I don’t reckon hit would pay
no bow, as the folks is so down on sich
things. But 1 don’t kecr ef they air, my
Planer 1* hero tu stay, ef the hole settle-
w.F.NTra combated
SEWING MACHINE OIL
and receive free, a costly box
* goods which will help all.
awlmwand wont the 1
* either sex, to
right away than anytiitng else
in this world. Fortunes await the workers
absolutely sure. At once addrras Tnu* A
Co., Augusta, Maine. marS-iy.
■ T Caii fl answered at all hoan of the
■ y, l ,E h t nt the residence of either Die.
■ Kldridge or Ford, for
■ _ Dr. Eldrid^e’s Drug Store.
LAWN forty L™.
wide at I5e, worth 25c. Rlgbargaln,
John B. Shaw.
the world, and is bottled
, where the wtottee
pure SPERM OIL,
up and «aout the pure bbiskm vau,
lnthebotCea,eo there U no chance for
gits down
«S3-tf
about hit.
MONUMENTAL
BUBBLE WORKS,
•A!fD nOFTYOU FORGET IT<
JOHN R. SHAW.
AMfcBICUS-
MJllor A McCall,
PROPRIETORS.
siiratnwest Corner of Public Square,
AMKRICVS. -
- GEORGIA
9225
•185
sioo
ioo
eateth not the bread of idleness. Jler
children rise up and'ealt her blessed:
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vaini
■bttl-a unman that feareth Ike Lord
shall be praised." It Ia to these wives
that the. men of tha Plains aro indebt
ed for all the honor awarded to tbemi
for the high state of menUl and moral
culture of their sons * and daughters:
Lika Aaron and Hurr, who stayed’tbe
hands of Moses, while hie prayers went
tip to t God tor jibe salvation of the strag
gling army, those true .women, wi..
«vre by .. htrengtbeaing a, sod aattaio- , t»g.fol .otm, Kim Beril orderol
Ug; M »-„-T UwfoM. rlTort itfde- the d«th ofthu ooble, «lf.,.erificie*
Pltrllflli, Jnlin «k. r T'I.-
'•{*•; * ■“ r* mmaukmir. bifMi>^<Jol.th. B^etbt. Thivmj>
«I.M for the Bent,1 ui morel ele.e- rf diKiple. ,e„ throwS ihto grief u5
iSwif^r.hufth.eod ofth.
second year of Ransom’s superb Ton
e swift of flight.
defenceless. There was no anthority
ttSi b^WaS%3S!: , t£3
sspsratioa and lho erection of the ie no Iranian ear to hear " it then the
fljt Pjjgt Jf * UI I* igouize-J soul will cry it aLdrto the
eod • thet whoteeoalerl meo Neemeo fo lUten. 'r wre . tender pethoe, .,d
**W- ! at the same time almost admirable pic-
tmemuibolW h'r»to>bl«J^j3l
othere. Be luted - wrong ud .'toted etud elltheir rrief end be
right and wu geoeeMe to t fufc !j w thed it Oor boriene tn net
Like Ulack end St «W>-Jr«* T.«w more then belt »o beevy to ctrr,7f en-
iriMi Mf lh fi!e *!! "fr'int- 1 " other ebonlder ie tbtuet trader the olb-
l*S2l * DI > er end ot them. Here we find Cbtiot.
Milled et tbe Plem' jorf in time to bU brow ebndowed with grief, eundiog
fiwSuf.^o*f^ k£3^°tbubT: * millth » 8 ro "P ofdiMi P S.wbo with
X“/of^nd‘.«“rf *i d
coxpr||nejiL t.; dm 3SX4S bh'SSff b™.bp«-'
loyieMfothedMne.nd Mypi^J e^eTuc'rSd .7my. gu. ut* « SS7
One stepdownward! Oh, be mine
Of interest and confiicting creed, ere told Jeia'e." The old Gotha e'nd'Vu!
