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Camp Meeting Farewell.
[The following was written In a tent. Immedi
ately after the parting exercises of a Camp
meeting. oy a female convert in Virginia.]
Sow, holy consecrated ground,
Where I the God of Abraham fonnd;
Beneath ihe Go-pel’s joyiul sound,
bear "sacred grove,” farewell I
rail and here by mercy’s melting voice,
From depths of sin, to make my choice,
in dying love I now rejoice.
Once ujuud for deepest hell.
Dear ministers ol God farewelll
Ton sew me hurrylngdown to hell,
And tears of grief and sorrow lell,
And prayers wore raised to Heaven:
Your terror reached the “God of love,”
Whose habitation is above ;
He made His (Spirit kindly move,
That sins might be forgiven.
Dear Chrißtlan friends, now called to part,
The falling tear may often start:
But tins reflection cheers ray heart,
That God Is with me still;
H a presence Alls the widest space.
The farthest eye may claim His grace;
The meanest suppliant find His face,
If they obey His will.
Thou living God. whose power I own.
Come make my sinful heart Thy throue,
Be Thou Its sovereign. Thou alone.
To lule each thought and word;
Oil ! write Thy law upon my mind.
Fact! Uiteat'nlng iust, each promise kind.
That others may the Saviour find.
And lean upon the Bold.
And, oh ! in mercy pity those,
Who still the Gospel peace refuse
And l:now not “God Is love;
Oh ! gracious Father make them know.
Theaw.'ul gulf that yawns below,
And yon fair Heaven above.
Perhaps, we ne'ei may meet again.
On this most darkly checkered plain
Os sorrow and distress;
But may we meet In Heaven above,
and shout and sing redeeming love
In everlasting bliss!
glisceilanjj.
Tho Cottage Built Against the Cath
edral.
By the Author of the “Chronicles of the ctehosa
berg Cotta Family.”
Close under the walls of the cathedral,
nestling againstoneof its buttresses, leant
the cottage in which the little crippled
Marie lived.
Time and weather had stained and
shaped the rude timbers of which it was
built, and tender mosses had woven their
tender, flue tapestries over its roof, so that
it seemed as little out of harmony with
the stately building which looked down
on it and sheltered it, as the mosses and
lichens on its own stones.
For all the grandeur of the cathedral,
being the grandeur of a house of God, on
ly made it, like the everlasting hills them
selves, the hills of God, so much the more
the shelter and refuge of the smallest of
hie creatures.
Moreover, the cathedral, for the very :
reason that it was a house of God. being j
also a home and refuge for men, having ■
also been designed, arch by arch, bv lov- J
ing human heart, and raised, stone i> <
stone, by lowly human hands, hati - ■>'
essarily a two-fold kindred; ally'
on the one side, with the grea\ >
the Creator’s own building, ir emple or
lts in Unite depths of 3tar;y -ulted with
on the other side, with t> worlds ; and
ling in which e lowliest dwel
guifer. Indeed, ita >' creatures toil ami
tawe was closer 4c .indred with the cot
ttatise he who ' .an with the stars, lie
for our sak» was adored in it became,
who wb*’ , himself the greatest sufferer;
msta. .* e he made the stars, was made
»• and himself lived in a very lowly
* once for thirty years.
All this little Marie felt, as she lay hour
by hour alone on her pallet; felt, not
thought, for the roots of true thoughts in
after-life lie deep in the feelings of the
child’s heart, which the child cannot, ut
ter, even to itself, and which some lips,
indeed, are never opened in this life to
utter to any one; a silence not of much
moment, since this is a world for learn
ing, rather than for uttering, and many
of our most eloquent utterances here
would seem but as babes’ lispiugs there,
while many lips which have but lisping
or stammering speech here will be opened
into glorious singing there.
For reverence and love are the highest
religious lessons of childhood ; and, in
deed, of all this life, which is but a child
hood ; a reverent uplooking sense of love
and power unbounded above, yet very
near us, such as happy children learn from
a holy mother’s looks and tones ; and the
little motherless Marie, in some measure,
from the cathedral, interpreting to her,
with Its music and its beauty, the Our
Father and the Apostle’s Creed, which
she had learned from her dying mother’s
lips when )too little to understand any
thing hut the sounds
Marie was very much alone. Her fath
er was a water-carrier, and was bearing
■water all day to the thirsty people in
the hot streets of the city, or taking it to
their homes. He had to leave quite early,
to draw the water fresh from the spring
in the cool of the morning. And one of
Marie’s two great wishes was that one
day she might go with him to the foun
tain, and drink the water fresh from the
spring. Every morning he used to place
all the things he thought his little ulri
would need within her reach ; a little
white wheaten loaf, a cup of milk, a jug
of water, and. when he had a prosperous
day, some fresh fruit.
Marie thought her father’s calling u
very high and beautiful one, although
she knew it was not considered glorious
in the city, nor one that would make his
name known and honored. But that
she thought little of, for her father had
often told her no one in the city knew the
name of the architect of the catheral ;
and if his name had faded away from the
memories of men who counted his work
the chief glory of their city, it was plain,
Marie thought, that the records of the
city must be very imferfeet, and very lit
tle worth caring about, and that, proba
bly, there were better records kept some
where else, on quite a different, piau.
Water-carrying, besides not being a
glorious calling in that city, was not a
lucrative one; so that, in order to eke out.
the daily bread, Marie had learned to
plait straw for fruit baskets. Agatha,
the old woman who sold fruit by the
cathedral porch, bought them of her ;
and, in return, did, not without many
grumblings, all the household work Marie
would have done with such deft fingers
and such a glad heart, had she been able.
Sometimes, moreover, especially on a
rainy day, Mark, Agatha’s little orphan
grandson, would spend his play hours
with Marie, and she would mend his poor
ragged clothes as well as she could, and
make him wonderful little toy-baskets of
straw, lined with orange peel, and balls
of rags ; and in return he would sing her
little songs, and the multiplication-table,
and sometimes hymns about Paradise,
and the living Fountains, and the Tem
ple, and the singers there.
This was Marie’s visible world; her
father and the cottage, Agatha and her
fruit-stall, and little Mark, and the cathe
dral. To interpret it, she had Our Father
and the Apostle's Creed. Or rather, she
had them to interpret each other; his
invisible things being understood by tbe
things that are seen, and our visible
things by the things that are not seen.
As to how this interpretation went on, I
could say more another time. My story
is now simply ot the cottage and the cathe
drai.
