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Membership in the Church.
“Some join the church who do not
join Christ, sad some join Christ who
do do not join tlie the church. Both
make a grave mistake.” A consider
able acquaint.-mee with men ha-< I.d
to the conviction that there are a
good many in every Christian com
munity who assert they have accept
ed Christ as their Savior, but who
have not for various reasons, united
with the church. They seein to be
men and women of intelligence, and
they are certainly acquainted with
the fundamental doctrine* of the
gospel. We do not say that their
hope of salvation is well founded, or
that their excuses for remaining out
of the church are sufficient; we only
state the fact that there are such per
sons, and that pastors often meet
with them.
There may be a love in the heart
which is carefully' concealed from the
world, but, it is a love which is not
reciprocated, or of which th ■ |x>s
sensor is ashamed. Mutual and hon
orable love needs no concealment.
That man who loves Jesus and w hom
Jesus loves, will in a public manner,
profess his love. There are many
ways in which such a profession can
be made, but the usual and almost
universal way is by a union with the
church. Of course, circumstances
can lie conceived in which union with
tins church is impossible. Providences
may cull a man far lieyond the reach
of the earthly church; sickness or
other infirmity of t ie fle.-h may pro
vent him from Hillin'' sit the table of
the Lord. Such canes at the present
day are few in number. When they
do occur, the saint is to show his love
an best he can. He should H|>eak for
Christ on every suitable occasion; he
should rebuke sin; lie should ]>er
form his duties, liear his trials, and
resist his temptations in a way to
magnify the grace of God. The al
most universal way of professing love
for Christ is by r a connection with
the church. The members of the
church are the friends of Christ, and
it is evidence of love for Christ to
number ourselves with his friends.
Union with the church is in obedience
to the command of Christ, and it is
evidence of love for Christ to obey'
his commandments.
It is at once granted that union
with the church involves many duties
and grave responsibilities. It is no
light thing to declare one’s self to he
a soil or daughter of the King, lie
who would be a disciple must con e
under solemn obligations, lie must
prom is* to renounce the world, to
crucify the flesh, to live for Christ.
Whv will any man come under these
obligations? Why will he take upon
himself the vows of church member
ship, when he might live on in pleas
ure and sin, untramelled by a single
promise? Why will he voluntarily
put fetters on his bands and feel? lie
is constrained by' Christ’s love for
him and his love for Christ.
If any ono asks the Christian why
be has taken upon himself tlye vows of
dLctplesliip, and why he labors so
Idaisl to perform the duties which
grow out of the Christian profession,
bis reply would be: I cannot do other
wine; Christ’s lov** constrains me; he
loved me and 1 must love him; he
made public bis love for me ami 1
must make public my love for bim
1 am proud of my love, ami ashamed
only lliat my profession of it is so
imperfect. If any one should ask
why he should connect himself with
the church and come under its obli
gations, it is sufficient reply to point
him to tne love of Christ, which cost
a greater sacrifice to profess than any
mere man could make, and say: l>o
for Jesus as Jesus did for you. How
any man can hope that he loves
Christ, and yet l*e unwilling to show
that love in the appointed way, is one
of the wonders which betray the ex
ceeding sinfulness of tin* human
heart.—Uuited Presbyterian.
lteligion is an experience.
Take moot in realities. Center
your religious liie4fe a religion of e.\-
|erenoe. A religion of ritual, a re
ligion of tradition merely, a religion
that rests its weight on speculations
of the intellect, will net lie founded
on the solid rock of reality. It will
Jake to itself the hazy, uncertain
character of that which is remote
from us and unreal. But a religion
lh.it lmilds itself on the life of the
heart, that draws its inspira iou from
the throbbing impulse of spiritual ex
jwrience is established on verities.
If there is anything in human knowl-
edge that is teal, it is the knowledge
we have of our own conscious life.
The hopes, the purposes, the emo
tions that move us arc the deepest
realities we can know. And wl.en
this inner circle of realities is trans
formed under our sight by a power
that is higher titan ourselves, when
our life is lifted up to a plane of be
ing that transcends anything that we
have dreamed of before, then we
know we stand face to face with ver
ities. We are rooted and grounded
in truth. Religion, then, is not a
speculation, not a theory, but a real
ity, an experience.—Methodist Re
corder.
The great reason why the uncon
verted arc not saved is neglect, and
the great reason why Christians are
not more holy and useful is neglect.
