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A Song of Summer.
“Always in your darkest hours strive to re
member your brightest.” —J. P. Kichteb.
Sine; me a song of Summer,
For my heart is wintry sad,
T ;at g'orious, bright new-come',
Who makes a!l nature glad!
Sing me a song of Bummer,
That the dark from the bright may borrow,
And the part in the radiant whole of things
May drown its little sorrow!
Sing ni ' a song of Summer,
When (iod walks forth in light,
And spreads lii& glowing mantle
O'er the blank and the gray of the night;
And where he comes, his quickening touch
Revives the insensate dead,
And the numbed and frozen pulse of things
JJ eats music to his tread.
Sing me a song of Summer,
With his banners of golden bloom,
That glorious, bright new comer,
Who bear-, bleak winter’s doom!
With banners of gold and of silver,
And wings of rosy display,
And verdurous power in his path,
When lie couies ia the pride of the May.
When he comes with his genial sweep
O’er the b rrtn and bare of the scene,
Aid makes the still earth to wave
With an ocean of undulent green;
With II mri-h of leafy expansion,
And boa t of luxuriant bloom,
Ami the revel of .ife as it triumphs
O’er the dust and decay of the tomb.
S ng me a s tig of Summer;
o God! what a glorious thing
Is the march of this mighty new-comer
With splendor of joy on his wing!
When he quickens the pulse of ercation,
And maketh all feebleness strong.
Till it spread into blossoms of beauty,
And burst in picins of song!
Sing me a song of Summer!
Though my heart be wintry sad.
The thought of this blessed new-comer
Shall foster the germ of the glad.
’Neath the veil of my giief let me cheiish
The joy that shall rush iuto day.
When the bane of the winter s.h- H perish
in the pride and the uower of the May.
—John Stuart JJlackie, in Good World.
Cjj&ren.
Hob’s Little Teacher.
It was a dark, cold November afternoon;
so dark that women were hurrying through
the streets of the great city to reach their
homes; so cold that every passer by
wrapped himself up in his clothes, and
pnt his coat-coilar np to his cars, to keep
out the whistling wind.
But it jo Martin, who had no comfort
able homo to which to go, uml no warm
clothes in which to wrap himself, stood
at his crossing, his broom in his hand,
looking listlessly and wearily on, while the
people passed him in a never-ending
stream.
“It’s hard, very hard,” the boy mur
mured to himself, retreating from his
crossing, and putting his back against the
wall, with a slight shiver. “I shouldn’t
wonder if these folks have a prjttv good
time of it; lots to eat and drink, and fires
to warm ’em, and beds to sleop in ; while
as for me, with a father us drinks, and a
mother as does nothin’ eke. and no bread
but what I earns myself. It is hard, that
it is 1 And yet that ain’t the worst. Them
things I’m kinder used to ; but there’s
one I ain’t nsed to a bit, nor I never shall
be. Most of the fellows abont here has
got a mother or a sisti r, or p’raps a dog or
a kitten as loves ’em ; but I’ve got noth
in’—nothin’ in the world ; nobody o ires
for poor Rob.”
“Then what I hoard yesterday ain’t
true, Robbie,” said a childish voice ; and
the boy, starting and looking round, saw at
his elbow a little girl whose home was in
the same sirect as his own, and whoso pale
face and poorly clad little lorm he often
saw as ho went to and from his crossing.
As he looked at her, amazed at her words,
she repeated them emphatically, adding,
“ And yet what I heard feels like true, and
I want it to feel so—ldo, indeed, R >b.”
“ I didn’t know I was talking ont loud,
Nan,” said he at let, ‘ but, p’rap3, as yon
have heal'd me, you'd tell me what yon
mean ; if you can tell poor II >b Martin of
any one as loves him, you’ll be o!evere>
than I thinks you and the boy langhed
a bitter laugh, and resting his arm against
a lamp-pcsl looked down upon his little
companion, who, thinly clad as she was,
deliberately sit down on the pavement,
and said quietly : “lam not very clever,
I know, but what I heard has stayed
hare,” and she clasp.-d In r hand on her
heart. “It’s just this, Rob. The some
body who loves all poor child-eu like us,
and who wants ns to love Him too, is
Jeans.”
“Jesus ! why, who ia that ?” asked the
boy grively, struck, in spite of himself,
by the child’s earnestness.
“ He’s not on earth at all,” replied N in
understanding his words literally ; “least
ways, we eau’t see Him ; but He was here
once, and He was poor like ns, and some
times Was hungry and tired, just as we are;
but the l est of it all is, Rob, that He
loves us, He loves ns ever so rnnch ;” and
the little girl’s face kindled as she raised
her eyes to those of the listener.
“That’s all vtry well, but how do yon
know it for certain asked Rob.
“ Well,”said the child, “He ranst love
ns, yon know, or He’d never have come
to die for ns ; snd God (that’s His Father)
mast have loved us too, or He’d never
have sent Him to save us. I haven’t
learned much about it, Rob, but they
made rue say oae little bit out of a big
book til! I knew it by heart, and I’ll just
say it to yon, and then run home, for its
getting lute. Then, standing up, and
gazing straight into Rob’s face with her
earnest eyes, Nan said slowly, “God so
loved tiie world that He gave His only be
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but hat e everlast
ing life.”
