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Mrmoi ie.
BT FATHER KTAH.
; i, t imie as h- bie z comes over the foim
v\" kin the ve- that are finking to sLe|>,
T f j ft 4 .f mem >ties from far away home,
Th m dreams’ of faces beyond the dark
deep.
TANARUS: y e me as the stars come out in thesky
i ..it fi'itntnfer wherever the shadows may
sweep . , ,
V till eps are as soft as the sound of a sig*',
.Md I *elc’iine them all *hiie I w. anly we: p
i i,-ey come as a song comes out of the past.
Ai ! n mother murmured in days that ar
dead— , .
Wh<.- io ei> fpirit-thri lit e live on to the lart
Where t.e gloom of the heart wraps its gra;
o’er the head.
Th y com.- like the ghosts from the gTass
shrouded graves, , , . ,
And timv follow our footsteps o’er life s wind
iug way; .
Ai dti • ii.u.mur around us as murmur the
waves , . . ,
Th t sigh on the shore at the dying of day.
They t otne-sad as tears to the eyes that are
bright; ~ ,
Thi-y cnme-sweet as smiles to the lips that
arc pde; . ~.
They con, dim as dreams in the depths of the
night; .
They me—fair as flowers in the lone, lovely
vale.
Th re i not a heart that is not hannted so—
Tfai ugh fr we may stray from the scenes of
the past;
Its mem .ice- fotlow wherever we go—
And the days that were first sway the days
tbat were last.
dLjjilta.
Tne Blesst-d Siory.
Mv child en, have you ever heard
i h t sweet and blessed story,
Recorded in the sacred word,
, bout the Lord of glory,
Who left his borne in realms above,
Was cradled In a manger,
And seeking sinners in his love,
Wandered a weary stranger*
We read-liis words were full of grace,
All tinman speech excelling;
That tho-c who meekly louglit his face,
Found peace beyond all telling;
That he forgave the guilt and sin
Of tho-e who came confessing,
And that the poor aud sad.could win
flis smile, and share his blessing.
For his own name and mercy’s sake
Hu healed the broken-hearted;
And h tie the mourning souls partake
l lie favors he imp rted;
l ib parents to his presence came,
Wi it chiidr, n tound him pressing,
At-nutted by .bis wondrous fame,
Aud seeking for his biessing.
He lived a life of toil and care,
A life of tad sojourning;
A life of weeping and of prayer,
Of labor aud of yearning;
lie died upon the cursed tree,
To save a sinful nation;
li died to in for you and me
A full aud free salvation.
lie died, but ah! he liv< s agaiu;
i’ht tomb is burst asunder;
Death’s iion ha. ds are snapped in twain,
W liile saints rejoice aud wonder;
Above all things • xalted high,
ny atur- 1 guards attended,
'I let Saviopr rose Irom Bethany,
And into heaven ascended.
And now this Saviour lives in heaven,
Foi li tle children pleading;
Audio the glory to him givtD,
FbriiS'U interceding;
That, helped amt cheered by saving grace,
\nd strortgihened by the Saviour,
\V mav at last behold bi 'Bee,
And live with Christ forever.
11“ =its enthroned at God’s right baud,
Whjle all his -a uts adore him,
And sjiiriing throngs who round him stand,
lu worship bow before him;
T I'-uee he Hhall come to turUi again,
Ilia people lo deliver,
To judge tne f lien race of men,
And re go in j iy forever.
Then, children, let us join to sing
t lie s. i t and blessed story
i>! Hi n who did salvation bring—
The Lo and of life and glory;
Till tound lie throne we join the strain
Aug ic hosts arc swelling;
An i Worthy is the Lamb once slain”
Shall sound tnrough heaven’s brightd welling.
For the Southern Christian Advocate.
Tire Voting Astronomer.
November 17th
To flight about seven o’clock, if there
-to uo clouds, let ns hunt up one 01 two
now constellations. You can easily find
t ’apelU, the brightest star in Auriga, now
i t.ydowa in too north-east. Take Ga
in f 1 s trod the Pleiades for two of the cor
ri r.-i if an equal-sided triangle, aud see
where the third corner will be above them,
b will be iu a bright part of the sky, in
>ho constellation Perseus. H a head is
up close to Cassiopeia’s chair, and his
I et are not far from the head of Tanrce.
The corner of your triangle will fall near
iy in the brightest part of this constella
ti’u. Not far from where that corner
v.Hr fall, r> tbur between that and Cassio
1’ ii's chair, you may find a remarkable
Di u d-t.'jo Nebula. You cau only see it
or, acl ar, moonless night, and there it
bjoks like a faiuf patch of the milky-way,
a Vague, dim spot, which requires close
. toiling to find it. It is in the baud of
Perseus which grasps his sword and is
1' :B ns iu astronomy as the Nebula la the
won! handle of Perseus. Those who
have good telescopes very often turn them
oti it and gi'ze wiili new woLdsr every
I I me.