SlLI*3* t irTdft °* Ul °* ? °t > —do came down from the north of En-
tbe bigbeet effort, of the human mind ro ,#,od they npmt tho garden, and
l0 !^i r **r DS ! ie ^-..tb-t O* they broke down tbe altara .and awept
mud of man toadogmattam and pt^ bbray everything that waa good and
venmprogreaju. Ml, inand beantifnl. So there ia ever and anon io
mtbe tma knowledge of theeteraal it, history ot all the aon, and daogb-
Tbe'fijd separation of the two pe;,
I *i° J T 1 ! "vuingly the end rsnieck nnd pot to tho torch all
r. k h J?’? “ *“ W”*> '•>« men highly prise. There i. no
tho hands of Ood he uepired to the M „ ,o deeply clef! into the mountain,
Gonpel tmm.tr, and n conscienuona towllo.n. .belter and the foot of fleet-
aeal for the h&eter cansed turn to ,.t contest cannot beat n, beyond the
” “?.“'' r °°' n Pi S"uk pnrenit. Tb. nrrow. 7hc, put
G^ito«ta^»?:sSuKhS!
class. I am aware that tha public may
fail to ace sufficient cause in this act t
Four! If along life’s dusty street
A moment pause my way-worn feet,
May some kind Angel stoop and smile,
And whisper sweet. “A little while!”
Five! Tfce long shadows of the hills,
A pensive, pleasing music fills,
Where Nature with all sounds of pei
Gives the kind signal of release.
flf YkAjrf.ttnitellJTiohie af .laJ. 1 * PapV.
”—ie, as mteve we love to meet;
ilouded eye, no vacant seat!
Seven I And as star by si
All heaven the desert wanderer cheers,.:;
Maps tbe dark pathway o’er the billow.
Ana smiles on childhood’s weary pillow.
Eight! Now the moon with silver shield,.
Pale splendor pours o’er wave and field; A
Oh thus when brighter Joys depart
Let soothing peace still fold my heart!
And thou whose love tl
Still pardon, snccor, guide and s:
Ten I Who whould loiter in the dance,
When pleasure hangs on folly’s glance.
White night sits throned in starry blaze,
Eleven t The sentry walks the camp;
The student lingers o’er tho lamp;
The world may sleep, but I would wake.
And watch, and toil, for love’s sweet sake.
Twelve! Echoing throughtise inldnlght halls,
The knell of time to Judgnierit calls,
O. Saviour, write my datly atonr,
TUl I shall sleep and .wake in glory!
The knnll.of time has called thee-hoae;
REMINISCENCES
PLAINS OF DURA,
FROM 1842 TO I860.
I think that i
EPILEPSY, FITS.
FALLING FITS,
CURED.
This is no humbug. For Information
"TE, write to
L. H. SCHUYLER.
FREE OF CHARGE, write
* '\8C .
Stratford, Conn.
MORPHINES
■Ohm Hmits
M0HUM6NTS, TOMBS,- ETC.,
C3 ANCERS
Treated by a new and wondeifolly an
Mifnl mettled, without tbe knife or tom _
loedt Yastij superior toall ^er methods!
Hundreds of eases cured. Write for de-
leal Itillan *«il Aowleto MirMe. Krtpa,.^Accreg
IRON RAILING
FOB CEUETKBT bkclosubb a
stecxaltt.
combs. Hair, Nall and Tbolb '
, ■ n A ^r1nn HaTM. PdAEl PtC. 1
Brushes,
Dr. Eldiodge’b Drag Stote. eiy » John R, Shaw's.
cent per line each insertion.
TABERNACLE SERMONS.
IT BET. T. D.WITT TILMASE.
ILilm for Wounds,
d his disciples went and told* Jesus u
fill’a stroke as when the plain hand of
priate message. The i
i zed the people of the Plaihs, the si-
leucuof deatb aow reigns supreme and He will break down tbe door of your
tbei «wls and bats become denizehs of dungeon. From the thorns of His own
tho school-room and honse of God. It crowd He will pick enough gems
fol w's -then that the aeeming evil-that make your brow blaze with eternal vi
-i 1 ™^ f«>mTM2 down tory. In every tear on His wet cheek,
OF THE SCHOOLS AT THE bndsr^the-SUontt'oltng influence in every gash of His side, in every long
of-in&ntCe wisdom has ocoomm a gener- blackening mark of laceration from
»} *nd positive good through the diffn- shoulder, to shoulder, in thegraveshat-
sion of knowledge hy_ta* hundreds of tering, heaven-storming death groan, 1
useful me* . *nd womar*ent «»t from hear Him say: “Him that cometh unto
the Plains frpod • from those- mental Me 1 will in nowise cast out.” “Oh,”
restraint! that tend* to dwarl the mind bat you say, “instead of caring my
of man and disqualify him fer the dif*. wound you want to make anothei
charge -of those -higher dotiee- which wound, namely, that of conviction,
devolves nponthe true Christian. - Have you never known a surgeon
The separation of the people had be- come and find a chronic disease and the*
between the date oom ® * fixed fsetsod we aooept<»e the with eharp eaustio born it all ont?