“Stop one moment more, and tell ns
where you hoard all this,” seid Bob,
e itching tha child’s tattered frock, as she
Wis moving away.
“I heard it at tho Sunday Ragged
eeliool, down at the bottom of Oolham
street,” replied Nan, readily, “and you
cau go too, if you like; I wish you
would ”
“.Tast stay another minute,” pleaded
Rob. “Say that thing ov<r once more,
so Ifean renumber it.” Nan repeated the
tuxt very slowly, twier over, and Rob re
peafed it nf'er in r Then she bade him
good by, aad ran home, while Rob re
rn-'i mi at his eros-ing, saying again and
again to himself tbs sweet gospel words,
heard r -day for tho first time. The next
Sunday morning found R.b Martin in the
Ragged-school, eager to hear more of the
truth which he had first received from the
lips o u tiitle child. That he found and
learnt and to love his Savior, we may be snre,
for we know Who has said, “ Those that
seek shall find.’’ And we need not follow
further the history of Rob and Nan, ii by
th;s brief sketch we have been taught the
lesson that God works often by lowly
means, and that even a child may be His
preacher of righteousness.— C/iMs Com
panion
Uncle Job’s Gift.
BY ROSA GRAHAM.
Johnnie eat perched np on the barn
yard fence, bis bands tbrnet deep down
in his pockets, his bine eyes wide awake
with wonder. A novel position for John
nie ; ordinarily, his brisk little body
bobbed to and fro like a windmill; and
no wonder Annt Martha regarded him
amazed, from the kitchen window.
The fact is, Johnnie was thinking—as
only boys can think when some great
surprise is npon them. His soberness
dated back to the early morning.
“ Come down to the meadow,” Uncle
Job had said, “when the clock strikes
three. lam going to make you a pres
ent.”
Such a future to an eight-year old boy 1
Johnnie’s joints stiffened instantly ; he
could not eat his dinner, mnoh less eke
out the interval with his nsual sports; his
hfe seemed lost in that speck of afternoon.
So np on the fence-post he perched, his
bine eyes wide open with wonder, his fin
gers hammering great holes in his trou
sers pocket.
Clang, clang, clang—the town clock
struck three! The fence that had known
Johnnie suddenly knew him no more;
straight westward he trotted his brisk
little body till, breathless, he stood in the
meadow, where uncle Job was diligently
stacking hay. _
Johnnie approached the hay-rifts with
a kind of awe. S
“ Piease, Uncle Job” —
That gentleman looked up with a smile;
it seemed like dinner to Johnnie, when he
was impatient for dessert.
“On time, eb, my boy ?” said Uncle
Job cheerily; and then throwing down
his rake, he drew Jibnnie towards him
and continued:
“I was to make yon a present, I be
lieve, Johnie. And so I will—the graud
tat one you ever had in your life. Yon
mayn’t like it at first. It ain’t a top nor
a j-rcknife, nor anything 1 ke that; but it’s
so beantiful that it shines all over; and
though it’s easy broken, you can break it
ten times a day, and yet use it again
whenever yon like. It’s meant for use,
too; it thrives better by wear and tear;
the only trouble is to keep it, Johnnie.”
Here Uncle Job paused, but Johnnie
was too abserbed to notice. A present
he mightn’t like, perhaps, though it was
so beautiful it shone all over ; a present
he could break at will, and jet use it
whenever he pleased ; a present it was
hard to keep—neither a top nor a j tek
knife—”
“ What can it bo ?” he exclaimed at
last, aloud.
“It’s a rule,” brokeiu Uocle Job softly,
“A golden mle. ”
Johnnie stared straight down into
Uncle Job’s eyes. No rnischie^fdßkj
rather s- e rnestness, deep and i^H
The boy set rued bewildered^r'
familiar with rules ni-i-eli®
and neuter; bqf gold -n ones
to his experience. For, you
was a little waif that Uncle Job TwlifPP'
centlyadopted,and his native atmosphere
had not favored these extra b ids ami bins
some. Still Johnnie knew what go and was,
and, after a minute, he turned, his blue
eyes brimming with curiosity—
“ Show it to me, Uncle Job, please.”
Uncle Job made no movement tow rds
his pocket, though Johnnie eyed it close
ly. He said, s mply :
“Do nnto olbsi'-s as you would have
them do unto you ”
Johnnie’s iip quivered. There was no
beauty to him in the unfamiliar wolds
He seemed lost in the belief that a great
disappointment was in store for him.
“But the present,” he gasped.
A big te r rose in Uncle Job’s eye. He
tightened his arms aronud Johnnie, and
kissed his sad little face.
“My boy," he saio, “will you say those
words with me ? ’
Johnnie complied, wonderingiy; and out
upou the summer air 11 rated like hymn:
“ Do nnto others as you would have
them do unto you ”
Then continued Undo Job, softly:
“Johnnie, this is all I have for you to
day—these diz u words. No gift at all,
you think it, now; but if you resolve to
keep it, it’li make yon so rich and happy
that you won’t wonder Uuoie Job thought
it worth a half-mile trip to the meadow.
And, Johnnie—you know one gift don’t
hinder another—there are hosts of tops
and j ick-knives yet to get, and hosts of
days to get them in,” and Uncle Job's
eyes twinkled so mysteriously that John
nie was moved to a in ;rry laugh.
