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oioub thoughts which had their original
root in the rude discourse of an obscure
layman in an Irish barn.
We do not dare to attempt any crit
ical analysis of Toplady’s wonderful
hymn. Just os soon would we pull a
rose to pieces to find out where the de
licious odor was lurking. The hymn
itself is absolute perfection. Of all its
lineB, we think the two finest are theBe:
“Nothing In my hand I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling."
No words can express more beautiful
ly the entire empty-handedness with
The Rock of Ages.
Frank Leallo’s Sunday Msgailno.
The Southern coast of England has
been the birthplace of the grandest
hymns in our language. Within that
belt of land, sacred to devout poesy,
Charles We6loy caught the inspiration
of his hymns; and there, we believe,
he composed that delioious love lay of
the heart,
"Jeius, lover of my soul.”
On the shores of Hampshire mused
I tad sang good Isaac Watts; and in the
| same county modest Anne Steel breath
ed forth her tender songs of consolation.
Io old Kent lived Edward Perronett,
| who struck that thrilling note,
“All hail the power of Jesus’ name 1”
In beautiful Devonshire tho Rev.
| Henry F. Lyte chanted hiB last sweet
u-lody,
"Abide with me; fast fells tho eventide.”
A few miles from him dwelt Char-
I Intte Elliot, the sister of a clergyman,
| who went about doing good; but the
grandest work God ever put into her
hands, was to write
“Juat si 1 sm, without one plea.”
Devonshire is certainly honored above
I ill the shires of Britain, for on that po-
I etic soil Augustus Toplady gave birth
I to the mo9t glorious hymn of modern
1 times—the “Rock of Ages.” The “Dies
I Istic” is the king of medieval hymns;
| but of modern songs of Zion, tho Rock
I of Ages wears the crown.
It is a curious faot that tho spiritual
I birthplace of the heart which fashioned
Itbis hymn was a barn ! Augustus Top-
lhdywas the bou of a British officer.
JAfter Major loplady’s death, his widow
Itoob the lad Augustus on a visit to Iro-
Ibd. While at Codymian, the boy of
■sixteen found his way into a barn,
l*here an earnest but uueducated lay-
Ituanwas preaching on the text, Ye,
IV? sometimes were afar off, are made
|tugh by tho blood of Christ. The home-
jpun preacher “builded better than he
foew,’’ for his sermon converted the
TO which gave to the Churoh of God
>7 “onk of Ages. Probably that ob-
TOe Irish preacher has overheard ten
1 echoes of his simple sermon
javenly world.
- p A4,yordained to the minis-
|j ! n I?'2, and began to preach on the
If®7 °‘ W Otter. Hie career was a
Iff one > for he died at the age thirty-
™ worked hard. James Ham-
8a .y s of him, that “liko a race
Lt ie ’ a ? erve an d fire, his life was on
™ an, \ his delight was to get over
ground.” He composed in hot
uni!’ C ? rtain| y some of his sharp
fL, t papers were thrown off as
lly a ‘"mace, for they scorched terri
„?! 0 e “. when he wrote his magnificent
JtotrJT?’ the Rock of Ages, he could
Li a 8 ' 91 the temptation to give a thrust
L up 8 ?* 1 ? he insisted were believers
Ivmn r „, ctlon -” So he entitled his
N di-in en lle P rin ted it, “a living
luthi>» i§ r » yer of the holiest believer
kduiiLu'PL Ttl18 18 as m noh ns if he
I,. - too moat sanctified soul in
K m
iinful soul comes
to grasp the Divine Redeemer as its
only hope. The essence of the Gospel
is in this matchless couplet. It has
wrought itself into ten thousand pray
ers for pardon; it has been the confes
sion of faith for ten thousand penitents.
Two slight changes have been made
in Toplady’s hymn. The word “tracts”
has been superseded by “words’. 1 in the
last verse. In the same verse the author
also wrote;
“When my oyo strings bro&k In desth.”
Perhaps he had learned the medical
fact that, at the moment of dissolution,
a delicate tendon near the eye some
times break, and causes a flow of tears.
But the allusion was more anatomioal
than poetical, and the word “heart
strings” is substituted in our common
version.
This glorious hymn yet waits for a
tune worthy of it. The one in ordinary
use is by no means of the highest order.
Some master of mueic ought to com
pose an “air” which shall describe the
mnjestio onward and upward movement
of the thought to its sublime climax.
The whole hymn is a fervent outory of
a broken heart to Jesus. It begins in
the plaintive confession:
• Not tho labor of my hands,”
Then the supplicant owns that he is
naked, empty-handed, and helpless and
vile, and calls but imploringly:
“Wash me, Saviour, or I die!”
