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Work and Wait.
A husbandman who many years
Had plowed his field and sown in tears
Oiew weary with bis doubts and fears.
“ I toil in vain ! These rocks and sands
Will yield no harvest to my hands;
The best reeds rot in barren lands.
*• My drooping vine is withering;
No promised grapes its blossoms bring;
No biri s amoDg Its branches sing;
“ My flock is dying on the plain.
The heavens are brass.tbey yield no rain ,
The earth is iron>—l toil in vain .
While yet he spake a breath had stirred
His drooping vine, like wing of bird,
And from it* leaves a voice he heard:
“ The germs and fruits of life mast be
Forever hid in mystery,
Yet none can toil in vain for Me.
“A mightier hand, more skilled than thine,
Must hang the clusters on the vine,
And make the fields with harvest shine.
“Man can but work; God can create;
But they who work and watch and wait
Have their reward, though it come late.
“ Look up to heaven ! behold and hear,
The clouds andthnnderings in thine ear—
An answer to tby doubts and fear.’’
He looked, andlo! a cloud-draped car,
With trailing smoke and flames afar,
Was rushing from a distant star;
And every thirsty flock and plain
Was rising up to meet the rain
That came to clothe the fields with grain ;
And on the clouds he saw again
The covenant of God with men,
Re-wiitten with his rainbow pen :
“Seed time and harvest shall not fail,
And though the gates of hell assail,
My truth and promise shall prevail.”
—Christian Intelligencer.
The Nearest Duty.
I sought to do some mighty act of good,
That I might prove how well my soul bad striven.
I waited, and the minutes, hours, passed,
Yet bore no incenseof my dted to heaven.
Sad, without hope, I watched the falling rain ;
One drop alone could not refresh the tree,
But drop on drop, till from its deepest root
The giant oak drank life and liberty.
Refreshed, like nature, I arose to try
And do the duly which should nearest lie;
And ere I knew my work was half begun,
The noble deed I sought in vain was done.
HUsctllans.
JLegs.
Can wo do without them ? The affirmative
proposition we acknowledge is a startling
one* Yet more can be said in favor of it than
at first flush you may think. Tho higher
the civilization, evidently the less use we
have for legs ; and as Mr. Darwin will tell
yon, it is in this way of disuse that super
fluous organs are and ought to be extirpated.
Now, where wealth refines, and gives the
largest liberty of development, to do without
legs is shown to be the first tendency devel
oped. Tweedle’s wife must have her car
riage as all fine ladies do. They shop in
them ; and if highly refined, they have the
goods brought out to the carriage, lest their
nether limbs should be called into play. They
visit iu them ; we have known a very super
fine friend to beg her leg-using friends
to come down and see her at the carriage
dpor ; or, if they owned a horse and buggy,
to share her seat, and chat with her awhile
inside They attend Church and tho opera
in them ; and we shall doubtless live to see
the footmen bearing in the be laced and
flonneed, and jeweled divinities in handsome
chairs, from their seats in the carriages to
the luxurious cushions, where they are to
listen to the new prima donna, or the lit.
Rev Cream Cheese.
The tendency is evident. The ingenuity
of the race is taxed to rid us of this burden,
and—if we may use the word —impediment.
The dignified Turk tucks them under him,
as much out of sight as possible. The tailor,
on whom the highest civilization depends,
follows suit. No parlor is well-furnished
now without leg-rests; and the flowing gar
ments of those who have all taste and grace,
and intuitive perception of the ideal in
beauty, are expressly designed to conceal
the humiliating fact that they are disfigured
by these unrefined appendages.
We men, in a coarser way, reveal the same
drift. Perhaps it might be going too far to
point to the historical readiness with which
men, at the slightest provocation, rush in
crowds to put themselves in the way of can
non-balls and chain-shot, and to the admira
tion they feel for the hero with no legs. We
waive this. But one thing is incontestable.
Let men act out the invariable impulse com
mon to us all; let them smoke, or talk, or
read, in the attitude with which they take
when wholly free from restraint, and the legs
which were made to hang down they will
put up. The weight of them, the blood that
falls down into them, the uselessness of them
when drudgery is gone and the sweeter
hours of life have come, move us to rid our
selves of them as far as we can. We remem
ber an illustration of the intense enjoyment
that men experience when they have
put their legs to roost, as it were, which
we think will convinoe the thoughtful
and honest reader that in a perfect state
a riddance of the annoyance must bo made
perpetual. One of tho first merchants in
New York related it to us. He was in Mem
phis, in the good old days before the war.
His window commanded the front piazza of
the hotel; and there, after dinner, sat a long
row of the highest type of gentlemen which
the world has ever known ; each with a cigar
in his mouth, each tipped back in his chair,
and resting his heels on the top-rail. It was
a sample of civilization in its culminating
glory. Suddenly one of their kind, with
quiet determination in his face, ascended
the steps, walked at a steady, moderate pace
behind the smokers, shot a man through
the head, who was reading, with his back
toward the chivalrous gentleman who hon
ored him with this attention—and then,
with the evident consciousness of having
done a brave and noble thing, quietly re
traced his steps and lounged away down the
street.
Row, mark the effect of onlture. Not a
man of the smokers took down his heels.
They removed the cigars from their lips to
exchange remarks, —but the luxury of be
ing, in effect, without legs, was too great to
forego for the trivial duty of helping a
wounded man, or arresting an assassin. The
only defect in our illustration is evidently
this : the hero walked off. With an evident
disdain of his legs, it is true ; but it would
have been much better had he been borne
away in triumph.
But we have higher evidence to adduce.
