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Flowers that Never Wither.
There are flowers that never wither,
There are skies that never fa le,
There are trees that east forever
Cooling bowers of leafy shade.
There are silver wavelets flowing
Wiih a lulling sound of rest,
Where the west wiud, softly blowing,
Faos the fair laDds of the blest.
Th therward our steps are tending,
rift through dim, oppressive fears,
More of grief than pleasure blending
In the darkening woof of y ars.
Of en would our footsteps weary
Sink upon the winding way.
But tbt, when alt looks most dreary,
O’er us he ms a cheering ray.
'I h is the Father who hath made us
, Cl, ants of >his world of care,
Knoweth how to kindly aid us
With the burdens we mu t bear;
Knoweth how to cause the spirit
Hopefully to raise its ey-s
Toward the home it doth inherit,
Far behind the azure skies.
There is a voice that whispers lowly
Down within this heart of mine,
Where emotions the most holy
Ever make their sacred shrine,
And it tells a th illiug story
Of the great Kedeemer’s love,
And the all bewildering glory
Of the better land above.
Oh, this life, with ail its sorrows,
Hrsteth onward to a close!
In a few more brief to-morrows,
Will have ended ail our woes.
Then o’er death the part immortal
Shall sublimely rise and soar
O’er the star resplendent portal,
There to dwell forevermore.
— Household.
Oil file Sea.
In a city at the Equator, where the snn
at noon shines directly overhead, anil ail
the shadow a man has is what, comes from
his broad-brimmed bat, which falls like a
round cloud upon the ground, the yellow
fever was very severe, and a great many
people died of it. Ships that arrived there
would lose ala. ge part of their crews, and
one ship from England was so nnfortunate
as to lose all but u little Scotch cabin boy.
about twelve yeard old, who was very sick,
but recovered.
lL j would not be coaxed to live on board
the ship; and so he went on shore, and
was kept by benevolent people until the
ship should be supplied with a crew, when
they thought to put bim on board and
send him home.
He got a hint of their plan; but the idea
of going on board that ship again was
horrible to him. He conld not agree to
the plan at all, and being a shrewd little
fellow, he wascontinn illy contriving some
way by which he conld escape. He said
nothing, however, like the owl; but kept
up a good deal of thinking.
An American vessel came into the place
about this time, and, having discharged
her cargo, prepared for her return. In
about a fortnight she was ready, and after
waiting several days for fair wind she
spread her sails and went to sea. The
wind was fresh and the sea smooth, and
the vessel went on very nicely. When she
was about four days out of port, early one
morning, one of the sailors came to the
captain, holding by the arm a sickly little
boy.
“Holloa!” cried the captain, “Who have
you got there, Jack?”
“Found him down in the run, sir,” said
Jack. “Don’t know how he came thero,
sir.”
Tho captaiD looked severely at him; but
seeing what a poor little chap he was and
that he was trembling very violently, he
said, in a kind tone: “How came you here,
my little man?”
“Got on board in port, sir, and hid
away,’’ was the reply.
“Why?” asked the captain.
“Because, sir,” said he, bursting into
tears, “they wanted to send me home in
the fever bhip Greenock, and I couldn't
go. All my shipmates on board of her
died, sir.”
•■vVuut is your name?” inquired the
captain.
"Donald Stewart, sir,” replied he; “and
I have a mother in Glasgow, sir.”
“Did any one see you come on board?”
asked the captain.
“No, sir.”
“Weil then, you stop here in the cabin
with me. be a good boy, and I’ll take care
of you.”
The boy dropped on one knee and kiss
ed the captain’s hand, wetting it with
tears. Little Donald was sick and the
captain paid great attention to him. The
mate of the vessel was also sick in the
cabin, and the captain was kept pretty
busy. By and by the mate grew worse
and died, greatly to poor little Donald’s
grief and terror, for death seemed to be
following him everywhere.
The mate was buried in the sea on a
lovely day. There was not a breath of air
stirring, and ihe vessel did not move in
water at all, but lay rolling about like a
log. This was a severe trial to Donald’s
nerves, who looked over the side of the
vessel, as if he were thinking that his turn
might come next. For two days the ves -
sel was becalmed, and at the close of the
second day, little Donald, with a very
hopeful face, said to the captain:
“Please, bir, they say in Scotland that
if yon stick a knite into the foremast it
will break up a calm. Shall I, sir?”