of 1847 and that of1853 that the most «tustu>n. The school a^ Magno^ the grafarof God comes to tbe old
important event took place at the It has long been rankling there
Plains. The arrival of ‘several fami- eod^olty^wlto ^oommenced with a bdUy divine grace it is bnrned oat
lies of wealth and influence seemed to P*trqnSg* ofroyerc one buadrad and throogh these fires of conviction, “the
Pteciniute the split in the school that twenty-five pupjifi, while that umler flmh eotniag again as the flesh of a lit-
LdLb.ootoprevontcdbyth.wiM Rnruptn rM^ ? y«r on. htutdred. rie child;
nnd jndicion. interference of friend.. The second. JAM .however, the eggre- ntnehrot
Wenk and helpless hodie. of men will g*f« namher ofOetwo Khool. rewh- 000 hnpnrJonod sin. of yonr lifa go
submit to things that will not be toler- .5 r JW^9 , !$ # ^ nndred PSP* 1 *: *nd ielf .lesns. Yon never will get rid
ated by strong 5 and inflnencud parties. Batisqn^s pstrbas were Bap- of yoor sins in any other way; and re-
ThV arrival of Dr. Wm.Jl Rees. «**WX*j*dWM whMe Monkl member that the broad invitation which
Messrs. Thomas Simpson, Jas. Stew ****^“P hndllas Smvers I extend to you will not always he ex
art, Newnan McBain,Smith Davenport ’ 10 desert them in tended. 1 was reading of King Alfred,
and Edward and Mathew Clark, seem- “• hour of need- whp, in the days long before the modern
upon* ail bodies "of men. With tbik *oppo«te andno higherevidenoe is each, and then had t^rae wax candles,
additional strength we were well able i*gto«atabluh itth«ato4ey thatMt. By the time tbe first candla had burned
support two schools at the Plains. Bjeh**^ Hawkins, Dr. W. J. By, to the aocket eight honn had gone,wad
A very conspicuous feature in these W*l*7 Carter. Eason. Morgan. Me- when ttt aecon3 candle had homed to
new arrivals was that they were all Micael, Branson, J. H. Black, David- {he socket another eight hours had gene,
men of means, character and energy «on f Wooten and m*ny others who godyWhUM all throe candles were gone
and not at all reluctant to devote their "«• membera of the janoua branches qnt then the day had passed. Oh, that
time and money to the development of tlm chureh Stood by U. A. Ransom ^ome of ua, instead of calculating oor
and moral culture of the people. Down and Mifle Bhivets tOtWlaat, npon^m &£jk\ and nights and years by any
to the arrival of these men the writer ground of true merit mad perhmdl ^gthly timepiece, might calculate them
had met every male member of society friendship, and not ope instance is by the numbers of opportunities and
.. l w. * ■ — * .... * • *
at house-raising and log-rolling. We known where the confidence of the pat- mercies which are bnroiDg down and
wero not rich, tbero was not property rons waa abused, but every pupil was burning out, never to be relighted, lest
enough, it would seem to justify the restored to their parents sound in their *t last we be amid the foolish, who cry:
result of which we write from the ac- religionsi faith: A* to the other school -'Our lamps have gone out.’’
