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“THET PRODIGAL!” THE OLD STORY RETOLD BY MR. WILLIAMS’ "FOR MEN * ONLY." Six Hundred Men in the Big Tent Sunday Afternoon- Many Interestdd Faces and Not a Few Wet Eyes. Mr. Williams talked to “men only” Sunday afternoon. He had an au dience of perhaps six hundred, run ning over every grade of social life, from the high-toned professional gen tleman to the man who had drank so much of sin that hc^had about lost his better instincts. Mr. Williams read for his Scripture lesson the parable of the “Prodigal Son,” nnd then retold and comment ed upon it in that off-hand style that seems to be his fortu. He compared the prodigal of long ago to the prod igal of to day, showing tho points of similarity in the life of each, and sounding alarms at the pit-falls that are open to catch unwary feet. He used language just plain enough to make his meaning plain to even the dullest, without having recourse to any illusion or suggestion that could be considered coarse. In his own peculiar way he told how the young man, tired of the farm and requested of his father a division of the property, that he might go out- and “see the world;” how the father discouraged him, but finally yielded, nnd the young man took his depart ure, with his head full of anticipation and his pocket full of gold. Babylon, tliut great and wicked city, was his objective point, and there lie set in to “learn the ropes.” The speaker here pictured him with a suit of gorgeous purple, and, to make the comparison with the youth of to-day, a fancy cane nnd a cigar ette. This last institution here came in for special consideration by tiie speaker, denouncing it as an evil of great magnitude, and one that is to day doing-ugreut work of destruction among the youth of the country. “I do not suppose,” said he, “there ever was so much hell and brimstone done up in so small a package and wrapped in white paper than when the devil invented the cigarette.” The cigarette was described as a poisoned thing, that slowly butinsid- uously claims.its victim and absorbs his life-blood. When n man contracts the cigarette habit, it is cigarettes that he must have, until at last he is a physical anil consequently a moral wreck. Wino and beer drinking was de scribed as another step of tho prodi gal, leading quickly to other and stronger liquor, the end of which, if adhered to, will certainly be moral and physical destruction. Other forms of vice were touched upon, and the young warned aguiust them, until at lust the prodigal tinds himself “broke,” and forced to do something to keep the wolf of star vation away. To the feeding of swine he goes, symbolical of the very lowest degradation and despair; and at last he comes to himself and resolves up on a “right about face” and a return to his father’s home. The welcome wus most graphically described, and likened to that welcome which' the prodigal receives from the Father above, when at last he tires of sin and comes home for rest and peace. A Btory ot personal experience here followed! “When I first felt Jesus in my heart, I wanted to tell my mother lirst one—and I went straight to her, she read the story in my face, and pressing me to her bosom she uttered just twojwords, 'my son,’ and printed the loving kisses on my forehead. She pointed to a small low sofa, and said, ‘every night for years I have knelt there and prayed for your father and my boy, and now I want you to help ice pray for him.’ My father was an inOdcl, and delighted to ridicule Christ and Christianity, we joined Cir prayers, and ten days from then I saw him rise in n prayer meeting and say that as be had publicly blas phemed the name of Christ, so he now desired to acknowledge Him, and praise Him for his goodness. Within a short time he was stricken down with disease, and for eight months he lingered, but every day he praised God more and more, ami spoke to every watcher and visitor of the love of Christ.” This touching story brought tears / to hundreds of eyes, and many a soul was stirred to a depth that was unu sual, and mado to think of things that not often crossed its mind. Much feeling was manifested, and from that service many influences will roll on, some to bring forth fruit immediately, some next year, and some perhaps in years to come. May tbs Cord of the harvest grant that the in-gathering may be plen teous ! • WIIAT IS CONVERSION ? Despite the jeers of the outside world and the lukewarm Christians, the meetings at the gospel tent con tinue to gather in the people of all sizes, ages and sects. We notice there every evening members of the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic and Advent churches, all bent on hearing, and, if possible, catching- some thought that could be appropriated to them selves. On last Wcducsday night Mr. Williams spoke in his usual forcible, olT-hand style, taking for his themo “Conversion.” This he illus trated with a chart, on which was printed'he following: “ CONVERSION." “ThcSinner—The Word ; Homans 10:17.” “ Attitude—Forgetful Hearer— Do er; James 1:23 and 25.” , “Action—Faith—Dead, Active ; James 2:2(1.” “Change of Mind—Repentance : 2d Cor. 7:10.” “Change of Heart—New Birth:. Rom. 8:15.” “Change of Position—Justiflcation; Alts 13:110.” “Change of Life—Sanctification; Mat. .