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When the silence of midnight
%*4Jlo*us round thwjomil* room,
And In ntls M ruffling ihroogh the enrjains,
#1 ytfl ir ntnonboams light the gloom ;
When sibotp the fevered fnnC'Ps
Kindly slumber. creeping near me,
Re«evert* her welcgtwe irigu ;
tn iht PffA
In all the glow that need to He
My left jovp come* buck to fae.H* *H
And the rovv smile of sunrise
Gleams athwart the dcw-drepched lawn :
Gazing from the open lattice,
Yearning memory pictures there,
f ed by enlacing r . „ &
Sweet bloc eyes ana golden, hair j
And the sunlight
Take* the one light , «’
Th*t .it had for me erewhile
lu my lost Jove’s happy spiile.
lit the glory of the noontide,
low rtheing Inbgh T hear f-'
In the whispering of the leuflets,
■fief light footstep* springing near ;
lti each snow white lily’s swaying,
Its reflection of tier grace;
In racli rose’s Ofienittg beauty
■ Shines Tor rtte her fair young face;
Till through the falling
Windows calling,
As even darkens hill and plain,
J hear my lost loac's voice again.
Sotthg hourt are.peopled for me,
Through tlig haunted days and nights ;
While lancy mofks my lonely vigiK
Will*, the gboat of dead delights ;
And I let loud lile sweep by tpc.
Dteshiing by the silent hraftft,
Where the vision of my darling
Wives old gladness back to earth ;
Wl die tlnough each gloaming
Moldy coming,
In sweet false lights of joy and trnlh,
My bark my ywwHx *.
Communicated?!
flmne 'liioiights on lletision.
“A cuts.couiiiwJidineiit I givq,nuio yon,
That |* levo one anotjjur j as 1 have loVpd
you, that ye also love another. ’’ John, xiii :
34. This is the language of Jesus Christ to
big cluuuh. With! do we jiad n the New
Toltament ? In the beginning Jiffs called’
his disciples. They forsook all and followed
him. and by the truth and Holy Spirit were
perfected iu bis body, the. church, and by
this means only, (the truth preached ami be
lieved by the Holy Spirit powei,) the church
in every city was gathered out of the world
info Christ—H>e door and head and vine.
“As many as received him, to them gave
he the power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe, on his name;
which were bnrn not of blood, nor of the
wiii of the fiesh, nor the will of miin, bui
of God." Tlw l.ord added to the church:
and God only was the builder of hisfchurch
Man's agency was only preuchiog and be
lieving the truth with all hi* heart ; God did
the rest. He set I lie member in the body n«
it pleased him. Rend the New Testament
through and you will find nothing else in tbe
constitution of any part of Christ's church.
To be in Christ wns to be in his church
everywhere, for Christ and his visible ch' rch
were one To join one wns to join the other ;
to join the vine was to join the brunches ; to
enter the door was to be in tha fold ; fo join
the bridegroom was to become the bride.
Niching else was known. A saint of one
city bad the same church relatione as any
other city, lor it was a part of the same body
of Jesus. The church of Jerusalem, Corinth,
and Rome, and the sevet) churches of Asia,
were not fo many different sects and denom
inations, bat-tbe same church of Christ, in «o
many d ff. rent cities. Now to this class of
Christians is my text addressed.
Jesus himself “Every kingdom divi
ded against itself is brought to desolation ;
and evaCs City or house divide IT itwelf
shall not stand.” If this is tiuth, where do
we stand today”** pMerder’s to the Chris
tian leligion T It is true that there is a great
deal of pretended sret love, hut Is it genuine
Christian love, is a question of vast impor
tance 1o (He human family. A man may be
b Baptist, Methodist, or Presbyterian, and
have some fort of love for his sect or party ;
but is that the love that Christ commanded
his dkciples to have ?
There are a great many oath-hound socie
ties in our land and and they have
some sort of pretended love one to anoiher,
but that is all. Selfish, carnal aud sinful—
upon the principle that you love toe and I
will love you.