“Indeed!” said the captain, smiling,
“Weil, Donald, you may; but be careful
and not stick the knife in too far, because
you might raise a hurricane.”
Donald promised to be careful and went
forward. A few moments afterward he
returned, and in a very short time, sure
enough, the wind began to blow, just as
if what he had done had broken the calm,
and the vessel moved on, arriving at New
York in a few days. The sailors were
much pleased with Donald, and told every
one how he raised a breeze for them when
becalmed; and the captain, though he
didn’t believe this, felt a warm attachment
for the little fellow.
He was going to Liverpool in bis vessel
the next vojage, and so he took Donald
to his home, to stay with him till he
should be ready. In the meantime th 6
Greenock returned to England with anew
crew, who reported all the first crew dead;
and Donald’s mother, who was a widow,
was terribly grieved at the loss of her lit
tle son.
About a month after this, the American
brig Hesper, Captain Simpson, was re
ported at Liverpool, and the good cap
tain, taking tickets for himself and Don
ald in a Bteam car, set out for Glasgow.
It was something of a long ride; but they
at least reached it, and Donald and his
friend, the captain, went at once to the
widow’s.
The door was closed, and the captain
gave a loud knock, putting Donald behind
him. A pleasant looking woman opened
the door and asked tflfc stranger in.
“Are yon the mother of little Donald
Stewart, of the Greenock? he asked.
“I am, sir,” replied she sadly; “or I
was. But he died abroad.”
“I knew him, madam,” said the cap
tain, “but I didn’t know he was dead.
He wasn’t when I saw him last.”
“Tell me, sir,” cried she almost wildly,
“when did you see him?”
“Why,” said he, with a choking in his
throat, “I saw him—two days—l mean
two months ago. Hang it, madam, I can’t
hold out any longer. Here, Donald, tell
your own story.” And the boy darted out
from behind the captain, and was clasped
in his mother's arms.
That widow’s house was the happiest in
Glasgow, and the captain felt that it was
one of the grandest moments of his life.—
Independent.
M
Laughing Children. —Give ns the boy
or girl who smiles as soon as the first rays
of the morning surujlance in through the
window, gay, hap]% and kind. Such a
boy will be fit to “wake up” into a man, at
least when contrasted with a sullen, mo
rose, crabbed fellow; who snaps and
snarls like a surly cur, or growls and
grants like an untamed hyena, from the
moment he opens his angry eyes till he is
confronted by his breakfast. Snch a girl,
other things being favorable, will be good
material to add in gladdening some com
fortable home, or to refine, civilize, tame
and humanize a rude brother,making him
gentle, affectionate and lovable. It is|a
feast to even look at such a joy-inspiring
girl, and see the smiles flowing, so to
speak, from the parted lips, displacing a
set of clean, well brushed teeth, looking
almost the personification of beauty and
goodness, singing, and as merry as the
birds—that commenced their concert long
before the lazy boys dreamed that the sun
was approaching, and about to pour a
whole flood of light and warmth upon
the earth. Such a girl is like a gentle
shower to the parching earth, bestowing
kind words, sweet smiles, and acts of
mercy to all around her—the joy and
light of tbe household
A Wound Well Healed.
“Mamma, if you please, I'll not wear
this dress to school any more,” said Jenny
Bliss, beginning to unbutton tbe pretty
garment in the making of which her
mother had taken so much pains.
“Why, what’s tbe matter with the
di ess?” demanded the lady; “I am sure
there are not many of your schoolmates
have better, ”
“No, indeed,” said Jenny. “But,dear
mamma, that’s just the trouble. The
girls were all admiring it at recess, when
Rebecca D le spoke up and said that she
might have as prettv u dress if my papa
would pay her papa what he owes him;
and I’d rather,” she continued, as she
bnug up her new dress and took down an
old one. “ wear the shabbiest clothes in
the world than wear nice things and be
insulted.”
