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From the New York Observer.
In tlie Crowd.
ST. LUKE 8 : 43-49.
A trembling womau, worn and bowed,
With years of pain and want oppressed,
She came behind Him in the crowd,
VV ith one last hope within her breast.
Unnoticed in the throng, she knelt;
Yet that faint touch her Saviour felt.
“Who held Thy garment? Dost Thou see
The multitudes that throng and press ?
What is a single touch to Thee
When eager crowds Thy power confess ?”
O Muster! in Thy love and grace
That one poor woman held her place.
She spoke no word to ask relief,
He knew what healing to impart;
“Oh! surely He hath borne our grief,”
The grief of each, upon His heart!
That Shepherd’s care the flock could keep,
set know the name of every sheep
And art Thou, Jesus, now the same
As in Capernaum of old?
A thousaud worlds Thy notice claim,
Can these weak hands Thy garment hold?
Still is Thy sweet compassion snch
As quickly turned at that poor touch ?
I kneel amid the crowds that press;
From my long bondage grant release ;
Turn, Master, turn—my heart to bless;
“Thy faith hath saved thee, go in peace;”
0 sweetest words to longing ears !
Speak, gracious Lord, Thy servant hears.
lilisdlanu.
For the Southern Clifistian Advocate.
Scene in a Parsonage.
“Mamma, please give a little bread !” I
am so hungry ! !”
“There is none, my son.” Thus spoke an
'invalid mother to her little four year old
son.
“Where did father go this morning—to
mill ?”
“No, he has gone to fill his appointment,”
she answered, her eyes filling as she put
her pale, thin hand upon George’s head.
‘ When will he be hack ?”
“Nest Tuesday.”
Three long days and no bread for his wife
who had been raised in the lap of luxury,
who had been almost forsaken by her fami
ly because she chose to marry the man of
her choice, the man who had devoted his
life to God in the path laid out by the Wes
leys. Three long days and no bread for the
little ones which she in her devoted, self-sa
crificing life had borne him. Earnest, de
voted to his church, he could not see what
he believed her sacred as well as ancient
land marks plucked ruthlessly up though
the hand was yellow with gold, and in his
efforts to do his duty had offended the
.proud hearts of some of liis church. This,
in the Nineteenth Century—when men boast
of the advancement of the age! When
Methodists boast of the rapid strides of the
Church toward Christianity ! And in a vil
lage where Methodism has held undisputed
m astery for more than a generation, where
the refinement of the village, the morality
of the people are the boast of her citizens—
where cotton fields and tax books show that
wealth is annually on the increase ! How
heartless, how entirely wrapped in the
shroud of selfishness, how entirely fitted
for burial so far as usefulness, so far as any
desire to imitate Him whose servants they
profess to be.
This is a true picture—so far from being
overdrawn, that the half is not told. The
facts occurred in middle Georgia, and there
are those who can deny it if they choose,
and I pledge myself that if any mem
ber of the Church where this occurred will
attempt to controvert anything said, over his
signature, to prove all and more.
Obsekvee.
-1 or the Southern Christian Advocate.
TUc Itinerant’s Wife.
Another, who has also seen some of the
evils under the sun, would endorse the
‘‘Plea for the Itinerant’s Wife,” and bespeak
for her, more of that charity which “hopeth
all things, and is kind.”
She is, sometimes, petted and caressed by
“the liock,” and occasionally, presented with
a handsome dress and bonnet, and her hus
band with a nice suit by the munificence of
private individuals. Then, the brethren see
no reason why so much begging must be
done for those who go in such style. Again,
she keeps herself at home, as St. Paul told
her to do, bending all her energies to care
for tho family; and now, she is such a dow
dy, her gentlemanly husband is ashamed to
take her out. Anon, the wife and children
all attend “the big meeting,” and though the
sisters almost surfeit the little ones, with
“goodies,” they never saw such greedy, un
mannerly creatures. All this and much more,
is often the meed awarded her, whose is the
saddest, hardest lot of the Itinerancy. Think
not, dear brethren, I aspire to the censor
ship : but these things ought not so to be.
Let us look at it in all its bearings, and re
member, that “with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.”
Take heart, sisters of the Itinerancy!
Those who were “last at the cross, and first
at the sepulchre,” also heard the “Lo ! I
am.with you always,” and it has echoed like
holy chimes all down these eighteen hun
dred years, still falling in benediction, on
the hearts of such weary wanderers.
A. L. H.
Going to Meeting.
BY HENRY WARD BEECHEE.
The old Litchfield, Conn., ‘meetinghouse’
stood on the “Green,” very nearly at the
intersection of tho two main streets of the
town. There it stood, solitary, solemn and
homely. There was not a single line or fix
ture in it suggesting taste or beauty. But
that which the architect had neglected, the
worshipers supplied. The hearts of thous
ands of men and women who had worshiped
there from childhood to old age, had thrown
the color of the deepest feelings upon the
gaunt old church, and no doubt, in their
eyes, the old wooden “meeting house” look
ed more beautiful than did Parthenon to the
Greeks.
The building was square, with two stories
of windows, and a high steep roof, on which
the snow had hard work to lie in the winter.