tion of the people. A determined pur- I can only say that chanty, knd what Again,! commend the behavior of
pose with a corresponding energy alone few facta come to lightthat I am forced the disciples to all who are tempted. I
could have enabled the few people at to the conclusion that the Professors have heard men in mid-life say they
the Plains to offer snch facilities for were equally mindful ;of those sacred bad never been led into temptation. If
the mental culture of their children, rights.of their patrons.* you have not felt temptation it is be-
And herein lies tho secret of the power The origin of the name of Ranaom’B cause yon have not tried to do right. A
and habits of industry and self-reliance Academy may be of 'interest to his man hoppled and handcuffed, as long
of the sons and daughters of that re- many friends as a diversity of opinion as he lies quietly, docs not test tbe
markable list of wives named in my exista as to its origin and significance, power of the chain; but when he rises
third letter, not one of whom would Prior to the opening the first session of up and with determination resolves to
not compare favorably with the trne the school, Mr. Ransom requested Mr. snap tbe handcuffs or break the hop-
woman described by Solomon in tho George M.' Dudley to give it a name pie, then he finds the power off the iron,
last chapter of Prov. “Her husband is that would be appropriate and signifi- And there are men who have been for
known in tho gates when he siteth cant. >Ir. Dudley promptly responded ten and twenty and thirty years bound
among the Elders. She openeth her and as a compliment to the extraordl- hand and foot of evil habits who have
month with wisdom and inbertongqfe We?? mathematical powers of Ransom, | never felt the power of tbe chain be-
Tidy towels stamped for embrold- “ the law of kindness. She looketh named it Thalean,^ after Thales, the ( cause they have never tried to break.it.
fall pierced and 6tonned.
me that^there is a most appro-
prescription
v«7 thing th»t foMM.W.'MM ’^0™ .7heTucto fiMl
n^rif l “ n Va h ’h tk.t wk.li Godfrey and hi. army mark-
Const and todnirj.th.piow.lMre Jfi out to cptore dcrnsaltm, i. thor
of war through Christian lands. It has v*v.,i ... ' ’ ^
kindled the fires of Smithfield and fill-
wi th. ,.try, wftt ^ .rift, .nnj that had marehed io riW, lif-
dying in .ll .go. of tho world, .ad it fod ».boat that made tho earth treni-
^ e - (> hf soldiers of Jeans Christ,
pwpU at the Plam. wM. ,ap.norto n.rchin s on toward heaven. I would
all others ia thwr poware of reeiatance that. h. wnn. gleam of the palace of
to worldly pnde and amhutoa. The God', mercy and God', .treagth yen
it that remind the introdnctton of might be lifted into great rejoicing,
work into oar Mhool-ioo!nimt the in the find piece I commaud the be-
Ha.n. hare re.irtedthe mnov.tion_ op- havior of there di.ciple. to .11 the.
on the rickte of mm by the Catholic who , nil nD p,rJoned. There
church and ar«»d umm the rutnt ot ooreea a tire. ,n alme.t every man', hi-
S'SStPaP SlaWWtMKw
{fie Christian world, it is rnrohfeu our re ilbim. It may be only like the flash
inherent love of freedom of tbonght in an evening clond just after a very
add of expression thatGod ui.His. wis- hot summer dav. One man to get rid
dora has determined to break the baud* of that impression will go to prayer,
of ; ignorence and snperstiliofi that another will Btimnlate himself by ar-
characterised the-dark' ages of the dent spirits, and another man will drive
world and set at liberty- the slaves of deeper in secnlarities. Bat sometimes a
Catholociam and give universality to a man cannot get rid of these impreaaions.
knowledge of the trne God and of The fact is, when a man finds ont t‘
science, and of the finearts. Deprive hi* eternity is poised upon a perfect
Lather of the spirit of religion and certainty, and that the next mom
Sectarian antagonism and his love of his foot may alip, he must do something
mental freedom andOatholociam would Violent to make himself forget where he
have spread her dark mantle over the stands or else fly for refuge. If there
mrads of the people and .would now w an y who have resolved that they
stand at an eternal barrier tp progress wo uld rather die of this awfnl cancer
and’the beauty and glory of protestant- of sin than to have the heavenly sur-
Um wonld be shat out from the. vision geon ent it ont, let me say, my dear
Of m§n and every avenue to the higher brother, yon mingle for yonreelf a bit-
life and to the brighter glories of thagus- ter cap. You fly in the face of yonr
pel kingdom upon earth, would becloeed everlasting interests. You crouch nn-
np. This 1 conceive to be am. moon- dnr a yoke and yon bite the dost when
trovqrtable fact which is exemplified you might rise up a crowned conqueror.
Driven and perplext'
bat sangnine or k
have temptation. Satax^hna grappling
hook just fitted for your sonl. A. man
never lives beyond the reach of tempta
tion. Yon aay when a man gets to be
70 or 80 years of age he is safe from all
satanio assault. Yon are very much mis
taken. A man at 85 years of age b*s
as many temptations as a man at 25.
