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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEE® NEWS AID MWERTISER The A lilt ANY NR W; The ALBANY NEWS, MUhlUbed 1*0. I ADVERTISER,eeUbHebedHIT. } Molnon & tun. A Family and Political Journal Devotkd to tui* Jxtkkksts of Soutiiivkst Gkougia. $2 a Year. Volume 1. ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, FKHRIJARY 5, 18->f Number 22. professional (Cards. Janies Callaway, Attorney at Law CAMILLA, GA. UUKr. Jas. H. Spence, Attorney at Law, CAMILLA. GA Will practice in ail tin ooniHea of Al ban; Circuit, and in tlie D. S. Circuit and District Courts for the Southern District of Ga. JUriOSlcc Dp stairs, over TwIU; A Cnl- pefpcr's. fol>23 It is said that Missouri is entntain- ing eleven proposed dog Imm. Geor gia has tried more than that, but with out LAND AND COLLECTION A6ENCT. H. C. 3HEFFIELD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ARLINGTON, GA. H&r WiM Lunds looked after and Col lections iiuidt) in the counties of Karijr, Miller, O tllioim .in i Baker. feh28-ly Trowbriilgc & Hollinshcd DENTISTS, WAYCK0S3, .... GEORGIA. Tc-tli extracted* without pain. All work wurrante.1. Terms miHlerate. Will go any where on It. A A. anil S, F. Jt W. Railroads apIS-ISm Dukixo the past fifteen yean the government has spent over 122,000,000 in fighting and watching Indiana in the Western States and Territories. At Lynchburg, Va., a white girl win refused admission to s public school be cause she had bmp s servant in a negro family, and now an action for damages under tho' civil rights bill lias been commenced in the C. 8. Circuit Court in the girl’s behalf. .JOSEPH A. CRONK, ATTOH1TEY at LAW 111 BAY STREET. SAVANNAH, UA Practice* in all the .Staid (Vinris. Itdcr* t.» llou. T. M. Norwood. aptllim W. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS. JONES & WALTERS, A.fctorneys at Law, ALBANY, OA. OiDco over Out ra* Railroad Bank.* Mnlft-ly DeHoss & Oslmm, Dbxtmsts, Albany, - - - - Georgia. / \FKICK—OVER hmi vf ton sruKrrr. OFFICE. WASMINII jiuHvlydl U.J. WIUUIIT. _ DU. POPE iVRIO JIT Jt POPE, Attorneys at law, ALBANY. GA. OFFICE;—Oyer S. Majrer A Hlnuber’a Wore, cor ner tlroad met Wa»tiliigton Std. Dec. 28,18S0-dl wwl y WM. E. 83111II, Attorney at Law, ALBANY, OA. / Y IMMUNISATIONS on imalnett directed to V> me Nt U’a»liingiu»4'lty. during tb« nexlalx. tv tiayn will recolvn prompt attentiou. Jan. I, 1881. I*. A. VASOW A. II. ALKUIKND VASOX a AJLFRIEXD Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, GA. Active amt prompt attentiuu given to col- IWctioi.* tu.l alt ruuerat biudncsii, Practice all tUo wmrtii. • >uictiAr** r bulbil n Kxpreae otUre, ot»po* •ite Court tlou»e. jMMtLatx vV. A. STROTHER, M.D. ALBANY, GKOUGIA. Office over M’s Drug Store All anlen left at tbo Drug Store will receive prompt tioMiloo. Jan 7-17 Dr. E. W. ALFHIEUD. • A EH PEC r FULLY tendor* tits aorvlcoa. la the H various tiraufhea ot bla prufoaalon, to the ritUtBi \ibauy .tod vurrouAdlngcouNtry. Of- fls'o upp-Mito -*url tluunA. ou.PIlieatreot HOTELS. THE JOHNSON HOUSE. SMITHVI I.I.K. a A. Is the place to stop and get. GOOD HQITAKK MKAL. THEALBANY HOUSE! Herrick Jin rues, Proprietor Albany, Georgia. a Mna Ilouso is well fnimshod and in ov- . ery way prejmivd for tlio arco 111 mo dal inn of the traveling pnlilic. Entire sut- iatiu-tion gniiranleod. Tho t ilde ia sui»- plicil with the Inut the country nffonw, a ml the .survnnUArc unsurpassed in po- I itmiess nml attentiou to tho mints of guest*. Omnibuses convoy peaeengees to aud from ttm different rallruads prompt ly. fvtni ot cliiirge. Charges to suit the thin*. scp2D if A Wisconsin law, by which the des ignation of any person as “sd—d scoun drel’ 1 was made s misdemeanor, has been repealed. This maybe a.:o.Mut ed for by the fact, we suppose, that thb “d-d scoundrels* 1 are in the ascenden cy in that State, and there* ore most re spectable. CoHomssNsn Hoed has written a let ter on the .tariff question to. the Toledo Evening Bee. lie argues that tariff for protection; is wrong, because*: takes money from one class to pnt into the pockete of another. 2. it di minishes the income which the labor er receives from his wages. 3. It has destroyed American commerce, shuts, to a great extent, foreign ports to our manufactuied goods. Tea Now York Solons are consider ing u bill which prohibits the -catling or wounding of any living animal, ex cept when the same ia for the purpose of coring or aileriating some physical suffering or disease in anch living ani mal, or in order to deprive it of life when incurable.” The avowed pur pose of the bill is to prevent viviscc lion, Imt it is beginning to dawn on the Legislative mind that, if passed with out amendment, it will prohibit the slaughtering of animals for food.