Johnnie had great faith ia Uncle Job.
He could not understand it, yet he be
lieved implicitly ail he had heatd, and
that, if h 3 kept the golden rule, he would
be the richest and happiest boy ia the
world. So he listened eageriy to Uncle
Job’s explanations, and resolved to try
always to act towards others j isi as he
would like them to act toward him.
I wish I could tell you ail the wondrous
trials he made, and how bravely he strove
to reap the promised good. For it was not
always smooth walking in Jobuuie’s path;
he had his trips and tumbles; he turned
sometimej to the right and left Bat by
etl'art he grew strong, and his row r 1 was
rich indeed. No boy was loved like
Johnnie; nono had so many friends And,
to manhood grown, no gift does lie re
gard mori grati fully than the one Uncle
Job give him that snmtumer a’hruoou.
—The Mi tK odist
gliscdiang.
The Proverbs of laulia.
The j-rovi rbs of India far exceed tliosa
of Solomon in number, and many of them
qnite rival his in wit, and wisdom. I will
give a selection. They speak for them
selves. Some of them lose a little in
rhyme or pungency hy translation. There
are many mere which would lie of little
point away from Indian customs aDd
ideas. As “a man is known by the com
pany he keeps,” so a land may be known
by its proverbs, if we bear in mind that
there are tome sayings unpublished.
Missionaries gain a greater hold upon
the natives when they can use their pro
verbs as oar Lord applied the sayings of
the Jews ol his day. Thus the depth cf
human depravity, so well illustrated by
the “Ethiopian’s skin,” is best present! and
to the Hindostani by one of the proverbs
of the Hitopadcsha: “Charcoal parts not
with its blackness in a hundred wash
ings.” “Even by a hundred efforts a
crane cannot be made to talk like a par
rot,” or, mere pithily, “ Pounding an ass
to make him a horse.” Allied to this is
Tarashing the ch;ff,” iilasirating the
inability of the soul to sanctify itself.
The need of the help of the Holy Spirit
to see the truth may be taught by quoting
“What is the use of a looking gists to a
person without eyes ?” We may hint the
inedsof their Brahmins and Gurus by
suggesting “ Blind toreh-bearers,” “ The
builder’s hoaso is oat of repair,” or “ Oil
your own wheels first.” Tiieeo seem
seareely original, so nearly are they
like our Lord’s “Blind leaders of the
blind,” and “ Mote and beam,” illustra
tions. Hypocrisy is “ Rubbing the
thighs with bran and calling one’s self
corn” (the dealer siis upon lais mat with
the grain heaped up beside him).
Vanity is thus put: “If I must die, I
mnet die; but do not touch my top-ko'' l '
ns the peacock said,” Osr “
the kettle black” runs thus:
said to the needle, What a l
have.” Contentment is
Bengalese proverb: “
breaks, there’s the floor to lie omH
‘•Content is covered with theSherffliM
but for discontent a plantain will notsuh
flee.” “Too high is broken by the wind,
too low is eaten by the goats.” The Hito
padesha has many wise sayings upon this
and similar snLj-cts: “ i’rom covetous
ness anger proceeds ; from covetousness
comes delusion and perdition; covetous
ness is the cause of sin.” “ The wealth
of the miser consists in being able to sry:
This is mine.” “He whose days pass
without giving or enjoying, though he
may breathe like the bellows of a black
smith, yet he does not live.” Retribution
is found in many sayings, as ‘ Jaisa karnn,
waisa bharna.” “As the doing, si the
getting.” “Jo booga, wnhi katoge,” lit
erally, “ What you sow, that shall ye cut”
(reap). With these is found the idea of
atonement: “Like sin, like atonement.”
“ The profits of sin are spent in atone
ment.” Ingratitude is pictured in the
Bengalese: “Having eaten your rico, the
eater attacks yon,” and “ When the work
is done, the oarpenter is a rascal,” or the
Sanskrit sloka, “ What farther use of the
boat when you have crossed the 6tream?”
From the sublime let us turn to the do
mestic. “If yon want a good pot,sound
it first; if you want a good wife, know
her first.” “Caulk anew boat, beat a
new wife,” would make one shndder, but
it is met by “Prop up an old house, cher
ish and old wife.” We have known some
more “enlightened” people to reverse
this order. Here is a sweet sentiment:
“One’s own home is always the pleasant
est, and she is loveliest whom one loves
best.” Here is a contrast: “The mind of
the mother-in-law is as nneasy as peas on
a brass plate.” “If a man runs’after a
woman he falls into marriage; if a woman
runs after a man she falls into ruin.”
“Good soil gives good grain—a good bus
band makes a good wife.” “ Half-grown
grain wants the rain—to her with child be
soft and mild.” “He who cultivates an
o\Ajoom will have much weeding; he who
marries a widow will have to pay Let
debts.”
The drinking customs of the age nre
suggested: “ An old house wants props—
an old man wants drops.” “An ax is
spoiled by the knots in the wood —a man
is mined by the glassses he swallows.”
A relativo iu slavery is “a thorn under
under the nsil ” to the frontier tribes.
“A dog is disliked for his teeth, a man
for his tongue.” “ In jnDgle sernb the
castor tree (ten feet high) is king.” “Any
knife is sharp among potatoes.” “It is
dark under the lamp” is akin to our erro
neons proverb abont preachers’ sons.
