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THE MOUNTAIN TROOPS,
Z>B. TALMA GE'B SERMON IV THE BROOK -
LYIT TABERNACLE.
Dr. Tmlmasr® ayß We Cannot, in this A*e. Under
stand the Beauty and Glory of the Ancient
MW Tfris Animal Comes to ua inrou*h
•■Marie* 0? Oonrwion.
Beooklyn, October s.—At the
Brook!y litlxwaaeie this mornitig Dr.
Toliiioge re id end expounded verses'
from Genesis about the first Eden
and from Revelation about tho last
Eden. The serviefes *pscd' with tW
hymn: ■.
•fboectWiiato%U*,r„
T*is tta-ong,
Koaiul the ellar night an t day
Tuning one triumphant song?’ 1
The subject of' the sermon was
“•The Mountain Troops,” ami the text
wostokeu -tom* Be vela lion mix. 14:
“And the armies which were in heav
en toll owed b>i upon while horaca,”
“We cuuc.n in this age, said Dr.
Talmage, understand the oeauty and
glory of the ancient horse. This ani*.
itial cornea to us through ceutnries of
oppression aud hard treatment, which
ha retaken the gracefulness from his
limbh and the flame from his eye and
the arch of pontp from his neck. The
duest horse that hi now to be found
prancing in the partes an ancient
king would not have been seen ri
d Mg. Of old the ox and the ass titled
the ground and carried the burdens;
.i..--- ■—* m, corona*
|HH|HBnat>t processions,
■- ’ o*
’* 1.-.i'l-'J 1 '
“Hast than
the horse strength? Has*
clothed bis neck with thum’ s*™
glory of his nostrils in-fj He
pa..web i-s tiio vallerCK r, ‘j o!<!eih
in hh strength. Jr,: gtfefh forth to
meet the armed men. He swallow
eth the ground with fierceness aud
rage. He saith among the trumpets
ha!ha!and he smellelh the battle
afar off; the thunder of the captain)
and the shouting;”
When my text in figure represents
the armies of the glorified as riding
upon white horses, if sets ‘forth the
strength, the flectness, the victory
and the iimoceoce of the redeemed.
The horse has always been an emblom
Of strength. When startled by sudden
■lightwf sound, now bo plunges along
the highway! The hand of the strong
driver on the rains is like the grasp
ofa child. His hoof strikes tire, the
harness is suapped and the vehicle
hurled over the rocks. Willi nostril
|)nting and foam flying in flakes, his
ihead tossed on cither side in wild tri
umph he stops not for the missiles
hurled at him nor the loud whoa!
whoa! of the multitude. Away he
flics, jryesistahly. Therefore when
the redeemed are represented as ri
ding ou white horses their strength
is set forth. The days of their inva
litlfsm and decrepitude arc passed.
Never shall lltey he sick again or
tired again. Take the strength often
pf ihegiants of earth and the weakest
Tifttirctrtamnjr i.— n.-t —■- m.
him. Oh, the day when having put
off the last physical iinpcdimsnt you
shall come to the mightiness of heav
enly vigor! There will be hardly
anything you cannot lift or crush or
conquer. $,,0, ,
The ftov* used in *hc text is also
the emblem of fleet ness. The wild
horses ou the [flam ac the appearance
of the hunter make the miles slip un
der them as with a snort they bound
away, and the dust rises in wliirl
winds from their flvinjf feet until far
away they halt with their faces to the
pursuer, and neigh in gladness at
their escape. More swift tiiau they
shall be llie redeemed in heaven. Oh.
the exhilivalion of lheljftg that you
can take would at a hound, vast dis
tances instantly differ
ence between here and there! Heav
en is said to be the center ef the uni
verse. If so, how swift must a tnes
aewrer-spirit fly in order, -to reach us
in any crisfii tif peril! light flies 186,-
000 miles a second, and yet there are
worlds that have been created forages
whose light has just reached us. If
light, flying over 195.00:1 miles a sec
ond. lias taken ages to come from
worlds this side of heaven how swift
must a messenger-spirit fly from heav
en to administer unto us? Swifter
than fleetest horse under lah or spur;
tfrUu* than eagles’ wings or light
are the redeemed.