P> k>.v the Pleiades (“even start) you
♦ill e wily find the Hyades, ia the shape
°i * V with the point towards the south
toe upper end uf the lower line of the V
is milked by a very blight, red star,
eu led Aldtbaran. The Qyades are in the
cn of the Bull, Aldebaran being one of
I,s eyes. Aldebaran is about fourteen
uagress east of the Seven Stars. The
sides of the Y of the Hyudes are abou :
four degrees long.
Notice how close together the two
l*rge planets have become. Mtrs will
so ju pass a little to tLo south of Saturn.
J. H. 0.
Tlife Grasshopper.
•‘Take care there, Mr. Grasshopper.
lia afraid yon don’t see whe're you are
gang. You’ll get caught iu that spider’s
v c the next yon know.”
But he kepi on jumping as carelessly as
cv r a grasshopper could, and nevtr mind
ed h worn I smd. Up he’d go without
any thought where he would come down.
There was a spider’s web in the tall grass
just beiore him.
“fuke care,” said I, “or you will get
it’’" ’rouble. Don’t you tee that spider’s
web? ’
He winked at me saucily, and said:
* Y u just attend to your books.” (For
I w .s’gr-mng a lesion in geometry.) ‘ 1
giif“- I know how to keep out of a spi
der's web. ”
The words were hardly out of his month
W e t up he went again, as heedlessly as
ever A shiver in the web, and a bending
pf the grass told tne story. One of his
hind feet had caught, and with an awk
ward curve, he hid come around to hang
wi- h h s head downwards aud his back to
the web.
••reere,” s;iid I, “didn’t I tell yon? ’
B i’ the grasshopper's pertnesa was not
diminished.
“ There's only one foot caught,” said
be. ‘ There are five free yet. I’ll show
you. Just see here,” and he turned half
'v <y over, and gave a push with his free
li;nd foot. Bui, instead of pushing his
other foot free, the one he pushed with
vv s caught, and he was Worse off than
ever.
“There ! ” said I again
But he interrupted me, and said, in the
midst of another convulsive struggle:
“vVait a minute; I have four feel free
yet.”
B t- th - only iff *ct of bis efforts was to
get ill hin limbs entangled in the deceptive
snare.
Aud now was the spider’s opportunity.
Out he came from his hiding place, and
an backward and forward over the bod,
of bis victim, spinning each time a thread
-iat made more frnttlers the desperate
i ruggles of the grasshopp, r. It was
*>ut the work of a moment, and every
mb of the headstrong, Billy gr Sshopper,
vas bound fast, and a web had b-ei
.rend so thick over bi head that I c u
ot see it at all.
Tuis is a true story . children, I siw it
• itb my own eyes. lam older now than
[ was then That was a great nauy years
go. Since then I have seen children ts
ekSess and loolisb as that grasshopper,
id h-Ve seen parents aud teachers waste
a, re advice aud waste it to less purpose
a,a I did then.— Selected.
Pray, Father.
A little Indian girl, seven years old, was
wasting away with consumption She
tad heard the missionaries preach, had
oeen a constant attendant upon the Sab
bath-school, and for several months had
given good evidence th ,t she was a lamn
of the Saviour’s flock. Her father, a proud,
ui<rd man, had once professed to be a
Christian, but for some time had been a
Backslider, whose case was regarded as
almost hopeless. The little girl had been
failma rapidly for several days. Oue if
ternoon, when she seemed better, she
. ggctl that her lather might be Called,
tie came Then looking up to him with
uer bright sunken eyes, she sa:d :
“I want to be carried out of doors,
father ; I watt to go back to the brook
once more. May Igo ?”
He could not refuse, and without saying
a woid be wrapped her up, fo)il and her in
his arms, aud carried her out through the
yard, aertsi the meadow,down to the little,
brook that wound its quiet way over sand
aud pebbles among the alders that skirted
its banks Sue watchid them a moment
and tbeD, turning away her wasted face,
eh-"-aid earnestly, “Pray, father.”—Pres
byterian Weekly.
glisaliany.
rciipperiions Grapes.
Few fruits, if any, can be counted on
with certainty in our variable climate ;
and hence the orcharaist, ufier years of
patient cultivation, 100 often finds his
prospects suddenly cut off by a col 1 snap
in the spring ; while the cultivator ol
strawberries, and other small fruits, has
the additional b tz rd of i xc-. s ive thought
or superabundant rains. Tne gripe is
almost the only exception, aud of it,
only one spic es seems to be < x mpt from
all the casualties of season.
Two years ago, afti r the scuppernong
had made a growth of a foot or more, and
the blossoms were almost ready to expand,
a white frost killed the young branches
with the leaves and iloweia The vines
had the appearance of being det 'r lye.i en
tirely, yet in the course of ten days a ne w
growth put foith, and with it c roe flowers
and fruit, as if no such accident had oc
curred. Two killings the same spring hi s
not prevented the production of fruit, and
in no instance was tho parent vine de
stroyed by the frost.
