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The (artersvillc Express
u Dublished Semi-Weekly on every TCF-S
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S H. SMITH & Cos., Editors and Prop’rs.
lu the town of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga.
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pour authorized traveling Agent, and will
j. visit every nook and corner of Bartow and
* lioin in jr Counties, in behalf of the Semi- Weejc
• y <’aktkbsvillf. Express. He is fuliy author
»eil to receive Subscription and receipt for the
1 line, and contract for advertising and job work.
professional (partis.
John W. Wofford,
attorney at law.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office over Pinkerton’s Drugstore. Oct. 17.
w T. WOPrORO, A - p - WOFFORD.
Wofford A Wofford,
f ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
< \ KTFDSV.iLLE, * GEORGIA.
June 23,1870.
K. W. Murpliey,
ATTTGRNEY AT LAW,
Ca KTERSVI Lit, GEORGI A.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
circuit. Particular attention given to the col
ic, lion of claims. Office with Col. Abda John
«oll. * Oct. 1.
John J. Jones,
ATTORNEY aT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
C A RT ERS VILLE .GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all professional bn»i
--n. s entrusted to his car®; also, to the buying
and selling of Real Estate. J ;tn “
Jere. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County, and
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
r A RT ERSVr LLE, GEORGIA.
.lan t, 1870.
A. ML Fonte,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A r.TRUSVILLE GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren A tin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
7’olk. Flovd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
orning counties. March 30.
T. W. MIX.NKR, 0. H. MII.XER.
Milner A Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERSWILLE, .GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
iliuir care. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTKRSYIJi'.E, .GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Saui. 11. Palillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
WILE attend promptly to the Cutting, Re
pairing, and Making Boys’ and Mens’
Clothing; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover & Baker Sewing Machines. Of
fice over Stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. feb 17.
John W. I>yer,
HOUSE-POINTER.
CARTERS VILLE GEORGIA.
W ill attend promptly to business in bis line.
.Jan 19.1870—w1y
W. It. Mon nt cast It*,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CARTERSVILI E, GEORGIA.
Oftic, in front of A. A. Skinner & Co’s Store.
ICennesaw House,
M ARIF.TT X, GEORGIA.
Is still open to the traveling public as well as
summer visitors. Parties desiring to make
arrangements for the season cau be accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A fine large piazza has
been recently added to the comforts of the estab
lishment. FLETCHER & FREYEH,
junelßwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
American styles of Mens’ and Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
der. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store, East
ide of the Railroad. 6ept. 29.
J. T. OWEN,
WATCH-MAKER
AND
Jeweler,
IS PREPARED to meet every want in his line
on the most retsonablc terms.
AND WORK
Aug. 11, 1870-ts
REPAIRER OF
clocks,
AND WATCHES}
Mb° keep on hand and for
gale the above goods.
Room in the store of Simon LiebmaD.
Cartersville, inch *l2.
c L ATTAWAY,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA
Will do painting promptly and faithtuUy
___ dec 20, 1870-wly
Gear Shop,
Saddles
and GEAR, Manufactured and Repaired in
the very best style of the art, in the quickest
time and at the shortest notice, and for less
money than is usually paid for such work
and stock. Try me ! W. C. EDWARDS.
Cartersville. mck 9—wly
Dr. ;IT. M.
Jpl' - • DENTIST.
Teeth drawn without pain, by the use oi nar
cotic spray. mch 9.
ATLANTA SACK FACTOEY.
WE arc prepared, at all seasons, to All or
ders for Wrain and Flour Sacks, of any
* ze, quality, or quantity at our factory in At-
W. A. MITCHELL & CO.
*«Pt 2§, 1970. wly
S. H. SMITH & CO.,
VOI.. o.
RE A D
IT is well known to
Doctor* and to I.Julies
that Women are subject L
to num. rous diseases pe
culiar to their sex—such ■ ' >, s£+o
Menses! Whites, Painful
M’nt-hly ‘Periods,’ Rheu- V
mutism of the Back and % \ -*.
Womb, Irregular Mcu- & Jgg&gk-. '
struation, Hemorrhage, t:'. -'
or Excessive ‘Flow,’and X
Prolapsus Uterior Fall- 1§
ing of the Womb.