The horse t the text, is also a sym
bol of victory, He was not used an
ordinary occasions, but the conqnercr
mounted him and rode on *m<mg the
acclamationsofthe rejoicing wulli
-ytides. 9o all the redoe mod of heav
en are victors. Yea they arc more
than .sonqusrers through Him that
bath loved them.
My fat*t places as on one -of the
many iveriue* of the celestial city,
The efGqd, bavg come up
from kumHmm and are on the
parade. We shall not have time to
sec all the great hosts of the Redeemed;
but John in my text points out a few
of the battalions : “And the armies
rbich were in heaven followed him
wpou white horses.’ You . have
sometimes stood in a street waiting
for hours for a procession to came up
Then you saw great excitement in
the street and beard unusual shout
ing, and veu knew that the process
ion was near. I hear the sound of
the heavenly host advancing. The
shout of the redeemed from the man
sion* and palaces ot heaven seems
nearer; the procession is in sight, the
marshals of heaven clear the way,
and tha great commander rides past
at the head of the host. The Roman
victor, having slain at least 5,000,
men in battle, rode info the ancient
city with a robe gold-embroidered; j
In one haud a laurel, in the other a j
* sceptre; the captives going before,
tht* army coming after; the whole,
population in holiday dress cheeriug
along the line. Butin ray text the I
Juavenl) commander rides with the
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VOL. XIX.
.sword of universal triumph, and on
uis head are many crowns. All tho
efry turns gut jo greet him—the con
sumer of earth, and heaven and hell.
Strew flowers along the shining way !
wave all the banners of light!
Blessed is he Dial cornetti in the name
of the Lord! Hosanna in the high
est! . i , K T i
Now come on the battalions of the.
saved. Here passes tno regiment of
Christian martyrs. They endured all
things for Christ. They were houn
ded. they were sawn asunder, they
were hurled out of life, Here come
the 18.000 Scotch covenanters who
perish in one. persecution. Escaped
from the clutches of.Cloverhouse aud
bloody McKenzie and the horrors of
the,*ia;i* .market, they ride in the
great batalliou, of Scotch martyrs.
HughMcKail and James Rennick,
aud John Knox aud -others, whose
words are a battle-shout for tho
militant—men of high cheek
bones, and strong arms and conse
crated spirits. Grayfriarh church
yard took some of their bodies, but
heaven took all their souls. They
went on weary feet through tho glens
of Scotland in limes of persecution,
and crawled, up the crags on their
Itands aud knees; but now they fol
low the Christ for whom they fought
and bled on while horses of triumph.
Bide on, ye conquerors! Victors of
Dunnolar Castle, and Bass Rock and
Rulherglon! Ride on!
Here comas the regiment of Eng
lish martyrs. Queen Mary against
King Jesus made an e'veu fight. The
20,000 chariots of G#d coming down
the steep of heaven will ride over any
toe. Queen Mary thought that by
sword and tire she had driven protes-
tants down, but she only drove them
up. Here they pass : Bishop Hoop
er and Rogers, prebendary of St.
Paul's; and Archbishop Crammer
who got his courage hack in time to
save his soul; and Anne Askew who
at twenty-five years of age, rather
than forsake her God submitted first
to the rack without a groan, and then
went with the bones so dislocated
she must he carried en a chair to (he
'take, her last words risitfg through
flames being a prayer for her.
murderers O! cavalcade of men ami
women whom God snatched up from
the iron fingers of torture In to eter
nal life! Ride on, thou glorious reg
iment of English martyrs!
Look at this advancing host of a
hundred thousand. Who are they?
Look upon the flag and upon their
uniform and tell u. They are the
men who fell on St. Bartholomew’s
itoh ibAisa ’ 1
Bordeaux,' wliitc” ‘ 1
looked out of the win
dow and cried : “Kill! kill!” Oh,
what a night followed by what a day !
Who would think that these on white
horses were tossed out of windows
and manacled and torn and dragged
and slain until It seemed that the
cause of God had perished and cities
were Illuminated with infernal joy
ami the cannon of St. Angelo thun
dered the trump of hell! Their gashed
aipl bespattered bodies were thrown
into (he Seine but their souls went up
ont ofa nation’s shriek into the light
of God; and now they pass along the
boulevards of heaven.