Bees, wasps, grass hoppers, and perhaps
otbe-r insects, occasionally attack tho ripe
fitnt, but their depredations are not
worthy of notice. Hogs, raccoons, opos
sums and r.its, are very fond of tinm
The mocking-bird and cat-bird eat the
srpall ripe berrit s, but can no swallow the
ordinary sz ■.
The ecrippernong is exempt from the
inroads of disease to which other grapes
are liable, mi it may be that the thou
sands of plan Is shipped to France last
year, miy be the means of preventing the
threatened extermination of tlu vineyards
of th it country
Every homestead iu the South should
have one or more vines of this wholesome
and delicious fruit. To prevent the an
noyunco of fruit set king neighbors, it
Were well to supply thtm with plants, aud
urge their cultivation. It' too poor, or
too lazy, to cons ruct an arbor or trellis,
tell them to plant within reach of a good
size trie and tiam the vims then upon.
The strongest and best flavored vinegar
can be m>.de from the juice in the same
manner as obtained from apples.
C G Wychs. M D.
' Whiteville , X C., October , 1575.
A Word Fitly t iinkru by a Wife
There once lived in the city of Boston
a merchant- who, like many another, was
wholly inriiff rent to personal rel gion.
He was a prosperous man of the worl 1,
and entirely engrossed in business. He
hid a godly wife. While she went to tne
sanctuary on Sabbath, he used the day in
examining his i cuouuts, or iu any way
that inclination suggested. While he
loved her, and wished her to enjoy
without hindrance her religious priv
ileg-s aud duties, he disregarded for him
self the claims of personal religion.
On one most genial day in June, they
were riding together to Cambridge Ha
bad business there. All nature was ar
rived in the fullness of spiing tide beauty
Being a great lover of nututul scenery, he
spoke wiih ea'husiasm on the subject
• Who made all this?” quietly asked the
wife. “Why, God Almighty, of course,”
he replied, with some surprise at the
question. “Do yon love that God?” she
atked It was a natural question directly
suggested, and having no abrubtuess. It
arrested his attention ia a manner that
was at once observed by his wife. She
thought and prayed wiihiu herself that it
might be the Holy Spirit’s means of con
viction and cun version. He made uo re
ply, and said little during the rest of the
journey.
On arriving at liis destination he at
tended to his business without unneces
sary words with any one, and at once
started for home. As the hour for retir
ing Grew near, ihe wife ventured to ask
her husband tue reason of his unusual
silence. He replied, “Wife, that ques
tion that you asked ms this morning lias
not been out of my mind since. Yon
asked me it I loved God. Certainly I
have to reason to say I do. I have paid no
regard to the subject. lam sensible that
mv whole Course of 1 fe has beeu wrong.
I know that I need something I do not
possess. When you have told me of the
Saviour. I have always put iff the sub
j ct. But lam resolved to do so no
louder. Will ycu help me tow? Will
you pray for me tow ?”
The wife with an overflowing heart
bowed in prayer on h s behalf, aud he aDo
kneeled. She felt that her many petitions
for bis salvation were now answered.
Soon he found forgiveness and peace in
Christ Jesus, and henceforth led anew
life He soon bec.m a a member and then
deacon of the church, honored aud in
flueutial, until the close of life Aud all
resulted from ‘a word filly spoken.’
The power of words is not iu their
number but in their fitness. The humble,
consecrated soul sees in all the natural
woild the* mbit ms of religions truth and
duty. All i a’lire is full of thece unalo
gies This wis our 8 iviout’s mode of in
struction. He turned the minds of His
hearers, by means of the things that are
unseen aud eternal. So should His fol
1 iwers do. ' Out of ihe abuudtipce of
the heart the month speaketh.” Yet. it
is not the multi;ude but the fitness of
the words that gives them power Aud
tho heart that has this abundance, this
fullness of spiritual life, cau discern
spiritual tru'h in the analogies of the
natural woild And from such a heart
will come words fitly spoken.— Rev. IF.
IF Dow.
The Duration of Life.—l a a Erven t
Rom--, during the p- liod tietw-en 200 and j
300 \ D ’he aver g“ itnr li i I lif
among tue uppe l ci- sen * t . hirn j,ra.
Iu the p.eseut century, among the same
class of people, it amounts to fifty year-.
In the s'x’eenth century, th mean dura
tion if life in Geneva was 21.21 years, be
tween 18-53 and 1841 it was 40.68 years,
aud at the preseut time us many people
live to s-venty years of age as thiee hun
dred years ago lived for the age of forty
three. In the year 1693 the British gov
emmei t borrowed money, the amount
■ trrowed to tie paid in annuities on the
beds of th- mean duration of life at that
tim . The S ate treasury made thereby a
good b-irgaiu, and all parties to the bar
gain were satisfied Ninety-seven years
iter Put established another tontine or
aiitu ty company, based on the presump
tion tha' tne mortality would remain the
same as a hundred years btfore But in
tit.- instance it transpired that th- govern
ment had made a bad b rg-iu, since, while
lu r-tie ti'Bt tontine 10 000 persons of each
sex died under the age of twen’v eight,
a hundred years liter only 5,772 m.les
and 6 416 females died under this age.