The Hitopadesha has many beautifnl
proverbs: A false flatterer is “ a jar of
poison with a surface of milk.” “ The
serpent is adorned with a jewel, still is
he not dangerous?” “One ehonld not
form friendship with one of evil character
—charcoal, if hoat, burns; if cold,
blackens the hands ” “One of evil char
acter is like a pot of clay, easily broken,
but reunited with difficulty; whiles good
man is like a vessel of gold, difficult to be
broken and may be easily joined again.”
Wonders of Mechanism.
One of the most rtmnkable sights of
the great Paris Exposition was a mam
moth toy, about which crowds were al
ways gathered. The first glance took in
merely a rock some twelve feet high, abont
which, in a very tangle of weird beauty,
wire growing mosses and ferns, lichens,
parasites, end creeping things generally.
Then, from one side of the huge rook was
seen a tiny silvery spring, reminding the
beholder of God’s care lor His people in
.the wilderness, when at His command
emote the rock, ana the waters
SDd followed the Israelites ”
tor stopped to toy with
and silver fish that
■TVud gambolled like shining ar-
PWSsoQ the clear waters of the pond, be
was startled by the spring of a huge New
fom dlai <1 dog. who placed himself in full
vie w of toe. crowd, as if courting attention.
He lolled his ey< s, opened wide his fierce
jaws, showing tongue and teeth that made
many a beholder shudder and stand back.
Then he barkt d—not angrily, but, a good
honest bark of courteous welcome to his
master’s guests, who helped to fill the
master’s pockets with francs to bny food,
and “Carlos” looked, with his frisky air-,
as if be meant to bavo his foil share of the
feast.
Next" came the sound of music—a
strange, wild tattoo, just over the people’s
heads, and locking up they saw a cunning
little hare, sitting perched upou a huge
bouldtr of the rock, and playing on a
drum. Faster and taster each momeut
flow the tiny ps, and wilder with each
stroke became the strange music, till it
suddenly ceased with a wild shriek, as a
huge, grinning baboon, with open fore
pav.s and rolling eyeballs, made his Bp
pe irunee on one side, at the same moment
that a juvenile shepherd entered on the
other. In the distance wes seen a dainty
little maiden, to whom the shepherd bow
ed and i m.L and, while he raised his flate
and played eoflly and sweetly, till inter
rupted bv the jibes and fierce drumming
of the hideous baboon, who seemed deter
mined to drown the flute’s soft melodies.
Bath seamed intent on winning a smile
from tho demure little damsel, who sat
with downcast eyes, bestowing not so
much as a glance on either.
Suddenly all became quiet, the strange
pantomime ended, and tho crowd learned
to their amaz-ment. (if they had not seen
it before) that they bad been watching
only mi nut mi.l.u, Avery amusing one
certainly, * ,ic only stone figures after all,
that were moved by springs, wound np
like a cl ,ck, and set agoing, and tleu
stopped just as does a clock or a waleh
when it has “run down.” So life like
were both fignres and motions, that the
observer could hardly realize that he was
gaz’ng only at a machine, even after he
had found out the illusio j. The rock was
of course an artificial one, and the rprings
w. re all inside; while this wonderful piece
of mechanism eonld be t.kc-u to pie es
and moved about alnio-t as readily as a
soldier’s tent. The only real tree things
abont it were the fish; all the rest—the
lady and shepherd, baboon, bare,and dog
—were s'me; and neither motious nor
music were acts of volition, any more than
is ihe rnntit-g or striking of a clock.
Now do vnu think this curious combina
tion of works and springs, all working to
gether so harmoniously, aud carrying ont
so perfect a system of design, made itself?
Would you not think one very silly, who
should say it had no malcer, but got to
gether by ih v.ee? Tben can it be possible
that the whole systems of worlds, sun,
moon and stars, trees and flowers, birds,
beasts, and fishes, and above all, man with
bis immortal soul, his volition and con
sciousness, were formed without a Crea
tor? The Bible tells us, “Every house
hath some builder, but He who built all
thiugs is God;” and remember it is only
"thefool ' who saitb in his heart “there is
no God.”— F. K. F. in British Workman.
Attention makes the genins; all learn
ing, fancy, and science depend upou it.
It builds bridges, opens new worlds, snd
heals diseases; without it taste is useless,
and the beauties of literature unobserved.
Wiimotl.
§bitusrn.
Jons C. Staley was born in Orangeburg
District, South Carolint, Oct. 35, 1533; and
died in Houston county, Ga , Sept. 6, 1875.
He was converted and joined the Methodist
Church while he was a boy, at a eamp-mcetiug
in South Carolina. In his 21st year he was
married to Miss Caroline Riley of Houston
county, Ga., aud four years afterwards began to
hold daily prayer with his family, and contin
ued to do so, whenever able, as long as be
lived. Asa husband he was libera), forbearing,
loving : as a father he was tender, perhaps to
weakness, and erred, if at all, through excess
of love; as a friend, he was true to the last;
as a Christian, he was simple-hearted, and
deeply earnest. His devotion to the Church of
his choice was so strong, and his love to the
Saviour so ardent,that, notwithstanding he was
one of the most modest and retiring of men, he
affas always ready for any seivice which it was
wer to perform for the Church. He
serviccs of God’s house, and
dfmoustra'ive, would
with joy as he drauk in
Pit of the songs of the sanctuary. I
mave seen him inexpressibly happy while wor
shiping with his servants, in the house which
he, at his own expense, had built for their use
as a church. But at the family altar, surround
ed by his own household, his spirit of worship
seemed the strongest, and he drew nigh to
God in the deepest, purest devotion. And there
the Father poured out His Spirit upon him
most freely, filing him with joy and gladness.