Judge Edmonds—a man whose testimony
none will doubt—one who has the best so
ciety at his beck at any time, when he has
leisure to enjoy it, told a scientific friend,
not long ago, that when his deceased ac
quaintances first came to see them after their
death, they walked. In a few weeks, how
ever, they floated. (Mr. Home anticipated
this privilege recently in England. He
should not have done the thing till he was
dead.) In a few months, the Judge avers,
their feet were gone, and only a vapory con
tinuation of their extremities left from the
knee downward. And at last, having no nse
for legs, the superfluous absurdities had
wholly disappeared. It ie not exactly per
tinent to our theme, but it may interest the
scientific mind, to learn from this unques
tionable authority, that the absorption of
disused organs goes logically, though slowly
on. He called for Sir Isaac Newton a short
time since, and when that learned gentle
man, who sometimes forgot his dinner, even
when he had need of it, made his appearance
from among the stars, there was nothing left
of him below the diaphragm. He had a phil
osophic nut for Lord Bacon to crack; and
to effect a meeting of the pundits, the Judge
kindly offered, at the close of his interview,
to call in the “ greatest, wisest, meanest of
mankind.” Judge Edmonds was not sur
prised to find, when the father of the induc
tive method came, that he was all gone to
the shoulder blades. He had never much
use for a heart, they say.
And now, as a few stubborn people foster
a prejudice against the contributions to
science made by even the most voracious of
Spiritualists, we turn for our final support
to our theory to what we know to be facts.
We have recently been among the moun
tains, and one day stopped with our wife to
make a call. We had waited but a moment
in the neat room when we heard the sound
of smoothly rolling wheels in the entry, and
suddenly, with a swift and graceful turn at
the door, there glided into the apartment a
bright-faced woman, seated on a little plat
form, quite at her ease. She rolled up to
where we stood, the long train of her dress
sweeping after her in a queenly way, and
welcomed us in a cheerful, courteous man
ner that banished all embarrassment in an
instant. She was bom without the lower
limbs. This immense advantage which, no
doubt, it took Six Isaac and my Lord Bacon
scores of years to attain, had not destroyed
her natural sweetness and urbanity; but
had increased her energy amazingly. Ino
day before she had taken a long ride through
the mountain passes alone. Hc-r arms had
great strength—her fingers a peculiar deli
cacy of touch, and her brain was as clear as
a pebbly-bottomed lake. When she was
married to a fine young carpenter, who
thinks he has the best wife in the county,
it was important that the wedding trip
should pay its own expenses. So they took
in their wagon “a piano, two fiddles and
an accordion.” She played them all. Why
two fiddles were taken we do not know —
perhaps for effect—perhaps because of some
slight difference in their structure —but she
played one with the bow in her right hand,
and the other with the bow in the left. The
bridegroom was not much of a musician, we
judge, as her father, who had been our host
the night before, and had told us of the
bridal tour, remarked that his daughter
“ took the heft of the music herself.” Her
children are bright, comely boys and girls ;
but unfortunately they are not blessed with
their mothers exemption from the lowest
burdens of humanity—those haunts of corns
and bunions.
One more proof. It is incidently con
nected with the above, but it came to us
from quite a different source. Before their
marriage, this accomplished and happy
woman had taken a ride of a few mites to
visit a neighbor. Alighting from the wagon
with an alertness which never fails to aston
ish those who witness it, she entered the
hou-ic, and had been chattiDg with the family
awhile, when Johnny came iu—an intelligent
lad then'enjoying his filth summer. It was
the first time he hod seen her. Watching
her quick and graceful movements, for a
time his fine, mtnitive perceptions over
leaped our slower methods, and going up
to her, he exclaimed, in earnest excitement,
“Have you got over them?” “Got over
what ?” she said. “ Legs !” cried Johnny.
“ Have you got over them ?” With a glance
of that bonndless wisdom which parents of
ten detect in their children, he saw in a mo
ment that legs were to bo put into the same
category ■with mumps and whooping-cough
and measles. It is evident that we can do
without them ; and it is by no means im
possible that Judge Edmond’s visions may
even anticipate a happy state which may be
partially realized by mortals before they
present themselves to their friends in dis
solving views.
We can think, just now, bnt of one prac
tical objection to this improvement. It
would not permit the wealthy members of
onr future RiDgs, when arrested, to offer
their persecutors the bail which they would
probably most like to give. —Christian Union.
Torpedo Catching.
The Cornwall correspondent of Land and
Water writes as follows :
“A torpedo in fine condition was caught
last week in a ground seine. The length of
the fish was four feet five inches, and weight
over eighty-two pounds. I was present
when the fish was inclosed, and had the op
portunity of seeing the creature exert its
electrical power. The first sign we had of
electrical influences being at work in the
seine was the action of the surmullet, which
darted from the bottom of the seine on to
the surface of the sea, and a considerable
distance out of water, just like an active
pilchard or a herring. The oldest fisher
man or the closest student of the natural
history here had never known surmullet to
perform such a feat before, and we believe
it can only be accounted for by the presence
of a torpedo. In drawing up the bag I
recognised him, but refrained from any re
marks, being anxious to watch results, of
which I soon had an opportunity. In the
bag also were about two hundred cuttles,
two hundred surmullets, and one hundred
hollocks, and a few specimens of several
varieties of fish. As you may imagine, there
was no small confusion among this far from
happy family. When the bag was tightened
for landing, the cuttles were especially an
noying, every one being busily engaged
squirting liquid sepia. In the blackened
waters the torpedo was lost sight of for
some time. After some of the fish had been
taken into the boat the sides of the creature
were seen, and one of the men most active
in olearing the bag at once gripped hold of
him. Tn was only for an instant he held
him, as a charge of electricity was suddenly
sent by the fish all through his fingers and
up to his arms. A puzzled expression could
be seen on the features of the man, lie hav
ing no conceptian it was possible for a fish
to give such sensations; yet he could not
cell what was the matter with his hands.
Again the torpedo was lost sight of. Soon
after its tail was seen by the same person,
who took hold of it and drew the fish into
the boat. Whether the fish could not elec
trify by means of its tail, or whether it re
frained from using its powers, I cannot tell.
No sort of electrical impressions was felt
while the creature was held by his tail.
When it was safe in the boat one of the men
trod heavily on it to kill it; this was the only
attempt made to do so, for the fish told all
its own story by making the man scream,
such was the strength of the discharge that
it caused a numbness in his leg for twenty
minutes after. I found the feelings caused
in the human body by the electricity from
this fish were very much the same as being
electrified by an ordinary electrical machine.
