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DEMOCRATIC
BY C. W. HANCOCK.
AMEB1CUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,
VOL. 82.
1m can truly say, “Its mansions are!pot, but a Father—kind, loving, for- j wall a hurricane at sea and j itw
mine, ite temples are mips, ft* songs I giving, aad He makes all heaven ring blowing towards the shore, and a vi
ate mine, its Godisnunel” Oh, it ii j again when a prodigal eosass back. "I| eel crashed into the rrocks, and y
no tame thing tobsoosns a Christian. I have no pleasure,” Ha says, la tbe I saw peeple get ashore iu the tiie boa
It ie a merry-making. Itistbe loll-1 death of him that dirth.” All may beandthevery last man got on the roc
o» the fatted calf. It as a jubilee. You] saved. If a man does not get to heaven 1 In safety, you could net control yc
know the Bible never compares it to a I it is because be will not go thorn. No joy. Aad it is a glad time the (Jhur
funeral, but always compares it to I difference the color, no difference ths of God sees awn who use tossed
something bright. It Is more apt to I history, no difference the antecedents, the ocean of their sins plant their ft
he compared to a banquet than any-1 no difference the surroundings , no dif-1 on the rock Jesus otoS7ob,wh
thing olaa. It u compared la tha. Bt-lbm.th.au. Whoa tho wbiUbotaae I prodigal. ntarnbooM jut bovtln
bla to tbo water, bright, fluking water, | of Ckriat'a oratory are brought oat to I Uhriatiaaa ting. It is .ot a dell ta
to the morning, romtl, * iL -Tt UJ |‘ J lVn1l Ihl rllin.1 Triemf-h yTtymlylyiTa hlal'lwail i. knmam congran
monnUin, troufigomd morning. - I ride oae of thaaa. a^ as God is greater tiou. Jut hear thaasCkristiaupn
villi I oonld today take .11 tho Bible I thin nil. nil joy iagraater, and wbablltbaot. aterotyped supplication'
expression. nhont pardon, aad peace, awnl cornea back.tho. Uin hi. (mart ban hesrdooerand again .fcrtwaa
aad lib, and comfort, aad hopo. .ad I tba (nrgiig *f aa infinite txwea of glad- ] jvn, but a pettiag of th. caaeiot
besvtn, and twiit thorn into oae gar-1 neat; and to express that gl.dn.aa it | hand, of Gad with an important aim
land and pat iton tha browoftbebnm-ltaktt all Umrivan of pleasure, and all ingt Mo long rnim. lln net
blort child of God ia thin assemblage, I tho throve of pompiud aU thaagei Iprarat a grau length .aloe, they hr
aad or,: "Mm it. mar it bow, 1 of eternity. Itisajoy deeper them all |aothiag to wad and theirhenna
wear itforarar, aon of God, dnoght.rld.ptb aad higher than all blight, aad hard aid cold. AU the prayers 1m I
of the Lord God Almighty.” Oh. tba I wtdw than aU width, aad Taatar than Bibb that wars anewem! war. ah
joyofthouew ooiaart. Oh.tho glad-1 allimmensity. It orertopa.ituadar- pragma. "Oodha maroifal I. m
non of tho Chrbtiaa seroice. Yon I girds, it outweighs all the united splen-1 ainuer." “Lord, that 1 may nee
hava aaan aometimaa a mania a tali-1 dor aad joyoftha nniraraa, led who wy eight," “Lord, aaaa me, or I p
ona apiece. 'Ilnn'jiist an fast ns you
t quick, tear, aptang toCharly’a hot tl
Ona ekrady winter moiaing, not ban
B. P. HOLLIS,
.lydlm- Lr. HuUowmyl
I«er'* Lsn( Rettarcr.
illSkSHRSS;
Attorney at iMte,
AMEIUODS GA.,
ojlco in Hawkins’ bonding, aooth Mt ct
laaal 8traat, la tha OH unco ttbjh
a H. WILKINSON,”
Attorney at Late.
AmoricuN, Gn.
Allbuslne* entrusted to him will roeeire
aad he UdUiid
Dolly*a hit aloaortwbamaahagaBtb
way which wasn't like himaalf. ■
'1 put efUra. Grace’, boa
aad ber yolof trembled a
J- j8* Westbrook, M- D-
Physician and Surgeon. ;
Amor loru*,Gta. , (
Harm febi-tm
Veil, that day paaaad Wad lha milt,
• UOwtinea_thaarm did-UWOtwa
il na^wlaa Joa wdth^a Uttbf 'bom
last tbo window pane, prophnaiada
i Umaa adldiiw eeiged ettoieV we.'