Mrs. Bliss made no reply. Jennie was
but twelve years old, yet she spoke some
what decidedly, and the mother had lately
begun to perceive that her children were
no longer babies. That her husband
owed some debts she knew; but it was
only in the way of business, iD which she
had no interference, and so long as she
did not waste his money, or tese him for
more than be could afford to give her. she
thought that her duty was done But
here was a pinch that hurt. It nad
always been her abmition to see her fam
ily looking nice, and now those debts,
that had hitherto sat so easy, were obtru
ding their ugly presence to mar that
pleasure. As these thoughts flitted
throngh the good woman’s mind, tears
rnshed to her eyes, which Jenny seeing
came to her side and kissed her.
“Now. mamma,” she said, “don’t you
worry. I'm not unhappy about it. But
you know it is a little tantalizing, if papa
owes Mr. Dale money, that Rebecca
should see me dressed up when she can’t.
So we’ll just fix over my old frocks, and
I’ll feel comfortable in them until papa
pays up bis debts.”
Still Mrs. Bliss did not speak, but now
it was surprise that kept her silent. Here
was the child that such a short time ago
she had rocked in her arms, soothing her
in trouble, and arranging hai; own course
in a family difficulty. At last a bright
thought struck her and she said: “Jenny,
do you know where Rebecca Dale lives ?”
Jenny replied that she did.
“ Well,” said the mother, “go round
there, and ask her to come and spend the
evening with yon. You can study your
lessons together; and if the child needs
clothes she shall have them.”
Jenny was delighted to go; and both
Rebecca and her mother were surprised
at the invitation, as the Blisses had
always held their heads a little high. But
the evening was spent pleasantly. When
Mr. Bliss came home his wife had a littie
gentle talk with him; and the next day
she further surprised Mrs. Dale by calling
on her, and offering to give her so mnch
a week until the debt between their hus
bands should be liquidated.
After that there was much economy in
the Bliss household, but it was not half
as unpleasant as you would suppose. In
deed, it became an amusement when
mother and daughter planned cheerfully
together how less could be made to do as
weil as more; and they were happy in
feeling that they wire working in the
cause of honesty. When Jenny again
wore the pretty dress that had been the
innocent cause of this movement, Mrs.
Dila and Rebecca had both new ones,and
there was stroDg neighborly affection
between the two families.
JUkellanß.
Tlie Dangers of the House.
Within our so-called lire and burglar
proof modern honses we feel tolerably
secure from danger. With the doors
doubly barred and bolted, and a window
closed fast with iron shutters, the ring of
tho fire bell and the sound of the police
man’s club are hardly listened to, and if
heard, they send back to ns only an addi
tional sense of onr own safety, increased
by the contrast of some probable mishap
to a more unfortunate and less protected
neighbor.
While a man is thus rejoicing in the
strength of his house, and is only con
scious of danger in the distance threaten
ing some remote inhabitant, grim death
may be sitting at his own side in his sung
parlor, or pestilence tainting with its fatal
breath the warm atmosphere of his cozy
bed-chamber. The very precautions
taken for protection are often the surest
means of destruction. The most inge
nious contrivances for ease and comfort
become potent causes of pain and suffer
ing. The dwelling sought for lengthened
enjoyment shortens life, and the walls,
within which a refuge is supposed,inclose
a tomb.
That the mansions of the rich and great,
with all their splendid and luxurious arti
fices of design ana construction, are full
of danger is manifest from the very fact
that even their inhabitants, well guarded
as they are supposed to be, are frequent
victims of pestilential disease. The
Prince Consort of England was poisoned
by a corrupt atmosphere generated in his
own palace; his son, the Prince of Wales,
barely escaped death from an attack of
the same disease, the cause of which was
attributed to a soil-pipe skirting in its
course the royal bed chamber; and the
latter’s youngest brother, Prince Leopold,
canght also the affection, though isola
ted from his fellow students at the Univer
sity of Oxford, in a secluded country man
sion carefully chosen to secure not only
the nobility of his Koyal Highness for
severance sake, but his bo .y for fear of
danger againsi too close oontaet with the
commonality.
The construction of a dwelling has un
doubtedly much to do with its healthful
ness.