*48; Heb. 12:14.” The speaker took up the subject from its incipicnoy—when tho sinner, whom he explained to mean the man in his natural state, first hears the Word. Having heard that Word, he becomes a “doer.” and not a “ forget ful hearer”—changing his “attitude” thereby. This leads him to an “ac live faith,” when he simply “changes his mind” and faces about and walks in the opposite direction. This lie termed “repentance.” To this point, the speaker said, the individual came himself, but could go no farther un less aided by the Divine Spirit. God only could change the heart, and give tho “new birth.” This lat ter leads on to justification by the blood of Christ—He having suffered in the sinner's stead. From justifica tion the individual goes on. by God's help, to the last grand step towards sanctification and a high Christian life—a life full of love to the Great God who made us and keeps us, and to our fellow creatures. This makes the saint in contradistinction to the sinner—the only dilturenco between sinner and suint being, the former was not converted and the latter was. After the sermon, the congregation were allowed to retire, except those who wished to remain, either for pray er or for religious conversation. Much interest was manifested, and many remained to a late hour. Remember the Sabbath Day. The Rev. Mr. McDonald, of Ware, is the author of a bill to keep holy the Sabbath day. The bill amends 4579 of the code, so ns to make it a misdemeanor for any tradesman, artificer, workman, etc., etc., to work at his trade, or for any employer of such laborer to force him to work on the Lord’s day. Mr. McDonald had Clerk Hanscll to read the foyrth commandment, “ Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. " Mr. Hanscll, who is a Sunday school superintendent at his home in Thomasville, read the com mandment with most touching effect. Mr. McDonald aroso and said he hoped that the fourth commandment would not be amended, and that the House would not propose a substi tutc. He thought it was good enough in its present form. The bill was lost—ayes 47, nays 51. • Your Taxes. Do you know that tax collector II. J. Read is collecting taxes! He complains of utter carelessness on the part of the tax payers. They simply sit quietly at home and await something to turn up whereby their taxes will be paid. Come out and attend to this matter at once. Read his notice of appointments. Miss Winnie Davis, who sailed from New York Saturday by the steamer Gascogne for Europe, was accompanied by Joseph Pultixer, Jr., and Miss Edith Pultizor. "COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. REGULAR MEETING. Brunswick, Ga., Nov. G, 8!). Council met. Present, His Honor, 51. J. Colson, Mayor, and members of Council Bostwick, O’Counor, Parker Uliuiau, Penniman ami Bcrric. Absent,—Madden and Atkinson The minutes of the last regular and called meetings' were read and confirmed. A petition read from Charles 5Ioore asking that u new lease be granted to him to tbo western onc-hulf of Town Commons lots Nos. '49 and 51 between Johnson and Gordon streets, in lieu of the original lease thereto, which has been lost, was referred to the city attorney. Petition read from Messrs Good year and Kay. asking that the 5Iayor he authorized to sell and convey to tho Plant Investment Company a tract of land bounded east by II. £ W. R. R.. south by New Town of the City of Brunswick; west uy the Altamaha canal and north by the colored cemetery and containing seven and one-half acres, was re ferred to a committee consisting of Ullrnan, Penniman and O'Connor for investigation. Petition from W. E. Porter asking that lie be designated as the proper person to number the houses as per ordinance was received and granted. Petition from L. W. Harris asking that lie be paid $50 for salary for the month of September, was received and refused. 1’etitiou from Wm. P. Ivcut stating that lie was endeavoring to make arrangements for the publication of a directory of the City of Brunswick, and asking that the city purchase 150 coiiies ot $5.00 per copy, was re ceived and the proposition rejected. Petition from W. II. Simmons usk ing for permission to erect a two- story frame dwelling house on New Town lot No. 1153, was received and granted. Petition from W. B. Burroughs asking permission to build two two- story frame shingle roofed dwellings on west side of B street between II and 1 streets, and two one-story frame shingled roofed dwellings on west side of alley between A and 11 streets and II and I streets, was re ceived and granted. Petition read from W. J. Thornton asking that permission be granted him to erect • a storehouse on corner of Wolf and J streets, was received and granted. The petition from T. W. Dexter, asking for permission to enlarge the iron-covered building