From this fact it appears that life, under
certain favorable influences, has gained iu
many, and, probably, in all its forms aud
rniuiftstations, both in vigor and dura
tion.
Wonderful Mfinoiies.
Pliny says that Cyrus hud a memory so
prodigious that he could name every of
ficer aud soldo r in his armies, and tbat
Lucius Scipio knew every liiman citizen
by name when that city contained more
than two hundred thousand capable of
beariug arms. Seneca speaks of a fru n5,
Pontius Latro, who could repeat verbatim
all the speeches he had heard declaimed
by the Roman orators. It is said that
J s-ph S.taliger committed to memory
both the liiad and the O in twenty
oqo days. Bir William Hamilton tell3 us
of a young Ci rticau of good family who
had gone to Padua to study civil law, in
wtnen he soon distinguished himself.
“He was a frequent visitor at the house
and gardens of Muretus, who, having
h ard that he po-sessed a remarkable art
or faculty of memory, though incredulous
in regard to reports, took occasion to
request from him a specimen of his pow
er. He at once agreed, and, having ad
journed with a considerable parly of dis
tinguished auditors into a saloon, Mure
tns tiegan to dictate words, Litin, Greek,
baiborous, significant, aud non siguifi
cant, die j tinted aud connected, until he
wearied himself, the young man who
wrote them down, aud the audience who
were present;—‘we weie all,’ he says,
‘marvelously t’r ;d.’ The Corsican alone
was the one if the whole company alert
and fresh, and continually desired Mure
tus for more words, who declared th.
he would 1 e more than satisfied if he
could r< peat the half of what ha had
taken down, and at length he ceased. The
young man with hit; gazu fixed upon the
ground, stood silent (or brief se-asor;
and then, says Muretus, ‘Vidifacinus mi
rificisiimum. II ivicg begun to apeak hi
absuluteiy repeated the whole words iu
the same order iu widen they had been
delivered, without the slightest liesitati n;
hen, commencing from the last, he re
peated tht-ni buck ward till he came to the
firat. Toeu, again, so tint he spoke the
first, the third, the fifth and so on; did
this in any ord'-r that was asked, an 1 all
without the sl’gVest error Husiug sub
sequently. 1 1 c uie familiatly acquainted
with him, f have had other and fr quent
exp-trie- cu of his power. He assured me
(and he had nothing of the boaster in
hint) that becoul l recite in the manner I
have mentioned to the amount of thirty
six thousand words. And what is more
wonderful, they all so udhered to the
mind, that after a year’s interval he could
v peat them without trouble. I know
from having fried him he could do so af
ier considerable tune.’”— Scribner's for
November.
Colil Winters In Km ope.
Iu 401 ih ■ Black Bra ws entire frozen
over. In 763 uot only th- Black Sea, but
the Straps of D..rdan die, w. re frozen
over; iu sin>t places the snow biuks were
fifty feet high In 822 ihe great rivers of
E trope, the Dtnube, the E be, etc., w-ie
so b ird fr- zso as to bear hevy wagons
for a mintn. Iu 860 the Adriatic wa
frozen. In 991 everything was froz n,
the crops totally failed, and fanm-e and
pestilence closed the year. Iu 1067 most
of the irivellers in Germany were froz u n
to death on the roads. Iu 1134 the Po
wa- fn zt n from Cremona to the sea; the
wine sacks were burst, and the trees split
bv the irost, with tmmepse noise. In
1236 the D unbe w-s fr. zm to ihe bot
tom, and remained loeg iu that state. In
1316 the crops wholly luiied m Germany;
wheat, which some yiars before sold in
E iel'bd at 61 tho qua!Ur. rose to £2
In 1308 the crops failed iu Scotland, and
such a famine cusntd that tbe poor were
r. dneed to feed on grasp, and many per
isned miserably in the fields. The sue
ce-jsive winters of 1432-8-4 were nacom
uionly severe. Iu 1368 the wine distrib
uted to th-' soldiers was cut with hatch
ts. Iu 1683 it was excessively cold.
Most of th hollies ere killed. Coaches
drove along the Thames, the ice of which
was eleven inches thick. Id 1709 occurred
tbe cold wiutei; tho fro-t penetrated folly
thr e yards into the ground. In 1716
tv oths were erected on the Thames. In
1744 and 1746 tLe strongest ale in Eng
land, < xuntjed to the air, was covered in
Itss thin fifteen minutes wish ice an
eighth of mi inch thick. In ISO 9, and
agaiu in ISI2 the wiuters were romarka
bl , cold. Iu 1814 there was a fair on the
frozen Thames.
Curiosities of Language.