The gates of opjiortunity are closed
while men stand idly waiting. “How,”
says one, “the possibilities of to-day,
neglected, become to-morrow the
things whieh God himself could not
do! how unused strength wastes away,
and hriugs up behind it no other
strength! how the grace that lies
about all our occasions ready to flow
upon at the touches of our diligence,
slighted, lifts itself up into the
heavens, and leavs us in hardness
and dearth!"—The Christian Inquirer.
1 Hume.
When Commodore Billing* nnd Mr
Main were on the river Knhiina the,'
had for attendant a young mail fnm
an inland between Knmxclmt
kn and North America. One day Mr
Main asked him. "What will the sav
iq,>es do to me if 1 fall into tlieii
power f"
“Sir," said the youth, “you wil
never fall into thole power if 1 remu.it
with you. 1 always carry a shart
knife, and if I see you pursued and un
aide to cscajK! I will [(lunge iny knife
into your heart, tlien the savages can
do nothing to you."
This recalls the words of ttio French
knight rejsirted by Joinviltc. "Sweat
to me." Mikl Oueen Margaret. "that i!
the Saracens become masters of Dam
ietta you wilt cut off my head lief on
they enn take me."
“Willingly.” n*tumed the knight
"1 had already thought of doing so i’
the contingency arrived." All tin
Year Round.
BOERS AND DIAMONDS.
Sntii* Vrry lit te rewflnjj Information from
tlo I"ruititviial.
“The Boer Is a diamond in the rough,
lie Is a sort of ancient patriarch; a
fanatic who see* gtxxl in everything, no
matter how trivial. He pmjrs and sings
and assumes even more religion than he
fis-ls. He is a fanner by nature and is
satisfied with liiscalling. His two great
ambitions are to liave the finest horse
in the colony and to know how to ride
him, and to have the finest rillo hi the
colony and to know how to use it. The
Boer loves the English civilian and
welcomes him. hut hates the English
soldier. He h itdalljliu l looking spec!
men of mankind. aIHWt k tittle
and dirty, with a long beard that tlie
razor has never touched. The charae
ter of Waldo's father, which Miss
Schreiner has drawn in The Story of
an African Farm.’ Isa jierfeet type that
you see quite frequently. . .*
"The Kdglish are quite content to
have the Tr.msviyd are main under the
UoeV government, In; fact, they would
hate to see it otherwise, as those who
live there feel very harshly toward
England for not having come to their
assistance when they were defeated."
B|M>aking of the diamond fields, Mr.
Senrelle said that tin* Kimberley mines'
have been consolidated by that won
derful young genius, Cecil Rhodes, tin l
great friend of laird Salisbury and the
Boers alike. Uhodes iuis amalgamated
all of the companies into one vast eor
poratkm that controls the output of the
world. The Brazilian mines were
bought out by it and closed down be
cause they did not pay. Outside of the
li per cent, of the diamond supply
from India, the remainder conics from
the Kimlx-Hey fields. The white stones,
called the Brazilian stones, that are so
rare and costly, come from the mines
ill the Kimberley fields called tlie
Jagersfoiitein and tlie Bulfentein.
fVeoil Rhodes and his associates made
the calculation tlint the world’s month
ly supply of diamonds was £400,000.
Tlterouiioii they limited the output tA
£360.000 and put the price up one
third. They conttmiplate a further re
strict ion and an added cost.
Mr. Seurolk' exhibited several speci
mens of diamonds in the rough, wliict
it is necessary to have a permit to earn,
in the Transvaal. He also Hhowrd the
permit. Among lus curious collections
is n large specimen of what is calkxl
"the I due*' -that is, the matrix of the
diamond. It is a blue stone in which
the diamond is funned. When lirst
taken out it is as hard as the diamond
itself, but exposed to the outer atmoa
pherc and the rain it grows soft, crum
bles into dust and yields up its treas
ure, the rough diamond, that comes
forth in its wonderful octohedron form.
The climate of tlie Trsuisvual, Mr.
Senrelle said, is simply perfect, and na
tun\ In aildition to the vast store of
treasures which site has accumulated,
has made the soil such that tlie rarest
vegetables ami plants will grow in
the richest profusion. —San Francisco
Chronicle.
A Morrow of Or. Chopin’s l.sst Days.