on the south west corner of Monk and Oglethorpe streets, was received and refused. An invitation flora .Messrs. Good year & Kay, attorneys for F. S. Beardsley, to the Mayor and Council, together with the clerk and treasurer and city attorney, to take a trip on Mr. Fred ?. Beardsley's oyster steam er, Thursday, Nov. 12lh, was received and accepted with thanks. A petition from D. Jas. Dillon, ask ing that lie he granted permission to crcet a stable on Old Town lot No. 22, on the Oglethorpe street side of said lot, was received uud refused. The proposition for settlement, of the case of II. W. Perkins, i t si. vs. J. 11. .McCullough and the .Mayor and Council of the city of Brunswick,wus laid over until tho next regular meet ing. Mr. Oilman invited the Mayor and Council to attend the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the new Jewish synagogue. The invitation wus accepted with thanks. The 5tirshal’8 report for the month of Octobor was received and ordered filed. Tli Clerk and Treasurer's report for the month of October wus received and ordered published. On motion policemen Thorpe and Goodbrcad were reinstated. IIESOI.UTIONB. By Alderman Connor : _ Rejoiced, That the city attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance prohibiting tho use ol barbed wire for feuccs where the same may run along streets or alleys. Adopted. By Alderman O’Connor : Rejoiced, That the park keeper, or |>olicetnan, lie, from nnd after this date, required to include the proper care of the white cemetery atnoug his duties, under the direction of the chairman of committee on cemeteries, and that the sum of $5 per month be allowed to the sexton of the colored cemetery as compensation for the proper care and cleanliness of same —also UDdcr the direction of the chairman of the committee on ceme teries. Adopted. The mutter of opening Stonewall street was referred to the committee on streets, drains and bridges. • Accounts approved by the finance committee were ordered paid. Council adjourned. E. A. Nelson, Clerk and Treasurer. It has Arrived. The engine for the electric plant has arrived. It is an elegant one with a double cylinder. As soon as it can he placet} in position and con nections made wc may look out for “more light.” V “ The Gentleman from Liberty.” Mclvcr, tlie colored membor of the present Legislature, from Liberty county, has made quite a number of speeches during this session of that body. He seems to enjoy speaking, and the other members enjoy listen ing to his quaint remarks. His last speech was upon tho bill to appropri ate $s,uu0 to aiorris Brown college, instead of the Atlanta university.— Among other things, lie said that his race needed education, and that he hoped tho $8,000 would be appropri ated to Morris Brown college. Throw iug himself into an erect position, and looking at the speaker, he said: “In regard to this money, I have no fears, sir, but that it will be used in such a way, sir, as it will be to the best of my race, sir, according to the luws of this State enacted. Wc don't want nothing, sir, inconsistent with tho rules and regularity'. We want eve rything done by so magnificent a Legislature, sir, in a magnificent *wa_v, sir. Anythiug irregular, sir, wo cannot abide. We want things ac cording to the rules nnd dictates of this House.” The hill passed the House with only ten dissenting votes. The following is th9 speech of 51c- Ivor, the colored member from Lib erty county, on the dog law hill. He is anxious for it to be printed: “Mr. Speaker—It gives me much pleasure, sir, to address an nble speaker ns thou art, expert in all customs. It gives me pleasure, I say, sir, to address yot. I stand before you, sir, as Paul did before Agrippa, sir. I was once for the tax of dogs, but when 1 found my con stituents arc against, I also turn against it, sir. I am ^against the dog tax, sir, because the dog is the poor man’s property. If a dog is vicious put the buck-shot to him, sir. Wlial would some of the poor country people do without a ’possum dog'( A ’possum in a poor man’s home is like a stall ot beef is to you, sir. t So I hope that this honorable body will vote down the dog tax, sir. When the yankccs left us wo had neither a hoe nor an axe. If it had not been for our good friends what would have become of us! Multum iu pnr- rox.” Sound Talk. Next to minding your own business it is important to know it. And this ,s emphasized by Burdette in the Brooklyn Kuglc: “Air. Vanderbilt pays his cook $10,000 n year, my boy, which is a greaUdcuI more than you or I earn—or, at least, it is a great deal more than wc get —because lie can cook. That is all. Presumably because ho can cook better than any other man in America. That is all.