“Roliier sf Usd, well June:
Real bs thy to rad employ;
And while etern-l ayes run,
Rest In thy Master's joy:"
Hide on, ye mounted troops of St
Bartholomew’s dav!
Here conics up another host of the
redeemed, the regiment of Christian
pliylanthropisjs. They’ wont down
into the battlefields to lake care of the
wounded; they plunged into the
dampand mOittdcd prisons and [.lea
ded before God and and human gov
ernors )q behalf of the incarcerated;
they preaeiisd Christ among the be
sotted populations of the pity; they
carried Bible and bread Into the gar
rets of pain ; bat In the sweet river Of
death they washed olf the loathsome
ness of thoso to whom they adminis-
tered. Now they pass through the
streets of heaven In glorious reviews.
There is John Howard who circum
navigated the globe in the name of
Him who said: “I was sick and ye
visited me.’’ Whaltonim were the
thanks of the house of commons or
the recognition of all the governments
of earth compared with the joy of this
day in which he rides on, followed by
multitude* of those whom lie found
in dungeons of darkness and lazaret
tos of pgio J Here go the Moravian
missionaries who were (old that they
could not go on a Christian errand to
a hospital where Ihe' plague was rag
lug unless they would consent to go
iu and never come out, yet deliber-
ately making all arrangements and
goiaig in to take care of the sick, and
then lying down beside the dying
themselves to die. Here goes Eliot
who once toiled for Christ among
savages traveling on foot through the
wild’s saying: “My feet are always
wet but I pull of my boots and wring
my stockings and put them on again
and go forward, trying to endure
hardship as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ,” defying the savflges who
bade him stop preaching or die by say
ing to them t u l am about the work
of the great God. Touch me if yon
dare!”
The maid of Saragossa, the angel
of the Spaniah battlefields, passes by.
Elizabeth Fry, followed by those
whom Bbc showed the way from New
| gate prison to Heaven. Grace Dar-
I ling of the strong oar and the seebiyd’s
wing with which she once swooped
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884.
to the drowning front Ainwiek ens
tle. The good Samaritan who put
the wounded man on his horse, while
he himself walked now riding mere
firmly for thrt charitable dismounting
Thousands of men and women who
served God and grandly did-their du
ty— whole companies regiment aJtd
battalions. Pass on, great troop of
God! It seems as if there were no
workers 1 Hide on, while the suffer
ers whom you healed and the instruct
ed and the abondoued whom you re
claimed, come out ou tlie streets of
Heaven to greet you 1 Ride ou!
Ride! art!
Here comes a great column of the
Christian poor, They alwaya walked
on earth. The only ride they ever
had was in the hearse that took them
to the Potter’s field. They went day
by day poorly elad and meanly fed
aud unsufliciently sheltered. They
were jostled out of houses whose rent
t hey could aoLpay, aud ont ofchu rob
es where their presence was an of
fense. Considering the Insignificant
way many ot these went out of the
world, tho-poor doctoring and the
coarse shroud and the haste of the ob
sequies, you might have expected for
them a tamo reception on the other
side, hut a shining retinue was wait
ing beyond the river for theirdepart
ing spirits; and as they passed a ce
lestial escort confronted them and
snow-white chargers of Heaven woro
brought in and the conquerors moun
ted; and here they pass iu the throng
of the victors—poorhouse exchanged
for palace, rags for imperial attire,
weary walking for seats on the white
horses from the sking's table. Ride
on, vc victors I
Another retinue, that of tho Chris
tian invalids. These who pass now
languished for many a year on their
couches. From the firmness and the
strength and tho exhilaration with
which they ride you would not have
supposed that they had been bent
double with ailments and had
crouched with pains irremediable
and writhed In sufferings that were
ghastly to the beholder. But after
twenty years of useless prescription
and all surgery had failed in one mo
ment they recovered. The black
groom named Death came out and
put their foot in the stirrup and gave
them one lift by which in one mo
ment they sprang upon white horses
to ride forth—conquerors forever.