These diseases have sol s»—
dom been treated successfully. The profession
has sought dill igently for some remedy that we’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy has been discovered by
one of tho most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The remedy is
Bradfield’s Female Regulator.
It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, bv BRADFIELD & CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen the
system, relieve iri’itation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of disease*, and certificates of its
worderfitl cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle. Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGbange, G a.. March 23,1870.
BRADFTELP A CO.; ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that!
have used, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine von are puttingup. known as DU. J. BttAD
FIKtP’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. T have been familiar with the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and can honestly say that
I consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole laud,
who may be suffering in any way peculiar to
their sex", may be able to procure a bottle, that
their suffering# mav not only be relieved, but
that thev mav be restored to health A strength.
With my kindest regards, I am. respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade, Dr. .T. Bradfield’s
Female Regulator—believing it to be a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. \V. A. LANS DELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
REDW INK A FOX,
W. C. LAWSJIE. Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT A SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PROPHITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medicine.
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
Liver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel and
IS neb 11, without any danger of salivation or de
struction of the bones.
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease:
Headache, Dull Feeling or the Blues, Sour Stom
ach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Dad or Bitter Taste in
the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feeling,
and is darker than usual, Costiveness, Melan
choly Feelings, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys
entery, or Diarrhoea, Chills and Fever, and
Piles. Iu fact, where the Liver is out of order,
you are liable to every disease that is not conta
gious.
Propliitt.’s Liver Medicine, if taken properly,
will prevent and cure any disease resultiugfrom
a deranged liver.
It will regulate its functions and thus cure all
diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac
tion.
It has been used for a great number of-years,
and lias given universal satisfaction.
There is no brother or son claiming to have
the origional recipe. It is put up in both Pow
der anu Fluid form.
Faikbubn, Ga., Sept. 4,1868.
DR. O.S. PR or II ITT:
Sir: Mv wife has been an invalid for fifteen
vears. Doctors all agreed she had “Liver Dis
ease.” In connection w T ith their practice she
used various and noted remedies, none of which
seemed to do any good. Sometime ago I procu
red a bottle of jour “Liver Medicine,” of your
agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac
cording to directions, has affected a complete
cure. Respectfully, &e., GEO. L. THOMAS.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 24,1868.
I have used Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Liver Medi
cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and
efficacious. It is excellent for functional de
rangement of the Liver or constipation of the
bow els; in most cases superceding the necessity
of a regular course of medicine.
E. J. MEYNARDIE, Pastor Tryon-str. C’h.
Marion County, Texas, Aug. 1,1869.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
Dear Sir: 1 xvrite you this to inform you that
I have been troubled a great deal with indiges
tion, but after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, I find great relief. I cheerfully re
commend it as a good Family Medicine, and feel
confident that it is good for anything for which
it claims to be an antidote. V ery respectfully,
DICK LOCKETE.
Dr, Prophitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Is oue of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
or Cholera Morbus.
This medicine has been in use for years, and
gives uniuersal satisfaction.
The most delicate child may take it with im
punity.
Covington, Ga., Nov. 9,1867.
DR. PROPHITT:
Having a severe attack of Dysentery during
the past summer, 1 w r as induced to use your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefrom immedi
ate and permanent relief. It gives me pleasure
to recommend this remedy to all who may be so
attacked, believing that, should the directions
be followed, relief would surely be obtained.—
Truly, Ac. O. S. PORTER.
Cussata, Texas, 1869.
DR. PROPHITT:
Dear Sir: Y’our Liver Medicine and Pain Kill
It is a complete success. J. L. WHITTLE.
West Point, Ga., Aug. 11, iB6O.
This is to certify that I have used Dr. O. S.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my
family, for twelve months or more, and I unhes
itatingly say that I believe it one of the best
Family Medicines in use. M. T. WALKER.
PROPHITT’S
Pain Kill It.
This is the celebrated medicine that run Perry
Davis’rain Killer out of the market, wherever
it was sold. Davis made Pronhitt change the
name from Pain Killer to PAIN KILL IT.
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kind it has no equal.
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best thing you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites or Stings of Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTE.
It is good for Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is truly DEATH to pain.