— If Alons. Saucegravi could cook toler ably well, ami slioot u little, and speak tolerably well, and keep books fairly, and sing some, and understood gardening pretty well, and could preach a fair sort of a sermon, and knew something about hors.es, and could telegraph a little, and could read proof tolerably well, and could do plain house and sign painting,and could help on a threshing machine, and knew enough law to practice inn justice court of Kiekupoo Township, and had run once for the Legislature, and knew how to weigh hay, lie would not get $10,000 a year for it. He gets that just because he knows how to cook. It wouldn't make one cent’s dilfercucc in his salary if lie thought the world was fiat, nnd that it went around its orbit on wheels.— There’s nothing like knowing your business clear through, my boy, from withers to hock, whether you know anything else or not. What’s the good of knowing everything ? Only the sophomores arc omniscient.”-Ex One of the facts demonstrated by the recent State Fair is that there is money in stock raising in Georgia. Tho more intelligent farmers in this State have already realized this, and all the will find it out sooner or later. Every year better specimens of Geor gia colts and Georgia cattle are shown at the State Fair, and every year the number of those who en gage.in the business of raising stock for their own use or for sale in- crcasses. Let fho good work go on. UALYIVS* CIGAIM. Ol - tt 10c. CIGARS OR 3 FOR 25c. El Modclo, 5Iotro|K>litnn, Moss Rose. OUR FIVE cents SMOKE. Full Tide, Grand Republic, Plumb Good, Royal Stock; No. 547 and No. 11, Georgia Plantation, Mozart, La Belle, Custom House, Piio-s and Pipe Mounts, At CALVIN’S. EAST TENNESSEE'S DEAL. A Town to be Laid Out to beta Manufacturing Center. ' Chattanooga., Nov. 5.—The East Tennessee Land Company’s transac tion, is now entirely closed, and is the largest ever made in the South. It embraces 300,000 acres of land situ ated on the lino of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. The considera tion is $2,000,000, n’nd the capital of the company is fixed at $3,000,000.— One million dollars is to be used in establishing tbo town of Haniman, so named in honor of W. C. Haniman, of Boston. The site is in Roane coun ty, near the village of Remo. It will be a manufacturing town, and is located in the center of a large mineral and limber region. Mr. Robert. I 1 . Porter, superinten dent of the cencus, has promised that the work shall he done in a non partisan way, and yet we find that Republican organ, the Philadelphia Inquirer, sajing that "the entire per sonnel of the service iu the State,, superintendent, supervisors and enu merators, will he appointed upon the recommendation of Senators Cam eron anil Quay iu conference in the Republican districts with their rep resentatives iu congress.” Ix spite of his fair promises Mr. Robert P. Porter should lie watched. 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The exact cost of this fairy palace is not known, but itlms never been fairly estimated at less than £1,900,000 L. L. S. LAWRENCES LIVER- STIMULATOR A CURE FOR BILIOUS FEVER, DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE. (JILLS and FE VER. COSTIVENESS, DYS- TEIl V, COLIC, Etc., - -IN FACT— All Bilious Diseases. Its milil action ia especially buitori to Female* nmi children. For sale by Brunswick l»ru; ■ (».. K .ImirKfi. 0 0, ^11,. i VfUioijv lloUi!, .1. T. Ilockwull. now lv -IIKTW KKN- YORK & URliMM. BA! JOINTEl: Baided PALMER SAYANNi -DKALKIC? IN’— SADDLES &HAR’ OF EVERY DESCRIPTL RUBBER AND Leather Belting, Trunks mid Traveling Rags — Wceall fritter ini attention to our Heavy T«- Malory S. S. Line Harm*#* L»r live milt «ud turpentine trudu, which el?w from lust selected leather. - - l iti »v lien in the city, or Mm! in yourorder* when In need of anyth ihjcin oar Hue. • STKAMKUS SAN ANTONIO, WILDER, STATE OF TEXAS, WILLIAM- 4 , O N and after Sept, lath, 18*4, pne <>< •».. above steamer* will leave New York ever* Friday at I p. m., arriving In Brunswick 'll Ing Monday. Returning, leave Bruno wi.-.k <• • Thu it lay afternoon. Closo connection* at Brunswick with !i. a w R. T., V. A G. and A. P,4k L.railroad*. Through bill* lading signed to Atlanta, Albany, Aniericu* Macon and all interior point*. Insurance between New York and Brunswick, one-fifth of one per cent. Freight and passage as low as by an) other line. For freight, padsage and general informa tion apply to THOS. FULLER, Agent, Brunswick. •*». FatArmoorM. BAUMGARTNER BROS., BUTCHERS AND UIIKKS OllOCKUS, VTAKE a specialty of Delicious Fat Beef rv 111: cclved daily from Armour’* Stock Yard* i Chicago. It i* deliciously Fat and Tender, am’ to sola Twenty-five Per Cent cheaper than Mir# meat can be bought elsewhere. Try a. Fisc© and you will have no other. Bccl’, Poik, Sausftv Etc.. Al.WAVS ON UANl>. NOTICE.. ; Neither Hie waster, owner, or con.tKncea vDl lie re.pon.ihie (or any <1ebt> cuuirwknl laiU rrqwtuf the Nor lark Harriet. _L.MtSK», Mvl-r I can now be found in my new stand* in the Scarlett Block, W if KUK MY STOCK OF HI J, HATS, DAPS, Dry Goods and Notions WILL BK FOUND Marked down TO BED ROCK. T>. ’X*. DPIXTIV. PUTNAM I Liwf Stable! irner Monh a*40,<«boriftrtreee The FiuMpiffD-Onts M V palronaaa<,h. an: IcCMrWt.aMradol .eeofMf Ira kMU. .t-D TWEtHLsKSVIO K. t *y« orter - ■ i -iieJ, ia • nttmuo (tua A\ T-PUn.LM,