I heard Thomas Stockton in the
midst of his sermon about the Good
Land slop and cough for two or three
minutes, until it seemed as if he never
would get his breath and thou go on
his strength,
and
said : “Thank God, there is no cough
ing in Heaven!” He Is wel! now.
Eloquent Thomas Stockton! Glori
ous Thomas Stockton I I had a
triend who preached the Gospel in
the West. He was seized by a dis
ease which must prove fatal unless he
submitted (o a surgical operation.
Tho prospect was that lie would die in
the hands of tho surgeon; but there
was a faint hope of recovery and so he
felt it his duty to submit. One Sab
bath morning he stood In his pulpit
supporting himtclf by a chair aud
said tahis congregation: “My dear
people, to-morrow I start for New
York to submit to a surgji al opera
tion which will probably take my
life,but there is a faint hope that it
may restore me;,.and that faint hope
leads me to go, but it is probable yon
may never see me again. I shall now
proceed to preach to you my farewell
sermon.” And then with a face all il
luminated will)joy and triumph, he
■said: “You will find my (ext in
chapter iv. of 2d Timothy, verses fi
and 7, ‘I am now ready to be offered
up, and the time of my departure is al
hand. I have fought the good light.
I have finished my course. I have
kept the frith. Henceforth theic Is
laid up for me a frown of righteous
ness which tha ford, the righteous
judge, shall give mo at that day.’”
The, next Thursday morning he was
well ; lie was all well. In that land
they never say “I am sick.” Hide on.
ye great host pt recovered invalids in
the triumphal procession of heaven!
Heurv VIII brought Anne Bcleyn
to bis palace. The river Thames was
the scene of her triumphal enlry. Fif
ty barges followed the lord mayor.
Officials dressed in scarlet. Choirs
chanting along the banks of Ihe ri
ver. Flags adorned with bells lhat
rang as the breeze stirred them. Anne
Bolcyn in cloth of gold and wearing a
circlet of precions stones stepped Into
the barge amid the sound oftrumpels
and the shout of a kingdom. Then
entering tho street sealed on a richly
caparisoned palfry that sometimes
walked On cloth of gold and velvet
led between houses adorned with
scarlet and crimson and defended,by
guards in coatsof beaten gold, and
along by fountains that were made on
that day to pour out Rhenish wine for
the people, until she at last, kneeling
in Westminister abbey took, the
crown. But alas, for the career of
Henry VIII and Anno Boleyn! They
live in worldiness and that their
splendid career went out in darkness.
Not so with those whom our king
shall call to the honors
of Heaven. Along the
rivor death their barge shall glide
amidst the shadows until
it comes to the light of the elty j and
then on streets of gold, they shall join
the armies of the king, following on
white horses.
But I cannot count the Interrairf^v
troops of God as they pass—tho rc
dectr.d of all ages, and lands and con
ditions. One hundred and fortv-four
generations of people have lived si ace
the world was made ; and consequent
ly about 29.000 million of people hare
died, figures of which We. can have
no appreciation. A great proportion
of these must have gone iuttr glory
.so that nothing but an srehange foi a
mathematician with an arithmotie of
eternity could give any Idea
of the number who shall make up iho
throng that follow on white horses.
! Every hour tho line is lengthening.
They are gaining up by scores
and by him deeds and thous
ands. At the beginning ot this dis
course we took our position oa the
street of Heaven to watch, but the
first regiment has not passed yet and
I hear the clatter of the hosts still
coining. “Yea, stand at this point
and wateji until the century has per
ished and time has wound up and
miriads of agos have gone their slow
round still you will not hare seen
half of the first division who follow
on white horses. Go un on the high
est tower of Heaven; look to the
south; can you see the end? nol
coming! coming! Foroyerand forever
tlioy pass ou! “The armies which
were in heaven followed Him upon
whilo horses.”
It has keen to me the most anxious
question of this hour—will you and I
join that great procession? Not un
less on earth we belonged to the Lord’s
army and followed after the king.
You must know that the cavalry of
heaven that you seo’passing fought
with the cavalry of hell; and lhat the
arch-demon has had his victories and
that those whom ho conquers he car
ries away in oltains, lobe reserved m
darkness until! the gieat day. Which
side are you on ? Those who do not
follow Christ on earth shall not
triumph with Him iu heaven. Ifyon
are on the wrong side you had better
cross Over. If you belong to the black
cavalry Instead of the white cavalry
von had better head the other way.