From the window by which Marie’s
bed lay, she could see Agatha’s fruit
stall and the cathedral. By propping her
self up she could command the fruit stall,
and Bee a great deal of the world, though
not in its highest circles. By leaning
back as far as she could in one corner, she
could see to the top of the cathedral tow
er, with its wonderful crown of fretted
stone; common stone, sculptured by
man's heart and hands into a beauty
greater than that of any diadem of gems.
Marie liked to think how each stone in
that beautiful crown, which glowed
above her in the sunsets and sunrises, and
at night was itself crowned with stars,
had been once a common gray stone, like
the fallen ones which lay on the ground
outside, useless and shapeless.
Os these fallen stones Marie did not
like to think. She hoped none cf them
had ever been in that glorious crown. She
did not think it anything but a glory for
aoy stone to be made the lowest stone in
the uttermost buttress of the cathedral
Indeed, the greatest glory, perhaps, for any
stone was to be a hidden stone; altogeth
er hidden, deep beneath the earth, from
human eyes. For such were the very
foundation and corner-stones themselves,
on which, as on the unknown architect,
the whole glory rested. But to be a fallen
stone, chipped, and marred, and useless,
and crumbling into dust, when it might
have been a resting place for sunbeams,
and for birds to sing welcome to the sun
beams from, was a thought which made
Marie very sad, and gave a tremulous
depth to her tones when she prayed,
"head us not into temptation ,” or tender
ly coaxed little Mark not to reud-i rail
ings for his grand mother’s railings or to
use the rough words which he learned in
the streets.
The painted windows of the cathedral
were rather a distress and perplexity to
Marie. Sometimes, it was true, the up
per panes glittered a little in the noon
tide sunbeams; but for the most part
they looked dark and confused. If they
had not been painted, she sometimes
wistfully thought, she might have caught
glimpses of the glories inside. But then,
of course, they were painted for the peo
ple inside, not for those without.
If she could only creep inside, to see and
to listen ! That was the great longing of
her life. If only once she could feel the
great roof bending over her, and the walls
embracing her ; if, instead of straining to
catch some clear melody which she might
sing over in her heart, out of the diin
labyrinth of those sweet and solemn
sounds which reached her where she lay ;
if she could only ouce be among them,
hearing the music, knowing the words,
making melody in her heart among the
worshippers! Marie thought she could
live happy for the rest of her life on the
remembrance; on the remembrance and
the great hops it would light up.
She did not speak of this longing. She
lived, poor little one, with so keen a sense
that her life was necessarily a burden on
every one around her, partly awakened
by Agatha’s very unconcealed complain
ings. and much more by her father's
weary looks when he came home at night
with his water-jars and his few hard
earned pence and sat down to his scanty
meal, that she could never bear by look
or word to express a wish for anything
tGat was not absolutely needed or freely
offered.
All the more, because she knew so well
that the father’s love (which was inotbe
er’s and father’s love to her, and so inter
preted to her the Our Father) would hold
any burden light and any sacrifice possi
ble togaiu the motherless child a pleas
ure or au alleviation of suffering.
So the longing lay deep-hidden in her
heart, but never catne from her lips, until
one auturau when she seemed to grow
brighter than usual, and a flush came oa
her pale face sometimes tow'ards evening.
One morning her father, looking fondly
at her, s iid :
“Child ! by Christmas, who knows but
we might have thee singing the Christ
mas hymns inside the cathedral!”
Then her whole face was lit up as he
had never seen it shine before, with the
streaming out of the long-hidden hope;
and drawing his face down to her, she
stroked it as she had been wont when a
very little child, and kissed him, and
said:
"Oh, father, do you think God will give
me the joy of going inside ?”
“Why not, darling?” he answered
cheerily ; nothing is too good for him to
give; and what was the cathedral built
for, but for such as tb<’ e to sing his praises
inside?”
Yet , even urs * je spoke, there was some
thin# in th* of the wistful eyes, and
Ihe tnuelii of ttie feeble, feverish hands,
that uat> Je j.j s accents (alter.
.stmas Eve came. All night tho
tvs fell. In the morning thesuu shorts,
out the air was keen and cold, and litllv
Marie knew there was no going inside
for that day. But she thanked God for
making the inside so beautiful, just tie if
the angels of the winds had been all
night decorating every ledge, and angle,
and quaint, familiar bit of carving, and
ail the fretwork of the stone crown, with
alabaster and crystal, or some heavenly
blending of glories impossible in earthly
material.
As her father left her, for the service,
he looked fondly back, and said : “At
Easter, darling; inside at Easter!”
But there was no ring of hope in his
tones, cheerful as he tried to make the
words; and when he had left her,aud the
soft dim music floated in broken cadences
, to her on her solitary little bed, for once
tbe child felt not merely alone but lonely,
and a few hot, rare tears fell through her
thin fingers as she pressed them on her
face.
But she was not alone. And as she lay
quietly weeping, sacred words came into
her heart, borne on the sacred music, iike
the scent of violets on the winds in spring.
"Thy will he done on earth”
She said it, she wept it, she wept it to
her Father in heaven. And softiy, as
i from the other side of the choir, came
back, as from above, the glorious anti
phon—
“As it. is in heaven.”
The sob of submission came back, as it
so often does, in a song of praise, from
the laud where tile Ainens are trans
figured into the Hallelujahs.
“As it is in heaven.”
“It will be all Easter there,” she
thought. “I shall be inside there at
large!”
When her father came back, and looked
anxiously at his darling as lie entered the
door, her smile met him like a song of
victory and welcome.
“AtEaster, darling! Inside the cathe
dral at Easter J”
“Yes, father,” she said ; “oue Easter I
shall be inside.”
But the hidden fount of joy, from which
the smile came, he did not know. She
would uot tell him, because to him, at
first, she knew it must be a bitter well of
tears.
Slowly she faded away. The cathedral,
her great stone poem, her paradise, rose
before her. and spoke to her, day and
night. But with new readings. For she
had learned that this whole visible world,
with its earth and its heavens, its cities
and its cathedrals, this whole transitory
life, is but as the little timber cottage
nestling against the walls of the temple
whose builder aud maker is God.
Day by day old Agatha grumbled over
her household work, yet day by day more
tenderness began to mingle with her
complainings. Day by day little Mark
came, attracted irresistibly, he knew not
how, by tbe geutle voice, for him no j
more. And unconsciously he unlearned j
the rough lesson of tliestreets, and learned j
a loving reverence from the dying child, j
And iiay by day the father laid the
little white loaf, aud the milk, aud the
water jug by his darling’s bed, only
showing his anxiety by never missing any
day now to bring some little gift of fruit
to add to it, were bis labors prosperous or
not, taking it from his own scanty meal.