For severalyears before his death he was agreat
suflerer from a chronic disease, which at times
greatly depressed his spirits, and imparted the
appearance of acerbity, to his words and ac
tions, and caused him to be misunderstood.
But I am sure that his heart was right, and his
motives consistent with the highest virtue.
It was a pleasure to converse with him about
experimental religion, a theme of which he
never tired. He has entered into rest.
F. A. Bkasch.
Mrs. Eliza F. Hutchesox, whoso maiden
name was Carleton, wife of Peter W. Hutche
son, died In Oglethorpe county, Ga., Oct. 6th,
1875, in the 85th year of her age.
Boru in Mecklenburg county,Va., September
4, 1791, she joined the M. E. Church in ISO 7,
and was married March 19, 1818, to her aged
surviving husband. Btie became the mother of
ten children, five of whom preceded her to the
grave, and, as it is confidently believed, to the
home of the good, whilst the five who survive,
ure members of the Church of their parents.
Her body was borne to the grave by six of her
grandsons, and the number might have been
duplicated from those who were present at her
burial. In all life’s relations she was most ex
emplary. “None knew her hut to lover her,
none named her but to praise.” Her distin"
guishing characteristics were artless simplicity,
unwavering fidelity to her religious profession,
and steadfast devotion to the Master’s cause.
The Baviour’s description of Nathaniel was
strikingly appropriate to her: “ Behold an Is
raelite ideed, in whom there is no guile.” As
her mind was beclouded for several hours pre
vious to dissolution, she left few dying words
of cheer; but her long and stainless Hfe,
adorned with every Christian grace, is far more
satisfactory. Having borne the cross for nearly
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
three score years and ten, her Redeemer ena
bled her to pass through the dark valley of the
shadow of death and fear no evil. Weary of
life, and worn by the labor and sorrow of four
score years and more, she clipped from the col
umns of the Southern Christian Advocate a short
time since the b autiful lines of Dr. Guthrie,
beginning, “ I’m kneeing at the threshold,
weary, faint, and sore,” aid showing them to
her friends, repeatedly endorsed them, a3 sin
gularly expressive other own sentiments. 11.
Annie Wilson Dowdle : young.st daughter
of J. W. and Ann Dowdle, was born March 16,
1564; aud died iu Floyd county, Ga., August
23, 1873.
She was as good, snd peihaps better, than
most little girls She was early tanght to sing
and pray, and to love Jisus. ‘1 liree years ago,
at the Morrison camp-meeting, she was so
wrought upou by the Holy Spirit, as twice to
swoon away She was too young and sincere
to practice deception in this. She was received
into the Church at nine years of age by Rev.
W. P. Rivers. During her last illness, of thij
teen days, she ofLen requested her good
or some loved friend to sing some of
sweet songs the knew. She was an
ate associate, dutiful child, and '.tdfl
Christian. She loved the
expressed a desire to be with her
aud take her teacher some tl jwers
of warm afli ctinn -but she was hi
ljttle bud, too pure to bloom on earth,
just as it began to nnfo!d and diffuse
gratce, the blessed angeis
Canaan’s genial clime to bloom in perenniiß
beauty. The day before Staunie died she trie jP
to sing, “Thro’ the valley of the shadow I must
go,” etc. D J. Whems.
Sri eh mam Armstrong died ia Warren
Ga., October 2, 1875, nearly s
of age.
lie wis the fa*her of Rev. James M tfl
of the North Georgia Conference.
died about twfiity-six ) ears am. qJEaI
married again, lie had ten cliil
ami live girls—and raised them all.^H
them attended h'a funeral. 11c was
ted to Ids family ; ami one of his chief
a yearly reunion of father, children, and
children, at his house, to spend a day in lofß
peace, and unity. He was a Methodist, an*
held his membership at New Prospect, in War
renton Circuit, about thirty-two years. Faith
ful in all his engagements to the Church, qniet
and unobtrusive in his demeanor, loved aud re
sp. eted by all who kn w him, he died in peace
and went to heaven. An honorable man, free
fiom pride, attentive to Ills own affairs—no
busy-body—reticent without canning, friendly
without dissimulation, honest and Arm in his
convictions of right and duty, and above all, a
true Christian—is a specimen of m inhood too
rartly found in these days. Such was brother
Armstrong. R. W. Hubert.
Mrs. Mart Clifton Davis was born in Geor
gia, in 1824 ; was converted and joined the
Methodist Church in 1842; was manied toWm
Davis, F.sq., in 1840 ; and died in Waco, Texas,
August 7, 1875.
She was the eldest child of T. 11. Audas, of
Sparta, and passed most of her married life in
Bartow county, Ga. She came to Texas iu
1870, and after making several changes finally
settled in Waco. She was of noble parentage,
and was riJatfd to some of the purest and most
noted sons and daughters of that grand com
monwealth. She had superior advantages for
mental aud moral culture, and was a woman of
much and varied reading. She left the impress
of a well developed Christian womanhood upon
her generation. She had uncommon faith iu,
and steadiness of devotion to Christ. She be
lieved God, and therefore made the best of life.