Plunge the spurs into the flanks and
dart up under the banner of the
cross.
I suppose of course, that what the
text says about (lie white horses of
heaven is figurative, and yet I know
not but in some sense it may he liter
al. It has seemed to mo iucrutable
that horses should bo maltreated aud
whipped and killed by the cruelly of
their owner and have no other slate of
being by wav ot compensation. My
little child of six years of age was
overheard tolling her brother of four
years that tiioro would be a heaven
for tho birds add another heaven for
the horses. I had not the courage to
correct her defective theology. It I
wake tip at last in heaven and find
real white horses for the redeemed to
ride upon I shall not he sorry; but
tor the present I must take my text
figuratively and learn from it the
fieelncss and the victory and the
strength of tho redeemed. Rejoice,
oh ye righteous, iu the glorious pros-
[>eot!
When thclast law was ended and
the returning army passed in review
at Washington among the most im
pressive nights were the horses on
which the general rode. But these
horses had not been in battle. The)
had been picked up at the close of the
war; they had carried no burden;
they had seen no hard-ships, but came
prancing along the lino witli arclied
necks and rounded limbs and princely
trappings and flying feet and flaming
eyes. As they bounded to the roll of
the drum and Use trumpet blast, their
drivers bowed on either side to the
almost interminable hnzzuh. Oh,
when Christ our king shall
return to heaven with all the ar
mies of the sayed—nations and king
doms and ages in the line—may you
and I though the iufiultc mercy of the
king, be arttong those who shall fol
low Him in (lie great cavalry troop
of the redeemed! That will lie the
grand review oHinavnn.
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A GOOD NAME.
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An Articl* Well Worth a Reading,
(t'rom tho N. Y. Observer.)
A gentleman of this city who lias
been sojourning during the summer
at Avon Springs, N. Y., studs us the
following extract from, a discourse
by the puster of the Central Dresby-t
tcriau church at that place, Rev. H.“
P. V. .Bogus. Ijte regards it, and so
do we, as containing lessons as well
adapted to be useful toreadors in the
city as to hearers in the country. The
subject of the discourse, taken from
proverbs 22: 1, “A good name is
rathqr to be chosen titan great rjehet,*
whs styjtgcstou by thefinancial disas
ters in this city in tho early part of
the season. _ ■ -
Tin) first element of a good name
disaster in VTaTralreel began id a lie.
It was a He about Government con
tracts, as baseless as the. air, which
involved men of good reputation,
dragged them down to ruin and pov
erty, and reached out, we know nol
how far, to work sorrow and suffering
to the innocent. Not all lies, it is
is true, are equally tdisastrous. But
“all lies,” says Ruskin, “are an ugly
soot from tho smoke of the pit, and it
Is betterthat our hearts should be
swept clean of them.” When the
Psaimist said “tho wicked go astray
as soon as they be born, speaking
lies,” ho might have said that they
continue to go aistray. There is tie
one who upholds lying. Even the
liar himself claims to honor truthful
ness and to abominate falsehood, lie
flatters himself that he is too shrewd
and too plausible fo be discovered.
HU art, he is sufficient to hide
the truth. But if any sin finds out a
man, It is the sin of lying. In a
thousand ways it shows itself; In ges
ture, look, lone, word. No pains
need bo taken to publish a liar; he
will publish himself. Theu his good
namoi ft gotljy confidence in him is
destroyed; and the uncertainty of dis
trust follows him. Now, siude a good
‘name is undermined by lying, it finds
its surest foundation in truthfulness.
Truthfulness wins respect and begets
confidence. Relieving'.anxiety apd
suspicion It furnisjies us a basis upon
which we can rest With assurance. It
knows no concealment, no decoif,
nothing to excite doubts. siSiippWoily
and openness htvito faith and esteem.
It is a great attainment to be truth
ful; to speak the truth about facts,
repreWflUE them as they really are;
to speak the truth about persona,
without coloring It to suit our pur
pose and to their prejudice; to spenk
the truth in buying and selling anC in
all the relations of life- But this is
the element which we demand, ill's I
of all, in those In whom we deal and
to whom wo intrust our Interests.