Je*u9 says, “As I have loved you. 1 ' How
did be us ! By laying down bis life for
the church. Apt! btts be uot commanded us
to lay our lives down lor (be brethren 1
Who, then,are the brethren that we are to
love so well? It is the just man ; it is the
pure ft heart; it is the mat) that deals justly,,
loves meigy, and walks humbly before God ;
it is (be man that does bis neighbors as he
woqW they should do into him. If a man is
destitute of these Ohristfsrl graces, it i- im
possible for a Christian to love him. lie
must have the image of Ohnst, for us to
pla® our affections on bint. Now, a man
may join as many seHs as he pleases, and if
he is destitute of the itnygc of Jesus Christ it
is impossible to love him with a Christian
' r T< ; and if we pretend so to da, It is deceit
and hypocrisy, * n d a sin ao to dt>. It is a
■**ry easy matter for a true child of God to
love a Christian or righteous mao.
1 bis Ctuii-Uan love is absohrely necessary
» order to our Atrtidg'heaven, sse there
would Ixf disewtd 1n
shall all Winn know that ye are my di«eip*ffi
if ye‘burn love one to anotfn-f.” When* Is
the evidence to omselvs»«or to the wnriff
that we are thp discipi*** of Christ ? ‘-For
whereas there is among you envying, nnd
*"'ifr.4aft jire JUrttbsfyiflmmd
walk a* men I ” Shall we rwiffrun »o r*nnk
God by oor pretensions and have no regard
for his word nr for his pravers “flm 1 they
innv be one?" “That they msv he one fn
os that the world mny believe thou hast sent
me.”
W’hftM* the world to Ihink now,? Over
"bt-hnndred are’s Inlhere, and’lo fthere.
glory which thon gnvest me I have
given them ; that they mnv be one, even as
we are one tjndjietp, nod thou, injae. that,
they mftvTieVnide peiTecTin one; nnd that
the world may know that thou hast sent ine.
and loyest them, ns thou hast loved rjifi.”
This fs another link fn'She ehain of (Jod’s 1
everlasting lrtve - toward a ein-rnr-efl worwff
that man has broken, the chnreh seattered.
“This is my commandment. That ye love one
pother, as I have loved you Greater love
hath no man than this, that a matt'WMown
hts IHs tor hfs friends Ye are my friends If
vw do whalsnever l eomrmnd yon ” Witb
ent obedience on onr part to this command,
1 cannot see hrtw we are to arrivp in lienveh;
or,Jjpw we could be happy there if destitute
of iHis true Christian love* to the least one af
God’s children.
“ Lote is the golden chain that hinds the
happy potil« above,
And he is nn heir of heaven whose bosom
glows with love ”
Not love for sects or parties, but love for th n
whole blood-washed throng who hnvl come
ont of great tribulation. 1 refer yon to the
first epistle of John, third and fourth chap
ters.
Now we know i t js tyje.that when wc love
a mart wh Are disposed- 10'love his children
also. Then, how can it he true that we love
God and love not his children ? We are
permitted to jrnlge men Jbv tjjeir [juitsjind
not by their prohsabma. A man nwy join
the so-called church a thousand times, and
he baptized with water every time, and un
less we see something else in him besides his
Water baptism, we cannot have fellowship lor
him with that fellowship which is peciliar to
God’s alect % m
Now- theqdellioa is.hrtw can so desirable
a thingw brought nbmitif' Throw awuf all
your unu-essenttuls k ffH ,o ( 'd never sent *ny
man to preach'non*essentiiils to the subvert
ing of his church nnd getting up strife and
contention among God’s peopl»—thechuich.
The thief upon the cross went to heaven, and
he was never baptized with water in any
way ; he never took the bread nnd wine; lie
never washed feet, or observed any outward
rite; yet he was saved just like yon, and I
will have to be, il saved at all, and thut will
be by the grace of G°dj by grace are
yc saved through faith,” and ihut not of
yourselves, Tor ii is the gift ol God
Can't you see what confusion ordinances
have brought into the Christian eburih,
which I’aul declares has been taken out o,f
the way, “blotting out the hand-writing of
ordinances that was against ns, which was
con'raiy to ns. and took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross,” (Col. ii : 14.) and
would have remained out of the way ii Ju
'(lai«in had not triumphed, Wbetefore, if
'‘ jebed“ad with Christ” from the rudi
mi nts of the world, why as though living in
the world are yon subject to ordinances
which are all to jiei ish with their using f
Can’t you sec what confusion ordinances
have brought into the Christian church, and
hpw it has brnketti tip the peace and happi
ness of societies nnd communities? “Now I
tsseech you, brethren, mark them which
cause divisions ” Who causes divisions but
those who go around for that puipose? And
jnu join one and I join ailnther, and that
keeps up thp division and strife. "For they
that ure such serve not the Loiil Jeans
Christ, but their own belly ; and by good
words and fair speeches dective tbe hearts of
ibe simply.”