Then bis bursting heart begins to
yearn and stretch onward. It reaches
on to the dread hour when the heart
strings snap at the touch of death. It
sweeps out into eternity—it soars to the
judgment seat. It beholds the great
white throne I And, casting itself down
before that throne, it pours forth its last
piercing but triumphat cry:
world
must come down on his
LQpfta WUIO UUffli Ull UlO
lands 11 • c ? nPo8S , ‘Nothing in my
(yin 1 ” tln g, and, ‘Vile I to this foun-
Vr/tu 3 of 80n S • he has gone
dcontr 8 nfe °f ton RU68 has ceased
ifhaiM l° Ver81es aro ever hushed.
Vi 9, ai *d Wesley have sung each
id 8 m .slory, and been puzzled
-giee h0,, Was ^ ey ever 8eeme< ^
IbffiS 8 lly m. n is ns universally
It h. 6 !* n8 ' lmo or the vernal How-
ety tonon beea irnnslated into almost
i c hurch l 10 ’ rP 1 ' i’emeroy went into
rtopanv „r Constantinople, where *
|Jm n » y v,?.V Arme “inti8 were singing
“find
wen> P- ! amov ed them that tL-
inm,!,;| ck l , ng ( i° wn their cheeks,
man \!,® a , w '\at they were singing,
id 1° 1 th e S6nt translated the words
were the dear old lines of
1 — j mu „ When Prince Albert
Kmured are fai'ii hie lips feebly
pHyZ th ? sweet words of Topla-
"'’j'ns Prin n 1 B .°, ltOttm0 nhout thal
R " r ncfl laid hold of those pro
“Bock of ages, oleft for me.
Let me hide myself in Thee 1”
The Democrats of Ohio are now en-
in a vigorous canvass all along
the line. Gen. Ewing, aided by the rest
of the State ticket, is discharging his
whole duty, and expresses the fullest
confidence that he will be triumphantly
elected. The Columbus Democrat of
Thnreday says:
“The most encouraging news comes
us from all parts of the State.
Everywhere the - Demooraoy are on the
alert, and, unless there is flagging be-
tween this and the day of election, the
Democracy will achieve a signal victory.
In Licking county the Democrats are
sanguine they will get two thousand
majority. Seven-eighths of the. Green-
backers in that county are giving a
hearty support to the entire Democratic
ticket. In Lucas county the union of
the Democratic and Greenback parties
insures at least three thousand Demo
cratic majority. The word from Mont
gomery is equallyr encouraging. The
average Democratic majority in that
county is about eleven hundred; this
fall the Democrats think they can safe
ly count on fifteen hundred majority.
The Fairfield Democrats think they
will increase their majority at least five
hundred. From all sections of the
State comes news of great encourage
ment to the Democracy, and if the good
work is kept up the Democratic majon-
ty will be much greater this fall than
it was two years ago, when Governor
Bishop received twenty-five thousand
majority. Keep the ball rolling, boys.”
Tho San Franoisco Bulletin thus
summarizes the result of the recent elec
tion in California:
First—Republican State administra-
ti0 Second—Workingmen’s and Demo
cratic Supreme Court.
Third—Triangular railroad commis-
°Fourth— Republican representation
in Congress. .
Fifth—Mixed local government m
San Franoisco,
Sixth—Mixed Legislature.
The Republicans have carried on tne
State administration. The Working
men and Democrats have secured the
Supreme Court. All parties but one
are represented on tho railroad commis
sion. The results in other directions
are mixed. But notwithstanding the
apparent confusion a single and deter
mined purpose on the part of the peo
ple rune through the whole. The po
mp- litical status of California isfixedby
P Perkins, the Republican State officers
and the delegation in Congress. If
they should desire to take the bit In
their mouths and run away there is a
very effioient brake in the opposition
Supreme Court. All parties are repre
sented in the railroad commission, and
antagonisms have been introduced else
where which may result rather in a
healthy than a disastrous friction,
A Letter from Qen. R. E. Lee.
Southern Historical Society Papers
for September contains the following
extraots from a private letter from Gen.
R. E, Lee:
“As to the battle of Gettysburg I
must again refer you to the official ac
counts. Its loss was occasioned by a
combination of circumstances. It was
commenced in the absence of correct in
telligence. It was continued in the
effort to overcome the difficulties by
which we were surrounded, and it
would hayo been gained could one de
termined and united blow have been
delivered by our whole line. As it was,
victory trembled in the balance for
three days, and the battle resulted in
the infliction of as great an amount of
M as ^received apd in frustrating
ideral campaign for the season.