When the fish discharged its battery, tho
muscles on tho surface of its body suddenly
contracted. I have reasons for believing
that this fish had discharged much of its
electrical power ere it was brought to the
surface, as I have credible witnesses who
had a like ray in a bag on a similar occasion,
tho shocks of which were so violent as to
knock the men off their legs. In the boat
were ten men, and ere the fish was secured
each man had his tnrn on all-fours in the
bottom of her. It took a whole night to
capture it, and the consternation and excite
ment caused by its first shocks among the
men were so ludicrous it would take an
abler pen than mine to relate the story.
Speak Your Mind.
“ You have been with Mr. S. a good
while,’’ said Mr. B. to Y., the confidential
assistant of a business man in New York.
“ Yes, sir, I have been here seven years.”
“I think yon have got on very well to
gether,” said B.
“ Mr. Y. and I,” said Mr. S., “ get along
together because we speak our minds to each
other. If we have anything to say we say
it, and so we get on without trouble. ”
How much trouble would be saved if men
would only speak their minds like Christian
gentlemen. Less hard thinking, and more
honest, plain speaking, would make shorter
reckonings and longer friendships many
times.
No establishment can move on prosper
ously or pleasantly while there is an under
current of suppressed grumbling, meddling,
fault-finding and discontent pervading it.
When this is the case, difficulties are magni
fied rather than healed, and perpetual un
rest takes the place of quietude and peace.
If employers will deal frankly with em
ployes, and if employes will go direct to
their employers with any real trouble, in
stead of fretting in secret, and grumbling
among their associates over imaginary griefs;
and if both will speak their minds, and
have minds that they need not bo ashamed
to speak, the result would be a great im
provement in many an establishment that
might be named. : — Selected.
More’ii You’ll Keep.
Some years ago, an old sign painter, who
was very cross, very gruff, and a little deaf,
was engaged to paint the Ten Command
ments on some tablets in a church not five
miles from Buffalo. He worked two days at
it, and at the end of the second day the pas
tor of the church came to see how the work
progressed. The old man stood by smoking
a short pipe as the reverend gentleman ran
his eyes over the tablets.
“Eh ! ” said the pastor, as his familiar eye
detected something wrong in the working of
the precepts ; “ why, you careless old per
son, yon have left a part of one of the com
mandments entirely out; don’t yon see ? ”
“No; no snch thing,” said the old man,
putting on his spectacles; “no, nothing
left out—where ? ”
“ Why, there,” persisted the pastor;
“look at them in the Bible ; you have left
some of the commandments out.”
“ Well, what if I have ? ” said old Obsti
nacy, as he ran his eye complacently over
his work, “There’s more there now than
you’ll keep ! ”
Another and a more correct artist was em
ployed the next day.
The Needle’s Eye.— A few days ago I saw
a camel go through the eye of a needle—
that is, the low arched door of an inclosnre.
He mast kneel and bow his head to creep
through, and thns the rich man mast hum
ble himself. See how false translation spoil
a good metaphor, and tarns a familiar simile
into a ferociously communist sentiment.—
Lady Duff Gordon.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
The Temptation.
It was years ago, I was a very little child.
I stood beneath the apple-tree with my blue
eyed brother Eddie. He held one of my
hands in both of his, trying to tie my fingers
together, all the while prattling in innocent
glee ; bnt I scarcely heard a word he said.
My gaze was riveted on the blushing fruit
of a strawberry bed, and I was endeavoring
to persuade myself that it would be no very
great harm to take just a few, even if moth
er did not wish me to eat them.
“ Oh, your fingers are so short, they won’t
tie !” exclaimed Eddie, throwing down my
hand. “ Sister, do look at your kitten ; she
is up iu the tree going to catch a bird !”
“Hush! leave the kitten alone, I am
going to get som9 strawberries,” I said pet
tishly.
Eddie turned his bright eyes, full of won
der upon me. “But, sister, ma told us
not to eat them until they got better ripe.”
“ Ma will never know it, without you tell;
I know I will not; no, not even if she whips
me and I turned from him and went to
ward the bed of strawberries.
Eddie stood for a moment irresolute, and
then he joined me, and soon our fingers and
lips were stained with the juicy berries. I
did not enjoy them, for I knew I was doing
wrong. I had not only disobeyed nr.y moth
er, but I Lad caused my little brother to do
the same. And I kept thinking of the
prayer I had repeated at my mother’s kuee
the night before—of the part, “Lead me
not into temptation.”
Neither Eddie nor I saw the face of an
older brother thrust throngh the garden
fence, intently regarding us. The remain
der of tho day passed wretchedly ; nothing
could amuse me. I quarrelled with E ldie,
flew into a passion with Cora, my wax baby,
and slapped her off my lap ; her face struck
a stone, and she was completely ruined.
With joy I hailed the night. I wanted to
forget my troubles in sleep.
Eddie and I stood by mother in our eight
clothes, ready to say our prayers and go to
bed.
“Daughter,” and my mother laid her
hand on my head, “ have you disobeyed
me to-day ?”
I struggled a moment with temptations ;
they conquered, aud I answered boldly,
f‘ No, ma’am.” She gave me a grieved look,
and took Eddie up iu her arms, and asked
him the same question. He hesitated, look
at me, burst into tears and confessed all.
My mother praised him for his moral cour
age, aud. soon his tear-stained cheeks were
dimpling with smiles. I stood still, with a
sulky brow, but proudly erect head. How
I yearned for forgiveness ! yet I would not
ask it, neither would I show any signs of
repentance.
My mother talked to me of my sin, and
successfully did she strive to lay before me
the enormity of the crime of disobedience
and deception. My stubborn heart was
touched, but I would not yield. I received
the chastisement I so richly merited ; but
I received it in dogged silence. Again she
talked with me of the great God I had of
fended. My hard heart gave way, and I
wept. I was conquered—l was saved. That
incident was forcibly stamped on my mem
ory. Forever after, I dared not disobey my
mother, or tell a falsehood.
Winnowing Machine.
Alven had the name of being a great
reader. He figuratively devoured books,
and was all the time begging the loan of
them from his friends.