The second element of a good name
Is Uprightness. Uprightness Is that
quality which fulfils obligations, not
because convenient or politic, but
from principle. It is adherence to
the standard of perfect rectitude.
It was uprightness which paved
the way for the celebrated bankers,
the Rothschilds, to succoss, wealth
and power. When Napoleon Bona
parte overran Germany, a certain
landgrave, afterwards elector of
Ilesse, being obliged to flee from bis
estates, left in the hands of a small
broker over a million of dollars for
safe keeping. On his return, the bro
ker made haste to restore to him his
money, with large accumulations or
inlorest. So delighted was the land
grave at this exhibition of honesty
and uprightness, that lie made men
tion of it to Ills friends, both at home
and in foreign courts; and from that
hour golden fortune smiled upon the
founder of the house of the Roths
childs. Their wealth attd fame and
influence arc the precious fruits of up-
rightness.
An upright man is one who not on
ly tells the truth, but who also uses
just weights and mcasnres; who la
bors fall time and does honest work ;
who manages trusts with greater care
even than he gives to his own proper
ty ; who keeps and renders accounts
with great scrupulousness; who
scorns unjust gains, and indulges
neither in ovei reaching nor in fraud
nor in deceit. Uprightness always
squares with the just ahd true. And
whenever ono deflects from the right,
however little bo the deflection, even
though it he as the bending of a
straw, It shows in which direction the
wind is set, and his good name be
gins to tarirfsh. Men mark him and
become afraid (• trust him. It the
least sign of corruption appear, there
is r.o one who can tell how deep it
goes. Tte movement of a hair’s
breadth from the line of rectitude
may issue in a total departure. And
hence it follows that perfect upright
ness is necessary to a good name.
The third element of a good name
Is CoSsciEJfTioi'SN'ESS. Consoicucc
must come to tho front to keep one
awake to prinolple and to declare
what Is right or wrong. This is the
ground of all trustworihlness. A
conscientious rian does not need an
ovorsecr; his conscience is the senti
nel ;he would as quickly blush to do
evil before his conscience as before
his fellows. Hating evil, not because
It may redound to bis credit, but be
cause it i
but from within. Such conscientious
ness makes one faithful in the little
as in the great and faithful even to
one’s ou m hurl.
When Thos. Brassey, an English
conjraptor, was building the Barcn
tin viaduct, he protested against the
qualify of the material which was
furnished him. tinder a heavy rain
the, viaduct fell. Though, in view of
his protests, he Was neither legally
net- morally responsible, yet since be
had contracted to build and maintain
the road, he proceeded to tiuish the
work at a personal loss of one hun
dred and fitly thousand dollars. So
conscientious was lie lhat he sacri
ficed himself to do what ho believed
was right. >q j. !_ rn
Conscientiousness will not only
load to sacrifice in tho performance ot
obligations, hut will also avoid quos
tionable means of getting money.
Tt-will not deprive another 0 f prop
erty without giving au equivalent,
ftiio of the greatest evils of the day is
gambling. And one of the worst
gambling places is Wall street. Nol
that there are not honest men in
Wall street and of stainless reputa
tion, but Wall street stands before
Iho world as a mart of speculation
and gambling. No one pretends
that tho slocks which daily move up
and down in price, change in value,
according to the change in points.
They fluctuate mainly because they
are manipulated. Men shuffle stocks
as they shuffle cards; and money
staked upon stocks is like money
staked upon cards; it is mere ven
ture, with no law of trade to guide
oue. But while fortunes are made as
well as lost in the stock game, played
ufllh margins, men are infatuated.
They play for the fortunes. It suc
cess 'crowns their venture, greater
risks follow ;if failure attends them,
their loss must he retrieved. Wheth
er one gams or loses, if he hat but en
tered upon stock gambling (he likeli
hood is that he will ho drawn into
the vortex of disgrace and ruin.
Aud this spirit of gambling has
spread through our whole country;
cards and pool and games of chance
are everywhere. Men sacrifice mon
ey, family, happiness and namo for
tho sake of gratifying an itching de
sire to win something. And, sacl to
say, even iu the children this spirit
is cultivated and evoked by the prize
packages of every description which
flood the market. Manufacturers
and dealera are trading upon the cu
riosity and acquisitiveness of human
nature without regard to tho results.