Liuguago is a very carious thing to
those who study the subject. While some
languages have words that cannot be ex
pressed in English others are deficient in
our commonest terms. The French, for
instance, have no word for “home and
when Victoria first went to Scotland tln-
Highlanders presented her an address in
Gaelic, they had no word for “ queen,” so
they called her “ king’s wife ” A late
writer has noted other such peculiarities :
The Hiudoos era eaid to have no word
for “friend.” The Italians have no
equivalent for “humility.” The Russian
dietionary gives a word, the definition of
which is, “ not to have enough buttons
on your footman’s waistcoata second
means to “ kill over again a third, “to
earn by dancing.” The Germans call a
thimble a “fiugt-r-hat,” which it certainly
is, and a grasshopper a “hay horse.” A
glove with them is a “ hand shoe,” show
i-igthit they wore shoes before gloves.
Tue French, strange to siy, have no verb
“to stand.” nor can a Frenchman speak
of “ kicking ” any one. The nearest ap
proach he, in his politeness, mak. s to it
is to thieaten to “give a blow with his
foot,” the same thing, probably, to the
rtcipieut in either case, bat it seems to
want the directness, the energy of our
“kick.” Tue terms “up stairs” and
“down stairs” are also unknown in
F ench.
(^bituarg,
Hf.nrt E. Clakke, died in Augusta, Ga,,
October 23, 18"5, in tbe fl:ty-third year of age.
He joined the Methodist Church when a youth,
having beeu awakened under the preaching of
the Rev. Samuel Anthony.
Alth ugh brother Clarke was left an orphan
when but a boy, he was kindly cared for by
relatives in who?e family he was reared—whose
kindness he never foigot, and whose all ction
ate conduct was a lasting ble-sing to him. He
ws a steward of St. James Church from its
foundation to the day of his death—more than
tw. uty years; he was always interested in the
“ u--w chuich,” and his love for it intensified
in tha latter part of his life. He received a
spiuai injury a number of years ago, which fi
nal y disabled hull so that he was compelled to
retire from active business—(ha was a mer
chant)—and to cease to frequent the house of
God ; but as long as he could walk, or go, as.
sisteil by kind friends who accompanied him,
he was at class meeiiDg, prayer-meeting, offi
cial meeting, and at preaching. After he be
came the Lord’s prisoner—wasconfiued first to
the house and then to the bed—he (in spirit)
“dwelt in the house of the Lord”—was alive to
ever interest of the church and full of solid
tud for is w lfare; lane niing when Zion
mourn-d and rejoicing wlie - she was glad in
the Lord. He bore the wayward and the weak
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
upon his heart—plead their cause with God and
with men, and tried in every possible way to
do them good. After walking became a tedi
ous, paiufal task, he went forth inviting his
friends and others who neglected the sanctuary,
to share with him its precious privileges. He
was remarkably cheerful, bearing his mm;
months of c ’ntiuement smilingly, uncomplain
ingly. A member of the fami'y declares he
was the light of the household, so cheerful and
happy was he. Not a cloud was upon his spir
itual iky, not a murmur upon his lips;—amia
ble, pa ient, loving, he gradually di appeared
fr m our sight and “was not, for God took
him.” The Church on earih ha3 lost a good
friend, a faith;ul officer and member ; the
Church iu heaven has gained a priest and king
unto God. He leaves an only son— (his daugu
ter bad preceded him)—and a widow, besides
a large cticle of relations and connections who
had unusual uff ction for him. O! that his life
and his death may be sanctified to every one of
them! Very appropriate and touching resolu
tiona were adopted by the Church Conference
aud published in the city papers. “Let me die
the death of the righteous, aDd let my lar t end
be like bis.” Pastor.
Mis. Sarah P. Wimberly, relict of Rev.
Fredeiick D. Wimberly, was born in Bladen
county, N C.; and died at the residence of her
nephew, Dr. W. A. Matthews, in Fort Valley,
Ga., October 18, 1875, in her seventy-eighth
year.
Bhe left her house in Lumpkin, in com
pany with her daughter, for a short visit; and
while there labored fora time under slight in
disposition, which gradually grew worse until
it issued in death. 3he was aflect-d with no
special disease; the wea'y wheils of life in
sheer exhaustion ceased to act, and she quietly
pass'd away. Sue was truly a matriarch in
Israel. Converted and at ached to the Metho
dist E. Church in her tenth year, she remained
a worthy, pious member of the same, to the
day of her death. In early life she removed to
Jones county, Ga., where she was married in
h r nineteenth year. In 1533, removed to
Stewart county, Ga , in 1847 lost her husband,
arid in 1848 she removed to Lumpkin, where
she rer ided as long as she lived. She was th
mother of a large family of children, most of
whom are in the Church. She was unselfish
almost to a fault. She loved her Lieuds and
desired their society more than most persons.