A prominent clergyman speaking ol
the relations existing between clergy
men. told me tlie following astonishing
anecdote. He said that no clergyman
who has ever been pastor of a New
York church was more popular, in liif
day more famous, or had a wider reput*
as a pulpit orator and public spcakei
than I>r. Edwin Chapin. Chapin wai
a Universalist, and Horace Greeley wni
one of his parishioners.
Dr. Chapin was smitten with a mor
tal disease, and it was publicly an
nonneed in the newspapers. He had
some heart trouble, which did not pro
vent friends from seeing him, but i(
was known it would end his life in it
brief time. He had been sick for som*
five weeks, when one day the Rev. Dr.
Annitage called. He was shown int<
Chapin’s room and found the distin
gutehed clergyman lying upon a sofa
When he saw Armitage lie burst intc
tears and Dr. Annitage was surprised.
Chapin said: “Doctor, I can't holj
these tears., but they express giadnesi
rather than sorrow. Do yon know tlial
you are the first clergyman of ail tiios*
who liave professed friendship for irn
who Ims called to see me or even sent
message of sympathy to me in iny ill
ness. Not a single clergyman has beer
so considerate, and I tell you it hat
been a bitter sorrow to me at ttlif
time."
Two days later this great orator wai
dead, and tlie only religions ministra
tion or syiu|iuthetic call he had during
his Anal illness was that of this Baptist
clergyman.—New York Cor. Iffiffadcl
phin Press. ,
Legal Advertisement*.
GEORGIA: Hanks County.— To
all whom it may concern: Sarah F.
Acrcy has in dm* form applied to the
undersigned for permanent letters of
administration on the estate of G. T.
Acrey lute of said county deceased,
and I will pass upon said application
oi: the first Monday in Septemlief,
189 L Given under my hand and seal
of office, August 8*1,1891.
(12.10) T. F. HILL, Ord’y.
GEORGIA: Hanks County. —To
all whom it may concern: M L Cox
has in due form applied to the under
signed for permanent letters of admin
istration on the estate of Mathew Cox
late of said county deceased, and I
will puss upon said application on the
first Monday in September, 1891.
Given under my hand and official
signature, August 4th, 1891.
($2.10) T. F. HILL, Ord’y.
Sheriff Sale.
GKORGIA: Hanks County. —Will
be sold on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember next, before the court house
door in Homer, said county, Is*tween
the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following proper
ty to-wit: Six Mules and one Horse,
live horse mules and one mare mule,
as follows: one (‘ailed Mack, about
7 or 8 years old, and one called Hob,
about 7 years old, both about 17
hands high, lwy**Cojo*| ,V>ne called
George and one -I A,
old ami about 16 bawls hjgh, >rge
is dark hay, Jule is mouse-colored;
one called Old Bob and one Jack,
about 16 years old, Bob is sorrel and
Jack is bay, almqt lfi lmnds high;
also one mare, hffilc calk'd Grace,
about 7 years old, daifit bay in color
with blaze face, aliout 15£ hands high.
Said property levied on as the prop
erty of 1. R. Hix to satisfy a Ufa
issued from tlie superior court of
said county in favor of Talmage &
Bros., against I. U. Hix., Property
pointed out it. lif t. This August 3d,
1891. hVM. Henderson,
(S6.(MI) Sheriff.
Lund for Sale.
Bv virtue of the power vested in
us \>y two mortgages, executed by
Ainbo Winn, one on the 25th day of
March, 1884, and recorded in Clerk’s
office of Banks county, Georgia,, in
Book I), pages 102 and 103 on the
7th day of April, 1884; and one exe
cuted on the 12th day of April, 1888,
and recorded in Clerk’s office of Banks
county, Georgia, in Book A, (mort
gage record) page ‘277, on the 24th
day of April, 1888, we will, on the
first Tuesday iu September next with
in the legal hours of sale, expose to
public outcrj, to the highest bidder
forrash iu hand, the followin ' de
scribed land lying in Banks county,
and adjoining lands of Stevia Murry,
Mrs. Frankie Lawrence and William
Pool; the place whereon Ambo
Winn resided in the year 1888, con
taining sixty-three acres, to pay the
debts and interest secured by said
mortgages and all costs; this land
lying some six miles from the town of
Ilomer with ordinary improvements
on the same. Title will be made and
executed as specified iu said mort
gages to the purchaser.