They, are only different styles of, temp-;
tatioh. Ask the aged Christian wheth
er he is never assaulted of the powers*>f
darkness. If yon think yon hayo con
quered the power of temptation; yop
are very much mistaken. No man has
finally and forever overcome temptation
until he has left the world.- Bnt what
»yon to do with these-temptations?
ill everybody abont them? Ah, what
a silly man yon wonld be. As well might
a commander in a fort send word to tbe
enemy which gate of the castle is least
barred, as for yon to go and tell what
all yenr frailties are and what all yonr
temptation* are. The woild will only
caricature yon, will only scoff at yon.
What, then, mast a man do? When
the wave strikes him with terrific dash
shall be have nothing to hold on to? In
this contest with the world, the flesh
and the devil shall a man have no help,
no counsel? The text intimates some
thing different. In those eyes that wept
with the Bethany sisters I see shining
hope. Ia that voice which spoke until
the grave broke and the window of Nain
had back her lost son, and tbe sea slept
and sorrow stnpendeos woke np in the
arms of rapture, in that voice I hear the
command and the promise: “Cast thy
1 - *en on the Lord and He will sustain
’’ Why should yon carry yonr
ens any longer? O yon weary sonl
harden
thee.' .
burdens any longer? 6 yon weary sonl
Christ has been in all this conflict. He
says “My grace shall be sufficient for
you. Yon shall not be tampted above
that you ate able to bear.” Therefore,
with all yonr temptations.go,, as these
in i every locality where a ehbrch or Driven aud perplexed and harrested as
school exists. In the absence of oon yon have been by aiu, go and tell Jesi
flic*, or. an .opposing foroe we find a To relax the grip of death from y<
of energy and consequently in* soul and plant your unshackled feet
ind a fatal, deoline. Where once upon'tbe golden throne Christ let tbe
torimt* of tbe bloody monnt transfix
Now it ia a Jfaci that these schools timepieces were invented, nsed to divide
-not sectarian as some seemed to | (fie day into three parts, eight hoar*
stream and with, tha Wind, lying
yonr oars; bnt just turn around and try
to go against the wind and the tide,
andyou will fiad it is a very different,
matter. As Ionian we go down the
current ofuur evfl habit we seem to get
along quite smoothly; bnt after awhile
e torn around and head tha other way
•wan! Christ and pardon and heaven.
Oh. then, how we hard to lay to the
o»H\ All hava their temptation, not
ono person creeping. It is all foil j to
say to some one: “! coaid not be tempt
ed- •» you are.” The lion thinks it isfg
strange that the fish should be canght
smith m finnlr Tk. fiak' .V.'i
with a hook. The fish : thinks
strange that the lion should be caught
with a trap. Yon see some man with
cold, phlegmatic temperament, and
yon aay: “I suppose that man has not
any temptation.” Ye*,
any temptation, les, aa much as you
have. In his phlegmand nature henas
a temptation to iadoledbe and ceaser-
ioutness and overeating aad drinking:
toamkdowainto agre#;}atitade and
S itude of fitttthm;-a temptation to cluuo „ c ,„. cn .
rethe great work bHife; a ternpta- cs for its prey. Between the closing
J° b t tow. Moktttoi.tlMwiiyftow of ito«r«W8ii tor tort’ aro 1
.'•■The tempera-
mangled,,
earthly flt
2 >e obsequies,• ‘•ve siTwifh’the g'rie?-
ncken, wo talk j)«hetically to their
sonl; but soon tho obsequies hive pass
ed, tho carriages.have Jeft ns at the
door, the friends who-stayed for a few
days are gone and the* heart sits in
desolation listening for the little feet
that will never agaip patter tbrongh
"" looking for the entrance of
disciples 4>d, and tell Jesus!
A “11111.1. .commend the behavior of-
KfiSklM* adH persecuted. \Y hen'
pat John to death tbe disciples
knew that their own beads were not
safe. And do vou know that every
John has a Herod ? There are
life who do not wish yon very well.