Her love to the Chu;eh aud the ministry, was
ardent and unfeigned. Her pastors were al
moet as near to her as her own children. Al
thouih surrounded with every comfort and at
tention at the home of her nephew, together
witn his skill and aid as a physician, she longed
to die at home surrounded by her children, her
Church, and her own pie tor. In a letter,
brother Matthews says: “i feel that it is a priv
ilege highly to be appreciated, to have one so
pure, so lovely, as my dear aunt, to close her
days at my house; and I feel that her death will
be a blessing to us all.” We have her Ife at
home—perhaps, lier death abroad may accom
plish much good. During her last illness, she
was visited by brothers R. B. Lester and T. B.
Ru-sell, whose ministrations she prized high
ly; and duriDg which she would exclaim,
“Precious Jesus, precious Jisus! ” When her
favorite hymns were sung, such as “There is a
fountain filled with blood,’’ “Jesus lover of my
soul,” etc., she would whisper “glory.” When
articulation failed, and she was a.-ked, are you
still prepared to die? she would nod ihe reply,
“yes, yes.” Thus passed away one of earth’s
purest and best women. In her death, her
family, a large circle of friends, and the
Chuich are bereaved. May the mantle of her
piety fall upon her children. A. J. Dean.
Margaret M. Byrd was born October 31,
1833, joined the Methodist E. Church iu 1840;
was uuited in marriage with Mr John P. Coles
and removed to Tallahassee in 1845 ; end died
near this city, October 4, 1875, in gnat peace.
Sister Coies was a woman of superior inind,
warm fee Tings, great vivacity, strong purposes,
lasting atta< hiueuts, active habits, unusual for
titude, and fervent piety. This is sayiug a great
deal for ary one, but not too much for her, as
all who km w her well can testify. Il r mental
and moral qualities won for her a ho.-t of
friends, ar.d though a decided and outspoken
Methodist herself, yet many of them were
members of other churches. Libeial and char
itabl • to other Churches, she was ardently at
tached to her own, loved her pastors, delighted
in the public services, and took an active pait
in every measure in which she could work lo
advance the prosperity of the church. Nor
were her activities confined to church worki
for she regarded the wants of the poor and
ministered to the needy In society, her in
fluence was great and beneficial. At home, she
was a treasure, and accomplished a great work
not only in securing comfort and order and
happiness, bat also in making a powerful im
pression for good upon her husband and chil
dren. She succeeded in raising np five chil
dren, and bringing them so fully under spiritual
influences that all became Church members be
fore her death, and one triumphantly preceded
her to h aven. And yet for more than twenty
years she was a great sufferer from bodily in
firmities. and for nearly three years she was
prostrated and endured indescribable sufferings;
but she bore all with Christian submission and
hope, an l often spake of her death as a joyful
release for which she longed and prayed. I
have had mai y precious seasons of divine man
ifestation iu her sick room, and some commu
nion occasions of great religions joy. Her
faith btcame realizing, her conversation in
heaven, her desire to be with Jesns intense.
Her very dreams were filled with heavenly
views and communiugs. Wasting away physi
cally, she grew heavenly, day by day, until the
morning after her last communion in the Holy
Snppei, when she calmly fell asleep and her
ready soul escaped to heaven.
JosErmis Akdehson.
Mrs. M. V. Means, wife of Dr. M. H.
Means, was bora in Jones county, Ga., Febru
ary 10, 1831; married February 9, 1545; and
died very suddenly in Houston county, Ga.,
Oc'ober 13, 1875.
She leaves a bereaved husband and seven
children, to whom she was assiduously devoted,
to mourn her death. Although not allowed a
parting word, we rejoice in the belief, tbat,
while the call of the grim messenger was so
unexpected to her family and friends, it was
not to her without premon tiou. We have no
doubt that when the bridegroom came, her
lamp was trimmed and burning; as she fre
quently remarked in conversing with her hus
band and friends, on her favorite topic, (re
ligion) tbat she felt her days were few, and her
death would be sudden. She did not fear
death and felt sure of an entrance into that
blissful abode prepared for the pure iu heart.
Her great earthly desire was that her children
should be raised to love the right, become good
and useful Christians. Daring her lifetime she
suffered a full share of the ills to which human
flesh is heir; yet it affords consolation to her
bereaved ones, to know that no pains were
spared to render her life pleasant. Who knows
the value of a loving wife and mother but those
from whom one has been taken! Son.
Charles Reed Barf.ineau, was born
April 3, 1835; and died suddenly of heart dis
ease, August IS, 1875.
He joined the Methodist Church when a boy,
and felt that he was converted; but for some
time he was troubled with doubts, until a few
years since, while listening to a sermon
preached by brother Win. Smith, all these
doubts vanished, and he became satisfied of
his acceptance with God. He was a poor,
though hard-working, industrious man. Fre
quently he rejoiced in the conseiousne.-s that
he pleased God; and though the Master’s c ill
was sudden, yet doubtless, he was ready. We
all miss him, as a man and a Christian, in tbe
Church, in the Sabbath school; but an afflicted
wife and seven children miss him more than
we. May God comfort them in their sore afflic
tion. C. C. Fishburne.