—Ex. An Atlanta young wan. whilst on spree, appeared at a drug store ai asked for twenty-five cents worth of arncuic to poison rate. Suspecting that it was not rats that troubled tho young man, the druggist put up a small quan tity of rice flour and gave it to him. The young man went off and immedi ately swallowed the rice, hot of course no bad results followed. Tho C'onsti tulioH says that wljen jjhlMUT 1 ., " fc he wa.4 profuse druggist who pavtif hfcOifc by ttau t- tie rUK0 *__ a Jf f > > Tuk cklof been curried on tn some purpose dur ing the past year in UUpoia;* -Under the law of tl>* State; wlridji gives the Board of H^aUh'edMfbm thomattcr, one hundred and forty-nine so-called “doctor*” have been stopped in tho raid upon the lives sod health of the citizens of Illinois, too fraudulent cor porations established for the purpose cf granting diplomas have also been suppressed; but it appears from the statement of the Secretary of the hoard that there ore many others which the law ought to. but can not reach. * a I of many of the ministers ofthe pa>f. j lino it i< in. tin* Book, of who were lat* hotter Umu lovscll. j Knler Klipha.'. mid IMilml I John Tenl, the ble&sed John Tent, Z |»lnr an.I Kliliti and Job. his history the iii-spiruliun ».l' Chris tendom, immortal John Tent, was I charged and arraigned for li«r^c I stealing; hi® ipnowacafttUblislied at the last moment by almost mir- acQloutf interposition. The ms hi led **' I John Wesley,standing In his pulpit, . said: “Brethren, 1 have been pub> Brooklyn, X. Y., Jan. 23.—Iu the ! licly charged with all the siu-* in Tabernacle this morning, after the j the calendar, one excepted, ami that singing of the hymn, AIX THE WORLD A STAGE. K.OYR OP THK DRAMATIC IM PLANTED IN Ol’KNATPRKS, AND TO BP IIAKNRSSKD FOR VSKFrLNK.VL The Sabjcet to he Further DImiw- havo I. J. BRINSON, Coiiiractory wider AND DEALER IN BUIIiDlO SUPPLIES, ALBANY, GA. Lumbar, Brick, Shingles Lathes, Lime and Cement Constantly on banal, anal oralera promptly UlleJ. MV* 1 Estimate. (nralnbaxl forbiailallasaanal eoutract* laka-n nl laawrat living iniase. Albauv aud .iiuUaoranit liwrfu nasal aacn- terpraec of tiaU k‘ai.1, and I nan aleterwincd to nupply the da-aaaaad. Patnanaxa euliribxl ami aaUxfaelloa gnar- anteed tarOKFICK: At S. Sterue’a Store on Wuhingtoii Street. Albany. Ua,Sa-|at.t,l&U. it ThoHarata or Dollars Are spent aunually by our people for medicines made North, they are adver tised! as beingadapted to Southern com plaints, bet U. H. P. is a medicine that ha* done more good than anv of them, as it ia especially adapted in our cli mate.—.Vein (Augusta, Ga.). Mu. Buunrrrg in a lecture at Itard- ford said: “This ia Hartford—you can get insured here in any way and for any thing you wish—mutual, endow ment, tontine, accident, international, nomadic differential, protoplasmic, Bap tist, Old School, Presbyterian, Congre gational, Bob lngoraaoll. Renaissance, Gothic, Byzanti ite. Corinthian, Earner, xeamle**,- Wilson, barbed hard finished. It distn baling ranee business of America. No ranee company ia genuine unless ’Hart ford* is lielow upon the bottle.’ Hr. John H. Tobin, a funner presi dent of tho New York Central railroad,, is a notable example of the upa downs of Wall atrcuL He was at one time worth Itl.dOO.UA). lost his large fortune through slock •peculation, and is at present greatly dissipated and wreck. Here is his story as given New York reporter : “They squeezed ♦4,000.000 out of me. at ono dicker, and then 1 had to nsc heroic means to p otect myself. Then they sqneeaed me again and I found myself down to a paltrv 11,000,000. I gave np fightii back then and Went ' when tbey'get aftcpa let up on. him till him, and tbatV'wbat They fuundout whatlwasdoing,drove the market against me, and toqk away every dollar.” Tax whipping post bill introducea in the Hi&souri House of Representatives last week by Hr. D'Armond provides that whipping shall be a legal mode of punishment for crime whereof the of fender shall have been dnly found gnilty, and may be assessed at iliacre- lion by jury, justice or court in eases of misdemeanor, in addition to or in lien of other penalty, and in case of felony, except capital cases, in addition to sny- other. punishment that might be in flicted. The number of stripes or strokes shall, in every ease, be deter mined in the Terdict or judgment, and shall not in ai y czsv exceed thirty-nine. They shall be well laid on the bare back of tho culprit with a substantial leather throng or ash, by the Sheriff Marshal, Constable or other executive officer of the court, and for each service the officer-shall be allowed a fee of ♦L Joy to U» wgiIJ. the Lord 1* cone. Lot «nb recei/e her kin** the JCuv. T. DeWill Talinage. D. D., preached on Ihe subject, ''.What shall we do with r THE DRAMATIC ELEMENT In our uaturea?