Manufactured and sold by BRADFIELD A
CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists.
Dooly Bounty, Ga., April, 1867.
This is to certify that I xvas confined to the
house, and most of the time to my bed, and suf
fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu
matism. for five months, and after trying every
available remedy, with no relief, I was cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. 8. Prophitt’s Anodyne
Pain Kill It; each costing fifty cents only. It
relieved me almost instantly. I therefore re
commend it in the highest degree to others suf
fering from similar disease. I can say that it is
one of the finest Family Medicines now out, cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAND.
Dooly County, Ga., Oct. 27,1867
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
I have, during the last eigeteen months, used
your Pain Kill It, and 1 consider it unequaled by
anything for pain in the head, breast, back or
side: and for colic nothing gives relief half so
quick as your Anodyne Pam Kill.
It is doing much good in the community in o
ther families as well as my own. Yours, Ac.,
D. T. FOREHAND.
Newton Factory, Ga., Nov., 1867.
DR. PROPHITT:
Last summer my horse sprained his knee se
verely, causing the whole leg to swell to about
twice its natural size, and rendering him almost
helpless: two applications of your Anodyne Pain
Kill It thoroughly cured it. JNO. B. DA VIS.
STATE OF GEORGIA,! Know all men by these
Fulton County.] presents, That I have
this day, for value received, sold and transfer
red to BRADFIELD & CO., the sole right to
manufacture and soil my Family Medicines, and
have furnished them with the lull recipes, and
have authorized the said BRADFIELD & CX).,
to print, or have printed, anything they marse»
proper concerning any and all tin* nhow named
CAUTERSVILLK, BARTOW (OIXTV. GEORGIA, J4A. 17th, IS7I.
Medicines. This 15th day of .Tunc, 1870.
[Signed] O.S. PRO PIT ITT,
In presence.of Thomas F. Jones, and Robert
Crawford, Notary Public. (L. s.)
Manufactured and for sale by BRADFIELD
A CO.. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., an ’ for >,!| ( *
by all druggist*. fuly 20—wly
C E R T I FICATES:
We. the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt’s Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims tor them:
Col. It J Henderson. Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Cbvington. Ga.; O S Porter, Covington. Ga.:
Prof. J L .Jones. Covington, Ga.: Rev. Id W Ar
nold. Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Monticello, Ga,; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.: A M Robinson.
Monticello, Ga.; James Wright, Putnxim county.
Ga.; A Westbrook. Putnam county. Ga.; Judge
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bcbee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachry, Conyers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;" Dick Lockett,
Davis county, Texiis; W Hawk Whatley, Cus
seta. Texas: W C Roberts. Linden county, Tex
as; Tommy & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga; IV A Lans
dell, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox & Cos.:
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville, Ga.:
A NXouis, Loxvndes county, Ga.; Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; .las'. Jefferson. Carters
ville. Ga.; W L Ellis, Bgoly comity, Ga.; W.V
Forehand. Dooly county, Ga.; John B. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.: B F Bass. Lowndnes co.
Compound. Extract of
S TILLIJYGIJt.
THE GREAT HEALTH RESTORER,
Blood Purifier & Liver Medicine.
mms concentrated Vegetable Specific acts
J[ directly on the Liver, Kidneys, Spleen
and Bladder. It cures Scroffula, White
Swelling, Chronic and Inflammatory Rheu
matism. Gout. Liver and Kidney Affections.
Sore Eyes, Ulcerous Sores, Boils, Carbun
cles, Pimples, Blotches, and &11 skin Diseases.
It removes all Mercurial and old Venerial
Taints from the system and soon restores the
patient to perfect health and purity. It is far
superior oo Mercury or any of its preparations
in removing Torpidity and cerrc ding other de
arangemens of the Liver and Kidneys. This is
not a remedy that may cure; but one that 1 will
cure every case without fail. Beware of Coun
terfeits. I’he genuine is prepared onlv bv Pem
berton, Taylor & Cos.. Atlanta, Ga.', aiid each
label bears the signature of J. S. Pemberton.
For Sale IJ v Druggists.
Read the following, which explains the suc
cess of this great remedy all over th* country:
West Point, Ga., Aug., 10th, 1870.