'a hope ’twon’t come, though, till
■a Ilia joy .Ho flings new worlds I tiagfotth of tha fou tip. of tha lagan
Ito apace, aad Madias naw sau,line formal my, bat a beany Map
lib among tba whita-robad an-|whenth.maaeleo of tba heart laam
iof tba radeemad a greater hallo- toefeachthefiigersofoei. hud araawd
.while with, aoica thatrerex- the other heed. Aad then aaathoaa
. -—-theimaulaina ot trank-l Chrbtiaa faaaa, bow iUamiaamd they
aoboad hack from tba I are., Aad aaa that old man gat an aad J
aa Ha erba; “Thia, my I with the same eoieo that he mag* fifty J
and ha baUeeuaW'Iyimi ego lathe old ooaitry meeting '
(of tba Ezpoaition in I kooae, any, "Mow Lord, lattaattboa '
saw a Mexican flntbt, thy aarrant depart ia paaaa, for mine !
tba aolo, aad than altar-1 ajrea bail aaaa thy aaleatba." Thera
orUn blade of maaio wu a man of Keith who was bailed
i a a iSRUrtu
nldld, bobhttr.-'maa J ffla •chfl-
dren swoke the Mxt moruiog' die snow
was siting fint and steadily! an largs
pdaf c “0h,** be replied, “since 11 sou, [was
found tbe Lord I have never bad any I At the o]
psiu except sU.” Then they said to NswOrl
nim: “ Would you II 1 " * J 1 — J *" ~
sags to your friends?’
tell them that only Is
•tosa, wW» frosty beard and
. farced himself through the enow-
< at; the-door, Jt was Hr. Grace,
(, for the storm bad rendered tbe
^impassable/spA he bad tramped
thole distance from Ounbar Corner
i snow shoes. It wu a long weary
no doubt, and be bad beenabout
then s minute be had made kind-
weed of one of the chain aad in
tber one or- two a brisk fin was
mg on the hearth, and Mr. Ones,
wnble fear, was rubbing Charly's
•tea. I would;
oight tbe lovel >■
of Jesus came rushing into my soullin; iut ths sound
like the so * * v —* T •—* 1 1 — 1 —**»-
to cry out, — r
stop, Lord, snoughl"
of this Christian relig
over from those tame,
art indulging, joys cT
o —/ . 1 ofthat oae fiat* as I one day he got off his shackle# aad he
C# of the sea, and I had I compared with all tha srehsstaas was loams aad stood hy the prim door,a»d u *i
Stop Lord, it is enough; I grantor than all tha. jeya <L tha aai-| when the jailor was opeuiagthe door, “5!
v... Oh, the joys I versa combined, when compand withlwith oae stroke ha kmoektddowa the y,
.... vi...... ..^mU. Just pass j the resounding heart of Almighty God. Imam who had incarcerated him. Pass* A
Ume joys in which you For taa yean a father went three times ling along the atreeU of London he won*
j-yS of thie, world, into a day to the depot. His som weatoffldendwheie Us family was; He did *
l rapture# of the Gospel. The I ia aggravating circnmstsaees, but the I not dan to aek, leet he exdtesuspP
rid cannot antiefy I you; yonj ihayaltsth^f said:. “Ha will caps bask ”1 ohm, baftpassfam along -a little way JJ
nd that oat. Alexander longing for j Tbe strain was too much and his mind | from ths prison he saw a Keith tank-
at worlds to conquer, and yet drown- j parted, and three thaes a day the fa-1 ard, a cap that belonged to the family „
tibia own bottle; Byron whipped by I therjweat. laths early uoraiag he I from generation to gsnsntknn-.be saw
quietudes around the worid; Vol-1 watched the train. iU arrival, the step- lit in a window. Hie family hoping
re caning hie own soul while aU the ping oat of the passengers, aad then I eosse day that hs woald get elssr come
ecu of Paris were eppUading him; 1 tin depnrtan of the train, t At Booaland Head as an aslhsyeould ^
nry VIII. consuming with hatred J he *(aa there again, watching tha ad-1 to tbe prison house,- sad they sat that - '
linst poor Thomas a Becket—all I vance of the train, watching the de-1 Keith tankard ia tha .window, hoping ~
istratione of tbe fact that this world I partnre. At might, then again, watch-1 be would see it, and ha eaSM along aad T
,oot mak. . mm. happy. Th. rorj log tba comma mtcbi.g?b. going for L. it,.uidkB«krf at OitoUtimi ^
m who poiaonad tha pommal of thaltai^M. Ho was airs hi. aoi would I want io, aad tho long absent fam3T w '
Idle on whiah Quoan Eliaaboth rod. I com, baek. God has been watching I were all together anil. Oh. WM m
rated iotbaatasat, t"Godi a.«4 tbaaod araiUa, for soma of job. mj broth-1 maid mHr suit (or tba kingdom of **
Mil” Ooo moment tbo world lp-| era. to, ys*r*. two.tr pears, tbirtp I God to lirbt.1 think aama of ran will ™
tqda and tba next moment tbs world bears, fort, raara, pabaps Sftp ramra, £nd saarlr all of roar trionda, mid
stbamatiaea. Ob. araw ore. into I w^ w waitiifc watching, vmohiof. lamilr^lroiir famllim Mad tba bo- £
:% Fon®,
Charley was Hale. Thme wns
of tiny crutches always by her
f. •umeelfaowjH K .'I -
w®!**’* think of going.” said
i Grape, “if Charley wasn't the
. phtisht tittle mothw I know she
Offers bis frafesslonnl team* to Uie
eople U Amertcue end vicinity. OHice at
Ir. EldrldRe’s Drug Store. At night can
>e found etraaldenee at the Taylor house,
{it attention. ■'
maym-tf
E. E. Bbowb. fiti.nom Bnoww. ^
Edgerton House,
Opposite l’a-wngcr Depot, 22
MACON, GEORGIA. r?