* The following la the full text of (be sci-Dion: Text—Kxodua xx., IG: “Thou shall riot Lear false soilness against th» ntiyhK.r." Tbo Ihuuderboll of Mount Sinai like the zig-zag lightning you have often witnessed 1 ou a summer sky, •trikes this way aud that and in tnSty direction*. He sins against the text who slanders man or wo man or family or u-wspaprr or in- siituliiMi. I propose to preach a most redicftl aermou on a subject about which I have never read 01 heard anything, yet a theme in volving vast interests and perhaps the eternal destine) 1 of multitudes, namely: What are we to do with the dramatic clement which God has implanted in many of us?—not in one or ten or a thousand people, but In a ntaiorily ofthe human race. Why do I discuss Ihe subject at this particular time? Because llie sub ject of the drama ia more prom! nently before the people than for a long time, and becau-e it has been represented from one end of the country to the oilier that I have as sailed the reputation of a foreign actress now in this country, when all llioie who bare attended this church Sabbath aller Sabbath will unanimously testify that 1 have aai'd nothing of Ihe kind, nor conic within ton .thousand miles of mak ing the slightest allusion to hei either iu prayer or aermou. I had twogood roasona foraaying nothing adversely. First, I knew no hing on the subject. 1 have no proof for ot against her. I have purposely refrained from reading ou that sub ject and I know leas of her than of almost any public personage. For alt I know she may be among tho liest or the worst. I have cultured ignorance iu regard to her. My ignorance in regard to her is rank that the stalks of it grown ten feet high with two feet broad. There is no bound to iny ignorance on that subject. Tlie oilier rcasou of my abstinence from discussion of that subject was that 1 wished n powerful and memorable illustration of the SI IHHEl’It ESKNTATION CONSTANTLY QOINU ON about me and my church. My frleuds may wonder why I uotlco this particular instanco. Now they will see why. It was a most con spicuous iiiHtance, by which I could illustrate what is perpetually going ou iu the misrepresentation of my self and this labneracic. I am not making complaint. ;,I would not turn my hand over lo have it stop- red ; for eventually it works well. There are hundreds who aro now our hardest working Christian peo ple In tills church, who cams hero to see and bear the extraordinary things said to trtnapire, and got converted to God under the first sermon they heard, as was the caso with a reporter who was sent by a New York newspaper one Sabbath night to caricature roe and my work. He lolls me that be came early, -got hit lead-pencil well sharpened and his reporter's pad well planted, and then went ou to mako fun of everything till, after the sermon waa half over, Ida baud began to tremble so that lie could not write, and at the close of the sermon ho canto forward asking for prayers. That night he gave his ■cart to God, and ia now preaching the Gospel every Sabbath aa an evangelist. Aud he tells mo he had almost perpetual revival tinder hit work. So I would uot stop this wide misrepresentation of myself and Oils church. But I now declare tlie people of tho United States ami Christendom that this false hood about my preaching against the reputation of an actress it only ono of fire hundred falsehoods iu regard to myself. I use it as tlie typo of multitude*. The majority of Ihe newspapers of the country do mo full courtesy, and aro always generous, while there are others that have somewhere standing raong Ihe Howe cylinder printing , a umrhiiie with bands and wheels and hoppers, where they could, if it ivcro necessary, turn out lies about mo fifty a minute. ABUSE FOLLOWED BY REVIVAL. And yet some of my friend* say: ‘Wliy do you not answer this? Why do yon not answer that t" Bless your hearts, then I could do nothing else. I loll you now for the first time bow I have arranged it. I have made a bargain with my blessed Lord if ho will take care of mo and my reputation and my family I will preach the best I can, and comfort all the people I can, and eiiconrage all tho young men I ! God is dolug bis part glori ously, aud f doing my part im perfectly, but as well as I can. Be sides this, right after a special as sault upon myself—and for about tweuty years it has come at Ioasl oucc a year—we aro apt to have a revival, just us weather observers declare lliflt after heavy cannonad ing there is apt to bo a heavy rain; so when this church or myself has hern specially bombarded by guns lar or ecclesiastical, we are sure to bavo a great shower of revival. After one assault upon me, six years ago, 32S souls stood up, connecting themselves with thl* church in one day in this house, aud baptized about 200 of them that morning, till my hand was well nigh palsied. After the eccle siastical assault, which closed about year ago, wo received 678 souls. The dirino blessing is generally proportioned to the