“ I don’t see how you boar, Jesse, to pore
over these dry histories so mneh. I be
lieve you have read this one, half a dozen
times at least.”
“ No, only twice, Alven; I read very slow
ly, you know.”
“I can’t bear ta do that. I go right
through a book at u two-forty rate, and then
have done with it.”
“ Do you remember what you read?”
“ I should hope not. My head would be
too full of lumber by this time if I did.”
This was the plan the two boys pursued.
One read rapidly everything that came in
bis way. The other devoted an hour or two
each day to a few choice books, which he
read slowly and thought over. The result
Was that as they advanced in years, Jesse
was far readier with his knowledge, and pos
sessed a much greater fund of that which is
valuable. Alveu’s mind became more and
more like a sieve, and did him no practical
service.
You may briug loads of the golden grain
into your barn, yet if it is not winnowed
thoroughly it will never do to make whole
some bread. Thought is a winnowing ma
chine to make our reading of service to us.
Think over and talk over what yon read,
with others, and you will find it the best
way to impress it firmly upon your mind.
Our Father.
A good woman, searching out the child
ren of want one cold day last winter, tried
to open a door in the third story of a
wretched house, when she heard a little
voice say, “ Full the string up high!” She
looked up and saw a string, which, on being
pulled, lifted a latch; and she opened the
door upon two little half naked children,
all alone. Very cold and pitiful they looked.
“Do you take care of yourselves, little
ones?” usked the good woman.
“God takes care of us,” said the oldest.
“And are you not very cold? No tire on
a day like this!”
“Oh! when we are very cold we creep
under the quilt, and I put my arms around
Tommy, and Tommy puts his around me,
and we say, ‘Now! lay me;’ then we get
warm,” said the little girl.
“And what have you to eat, pray?”
“When granny comes home she fetches
us something. Granuy says God has got
enough. Granny calls us God’s sparrows;
and we say ‘ Our Father ’ and ‘ daily bread ’
every day. God is our Father.”
Tears came in the good woman’s eyes.
She had a mistrusting spirit herself; but
these little “sparrows,” perched in that
cold upper chamber, taught her a sweet
lesson of faith and trust she will never for
get. — Chrislian Press.
Getting Ready to Go.
A dear little girl had seen her beloved
father lying cold and still on his coffin pil
low, and had watched with wonder and fear
the process of putting on the coffin lid and
bearing it away to burial.
Afterward the grief-stricken mother
sought to dispel the gloom which gathered
about the scene in her young heart.
“God has sent for dear father, to come
np and live with Him, and one day He will
also send for you and me, darling.”
“Do wo know when He will send, mam
iha?”
“No, my dear, only God knows the time.
He has it all fixed.”
“ Then, mamma, if God is sorely going
to send for ns, and we don’t know when,
hadn’t we better begin to pack up and get
ready to go?”
This little girl had surely the right view
of the matter, and it is just as important
for us as for her. Not only should we be
alwayi ready, but we should have our pos
sessions packed np and sent on before us.
Did yon ever stop to think that you were
laying np treasures every day, either on
earth or in heaven?”
A Little Bov’s Prater.— A little more
than thirty years ago a goodly minister, il
lustrating the efficacy of prayer, related tho
case of a little boy with a sore hand, which
had become so bad that the physician de
cided it must be amputated to save the boy’s
life. The day was fixed for the operation.
Qn hearing this the little boy went to a re
fijad spot in the garden, fell on his knees,
and begged God, for Jesns’ sake, to save his
poor hand. The next day the physician
came and examined the hand, when, to the
astonishment of all, it was found to be so
much better that amputation was unneces
sary. The hand got quite well again, the
little boy grew up to be a man, “and,”
continued the minister, holding np his right
hand, “ this unworthy hand can now be
shown to you as a monument of prayer
answered through Divine mercy.”
Be Kind in Little Things.— The sun
shine of life is made np of very little beams
that are bright all the time. In the nursery,
on the play gronnd, and in the school-room,
there is room all the time for little acts of
kindness that cost nothing, but are worth
much more than gold or silver. To give up
something where giving np will prevent un
happiness—to yield, when persisting will
chafe and fret others—to go a little around
rather than come against another; to take
an ill word or a cross look, rather than re
sent or return it; these are ways in which
clouds and storms are kept off, and pleasant,
smiling sunshine secured even in the hum
ble home among very poor people, as well
as ia families in higher stations. Mach
that we term the miseries of life would be
avoided by adopting this role of conduct.
©titaarj.
Obituaries are not charged for; hut they are
only accepted upon condition, that, if they are
not brief, the Editor Is at fell liberty to make them
so by leaving out every thing that is not neces
sary to make known the religious life and experi
ence Os the subject. Sentiment, poetry, and invo
cations not desirable. Facts—simple facts are want
ed—not such as are known to all the relatives and
only of interest to them—bnt such facts as to
character and life, as will Interest ten thousand
readers, utter strangers to the deceased. Obitua
ries will be cut down, till only such are left.
They mast be forwarded within three months of
the death of the subject, or they will, In no esse,
receive attention. ...
The Editor will consider it a favor, If no on«
will ask him to violate these rules either for favor
or pav.
“Tributes of respect”— if brief— passed by an
nual and quarterly Conferences of preachers and
officers of the church, published gratuitously.
Others charged at the rate of one cent per word
—money always to accompany the copy.
Os little children nothing but a statement of
their death —for the information of distant friends
—will be inserted.
Obituary notices of very young persons or of
those not members of the church, who have had
little pr no religious experience must be comprised
in very few lines—if published at all.
My dear Mantie, the subject of this obituary,
and consort of the Rev. E. S. Tyner, of the Flori
da Conference, was bom in Talbot county, Geor
gia, January Ist, 1811. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall. She fell a victim to the
malignant fever in Tampa, October 18tb, 1871.