“I think you will find the answer to
our third question in my report of the
attle of Fredericksburg. In taking up
the position there it was with the view
of resisting Gen. Burnside’s advance af
ter crossing the Rappahannock, rather
than of preventing the passage. The
plain of Fredericksburg is completely
commanded by the heights of Stafford,
which prevented our occupying it in tho
first instance. Nearly the whole loss
that our army sustained during the bat
tle arose from the pursuit of the repulsed
Federal columns into the plain. To
have advanced the whole army into the
•lain for the purpose of attacking Gen.
iurnside would have been to have in
sured itS destruction by the fire from
the continued line of guns on the Staf
ford hills. It was considered more wise
to meet the Federal army beyond the
reach of their batteries than under their
muzzles, and. even to invite repeated re
newals of their attacks. When con
vinced of their inutility it was easy for
them, under cover of a long, dark and
tempestuous night, to oross the narrow
river by means of their numerous
bridges before we could ascertain their
purpose.
“I have been obliged to be very brief
in my remarks, but I hope that I have
been able to present to you some facts
which may be useful to you in drawing
correct conclusions. I must ask that
you will consider what I have eaid as
intended solely for yourself.
“Very respectfully and truly yours,
“R. E. Lee.”
The Truth About Maine.
The Maine offioials, all Republicans,
have held back the election returns as
long as they possibly could, in order to
make tho country believe that they had
a majority in that State; but the truth
has at last been brought to light, and
the fact can no longer be concealed that
the Republican party, which gave Hayes
sixteen thousand majority in 1876, is
now defeated by over three hundred
votes. The Greenbaokers and Demo
crats united have a majority in that
State. The largest vote ever cast in
Maine was polled at that election. The
Kennebec Journal (Rep.) has the fol
lowing official returns: Davis (Rep.)
68,012; Smith (Greenbacker) 47,088;
Garcelon (Dem.) 21,181. The Republi
cans lack 258 of a clear majority. The
returns from the remaining towns will
not materially change the above result.
This is the Republican victory in Maine.
What if the Democrats should boast of
lacking only 258 of a clear majority in
Kentucky ?—Cin. Enquirer.
Price of a Leg.
A widow whose husband was killed
in a railroad accident, sues the compa
ny and recovers 85,000 damages. A
man who lost his leg in the same acci
dent, sues in the same court and getB
815,000. The widow waylays the Judge
and charges him with unjust discrim
ination in valuing a leg at three times
as much as a whole man.
“That is not the point, my dear mad
am,” says the urbane Judge. “Even
with 815,000 the man oannot buy a leg
as good as the one he lost, but a woman
as young as you are, and with 85,000,
can have no difficulty in getting a new
husband.” .
Tbe widow retires satisfied.
* m *•
A few days ago Walter Langley, in
Alexandria, Va., killed a snake on hie
front pavement. The reptile was about
six feet - long and as thick as a man’s
wrist. It was white in color, except on
the belly, whero it was pure white, and
was pronounced to be what is knewn as
a “milk snake.” Mr. Langley has been
laining for some time of other
persons milking his cow, and was
pleased to find the cause of the trouble
and get rid of it.
(uticura
REMEDIES
SALT RHEUM FOR 30 YEARS
On the Head, Face and Greater Fart of
the Body, Cured.
Heiart. Weak! A Potter: Gentlemen—I have
been a great sufferer with Salt Rheum for SO
yeari, eommenolng in my bead and fsoo and
extending orer the greater part of my body. I
hare taken gallons of mediofnee for the blood of
different kinds and tried good physiolaes, ell of
which did mo no good, and I came to tho eonolu
•ion that I oould not bo cured. But a friend
oallod my attention to an artiolo In the Union
on skin diseases, and I got a box of Gutloura.
The first application was a groat relief, and tho
third took the scales all off, and 1 felt liko a
new man. I have uaed three 60-cont boxes and
my skin is smooth, and I consider myself en
tirely cured. Hoping that this may be soon by
some one sfflloted os I hare been (if there is
any) Is my earnest wish. And I cheerfully roe-
ommend it to all persons aifileted with liko dii-
easos. Yours truly,
B. WILSON LORD.
Agawam, Mass., Septi 0, 1878.
The Cuilodra Soap ehculd be usod for cleans
ing all diseased surfaces, ea most soaps are In
jurious to tho skin.
LEPROSY.
A Modern Miracle. Astonishing Results
from tho Uee or CUTICtlHA.
Messrs. Weeks A Potter t Gentlemen —Wo
hare a oase ot Leprosy in our poorhouto whioh
is boing oured by your Cutioura remedies. The
county had employed all of our dootort and
bed lent to New York for advico, but to no arail.
Tho patient commoncod using the Cutieura
and immediately began getting better.
Ha had been oonfined to hie bod for two and
ono-half years. Had not had his olothos on
during this time. Last week he dressed for the
firat tune.
When he walked there would at lesst one
quart oi scales eomc off ot him.