And little Marie dared not remonstrate
or refuse; she knew the memory of those
iittle sacrifices would be so precious. Be«
youd this tacit understanding, the two j
did not confess to each other, by word or j
look, that both knew what was at hand.
Only one morning, as he was leaving
home, she said to him, in a faint voice,
but with a bright smile, “Father, I think
God lias givtn you beautiful work to do,
to carry water to those who thirst. Is it
not just what his only Son, our Lord, is
doing always for us ? He does not stand
at iiie fountain ; he brings the water
home, does he not? home to every one of
us, to our very hearts.” Then she added :
“Father, you will come back early. I
think our Lord is comiug to take me to
the Fountain of Waters. We shall drink
together one morning, father, fresh from
the spring. I think lam going inside
fast.”
He did not leave her again. Days of
suffering came. But before Easter she
had exchanged the little cottage for the
cathedral. The child had entered in, and
was joining the songs of the Temple,
which is the Father’s house wherein are
many mausions.
And Agatha said: “We have had a
sainr with us, a saint of God—and I did
not know it!”
But she grew gentler and kinder. The
cottage where the little child had lived
and died had grown as sacred as the cathe
i dral, aud a hush of reverence was on it
which seemed to make harsh words im
! possible where she bad suftered and went
I to rest.
Little Mark said, “My friend is gone.”
But when he said the Our Father she had
taught him. he understood what a heaven
it must be where all the voices are as gen
tle as Marie’s, and all the hearts as true
aud kiud.
The father said nothing, except to God.
“Our Father who art in heaven,” he said,
“mine aud hers, Thou gavest me a saint
of Thine to be an angel in my home. I
thank Thee I knew it while she was here
with me; not first now, that she is inside,
at home with Thee.”
But a glory came down on his lowly
work from her memory, her words, and
the sense he had of her immortal life, un
til he, too, should be called to the Living
Fountains, to hear once more the dear,
familiar voice, then long at home in the
hallelujahs, but sure never to forget the
tones of welcome it had on earth for him.
The Family Treasury.
Blessed Day.—Through the week we
go down into the valleys of care aud
shadow. Our Sabbaths should be hilis of
light and joy in God’s presence. And so,
as time rolls by, we shall go from tnoun
taiu-top to mountain-top, till at last we
catch the glory of the gate, and enter in
to go no more out forever.
&lilbrtn.
William Haverly,
About thirty years ago, said Judge
“ >.l stepped into a bookstore, in Cin
cinnati, in search of some books that I
wanted. While there, a little ragged boy,
not over twelve years of age, cameln and
inquired for a geography.
“Plenty of them,” said the salesman.
“How much do they cost?”
“One dollar, my lad.”
Tbe little fellow drew back in dismay ; ’
and taking his little band out of his pock
et, he commenced to count some pennies
and little silver pieces that he had held
until they were all damp with sweat.
Three or four times he counted them ; at
last looking up and saying :
“I didu t know they were eo much.”
He turned to go out, and even opened the
door, tiut closed it again and came back.
“I have only got 9ixty-two cents,” said
he; “you couldn’t let me have a geogra
phy. and wait a little while for the rest of
the money ?”
How eagerly his little bright eyes
looked up for the answer; and how he
seemed to shrink within his ragged
clothes, when the man, not very’ kindly,
told him that he could not do it.
The disappointed little fellow looked up
to,me with a very poor attempt at a smile,
aud tlieu left the store I followed anil
overtook hint.
“And what now?” I asked kindly.
“Try another place, sir.”
“Shall I go too, and see how you suc
ceed ?” I asked.
“Oh, yes, if you like,' 1 said he in sur
prise.
Four different stores I entered with
him, though none of them knew that we
came together, and each time he was re
lumed.
“VViil you try again?” 1 asked him, as
we left the fourth.
“Yes, sir; I sbsdl try them all, or I
shouldn’t know whether I could get oue
or not.”
We entered the .fifth store, and the lit
tle fellow walked u p manfully, and told
the geutiemau just what he wanted and
how much money he had.
“You waut the!) ook very much,” asked
the proprietor.
“Yes, fir ; very much.”
“Why do youi waut it so very, very
much ?”
“To study, sir - I can't go to school, but
I study whan I ean, at home. All the
boys have got one, and they will get
ahead of bis. Besides, my father was a
sailor, and JL waut to know about the
places where he used to go.”
"Does ba not go to those places now ?”
“He is dead,” said the boy softly. Then
he added, after awhile: “I am going to
be a sailor, too.”
“Are you though?” asked the gentle
man, raising his eyebrows curiously.
“Yes, sir ; if I live.”
“Weil, my lad, I’ll tell you what I will
do; I will give you anew geography,
and you can pay me the remainder of the
money when you can, or I will let you
have one that is not new for fifty cents.”
“Are the leaves all in it. and just like
the others, only not new?”
“Yes, sir, just like the new ones.”
“It will do juSt as well then, and I’ll
have twelve cents left toward buying
some other book. I am glad they didn’t
let me have any at the other places.”
The bookseller looked up inquiringly,
and I told him what I bad seen of the
little fellow. He was much pleased, and
when lie brought the book alonf}, I saw
a nice new pencil, and some cleau, white
paper in it.
“A present, my lad, for your persever
ance. Always nave courage like that,
and you will make your mark.”
“Thank you, sir. You are very good.”
j “What is your name?”
“William Haverly, sir.”
“Do you want any more books?” I now
asked him.
“More than ever I ean get,” he replied,
taking in at one glance the books that
| filled the shelves.
i gave him a bank 'note. „“It will buy
some for you," said I.
Tears of joy came into his eyes. „ “Can
I nuy what I want witii it?”
“Yes, my lad, anything.”
“Tlieu I’ll buy one book for mother,”
said be. “I thank you very much, and
| some day I hope I can pay you back.”
He wanted my name, and I gave it to
him. Then I left him standing by the
counter, so happy that I almost envied
him ; and many long years passed before
I saw him again.
I Last year I went to Europeon one of
the finest vessels that ever ploughed the
i waters of tbe Atlantic.
We had beautiful weather until very
near the end of our voyage; then came a
most terrific storm that would have sunk
our noble ship with all on board had it
not been for the captain. Every spar was
laid low, the rudder was almost useless,
and a great leuk had shown itself, threat
ening to fiII the siiiip. The crew were all
strong, willing men, aud the mates were
practical seamen of the first class ; but af
ter pumping for one whole night, and
still the water was gaining on them, they
gave up iu despair, and prepared to take
tile boats, though they might have known
that no small boat could ride in such a
sea. The captain, who had been below
with his charts, now came up; he saw
how matters stood, and with a voice that
I heard distiuctly above the tempest, he
ordered every man back to his post.