Her father died when she was an infant. Deprived
of the foster-care and superintendence of a father,
on her mother devolved the delicate and arduous
task of disciplining the young minds of the seven
children - five sens and two daughters. But a few
weeks after Mantle was given to me iu marriage,
which was April 12th, 1859, her excellent mother
fell asleep in Jesu3. Mantie joined the Methodist
Episcopal Chorch, South, soon after our marriage,
and often has she said to me, “ I do feel proud
that it is my exalted privilege to be a member oj
the Methodist Chureh.” Since my connection
with the regular ministry, (six years) elie was ever
the self-sacrificing wife of an itinerant minister.
Yes, in ward and deed an helpmeet to her hus
band in the great and glorious work of saving
sou’s. How truthful is the remark, “ The Church
knows not how much it owes to such members
as the wives of itinerant ministers ” Their lifeis
retired and humble; their virtues are not stimu
lated by applause. So it was with Mantle. Duty
was a matter between her and God, and only the
recording angel can write her pure history. Bhe
was a woman of uncommon excellence. Manners
much refined, a sense of propriety very discrimi
nating, a strict government over herself, and un
feigned piety, she moved in the circle of her
friends and acquaintances with gt acefulness and
dignity. The distinguishing qualities, concealed
rather than displayed, could not escape the notice
of those who conversed with her. She experienced
in the last seven or eight years of her fife severe
bodily afflictions, and sore bereavements in the
loss of a sweet babe, an affectionate mother, and
a confiding brother. But these trying dispensa
tions of Divine Providence, she bore with submis
sive patience, aud under them all exhibited great
fortitude of mind, bowing to the will of God, and
adoring his afflicting hand. Mantie is gone, not
lost; gone from a world of 6in, pain and sorrow
to a world of purity and happiness, and now shines
with the lustre of sn immaculate spirit before the
throne of God and the Lamb. Blest in her death
with the hope of the gospel she had so often up
held her husband to proclaim. She said to me
and others the day previous to her departure, “ I
am not afraid to die if it be the Lord's wifi to take
me. I submit it all into his hands.” From her
lips were heard no professions of innocence, no
talk about a well-spent life. She was better taught
the truth than to rest her hopes for eternity on
such a foundation. She knew that like all onr
fallen race she was a sinner before God, destitute
of aDy personal righteousness sufficient to recom
mend her to his favor, and impressed with this
conviction, she built her hopes on the Rock of
Ages and merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hav
ing the witness of the noly Spirit in herself she
knew tiiat she possessed that faith which nnites
the soul to Christ and purities the heart, and there
fore slie looked confidently for the mercy of God
through Jesus Christ unto eternal life. In her
death her husband, little daughter aud relatives
have experienced an irreparable loss. But under
this afflictive dispensation of a righteous Provi
dence they may console themselves with the bles
sed assurance that, while her body moulders in
the tomb, her immortal spirit fives in the presence
of God.
Relationship may flatter and if this should seem
O’ercliarged with praises on so dearalheme,
Although thy worth be more than half supprest,
Love shall be satisfied and veil the rest.
While fraud and sculptur'd obelisks proclaim,
To long posterity the hero’s fame,
Far richer blessings wait the peaceful sod
Where slumbering virtue Res—Me smile of Ood.
The Tribute of a llusbaxd.
Mr. Wm. S. SpENCER died in Tampa, Fla., Oet.
25th, ICTt.
Mr. S. was boru in Savannah, («i., 1839, joined
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of
nineteen, came to Tampa, Fla., in 1843, where he
ever discharged with indexible iidelity his impor
tant trusts. Well may the community say “A
good and honorable min is gone.” It is vtry
reasonable to suppose that he should have re
ceived a warm and unbounded confidence by all,
when all his dealings were distinguished by probi
ty and honor. Fortune, however, as if to pat his
integrity to a trial more severe, was reluctant and
parsimonious in the distribution of her favors ;
but amidst all the prevalent embarrassments of
fortune, the Divine precepts of the cross still pre
served their ascendancy in his heart. His last ill
ness was long and particularly distressing. The
pains which he suffered were excruciating, yet he
endured all with Christian patience; not a mur
mur escaped from his lips. In visiting him, which
was very often, we found him cheerful, Huppy and
thankful. “ Only waiting for the boatman.to come
and bear him home.’' The ODly regret was that
his dear, faithful wife and children would be left
upon the earth exposed to its temptations and
storms. But to his sorrowing consort and chil
dren, you have lost husband and father on the
earth only to find him again with Jesus in the
kingdom of the saints. The body, which yon so
faithfully watched and nursed, aud which was so
emaciated and changed by fever, and deposited in
the house appointed for all living and left to cor
ruption and worms, shall soon follow him, glori
ous and immortal. Not a hair of his head shall
perish. In his ashes shall remain the germ of im
mortality even to the day of revelation, when his
dry bones shall be quickened and reappear more
resplendent than the sun. Then dry np your tears.
Ah ! what happiness it is to quit all the miseries
which affect us now, no longer exposed like us to
the danger of losing that God whom'he has gone
to enjoy. He has shut his eyes forever on all the
scandals which grieve us; on that vanity which se
duces us; ou those examples whcli lead us astray;
on those agitations which distract our souls. Oh!
what happiness to quit a place where everything
tires and defiles us; where we are a burden to our
selves, and in which we exist only for sorrow, and
go to an abode of peace, of joy and serenity where
onr only occupation will be to enjoyithe God
whom we love. Then go, Christian sonl; .we will
remember you; we will lament you; we will emu
late your virtues. Pastor.
Franklin C. Pinkston was born near Spaita,
Georgia, Dec. 13th, 1810, and died of apoplexy
at his own residence near Mt. Meigs, Montgome
ry co., Alabama, Oet. 8, 1871.
His father removed from Georgia to Alabama,
when the subject of this notice was only three or
four years old. He had thus spent his childhood
and manhood in the same neighborhood He had
been thrice married. His last wife, who with
eight children now mourns his loss, was Aurelia
A. Graves. In 1838, he became convinced of6ln,
sought Christ, and found pardon, and connected
himself with the Methodist Church. Thus for
thirty-three years brother Pinkston, was a mem
ber of the house of God, “ walking in ail the stat
utes and ordinances of God’s house blameless.”
For twenty years of this time he was a class-leader
and an official member. His manner was quiet,
but his religious character positive, and his life a
steady power. His neighbors respected, loved him.