It will be rendered much more safe to
live in if it possesses the machinery re
quisite for supplying it with those essen
tials of health and life, pure air and water
in abundance, and for quickly removing
fom it all the impurities necessarily en
gendered by its occupation. It should be
well provided with the means of ventila
tion, such as windows and doors properly
constructed, if not with a special contri
vance for the purpose; with drains of
glazed stone-ware of a caliber not less
than six inches in diameter, with imper
vious joints, and a course so direct and so
steep that what they receive may be in
stantaneously discharged. Waste and
soil-pipes of strong cast iroD, with water
tight joints, and a caliber at least four
inches in diameter, are also the requisites
of each house. Conduits of every kind
which serve the purpose of discharging
whatever is waste and foul should be
placed as much as possible on the outside
of the dwelling. Water, of course, of the
purest kind, should be of plentiful supply
and easy access. Meanc for the equable
warming of the whole habitation are no
less a necessary part of the structure of
every healthful dwelling.
With all the undoubted advantages of
a proper construction, it may be doubted
whether the mode of building has to
much to do with the healthfulness of a
house as the kind of usage. We are per
suaded that any old tenement may, by
discreet management be made less dan
gerous to health than the finest mansion,
with all “the modern conveniences,”
under the hands of the ignorant or im
prudent. It were better, for health’s sake,
to live in a battered cottage, open to ev
ery blbst of wind that blows, than in the
most solid structure kept closed to the
least breath of air. People should un
derstand that windows are made not only
to shut, but to open, and they would do
well to give heed to the lesson taught by
this homely distich:
“ If you open the windows more,
You will keep doctors from the door,’*
No one should pass the day or night
in a room which has not a communi
cation directly from the outward
air, or indirectly through an adjacent
room by means of an open window. In
all properly warmed houses this is practi
cable, even during the coldest weather of
our severest winters.
The good effect of the light of the sun
upon the health aud strength is recogniz
ed by every physician, and nothing is
more unwise than the fashionable practn e
of shading the windows with close and
heavy curtains, and givmg a doDgeon
like darkness to the most constantly oc
cupied apartments. Tbe sick room espe
ciallv should be well lighted and purified
by a free admission of solar rays.
The hasty occupation of anew house is
always unfavorable to health, and not
seldom fatal to life. The water used in
tbe construction of a building of brick,
stone and mortar, is so enormously great,
and is retained so long that even with the
most diligent and always necessary appli
-1 cation of air and warmth, it cannot be
come entirely safe for occupation for
several months after the masonry aud
plastering have been completed.
Tbe qnick disposal of the foulness
engendered bv animal beings, under any
condition of life, is essential to the
wholesoraeness of the dwelling. Bed
room utensils should be emptied as soon
as used, and no accumulations of the
debris of the articles of consumption be
allowed to remain iu the kitchen, or any
other place within the walls of a building
occupied by living beings.
No water should be drunk unless of
well ascertained purity, and when this is
in questiun, all doubt should be removed
by the cleansing process of filtration.
With these simple directions, it will not
be ddfieult to provide against the worst
dangers of the house.— Harpers' Bazar.
tiitttuarn.
Mrs. Frances E. Evans, daughter of Robert
and Martha Collier, of Upson county, Ga., was
born July, 1819; married John Q. Evans, Sep
tember 16th, 1841; and died in Villula, Russell
county, Ala., December sth, 1875.
In her eighteenth year she gave herself to
God, and joined the Methodist Church, in which
communion she continued a faithful member
until her death. After leaving Upson county,
she lived several years in Harris county, Ga.
Brother Evans then moved to Russell county,
Ala , and since the war has lived in Villula
-Bister Evans was a model woman. To know
her was to love her, and those who knew her
best loved her most. The exquisite beauties
and noblest traits of her character were revealed
®nly by an intimate and .familiar acquaintance
with her. She was frank, kind, and decided ;
made no effort to display her excellencies, or
to conceal what might seem to be faults. She
wa6 self-reliant; depended more upon her own
judgment than the dictum of public opinion,
in matters that concerned her and her family.
She was an affectionate wife, devoted to her
hnsband and children. Her great delight was
to make the home circle eomfortabc ami happy.