Yonr misfortunes are honeycombs to
them. Tbrongh’ their teeth they hiss
at yon, misinterpret your motives, and
would he glad to see you upset. No
man gets tbrongh life without haying a
pommelling. Some slander cornea after
you, horned and , tasked and hoofed, to
gore and trample yon; and what are
yon to do ? I tell you pUinly that all
who serve Christ must suffer persecu
tion. It is the worst sign in the world
for you to be able to say, “I haven’t
enemy in the world." A woe is i
nonneed in the Bible against tbe on
whom everybody speaks well. If yon
at peace with all the wprid and
ybody likes yon and .apnfcrei
r work, it is because you 'art
idler in the Lord’s vineyard and
not doing yonr doty. All those who
have served Christ, however eminent,
have been mil-treated at some stage of
their experience. It waa so in the time
f George Whitfield when be stood and
Invited men into the kingdom of God.
Him. With tha beam of Ilia own cro**- -What did the learned Drt Johnaon aay
of him ? He pronounced him a miner-
able mountebank. How waa it when
Robert Hall stood and spokt as no nn-
* spired man ever did speak of the glo
ries of heaven ? And as be stood Rab-
bath after &abbath preaching on these
themes his face kindled with the glory.
tnrsed all England upside down with
Christian reform, and yet the punsters
were after him and the meanest jokes in
England were perpetrated abont John
Wesley. WSwT is true of the pulpit it
true of the pew; it Is true ol the street,
it is true of tbe shop and tbe store. All
who will live godly it Christ Jetns
mnst suffer persecution. And I
down as the very worst sign
yonr Christian experience, if you are at
peace with all tbe world. Tbe religion
of Christ is war. It is a challenge to
the world, the flesh and the devil, and
if yon will buckle on the whole armor
of God yon will find a great host dis
puting yonr path betwaea this aad heav
en. Bnt what are yon to do when yon
are assaulted and slandered aad abased,
as I suppose nearly all of you have been
in yonr life ? Go ont and hunt np the
slanderer? Oh, no, eillyman ! While
e n are explaining away* a falsehood
one place, fiftr people will have
beard of it in another place. _ I counsel
yon to another ooqrte. While yon are
not to omit any opportunity of netting
yourself right, I want total! yon of one
who had the hardest thing* said about
him, whose . sobriety was., disputed,
whose mission was scouted, whose com
panionship waa denounced; who was
panned as a babe, spit upon —‘
who was howled at after be wap dead.
I will have yon go to Him with jour
braised soul in some humble, child-like
prayer, earing, “I see thy wound,—
wounds of nead, wounds of rest, woonds
of heart. Now look atmy wounds and
aee what 1 Bare coffered and through
what battles I am goiag, sad by.thoae
woonds of thine, sympathize with
well to the ways of her household, and greatest of *'
t Mathematicians.
eternity is to vast an enterprise that
witoannnt -** Every hour
wo cannot understand i..
*• ^ cl ang of abb sepulchral
gate. ^The sod hmst bo broken, the
ground mnst be plowbdTor resurrection
S23& 5W ” ast l »:.
TheMnst must press <
is appointed"5ntoaTl n.^„ w ... Ti
£This emigration, from'lima into eterni-
families
The a
,xms emigration, tram time rate
tesssss
fed vehicles of death ramble through
pvery streets The body of the child
1 ‘* * foided so closely to the moth-
that v
er’s heart- is - put away iuHhe cold and
^**1 *° tl >® ‘
p land the to** scatters; . The: :
the harvest field of Shnnem
toys: “My hAd, my head and they
ry him home to die on the lap of hw
•ther. Widowhood stand* with
the hall, <
those who will „ 6 „ 1U —
sighing into the darkness. Long days
ahd nights' of suffering that wear ont
^> 0 ,. 8 J’ irit ??^-® x i n,n ^° *he bright lines '
of life, and the grief is wearing, grind
ing, accumulating, exhausting. Now,
what are snch to do? Are they merely
to look qp. into, .a brazen and unpity
ing heaven? Has God turned uuout
—i the barren commons to die? Oh, no,
i, no! He. has not. lie comes with
sympathy and kindness and love! Hd
understands all our grief. He is the
only one that cap fully sympathize.
Go ind-toll Jesus. Sometimes whsn
wo have trouble wo go to onr friends ■
and : they try to sympathize, bnt they
cannot -understand it. Rut Christ sees’
all over it. He not only counts the tears
and records the groans, but before the ’
tears started, before tho groans began,
Christ aaw the inmost buUng.pUce of
yonr sorrow, ’ an<? He takes it, and)Je
.«««»«» », and Hd .
ltips; it with nn ail-absorbing pity. .