But nowhere was his influence felt like it was at
home. Around the fireside the lamp of religion
shone with a constant brightness. Here, “the
path of the just was indeed as the shining light."
The fires on the family altar burned brightly to
to the last. On the evening of the 7th October,
he ate supper with the family—at Bp. m., had
prayers, reading the 80th Psalm, commended his
family to the “ Great Shepherd of Israel,” that
« led “ Joseph like a flock”—retired to bed—in ten
minutes was speechless, and at 2 in the morning
was translated to his reward! By a severe attack
of illness he had been admonished some time be
fore that bis end might be sudden, and he had
told his wife that he was ready at any time for the
messenger. Why need any dying testimony but
this ? Why need this, when the life had been so
unique, complete, pure, consistent? With him
there seemed to be perfect harmony between pro
fession and and practice. How fitting'anff quick
the transition from the mercy seat, “the throne
of grace”—to the throne of glory! Ofei how we
miss him in his own home, and in tjie house of
God, his favorite seat, how vacant 1 Browder aud
Judkins and Pinkston, three, half the Building
Committee of the new church of Mt. Meigs all
gone in one short year. We are solemnly admon
ished, “ Be ye, also ready." B. B. R.
Mrs. Eliza S. Bradford, of Bartow county,
G*., was born April 15th, 1833, and died Oct. 4th,
1871.
In her fifteenth year, she embraced religion and
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Her patient watchfulness, devotion and self-sacri
fice for her husband, during his long and serious
illness with cancer, was doubtless the cause of her
premature death. The writer has never seen her
attention, labor and kindness surpassed by any
one. Being third wife and step-mother, her part
was one of peculiar trial and responsibility ; never
did any one answer more folly the demands. The
mildness, firmness, and affection with which she
demeaned herself in the presence of her house
hold, secured to her the love and respect of all.
Her life was an index to her death. Snch a char
acter is always ready. Such specimens of virtue
and religious fidelity in our mothers, wives and
daughters, strengthen our faitb, and gird us
with fresh courage for the conflict against infidel
ity and demoralization. Her religion was a deep
settled and fixed principle, abiding in the heart
which wrought in her the fruits of the Spirit. Her
goodness of heart and fervid piety were as oint
ment poured forth. The pleasant smile and weep
ing eyes were the characteristic signs of her Chris
tian enjoyment in the house of God. Her memo
ry is very precious to the church at Pine Log. The
writer visited her a short time before her death
and found her, though quite on the verge of the
grave, perfectly calm and resigned to the will of
God. She had me to baptise her youngest child,
a sweet little girl. During the religious exercises,
she wept freely aud rejoiced greatly in spirit. God.
has taken her to rest. Her last end was peace.
Without moving hand or foot, with her arms
clasped upon her breast, she breathed her last
without a struggle. Thus has passed away one of
the purest and best women it lias ever been my
privilege to know. R. 11. Jones.
Lucreiia E. Mkkitt, daughter of M. C. and S.
B. Grace, was born Oct. 22d, 1839, iu Thomas co.,
Ga., where she died Oct. 14th, 1871, after a pro
tracted illness of three months.
She was first married to James Hancock, after
wards to Elijah Meritt. She was lent to the Lord
in her infancy, and consequently received the
blessings of the blessed Saviour, and at twelve
embraced religion. I have known her for twelve
years, and have conversed with her frequently,
and can say that I have never found one more re
signed to the will of God, or one that trusted
more in the Saviour. She was steadfast, punc
tual and spiritual in the discharge of every duty.
Christian experience was always a favorite theme
of conversation. Filling the place of a step
mother twice with motherly teaching both for
time and eternity. Whatever her hands found for
her to do she did with all her might, and with an
eye singly fixid on God, a9 it was one of her beau
tiful traits not only to keep from committing sin,
but to do good to all, botli to their soul and body.
Was any found bringing a reproach upon the
Saviour, she reproved them, making no allowances
for sin. Was any sick, her eyes watched over
them, while her hands ministered day after day to
their wants. Bnt now she has finished her work
with joy, and left a bright example to the the
members of the M. E Church, South, of which she
was an acceptable member for near twenty-eight
years, at Springhill Church. L. M. Suttox.
Mrs. Amelia E., wife of Wm. Reaney, Esq., and
step-daughter of Mr. Jas. Kirkpatrick, of Colum
bia co., Ga., was born in Richmond co., Ga., and
died in Augusta, Ga., on2Bth Oct. last, in the 54th
year of her age.
She resided about 35 years in Columbia co., Ga.,
where sbe joined the Methodist Church about 30
years ago; bolding membership at Catawba
Church (now Philadelphia,) in Columbia ct., from
which she transferred her membership to Asbury
Church, Augusta, Ga., during the present year.
She was in feeble health for many years past, and
for some time before her death, anticipated her
decease Although her disease developed frequent
and painfnl symptoms, she bore her sufferings
with great patience, and maintained her faith un
shaken. The gentleness of her character, and the
depth and sincerity of her piety, won the hearts
of ail her acquaintances, and shed benign influ
ence upon the family circle. Asa Christian wife
and mother, few—if any—ever excelled her. Her
sole solicitude iu her last days wa3 for the salva
tion of her children—to each of whom she gave
wise and affectionate counsel; and commended
them to God with almost her last breath. It was
a privilege to witness her triumph over the “ last
enemy.” Perfectly conscious to the end—she spoke
frequently of the preciousness of the Saviour—
and the nearness of her heavenly rest. May God
answer her prayers for her sorrowing husband and
children. Her Pastor.
Mrs. Lurbny Crawford, the wife of Matthew
Crawford, was born Dec. 13th, 1815, and died in
Lowndes co., Ga., Sept. 30th, IS7I.
. She had been a member of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, for many years, and was not
only a professor, but a possessor, of piactical re
ligion. She made no display, but witli child like
simplicity she followed her Master, bearing her
cross daily, “ through evil as well as goo.l report.”