It was surprising to see all those men
bow before the strong will of their cap
tain, and hurry back to the pumps.
The captaiu then started below to ex
amine the leak. As he passed me, I asked
him if there was any hope. He iooked at
me and then at the other passengers who
had crowded up to hear the reply, and
then said rebukiugly:
“Yes. sir : there is hope as long as one
incli of this ship remains above water.
When I can see none of it, theu I shall
abandon the vessel, and not before; nor
one of my crew, sir. Everything shall be
done to save it, and if we fail, it shall not
be from inaction Come, bear a hand,
every man of you, at the pumps.”
Thrice during the day did we despair;
but the captain’s dauntless courage, pet
severance, and powerful will, mastered
every mind on board that ship, and we
went to work again.
“I will laud you all safely at the dock
iu Liverpool,” said he, “if you will only
be men.”
And he did laud us safely, but the ves
sel sunk, moored to the dock. The cap
tain stood ou the deck of his sinking ship,
receiving the thanks and blessings of the
passengers as they passed down the gang
plank. I was the last to leave. As I
passed, he grasped my hand and said :
“Judge P ,do you recognize me ?”
I told him that I was not aware that I
ever saw him until I stepped aboard his
ship.
“You saw me years ago in Cincinnati.
Do you remember the boy in search of a
geography ?”
"Very well, sir; William Haverly?”
“I am he,” said he. “God bless you !”
“And God bless persevering Captaiu
Haverly!”
What’s in a Name ?
The Indians probably beat the world in
their names. How would you like it if
you were called Isaac Johnnycake, or
Long Bones, or Snapping Turtle, OF Big
Feather, or Andrew Jackson Blackbird ?
A lady taught for awhile in the mission
school of the Delaware Indians, in Kan
sas.
“What is your name?” she inquired,
the first morniug, of a little black-eyed,
dusky-skinned uichin.
"Superfine Best Quality Ketchum,” he
shouted, thinking her a little deaf.
"You must be mistaken ; that can’t be
your name.”
“It is, ma’am—true.” And he looked
as proud of it as a warrior might of his
feathers and paint. After school she
pointed out the little fellow, and asked
the missionary his name.
“Superfine Best Quality Ketchum,”
was the grave reply ; but you may be sure
it was several days before berlips became
so accustomed to it that she could speak
it without a very perceptible smile. And
the funny part was, that he would never
answer to any thing less than the whole.
Site afterward found out bow it came to
be hung upon him. He was a wonderful
baby—so his parents thought—and their
whole Indian vocabulary, added to what
they had learned of the English, could
not furnish a name that would at all
compare with him. In this perplexity
the father one day brought home a sack
of flour, on which was printed the word
“Superfine.” They spelled it out, and
were so delighted with its sound that
they immediately bestowed it upon their
baby. He grew to be a boy, and one day
a thirsty traveler was riding by, and saw
him outside his father’s hut, aud asked
for a drink of water. As he handed the
cup back after drinking, he said :
“You are a fine little fellow. What is
your name ?”
“Superfine Ketchum,” was the answer.
SOTTTfiMRN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
* a grand
ing. “Do you know what it means?”
I-Q K • -A- • -
“Superfine means best quality, and
that’s the kind of a boy yon must be ”
Superfine ran into the house, and told
bis parents,, and ..in two mimites more
Best Quality was added to his name. May
he live long and deserve it!
John Wesley Rhodes, eldest son of
Col. Jno. F. and Temperance C. Rhodes,
was born lu Pike t now Bullock) co.. Ala.,
on 10th Nov. 1850, and died at Union
Springs, Ala., on 27th August, 1869.
This young man was one of those rare
sons, or whom their parents can truthful
ly say, “they were always obedient, and
never gave me trouble.” He considered
his father’s interest profoundly—showing
his solicitude in season and out of season.
In addition to the aid be rendered his pa
rents In the taxing duties of a public ho
tel (the Bullock House,) he urged his
father to rent a farm, that he might sup
piement their Income by raising a crop;
and with diligence he labored upon the
farm, rejoicing with the enthusiasm of
boyhood lu the prospeot of gathering to
the garner the fruit of his enterprise aud
toil. Bo judicious was he, that his fattier
fouod himself imperceptibly taking coun
sel of him iu matters of business, aud his
mother felt that with such a son. despite
the loss of property, she was rich. But
God had higher uses for him than any he
could have served ou earth, aud doubtless
his death will be found to have operated
grand results upon the destiny of the
family. The father now goes over the
creek to gather “Wesley’s crop,” and
every row and path—every stuck and tas
sel—speaks mournfully to his heurt, and
draws from his failing eyes the sad luxu
ry of tears ; whilst the mother, at home,
with the younger boys, misses him at the
eventide, and in the early morning—and
through the day she looks up from under
her burdeus —her heart reaches up to Oue
who will “keep unto that day,” her treas
ure. Oh! what strokes upou the hearts
of His children from a heavenly Father’s
hand. His way with us is chosen in
wisdom and in mercy.
Joseph B. Cottrell
Abraham McKinna Williams, was
born iu Maryland, on 29th July, 1780, and
died at the residence of his sou, Abraham
Williams, near Union Springs, Ala., on
sth Aug. 1860 His parents moved from
Maryland to Hancock co., Ga., and set
tled there when the deceased was 8 years
old. In 1829, he joined the Methodist
Church. H« married Miss Sarah Culver,
daughter of Geo. aud Elizabeth Culver.
His wife died the 31st Aug. 1861.
Identified with the Church for fortv
years—from Dec. 1853, a resident of this
vicinity, he has ever maintained the
name of a worthy citizen and Christian.
Industrious and frugal, he provided for
“his own and those of his own house.”
and when “age and feebleness extreme”
came on, his children were able to take
care of him with gratitude as well as af
fection. For months before he died, he
was very infirm, and many times imag
ined himself among the friends of former
days. Often as night approached, he
would gather chairs into his room, saying
that the company would be in after sup
per; and be would be in apparent con
versation with them—would simr, as if
mingling his voice with theirs; and when
the hour to retire would arrive, he would
bid them good night, as he dismissed
them from his room. The songs he sung
were sacred—such as iu former years had
stirred holy emotions in his soul. It was
touching thus to see him “sit together iu
heavenly places,” with those that had
gone before—having as real communion
with them as if It were actual. His chil
dren have cause to cherish bis memory,
for he lived for them au honorable life.
Joseph B. Cottrell.
Mrs. Fannie H. Miller, wife of W.