Bone of onr b;ra». Elashr of onr fie*h.
Heart of oar brort. Sorrow ef onr ^or-
tw.“ As long oa He remembers Las*t
u^grtve, Ho will stand by you j n ine
cemetery. As long as Ho remembers.
His own heartbreak, Ho Will stand by
yon .in the laceration of your affection*..''
When He forgets .the footsore way, thh •
sleepless nights,. tho weary ’body, the - •
awfnl cross, thd solemn grave, then H*
will forget yon, but not tratil then.
Often when- we sent for onr friend*
they were far away. Wo wrote, to
them, ‘'Come right ayray,” or tel*-)
graphed, “Take the next train,” They! .
No mother overthrew her arms arodud J -
her ohild'With snch warmth and ecst*-
cy.of affection as Christ ha* shown to
wards yon, CI060 nt hand—nearer
than the staff ppou whiph jou lean,
nearer than tho handkerchief with
. „ .. d kerchief
which, you, wipe away you* U
preach Him, an ever-present, all-sym
pathizing, compassionate Jesus. Iiow
can you stay away one moment flora
Hita with yonr griefs? Go w»w ! Go
and tell Jesus.
often that onr friends have no
power to relieve us. They would very
much like
diafutangle onr finances, they cannot
ickness and raise our dead.
Rat lie to whom the disciples went ha*
power in heaven and on earth, and
Onr call h8 will balk our valatnit
and at jnst the right
ice of an applauding eaith and a ro
unding heaven, will raise our dead.
its
He;will do’-. 0 _. v .
Herod, llo is awiflei than the storm’.
He is vaster than eternity, and every
; will leap
ifravdof God’s
from ita ecabbatd and all the resource*
of, infinity be exhausted rather than
that God’s child, shall not be deli'
who he cries to Him for retene. Sup
pose vonr child was in trouble, how
much would you endure to get him ont?
Do you think God is net so good a fa
ther as you? Seeing you ate in trou
ble and having all power, will lie not
Stretch ont His arm ».nd deliver you?
He will. Ho is tuigli' “'
can level tho mountain, and divide the
sea, and extinguish tbe fire, nnd *av*
the sonl. Go tell Jesus! will you? Ye
whose cheeks are wet with die night’
dew of the grav-*; ye whose hearts are
dried with tbe breath of a rirocco; in
the hameot tho religion of Jeans Christ,
which • lifts ,«very burden and wi]**
attuy every tear and lighten* every .
darkness, I implore you, go and telt
Ofi, ye who a
saed and driven in
this world, and at your wits’ end, l
want yon to know the Lord God is
guiding the ship. He will bring yon
through the darkness into the harbor.
Trust in the Lord. .Let me say that if .
voudo uotyon will have no comfort
here and yon will forever t-e an outcast
and a wanderer; your life will be a
failure, yonr death will be a sorrow;
yonr eternity will be a disaster. But
if 7«0 go to Him for pardon and sym
pathy, .all is well. Everything will
sins will be forgiven and your foot,
will touch the upward paths if now,
with contritiota and full trustfnlnesrof
sonl, yon will only go and tell Jesna.
But L am oppressed wh>tn I think
thet some may not take this counsel.
Xerxes ’ looked off.on his army of two:
million men and burst into tears. They
asked him why he wept. “Ah,” he
said, “I weep at the though*/ that to
toon all this host will be gone.” Bo I
realize the fact that soon the places
which, kwr you once will know you
fffltt
:‘Ti3
-4 lif?
B0
more and you will bo gone—width- ,
erf luther?' There is a stirring idea
which the poet pnt in very peculiar
these.” and He will sympathize.and He
will help. Go and tell Jesus!
' i, I commend the behavior of
iplcs to all who may have been
bereaved. How mnnj in gar b of mourn
ing 1 God baa bi* oyra w*J. of taking
part of a family We must get out of
whetih
Ttonot for man to trifle; life is brief;
And sin Is here;
Our agstobut the falling of a leaf,
lot'manyUvesJbat only one have tro—
low snored should that one life ever bc~-
That narrow span.”
It is very easy to go on down with the
the way’for coming generations. We
mast get off the stage that other* may
come on, and far this reason there ia a
long procession reaching down all tbe
tim« into the valley of shadows. Thr-
matter of emigration from '
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