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CHURCHES.
Baptist CntmcH.-R«-v. Z.T. Weaver,Pas¬
tor. Preaching 1st and 3rd Sundays in each
month. Hiindiiy-»<’!m<d 9 n. »■>., J. K, Paul
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MKTiromaT CJiitfRcn.—Rev J.O. Langston
V*slor. Preaching Sunday-school 2nd and 4th Sunday* VV. A. in
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FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1889.
A SERMON ON UNBELIEF.
Jly Z. T. Weaver.
The nature or essence of Unbelief is to
deny the promises of God, repudiate the
atonement and sit in judgment upon the
veracity of the Almighty.
Modern society is leavened with it on
all sides. In one form or another it cau
be seen and heard and felt. Its most
common form manifests itself in the
utter disregard of the gospel by ihose
who so often listen to its sublime teach¬
ings. It is truly painful to see so many
people, living under the lights of tho
present age, so inconsiderate of* their
best and truest interest. The cause of
this deplorable sorrow is unbelief.
Unbelief attacks men from different
standpoints. In some it appeals to the
head and attempts to dethrone the su¬
premacy of God by an intellectual con
tx-udiction. The most important things
in tho‘history of the world must be be¬
lieved from testimony. Deny the right
to believe upon testimony, and you de
stroy all social orejer and domestic peace:
criminals Could not be convicted, and a
mad sway of ruin would run riot over
the land. When unbelief says, then,
that nothing but what is known by the
senses can bo trusted, it strikes at the
root of all good, and would give us no
history of the past whatever. ' Some are
inclined to unbelief by a wicked heart:
their hearts are wrong, their desires are
low aud base, and whenever moved upon
to abandon their evil ways a depraved
heart binds them to tho object of their
affections and will not let them go. Fe¬
lix was perhaps moved upon to obey,
but tho hardness of his heart and the
depraved appetites held him to the world.
Like a bird tied by a cord, ho could rise
no higher than tho length of liis desires
for better things. Iiis life had been too
evil, his lust had made his heart the
throne of unbelief, and all ellort by ine
apostle failed to set him right. A bad
life is the great argument against the
Bible. When men's lives are so plainly
shown, by tiro word of God, to be evil,
they naturally rebel against its teach¬
ings. Show me a bad man, one whose
life is evil, aud 1 will show you a man
whose head and heart are full of unbe¬
lief.
Again, unbelief may be caused by a
lazy, iudolent will. Some people know
enough: they- are fully satisfied of the
truth of Christianity, but they are actu¬
ally too lazy to do anything. Men will
say that they arc fully satisfied of the
facts concerning tlic church, and con¬
cerning Christ, and faith and repentance,
but they arc so awful lazy that no power
save the Holy Ghost can move them.
O, Lord! how long will indolence con¬
tinue to control the world?
Among flic worst of all sins L laziness.
I never knew a lazy man converted in
my life. There is not au indolent creat¬
ure on the earth that can be made to ac¬
cept the Savior.
We are very much astonished at the
unbelief of the Jews, and are fond of
ridiculing them for their infidelity, but
how much better are those among us
who have Lid better opportunities than
they ? Stop, my friend ; do uot despise
the Jew until you have become a be¬
liever yourself. If you are an unbe¬
liever, deal honestly’ with yourself in re¬
gard to your secret sins. Are there uot
some secret sius of which y*ou are guilty
that aro wrigbiog J’ou to the ground
Those unknown sins that are hid from
the eves J of the world are tue hindering
causes that al . prevent . many from .___ entering .
the kingdom.
In the uext place, be careful about the
sources from which you gain your religi¬
ous instruction. All you hear about God
aud the Bible is not good theology.
There is but oue source of true religious
correctness, and that is the word of God,
the Bible, in its purity and simplicity.
He who runs everywhere for his religious
opinions will be as fickle as the
sources from which they come. Get
your knowledge from the Bible, and you
are uot so subject to be unbelieving,
Uubelief in God’s people is perhaps the
source of our Lord's sorest displeasure.