preceding abuse. This year I am expecting 2,000 souls to be converted to God and this Tabernacle. MINISTERS or THE PAST SLANDERED. Tnen I am consoled by the history is drunkenness.” Then a woman arose iu the audience and -mid: “Yon know you were drunk last night.” •‘Bless Ihe Lord,” said John Wesley, “the catalogae i* complete.” If these masters of Christian good lies* cmid not escape, ive, Ihe significant servaut of the Lord, ought not to expect a furlough. THE DRAMATIC ELEMENT IN OCR XI- TIRE. But I thought that it mtgfit- be well, for the sake of our friends throughout the country, to liavethi*. specimen falsehood about my preaching nailed high up in public attention, aud tiial they might know that of the* next one hundred re markable things they hearalmut me during the next twenty years, nine ty-five of llieui will probably be equally unfounded. But I must pa-s ou from personalities to princi ples, and 1 am going to preach three or four Sabbath morning ser- uiou* on the right kind of amuse ments aud kindred themes. There can be uo more important question now than the one I have already propounded: “What shall we do with the dramatic element God ha* implanted in most of our natures?” People speak of the drama as some thing entirely on side of ourselves, something built np by IhcSheridans and Cougretcs aud the Sbakspeares of literature. And then men are supposed toatlnno their tastes to correspond with this human inven tion. So far from that, the drama is a mere echo of the dramatic ele ment in most of us, and first beheld in the domestic scene enacted by children turee years old, with dol and cradles and carts; and ten years after tbit in the moss houses in the woods; and ten years alter that in the parlor charade, and after that in the elboratic impersonal ions at tho Academy of Mui Job. and ^ Tbo Ursl art of the drain* lull 'of riark- I lie 1**1 *>-t lull of *iin-lline. Iliiniiiig, mining, runllrinir nMBlfj I n i coinage, ei-grat mg scattered up aud | zcl down tlie acl*. Whirlwind aud liglituingNml c.irlhqn.ikc i nd bright Academy of Music, Thespis, -dNcbylua, Sophocles and Euripides only dramalixcd what was iu the Greek heart. Tcreuce, Plautus and Seneca only dramatized what was in the Homan heart, (Jongreve and Farquar what was in tho English heart, Schiller and Goethe what was in the German heart. Corneille Raqino and Altieri dramatized what was in the French heart. Shaks- pearo dramatized what was in the world’s heart. The—dithyeambic drama, the classic drama, the ro mantic drama aud the sentimental drama echoed from the soul of man. Wbllo. thoro may bo only a com parative few who rail dramatize, nearly all aro moved by the dramatic as may bo soon in church ou a warm sutiimor ilay, when, after forty miuutea of soothing, didactic dis course, tinder which the people sloep “In tho valley like grasshop pers for multitude,” until suddenly tho minister strikes an illustration and changes the pulpit tono (o a natural conversation, in which two or three persons nrc represented as talking to each other, and instantly all ihe people are wide awake. ood's wonx and man’s responsibil ity. I am not now speaking of the drama ou the library shelf, or the drama in the play house, but of the dramatic element in your soul and. mluo. No need of talking against. it, as though it were something iot- which man was responsible. Be is re'poniible-for any permaioii of it, bnl is not responsible for its origi nal Implantation. That is God’s work, and I suppose He knew what He was about when He made us. We are all, or nearly all, affected by Ihe spectacular. We find onr emotion of gratitude to God more deeply stirred when, on Thanksgiv ing Day, we have before our eyes iu the decoration of the church Ihe cot ton, anil rice, and wheat, and corn, aud apples. We are moved to tear ful tenderness when, on Easter morning, in church, wo read in let ters of flowers, “The Lord is risen.*’ All parents like tho school exhibi tion wilb its rcciution, and dia logues, and costumes. The torch light procession of a political cam paign is a mere dramatization of the principles involved. You can not Intelligently look in any secular or religious direction without see ing this powerful element in human nature revealing, and unrolling,aud demonstrating itself. You can no more suppro-.s it than you ca* sup press its Creator. You may direct L You may educate iL You may purify it. You may harness it for multiuotcnt usefulness, and that is vour duty. Just os the laste for the beautiful and the sublime is lobe cultivated by bird-hauntedglenand royslering stream, and cataracts let down in uproar over mossed rocks, aud day lining its banners of victo ry iu tho East, and setting every- thlaf on fire as it retreats through the West, aud Axsterlitzand Water loo of August thunderstorm blazing their batteries iuto one sultry after