Her illness was short. Death hurried. She
was ready. The shock disturbed not her net
in Jesus. When the hour cam ■, she kissed her
only son and went to God. We are bereavid
of a valued in mb. r. May there he meeting
yonder. M. H. Wells.
Gsokgb Clarks Bkvis dual near Pi nsacolu,
Fla., of yellow fever, September 19, 1875, iu (lie
25th year of his age.
He joined the M. E. Church, South, in Green
wood, Fia , about three years ago, and has
since then up to his death lived a consistent
life. In January last he left Jackson county,
where he had lived with his parents for some
years past, to engage in business near Pensa
cola. HU career there has suddtlenly been cut
short, and though insensible during his short
sickness, he has left an assurance to sorrowing
friends that all is well. His letters to his father
and mother carried the impress of the true
Christian, lie always asked in these letters to
be remembered in the prayers of those hI home.
He was known, as a boy, to be oh dient to his
parents, polite and respectful to ail, aud his life
from early childhood was noted for morality.
He was never known .o swear an oath. He
leaves a wife, an aged father and mother,
brothers and sisters,and many friends,to mourn
his death. But thtsj feel that all is well.
H. M. Gii.lis.
Mrs. Dkcsiixa Claxton, wife of John H.
CJaxton, was born in Fort Valley, Ga., January
14, 1840 ; died August 26, 1875; and was buried
near the place of her birth, by the side of her
mother.
She joined the Methodist Church at an early
age, and her li e was one of constant piety and
devotion. Spending two years in the \Yest,
where she was totally without public religious
privileges, she nevertheless maiutained through
the private means of grace, communion with
her heavenly Father, and upon returning to her
native State devoutly thanked God that she
was again iu reach of the preached gospel.
Amid all the troubles of her husband, she
ever ready with kind and consolatory words jl
smooth the rugged path of life. While i jfl
protracted meeting was held in Augu;t
a church near by, and .-lie frequently
the music, singing, “ There is a
with blood,” etc. She leaves
two sons and one daughter—all
the Church. W. I.
Mrs. Sauaii E. I’itchfokii,
name was Stephens,was born In
trict, 8. C , in 1807 ; and died at the
other son, Elijah W. Prtcbford, Oct. It, 187*
having been an exemplary member of the Meth
odist Church for about fifty years.
She was the wife of Eli PrtchforJ, a good an&
true man, who died in the Christian fait hjM
1855. As wife, mother, and neighbor, she
no superior. She was especially
for her attention to and care for the all! jffl
her community, and was well read
works, which made tier more
atilieled. She waa pci mitted to ;,. -JtmM
calmly as a sum in.-r's eve; and
no dying testim my, yet her long nvtflfl
piety is an unerring comm -n’a y
uineness and divinity of her religion.
W. P. IIOWELL^fI
Mrs. Mary Dupree died near Howard, Tay
lor county, Georgia, July 26, 1875, aged sixty
one years.
She was muclr beloved by all who knew her,
for her gentleness and deep piety. She was for
many years a consistent member of the M. E.
Church, South ; loved its doctrines, and de
lighted iu the religion of Jesus Christ. For sev
eral years of the latter part of her life she had
many trials to bear ; yet ’she patiently endur
ed them all and triumphantly passed through
the valley of the shadow of death—crossed the
river of Jordan and entered into the fold of
Christ. “ Blessed are the dead that die in the
Lord.” G.
Laura L. Rogers, wife of L. L. Rogers, was
born January 22,1854; and diid in peace at
Langley, S. C., September 5, 1875.
By this event the husband and father has been
bereft of all be held dear on earth, as on the
2Sth of June, Laura Eustacia, and on the sth
of October, 1875, Susie, the last link that bound
him to earth, was broken by death. But he
endures not as if destitute of the Christian’s
hope. Himself a follower of the Redeemer, he
looks forward to the morning of the resurrec
tion, when, with his loved ones, if he has been
faithful unto death, he shall praise God forever
arouud His dazzling throne. L. C. Loyal.
Miss Mattie L. Hardy died in Newton
county, Ga., in the triumph of the faith of the
Gospel, September 25, 1875, aged thirty years.
In obedience to her own request nothing
more is said of her, of whose deep piety and
beautifully consistent Christian character it
would be difficult to say too much. Loved
one, rest in peace, for thou shalt live again.
Wm. W. Hardt.
Educational Advertisements.
MEDICAL COLLEGE ofKEORSIA
The Medical Department of the
University of Georgia.
TLHE 44TH SESSION WILL BE
JL commenced in Augusta on the FIRS C DAY
OF NOVEMBER next. Fees—Matriculation, $5;
full course of Lectures. SSO; Practical Anatomy
(once), $10; Diploma, S3O. For further particulars,
apply to L. A. DUGAS, Dean.
octl3 6t
Andrew Female College,
1875. Cuthbrbt. Ga. 1576.
QUR COLLEGIATE YEAR IS Dl
' vided into Three Terms, beginning Septem
ber 20th. January 3d, April Ist, and ending on
Commencement Day, which is the fourth Wednes
da> in Jane.