The windows were large, with panes of glass
six by eight in size, full of warts and wrin
kles, through which external objects were
seen by our young eyes in the most gro
tesque distortion.
The coming on of Saturday night was al
ways a serious business with the youngsters.
Wo had no stores of religious experience on
which it is presumed the old folks meditat
ed; and the prospect of a whole day without
anything in it to amuse us, was not a little
gloomy. On no night of the week did the
frogs croak so dismally, cr the tree-toads
whistle in a mood so melancholy, as on Sat
urday night.
But those blazing summer mornings !
What a wealth of light spread over that
blessed old hill-top I What a wondrous si
lence dwelt in the round heavens above our
head ! Tho birds sang on. The crows in
the distance called to each other in hoarse
discourse. The trees stood in calm beauty
—the great giant trees, tall, pliant, grace
ful; tho perfection of strength and beauty.
All this we saw and heard while buttoning
on our Sunday clothes Ijy the side of our
open window. Por tho cow and horse had
been foddered, and tho pigs fed, and all
the barn chores done up, and a bountiful
breakfast eaten, and our hands and face
washed, and every article of apparel, from
shoo to hat had changed from a secular to
a sacred use. Not the every-day hat—soft,
shapeless, universal instrument—used as a
liquid or solid measure; used now for a net
to catch butterflies, or to throw at wasps;
no, not this bag, pocket, pouch and maga
zine; but the Sunday hat, round, stiff, hard
and respectable.
Although the new hat was always disa
greeable to our head, yet we had a wonderful
reverence for it, and spent no inconsidera
ble portion of our time in church in getting
it dirty, and then brushing it clean.
Our jacket, too, was new. Only a hand
kerchief was then in the pocket; no knife,
no marbles, no strings, no stones, no fish
hooks or dried angle worms. No; a boy’s
Sunday pocket of the olden time was purged
of all temptation. In meeting time we
often put cal' little hands down into our
Sunday pookot with a melancholy wish,
“Oil, if I only had my other clothes on !”
As soon as we were dressed and mustered
in the sitting room, an inspection was had.
The collar was pulled, up a little, the hair
had a fresh lick from the brush, tlie month
must be wiped with a wet towel, the shoe
string tied, and after being turned round
and round, we were started off.
“Now Henry, be a good boy,”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“You must not laugh or tease Harriet.”
“No, ma’am.”
1 ‘Don’t stop on the road—go right in when
you get to church.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Every word was sincerely promised, and
officiously broken in ten minutes.
Oh, how high the trees seemed ! Oh,
how bright the' heavens were ! Oh, how
hard it was not to play with Chester Cov
ington’s dog that came running to us with
bark and frolic, and seemed perplexed at
our sturdy propriety.
Here go the people : The Lords are not
going to-day. The Landons have gone on
the other side, with the Bacons and the
Champions and the Demings. On one side
came forth the “Miss Pierces,” as they
were called, the Braces, Dr. Sheldon, Dr.
Catlin, Colonel Talmadge, tall and stately,
Judge Gould, and multitudes of others.
The long street was full of people. The
first bell had lung. It was decorous for
every one to be iu his place by tlie time the
tollihg was over. Among all these we made
our way—kindly people—many of whom
looked benignantly forth upon us from Sun
day bonnets, but no one saying a word.
The old musical bell up in the belfry was
busy tolling. It was the only thing that
was allowed to work on Sunday—the bell
and the minister. That bell-rope was al
ways au oject of desire and curiosity, in our
young days. It ran up into such dark and
mysterious spaces. What there was up in
those pokerish heights in the belfry tower
we did not know, but something that made
our flesh creep. Once we ventured to pull
that .rope. It was a bold and venturous
thing, we know. But a sorcery was on us.
It come gently and easily to the hand. We
pulled again. “Dong! dong!” went the
bell. The old sexton put his head out of the
door, when on that particular morning service
had begun, and said, in a very solemn and
low tone, “Boy! boy! you little
you!” and much more, I presume, but I
did not wait for it, but cut round to the
other door, anil sat all church time tremb
ling, and wondering whether he would tell
“my pa;” and if he did, what he would say,
and more especially what he would do. I
called up the probable interview. I had nu
merous precedents on which to found a pos
sible experience, and afflicted one little soul
all meeting time with needless punishment
by the imagination.
But ordinarily we escaped into the minis
ter’s pew without special temptations. Ima
gine a boy of eight years old, round as an
apple, hearty and healthy, an hour and a
half in church with nothing to do. We
looked at tho galleries full of boys and girls,
and wished we might go into tire galleries.
We looked at the ceiling, traced all the
cracks back and forth. We looked at the
dear old aunties all around the church, fan
ning themselves with one hand and eating
feniiel seed or a bit of dried orange peeling
out of the other. We gazed out of tho
window high above our head into the clouds,
and wished we could only climb up and see
the trees and horses and dogs that abound
around the church on Sunday.
Gradually these died out, and we dropped
asleep. Blessed liberty ! the child’s gospel.
All trouble fled away, for a half-hour’s para
dise was gained. But then an unusual
thump on the pulpit Bible, and the ring and
roar of a voice under full excitement, that
went on swelling like a trumpet, and that
no one, not tho most listless, could hear
without catching its excitement, waked us,
blushing and confused that we had been
asleep in church ! —Even on the sereno and
marble face of mother tho faint suggestion
of a smile came, as we clutched our hat, sup
posing the meeting to be over, and then
sheepishly dropped and sank back in dismay.