noon, this round, glittering tear of a_ world wept on the cheek of the night, so the dramatic faculty ought to be cultivated in every lawful way, by overy staccato passage of literature, by every antithesis, by cveiy tragic scene in every-day life. The plainest day of the plainest man is in some eeuse histrionic. This faculty, existing iu almost alt, in some is exceptionally strong or weak, Just as there may be a million appreciative ol poetry to one poet. To England one Tennyson, to France one Victor Hugo, to America one Longfellow. As Ihexe may be a million appreciative of music to one musician. To Norway only one Ole Bull, to Germany one Wagner, to the United States one Morgan. IN TUE SCRIPTURES God has administered to the dra matic faculty. You cau hardly open your Bible anywhere without your eye falling upon a drama. Here It is in the book of Judges. A fir tree, a big tree, an olive tree and a vine. They each make speech es, and the whole scene ends in a coronation in which the bramble is made king. A political drame. ligninutg mm c.irinquukCSilIU DITgll! pasture tivht* In ilie shilling scenes Magnificent drama. jiere il is in Solnuiou’s song. Place with oriental surroundings, vineyard*.'I'oiiiegriin.tcs, rinds of sheep, gardens of spins, mountain* of myirli. A wooing. A bride groom nml bride. Diulujuc alter dialogue. Must uiten-e, all-suggcs live drama. Here it is iu llic New Testament. Wealthy imtn-iuu, nt night, all Ihe windows bright with illumination and the fiooruqnnke with the danca Hutiirned son .n silk robe, which perhaps did not tit him very woll because it was not iiindo for him but lie had to put off hi* clothes quickly and get ready for tho ex temporised levee. .‘Older eon pout iug at the beck'dd6r‘and refusing to enter because there is such a fuss made. Tears of sympathy running down the old man's cheek at the story of bis wandering son’s suffer ing, and tears of joy at lit* return. OurPror. Murdock recited that in one of his lectures, aud you would not know whether to sob or shout. Revival of religion have broken out at the reading of that soul-revolu- tionizing drama of the prodigal Here it is ! n Revelation. Crys talline sea. Pearline gate.. Opaline river. Amethystine cap-done. Showering coronets. One vial emp tied incarnadining the waters. Cav alrymen galloping ou whito vtceds. Doxology of many nations. Alle luias to tho right of them, alleluias to- tho left, of them. Tho Bible, which began with tlie drama of the first paradise, ends with tho drama of the second puradlae. Mind you, not a myth, not a fable, for mythol ogy is of tho oldest type—five hun dred years old, thousands of years old, a9 old as the Bible. When I speak of the beginning and ending of the Binle, as 1 have apokon, I do uot mean to say it is an allegory, but the truth, so slated that in group ing. iu order, iu startling effect. It la a God-given, world-resounding, heaven-echoing drama. DUTY OT CULTIVATION. Now, haviug shown you that dra matic taste is divinely implanted In our nature, and then that God cul tivates it and applies to it in the Scriptures, I demand that yon hon or it, reenguize it aud harness it for usefulness. The fact that In vari ous ways it lias been debased, and employed for 'destructive purposes, is nothing against it, any more than ramie is to be accursed because the ar: boa been brought Into all the satuiimiinn wassails of 4,000 years. Will you refuse to enthrone music on tlie church organ becauso the art has been trampled under loot of the lascivious dunce? Is it anything against paiutliig and sculpture that in Coriuili and Ilorculaneum they became administrative of vulgarity and lerpitudo? Tho dreadful muse um of Pompeii shill throw no dis credit ou Powora’ “Groek Slave,” or Church’s “Curtopaxi,” or Rubens’ “Descent from tlie Cross,” or An gelo’s “Last Judgment.” Because the drama has been dragged through so many eewora is nothing against tho drame, but only • rea- why we should snatch it up and start it out on iu rightful mission. THE CHURCH AND THE TUEATBA. Tlio drama will never be helped into its lawful sphere by those who can not understand that the dranut is not tho theater. The drama la no more the theater than a hymn book is a'church. 