How would the heart of the parent feci
ted tow«a. the promises losclmdif of the that father eMd by ropn^ a life
that plainly spoke the child’s unbelieh
The Lord's children are always expected
to believe the Father, ’ aud no child is re
speetful towards , its parent , that ,, . aisbe- ,
iieves. Therefore, children of God, be
always trusting and confiding. It is dis
couraging and disgusting to see ,v>
h;is suffered **« itself h ** to h ' become Kh settled ^ in
doubts , aud fears. _ The rj-. *„*„*» future is dark dark
onl T to ft coward, and were it not for the
-
sin of unbelief the Lord’s cause would
b ,
_
'The Freuch-Canadian t>epcrs agree that■'.
the volume of l emd«arioufrofflOueK'c ^
to 4 the , T tinted fetatcj . this year promises
to ceed fbn. of »y previous year in
tbe history of the province. One paper
it wril rrach 100,000, another that it
may * exceed exceed SO,iKW, 80,1)00, Mf. Mr. Mercies, Mercies, pre- pre¬
mier mier of <>l Quebec, expresses expresses ______., the the belief behtf
that that by Uy 1891 18*01 there there will will be be not not les3 less than than
ted 1,000, W States. : °’ OK) )0 French-Canadian^ French-Canadians He places the Frencli-Caua- m iu theJL the Uni- m
j.aa population of Quebec - 1891 at
in
1 * -
1,*240,000. aud the F reucU-C auadiau ,. pop
ulation of the .h». other Canadian C..—dl— provinces r —
at -A. 288.0U0, - < L . ua so __ aL that .%* • for every fifteen ft.JVn
------------------ Frcneb-Cauadians in Canada there will
be ten in thi United States.—Chicago
Tribune.
Forterand the Census.
Figure-twister Porter has ad
dressed a communication to the
New York Sun, in which he vehem- j
ently denies that he will get up a
“bogus census, or a “census with a
prolection tendency.” Mr. Porter
insists that all stich charges are
“truly monstrous.”
“Tne position of superintendent
of the census,” he says in his letter
to the Sun, “is in a measure a ju
dicial one, and a man who would
dare to manipulate the figures in
tho interest of any preconceived
theories ho might have would in
my estimation bo as mcrally guilty
as the judge v.-ho would,Rafter his
election tq the bench, decide a case
in favor of a friend or former client
in direct contradiction to the evi
deuce.”
Mr. Porter makes this solemn
promise: “I shall direct all my
energies and what abilities I may
possess to taking an absolute fair
and honest census. It will be
the aim of the census office to mako
a more compact census than that of
1880 and a moro purely statistical
census—a census that shall, first of
all, comprise those essential clo
ements which come within the prov¬
ince of this office, and which j’ou in
common with students wo.dd ex¬
pect to find in a census. It will be
the constant endeavor of the super
sntendent to keep it within reason¬
able bounds, not to attempt to the
impossible, and to finish it as rap¬
idly as possible.”
No one expected that Porter
would confbss from the beginning
that he intended to get up a “bogus
census,” a census with protection
tendencies.” Ilis declarations are
very careful and patriotically word¬
ed, yet they should bo taken with
a little salt. Porter has figured as
a Proteetiori hireling so long that
the habit of monkeying with fig
ures has fixed itself firmly upon
him. His well-known and well
earned reputation as a ffgure-twist
er undoubtedly i for him
tho position of Superintendent of
tho Eleventh Census and should he
do the v’ork according to tho ideas
expressed in his communication to
the Sun, the President and the Re¬
publican party will no doubt feel
that his appointment was a mistake.
—Columbus lunquirer-Sun.
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Your Trite Southerner.
One can generally pick out a
southerner on the streets of New
Yo rk. His clothes are either old
fashioned and well-worn, or fresh
from tho best tailor in town. He
wears a fine slouch, soft hat creased
together on top, the f?ack of it
slightly turned up and the front
pulled down. The bat is worn “a
iectle” on one side. lie is calm
cyed and B0 |f.possessed and has the
stoMdit of an Indian „ nder al ,
. ,, He
circumstances. is never in a
hurry*—burr}’, in his mind, being
relegated to district messenger
boys and bank clerks. When told
to “step lively” by tbo autocrat of
elevated railroads ho looks as if a
liberty had been taken with him.
On the ears be is always on the
lookout for ladies to give up his
seat to, and has the air of being in
a foreign country, but too polite to
be astonished at the habits of the
natives. Ho will stop and look in
s hop windows with delightful
sanf r f ro id ^ and if nerchanee he
an who is a las
barohcadcd an , u
•
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quiet and soft-spoken and stands
about as firmly on his social legs as
Englishman ,, , . and will shake , ,
an m
hands with the colored porter
whlI . crnshcs the iordly «d
Fam i liar hotel clerk with a look of
deadlv * politeness.-New * York Star,
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Two A 0 Tme Gentlemen.