R. Miller, died in Burke co., Ga., on 27th
Sept., in her 19th year.
Although the reason of God’s dispen
sations are out of our reach, yet we are
ever striving to fathom their meaning,
instead of accepting submissively that
whieb is ordered by one so wise and lov
ing. Why some are carried away soouer,
and others are permitted to tarry longer
in this earthly pilgrimage, is a question
beyond our comprehension. The old, we
know, must die, but why should bloom
ing youth with all of its ardor, hopes and
aspirations be crushed by the withering
hand of death? Bat alas! he cometh,
sooner or later to all—for all are subjects
of his kingdom. Our hearts and souls
stirred with a grief “too deep for tears,”
when we laid away in her last resting
place, our young and beloved friend. Bhe
was lovely, amiable aud accomplished.
She early gave herself to God and the
church. Just two months prior to her
death, she stood before the writer in her
loveliness, assuming tbe sacred vows at
the marriage altar. She went forth into
tbe world a beautiful, loving aud devoted
wife. She returned but to exchange the
bridal robes lor the burial shroud. For
no sooner had she entered the home
prepared for her, than disease marked
her for his own, aud soon death came
and claimed the prize. The husband,
the widowed mother, and a large circle of
friends are left to mourn her loss, but
may heaven sanctify this dispensation of
Providence to their good, and may they
be realty when the Master calls.
Pastor.
Mrs. Mary E. Clayton, daughter of
John and Martha Vv. Redding, was born
In Baldwin co., Ga., Nov. 18th, 1822,
moved to Monroe co., Ga., with her pa
rents when quite young, where she lived
till married to John B. Clayton in Nov.
1837. She embraced religion S’pt. 1837.
and joined the M. E. Church, and lived a
consistent member until she died 3d Ocl.
1869.
In all the relatione of life, she was kind
and affectionate, as a wife, encouraging
her husband in a religious life, traiuing
bet only daughter, and an orphan child
for God and heaven. Possessing more
than ordinary mind, she was well quali
fied for tbfe responsible duties of life. For
several years her health was feeble aud
during the last nine months she was con
fined to her bouse, yet amid all she was
resigned. Bro. Branham and the writer
visited her a short time previous to her
death aud found her patiently waiting
her Change. She said to us. that during
tbe early part of her affliction she was
sometimes tempted to repine at the deal
ings of providence in depriving her of all
church privileges, but now she had
reached the point, if it was the will of
God, to suffer, she could say “not my will
but thine be done,” and while we were
engaged in prayer with her, she was en
abled to rejoice in hope of heaven, and
ffofti that time suffered no more pain,
but quietly passed away to her reward iu
heaven. .•. t . S.
Maj. Jehu Trammell, was born 25th
April, 179?, and died 17th September, 1869,
in Nacoochee Valley, White co., Ga.
He was truly no ordinary man—strong
in intellect, clear in judgment and deci
ded in character. He was considered a fit
representative of the people; was elected
Senator from Habersham co., and gave
entire satisfaction to his many friends.
He was a faithful soldier of the cross from
the time be joined the Methodist Church
until he died. His last days were days of
severe suffering, but he bore all with
resignation to the divine will. He was
always at his post at the house of God
when wtreiMl. THs neighbors ail
speak of hin*AS one, after the example of
the gbod Samaritan, and willing to
reliegeTbe wants Os the poor and needy.
Asa husband and father, he was kind
and indulgent, always striving to make
his oompanion happy, and raise his chil
dren to be good and useful. His aged
companion still lingers on the shore of
time in feeble health. Her kind sons and
daughters made her a visit shortly after
the death of her beloved husband, and re
moved her to their home in Cartersville
Ga. She can remain with them but a
short time, when she will be released
from this world of suffering to join her
sainted husband and children who have
gone before her. o. L. W.
Mrs. Mary W. Facklin Dickson, wife
ofW. J. Dickson, daughter of Robert J.
Gregg, died in Marion S. C., August Ist
1869.
Many words are unnecessary when eu
logizing the pious dead. Their memories
are saored. Sister Dickson has fallen
asleep in Jesus. How happy her lot! In
life an humble, earnest, self-denying
Christian-; her home now is the land of
the blessed. Those who knew her bear
testimony to her meekness and gentle
ness of character. Asa friend, steadfast;
as a wife and mother, devoted and self
sacrificing ; as a member of the church,
entirely consecrated to its interest and
welfare—her loss is incalculable. It is her
gain; and let those whom she loved who
survive her sty, God’s will be done. Du
ring her last illness, extending through a
period of six months, she suffered greatly
and, added to her physical pain, was the
most fearful spiritual trial/ It seemed as
though God allowed satan to try her to
the utmost. Hers was a fiery trial. Grace
sustained her through it ail, and she came
out into a wealthy place, before passing
away to her heavenly rest. Her end was
peace—perfect peace. G. H. Wells.
George B. Toolsy, son of R. H. Too
ley, died in Barnesville, Ga., Oct. 17th
after an illness of 13 days, aged 17 years.
He was a youth of unusual promise,
was endowed with talent of no ordinary
kind, and was the pride of his family.
His father was just completing airange
ments for sending him to college to finish
bis education when death came and bore
him aw’ay. Had he lived, his would have
been no ordinary career—such powers as
he possessed would have given him the
first rank in any profession. But taleuc
was not all thatendeared George to family
and friends. He was amiable and pious.
When the writer Was pastor of the Grif
fin M. E. Church, South, in 1563, he then
not 11 years old, catne forward upon the
first day of March and offered himself to
the church and to the Saviour. Owing
to the confusion incident to the next
year (1864) he was not received into full
connexiou until 1865. Our young friend
had just participated in the blessings ac
companying the revival in Barnesville,
uml was doubtless ready, when the mes
senger came for him The earthly hopes
of kindred and friends are blighted, but
for such an one “to die is gain.” “Death
loves a shining mark;” youth, strength,
talent, are nothing for defense when lie
comes. “Be ye also ready for in such au
hour us ye think not the Sou of man com
oth.” U. J A.
Mrs. M a ry S. Adams, died in Henry
eo., Ga., Kept. 25th, 1809, aged 68 years.
She had been a member of the' M. E.
Church, South, 50 years. She had been
confined to her bed closely for about
twelve months with that terrible disease,
cancer. The writer was with her a great
deal through the year; always found her
full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, tri
umphing through grace iu her suffer
ings. which were more intense and terri
ble than I ever before witnessed. About
three months before her death, I preached
for her, and she became exceedingly hap
py, rejoicing aloud aud saying “welcome
death.” Two days before her death, she
talked largely and freeiy to her son and
others, of her departure, distinctly declar
ing that death to her would he gain, that
her way was bright and clear. When the
end came, she fell asleep in Jesus calmly
and sweetiy. She leaves an aged hus
band aDd six children to mourn her loss.