She exhibited in her daily walk and conversation
those true graces that adorn a Christian life. She
was sick but a few days, during which time she
suffered much. But amid it all, she never lost
confidence in Him, “who is able to save to the
uttermost.” She leaves many to mourn her loss;
but, thanks be to Him “who giveth us the vic
tory,” they mourn not “as those who have no
hope.” Alex. P. Wrigiit.
Robert Lee Thompson, second son of S. B. and
Lanra Thompson, and grand son of Doctor Josiah
and E. B. Ashurst, of Lake City, Fla , died of dip
theria, on 19th October, aged six years and ten
montbs.
My d< ar little boy said that he had but one time
to die, and then without a struggle sweetly fell
asleep. May we all at once prepare to meet him
in heaven. Grandpa.
Tribute of Respect.
At the 4th Quarterly Conference of Lawrence
’ viiie circuit, Eufaula Dist., Alabama Conference,
at Bethel Church, on 28th Oct., the following pre
amble and resolution was unanimously adopted:
Whereas in the wise aud just Providence of
God this Quarterly Conference has been called
upon to monrn the death of one of its members,
brother Rev. Enoch Bolton, who died at his
home near Abbeville, Henry co., Ala., on 20th
Oct., —and who had but a few weeks since become
a member of this Quarterly Conference, but bid
fair to be a uscfnl member and minister;
And whereas, in bis death the Methodist
Church at Abbeville, and this circuit has sustained
a serious loss:—
Resolved 1. That we recognize in this sad aud un
expected bereavement, the Divide Hand as an ex
pression of His just and infinite wisdom, and bow
with humble submission thereto.
2. That while we bow with humble submission to
this wise dispensation of a just Providence yet we
feel sad in that we know one of the godly has
passed away, that one of the faithful has failed
from among the children of men. we .therefore
pray God to help us.
3. That “we sorrow not a3 those who have no
hope,” and that in the exemplary life and trium
phant death of brother Bolton, we feel more than
ever the Divine admonition, “Be ye also ready
for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man
cometh.”
4. That we will endeavor to cherish his virtues,
imitate his Christian example and throw the veil
of charity over his short-comiogs during our so
journ in this vale of sorrow, that we may meet our
brother in the home of the blessed.
5. That we deeply sympathize with the be
reaved widow and orphans of the deceased and
cordially extend to them our Christian condo
lence.
6. That a copy of this preamble and resolutions
he spread upon the journal of this Quarterly Con
ference, one sent to the family of our deceased
brother, and one to the Southern Chrislian Advocate
for publication. Jas. L. Cotten, P. E.
T. J. 8. Kimbrough, Sec.
Tribute of Respect
Passed at the 4th Quarterly Conference for the
Valdosta circuit.
Whereas, it has pleased an all wise Providence
to take from 'onr number our much beloved
brother, Matthew Crawford; and whereas in
his death the Valdosta circuit has sustained a se
rious loss; therefore,
Resolved 1. That we recognize the hand of Him
who rules in heaven and earth in this sad bereave
ment, and bow snbmisslvely to nis will.
2. That while we mourn his loss, we do not
“ mourn as they who have no hope,” as his Chris
tian character stands unimpenched.
3. That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved
family of the deeeased and tender them onrOhris
tiaa condolence.
4. That a. copy of these resolutions he sent to
the Southern Christian Advotate so/ publication,
and one to the family of the deceased.
D, R, McWilliams. P. E.
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Gen. W. S. Holt, Presidents. W. R. R. Company,
lion. Iliram Warner, Chief-Justice Supreme Ot.
Ga.
John A. McKean, Home Insurance Cos., N. Y.
Hon. Jas. Jackson (firm Howell Cobh & Jas.
Jackson )
R. L Mott, Columbus, Ga.
J. W. Fears, Louisville, Ky.
Lewis Wunder, Ass’t Post Master, Philadelphia.
TESTIMONIALS :
“I have never seen or tried snch a rimple, effica
cious, satisfactory and pleasant remedy in my life.”
H. Hainer, St. Louis, Mo.
“I have used the Regulator in my family for
the last seventeen years. I can safely recommend
it to the world as the best medicine I ever used
for that class of diseases it purports to cure.—H.
F. Thiophn.
“It has proved a good and efficacious medi- '
cine."- C. A. Nutting.
“We have been acquainted with Dr. Simmons’
Liver Medicine for more than twenty year*, and
know it to be the best Liver Regulator offered to
the public.”—M. R. Lyon, and B. L. Lyon,
BcllefoDtaine, Ga.
“ I was cured by Bimmons’ Liver Regulator,
after having suffered several years with Chills and
Fever.”—K. F. Anderson.
“My wife and self have used the Regulator for
years, and I testify to its great virtues.”— Rev.'J.
R. Felder, Perry, Ga.
“My wife has suffered from a derangement of
the Liver for years; has tried several eminent
physicians to no effect, and finally derived more
benefit from the Regulator than anything else.”—
Reuben Jones, Cuthbert, Ga.
“I think Simmons’ Liver Regulator one of the
best medicines ever made for the Liver. My wife
and many others have it with wonderful effect.”—
E. A. Bpaeks, Albany, Ga.
“ The Regulator was used by me for costiveness,
and had a very happy and beneficial effect, and
that, in my opinion, the same is a good medi
cine.”—J. A.Fublow, Esq., Americas,Ga.
Price, SI.OO per package; sent by Mail, postage
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$1.50.
Manufactured only by
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Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia,
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
nov. 15-
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Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient.
Is its duplicate. Letters attesting its wonderful
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in from every sonreo. The question has been
settled whether artificially medicated waters may
not be equal to thoee which burst sparkling from
the earth itself. They can; and the Seltzer Ape
rient, when nndonbtedly pure and genuine, proves
the fact. Be Cautions. Accept none other.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
novl-lmt
VOL. XXXIV., NO. 47.