Asa mother, she excelled. She had the happy
art of governing her children and at the same
time securing both their obedience and affec
tion. It could be truthfully said of her that
she governed her family, hut she did it with the
law of love. “The ljeart of her husband did
safely trust in her: She opened her mouth
with wisdom, and in hen tongue was the law of
kindness. She looked well to the ways of her
household, aud eat not the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed,
Therefore let her own works praise her.”
She was confined to her lied with typhoid fever
for ten long weeks, during which time she suf
fered very much, but she bore her sufferings
with great patience. She did not say much
after it became certain that she would die, and
it is unnecessary to say much upon this, as her
whole life is a better commentary upon her
death than any words that might fall from her
lips in the dying hour. She was nursed in her
last illness by her beloved husband and her own
dear children. Her son-in-law was her physi
cian. A husband, four sous, and four daughters,
two sonß-in-law and one daughter-in-law, and
eight grand children compose the living family
of sister Evans. The loss occasioned by her
death is irreparable, to her hnsband, children,
the neighborhood, and to the Church; but thank
God our loss is her eternal gain.
John W. Solomon.
New Orleans Christian Advocate please copy.
Judge John A. Simonton was born October
33d, 1818; married October23d, 1843 ; convert
ed and joined the Methodist E. Church, South,
in 1850 ; and died in Greenville, Ga., September
13th, 1875.
A good man has gone to his reward. Judge
Simonton possessed a high degree of moral ex
cellence, an amiable and generous disposition,
His heart was replete with tenderness, alive to
every social affection, and every benevolent
impulse. His kindness to his friends and in
the bosom of his family was uniformly manifest.
His bemevolence was of an active kind, and
was shown in deeds of kindness and acts of
mercy. His ear was ever open to the cry of
distress, and he dispensed his chanty with a
liberal hand. No worthy object ever appealed
in vain to him for assistance. He felt great so
licitude for the welfare and success in life of
the young; sought their society, and endeavored
to benefit them by counsel amt advice. His
admonitions were delivered in such a kindly
spirit and with sueli evident sincerity as to
secure the respect and esteem of those to whom
they were addressed. Many yorng men will
remember with gratitude the kindly admoni
tions and faithful counsels of this good man. His
character was one of unswerving integrity and
unwavering devotion to duty,the whole crowned
with divine grace, which made him “ a vessel
unto honor sanctified and meet for the Master’s
use.” It was not my privilege to be with him
jn his last illness, but I am informed by those
who were constant attendants around his sick
bed that he bore his afflictions with Christian
patience and resignation, and that he expressed
himself as being fully prepared to meet death.
Let this comfort the crushed hearts of his sad
dened household. He is with the perfect and
blest around the throne of God.” F.
Mrs. Mattie J. Hunt was born in Upson
county, Ga., May 9th, 1841; and died in Barnes
ville, Ga., December 2d, 1815.
In all my visits to the chamber of suff ring
and death, never have I witnessed more uncom
plaining patience, nor greater regard for the
comfort of those who watched her dying hours,
and ministered to her wants. Never have I
seen greater self abnegation and crucifixion,
such serene, sweet, unselfish, and entire ab
sorption in the Divine will. When her light
was almost extinguished, she had glorious
glimpses of celestial splendor, and her immor
tal tongue would utter such words as “Glory,”
“Hosanna,” “Hallelujah,” “Happy,” amid
the prayers and praises of weeping friends.
As she walked through the valley of the shadow
of death, instead of darkness and depressing
apprehension, it was a triumphant eestacy, a
celestial ovation. A graduate of the Wesleyan
Female College, hers was a mind of the finest
culture. Added to this were the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, delightful social qualities,
a most engaging and facinating demeanor. She
was an affectionate sister, a devoted wife, a
fond mother, an humble, joyous Christian.
During her last hours, a most touching scene
was witnessed by those around her dying couch.
With her emaciated arms around her heart
broken husband’s neck, he received the ordi
nance of baptism, and afterwards with him and
her little boy nine years old, she partook of the
communion of the Lord’s Supper, to eat and
drink no more until she should eat and drink
in her Father’s kingdom. Dearest husband,
you have lost an angel wife. Darling orphans,
your preceious mother is in heaven. Heaven
is richer, earth is poorer. Adieu, dear Mattie,
the family greeting will come in the tearless,
griefless, deathless, happy land, where with her
blessed Saviour she is now enjoying unbroken
communion. J. P. D.