May they meet ner in heaven !
J. H. Harris.
Mrs. Rebecca A. Bowddn, (formerly
Miss Brooks) wife of R. S. Bowdon, was
born Jan. 2d, 1847, was married May 2d,
1869, and died Oct. 4th, 1869, in Meri
wether co., Ga
She had been aprofes“orof reiigiou and
a member of the Congregational Metho
dist Church for about five years. Her
Cbristiau walk had been consistent and
faithful. Her last illness was brief but
very severe. She read her Bible a9 much
as she was able, keeping it by her cn her
bed all the time. During the four last
days of her sickness she was delirious
most of the time, but when a lucid inter
val intervened she would request her at
tendants to slug for her her favorite
hymns, and as she had strength, would
uuite with them ; raising the last one
they sang, just before she died in peace.
Her stricken friends mourn not as those
who have no hope. May this blow which
has fallen so suddenly and erushingly
upon her husband, with whom she had
lived only five short months and upon her
aged and widowed mother be sanctified
to their well being iu time and eternity.
W. W. Oslin.
Victoria Garrison, daughter of Levi
and Nancy A. Garrison, died in Jackson
co., Fla., ou 22il July, 1869, aged 14 years
9 months and 24 days.
She was impressed when sick, that she
would die and told her mother that she
would, but said she was going to heaven,
and that she did not want her lo grieve
after her. She was converted about one
month before her death, a'ud continued
In a happy state until death. She exhort
ed her little brothers and sisters, the Sun
day-school scholars and others, to prepare
to meet her in heaven. L. Duncan.
1870. 1870
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Cotton States ite Llnsurance
COMPANY.
Principal Office .tlacon, Georgia.
Authorized Capital, 52,000,000
Guaranteed Capital, 5 500,000
Deposited with State Comptroller
for Security of Policy Holders 5 100,000
w. B. JOHNSTON, President.
W. S. HOLT, Vice President.
GEO. S. OBGAR, Secretary.
J. W. BURKE, General Agent.
C. F. IHCCAY, Actuary.
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THIS COMPANY ISSUES ALL THE
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over Filly Dollars. It is a Southern Company, and eye
ry Southern man is interested in keep ng the large a :
cumulations of Life Companies at home. In Fire In
surance the premiums are mostly returned to meet
losses; but in Life Insurance they are accumulated to
meet tho deaths at old age, and only returned aftur
many years.
The money retained here will bring better interest,
and thus swell the profits of a mutaal company, and
benefit the insured in many other ways.
Every Southern man will be sure to assent to this,
and favor a Southern Company if it is safe. We offer
him precisely the same security as the Northern Mu
tual Companies, the accumulated premiums of the in
-ured, paid by the youDg, to meet the amouutsinsured
when they grow old and die, and in addition thereto,
capital commencing with
'5500,000.
Surely this makes it safe, and if ao, let every man in
sure at home.
Then Prefer the Cotton States Life Insu
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Because it is a mutual company,
2. Because it is a Southern company.
3. Because it has a large guaranteed capital.
4. Because it has liberal policies.
5. Because its policies are ail nou-forfeiting.
6. Because it does not restrict traveling
7. Because it has the best plans of insurance.
S. Because it will always have 1100,000 deposited with
the Comptroller-General for the special security o
policy-holders.
For further particulars, address
GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary, or
JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent.
Agents for Cotton States Life Ins. Cos.
W. J. Magill, Special Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. H Marshall, Atlanta, Ga.
W. T Davenport, Americus, Ga.
R. H. Footman & Cos.. Savannah, Ga.
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W. T. Williams, Augusta. Ga.
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W. J. Anderson, Fort Valley, Ga.
H. R. Thomas, Dawson, Ga.
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G. W. Stallings, Buena Vista, Ga.
T. J. Smith, Montieello, Ga.
W. T. Young, Eatonton, Ga.
Thomas J. Cater, Perry, Ga.
Rev. K L T. Blake, Tallahassee, State Agent lor
Florida.
R. A. Hardaway, Opelika, State Agent for Ala
bama.
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TO CLERGYMEN AND TEACHERS.
AN EMINENT CLERGYMAN, once said: “Were
I to leave the ministry, I should take an Agency for
Life Assurance. Next to religious efforts, I consider
that it is doing most to benefit society.” Another not
less distinguished authority has lately declared: “Eve
ry reason which makes it a man’s duty to provide for
his family while he is living, acts with yet greater force
to secure to them a comfortable subsistence after be
shall have been removed from them. * * Once the
question was, “ Can a Christian man rightfully seek As
surance?” Now the question is, “Can a Christian man
justify himself in neglectißg such duty?”
The beneficence of Life As-urance being thus ac
knowledged and thus taught, the question should be,
how best to present it to the attention of the masses.
Rival ccmpanies.ambitious of success, have lately em
ployed agents and canvassers, who have advocated the
general importanceofLife Assurance, and (he peculiar
claims of their several associations, with such diligent
application and stubborn pertinacity, that the whole
surface of society has become irritated end painfully
sensitive. How to approach citieens.amidst their busy
occupations, without alarming or offending them, is a
question that has occupied the attention ofthe officers
of this Company fromitsearliestinception. Religious
truth is taught from the pulpit, and ociety yields its
ministers a generous and cheerful support. Ethics
and wholesome doctrines of domestic and political
duty, have become subjects of poDulaqsMtertainment,
for which large masses elmost daily pey a liberal and
voluntary taxy while the principle.- and importance of
Life Assurance are limited to the arguments in circu
lars and annual reports, occasional newspaper puffs of
a partisan character, and the buttonholing imperti
nence of hasty and unadroit agents and canvassers,
who. if they sometimes succeed in obtaining the im
patient attention of che busy citizens, most frequently
annoy those whom they address, and are. disgusted
and discouraged themselves:
To avoid these difficulties, and to attain to public
confidence and more liberal patronage, by more grace
ful and proper means, we decide to appeal to the
olsrgymin and the tiachirs of the country for their
countenance and support. Surely that which has
already oecomeno essential a feature in the social
fabric, which addresses itself to the benevolence and
Christian obligation of the citizen, may well be advo
cated by the teachers of religions duty, and explained
by professors of popular education with singular pro
firiety. How more aptly may the language of the fol
owing touching passage be employed than in advo
cating the beneficence of Life Assurance?