Thomas Fletcher Mims, son of We-leyand
Mrs. Josephine Williams, of Charleston coun
ty, 8. C., was born July 31, 1863; and died
September 19, 1575.
Having been brought np by pious parents, he
joined the Methodist E Church. South, and
professed religion, at tlie early age of seven
years. He was a promising and dutiful son, a
punctual Sunday school scholar, and a regular
communicant at the Lord’s table. His illness
was so brief, and of such a nature that we had
not the opportunity of religious conversation
durinsr his sickness; but his consistent Christian
and poitment leaves us ihe assurance that h has
gone to rest with those who are gone before. I
W. Hutto.
Macon Advertisements.
THOMAS WOOD,
Next to Lanier House,
MACON GEORGIA.
FURNITURE.
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CARPETS,
A splendid assortment—all qualities.
RUGS, SHADES, WALL P*,PEP, Etc.
All for sale at the lowest possible prices, for
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T AM NOW RECEIVING A LARGE
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Boots and Shoes
ever offered in this market.
My go ids are all ma ufactured for me, and every
pair is warranted to give satisfaction.
My long experience authorizes me in saying
that those wishing good goods at fair prices, can
not do better than to give me a call before pur
chasing.
FINE GOODS a specialty.
E. P. STRONG.
octs-3moß 52 Secopd sfreetJVlacon, Ga.
MACON SAVINGS BANK:
Capital - - . - -3 50,000
No. 42 Second Street, opposite Triangular Block.
(CHARTERED BY ACT OF LEG
v-/ islature of Georgia, and approved by the
Governor.
This is the first regularly chartered Savings
Bank ever established in this city and it offers in
ducements to Farmers, Mechanics, Clerks, La
borers. 'V’otnen. Children, and all classes both
white and colored, to deposit their savings,
which thev have not hail in the past, viz:
SECURITY and PRoFI I’. Has been in operation
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fifty-seven Depositors. Interest at seven per cent
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Feelinas of honorable independence will grow as
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The Batik is open daily from 9a. in. to 1 p. in.,
and from 3t04 p. iu.; and on Saturdays from 9a.
in. to 1 p. in., and from 3 to 8 p. m,
J. M. BOARDaMAN, President.
B.T. rOWELL. Cashier.
DIR" C TORS:
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11. T. POWELL, J. M. BOARDaMAN.
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gept!s-3m JEWETT k ROGERS.
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rums WELL-KNOWN HOUSE
L BEING now suitably fitted up, the under
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MACON, GEORGIA,
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SUNDAY-SCHOOL,
-bt-
REV ROBERT LOWRY and
W. HOWARD DUANE,
ane of the brightest and
Vy beat Sunday-school Singing Books ever pub
lished. Price, 35 cents per copy, nr S3O per hun
dred. Address J. W. BURKE ACO ,
o ct6-tf Macon, Ga.
Soithern Methodist Hymn & Tune Boot.
TWO EDITIONS.
\\T E HAVE A LARGE NUMBER
T t of the Hymns of the Southern Methodist
Hymn Book, set to music in round or patent ( seven
shape) notes.
Price: Cloth edition, 75 cents per copy, iifty or
more at the rate of 50 cents each.
Board edition— Fifty cents each. Fifty or more
at 35 cents each.
Here is a chance to supply congregations with
our Hymns set to music. In ordering please state
which style of notes you want-whetber round or
.hoped notes. Address J. W. BURKE & CO.,
fet 24- Macon. Ga.
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f\F ALL THE AMERICAN PUB-
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furnished. Give U3 your orders. Liberal discount
to teachers. Aduross J. W. BURKE Jh CO,
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The Blake Organ.
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Address— J. W. BURKE & C 0„
june23-tf Macon. Ga.
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July 301
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Mnrey's Seioplicon and I.antern Slides.
New_ and brilliant effects. Circulars free.
Special Offer to Sunday-Schools.
L. J. MaRCY, 1340 Chestnut st., Philadelphia.
oct27 3tno
Maryland Eye & Ear Institute,
GO N. Charles St., Baltimore, 31. !>•
GEORuE REULING. M. D.. Late Prof, of Eye and
Ear Surgery in the Washington University,
Surgeon in Charge.
We respectfully announce that the lnrge and
hao >some residence of the lcte Chas. Carroll,
has been fitted up with all the latest improve
men’s for the treatment of diseases of the Eye aod
Ear, and everything has been introduced which
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the most prominent gentlemen in the country,)
which is conducted entirely upon tl:e plan of sim
ilar institutions in Europe.
Experienced and faithful nurses are in atten
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patients arc visited several times daily, and are
constantly under his personal supervision.
Application should be made by lerter to
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per box ; G boxes, $5. Address
w.t Copeland, box 300,
Franklin, Simpson co., Kentucky.