Said land will le sold for the bene
fit of W. A. Quillian & Cos., beneficia
ries in said mortgages, this 20th July,
IS9I. IV. A. Quiluan & Cos.
($7.29)
GEORGIA: Banks Coontv.—Thos.
Jordan administrator of Francis Jor
nan has applied to me for letters of
dismission from said estate, and I w ill
pass upon said application ou the first
Monday in October next.
Given under mv hand and seal,
July Oth, 1891. T. F. HILL,
($2.90) Ordinary.
Paint and Painting.
Use Economy
AND PROTECT YOUR HOUSE BY
PAINTING,
And it will not rot down on you, and
the best paint is sold by
J. L. Arnold
No 250 Broad Street,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
He keeps always on hand a large
stock of the best paints in the city.
Also contracts for House and Sign
Painting. 11-5-91
Sewing Machine*.
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*“*“• row CALC BY
REDWIME & BOONE,
GAINESVILLE, GA
llail Jioad*.
~KT& D. R. R.
Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Line
DIVISION.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER
TRAINS.
In Effect May lOtli, 1891.
NOBIHBOUNO. No. 88. No, 10. No. Ht.
iaj.tkh. niK. Daily. Imily. D.ily.
Lv. AtUnta (8.T.) 1 25 pm TOO pm 8 It) sin
Cliw.lil.lci- 7 88pm' 843 WI.
Norcro • 7 45 pm s AS m
Duluth 7 STjttnj 9 08 sin
Huwuiec 808 pm 917 m
B >f'rd 882 pm 9 Si! am
It tow ry llraueli 888 pm 9 48 m
Oaiiw vllle 3VI pm 8 VSpm'lQ It am
1-nl* 323 p 1. 923 pm 10 40 m
Bollt wi ; 9 26 pul 10 43 uni
( flrucliw 9 82 pm 11 09 am
Mt. Aiy..... 9 56pm II I4t>>
Tor®"*- to 28 pmjll 45 am
Weatmin-tor .... 10 07 pm! 12 35 |u
firneea II 311 |>m IS IK
Cautial 12 10 amj 1 45 pm
Easts vk 12 39 am 8 16 pm
Oifcimll* H('spni imam 2 40pm
Orvwis 190 am 3 II pm
We.lfurd I 4Ci,m 328 pm
Bf<araiil,nrg .. 57 pm 207 ami :t 50 pm
Clifton 2 36*10: 4 <3B piu
Cow pens . 880 am 4 13 pm
Gaffney. 3MI am 4 39 pm
Blast nburg 39i am 4 nV pm
Grv'Tcv 3 .12 am 608 pm
Coezu'a ' 358 am 526 pm
Oasusi a j 420 >m 531 pm
1* w. ll 1 4 18 am ti 04 pm
l24teiuo.it 4 44 am 6 14 pm
Ar. Ptwr ottc 9 80 pm; 5 10. ml 6 40pin
HOUTHWABD. N°. 37. No. tl. No 8.
D..| y. Daily. t ’ally.
Iw. Charlotte 755 am 140 pm 230 am
Belt mom 202 | m 2 67 am
L w II 2 11 pm 308 am
UaUonia. 2 22 pm 822 am
King's Mo mi'll 2 41 pm 353 am
Ofuy r. 259 pm 4 18 am
Blacksburg 308 pm 4 24 aui
GaffiM-vs 325 pm 4 4:1 am
Cow pens 848 pm 6 10 am
Cl fi'Hi 351 pm 515 um
Bpr a t'urg ... 955 am 4 12 pm 538 am
IV Ufotd. 4 39 pill 557 am
Cruets 5 00)>,u 6 16 a-n
Ore iiville 10 5C am 533 pin 647 am
Eadey*. f, 07 put 7 16 am
Central 6 55pm 8 10 am
Seneca 7 22 pm 838 am
Weatmiiia er 7 42pm 858 am
To ooa 8 20)011 9So am
Ut. Airy : 8 55 pm In 10 am
Cornelia 9 00 pm 10 15 am
Bcll'on 926 ),in to 43 am
I.ul* J 32 pm 930 pm 10 46 am
Gw lie tiM" I 50 pm 952 pm 11 U am
Flowery Brancl. 10 16 pm 11 31 am
Buford in So pm 11 46 am
Btiwanee 10 44 |an 11 59 am
Duluth I0 56).m 12 12 pin
Norcross 11 OS pm 12 24 pm
Chamblee .... II 22pm 13ST pin
<L>-. All.nla (K. TANARUS.) 335 pm 11 si> pm 115 piu
Additional trains Nos. 17 and 81—
Lula accommodation, daily except
Sunday, leaves'*Atlanta 5.30 p m, ar
rives Lula 8.12 pm. Returning, leaves
Lula 0.00 am, arrives Atlanta 8.55 am.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11
daily, except Sunday, and Xo. 0
daily, leave Lula 9.35 pm, and 10.50
am. arrive Athens 11.35 pm, and 12.50
pm. Returning leave Athens, Xo 10
daily, except Sunday, and Xo 12 daily,
7.00 p m. and 8.30 am, arrive Lula
9.00 p m and 10.30 a m.