But even Sunday cannot hold out forever,
and meetings have to let out sometime!
So at length, a universal stir and bustle an
nounced that it was time to go. Up we
bolted ! Down we sat as quick as if a mill
ion pins wore sticking in our foot! The
right leg was asieep ! Limping forth into
the open air, relief came to our heart. The
being out of doors had always an inexpres
sible charm, and never so much as on Sun
day. Away went the wagons. Away went
the people. The whole green swarmed with
folks. In ten minutes all were gone, and
the street was given up again to the birds !
Little good did preaching do me until
after I was fifteen years old—little good, im
mediately. Yet the whole Sunday—the pe
culiar influence which it exerted on the
household, the general sense of awe which
it inspired, the very rigor of its difference
from other days, and the suspended anima
tion of its sermon time, served to produce
upon the young mind a profound impres
sion. A day that stood out from all others
in a hard gaunt way, might perhaps be just
ly criticised. But it left its mark. It did
its work upon the imagination, if not upon
the reason. It had a power in it, and in
estimating moral excellence, power is an
element of the utmost importance. Will
our smooth, cozy, feeble modern Sundays
have such a grip on the moral nature? They
are far pleasanter. Are they as efficacious?
Will they educate the moral nature as much?
—IV. Y. Ledger.
CjjHktn.
For the Southern Christian Advocate.
Holiday Letters to the “ Shining
Stars.”
Dear Little Patrons: —Next morning,
the sun rose clear and bright, and as the at
mosphere was close and hot the face of na
ture suggested tho conundrum: “ Why is it
dangerous to venture out in .Spring?” (Ans.
Because the bull rush’s out, the cow slips
about, and all the young buds are shooting.)
But as we apprehended nothing serious from
that source, wo despatched an early break
fast and began the laborious assent of Chung
lung Shan, the sides of which are covered
with nature’s own tall forest growth, almost
completely obscuring the magnificent Tou
ist monastery that crowns its summit. I
have been here frequently but never saw
it so quiet and still before. I was surprised,
but agreeably, for I expected to see a throng
of worshippers from the villages and country
below climbing up to “ Heaven’s Gate” with
their candles and incense to lau han Sliangti,
i. e. propitiate the Supreme Ruler for all the
new year.
Having reached the first resting place on
the way up, wo halted in tho yellow pavilion
just on the borders of the forest, and there
for the first time in a long while, saw the
gray cat squirrel so common in Georgia, We
had some compunctions about disturbing
them in their innocent gambols, especially
as they were fulfilling prophecy in sharing
with the moles and bats these foredoomed
habitations of gods made with hands, but I
am sorry to say we bagged about a dozen of
them before we reached the temple above.
To fully describe the seat of the “Su
premo Buler” would require a dozen letters
filled with generous details and explanations,
so I will not attempt it further than to say (1.)
that these priests of Benson, (Tou) like their
fellows of the Buddhist sect, have an eye for
the beautiful in nature and tho magnificent
in art, and know well how to combine them
so as to affect the soul deejily and solemnly,
(2d.) That their elevation associates the
mind with heaven, and the varied and ex
tensive scenes they unfold from their lofty
view invites pleasure, while within their cav
ernous and gloomy chambers filled with mon
strous imitations of the human form enlarged
a thousand fold to make them gods, worship
is spontaneous. The heart of the worship
per is first gladdened, then solemnized, and
he worships, and returns feeling that because,
all this has transpired on the summit of a”
lofty mountain ho has had access to heaven
and is sure his prayer was heard, wliateverit
may have been.
But we must take leave of this compound
sublimity wheqe we would fain linger and in
vestigate the secret power of idolatry; so
after securing a draught of the sparkling
water drawn from a well bored into the solid
rock and partaking of our sandwiches, we
set out afresh about two o’clock, p. m. Our
course was almost directly westward with
the sun and aslant the range of which Chung
lung is the tallest peak. The path along
which we were to travel was so small and
narrow that, seen in the distance, it seemed
more like a loose “clothes line,” if you will
pardon the idea, drawn athwart the moun
tain than anything else, and as we were by no
means “ rope-walkers ” we felt a little squeam
ish about the venture wo were to make.
However, like a great many other things we
often fancy difficult, even impossible, it turn
ed out to bo most pleasant and easy and
we soon landed in tlie cozy valley below
between the Chung lung and Shiang Slum,
(fragrant mount.)