And thus, in spite of laws against
lotteries and gambling, this nation
is fast growing into a nation of
gamblers. R is high time tbrjis to
give attention to this ovil, which is
taking on such gigantic proportions.
It is a foe to honesty, to integrity, to
industry, and to substantial wealth.
A conscientious man will neither de
ft! o bis hands with gambler’s money
nor encourage games of chance, but
will set his face as a flint against this
great evil.
Again, conscientiousness makes one
true to his couviclions and incorrup
tible. It is said that every man has
his price. This may bo truo as a
rule, but there are exceptions.
When Sir Robert Walpole tried to
bribe Goldsmith to answer Junius
letters, though Goldsmith was poor
and lived in a garret, yet he preferred
his gnrret to a paid service against
his convictions. Lord Macaulay was
incorruptible. Sidney Smith said of
him : “You might lay ribbons, stars,
garters, wealth, titles before him in
vain. Ho has an honest, genuine
love of his country, and tho world
could not bribe him to neglect her in
terests.”
True to his convictions, Washing
ton signed a treaty with Great Bri
tain which cost him his popularity
and kindled a flame of indignation
through tho land. But neither
threats nor calumny could turn him
from what he conceived to bo his du
ty. There arc men, to-day, just as
incorruptible and devoted to principle.
Our ago yields to none In examples of
virtue and honor. Such are the men
we want in the national and State
legislature and in places of honor
and trust; men who arc conscientious
in the performance of duty and true
to their convictions. Whoever is
thus guided by conscicnca is as
suredly worthy of trust. Ho may be
trusted with little er much, with
public or private interests. Ills con
scientious character is a guarantee of
honest and faithful service.
Xalarii 1 Faison.
Having spent much of my ti me for
the past three years in and near Al
bany. Ga., I had gradually absorbed
malaria into my system, and my gen
eral health was completely broken
down; this poison culminated last
November in a conjestivc chill, and I
was confined to the bed and house for
live months; was treated by the best
physicians, by all the approved meth-
ods with no benetlt; my health was
awfully broken down ;my skin al
most as yellow as a pumpkin ; a thick
heavy coat on my tongue; no appetite;
and in a miserable fix generally. I
was induced in April last to take
Swift’s Specific and the first few does
convinced me that it was what I
needed. I continued until I had taken
several bottles, and am a well man, the
poison has all been driven out of my
system by Swift Specific, and I have
gained thirty pounds in weight.
C. M. C IHK,
v Cos., At-
W. 'T. rJI.I,ARI). ,TAa. L. HoRItBTSOX.
POLLARD & ROBERTSON,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
N*. *3l Reynolds St., AtlGlim, ft A.
Manufacturers anil General Agents. And we have ou hand the
following Machinery :
100 Acme Pulverizers and Clod Crushers.
100 Reapers, Different Makes and and Styles, (single or combined.)
25 Hubbard (cleaners and Binders, (Independent.)
25 Threshers and Separators, (various styles and sizes.)
25 Watertown Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.)
20 C. & G. Cooper to O.’s Steam Engines, (alt sizes and style*.)
10 Oneida Steam Engines, (all sizes and styles.)
75 Smith’s Hand-Power Cotton and Hay Presses.
50 Pollard Champion Gins, Feeders and Condensers.
25 Noblett & Goodrich IXL Cotton Gins at 32.00 por saw.
10 Neblelt to Goodrich second-hand IXL Cotton Gins at |1.50 per saw
in good order
5 Kreblc Engines.
Qtto Silent Gai Mtonaei, Corn anil Flr Mill Machinery, Hancock Inspirators, ®Mn
Steam Pumps, MtUtrMStUer Breed Giu, F'edr tA Ci>nd*ar., Carver Seed Cotton
Cleaners, Newall Cotton Seed Hullers end Separators, Colt's Power. Cotton Present, Fair;
bank’s Standard Seales, Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers, Steam and Water Pipes, Flttlkgs,
etc. Melting, Lacing, Hoes, Etc.