Board and Tuition, per Term $59 00
Music, and useof Piano, per Term 19 00
Everything furnished except towels and bed
clothing.
D ess Jniform. For Fall and Winter—Black Al
paca.
I ror further information, address
kamri-tfi A. it. FLKWbLLKN.President.
worth Institute-*1875.
NEAR TALBOTTON,
miles from Geneva, (S. \Y r . R. R..)
by daily (lack Line, connecting with
of cars.
Buii! begins January 18th. -'loses.
begin' June 15rh: close* October l/.Uh.
sl3 W per month.
t J I.Mrb/i l vill LIN. Principal.
Female College.
■Pie fall term of this in
. stitution will open August ISth, with the fol
■R>wing !• acuity:
J. K. MaYSON, A. M., President and Pro
fessor ot Mathematics arid Moral Science.
J. T. JOHNSON, A. M , Profe sor of Latin and
English Literature.
. : —. Professor of Natural Scicuco and
k Lrench.
■Miss JkNNIE MoFAIL. Teacher of Calisthenics.
LUOV CARPENTER, Teacher of Art De
MIE COWLES, Music.
N \ IE J. MA\SON, Teacher of Primary
vacancy in the Board of Instruction
betoro the opening of the Term. A*-
b <>•' procured when the necessities ot
demand their services.
graduated its first class in
that time has sent forth hundreds from
ic walls to mold and bless society.
Fail Term will open the 3d Wednesday in
and close 21th December. The Spring
.viß open 3d Wednesday in January and
■ mencement Day.
r Board iu the College, including lights and fuel,
sly Per month. Charges for board and tuition,
one-nalt in advance and bal mce at the middle ot
the term. Each pupil boarding in the College w ill
be required to furnish one pur sheets, one pair
pillow cases, and half dozen towels.
For further information, address
augll-tft REV. J, It. MAY SON, President.
Carroll Masonic Institute,
CARROLLTON. GEORGIA.
MAJOR JOHN M. RICHARDSON, President.
THIS INSTITUTE, UNDER THE
1 fostering care of the Masonic Fraternity, re
gularly chartered and organized, is devoted to
the thorough Co-education of the sexes.
The Institute has been organized into three
Schools—Primary, Academic and Collegiate. The
course in each is thorough and systematic—em
bracing, in the Collegiate, the Languages Ancient
and Modern, the Higher English Studies, Pure
and Applied Mathematics, Book Keeping, the
Natural sciences, etc.
Experienced teachers, thorough grading and
classification, ample time for recitation, the im
proved texts and methods of modern culture, care
ful supervision of manners and habits, special
training for practical and business life, as weil as
iu tbe higher and refining departments of educa
tion—these are among the advantages of this Insti
tution of icaining.
Tuition varies with the school, fiom $22.50 to
$52.50 per annum, and is due in advance.
Tuition in Music, $5.00 per month.
Board can be had in excellent families at sl2 to
sls per month, payable monthly in advance.
The Academic year is divided into two Ses
sions. The Spring Session will begin January 14,
1875, and close on Wednesday, Commencement
Day. after the last Sunday in June. The Fall
Session will begin August 12 and close December 2.
Send f r circulars. lan 13-lyll
Emory and Henry College,
ON THE V\. AND TFNN. AIR LINE RAILROAD,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA.
/\UR COLLEGIATE YEAR IF DI-
V / vtiled into two TANARUS rm* of twenty weeks each.
The Fall Term begius Uth ..f .'•e;.tember next, at
the close of which, the Spring term commences on
the 27th Jmu iry, 18 ('. Iwo liumlr and dollars paid
iu advance, w II meet the expends for tuition,
board fuel, n*..m rcn, washing, contingent and
library fee- (or the rnti.c year ol tnrty weeks.
Those set kn.g 'be discipline and cult ire of a
thorough enhev i.i'.e, ctentitle, ..r preparatory
course, re request :d to inquire concerning the
eh.iraeler •]' our school, ot any ot the leading men
of the M. K. (’but eb. South ; of the Professors (by
their permission) ot the University of Virginia;
or of our Alu uni. widely scattered over iheSouth.
Further information, or a Catalogue, may be ob
tained by addressing
E. E. WI LEY, President,
|ulyl4-Binf Emory P. 0., Va.
Emory College,
OXFOIID, GA.
THE FALL TERM BEGINS SEP
tember Ist, and ends November 30: h, 1875.
Three new Recitation Hat is, and anew Day
Chapel, with large, comfortable Lecture Rooms,
furnish ample accommodations lor the daily rou
tine of College work. The chemical and philo
sophical apparatus will be greatly enlarged bj the
opening of the term.
Attention is called to the desirableness of Oxford
as a placetoeducateyouth. its location and health
fulness, as well as its social and religious features
olfering peculiar advantages.
FACULTY:
Rkv. O. L. SMITH, D.1)., President and Professor
of Mental and Moral Science, and of English
Literature.
Rrv.UEO. W. W. STONE, A.M., Vico President
and Professor ot Mathematics.
Rkv. ALEX. MEANS. M.i)., I*.D., LL.D., Pro
fessor Emeritus of Natural Science.
Rev. JOHN F. BONNELL, A.M., Professor of
Natural Science.
Rkv. MORGAN CALLAWAY. D.D., Professor of
Latin Language.