Mess. Pemberton, Taylor & Cos.,
Atlanta, Ga.,
Gents: We have the greatest cure to report,
ever known, made by the use of your Compound
Extract of Stillingia. A case that has been con
fined to bed for six years, raised and well. Will
send particulars soon. Yours Respectfully,
CRAWFORD & WALKER,
ept. 23, ’7O, sw-tf. Druggists.
Lawshe & Haynes,
Have on hand and are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade.
Watches,
of the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
mcrica;
American and French Clocks;
sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Silver Plated Goods,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
Watches and Jewelry
Rf.pairsd by Competent Workmen:
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
—AND—
Prodm
DEALERS.
CARTERSVILLE , GA.
liICHT!
SjEpfflCg--- fiICHT:
Light :
With or Without Measure I
Conceal it Not!!!
PETER MARSH,
Manufacturer of and Letter in
/Estrella Oil,
Also, Dealer in
LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, SHADE? WICKS
ETC., ETC.
I can be found at Best & Kirkpatrick’s
on Main Street, Cartersville, Ga., where I
will be pleased to see my friends and pat
rons. To all, I would say. come and t’
amine for yourselves, as I intend to sell
Cheap as the Cheapest , Thankful for past
patronage, I solicit a continuance of the
same. PETER MARSH.
Oartervatlle. a”r. 22.
SE >il-WEEKLY.
TO PHYSICIANS.
New York, August 15th, 1868
Allow me to call your attention to my
Preparation Compound of
Extract Buchu.
The component parts are BUCHU
LONG LEAF, CUBEBS, JUNIPER
BERRIES.
Mode of Preparation. —Buchu, in
vacuo. Juniper Bevies, by distillation, to form a fine
gin. Cubebg extracted by displacement with spirits
spirits obtained from Junip r Berries: very little
sugar is used, and a small proportion of spirit. It is
more palateable than any now in use.
Buchu, as prepared by Druggists, is of a light color.
It is a plant that emits its fragrance ; the action of a
flame destroys this (its active riuciple,) leaving a
dark and glutinous decoction. Mine is the color of
ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predomi
rutes; the smallest quantity of the other ingredients
are added, to prevent fermentation ; upon mspec
ion, it will be found not to be a Tincture, as tnadf
n I’hsrmacopoea, nor Is it a Syrup—and therefore
'• n be used in cases where fever nr inflammation ex
’si In this,you have the knowledge of 'he ingredl
"is *i and the mo ie of preparation.
Hoping that you will iavor 't with a trial, and that
uoi inspection it will meet with your approbation
With a feeling of confidence,
I am very respectfully yours,
H. T.HEL3IBOLD,
C nemist vnd Druygi&t
of\ 6 gears’ experience.
[From the Largest Manufacturing
Chemists in the World.]
November 4, 1854.
“I am acquainted with Mr. H. T. Hembold ; he oc
cupied the Drugstore opposite my residence,and was
successful in conducting the busiress where others
had net been equally to before him. I have been fa
vorably impressed with bis character aud enterprise.”
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm of Powers & Weight man,
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
Helmbold’s Fluid Extract of
Buhcu
Is the great specific for Universal Lassitude, Prostra
tion, Ac.
The constitution, once affected with Organic Weak
ness, requires the aid of Medicine to strengthen the
system, which HKM BOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU in
invriably does Ifno treatment is submitted te, Cou
sumpton or insanity ensues.
Ilelmbold’s Fluid Extract of Buchu,
In affections peculiar to Females, is uneqnaied by
any other preparation, as in Chlorosis, or Retention.
Painfulness, or Suppression ofCustomary Evacuations,
Ulcerated or Schirrus State of the Uterus, and all
complaints incident to the sex, or the decline or
change of life.
Helmbold's Fluid Extract Buchu ard
Improved Rose Wash.
'Yill radically exterminate from the system diseases
arising from the habits of dissipation, at little expense
little or no ch inge in diet, no inconvenience of expos
ure ; completely superceding those unpleasant and
dangerous remedies, Copaiva and Mercury, in all
these diseases.
Use Helmbold’s Fluid Extract Buchu
in ail diseases of these organs, whether existing in
male or female, from whatever cause originating, and
to no matter < f how lone standing It is pleasant in
taste and odor, “immediate” in action, and more
strengthening than any preparations of Bark or Iron.