"When the eac heard me, then t* btevsed me,and
when the eye saw me it gave witness to me; because I
delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless and
him that had none to help him. The. Hwang of him
that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused
thewidows toeing for joy.” _
We must resp-ctfully, and earnestly solicit the co
operation of cutHaTMxn throughout the country, in
presenting to the people the necessity and the advan
taToßteachersA we offer terms which will
make it an object for them to canvass for our Compa
ny. in snob manner as they may, without infringing
upon their other duties. It is believed that teachers
SpgWSiiSimPSrißgw
may canvass with success. To such as may desire
thus to engage, we will pay the most liberal commis-
Sl The undersigned, will promptly attend to all who
apply, and willgive unusually liberal terms (• time*
desiring to insure, or become Age nte for the Company
Clergymen and Tiachirs are cordially requested ti.
correspond us with reference to noting inbur be-
Address all communications to : ■ 7
J. W. SHACKLEFORD, Manager,
Junel2.lßSS. :i Atlanta, Ga.
J. W. BURKE, Agent for Macon and Southwestern
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mm me bitters.
THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA,
AND ALL DISEASES Ot THE
STOMACH AUD LIVER.
THEY ARE RECOMMENDED BT TOE
MEDICAL PACLTLTY.
HEGEMAN & CO.,
AGENTS, NEW TORE.
Mamifactiired by C. F. PANKOT,
CH3UIST AIE ATOHECAEr,
CHARLESTON, f*. C.
Mfct-ITor Sale by IH-uyf/tats IZverywhere
tjanl
AYER’S AGEE CERE
FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF
INTERMITTENT FEVER, OR FE
VEB AND A(iIJK, REMITTENT FEVER,
UHILL FEVER. DUMB AGU E, PERIODICAL
HEADACHE, OK BILLIOUs HKaDACHKAND
BILIOUS FEVERS, indeed for the whole class ol
diseases originating in biliary derangement,
caused by the Malaria of miasmatic countries.
No one remedy is loader called for by the ne
cessities of the American jieople than a sure and
safe cure for Fever and Ague. Suchwenie now
enabled to oUer, will) a perfect certainty that it
will eradicate the disease, and with assurance,
founded on proof, that no harm can arise from
its nse in any quantity.
That which protects from or prevents this dis
order must be of immense service in the com
munities where ita prevails. Prevention is better
than cure, lor the patient escapes the risk which
he must run in violent, attacks ot this baleful
distemper. This “Cure” e tpels 'he miasmatic
poison of Fever and Ague rrom the system and
prevents the development of the disease, if taken
on the first approach of its premonitory syrap
tems. Itls not only the be-t remedy ever yet
discovered for.tnis class of complaints, but. also
the cheapest. The large quantity we supply for
a dollar brings it wi I bin, me reach of every body;
and in bilious districts, where Hrvsrt and Ague
prevails; every body should have lt and use it
hreely bbthfor chre and protection, lt is hoped
tbts price will piAce if within the reach of a li
the poor ae well as the rich. A great, sepe iorlty
oj this remedy over any other ever discovered
forthespeedy »nd certain cure of Intermittent*
is, that lt contains no Quinine or mineral, conse
quently it produces no quinism orolher Injuri
ous effects whatever upon tbe constitution.
Those cured by lt are left as healthy as if they
Bad never Had the disease.
Fever and Ague is not alone the conseqnence
ot the miasmatic pnison. A great variety of dis
order* arise from its Irritation, among which axe
Neuralgia. Rheumatism, (lout. Headache, Blind
ness, Toothache. Earache, Catarrh, Asthma, Pale
pltatlon, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Hys
terics, Pain In the Bowels, Colic, Paralysis, and
Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, whan
originating in this cause, pnt on tbe intermit
tent type, or become periodical. This “Cure”
expels the poison from the blood, and conse
quent! v cures them all alike. It 1* an Invaluable
protection to immigrant* and persons traveling
or temporarily residing lu, the malarious dis
tricts. It taken occasionally or dally while ex
poaed to the Infection, that will be excreted from
the system, ami cannot nooumnlateln sufficient
quantity to ripen Into disease. Kenoe Uis even
more valuable lor protection t han cure, aud few
will ever suffer ffom Intermittent#, if they avail
themselves of the protection this remedy affords.
Prepared by Dr. J.O. Aver A Cos., Lowell, Mass.,
and for sale by all Druggists and Dealers In Medi
cine*. sept3-3m.
"Vol. xxxii. ISf o. 45
BRAND NEW LETTERS!*
FRESH TESTIMONIALS I
Darby ’s Prophylactic Fluid!
♦»»
THE ASTONISHING
FAMILY MEDICINE!!!
~ —-
Saved from Death—Read I
Montgomery, Ala., June 28,18U9.
* Co - lcl William Street,
and has •' \ our N ot the 2<U, is before me
; l . ! t e*ve» me pleasure to say,
'hat my belief is, that your “Fluid," under the
?"P;‘ rviKi ”? ‘V.’ 1 Providence, saved the life ol
my youngen child, some six years ago. The child
, b “‘ u g wasted ;o a skeleton, by the effects of teeth
ing. and an site lion ot the bowois therewith. I
. ar, y one reduced so low to recover
rnyuc had been tried in vain, until the Phy
adcians Rtated it- was useless. A friend recom
ozone, which he stated
t ! K * component, parts of it. I did so.
ana the effect >v«s like magic, plainly discernible
Mr ’ I,s eitects, producing quiet
and sleep almost at once, where irritation and
sieepiess restlessness had previously possessed
the child to nearly entire exhaustion.
I at first, adroii.jstpred It in a small way, 2 and
* “X 1 ! H P°pnful of water, and increased It to
i completely checked the bowels,
and had the happiest effect, the child rapidly re
covering. * ”
I have tried your “Fluid,” on animals, with
the same etteci; both horses and cows, mingling
more or less in water, and letting them drink.
I have no hesitation in saying, I believe It a
specific for Chronic Jjiarrhoeu, or any violent af
fection ol the bowels.
I would not be without it lu my family, under
auy consideration.
Yours, truly, WILLIAM FOWLER.
Mr. Fowler 1k a member of the celebrated Bank
mg House of Fowler dc Somerville, Montgomery.
Alabama.
-AJSTID A G AINI
Read the following letter from Mr. Frank Saun
ders, a well-known citizen, and brotber-ln-law
of the beloved Bishop Paine, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South:
189 Broadway, New York, July 29,1869,
Messrs. J. Darby & Cos., 161 William Street,
New York— Gents: About the 10th of June last,
one of my children was taken with Scarlet Fever,
lu its most inalllgnunl form, and as soon as I
could I proem-a your valuable disinfectant,
“Darby's Prophylactic Fluid.” Although lt was
several days alter the appearance oi the disease
beiore I began using the fluid, still, by a lree use
of lt, the uiseaso was not only eoniined to the
one case, but. the malignity of that case some
what mitigated.