Here was an entire change of scene; the
whole prospect was mulberry, mulberry,
nothing but mulberry trees; the whole valley
was covered with them—we had found the
region of silk. The soil was very fertile, a
rich, yellow, loam, and the trees were culti
vated in rows about ton feet apart. None of
them were more than twelve feet high, per
haps would not average ten, but were evi
dently dwarfed from the constant clippings
they had undergone during the worm-feed
ing season. ’Twas yat too early to have an
opportunity of seeing their feeding process,
but I have seen it, so will tell you something
about it it ml the silk process when the ex
cursion is over. The farmers had" already
loosened the earth about the trees, and the
roots of those designed to furnish leaves for
the first stage of worm life were quite bared
to tho sun. The hill on the opposite side
of this valley, as its name (fragrance) would
seem to indicate, not only abounds in silk;
tea also of the most delicate aroma is pro
duced there; and for several years I made it
convenient to lay in my supply direct from
the earthen jars in which the producers kept
it for their own consumption. There are
many varieties of manufactured tea, but only
one kind of shrub, which is generally small,
resembling very much the currant. It has
white flowers which, when they drop, leave
a pod containing seeds about the size and
color of your chinquepin, only they are not
always round. As I have often witnessed
the preparation of green teas for the foreign
market, such as are generally, if not almost
exclusively consumed in America, I am of
the opinion that you seldom get any that a
Chinaman would drink. But perhaps I
wrong you to even hint that your delicious
beverage is not wliat you think it is—genu
ine tea. But I must associate these two
great staples, tea and silk, iu a future letter,
and. for the present drop tlie subject.
Having now’ compassed the majestic Chung
lung, and found a road in the valley leading
out to the town at which wo had ordered
ouf boat to wait for us, W’e thought it time
to retire and “do” the only remaining sec
tion that separated us from the Great Lake
on tho morrow. On the way out w r e passed
a great number of hamlets half hidden
among the mulberry trees, and all ’.the little
urchins, male and female, came out to see
tlie strangers. Old ladies and old men,young
men and maidens decorated with red cords
around their waists, also gathered on the
streets and gave expression to each other of
their singular sentiments with regard to for
eigners. They thought we must be very old,
because we wore boards. None of them
made mo out to be loss than seventy years
old, and they thought it exceeding strange
that I could walk so well, though to tell the
truth, I was hobbling along about that time
in a rather aged manner. No further inci-"
dent occurred except the shooting of a few'
more squirrels, and we were delighted to
reach tjie large town of Kwan foil and get on
our boat once more. Now one more day
(D. V.) among tlie mountains and then—
well, can’t help it—must light the other end
of our candle and go plodding our weary way
homeward, back to duty and labor.
Yours affectionately,
Yomro J. Allen.
Shanghai, Feb., 1870.
(Dkfimrn.
Mrs. Rebecca li. Nash, daughter of Eli 8., and
Martha Branch Whitaker, was bom Oct. 27th, 1803,
was converted and joined the M. E. Church near
Enfield, N. C., October 1819, was married to Rev.
Miles Nash, Maylß24, and died of pneumonia, in
Tallahassee, Fla., March 28th, 1870.
She was a wife, a mother, a neighbor, a member
of the Church of Christ, and she felt that her call
ing as a child of God, was to be a devoted and
faithful wife; a patient, gentle, discreet and affec
tionate mother; a neighbor wiicse kindly minis
tries to the sick and suffering and whose unfailing
charity towards all, would leave nothing wanting
in her character or conduct in this relation ; and a
disciple of Jesus, whose devotion to His cause and
obedience to His gospel, would adorn the profes
sion of godliness she had made. She walked wor
thy of this high calling. In her life teas ever seen
the beauty of meekness and gentleness and self
abnegation, and purity and devotion to God. The
light of her religion was not a meteoric glare, fol
lowed by quick returning darkness, but it shone
in clear and steady beams to the very close of life.
She was under my pastoral care for six yearn, and
I knew her religious character as only a pastor can
know the character of one who, loving'and trust
ing him, looks to him for sympathy in all times of
trial, and for guidance in all times of difficulty and
peril. I have been with her when her cup of earth
ly happiness was full to the brim ; and again when
trouble was her portion, and “tears her meat day
and night.” I have seen her when surrounded by
her loved ones, and when she was the centre around
which gathered the affections of their warm hearts;
I have seen her again when the eyes of one of that,
home circle were closed in death, and when the
warm heart lay still and cold beneath the coffin’s
lid, and I gladly testify, to the praise of the grace
of God, that at all times, and under all circum
stances her faitli in the Divine love, and her trust
iu the Divine Providence, aud her devotion to
Jesus her Saviour, were strong and unwavering.
One, whose tears have fallen upon her grave, writes
me,—“you knew her, but what she appeared to you
conveyed but a faint idea of what she really was.—
Not at all demonstrative, it was her delight to be
pure and good, aud to do good unobtrusive
ly.” Another writes—“she was one of the best
and purest of earthly creatures.” I saw her kiss
the cold brow of Fletcher, her youngest sou, on
the morning we buried him, and heard her say,
“Your mother will soon be with you, my boy.”—
She is with him. Her aged companion lingers
awhile, soon to join those who have gone before
where death no more parts those who love. May
their children all follow them as they have followed
Christ. Jas. 0. Branch.
Richmond Advocate please copy.
Almira Smith Burtz, wife of M. T. Burtz aud
daughter of Rev. S. J. and Sarah Bellah, was born
Dee. 24th,1845, joined theM. E. Church, South, at
eleven years of age, was married in 1804, and died
in Fulton eo., Ga., May sth, 1870.