Those suffering from broken down or delicate con
Btitutions,’procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that, however slight may
be he attack of the above diseases, it is certa n to af
fect the bodily health and mental powers.
All the above diseses require the aid of* Diuretie
HEM BOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU is the great Diuret
ic*
Sold by Druggists everywhere. PRICE—
SI.2S per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.50. —
Delivered to any address. Describe symp
toms in all communications.
Address
H, T. HELMBOLD,
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE,
. 594 BROADWAY, New York.
None Are Genuine
Unless done up in steel-engraved" wrapper
with sac simile of my Chemical VVarehoues
and signed
H. T. HELMBOLD.
Georgia, Bartow County,
17IOUR WEEKS after date application will be
* made to tlie Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty, at a regular term, for leave to sell all the
lauds belonging to the estate of George Kennedy
late of said county, deceased. Sold for the pur
pose of distribution in accordance with the will
of said deceased. This December 15th, 1870.
JOHN M. COCHR AN,
RIOH’D B. COUCH,
lgxecutore Geo. Kennedy, dec’d.
Topituij and Itcslef-
BY JOSIAH COPELY, ESQ.
The nearer Christians come to God
in devotion, the nearer they come to
gether in heart and sentiment. Two
of the noblest and most imperishable
hymns in our language attest this fact.
I allude to “Rock of Ages,” by Ang 8-
tus Toplady, and “Jesus, Lover of My
Soul,” by Charles Wesley. These dis
tinguished men, as is well known, were
leaders of the two great schools in the
Protestant world known as Calvanists
and Arminians. Both were zealous
in the support and defense of their re
spective views, and both abundant and
successful iu their labors to win souls
to Christ.
They were cotemporaries and in the
midst of their labors just about a hun
dred years ago. It is said that they
met one evening and debated with
much earnestness and warmth the theo
logical tenets upon which they differ
ed, and that, after they returned to
their own homes, each composed a
hymn—Toplady’s soul gushed out in
the sublime strains of his magnificent
lyric; Wesley’s in the grandest and
most melting verses to which his fine
genius ever attained. They differed
in debate; let us see how they flowed
together in song. At the same time
we may judge in what excellent spirit
they must have debated.
Let Wesley speak first:
“Jesus, lovea of my soul,
Let me to tty bosom fly,
While the > aging billows roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Hide me, 0 my Saviour, hide,
’Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide ;
O receive my soul at last.”
Now hear Toplady sing:
“Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee ;
Let the water and the blood
From thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.”
Both these stanzas are fitted to ex
press the highest devotion to which
Christians may hope to attain on
earth, and both are still sung with
tears of penitence, hope and joy by
both Calvinists and Arminians a cen
tury after Wesley’s ransomed spirit
flew to the boi om of Jesus, whom he
loved so ardently and served so faith
fully, and Toplady had “soared to
worlds unknown.” Yet they differ a
little, and that little is characteristic
of their respective schools to this day.
The Calvinist yearns for holiness, and
the Arrainian for heaven.
Let us hear Wesley agian:
“Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on thee ;
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me ;
All my trust on thee is stayed,
All my help from thee I bring ;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.”
Glorious confession of the sinner’s
only refuge! Aud it is remarkable
that the mind of the Caivanist should
be led to the same thought in the
composition of hi3 second stanza. —
Hear him:
“Not the labor of mj hands
Can fulfil the law’s demands
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and thou alone.”
There is but a shade of difference
between those two impassioned utter
ances; but the difference is the same
as that already noticed. The cry of
the Calvanist is still for righteousness,
for salvation from sin; while that of
the Armiuiau is for support, comfort
and defence.
In reliance upon Christ they are
alike.
Now let us have Wesley a third stan
za:
“Thou, 0 Christ, art all I want;
All in all if thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick and lead the blind.
Just and holy is thy name;
I am all unrighteousness ;
Vile and full of sin I am,
Thou art full of truth and grace.”
Toplady in his third stanza, expres
ses almost the same thought, but in
more terse aud vigorous phrase. —
Nothmg in the English language sur
passes it:
‘ Nothing in my hand l bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling ;
Naked, come to the for dress,
Helpless, look to thee for grace ;
Vile, I to the fountain fly,
IVash me, Saviour or I die.”