__
Asked . , , who . . ,. his , long .
in
ence, WM the best type ho had met
°* a tr “ e Rug 1 sh gentleman, a vet
elan official of the bouse ot com
mors sard: “I remfmber two—Sir
?,*! c tn flr iri i Vnrthcote and Lord Stan
,he brolberof tbe Earl of Der
The latter is the new hov.
ernor e rnor general of Canada.—New
York York Tribune. Tribune.
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Soon tho sweet girl graduate of
f ema | e colleges wili receive the at
tention of the Georgia quill driver,
and his best and quaintest adject
ives about the “beautiful and ac
complished’ Miss B ank, will rc
ce»ve “thanks awfully” for hii
lar.try.
Florida Sinks.
Among the curious natural phenom
ena, of Florida, particulary of the
middle sections are small ponds,
known in colloquial phrase as
“sinks.” They arelare usually of
irregular, round or oval shape and,
are found scattered throughout the
pine forests. Generally speakihg,
they have neither visible supply or
outlet, and yet their level scarcely
ever varies from ono season to an
other. They are not supplied bj T
rains, since they aio generally
fonnd in flat sections, where there
is but little drainage. Their waters
Are perfectly sweet and generally
cold, indicating hidden springs as
the source of supply, Somo of
them are very deep, one in particu
lar, in Leon county, having proved
superior to the length of all the
sounding lines in tho neighboiing
country. They and are usually of crys¬
tal clearness contain small
faumbers of fish. Whether the evap¬
oration just balances the supply, or
whether the “sinks” have subterra¬
nean outlets as Well as inlet9 is still
a matter of speculation. Possibly
the now generally accepted theory
that the whole of Florida rests up¬
on a bed of corral as a foundation,
may offer some explanation of these
facts. As matters now stand these
“siiiks” present tho strango specta¬
cle of ponds that are not affected
by droughth or rain, and always
maintaining the samo level from
year to j’ear.—TatHros Herald.
Orlando has upon her eastern
outskirts one of theso “sink holes”
covering an aero or two, cbtttdining
pure and clear water, which ap¬
pears to remain at about the same
hight winter and summer, notwith¬
standing the fact that numberless
other lakes and ponds are continu¬
ally being drained into it. Tho
water is perfectly pure, and num¬
bers of bream and bass abound in
it. There is no visibie or apparent
outlook to this sink, and it is said
to ho bottomless. This latte’’ state¬
ment wo do not vouch for, howev¬
er, but propose equipping an expe¬
dition to fathom its depths, and
will let our readers know tho re¬
sult.—Orlando Record. •
The Washington Girl's Wink.
If a Washington girl looks at you
at all on the street sho is almost
sure to shut ono * eye—rather not
exactly shut it, but squint it up.
This is the reason lor the Wash¬
ington wink, or squint, as sonle
call it. The two avenues that
form the most popular promenades
aroat'suchan angle toward the
northwest and West of northwest
that the sun's raj’s in the afternoon
when all the promenading is done,
strike one side of the face. Under
the rule that requires pedestriaus
to keep to the fight of the pave¬
ment, you must look toward the
sun to see those coming toward
you. The sun is reponsible for the
squint. Tho whole line of people
going west appear to be winking
at those in the opposite direction.
So much has this affected tho ha¬
bitual promenaders on the avenue,
that many of them Lave a slight
squint in the left eye at all times.
The avenue girl is known by her
squint.
Wash Yonr Hands.
Cases of infection that could bo
accoubte ^ for in n0 other way,
have been explained by the fingers
as a vehicle. Id handling money
especially of paper, door knobs,
banisters, car straps, and a linn-
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frequently ^ J touch, \ there arc chances
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inDuraera 00 P‘ c in S °P germs
IX” '' k P* J ‘“S ' ToJ''iT.l P
actuaiy put such thing, inter .
mouths, > if not too large. * Before
eating, or touching that which .... is
t0 be eaten the hands should bo
. immediately ,. a . and . serupuoasly . wash .
e d. We hear much about general
cleanliness us “next to godliness/' ^
“ ma 3 be added that here ,n, par
ticular, it is also ahead of health
and eafe.y. The Jews made no
mistake in that “eicept they wash
. . . . * It samta
* was a
ordinance ,. as well . an Crdi- ,
as
nance ot icce . « *. Ur > L -p ra
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The work of potting up the tele
graph line from Bainbridge to
Montgomery, i.- progressing with
mu< : h ra r uli, v > and bfcf o r ^ t,i e Star
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»p ,n 113 niapy readers
Ozark , will he . in connection
the outside world by means of the
teleg r apb.—Uzark Star.