UtebicHl.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
SWAIM’S
CELEBRATED PANACEA
Was introduced to the public. Boon it attracted
the notice of some of the most eminent and lead
ing members of the medical profession in this
country and Europe by its great power and excel
lence in curing what had been considered incura
ble cases of disease where tho patients had been
almost destroyed by Scrofula, etc., and Prof. Val
entine Mott, of the New York University, Pro
fessors Gibson, Dewees, and Chapman, of Phila
delphia, with hosts of other physicians of celeb
rity and eminence, gave, over their own signa
tures, letters recommending it, and certifying to
its great merits. It lias been occasionally adver
tised during this long period, and thousands of
families throughout the United States recommend
it and use it. Swaim’s Panacea is, therefore, not
a quack medicine. The late proprietor had a
thorough medical education. The laboratory is
under the direction of physicians of education,
and not a bottle put up that is not worth its full
value to the patient. It Is perfectly safe for the
most diseased and debilitated patient, and will
always relieve where it wifi not cure. Pamphlets
giving a description of some cases can be had ou
application to tho Laboratory 113 South Seventh
street, Philadelphia. Space will not admit of
particularizing cases in this newspaper; bnt ex
tracts from the following letters, recently received,
wifi convey some idea of its value to the reader.
The following letter was received from tho pro
prietor of the Fluvanna House:
Fluvanna, N. Y., October 4, 1871.
Du. Swaim.— When a boy, 1 was afflicted with
Scrofula in its worst form, being compelled to
wear skirts instead of pants until uearly thirteen
years of age. By the use of your Panacea I was
immediately relieved and finally cured. I have
recommended it to hundreds of persons; and
thousands of bottles have been sold through my
influence. Having traveled considerably,! have
been a living advertisement of the healing powers
of your Panacea. ' Yours, truly
Q , H. A. WHITTEMORE.
Dr. Swaim.— lt is now about twelve months
since I procured a dozen bottles of your Panacea.
I vr as at that- time aud had been for five years af
flicted with scrofulous ulcers. The first one
made its appearance on my hip, aud when i com
menced taking the Panacea it had extended down
nearly to the knee, the whole under part o r my
left thigh was one mass of ulcers. I had one also
on each shoulder blade as large as the palm of my
hand, and one on my right side about three Inches
in circumference; iu iwo places the bone was
bare, and five places on my head were ulcerated.
Although I had not proper care, yet its use lias
been attended with most happy results, my head
is quite well, my hair growing niceiy, both my
shoulders are well, and my side has only a small
spot yet to he healed.
MARY £. BODRIO, Retlialto, 111.
The following letter is fiom the Rev. C. R
Gregory, pastor of the Presbyterian Chureh iu
Bridgeton, N. J. It is published now merely by
way of illustration of the value of the Panacea iu
cases which came under his notice. He says, un
der date of
July 7, 1871.
Some ycais ago I accidentally discovered that a
friend of mine, a clergyman, had suffered so se
verely from scrofula that one arm and one leg had
been eaten into holes; the leg had been confined
by splints to keep it from being distorted. He
had one of the best of Philadelphia’s physicians,
but grew steadily worse. When it became clear
that the treatment was ooing him 110 good, per
mission was asked to try the Panacea. The phy
sician objected, hut it was procured, and he at
once grew better, and soon was entirely well.
Later than this. I knew from personal obser
vation that you used tho Fauacca freely in your
own household. It was fair to conclude that it
contained nothing which you regarded *s Injuri
ous.
Not long after, I became acquainted with a gen
tleman whose right breast was quite eaten away
by scrofula, his strengtli was greatly impaired,
and the disease was steadily advancing. The best
medical advice within reach had failed 1o do him
good. Very naturally I told him what I knew of
Swaim’s Panacea, and as a forlorn hope, he pro
cured and began to use it. Hie improvement be
gan within two weeks, and iu time his flesh came
to him again “ as it were the flesh of a little child.”
Since then I have recommeuded it in several
cases, and it has always worked well.
C. R. GREGORY.
The following id from J. J. Duckworth, Esq.,
of Greenwood, Doddridge county, Va.:
A joust 3, 1871.
Du. Swaim. —l send yon with pleasure some ac
count of my case, which, of course, yon are at
liberty to publish, and it will afford me pleasure
to reply to any queries addressed to me, by per
sons who may need the Panacea.
When I was ten years of age 1 had a white swel
ling on my thigh, which, niue months following,
destroyed the hip-joint.
In February, 1868,1 was taken with severe pains
in my right breast, which continued until the
Spring following, when an abscess having formed,
it broke in my right Inng, and I expectorated im
menso quantities of pus mixed with blood; this
continued until October, 1869. Most of this time
I was confined to and had to be turned in my bed ;
in fact, my friends did not look for me to live but
a few days. In October there appeared a swelling
on my right breast, which occasioned severe eon
tlnnous pain until the following Spring, when an
abscess broko in ten dillerent places forming ugly
ulcers, and continuing to discharge pus, will! the
opening Into the lung, so that the air passed
throngh when I breathed. I was reduced in flesh
to the appearance of a skeleton, and It seomid
impossible for me long to survive. 1 can, In a
letter, give you but a faint idea or description of
ray case; suffice it to say, that, of course, 1 had
all the medical skill I could procure, aud took
gladly any medicine which seemed to offer a cure ;
and none proved of any avail. My brother came
to see me expecting my decease Ho having seen
great benefit derived from the Panacea, insisted I
should at once commence its use. I procured
and took 19 bottles; my breast did not get better
until I took six bottles, then 1 could perceive I
was improving fast; now my breast is healed ex
cept in two very small places not mnch larger
than pimples. lam now able to work some, and
go out hunting too. I shall {continue to use the
Panacea as long as I need it. I can give you a
hundred names or persons who would testify to
this statement here made, if yon say so.
Tho reader can readily perceive. If not entirely
blinded by prejudice, that Swaim’s Panacea is not
a mere advertised remedy gotten up to impose on
the credulity of the people; on the contrary, it
has a reputation extending over fifty years for its
great value in Scrofula and kindred diseases. And
in
ALL CASES WHERE THE BLOOD IS NOT
PURE, IT SHOULD BE USED FREELY.
Prepared only at Swaim’s Laboratory, 113 South
Seventh-street, Philadelphia, Penn.
W. H. BCHIEFFELIN & CO.,
General Agents, 170 William-Street, ,
uov!s-4t New York.
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