Now let us hear Wesley’s closing
verse:
“Plenteous grace with thee is found,
Grace to pardon all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound,
Editors and Proprietors,
Make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art,
Freely let me take of thee ;
Spring thou up within my heart,.
Rise to all eternity.”
The introduction here of the figures
of a fountain of lifo auti of healing
streams is not as happy as the more
direct {'leadings found in the preced
ing portions of the hymn, and is too
declamatory for the profound devotion
of the first three stanzas. Still these
figures will come home with great
power to many hearts, especially in
that great communiou of which the
author, with his illustrious brother,
was the founder. Toplady’s close is
surpassingly grand and impressive, es
pecially where he returns so gracefully
to his initial figure:
“While I draw this fleeting breath,
"When my heart-strings break in death
When I soar to worlds unknown.
See thee on thy judgment throne,
“liock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee."
Thus we sec how Calvinists and Ar
minians can harmonize iu prayer aud
songs of praise, although they may
differ on some points of dogmatic the
ology, Toplady adheres to his one
grand figure of Christ as the Cleft
Rock, as his Hiding Place, his only
refuge. He clings to Him as the smit
ten rock whence flowed the water aud
the blood which cleanses from all sin.
Herein lies the owner of his inimita
ble lyric. Wesley’s more exhuberant
fancy flits from figure to figure, and by
so doing weakens his hymn, which
notwithstanding, is one of the very
best in our language. I often think,
if such as these be the songs of im
perfect, sinful, dying men on earth,
what must be the grandeur aud devo
tion of the songs of the just made per
fect in heaven.
A LOUISVILLE ROMANCE.
Ttarowinf Die e—A Hundred
Thousand Ilollars against a
Lady’s Hand.
A Louisville, Kentucky, correspond
ent of a California paper tells the fol
lowing improbable story:
There lived on street, in an un
pretending establishment, surrounded
uy trees and flowers, a young lady
who was celebrated for her beauty and
accomplishments. She was a blonde,
with blue eyes, white teeth, and a heav
enly smile —haa the prettiest hand
and foot that ever were seen—and
was tall, lithe and elegant. Her wit
was delicate, pointed and sparkling,
and her mind as superior as her per
son was lovely. The town was at her
feet, aud her suitors were as importu
nate, if not as many, as Penelope, like
whom she was continually wooed and
never yet won. In the midst of her
successes came war, the end of which
found her family impoverished, and
herself in want for the necessaries of
life.
Bat she was the same proud, impe
rious mistress of hearts as before, aud
she refused in quick succession the
many offers of marriage that were
made to her. She had not thought of
matrimony as a resource, but had oth
er and totally different prospects in
view. She proposed in fact to teach &
school.
A fellow-townsman, a gentleman of
wealth and position, and a bachelor,
had long been a silent worshiper at
her shrine. He had houses and lands,
estates in the country and lots iu the
city, stocks, interests and investments
wherever they would pay, and his pri
vate establishment on street was
simply palatial. Seeing how the case
stood with her whom ho loved with his
whole soul, he resolved, after many
self-communions, and much reflection,
to ask her to be his wife.
“Sir,” said she iu answer to his pro
posal, “I do not love you, and I cannot
marry you.”
“Think the matter over my dear,”
said he, “and in one week from to-day
give me your answer.”
Upon his return, on the day set, she
said to him:
“Sir, you have wealth and I am poor;
you live in a palace, and I, as you see in
a cottage; you are desirous of having
my hand, and I would like very much
to be rich. I will throw the dice with
you—my hand against a hundred thou
sand dollars ! Ia it a bargain ?”
“It is,” said he. And thereupon
they plege to each other their words
to bide the hazard.
It was arranged that bat three per
sons should be let into the secret; that
each should select a friend; and that
the two selected friends were to choose
the third. .us& named the Hon.
Mr. , a prominent member of the
bar, as her friend; Mr. choose the
Rev. Mr.——, pastor of the fashiona
ble church ofi> street, as his; and
these two made choice of Dr. , an
eminent professor in the Medical Col
lege, as the friend of both parties. By
these gentlemen the preliminaries were
arranged, and the programme was this.