During ilie use of the Fluid as a disinfectant.
In my family it was also tried in acase of head
ache, aud one of toothache, the results in each
case being Instantaneous relief, lt was after
wards tried in the case ol'Erysipelas, with almost
equal success.
ltisdne in lire merits of thts compound, also,
to state, that t lie case of Erysipelas In question,
being locatid ru the leet, the Fluid, in Its ap
plication, was brought in frequent contact with
a troublesome corn, on one ol the feet, to the ut
ter discomfiture ol said corn; lor, upon subse
quent examination, lt had disappeared, and
though It was sought for diligently, it could not
be found.
I hand you this, hoping it may be the means of
inducing others of earth’s pour sufferers to test
for thcnisr Ives, as I did, the great merits of this
great remedy.
Very respectfully, yours,
FRANK SAUJfDERS.
Never was a medicine so universally esteemed
and extolled, it never fails. It may bo depend
ed on.
Ever Druggist anil Country Merchant keeps lt.
Manufactured only by
JOHN DARBY & CO.,
161 William St., New York.
Wholesale Agent.
L. W. HUNT A C 0.,.
tmarc 21 Macon. Ga.
SIR. 1. WOODRUFF,
COLUMBUS, GA:,
CONTINUES TO TREAT EVERY
description of
CKIKONIC DISEASE*
with safe and generally Hficacioufl Remedies. Such as
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Epileptic
and Nervous Fits, Ht morrnoids or Piles, Scrordla,
Dropsy, Functional Diseases of the Heart, Spinal and
Kidney Affections, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, etc., etc.
FEMALE DISEASES SPECIALLY TREATED I
He lo also prepared to treat. Consumption, Asthma,
Chronic LaryogitiH and Bronchitis, Hemorrhage from
Luug.s, Loss of Voice, etc., etc , in addition to Gonati*
tuiional Treatment, wi«h Inhalation of medicated va
por, of Nebulized fluids, the most practical, and per
haps the most common sense treatment known to the
medical world. In this way, the remedy needed can
be conveyed directly to the Lunge. The testimony of
ma’-y eminent Medical men. both in Europe and
America, ih that many cafl'.s or these diseases may be
cured by this Treatment.
Dr. W. is also prepared to treat Coryza, Ozena, or
Catarrh, in the head, and all affections of the Naaai
Passages, Nares and Frontal Sinuses—the effect of
cold .n the head. Scrofula, Mercury, or whatever cause
—with anew instrument, a Nasal Douche, which is
simple, and very effectual. This, in connection with
constitutional treatment, where needed, many of the
worst cases of Na«al diseases may be cured
He is laboring to cure ob-tinaur cases of Disease of
lon»r standing, and has succeeded in many apparently
hopeless cases.
He has mndo this practice in a large degree, for
many year* a specia ty.
He would not attempt, in the plightest degree, to re
flect upon the Medical Profession, of which he in a
humble member—or depreciate the skill and ability
of any Physician.
He doubts not that many may be found, who possess
grealer capacity ai d nn ah-a! at ility in some respects
than himself, but in this particular branch of Midical
Practice he professes to ba able to do more in curing
such cates than the most of his medical Brethren, for
the reasons given above, and evidence produced from
Ext’, acts from letters received.
PULMONARY AFFECTION.
Wanbeeo’s Laeb, Fla., Nov. 3, 1866.
1. Dr M. Woodruff—Dear Sir—l am at home and
using remedies; lam pretty well and Improving daily
under your treatment. Very respectfully.
W. F. Luther.
CATARRHAL ASTHMA.
Micanopy, Fla., Jan, 6,1867.
2. Dr. Woodruff—Dear Sir—My health is better thdn
when I wrote you. I did not have an attack of Asth
ma while taking your medicine lam quite hopeful
of being entirely restored.
Very respectfully, M. L. P.
ASTHMA.
Skipperville, Ala., Aug. 10, *6B.
3. I)r. M. Woodruff—Dear Sir—l have great faithJu
Tour medicine, it has afforded me so much relief. I
have enjoyed he ter health fine* I have been taking
it than I have for many years past. I feel most thank
ful for the benefit you have afforded me.
Tours respectfully, R J* Braciwrli.
SCROFULA.
Pittpbobo, Mississippi, Feb. 24, 1868.
4. Dr Woodruff'—l received the package of medicine
an<i am happy to say it has t ad a charming effect on
mv wife. 1 have the greatest opinion of your remedy
for Scrofula. Very respectfully, W. T. SMITH
DROPSY OF THREE YEARS STANDING.
Palatka, E Florida, May B,IB GO.
6. Dear Doctor—l am happy to inform you that my
wife i«, I might nay, well of Dropsy. I consider It one
of the worlu's wonders, her cure. She was certainly
moat like a person struggling lor life, that 1 ever nw
or heard of. to survive. I fo«l myself under many
obtigationp to you for your skill and medicine. lam
pup* but. for that mv wif * would have been long since
in the crave, fam thauk; ul that I ever saw your cird.
Yours truly, w Strahor.
EPILEPSY.
'Atlanta, June 27,1867.
6. Dr. Woodruff’—My Dear Sir—A friend of mine is
afflicted with Epilep y, and from your having cured
Mrs. Dr. Ector’s daueliter Eleanor of that disease, ha
wisnes you to treat his case. Please send remedies.
Dr W. does not profess to be able to cure all cases,
but will certainly be candid in giving his opinion in
every case ttwit mey apply to him, and exert himself
to the utmost of his skill, to cure all who may plnca
themselves under his treatment. . .
Persons at a distance, by sending symptoms, et«.,
etc., can have Medicine suited to Hicir cases amt by
mail or express. Direct lo Norß6Brr.scStrset, Colum
bus, Georgia. M. WOODRUFF, M. D.
REFERENCES:
Bishop J O Andrew, Bishop OF Pierce, Rer Dr L
Pierce. Rev A Wright. Rev J S Key. Rev 0 R Jjjwj**,
Rev Sami Anthony, Ilev R li Lester. Kev A H Bedford,
Book Agent, Rev A M Wynn, Rev W M Crumley, Rev
Walter Knox. Rev L (i R Wiggins Rev John Penny,
Rev W H Branham, Rev Msrk Andrews, Rev J P Dick
in-on, Rev J B Cottrell.
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