E. Sq-ferCTy Bon, -Pryi.to,
•‘she’^' to smart— Q r
"For tto world tbo g
acknowledged that all
ch a possibility had occuiTed to bet
“It's the storm. thsf keeps them,”
V jsx'id cheerily. It's a dnndfcT
)rm,-you know. Tbey’l! Lo hcroto-
srrow—I know they will.”
But to-morrow came and; Went—a
wu end bow tbe ^mi' whistled
>rough hod through the honso 1 The
ena had ceased, but of this the chil-
TABERNACLE SERMONS.
■V iKEV., T. DeWITT T1UUU
Dr. D P HOLLOWAY,
DepitisT,
Amerions, - -' - Georgia
I know you’ll take good cars of th«a ^ -
oar, Tbaro’a broad enough baked, D"
m l I’m loft tbe jar of donghnnta in tbo
•’Ob,r>^agMC’miodiom “Can *»•
"Yonmnitb»m what Chari* Maw °h
on,” aaid Hr*. Graoa, ’’and attend to tdl
(hat Qbarljr aaya. ; I’m ilookad tba *“'
.Vl’lidojust the beat LCAn,” said con
gave her enough to take her to Dr.Les-
ter that very next spring. And though
r qorid Wftjttfoly cum. ber,
little, limbs .grew so much
tnd bettor that she was able
bout crutches, by limping a
». When Dr. Looter, too,
mow who Ckariy was for
of that winter's d*y had sl-
ched his ears—he refused to
fee, but, instead, added to the
of bllle.’and put the whole in
for Charly. ' •
rill want to go to school in a
le,*'said he; “I think she
ffiti.- ' ''*** -
. ■wkut makes every one so
h *‘ , ‘
•Wield.
jj BROKER AND
Commission Merchant
UepresentloK mum of the largest booses,
dealers la Corn, Floor, Meat, Spots and fu
ture delivery in all these staples. He In-
vitoa his friends to call at his office on Cot
ton Avenue. HamU Block for quotations-
Prices received everyday. ]ani7-tf
of wodd and his ejes fall
my bittbere is,”he quav-
phari^j’Wby don't ^the^
,r saia ! Charly, With
ioftbirwood.aodonly
.fevi'*** !
re's wood enough piled up' In '
j So last you/* said Hr. Grace, I
kaskily- “We shall be book
*ig^yvn. „Au |
iWmiaiuf Utw old Dolly '
glfig albar boat paco dowd tbo 1
bower • oa.y and .mw doligblfnl to be
Mlal Mghm.Dur&o'next morning,
my ho ’? Whan ia tba diffioolty tbon?
^om^STbi-oo^r^a
tub? Who is ashamed and afraid to
go'out ou the street and meet people?
Wibb iloeqn't want, to see anybody?
WhowanU to hide? Who wonders
where he was last night, usd whom he
met, audwrhujAw him. and what he
stMfsiad. when be wefet, sad how he
hW’^.nnt to tbo
For Bala
Twenty-poor BeautiM
f|]j* Building Lots
iconSdoMO
.and tbafr toil ia moot
DRAPER
aiAG T(
■ ; TAHaOB-'
llik.tb.Rain- *
, appease and a gnaeing
loathe, food, to havo a
tmgyonr mother, my boy,
f seeing yonr aistpr, and a
inking to your gofnl old
is hard ay eon. This is
' And—look me io the
ehus, loojc me in tbe eye—
w, honor bright, do you
mifer.than' being “good?”
,ypn|uay call your ygood”
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