The writer knew her in her early' childhood; she
was a good child, remarkably kind and affection
ate seeming never to allow malice or revenge to
find a place iu her heart. From her conversion
till her death, she was an humble confiding Chris
tian,delighting in the ordinances of God’s house, of
ten getting happy. During a protracted iljness,
though she suffered extremely, she was an exam
ple of patience, and endured as seeing him who is
invisible. At times when her sufferings were iff
tense, almost beyond endurance, and calling one
and another to help her and failing to get relief,
she would sing, “Give joy or grief, give case or
pain,” etc., or some other appropriate hymn, then
God would manifest himself and her soul seemed
filled with joy unutterable and she would exclaim,
“I now feel no pain.” Thus in her sickness she
was supported by the same hand which had been
her guide and comfort in health. M.
Mary Aw Bass, whose maiden name was Gib
son, jwas born May 9th, 1798, and died in Chattooga
co., Ga., April 13th, 1870.
She was of the old type of Methodists and many
very many times has the writer heard her shout,
when she was full and overflowing. She was de
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
vout from her conversion in 1815, and during her
long connection with the Clinrehhadher seasons
of secret prayer and frequently returned from the
grove shouting the praises’of God. She was sud
denly seized with congestion of the stomach, and
though there was no opportunity for expressing
her spiritual condition, yet it was not necessary;
for none who knew her doubted her readiness or
willingness to depart and be witli Christ. She
asked her son, the Rev. David P. Bass, to have
prayers about the usual bed-time, and during the
services joined heartily in them. Fifly-flve years a
member of tlie Church never looking back, always
full of zeal and often overflowing with tlie Spirit.
“What a beautiful life, what a triumph over the
flesh. * p
Mu. Wm. H. Myeks, son of James and Isabella
Myers, of Glynn co., Ga., was born 13th Oct. 1837.
At Emory College, he met w’ith and afterwards
married a daughter of the Rev. Steplien Potter,
andsisterof Rev. W. H. Potter, of the N. Ga Con
ference, with whom he lived for 17 years, a life of
Unalloyed domestic happiness. Asa son, he was
obedient, dutiful and kind; as a husband and father,
he wa3 all that man could be. Ever forgetful of
self, he was devoted to his family, and sought by
every means, to make them happy, and to Instil
into the minds and hearts of bis children, the prin
ciples of ay; ure Christianity, and the doctrines of
the Bible, as taught by the Methodist Church, of
which he had been a consistent member for nearly
17 years. His standard of morals was high, and he i
endeavored with a pure heart, to live up to it. He
was injured on tlie M. <fc B. Rail-road on the 23d
Feb—but persisted iri attending to bis duties, un
til four days beforo bis death, when his sufferings
from the accident became so intense, that lie ceased
his work, and on Bth March, after much suffering
he quietly fell asleep in Jesus. He was in the
vigor of manhood, and had recently returned, after
several years absence, to east iu his fortunes with
the good people of*Brunswick, intending to settle
there for life; and was jnst opening a business that
promised well, when he was called to a brighter
and happier home above; for although he did not
speak in his last hours, yet in a conversation with
his wife a few days before tlie accident, lie told
her that he “feared not death.”
An Unbiased Friend.
Bam cei. Madison Smith was born April 15th,
1813, in Kershaw Dist. S. C., when grown he mov
ed with his parents to Pike eo., Ala., where he
died May 20th, 1870.
In 183S, he joined tlie Methodist E. Church, iu
which lie lived tlie life of tlie Christian, keeping
up “family prayer” for about thirty years, thus
leading his own children to God. He served the"
church as class leader, steward, Sabbath-school
superintendent, and of late, as church secretary.
Some twenty-live years ago, he happened to a fall
of some 18 feet which made him ever after an in
valid-going upon a crutch and staff. Although
a cripple he was punctual to attend church, and
did much active work, even laboring with his
hands, at times. He served his county nine years
as Treasurer and performed his work so promptly
and justly that there was not heard even a breath
of complaint against him. He enjoyed the un
bounded confidence of all Ids fellow citizens. As
a Christian he was intelligent in tlie scriptures,
patient in duty, faithful in prayer, pure in affec
tion and true to Ids church. In ids family he w r as
upright just and loving. Asa neighbor he was re
spectful, considerate and obliging. Asa master
he took tlie Bible for his rule. His last sickness
was pneumonia, of whieli lie suffered greatly, but
suffered patiently. Tlie morning before he died
in the evening, lie said he felt more like shouting
than anything else. He calmly arranged some
temporal business, and then gave his parting bless
ing to wife, children, grand children and friends
and requested the friends to sing, “Oh! sing to
me of Heaven when I am called to die,” etc., and
60oit after fell asleep in Jesus. A. Dowling.
Sister Susannah N. Crump, wife of Dr. E. I,
Crump, died at Herndon, Burke co., Ga., Apr. 25,
1870, aged 27 years, after a protracted illness,
which she bore with Christian fortitude and resig
nation. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Sample, of Edgefield Dist, S. C.
Being “trained in the way she should go” when
she grew older, she did not depart from it. The
writer knew her 17 years, and was with her fre
quently during her last illuess, aud always found
her cheerfully resigned to the will of the Lord.—
She joined the M. E. Church, South, in early life,
and having given God her heart in youlh and
health, he did not forsake her in the last conflict.