The Scot eh-Irish Congress.
Ono week from to-da^ tho first
Scotch-Irish Congress of the Uni¬
ted States will convene at Colum¬
bia, Tenn. Morning and evening
sessions of this Congress will be
held until Saturday, May 11. All
who have an intermixture of Scotch
and Irish blood in their veins are
invited to participate in tho pro¬
ceedings of tho Congress. It Is
announced that addresses will be
delivered by Dr. llall and Dr. Me
Cracken, of New York; Dr. Mac¬
intosh and A. K. McClure, of Phila¬
delphia ; Dr. McLoskio, of Prince¬
ton College; Senator Vance, of
North Caroliha j Editor Grady, of
Georgia; William Wirt Henry, of
Virginia; cx-Governor Knott, of
Kentucky, and Governor Taylor
and Dr. Kelly, of Tenncssbo, with
many irregular speeches from oth¬
ers. “Tho importance of this Con¬
gress,” says tho Philadelphia Times,
“can hardly bo oyer estimated.
Tho Scotch-Irish have done moro
to mako American achievement lus¬
trous than any other race, and yet
no history of their great work has
ever been Written. In deeds alono
is their history recorded, and their
deeds brighten every chapter of
American annals. This Congress
will bo organized for tho special
purposo of beginning tho task of
gathering Scotch-Irish data to pro
servo in some permanent form the
story of a poople whose history is
in fragments in evory record of tho
advancement of civilization in tho
New World.”—Fnquirer Sun.
The Spaniard and the Cuban.
The Spanish ru!b is n subject of
great weight in Cuba. Ybry little
is said about it, but a great deal is
felt. The Cubans aro not perniittbd
to mako their own laws or choose
their bwn representatives, or tatcc
any part at all in tho government
of the island. They must bow to
Spain, the m .ther country, accept
her decrees, obey her laws, submit
to her pilfering (and she keeps the
country in a state of bankruptcy),
rob their stores to enrich her trens
ury, in fine, play to the letter the
conquered to tho conquoier. A
Spaniard is a man of Spanish blood,
born in Spain. A Cuban is a sbn
of this man, born in Cuba. Very
nearly related, of tho samo blood,
in fact, but cordially bating each
othor for all that. The Spaniard is
haughty, proud, egotistical, obsti¬
nate ; tho Cuban is weak, vain,
frivolous, intriguing, but be has
been courageous in tho defence of
his island in the past, and the land
is still dear to him. IIo suffers
himself to appear submissive to the
despised Spanish yoke, but rebel¬
lion is over uprising in his heart.
I think ho will eventually make
another fight for “Cuba Libre,” but
there is no doubt but that he will
be many centuries older before ho
rids himself entirely of the fetters
which bind him to Spain.—Lilian
Spencer;
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There is a big fortune in those
cash railroads wo see in all the la
dies’ shopping stores. One com¬
pany has gobbled up all the best
devils of the shop and is reaping
a great harvest, because no enter¬
prising storekeeper pretends to get
along without. Tho owners will
not sell the apparatus. They put
it in a store under a lease at $18 a
year for a station, a station being
each one of those stopping places
over the clerk’s head whence the
baskets are sent to the cash desk.
Some New York stores have as
many as 250 stations, and conse¬
quently pay $4,500 or moro a year
for tho use of tho device.—New
York Sun.
- w - 1 - u -
Kennedy - 8 cross Roads, fiye
miles .. this side of JS ewton, promises
13 b ® g f \ Already six
| teen lots 4 bavo . been sold, the con
tract 8til)ulatin£r 8t P u ^ liiat 1 at brick b ° houses
° ° n Ga ...«•*
It is only twenty-five fi miles to Ken
nody> &vd Abbeviiie will do her
ulmoet . to get a , branch , there rr The .
oapHaluL- ..at.ai e .nterested there
would no doubt aid us matrrially
in building f. this branch, and there
‘
. , but , jL that .. it would .. , be
is DO question
a g00( j feeder to the Midland.—Ab
bcville Age.