This happened every day.
Wo think It le a wonderful cure.
We do not say he Is cured, but he is in a fsir
way to be cured, to say tbe least
Yours truly, DUNNING BROTHERS,
Druggists and Booksellers.
Allegan, Mteh., Feb. 11, 1879.
Norn.—Messrs. Dunning Brothers are thor
oughly reliable gentlemen, and ware unknown
to us prior to the receipt of this letter. We
firmly believe this Cntlcura will permanently
cure this Tory severe oase of Leprosy, as It hss
done many others.
Prepared by Weeks A Potter, Chemists and
Druggists, 360 Washington Btreot, Boston, Mass.,
and for side by all Druggists and Dealers. Frloo
of Cuticora, small boxes, 60 cents; largo boxos
containing two and one-half times the quantity
of email, $1. Risolvmt, $1 nor bottle. Cert-
oona Soap, 26 cents per oake; by mall, 30 cents;
3 cakes, 76 cents.
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The testlmoniele of pormanont cures ot Skin
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mors wondorhil than any ever before performod
by any methods or remedies known to.tho med
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Cutlonra Resolvent, a powerful Blood Purifier,
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tho oil and swoat glands to tho surfaeo of tne
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with whioh those vcasols have been dally
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Cutlonra, The Groat Skin Cure, appllod oxtor-
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which cover the eurface of the diseased glands
and tnbos with Soaly, Itching and Irritating
Humors, speedily It removes them, leaving the
pores open, healthy and froe from diseased par
ticles of matter.
Thus Internally and oxternally do those groat
remedios tot In oosjnnotion, performing euros
that have astonished the moat noted physicians
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Such as Dyspepsia, Headache, Chills and Fever, &c.
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FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS GENERALLY.
J. Ot. YEISER,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Garden Seeds, &o.,
Sole Proprietor, Rome, Ga.
R. T. Hoyt, Wholeoale and Retail Agent for Rome, Ga.
febl twwly
“P. O. !>.»»
“Pill of Perfection.” It U a hard “PiU” for the
OUl-Time Seiolng Machine Companies to talcc, hut
when the WHITE MACHINE comes in direct Com
petition with them they are obliged to haul in their
old Machines. They don’t find any second hand,
made over White Machines, neither can you buy a
White on two or three years time. They are sold for
Caslt, or on short time, at lowest possible price. They
are so constructed that the Lost Motion in all the
wearing parts caused from long and constant use can
be taken, up by the simple turning of a screw, there
fore they are obliged to outlast any other Machine
not provided with this necessary derice, .....
Statements of Agents of other Maohines to the Contrary Noth withstanding.
They have more space under the arm, and are tlie lightest running
Machine made. Therefore pay no attention to what others say hut try
them yourself and buy the White if you want the best. For snic by
R. T. HOYT.
One of the Pennsylvanmuon «wmpa-
nies has received a eontraotfor br dg
work in Demerara, British Guiana,
amounting to $175,000.
HOYT & COTHRAN,
Wholesale Druggists,
ROME, GEORGIA,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF
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INCLUDING CLOVER, TIMOTHY, HERDS’, BLUE AND ORCHARD
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eflLLINet Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
CUkwitS Wrxk and Sore Lungs,
VOLTAIC B9ELECTED Goughs and Golds, Weak
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Dyspasia, Shooting Pains
through the Loins and Back, Spasms or Fits,
and Nervous, Museular and Spinal Affections,
reltoTod and cured when every other plaster,
linimont, lotion and eleetrlcal appllanoa tails.
sepStwwlm
COMMON SENSE VIEWS
FOREICN LANDS.
BY Nl. DWINELL.
T his volume, of four hundred
Pages, now ready for sale, ia well printed
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It embraces a series of Lettora written from
the most interesting oitles of Southern Europe;
from Alexandria, Cairo and tho Pyramids, in
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any, Mount of Ollvee, Jorioho, River‘Jordan,
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the famoua Yoeemite Falls.
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The Liverpool Post says that tbe
enormous richness of the old gold fields
on the Guinea coast has not been exag
gerated in the reports received of late.
Sir John Glover’s statement that he had
traveled over districts where one might
dig up gold like potatoes is all but re
alized in recent discoveries, which give
8600 per ton of quartz at a depth of
fifty feet, and 815 on the surface. Their
extent is practically unlimited.
A reward oif one hundred dollars was
offered for the delivery of JackMetter, a
reputed horse thief, to the authorities of
DeWitt county, Ill. Jack walked into
the sheriff's office in custody of a friend,
through whom be reCeived one hundred
dollars, and with this money he employ
ed a lawyer, who secured his acquittal.
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879. FALL & WINTER TRADE. 1879.
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