Mart Dowman, daughter of Charles and
A. W. Dowman, was born in the County of
Essex, England, June 28th, 1854; and died at
the home of her parents, near Mt. Gilead, Ful
ton county, Ga., November 22d, 1875.
Mary was but an infant when h irents em
igrated to America and settled in ' • gia. At
the age of three years she entered i, ’eal of
severe affliction, being attacked with ' ama
tory rheumatism, which made her a crip'> i for
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
life, though recovering comparatively good
health, she grew up to interesting womanhood
both in body and mind. From childhood she
was meek, amiable, and affectionate, being im
pressed at an early age with the sublime truths
of the religion of Christ, and enjoying more
than ordinary training by intelligent Christian
parents. She grew np without the 6tain of
actual sin upon her pure character. At the age
of seventeen she made a full profession of re
ligion at a meeting conducted by brother Ben.
Johnson, who, a few days since, was buried in
the same grave-yard at Mt Gilead Church. At
theme ting referred to, brother Johnson was
assisted by Rev. Charles Dowman, now of the
Florida Conference, who is a brother of the de
ceased. Mary immediately joined the Methodist
Church, at Mt. Gilead, which she dearly
loved, and became an active member of both
the Church and Sabbath-school. From the
day that she gave her heart to God and her
name to the Church, her Christian character,
devotion and example, have been of the purest
type that finite beings are permitted to enjoy
in Christ’s kingdom of grace on this earth. Bat
“ whom the Lord loveth He ebasteneth." The
disease of her childhood returned with other
complications, which made her a great sufferer
dnriug the last year of her life. While in health
she tanght her comrades by example how to
live ; in her last severe and protracted illness,
she taught them how to suffer with Christian
meekness and fortitude, retaining the faculties
of her intelligent mind up to the last moment
of life. She conversed freely with her
brother?, sisters and friends, exhorting them to
meet her in heaven. She selected two beauti
ful hymns to be sung at her funeral: “Jerusa
lem, my happy home,” and “ There is a land of
pure delight. A few moments before her death
she said, “It is growing dark. Oh ! lam now
between two worlds, but Jesus is with me.”
Her face was radiant with joy as she entered the
dark waters o{ death ; her last words were,
“ Jesus has come to help me over.” The part
ing scene with this dear daughter was solemn,
indeed, yet joyful. J. Goodman.
Mrs. Susan E. Crenshaw, wife of W. H.
Crenshaw, died in Newton county, Ga., Octo
ber 11th, 1875, aged forty-one years and eight
months.
She joined the Methodist Church at the age
of fourteen years, aud was a consistent and
conscientious member up to the time of her
death. Though she complained of her un
worthlncss, she had never until her last attack
had a serious illness, and though there seemed
in it nothing alarming at first, still she was sat
isfied that she would never recover; did not
desireto; and with the most pleasant counte
nance told her friends that she would soon fall
asleep in Jesus; that only the wicked died. She
continued in a state of almost constant happi
ness for several days before her release, suffer
ing but little pain, and wishing to hear no re
marks as to her final recovery. She told her
husband and children not to shed a tear for her,
as 6be was going to the embrace of Jesus, whom
her soul loved; often spoke of the manifest
power of God in her affliction, and hoped it
would be sanctified to the good of all; exhort
ed her husband and children to lives of holiness
in order that they might join her on high. She
especially admired, and had read toiler, the 44 th,
100th, 101st, and 103d psalms. Almost the las
words she spoke were, “ I am so happy,” and
quietly fell asleepTn Jesus. While she so greatly
desired to leave this world of sin and woe, yet
she wanted to leave it all to God. Her husband
and six children, together with a large ciicle of
relatives, mourn, but not as those who have no
hope. They have the sympathy of all the com
munity. Her Uncle, G. B. C.
Mrs. Elmika Edwards, wife of Gideon Ed
wards, of Jackson county, Ga., was born De-”
cember 27, 1824; and died November 9, 1875.
She embraced religion and joined the Meth
odist Church when about twelve years of age,
and lived an humble and devoted Christian.