> The Doctor was to give a party at
his house, on a certain specified Friday
evening, at which were to bo present
all the best people of Louisville; the
Hou. Mr. was to secure a license
in blank, ready to be filled at a mo
ment’s warning, and was to hold Mr.-’g
check for sloo,ooo,and the Rev. Mr.
was to be in waiting to preform
the marriage ceremony, if called on so
to do. The dice wore to be thrown iu
Hon. Mr. s study, whence the
quintette wore to proceed to the party,
where, if Miss lost, they were to cele
brate the wedding, and, if she won,
they were to mingle with the guests
without remark.
At precisely 9 o'clock on the event
ful evening the players and their
friends met in the Hon. Mr.—’s study.
By agreement of the parties them
selves they were to throw poker dice,
and to cut the cards for the first throw.
The gentleman cut a queen and the
lady a jack, aud now came the tug of
war. He was cool, cairn and pale: she
was statuesque, imperious and collec
ted. His lips were compressed; hers
wore formed into an extended arc,
spanuimg the whole mouth and com
pleting the bow. The twain sat on
opposite sides of a small table, and the
umpires stood overlooking thorn.
The dice-box boiug set before hiro^
Mr. placed his fingers over the top,
and with them threw two fours aud
two duces. Putting aside the fours, he
threw again, and threw another four
Then throwing the two rein lining dice,
he threw two fives. He had thrown,
therefore, a full—three fours aud two.
fives.
NO. 20.
And now com3 Mis*- s turn. Ib
was a thrilling moment, and the rustle
of her siik dress iu the stillness of
that room sounded like the tree-tops
in the wind. She began by drawing
off her right glove, exposing a hand of
exquisite beauty and delicacy, on the
forefinger of which sparkled a dia~
mond. Then, taking up the box quick,
ly, she gave it a long shake in the air,
and, turning it down upon the table
she threw—nothing! A cloud thereup
on passed over her face, aud the arc
of her lips assumed a still more bow
like curvature. But, nothing daunt
ed, she at once retook the box and
threw again—this time turning up four
duces! and the fifth dice cocked ! Ter
rible mischances ! Miserable luc k t
Again she threw, and threw two duces
and two trays. Putting all the dice
back into the box, she hud left but one
other and last throw, upon which was
her only chance. For the first time
since she sat down she spoke, asking
for a glass of water. Having drained
a tumblerful, she sat for a moment
pressing together her eyebrows be
tween her thumb and forefinger, and
then, all of a sudden, she snatched up
the dice-box and shook vehemently*
and th. ew—three fours and two sixes,
and won ! And did she take the money,
you ask mo ? I answer most emphat
ically—she did.
From the New York Herald]
Preach the Word.
A subject that is npw engrossing the
attention of Christian ministers and
the religious press of the country ia
the sparseness of the congregations on
the Sabbath. The complaint is not
confined to any particular church or
denomination of Protesteuts, but is ex
perienced more or less by them at all.
They find that Magnificent and well
appointed churches, exquisite music by
quartets and organs, eloquent preach
ing—sensational, popular or otherwise
—and all that can charm the senses
and gratify the aesthetic tastes of mer,
fail to attract the masses. On any
given Sabbath in the year it will b j
found that not one in fifty of any reli
gious congregation belongs to tin
working classes or to the really poor
of our population. This may be ac
counted for, however, partly by the
fashionableness of our churches, which
have been built of late years without
much, if any, regard to the inorral of
spiritual wanhyof the s yle ai.d charac
ter of the preaching, which cor.ss.s
very much of the novolistic material—
a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff—
or the news paper Jenkins stylo of two
lines of news and a column of “dummy
and dilation.” Ministers do not seem
fully to appreciate the age in which wo
live, or to comprehend that the people
to whom they preach understand the
oretically as much of religious truth as
do their teachers. People live deeper
and higher than thoy ever did, and the
various forms of truth, social, moral,
spiritual, scientific, enter far into the
daily life and conversation of every
one of us than they ever did in any
age before. There is, therefore, gieat
er iuquiry than ever; but this inquiry
ia after truth, not theory or specula
tion.