“Now I beseech you. brethren, by tbo
name ol our Lord. Jesus Christ, that ye all
speak the suuie thing, and that there be no
divisions among you.” Dear brethren in
Christ, do not let me become your enemy
because 1 tell yon the truth The time will
come w ben you w ill say, "Oh ! that I bad
hearkened to the commandments of our Lord
und Saviour Jesus Cbr>st, that there should
have been no divisions among us, but that
we bad bci n perlectly united as a band of
brothers, standing for Gcd and righteous
ness. ”
1 will come ton clout by qifoting from the
lifg of Geoige Whitfield His attachment
ta uo party but to Christ and free grace
alone, has long appeared to me a peculiar
excellency in Christianity. On page 80 he
says, “Christianity basso long been broken
into so many sects and parties that an
bonegt I’agun might justly tie at- a loss,
were be among us, where to find the relig
ion of Jesus Christ. On piige 156—"0h!
happy Methodist who are Methodist indeed,
and I count all such who being dead to
vects and parties and aim at nothing else
as a boly method of living to and d\ing
in the blessed Jesus.” When Mr Wbiifield
was one day preaching in Market stihet,
Philadelphia, he cued out, ‘i’u ber Abra
ham, ‘wbo have you in heaven ? Any
Episcopalians?’ ‘No.’s ‘Any Presbyte
rians?' ‘No.’ ‘Any Baptists?' -No.’
‘Have yon any Methodist* r ‘No.’’ ‘Have
you any Jndepnipents or Secedera?’ ‘Nol
no!’ Who have you. then ?’ • A’e dou’t
know those names bere. Ail that are bere
are Christians, believeis hi Christ—men who
Fate been overcome by tbe blood of the
Lamb ajui by the word ol bis power.’-”
God help us ail to forget party names aud
become Christians in died und ip truth.
Yours In Him,
,Thk ‘ spirit was moving,” and there was
-o-»te a rejrival ip »U chwreh. Au etort
Jlas being made to bring forward members
tb»t had strayed from the tyifli. Brother jjl.J
rose, and, wwrming up with bis subject,
exehrtnnd. “There is nothing that the Lord
bates *o much aa ad—n backslider!” (A
triumph ot teal over grace.)
“ Dkaufst,” said a sick wife, fondly, to
her b usual id, “if 1 should die I wonder if
you wouldn’t marry again ?” “Kw, indeed,”
was the prompt reply ; »1 have triad g oaee.
aud ihm’s enough lor me.” She aims to
| umd that she recovered almost immediately.
Thk Yonkers Gazette has an article eu
i titled, “Whafdo we eat ?’’ That iftpemis.
I It you live in a boarding bouse uo oue can
Burna* Iligtilanri Mary.
She wap a ntvse-mnid to Gayip
eldest HWler, txVt#lblv.
1785, and she saw him throngh several
stages of infancy before leaving his house.
Her father wa« a sailor in n revenue cutter
It
enrlv vears at Loch Ram, in the family of
tl e K'V D ivid Campbell, « relation of her
mother. Hhe left Borns on May 14th, no
doubt for Campbeltown, where she spent the
summer. Il is believed that she had letters
frorn him, and thp 'wrings, “My Flighly^d
senFtoTier llmriC fief mother’s cdnsln was
a Mrs. Macpherson, in Greenock. Her
brother was to be apprenticed to Mr. Mac
plieraon. who was a ship carpenter, and in
the autumn Mary accompanied him to
Greenock Before leaving home she had
agreed take • tpMce at Glasgow, at Mar
tpitnas. sq that she had tljen giveo up the
idea of sailin''wjtb Bums, though she may
have been still willing to marry him before
he left Scotland. After his apprentice sup
per. her brother became ill. and Mary nursed
him antT caught a f«*V. ir, which hurried her
in a fewdHVS to the grave.. . Be lore Ibe.boy
aickenhd, MJlcpheriton Kad* “agreed to pur
chase a lair in the kirkyard," and it is likely
enough lliftt the purchase of the lair, which
is regisfired on October 12, 1786, may have
been■ coinjileted between Iter death nnd her
funeral. If was almost ceitnfnly concluded
before the funeral, and a nmre agreement to
purchase is not likely to fiavq been comple
ted Ify a superstitious Highlander while the
hrry or Mary was lying ill and the fssue un
certain T think the evidence of the tibrial
juii points to Mary’s death ns somewhere
about October 12 h The elorv hf the im
mortafVefses, “To Mmy ’7SI Heaven,” wn*
given by Mrs r . Burns to Mr. McDiirmid.