COTTON MILL SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY.
A full line of Machinery of all kinds in stock and for sale low. Call and examine be
ore purchasing, and sare money.
Send for catalogues. Correspondence solicited and promptly attended to.
POLLARD * ROBERTSON, 7*l Reynolds St., Augusta, Ou*
XAm Swot X AaSoeot
WITH THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF
HORSE AND MULE MILLINERY
South of Mason and Dixon Line.
FINE, HANDMADE, SINGLE AND DODDLE DADNESS
Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips, &c.
Will exchange new goods for old ones. Personal attention given to the
reparing of old Saddles and Harness. Give mo a call when you visit Wash
ington, and I will save you money. West of the Court House, and next door
to Major Ilenncberry’s you will find this mammoth Saddle and Harness store.
n - ,f T. G. HADAWAY, Washington. Ga.
COMMISSIONS REDUCED.
,T. H. SPEARS,
Cottoa Factor and Comma Merchant,
Warehouse and Salesroom, 101 Merntoih Street, Cor. Reynolds,
Augusta, Georgia.
Will continue the business in its various branches. Advance*'of Bagging and Ties
and*Family Supplier* at Lowest Market Prices. Liberal Cash Ad/fcnoe* made on Cot
m h*r IwAtce in *tor. Future transaction* in C.tttoa, Slocks o**d done
my New York Correspondents when desired. Consignments all I'iold
Farm Produce solicited.
Personal attention given to Selling, Weighing, Sampling and Storing all Consign
aents. Commissions 60 Cents and Storage 26 Centa per Month on Cotton not ad
▼anoed upon. M4hn
NEW STORE!
NEW GOOES!
NEW PRICES!
B. M. WINESTOOK,
Formerly of Greenville, S. 0.,
Informs the citizens of Washington and Wilkes county generally, that he lias
opened at the store on the west side of tho public square, lormerly
occupied by Mrs. Stewart as a millinery store,
a well selected stock of
Clothing for Gents, Youths and Boys,
FROM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BEST.
A Good Assortment of
Shoes, Boots, Hats, Caps, Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
JEANS. Cnssimeres, Umbrellas, Trunks ind Jewelry. Urge lot of Underwear. Toilet
Soaps in great variety. Suspenders, Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Hosiery
and Gloves. A nice lot of Ladies’ Cloaks, all of which we gaarantec of LatoSt styles, and
at prices to sstonish the natives. These Goode wei offer to sell cheap for cash. Mn.G.
THOM AS POPE is with us and will be glad to aee his Citeads and neighbors and let them
have Goods at VERY LOW PRICES. * Mm
B: M. WINESTOCK, AG’T.
WHELESS &. CO.;
Cotton .Factors,
Augusta, Ga.
Our warehouse having been recently rebuilt with all modern improve
ments, We are prepared to handle Cotton upon very favorable term*.
Special Personal Attention Given to Weighing and Selling.
WE ARE GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
Daniel Pratt Devolving- Dead Din
x_i_ -\zr. sns/cs,
| SUCCESSOR TO SIMS, IRVIN & CO.]
The Firm of Sim*, Irvin A Cos. having dissolved, I will continue
to keep alwav* 0:1 hand
LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS,
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, 1
BRICK, LIME,
AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL.
My prices will be low and CASH mnst accompany all orders. Call sad consult
me before buying elsewhere. Will store Guano and other artielea at my warehouse and
deliver the same. Charges ressonsble. A small stock of Builder's Hardware St COST.
lam authorised to settle all claims due by or to ths old 6rm. OFFICE AT ARNOLD
HOUSE. seplJ-m
JLi. W. SIMS.
Executor ’s Sale.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY.
UNDER authority ve ted lu mo by the last will
anti testament of B. W. Fortson, deceased,
1 will sell on the Ist Tuesday in November, 1884.
before.the court house door in Washington, G*.,
within the legal hours of sale, four shares of the
capital stock of the Bank of Augusta, Ga., and also
two bonds of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South publishing house, each bond being for the
sum of one hundred dollars and bearing 4 per
cont. interest. Terra* Canh. October 2, 1884.
THOS. E. FORTSON.
Ex’r of B. W. Fortson.
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