Mr. JOHN M. DOGGETT. A.M.. Professor of
Greek Language.
Mr. RUFUS W. SMITH. A.M., Principal of Aca
demic Department.
Tuition, Fall Term, in Collego Classes, $25.
Tuition, Fall Term, in Academic Classes, sls and
S2O.
Board, including all expenses for fuel, lights,
and washing, from $lO tos2o per month.
A year’s Tuition in College may be awarded by
the Principals of the Academic Department, and
of C dlinsworth Institute, at Talbotton, to the best
scholar in those schools. Two free scholarships are
offered to Local Preacher o and Laymen in each
Presiding Elder's District f the North Georgia.
South Georgia, and Flori a Conferences. For
particulars, consult Presiding E‘der.
For further information, address
Rkv, 0. L. SMITH. President.
Wesleyan Female College,
L MACON. GA.
lb’ll E THIRTY-EIGHTH AN-
Session will begin oa Wednesday, 15th
:
■4ILLIAM 0. BASS. D.D., President, and
” of Mental and Moral Science and
W. SMITH, D.D., Profo-sor of
nematic** and Astronomy.
OvvA KI) W. KEY, A.M., Professor of
Science.
■■ M. BiZIEN, A. M.. Professor of Modern
align ages and Latin.
Butts, ALICE CULLER COBB, Assistant in Lite-
W rary Department.
Miss CLIFFORD COTTON, Teacher of Prepara
tory Department.
Miss TAOIE A. DANIEL Teacher of Vocal
Music.
ALBERT N. WHITNEY, Professor of Music.
IvMUs EMMA L. COLE. Assistant in Music and
it Teacher of <Jalkthenics.
■fciss KATE BROWNE. Art Department.
C. M. WALTHOi.R, Matron.
Latin Language, Vocal Music in Classes,
enics, taught without extra charge.
containing lull information, ad-
President, or
C. W. SMITH, Secretary.
Bbmbia Female College,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
female college
Carolina, owned and controlled by
Episcopal Church, South. Stundard
WTscholarship high. Pupils are marked, daily, in
reach recitation, and noone is allowed tograduate,
whose average grade for the whole senior year is
under Eiahtu, one hundred being the maximum.
Departments are all filled by experienced teach
ers, with a good suppjy of Charts, Globes and Ap
paratus to aid them, in imparting proper instruc
tlon* FACULTY.
Rev. S. B. JONES, D. 1)., President and Professor
ol Mental and Moral Science.
Rev. A. J. STAFFORD, A. M„ Profossorof Math
tnatics.
W. 11. WALLACE, A. M , Professor of Languages
and Natural Science.
W. 11. ORCHARD. Professor of Vocal and Instru
mental Music.
Mrs. A. L. WALLACE. Instructress in Belles-Let
ters.
Miss MARY McWATSON, Instructress in Music.
Miss LIZZIE CORN WELL, Instructress in Music.
Mrs. G. M. CORDES, Instructress in Drawing and
Painting.
Mrs. M. E. BRADY, Instructress iB Wax and
Fancy Work.
Fall Session will open on the first Wednesday in
October. Terras very moderate. For circular ad
dress tho President at Columbia, S. C.
aug 18-tfi
Wofford College,
SPARTANBURG. S. C.
FACULTY.
JAMES 11. CARLISLE, A. M., LL. D., President
and professor of Mathematics.
DAVID DUNCAN, A. M. t Professor Greek Lan
guage and Literature.
Rkv. WHITEFOORD SMITH, A. M.. D. D., Pro
fessor English Literature.
WARREN DuPRE, A. M. t Professor Natural Sci
ence.
Rkv. W. WALLACE PIJNCAN, A M.. Professor
of Mental and Aloral Science.
PaNIEL A. DuPRE. A. M., I Junior Professors
CHARLES F. SMITH. A. M.,J in charge of Pre
paratory Department.
The first Session of the Twenty-second Collegi
ate year begins October Ist. 1875.
The Preparatory School opens on the same day.
Prof. Daniel A. DuPre has leave of absence for
one year, to pursue his studies in Europe. His
place will be filled during his absence by J. Au
gustus Gamewell, A, M.. of the class of 1871.
Tuition in College, sixty-four dollars per year.
In Preparatory School, forty-four dollars per year,
for advanced pupils; thirty-four dollars per year
for less advanced pupils.
All Tuition bills payable one-half in advanco.
For further particulars, address
septls-tf JAS. H. CARLISLE, President,
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Maryland Eye & Ear Institute,
66 N. Charles St., Baltimore, M. I>.
GEORGE REELING. M. D., Late Prof, of Eye and
Ear Surgery iu the Washington University,
Surgeon in Charge.
We respectfully announce that tho large and
handsome residence of the lcte Chas. Carroll,
has been fitted up with all the latest improve
ments for the treatment of diseases of the Eyk and
Ear, and everything has been introduced which
could add to the comfort of the inmates of this In
stitution, (among whom we could mention some of
the most prominent gentlemen in tho country.)
which is conducted entirely upon tho plan of sim
ilar institutions in Europe.
Experienced and faithful nurses are in atten
dance, and as the surgeon resides in the house, the
patients are visited several times daily, and are
constantly under his personal supervision.
Application should be made bv letter to
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F. vi. KENNEDY, O. I)., Editor.
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