Burns had spent one in the usual work
of baryesf, apparently in excelMit spirits.
Bntjus thd twilight (lit|iijiie(l he to
grow very sad about JobiltlJnJat
jei j*h watidt-recl out Mlo tM to
which his wife, in her unxiety. followed him,
yntienting him in Vain to observe that frost
bad set in, and to return to the fireside. On
being again anitbgiiftrteifiiiestred to do so, he
promised compliance, but still remained
where he was, striding up and clown slowly,
anil contemplatlug the sky. which . was sin
gulgily clear up.l sttyry. 4t last Mta. Bums
found him stretched on a mass of straw,
kith his eyes fm-don a beautiful planet
“thnt shone like another mn#n," and pre
vailed on him to come in.— Macmillan's
Magazine.
A llliriiiiglit Vigil.
The night is dark, the air is rnw ami chilly
and dhmp. the'srorm is r.iglng An old
emiuentlv respectHblp jjiliz-q, ont onNoitb
Hill, is sleeping the sleep of tlie jusi with the
snoie ol the wicked, and the private clocks
on their resp ctive brackets and maniels
throughout ihe city, for Bqilington has no
town clock, are tolling, as well as they know
bow to ioll it, the hour ol one thirty a. m.
A violent jangling at his door-bell awakes
the eminently respectable citizen.
Shuddering he crawls out of bed—mutter
ing, he gropes across the floor.
Sweuring, under his breath, he falls over a
rocking-chair.
A t last he finds a match, lights n lamp,
and descending the statrs, opqns ibe bull
door, and admits a gust of wind that blows
out tbe lamp ami a torrent of ruin that
drenches him to IHe skin.
“ V\ hat is wanted ?” the respectable citizen
asks.
‘ Are you the resident owner of this prop
erty ?” promptly inquires the caller.
“I ain.” wonderingly replies the eminently
respectable' citizen.
"Wefe yiR in bed when I rang?”
“IjW*sJ‘ replied the eminently respectable
citizetj) \ j
“That whs right,” cheerfully exclaims Ihe
caller, “that is the place for a man of your
uge at this time of night.’' I am surjrrised to
s.e yiip out of it. Get back tp it. pud pleu|-
unt dreatPs "
All is silence after the crash that ensue-',
save a mocking smile that dibs away in the
distunee. Tbe fragments of tlie lamp that
are U'vealed on the 6idu*alk hy tlie coming
of the dawn, indicate that either the lamp
fell out of a balloon at a height of about
twenty-nine miles, or was bnrltd at some
object with great force. When will the
mystery be solved?— Uaickeye.
A nkwly MARRiKiilnly was telling an
other how nicely her husband could write.
‘•Oh. you should just see some of his love
letters 1" “Yes, 1 know,”- was the Ire'zmg
reply ; ‘‘l’ve got u bushel of them at home
in my trunk,”
"Come. John, be lively now ;
break the boges in Mr. Williamson's chops
ami pot Mr. Bioitli's ribs in tine basket for
him.” John (briskly) : “All right, sir, just
as soon as Ive sawed ofi Mrs. Murpby’s
leg."
Hr blew into bis gun to see
If loading up was needed ;
The jury to a man agree
That the gnn blew after he did.
‘•Darling husband.’( she said, k “am 1 not
yoor treasure?” ‘“CPftaihly,” he replied,
“and I should like to lay you op in heaven.”
Thk man who frequently makes the re
mark that be is a gentlemwn is afraid that
people will opt otherwise find it out.
The man that finds a pocket-book with
money in it doesn’t look at a paper m three
weeks. • -
You can tell a young man raising a mous
tache as fuzz you can see him.
A man wiib a strong turn for music—the
organ grinder.
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open September "lat Jffra/wrhStufl Fac
ulty of able and experienced teachers.