A man in Oklahoma paid fifty
! cenl8 lor two postal cards tho other'
d j t ho seller turned around
aD Y d pa d : e fitty cents a for » a drink , . .
| of whiskcjr. ■
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How to Cure Exaggeration*
Some habits arc so unconsciously *
prtbticed that a movement to mend
them is the only way to detect
them. Thb beam in one's own cyo
is loss noticed than the mote in an*
othor person's ej’e.
A. family at tho breakfast tabid
ono morning pledged to observe
the strictest veracity for that daj r ;
A member of the family tolls th*i
“consoquonce.”
An first fruit of tho resolve, wo
asked tho one \Vho suggested it:
“What made you so lato at break¬
fast this morning?”
She hesitated, began with “bo ;
cause I cotildh’t—and then, true td
her compact, said : ‘‘Tho truth is, I
was )a£y and didn’t hurry or I
might have beon down long ago.”
Presently ono of them remarked
that she lutd bben very cold, add¬
ing “I never was So cold in my
life.”
An inquiring look caused tho lasis
speaker to modify her statement
with, “Oh, 1 don’t think I was so
cold aftor a Hi*
A third remark to the effect that
Miss Soandso was the homeliest
girl in tho city, was recalled as sdon
as blade; tho Speaker being coni-,
polled to own that Miss Soandso
was only lather plain, instead of
being excessively homely;
So it woht on throughout the day;
causing much merriment, which
was good naturcdly accepted by tho
subjects, and giving rise to con¬
stant corrections in the interest of
truth.
One thing became moro and more
surprising, however, iiie to each ono
Of us, and that was amount of
bitting down which our most care**
ful statements demanded under this
new law.—Ex.
Wliite and Black Colonies.
Tho white settlors of jho new
territory started banks, held does
tions, commenced trading and
plowing up the ground on their
3trips beforo their beards had ac¬
quired a two-day's growth in Okla*
homa. Tho white race colonizes
rapidly on tho most advanced pine
tical principles.
As some hopeful statesmen havo
proposed to feolonizo tho colored
brother, it might bo well to draw
comparisons. A correspohdent has
just met a lot of colored folk in
North Carolihtl preparing to mi¬
grate to Louisiana. Whoh ho asked
how they meant to get rich, bo was
told of a dozen rose-colored ways*
They were going to “work do cot¬
ton crop on sheers and get hrilf.”
Tbo cotton dreamer had figured
out that ha would havo $ 10,000 in
his pockets in five years. “And
what will you do then ?” “Open a
bank, sah.” “Are all of you going
to accumulate fcl0,00Ci dfid open a
bank?”
“No, sah. Dars ono pusson who
is going to ’cttrmlJald $7,000 an' den
buy a steamboat, an’ another who<
is gwine to ’cumulate $5,000 an*
buy hissclf a toll bridge an’ sot
down in a Cheer all the rest Of his
life.”
Could you put tho nogio Ques¬
tion in any smaller Compass thari
this colony nutshell ?—Now York
Telegram..
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Concentration of Mind*
When Col. Ingersoll is engaged in
a big case in court ho drops all his
other business and devotes bis ens
tire timo to it. “This causes somoi
misunderstanding,” he said, “for
even my mail is neglected at Such
a time, and letters that are impor¬
tant to me as well ks the sender
are left unread. During tbe Kerr
trial a committee asked me tof
speak at a t ig meeting. Tbe let¬
ter stated that.if no answer was re¬
ceived from me it would be taker!
for granted that 1 would be present
There was no answer, and I tvas
liberally advertised to speak. I
published a ckrd denying the state¬
ment and this left me in bad order
with the committee. 'It’s hard to
please everybody ?”—New York
Sun.
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Among the exhibits in a Bel¬
gian dog show is a breed cf dogs,
tho Sehippcrkes, found ohly in
Belgium. They are mado use of
as watch dogs on board the numer
boats. TbC^ ’
DUS inland navigation 1
are small black dogs without tails
and with pointed ears, of ext^aor*?
dinary intelligence add fidelity.-^?
Nev? York Sao/
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