When assured that she must die, she said the only
regret she felt was at leaving a devoted and atfc»M
tiouate husband, and a precious little babe, with
which God had blessed their union. Though far
from the home of her childhood and the friends of
her youth, she received every attention that affec
tion can furnish or that is known healing art.
L. B. Bouchelle.
Stephen Hawkins, was born in North Carolina
March 20th, 1799,|was married to Frances Taylor in
Washington, Georgia, Nov. 19tli, 1822; after
which he moved to Ala., where he lived a useful
citizen, and mnch loved by all who knew him un
til his death in Geneva, May 9th, 1870.
In July 1831, he joined the M. E. Church. Class
meetings and love feasts, were highly appreciated
by him as the great wheels that rolled us on. For
a number of years, he served as class leader and
steward, with acceptability and usefulness. He
often seemed as much concerned about the welfare
of his preacher and Presiding Elder as his own af
fairs. But at last tho death angel came and extin
guished the light that has been shining for years
in our community. .J Z. T. Morris.
Lemuel Ragland of Henry eo., Qa., died in
peace 1870, aged 03 years.
He had been a member of the M. E. Church,
South, at McDonough about twenty years. In his
death the church and community sustained a heavy
loss. He was of a cheerful disposition, by his
genial manner making many warm friends. A
more devoted husband never lived. But best of
all, he had faith in Christ, and met death without
a quiver of fear, saying that he was “ready and
willing, that “all” was “well.” Thus passed from
the Church on earth to the Church above, our
much beloved brother. John 11. Harris.
CALENDAR FOR 1870.
11870.
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\ Monday.
| Tuesday.
| Wed' day.
1 Th’reday
| Friday.
| Saturday
11870.
\ Sunday.
| Monday.
j Tuesday.
1 Wedday.
| Th'reday
! Friday.
1 Saturday
Jan. l Jn[y i 2
234567 8 } 3460788
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 10
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
23212520 27 28 29 2425 20 27282930
ret 1 2 3 4 5: Aug. ... 1 2 3 4 6 6
• 0 7 8 910 11 12 7 8 9 1011 12 13
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27
Mar 1 2 3 4 6 Sept 12 3
B 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
13 14 15 16 17 18 191 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
20 21 22 23 24 25 20 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
April 27 28 29 “i 31 Til Oct. 25 28 27 28 29 30 -j
346017892 3 4 6 0 7 8
10,1112 13 14 15 10 9 10 11121314 15
17118 19 20 21 22 23 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
24,25 20 27 28:29 30 232425262728 29
HUT 1 2 3 4 61 6 7 AOY 1 2 3 4 5
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 0 7 8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
22 23 24 25 28|27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 20
6j 0 7 8 9 10 11 4 6 0 7 8 910
1213 14 15 16-17 18 11 12 13 14 15 18 17
19:20 21 22 23,24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
20127 28 29 301 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 j
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p First Quarter 0 6 0 evening.
® Full Moon 13 8 22 morning.
(J Last Quarter 20 8 .33 evening.
9 New Moon 28 5 06 evening.
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CLEAN YOUR BOOTS, SIR; A-Historyof Robt.
Rightheart. Price 00 cts.
-*"Ah admirable story for boys, showing how our
hero, though a boot black for a time, yet sup
ported a sick mother and younger sister, and by
diligence and honesty attained finally a high posi
tion in the mercantile world.
DEACON SIMS’ PRAYERS. By Mary Dwinell
Chellis. Price Si pO.
A work of great power appending to' the ma
ture business man as well as to the 3'oung man
who is either merchant or scholar. Tlie danger
of trusting to morality for salvation instead of
Jo-the precious blood of Christ is faithfully por
trayed.
Contrasting with this fearful picture is the pray
ers of Deacon Sims and the real Christian be
nevolence lie displayed as well as tlie power and
benefit of tiie New York noon day prayer mcet-
I Trigs.
We wisli this book might be largely circulated.
EFFIE WINGATE’S WORK. By tlie author of
■'■'Deacon Sims’ Prayers.” Price $1 50.
Is intended for females, young and old
MOLLY'S BIBLE. By Mary Dwinell tlliellis.
Price $1 50.
The author gained tlie prize against more than
50 competitors in her work. Deacon Sims’ Pray
ers and this is a guarantee that her writings are
held in high esteem.
BREAKERS AHEAD; or Larry Dalton. By Har
riet B. McKoever, author of Woodeliff. etc
N'l iee $1 50.
Larry Dalton iefthis country home pure and virtu
wiu3 and dreaming of life as a calm summer’s sea,
that, the temptations of city life were
sunken rocks which mi^htshipwreck him
yand prove his ruin. Young men ought to read
’this and be thankful for the faithful warnings
given, and learn from tlie sad tale of Larry’s fall
-to trust to religion as their safeguard and strength
gather timn to their own weakness.
FARMER BURT’S SEED. By Mrs. K. E. Boyd.
Price 50 cts.
This is a true story, and we wish that there
were more such noble Christiau men as was Far
.mer Burt Benevolent, kind, cheerful, ever sow
ing the seed of truth, doing good to tlie widow
and the orphan, he lived respected and loved,
and died greatly lamented. To young and old it
is alike an interesting and profitablojstory.