Nos. 11 and 12 carry Pullman
Sleepers between Washington and
Atlanta, and Nos. 9 anti 10 Pullman
Sleeper between Atlanta aud New
York.
Xos. 37 and 38—Washington and
Southwestern Vestibilled Limited,
between Atlanta and Washington.
On this train an extra fare is charged
ou first class tickets only.
For detaited information as to lt>cal
and through time tables, rates and
Pullman Sleeping-car reservations,
confer with local agents, or address—
JAS. L. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, I). C.
L. L. Met* LES KEY, '
Division Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Georgia
C. P. HAMMOND,
Sujterintedent, Atlanta, Ga.
!W. H. GREEN, * SOM. HAAS,
Geti’l Mgr., Traffic Mgr.,
■ Washiuglou, D. C. Kiclmioud, Va.
GEO. W. WALKER,
MANUFACTURER OF
LIGHT BUGGIES, SURREYS, PHAETONS,
ONE and TWO HORSE WAGONS
OF ALL STYLES. ALSO
REPAIRING IN ALL BRANCHES at Rock Bottom Prices.
YOU SHOULD
PATRONIZE
To Customers and Fkiexds:—We call special attention to the Cele
brated Spiral and Fairy Queen Springs, which will ride easier than any
Spring on the road. Call or write for Catalogue and Prices.
12-80 Corner Main and Broad Streets, GAINESVILLE, GA
WM. BROWN Jr. R. I. MEALOR. J. W. BROWN
Quinn |ii yyu
OP’D UNDER SEW MANAGEMENT.
Office and Shops near Air-Line Depot,
Valves and Cocks, Steam Guages, Water Glasses,
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS,
Repairing of all kinds of Machinery a specialty.
Correspondence Solicited. (10-15-91) Gainesviiak, Ga
THOS. BAILY & Cl,
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS
ATHENS, GA.
% <r A,.,
New Shops, New Tools, First-Class Men
Build and Repair all kinds of Machinery. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Cane
Mills and Presses, Shafting, Pulleys, Pedestal Boxes, Bolts, etc., a specialty'.
Manufacturers’ Agents for the Best Engines and Boilers, Injectors and
Ejectors in the market. Keep m stock Steam and Water Pipe and Fittings.
Correspondence Solicited. THOS. BAILY, Manager.
L. P. COOK,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Marble Monuments,
TOCCOA, UEOHGI A.
Doctors.
V.D. LoCKHART,
PHYSICIAN,
HOMER, - - - GEORGIA.
Dr. A. H. Stapler,
HOMED GEORGIA.
Special attention given lo Surgety
Obstetrics aud Chronic diseases of
long standing.
Photographs.
Photographs 7
here:
NOW
is your time to so to Harmony Grove
and have your Photograph taken, nr
old pictures enlarged. You will find
the priee lower than any other place
in the state. 1 make a specialty of
cabinet work. My price are FOUR
for ONE DOLLAR or TWO DOL
LARS AND SIXTY CENTS PER
DOZEN. Conte now cr you might find
me gone or prices up. Call when in
| town and see me
i 92-4 13 T. J. ALLEN.
Groceries.
w. b. m Ison,
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS
AND
ROCERI ES.
BERLIN, - - - GEORGIA
Den test.
W. . BRISTOL,
DENTIST,
MAYSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Oflieo at Drug Store. 8-4
Poots aud S/toes.
J. C. & I. DANIEL,
DEALER# IN
Boots, Shoes, Leather, Shoe
Findings, Etc., Etc.,
Boot and Shoe Uppers a Specialty
32 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Georgia.
Parties' bringing this notice will get
10 per cent discount ou lowest prices.
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