1 am uot to-day discussing tho theater. The drama is a literature expressive of a di vinely implanted feeling in most of our natures. Neither will the dra ma be helped into its proper sphere by wholesale denunciation of nil dramatist*. Who over dared to at- saii the nobility of Charlotte Cush man ? You ask mo did you aot on one occason denounce alt dramatists as villiaus? Never. That sermoa you rercr to, which was published in a secular paper, and copied . In many religious papers, was written by a man who had never aeea me or seen tho Brookiyu Tabernacle, and who, by inquiry of-a reporter wbo bad beau present, found out wbat my text was, (hen wrote it out on iiis own desk, tho whole intended as a caricatuie; among other thiaga saying that I was op- posed to all zoological gardens, aud thought it a great sin to go and tee an elephant or a crocodile. I dojnot wonder that Mr. Davenport came out on the lollowiug week nt the Chestnut-street Theater, FMIadel phis, after the curtain had dropped, to condemn that sermon. He did not condemn it half so violently as I did. Nothing has ever beea or will be accomplished for good by wholesale denunciation of great classes of men. Out yonder the theater and thechuich stand, and the church shouts over to the the- a ter, “You are all scoundrels,” and the theatre shouts, “You era nil hypocrites,” and they both lie. THE DRAMATIC ELBMEMT IN A UUS- I0US ELEMENT. Dropping ell indiscriminate jer emiads against dramatists, sad rn alizing that the drama is not neces sarily connected with this or that institution, I want to show you this morning and next Sabbath morning how it may be hitched fast to the chariot of cirilizatioa and Christianity. Next Sabbath morning I shall present to you a unique plan by which I think the dramatic element may, without any damage or with positive profit on all sides, be made a administrative to our amusements, and recreations. But this morning in the few remain ing moments of my discourse, I cell you to force the dramatic element into the service of our holy relig ion. You Sabbath achooi teachers want more cf it ia your Instruc tion-. By skillful presentation of Scripture scene, by anecdote, by descriptive gesture and .impersona tion move your ciaa*ea to right ac tion. Hundreds of thousands of childreu in England, Ireland and Scotland in the United States will this afternoon, by arrangement of the international series of lessens, »ludy the aong of llary. They who ran moat- graphically present that heroine and hei surrounding-, will havo Ihe strnngi-M grip upon the attention of the listener*. What we waul in all onr rhrislian work, in nools aud asylum*, nml peniten tiaries, aud churches, U le>* or tlie >lyle didacli.. and mure of the style dramatic! Thu whole temptation i* to drofi'e religion, and whiue re ligion, and caul religion, and moan religion, aud croak rcilgiou, and aopulcbarize religion, when we should present it, as far as possiole, in animated, a-ousing, spectacular manner. As there arc many theo logical students in all my Audiences and as yon arc uow forming your plaus for preaching the go-pei, let me tell you that the men who have been the mean* of the most con versions to God iu Ihe different ages have been dramatic. Rovt- Uud Hill, dramatic; Thomas Guth rie, dramatic; Thomas Chalmers, dramatic; George Whitfield, dra matic; Christmas Evans, dramatic: John Knox, dramatic; Richard Hooker, dramatic; Chrysostom dramatic; Robert South,dramatic Addison Alexander,, dramatic. John Mason, dramatic; Elipbalei Noit, dramatic; Masillon, dramat ic; Bourdalone,dramatic; Fcnelon, Rossuett, dramatic; Hugh Latimer, dramatic. They had a hard time of it in their day, but they have gone up iuto the firmament of the Chris tian Church. KEL1QIOUS ZEAL NEEDED. Of course, If after yon get into the ministry you undertake the dramatic,* you will meet with mighty robuffa, swift caricature aud ecclc- liaslicai denunciation; and your contemgorariaa will discuss you and try to put you down; but the Lord, who sent you out, will you through, aud groat will be tho eternal rewards to thoasihluousaud tho plucky. What we want m jst a* laymen aud ministers is to get our sermons and our prayers end ex hortations out of the old rut. Peo ple stay away from church and prayer-meetings becauso thoyare uot interested. The hackneyed theological phases that come snor- ieg down from age to age throutgh the churchea do not arrest the mass es. We private Christians aud pnb- He teachers need to freshen up, put lesa sham flowers from a milliner’s shop iuto our sermons end moro japonicas wet with the morning dew ; .leu of the heavy bones of the extinct megatherium, and more liv ing rein-deer canght lest August at the edge of Schloon lake. We want to drive the drowiv, the prosaic, end the tedious, aud the hum-drum out of all styles of Christian work, andln the brightness, and tho vi vacity/ »ed the holy sarcasm, and the sanctified wit, and the eplgram- mkt!c_-pcwer, and the blood-red earnestness, end we know or no way. that we can so soon do this as by the 'dramatic^ Instead of being shy of Inis faculty, let us call it out and bripg iUo the front. Yoke It, bridle ; it, hitch R to all religious enterprise, aud then lash it ou to rreater speed aud up grander stesra. There needs to l>e aa much change front- tbit old modes of palpit and chufch work as from fox team to Chicago lightning express; as from tallow caudle to Edison’s elec tric light; as from mail bags across the horse’s back in the last centur to