CHERRY THE MISSIONARY; or The'Church
in the Wilderness. Price 90 cts.
Cherry, though a child, accomplished what
many grown persons could not, because she be
lieved the promise that Christ made to ‘■‘ask and
ye shall receive" was trim, and in childlike confi
dence and trust she committed her ways to the
Lord and He led her in Uie wilderness to be a
bright and shining light.
CHILDREN’S HEARTS AND HANDS, lfimo.,
m cloth Illustrated. 85 cts.
This Is a story of what children can do. A
poor idiot hoy, abused by everybody, held as a
nuisance even by his mother, was, by the tender
thought, of little Esther, sent to a public insti
tution, where he was educated to be a gardener ‘
He learned, too, to love God. Flowers served
_*to bring him to God.
MARK STEADMAN; or, Show Your Colours.
.Engravings. 18mo., cloth. 55 cts.
-- Showing the importance of cultivating lio-ht
•principles, and of faithful adherence to them in
t times of temptation. A youth, placed in a house
of business, is exposed to tests iu which the
value of early training becomes evident, and who,
by his consistent conduct, is made of great ser
vice to bis fellow-clerks.
FRUIT GATHERING; or, One Summer’s Work
and Reward. A story’for children. ISmo., mus
lin. 45 ets.
BEN BOLAND’S GARDEN; or, Home Life.
16m0., cloth. 90 ets.
A story of a poor farming-boy who, by hard
work, persevering energy’, and an honest, faith
ful life, accomplished wonders. Industry, hon
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garden of his heart was not neglected. It is one
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TOM MILLER; or After Many Days. By Mrs.
S. N. Rockwell. Price $1 25.
This is a true story of a man prominent as an
active S. S. Superintendent of a Mission School in
Chicago, of some 1200 scholars (one of the largest
in the country) who, “after many days,” was
brought by the power of grace to the cros3 of
Christ. The example and gentle teaching of his
devoted mother was good seed that bore abundant
fruit, and is a cheering story for a despondent
parent as well as a profitable one for a child.
FRIDAY LOWE. ByMrs. C. E. K. Davis. Price
fl 25.
The history of an orphan child, shameliilly neg
lected by her grandmother, who loved her gold
better than her God, and while striving to serve
both, “God and Mammon,” served the latter better
than the former, and nearly crushed out all love of
hetgrandchild for her. But outside Christian in
fluence in the person of a young Christian female
was blessed to the conversion of Friday, who re
turned good for evil to the helpless grandmother
in her declining years. Important lessons in the
story for old or young.
TILMAN LURING; or Minister or Merchant.
Price 90c.
Religious and irreligious influence on boys of
different families are well contrasted in this story.
”As ye sow so shall ye reap,” might, be the text,
■/hie was led step by step to devote himself to
Christ, alone and without any excitement of revi
val meetings. The other found when successful
in the world that it was nothing hut dress. Every
boy might read with profit.
STELLA ASHTON ; or Conquered Faults. 90e.
Stella was not perfect. She had faults, but with
perseverance and courage, she contended. And
though often east down she rose again to try more
earnestly. Victory was thei-esult as it will always
be to every earnest person whose motto is to/.
AMONG THE CRAGS. By Miss Lizzie Bates.
True histories of the trials, perils, and remarkable
escapes and deliverances of Scotchmen in the days
pf the Covenanters, persecuted for Christ's sake
Price 40c.
AMY AND HER BROTHERS. Presenting the
course of a wayward youth in contrast with Hie
STtlustry, economy, and fidelity of a brother and
sister. Price 40e.
ANCHORED. By Miss Bates. Conversations
on the Mississippi, illustrating the Bible allusions
to seas, lakes, rivers, etc. Price 80c.
- BEN HOLT’S GOOD NAME. Au honest little
fellow, whose good name was a life long Sdessin°\
Priee Sse.
BERTIE’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT. Showing
whatafundof pleasure and improvement may he
found in studying God’s wonders in animal life.
Priee flue.
BETHLEHEM AND HER CHILDREN. By
the author of “That Sweet Story of Old;” with
colored Frontispiece and other engravings. The
-ouehing scenes of the Grave at Bethlehem, the
Bride, the King, and the Babe of Bethlehem, with
a description of the modern city, pass in review in
Amanner at once pleasing and instructive Price
cents.
“CHEERILY, CHEERILY.” The history of a
young widow aud her children bravely meeting
misfortune, and happily surmounting it by Chris
tian hope, patience, charity, and perseverance.
An original American book, worthy of a place in
every family library. Price 50e.
. CINNAMON-ISLE BOY. With glimpses of life
in Ceylon. Price 50c.
DEAN PROCTOR. The cheering story of a
poor hoy’s progress in learning ana'usefulness.
Price 25c.
FANNY LIGIITMAN’S CHOICE. By Mrs.
Martha E. Berry, Cambridge, Mass. An admira
ble temperance tale, illustrating also the spirit of
the gospel, and its transforming and saving power.
GRACE’S VISIT. A ehoi.ee book for young
misses; the power of truthfulness and Christian
love to win the unhappy and the wayward. 75c.
HARRY BLAKE’S TROUBLE. A fine volume
for boys, by a favorite writer, of an honest little
hero who should have thousands of admirers and
imitators. Price 35e.