Board and tuition have been reduced to
the Tefy lowest figures, to so if the times.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Young ladies connected with the Oollege
may enjoy all the advantages of Normal
School gaining without any additional ex
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DR. J: e TURN IPS EKT> will attend to
•II ctiMs duy or night. Office >t rest
deiws*. Hampton, Gw.
IkR. W. H PKKJBLE3 treats all dis-
J* ease*, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Gw.
DR. N. T BARNETT tenders f.is profts
sional wrvicea to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will anawer calls
day or night. Treats aM diaea.ies, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper's Drug Store,
Hampton, Gw. Night calls can be made at
ray residence, opposite Berea church. apr26
JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in
• Hampton. Gh., and invites the public to
call at his roon. upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
JNO. G. COLDWELL, Attorney at Law,
Brook* (station, Ga. Will practice in
the counties composing the Coweta and Flint
River Circuits. Prompt attention given to
commercial and other collections.
r p C. NOLAN Attorney at Law, Mc
->-• Donough, Gaorgia. Will practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit;
the Supreme Coart of Georgia, and the
(Julted States District Coarf.
WM. T. DICKRN, Attorney at Law, Me
Donmigh, "Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly
GKO. M. NOLAN, Attorwky at Law,
McDonough, Ga. (flfficein (lourt house)
Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts
«l Georgia. Prompt attention given to col
lections. mcb2_3-6m
JF. W ALL, Attorney q.t Law, //imp.
. lon.Ga tf’ill practice in the counties
composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia.
Prompt attention given to collections. ocs
EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
taw. Office on Broad Street, opposite
Ihe Railroad depot, Hampton. Georgia.
Special attention given to commercial and
othef collaction*, and cases hi Bankruptcy.
RF. McCOLLUM Attorney and Ooun
• sellor at L>w, I lampion, Ga. Will
practice in Henry,Clay*°u, Fayette, Coweta.
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Buns Supe
rior -Courts, and In the Supreme and United
States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office iio stairs in the Mclntosh Building
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For Sale.
PURSUANT to the will of (4. R. Nolan,
deceased, and for the purpose of a distri
bution of the estate, I ofler at private sale a
valuable plantation lying on Flint river, in
Fayette county, Ga. It is situate one fourth
of a mile from North’s grist mills, four miles
from Fayetteville and seven miles from
Hampton, on the Macon and Western Rail
road. It has 100 acres in woodland and
about 100 acres of good bottom, well ditched
and in cultivation. The entire tract consists
of 432 a?res. A neat four-room dwelling,
plastered inside, has been erected upon the
premises within the last 12 months. There
are four good tenement bouses, with rock
chimney-!,on the place. The well water is as
good as any in Middle Georgia. If pur
chased by 15th of February arrangements
cm be made to deliver possession in time for
planting a crop ; if after that time, the place
will be turned over neat fall. Any person
desiring to purchase sucb a place on reason
able and accommodating terms will commu
nicate with me at McDonoueh, Ga.
T. G. NOtrAN, Sx r.
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Copartnership Notice.
IH AYE this dnv sold a half interest in my
holiness to G F. Turner, and the name
and style ol »he firm will bp known in fnture
as Harper -t Turner. R. T. HARPER.
January 9th, 1879.
We respectfully solicit a share of the pab
lie patronage, believing we can show as fine
and well assorted stock of goods as will be
found anywhere. Our stock of
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fs complete in every particular, nnd include*
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Notions of all kinds.
ciotnmg s
A new and elecant lot of Clothing, of every
style and quality. Gents’ Underwear a spe
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BATS AND CAPS
To suit the taate* of the musses, and at prices
that will meet the itquireueuts of the trade.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Our stock of Boots and Shoes, having been
bought at a bargain in tbe Northern mur
keis, we can afford to sell cheap, and are pre
pared to offer extra inducements to tbe trade.
Furniture!
We have also a large lot of Furniture—Bed
steads, Bureaux, Wasbstands, Wardrobes,
Tables, Chairs,,’ etc —which we will sell at
extremely low figures. Bedroom setts e
specialty.
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Special attention is called to our stock of
Groceries, which is quite large, and com
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Our stock is being constantly replenished
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perienced buyers, and are Oooght tor cash
from first bauds, thereby enabling us tosed to
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some specialties at very low prices at our
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