Weitoru Union telegrapl of to-day. The dramatio element set en fire with religious reel will revolutionise the Church out of aom- aolaace lalo wide-awake-atireueu that wUl shake the earth and move the heavens, and then the churches will be more crowded than the the store.;. tub dbam a nr waica wx arx actors. . As for the dn*na ot your life and mine* It wUl soon end. At thi be ginning of that drama stood the cradle, at the cloee of it will stand the grave. First ect ofthe drams, a welcome; last act, a farewell. In termediate acts made up of ban- nets and battles, processions, bri- dal( and funerals, songs and groans, laughter and tears. It waa not original with Shakespeare when he seia “AH the world’s a stage and all tha.men and women are merely players.” Ha took it from Pan), who, fifteen centuries before, wrote, We are . mode a spectacle (a show) unto the world ana unto angels ana to men. A spectacle la the Colos seum, fighting wUd* bez.it* in an amphitheater, and the galleries are ftill. Great Colosseum of the uni versal We strike down this Hon and contend with this gladiator, and when we fail devils shout, and when we rise angels sing. Yes, a spectacle t> gallery above gallery. Gallery of our glorified kindred, waiting to see whether we are wor- thy or oar parentage, hoping for oar triumph and wanting to throw Our glorifiM children ■d friend* with cheer _ us on. Gallery the Polycarp* and the Latimerajand the McXeili, and the Theban legion and the. Scotch cove- naafiers crying: “God gave us the ▼mM) aad He will give it to you.” GaHsty of angels, cherubic, seraph ic, erchongelic, clapping their wings ai ovary advantage we gain. Gallery of the King, from which there waves a scarred hand and from which comes a sympathetic votes, saying: “Be thou falthrul onto death and I will give thee a crown.” Oh I the spectacle in which we are actors I Oh t the galleries looking down 1 AVN1NTIM: Tllli JIlDtiK. XVIikl ihe Uronklyn Ka-lr'n Police Ueporirr Heard In coart, “These people *av yon were drunk, prisoner. How’s Unit ?”aske m police justice of a scedy-lookin customer. “Well, now, judge, you heard what they said. You can under stand Euglisb, can't you ? Four po licemen and six citizcus nil swore I was drunk, nnd now you want me to explain it to you. Ain’t been on the bench long, have you, judge?*’ “I want to know whether vou , were drunk or not!” dcmandcd tbc Judge. “Well,” said the prisoner, with a hopeless air, “I haven't got anv moro witnesses. I thought ten would be enough. If I’d knowed how particular yon are I’d had some more, but L say, judge, just o.cr- look it this time and take what these people say. I’.l fix it belter | for you next trip. Til have the whole country here.” “Will you answer my question? 11 want to know if you were drunk?” ejaculated the magistrate. “Judge, what’s the use of fooling away my time like this? These peo ple are all respectable, and they say I was drunk clear through to my spine. I don’t blame you for being careful; I like to see it, but don’t you think you overdo it a little? If there’s any doubt iu your miud,let the case stand over anti you- can write an opinion. I’m iu no harry about this thing, judge, but you and I agree that you ought not make any mistake. We can’t afford it, “Will you tell me, sir, whether you were drunk or uot?” demand ed the exasperated justice. “What’s the use,judge? If you can’t believe four policemen and six citizens tow’m I to know you’ll put any moro confidence in the? I can’i afford to have my word doubted in a court room. You might look over tho testimony at your leisure and oxamino tho authorities/and sav, judge^ if you like I’ll submit 'a “Are you guilty or not guilty of this charge. That’s what I want to know?” said the judge, firmly. “That’s what we’ro both hero for, judge, just to find out that thing. I came hero on pr.rpose, but we don’t seem to make any headway. I thought when these people were testifying, that they had a clear case, but If you don’t like thoir style, if you know ’em, if you see anything about ’em that makes yon mistrust ful, you cau decide against ’em without prejudice and let them ap peal. But be cautious, judge, be cautious. I wouldn’t like to ace any reflections on these pooplo, any moro than on myself. I’m with you In this matter, judge, aud I don’t want to see you do anything out of tho way.” “I’ll send you up for ton days,” sentenced tho judge. “That’s wknt I call fair and hon orable, judgo. Shake! That’s a day for each witness, and it shows that you boliovo onc-tonik of what oach one said. You’ro an old hand nt the business. Say, judge, if you’d like to have this decision iu the law books, I’ll give you a letter to tho printer.” And as ho sauntered into the Black Maria ho muttered: “And tho evidence showed that I could have* got ten times as drunk at the same rate. Denied clever judge that; I’ll