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The Wilmington Eye and Ear
Institute & Surgical Infirmary
47 4 19 ' ORTH FRONT St.. Wilmington, N. C.
rUHIrt INSTITUTE, WHICH OF
1. fers all the comfort and privacy of a Home,
while possessing the conveniences and appliances
of a public hospital, is prepared to receive patients
suffering from disease or injury of the Eye or Ear,
or other sugical affection requiring operative treat
ment. One of the largest and finest residences in
the city is occupied for the purpose, and the surgeon
in charge resides in the building with his family,
having the nursing and treatment after delicate
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gia and Florida, this Institute offers every advant
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of their climate, arm with a considerable economy
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The medical profession and others are invited
to address, for information. . _
DK. M. J. DrRCHSET,
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oct 14- P. 0. Box 372. Wilmington, N. C.
VOLUME XXXVIII., NO. 46.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Important Announcement I
Anew book for Conventions, Singing. Classes, and
Churches.
‘‘THE CHOICE,”
By JAS McGRANAHAN and C. C, CASE.
Tlie Rest and Only
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EVERYTHING CHOICE.
AN Wanting in most works of the kind.
IMPORTANT of Standard
FEATURE Ch °‘"
Sixty Pages of Authems.
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B.langcli’aAiittiiiia & (’alarm Remedy.
Having itruggled twenty years between life and
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In capacity ami exoollenco by any other*. Awarded
THBIGUTIH
DIPLOMA OF HONOR"
VIENNA, 1873; PARIS, 1867.
mil V American Organ* over awarded any medal
UtsLi in Europe, or which present such extraordi
nary excellence as to command a wide sale there.
A I UHjiYC awarded highest at Tndua
nLlS H I O Expositions, In America as well a*
.Europe. Outof bund rods there hare not been six in
all where any other organa have been preferred.
prOV Declared by Eminent Musician*, in both
ULu 8 hemispheres, to bo nnrlvalcd. See
TESTIMONIAL CIRCULAR, with opinion* of more
than One 'UhouNnnd (sent free).
fiJO!O7 on having a Mason & Hamlin. Do not
111i31VJ 8 t^keany other. Dealers get lakobr com-
Miksions for selling inferior organs, and for this
reason often try vety hard to sell something else.
UZW CTYI CO with most important improvc
ilLtff o I iLEu merits ever made. New
Solo and Comblßiutlon Slop*. Superb
ILiagero and other Cases of new designs.
PIANO-HARP RABINET ORGAN.’"
quisite combination o: theso instruments. r
ETAOV DHYRfISteTO Organs sold for each; or
LHO I IN I"I L W 10. for monthly or quarterly
payments; or rented until rent pays for the organ.
IDSS f!O3ICC and Circulars, with full partic-
UH I RLUuUCo ulars, free. Address*MASON &
HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, BOS
TON; 25 Union Rouare, NEW YORK; or 80 & 88
Adams St., CHICAGO.
LUDDEN & BATES,
Wholesale Southern Agents, Savannah, Ga.
J. W. BURKE A CO.
july2l-lyt Sole Agents, Macon, Ga.
HYMN AND TUNE BOOK.
PATENT NOTES.
OUR NEW SEVEN SHAPES IS SELLING
rapidly. First edition nearly exhausted. It
is adapted to our Hymn Book, all the Hymns be
ing numbered to correspond with Hymn Book.
Then it has in the appendix some popular revised
Hymns from Songs of Zion. Price, single copy, by
mail, post-paid, 50 cents; per dozen, $4.20. Post
age per dozen, 85cents. At all accessible points it
will be cheaper to send by Express. Order a copy
to examine. Address
juneOi J. W. BURKE & CO.
Western Methodist.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
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B. W. BLEW & CO PUBLISHERS
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THE SPECIAL ORGAN
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BINDERS AND PRINTERS,
NO. (50 SECOND STREET, MAOON, GA.
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1875 THE 1875
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
F. iH. KENNEDY, D. D., Editor.
J. YV. BUItKE, Assistant Editor.
THIRTY-EIGHTH VOLUME.
'T'HIS OED AND WELL ESTAB-
X llshed Religious Family Weekly, is devoted
to religion and the Church; to Literature, Science,
Art the News, the Markets, Advertisements, etc.,
It is proposed to kee it equal to any family News
paper in the country—being all that a family that
takes but one newspaper can need; and also worthy
of a place with other newspapers, where several ars
taken.
Tksms:—Two Dollars and Fifty Cents for one
year, invariably in advance.
The Ministers of the M. E. Church, South, both
itinerant and local, are agents for the paper. Ad
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Ten cents per line, each insertion, for any num
her of insertions less than four.
Eight cents per line, eaeh insertion, for one
month, or less than three months.
Six cents per line, each insertion, for three
month or longer.
Advertisements will not be admitted among read
ing matter at any prioe, neither will local notices
be inserted.
No advertisements inserted from abroad, without
a responsible reference, known in Maoon.
While advertising Medicines and Medical spe" l
dairies, nothing will be admitted improper in it
self or believed to be of hurtful tendency. Pub
lishers and Editor disclaim all knowledge of the
merits of specifics advertised, and will not indores
them in any manner whatever, or be held respon
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