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Flovilla, R. F. D. No. i.
Editor Tub Jacksonian. The far
mers are quite busy prepare!ng their
land for planting they are going to
raise plenty of home supplies and as
much cotton this year as heretofore.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Vaughn from
Bethel was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Riley Johnson Saturday night.
Mrs. Will and George Vaughn were
the guestß of Mr. J. W. Mayfield last
Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. Hay spent last Monday
with Mrs. Edmond Hay.
Mrs. Lelian Johnson and Miss
Sal lie Moss spent last Wednesday
with Mrs J. W. Mayfield.
Mrs. Margerett Fogg spent last
Wednesday with Mrs. R. M. Mayfield.
Mr. A. J. Hay was in Juckson lust
Saturday.
Miss Agnes Duffy called on Misses
Vivian and Agnes Hay Saturday eve.
Our neighbor that planted the ear
ly roasting ear patch had the misfor
to get his plow stock burned ud
last week. I guess he lost it iu the
corn fluid.
lliss Daisy and Maude Plymule
Agnes and Vivian Hay, Mrs. Joe Car
roll, Owen Brown, Will and George
Vaughn spent a pleasant afternoon
at Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mayfield Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs Homer Vaughn Mrs.
Will and Geo. Vaughn from Buthil
attended preaching at Sandy Creek
Sunday.
Bethel.
The rain is gone and the farmers
are busy plowing Gee I Woah I Harr!
Come up there !!
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Vaughn Jr
was visiting relatives at Flovilla Sun
day.
Bobolink is preparing for the Hay
Fever this time for lie has already
got bis medicine.
Mr. H. M. Vaughn and wife visi
ted Mrs. L. N.. Maddox Saturday and
Sunday.
Hello! G. C. Vaughn, why did you
get tliooe pockets full of rocks Sun
day. Some on must have been run
ning yon.
Bobolink says he can raise plenty
bumble bees on his farm tn syoar for
he has already caught t hem ana put
them in a box.
MARRIAGE OF MR. L.L. GREER
AND MISS JULIA KELLY.
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Mr. Luther Greer and Miss Julia
Kelly wore happily married at the
ho i e of the parents of the bride
last Sunday.
Mr. Greer is well known in Butts
Cos haying been brought up here, is a
minister of the Gospel and an ardent
Sunday School worker.
Miss Kelly is the daughter Mi.
J. L. Kelly pf Pepperton.
May the young couple find nothing
in life but happiness.
THE OUTLOOK IN CHINA
BY REV. S. P. WIGGINS.
(Continued from last week )
But before looking into the pro
gress of Christianity in this great
and hoary nation, we need to look at
her three religions, Contucianism )
Taoisn and Buddhism and their
effect upon the nation.
Confucius, after whom his • ult
tikes its name, lived about 550 B. C.
Ho was a remarkobly learned and
sagacious person. His teachings
constitute the phsiosophy of human
reason and make no claims
to a revelation from God.
It is a system of morals and maxims
for human relationships without
reterance to any divine relations or
obligations. It possesses some ex
alted precepts, e. g. the negative
form of he golden rule: ‘‘What you
would not have others do to you, o
not do to them," —which falls far
short of the device injauction of Jesus
to positively love, even your enemi s
and do good to them which despite
fully use you.
Confucianism is chisfly a moral
etiquette for the family, the state,
and for inferiors —hence its elaborate
worship of ancestors. A Confucian
ist dwells amid the tombs, and like
the unhappy Gaderene whom Jesus
unloosed he is is bound with the
adamantine chains of pride and re
verence for the family dead. The
results of its teachings is to defy man
with no loftier idoal|and example than
one’s grandparents and is therefore,
devoid of the inspiration and enno
bling power which come from the
perfect pattern and majesty of the
man of Galilee, the Son of God.
In short, ‘‘there is in Confucianism
no supreme God, rosoui destroying
sin, no Savior, no real prayer, no in
spiration to righteous living."
"Taoism is simply a deification of
material mysteries, and its natural
outcome is material idolatry."
Buddhism was introduced from India.
It has in it “no moral guidance in
righteousness, no spiritual life for the
soul, no uplifting worship.” The
highest hope of Buddhism is annihila
tion afterdeath. It is thus contrast
ed with Christianity: The Christian
asks, “what shall I do to inherit eter
nal life?” The Buddhist enquires,
,‘what shall I do to inherit eternal
extinction?”. Christianity points
man to a blessed hope, and everlast
ing life. Buddhism drives man to
despair, and complete obliteration.
How clear therefore that her native
religions cannot save China.
Let him who says contemptuously,
“China has lie own religious, let her
alone,” murk well his words; for it:s
because she hps these verv religions
that our Lord’s command is binding
upon us,“go preach the gospel to ev
ery creature”—even to China,
China with all her vastness, energy,
resources, population, und great age,
is nevertheless powerless and hone-
Ivss, like one paralized, only waiting
for Jesus of Nazareth to pass by and
say, “Man, I say unto thee arise.”
What a magnificent opportunity
for tiie Church ot Christ. Wn,it a
glorious trophy for our Lord to win
China to Christianity. Who will en
list! The reward is joy, and righto
olistless, and life eternal.
Let this people become God’s peo
ple, and remembering their energy
and colonizing capacities, it is safe
to affirm that they will soon spread
His ruie over all Asia and Oceania,
as the Pontons and English h ive
spread Christianity over Europe and
America,
Robert Morrison the first modern
missionary to China, reached Canton
|in 1807, but was forbidden to proveh
the gospel. This was just 100 years
| ago. He found, as it were, a great
j wall nroifbd the E i pire, such as the
! Israelites found around Jericho,
' through the gates of which foreigners
! were not allowed to pass, not even to
blow their trumpets on the outside.
35 years were spent in gaining an en
trance, but not until 1806, over 50
years from the date the first mission
ary arrived, were then allowed to o
penly teach and profess Christianity.
Regular missionary work did not
actually begin operation until 1865
though of course, the numbar of mis
sionerys had been made. The greatest
gain made up to this time was the
translation of the Bible into the Chi
nese language, and learning the coun
try an I its peculiar ways.
The progress for the next 25 year 6
was wonderful. By 1885 there were
over 600 ordained missionaries, and
including the wives and lady mission
aries there were 1500, representing
12 mission Boards. There were 250
ordained and 8,009 unordaineu native
laborers, with 522 churches, ana 50,
000 members.
Since then the rate of progress has
been even greater In 1900 there
were 2,785 missionaries, 6,888 native
helpers, and 112, 808 members.
It is proper to note the missionari
es bear united testimony to the excel
lent curacter and genuine piety of the
native converts. It is a matter of
history that thousands suffered mar
tyrdom in the Boxer riots rather
than deny Christ.
The missionaries also testify to the
efficient lanorers and zeal of the Chi
nese ministers —as an example of
which one Chinese preacher actually
sold himself into slavery in a distant
province that he might preach the
gospel that community. This is
said to be the only case of voluntary
slavery for Christ, on record. And
tliis honor belongs toaOhinaman.
Next week we will give a short sur
vey of the work of our own church in
China.
(To be continued next week.)
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Georgia-, Butts County.
Notice is herby given that the undersign
ed has applied to the Ordinary of said
County for leave to sell land belonging to
the estate of Julia Beadden, Col. for the
payment of debts and for the purpose of
distribution. Said application will be
heard at the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary for said County to be held on the
first Monday in April 1907.
This 4tli day of March, 1907.
B. P. Baily,
Administrator upon Julia Beadden, estate.