biro him to try mo the next time I turn up,” and making a memorandum of the court’s name, the prisonor relapsed into profound admiration of the judiciary. Wholesale & Retail Jewelers AXD— latch Manufacturers, DEALERS IX FINE Fine Jewelry Solid Silver, Silver Plated Ware, Bridal Presents, Clocks, Bronzes, Etc., Etc. iumph •Agarianoa. afitet cheer urging i or martyr*, tha Pol M Baas I > Quote. A vary remarkable thing occur red with one off the clever conduc tor* on tha Foot Royal Road a few days ago. Ha had purchased a nice •frlog of partridge* away down rood jot aeration, but expressed a wish rev a few more, as those he already had were not sufficient to divide wt with Superintendent Flemlag, Joa White, the A ugusta Hews, and other austere statesmen. This wteh waa soon gratified, for, a nearing Bsldoc a Wood* flew into hit the full com be ia not one of the chili A Wisconsin law, by which the designation of any person as “a d—d scoundrel was made a misdemean or, has been repealed. A Story ot an Umbrella. London Globe. The JXachrichten of Basle tells a story which may give the bold pur chaser a hint of a aew method of protecting himself against fraudu lent shopkeepers. A young gentle man bought a silk umbrella from an umbrella dealer indefinitely charac terized as C——. The next day was rainy; the umbrella was pnt into use, hut the silk tore iu six places during the first hour of its contact with the rain. The purchaser went straight to the shop, exhibited the ruined article, and demanded a sound one in its stead. C ’s silk umbrella, however, were made to sell, not to endure use; the dealer smiled politely, and observed that purchasers ought to be careful when they made their selection. Tho young man took borne his umbrella and painted around itthe following inscription in big letters: “Thisis how an umbrella looks to-day which was bought at C ’s shop yester day,” and hired a commissionaire to wa-k to and fro before C ’s shop with the opened umbrella for a whole day. This unusual form of advertise ment naturally irritated Herr C——, and could not hare been without a deterring influence upon possible customers. C sent for tho police and asked them to arrest the bearer of the umbrella, but they declared that they could sco no legal, crime in the commissionaire’s proceedings and declined to take him off to jail. Early the next morning, the im- perturabie umbrella-carrier appear ed again, and he kept sentinel in this manner in front of C——’s shop for nearly a week. At tho end of this period, the shopkeeper saw that he must give away, and calling the man, asked him to go to his employer aud say that everything should be settled according to his wishes. When the bold inventor of the stratagem entered Ihe shop, the dealer offered him a sound silk um brella in exclitnge for the sickly one. The purchaser agreed lo ac cept it, but nddsd the further de mand that the (dealer should pay the commissionaire a week’s wages, to whioh suggestion he was also compelled to assent. IVE CAN SAVE PURCHASERS M CENT. PER Send for our Prices before buying elsewbsre. FACTORY ail SALESROOM, 34 YVhltcJiall St., ATLANTA, OA. tend for Catalogue and Prlose. no9T.Se* lw MiffiHH I hare received another; lot of those Tcias Red Rost-Preef Oats. C*U early for they wilt all be *old before Ike ud fa supplied. I can make Inside price# CORN, HAT, WHEAT BRAN, FEED OATS, ETCL, ETC., to parties -who want to buy for cub or city acceptance and no other way. ricaso donot send orders unless tou ara W on present .tion of bill. J. R. Four ram. Universal Favorite! oc, CIGAR BASEST AND CONFECTIONEBY You will find the best or Fruits of the Season. ORANGES & LEMONS APPLES. BANANSAS. COCOANUT8 AND DRIED PRUNES. POTATOES, ONIONS. CABBAGES, C RANBERRIES. VIR- GIN r A P i: A N UTS. P EC A NS, B B A- ZIL AND EN'.LlSIt WAL NUTS, ALMONDS, ETC., Aa a rnll Line ot FANCY GROCERIES, Qonoord Wine and Liqom of all dsscri»tieaj. At Low Prices the hewt Cbeess and Batter, Dried Beef, Baltimore Sausage, Vienna Saoa- ago, Bye and Patent Flour, Etc.l Satisfaction guaranteed. Will mpply tbo wanta of each and srery ons if tried. KefipectfuIIy, E. CHINE. Sept lo, ltto-6md A S»n Francisco woman partial ly lost tbe power of speeeh through s stroke of paraly-ia. Taking ad- ▼satsge of her incoherent utterance •nd grotesque visage, her husband Mot her to an asylum as a lunatic, •nd took possession of her property. She wm kept in duratico several months before the truth was discov er A jury awarded $1,1X10 dama ges. RUMNEY, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, WASHISGTOK STREET. TUST RECEIVED, A I.AROE LOT OP SIR. u FLES of the Latest Styles! FILL AND WINTER SUITS! SHIRT CUTTUG SPECIALTY ! Good Work ! Perfect Fit and Seasonable Price* Guaranteed ( *a*»-ty /M INDSTINCT PRINT n

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, February 05, 1881, Image 1