HARRY THE WHALER, by the anther of
“Harry the Sailor boy,” whose readers will gladly
accompany Harry to the Northern regions on ii
whaling voyage. Price 40c.
HATTIE MAY; or Ways cf Doing Good. By
Mrs. S. E. Dawes. Avery pleasant story for
children, narrating the efforts of a generous, whole
hearted young girl to do good m the common
round of daily life. Price 50c.
HOME PICTURES. Seventy fine cuts for
young eyes, each with a little appropriate reading
for young minds, in clear type. 30c.
KITTY KING, by Mrs. 11. C. Knight, with en
gravings. The little child as it makes Its way in
the new world of life and probation into which
•God sends it, is pictured in the sayings and doings
of this little girl. 25c.
LIGHT-HOUSE BOY, THE. A story of facts
describing the short but brilliant life of a lad on
tlie sea-shore; a moral light-house for hoys. 25e.
MAX FLEMING. By Miss Bates. A delightful
record of a noble boy. 25e.
Also a large {selection of choieo|books from the
publications of Am. S. S. Union,fAm. Tract Soci
ety, R. Carter & Bros., J. C. Garrigucs & Cos., 11.
A. Young & Cos., J. P. S. Skelley, Presbyterian
.Board Publication, Religious Tract Society,
London, etc.
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Sunday Schoo Library Books.
NOTE Ist.—We select Books from the best Sun
day School Book Publishers.
NOTE 2d.—We choose such Books as we believe
will impart religious truth in a pleasing .yet
forcible manner.
NOTE 3d.—We advertise Books attractive for
young as well as for older readers, and wish as
far as possible to aid in selecting religious
reading in the Sunday-school or in families.
NOTE 4tli.—We do not allow a Book on our list
that is not of a strictly religious character.
NOTE sth. We sell at Publishers' prices.
Books at 90 cts. per Volume.
A. L. O. E. BOOKS :
Young Pilgrim. Giant Killer and Sequel. Flo
ra; or, Self-Deception. Eddie Ellerslie, &c. Pre
cepts in Practice. Christian’s Mirror. Idols of
the Heart. Pride and his Prisoners. Lost Jewel.
Stories on the Parables. Ned Manton. Robber’s
Cave. Crown of Success. The Silver Casket.
Christian Conquests. Try Again. Good for Evil.
Christian's Panoply. Sunday Chaplet. Holiday
Chaplet. Children’s Treasury. The Lake of the
Woods. On the Way. House Beautiful. Sheer
Off'. John Carey. Braid of Cords.
BY OTHER AUTHORS.
Grace Mansfield’s Experiment. John Brett’s
Household. 100 Gold Dollars. Stella Ashton, or
Conquered Faults. Tillman Loring, or After
Many- Day3.
Bocks at 73 Cents.
Fritz Harold. Mine, The. New Cobwebs.
Newton’s Giants. Power’s Last Shilling. Pow
er’s Three Cripples. Power’s Two Brothers. Pow
er’s Fagot of Stories. Power’s Stamp on it John,
Sequel to tlie Peep of Day. Regular Service.
Music Governess. Clergyman’s Widows. Alice
Stanley and other Stories.
Books at 50 Cents.
Basket of Flowers.
Affectionate Brothers. By Mrs. Hofland.
Alicia and her Aunt.
Blind Farmer.
Elizabeth.
Good Grandmother.
Our Father which art in Heaven. Spare Well,
Spend Well. Down in a Mine. Hattie May.
Cherrily, Cherrily. Mark Steadman. Green Pas
tures. Allan Cameron. The Stolen Child. Clav
ton Allyn. Cinnamon-Isle Boy. Line upen Line.
Precept upon Precept. Orphans of Glen Elder.
Helen Maurice. Pleasant Paths for Little Feet.
The Glen Cabin. May Coyerley.
Books at 45 Cents.
Straight Road. By A. 1.. O. E.
The Toll-Gate.
Trust in God.
Truth is Always Best.
The Story of a Needle.
Two Paths. By A. L. O. E.
True Heroism. By A. L. O. E.
Walter Binning. By A. L. O. E.
Wee Davie. By Macleod.
Wings and Stings. By A. L. O. E.
Little Jacket. Dainty Maurice, llow Paul Be
came an Artist. Fruit Gathering. Old Ginger
bread. Collier’s Tale. Glory, Glory.
Books at 40 Cents.
A Weed with an 111 Name. Blanche Gamond.
Katie Seymour. Amy and her Brothers. My
Brother Ben. Harry the Whaler. Kelly Nash.
The Naughty Girl Won. Jasper and Lucy. Su
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Trials of a Small Bov.
Books at 35 Cents.
Peep of Day. Ten Commandments Illustrated.
The Pilgrim Bov. Young Cottager. Ben Holt’s
Good Name. Sketches for tlie Young. Marcia
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Trouble. Mackerel Will. George Wnyland; or
the Little Medicine Carrier. Steps up the Ladder
The Happy Fireside. Flower-boy of the Prairie.
Fisherman’s Boy. Our Rosie; or the Little Owens.
How Maggie Helped Her Father.
First Book of 100 Pictures.
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