She loved the house of God, and always attend
ed when it was in her power. After her health
failed and she was unable to attend Church, she
continued to read her Bible, and pray in secret.
She kept her lamp trimmed and burning, and
the God whom she served in secret, rewarded
her openly. During her last sickness she was
confined to her bed near ten months, and suf
fered the most excruciating pain. She bore it
ail with Christian fortitude and patience, will
ing to suffer with Christ here, that she migtit
reign with him hereafter. She often expressed
not only willingness to die, but a desire to de
part and he with Christ, sometimes calling her
family around her bed and exhorting them to
live for God and meet her in heaven. When
told that she was very near death, and asked if
her way was clear, she said, “ Yes, oh yes.”
Like one of old, she gave charge concerning
her burial; gave her parting blessing to her
family, and sweetly fell asleep in Jesns.
J. M. V.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cochran, daughter
of R. L. Mitchell, deceased, and grand daughter
of Rev. C. Trussell, of the North L rgia Con
ference, was born July sth, 1856 ; and (lied near
Villa Rica, Ga., December 13th, 1875. -
By the loss of her father in early life, she was
left to the care of her grand-father, who most
faithfully discharged the trust, rearing her “in
the nurtue and admonition of the Lord.” She
embraced religion in her twelfth year, under
the ministry of the Rev. W. C. Dunlap; joined
the Methodist E. Church, South, and from then
till the day of her death, such was her conduct
and conversation, that none doubled her faith
fulness to the cause of her Master; and though
her death was such that she could leave no dying
testimony, she left that which was infinitely
dearer to those that loved her—the record of a
social and religious life literally without a blot.
The feeling of all is, if we meet not “ beyond
the river,” the fault is ours and not hers. In
the spring time of life she passed away, when
hope was buoyant and expectations bright, to
the land of eternal spring, where hope ends in
fruition, and expectation never fades. Truly,
onr loss is her eternal gain. J. T. B.
Joseph H. Howell died in Orangeburg
county, S. C., December 7th, 1875, in the seven
ty-sixth year of his age.
For many years he was an acceptable mem
ber of the Methodist E. Church, South—a por
tion of the time an official member. He always
manifested considerable interest for the cause
of God, and the Church in all her relations;
was punctual in his attendance upon all the
means of grace, until several years previous to
hi 6 death, when bis health became such as to
prevent bim from attending Church, only at
times. Some days befere bis death, though ap
parently as well as usual, be appeared more
quiet and resigned than usual, and expressed
himself to his son, with whom he lived, willing
and ready to die when his heavenly Father
should 6ee fit to remove him. On Sunday night
previous to his death, he was taken with paraly
sis, and suddenly became speechless, so that he
was not permitted to leave a dying testimony.
He leaves an aged widow, sons, daughters,
grand children, and many friends to monrn
their loss. Mi A. CONNOB.
Robert Shields was born in Columbia
county. Ga., in 1819; and died in Volusia county,
Fla., October 27th, 1875. "
He moved to Florida in 1856, and wis a mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
over thirty-five years. Though cut off from
Church privileges, he continued to do his duty,
and was almost faultless as a Christian. Though
afflicted with deafness, he loved to ask and learn
about the Church. I visited him three days be
fore his death, on my way to a two days’ meet
ing, and though suffering, and feeling that his
end was near, he forgot his condition and prayed
that God would bless the meeting, saying to
me, “ Pray long and earnestly.” All who knew
him felt that he was ripe for heaven. The
Church has lost one of her best members. As
a citizen, he was honored and beloved ; as a
father, he was kind, gentle, and affectionate.
The last meeting he ever attended, he spoke in
love feast, and while he talked of the love of
Jesus, others shouted around him. Truly, a
good man has entered his Master’s rest.
Rob’t D. Gentry.
Mrs. Nancy J. Jenkins, a daughter of Mr.
Duncan, and Mrs. A. McLeod, of Emanuel
county, Ga., was born January 10th, 1849;
joined the Methodist E. Church, South, in 1871;
was married to Mr. C. J. Jenkins, Jr., July 14th,
1874; died December 17th, 1875.
Such is the earthly history of sister Jenkins,
but it is refreshing to the living to remember
that she gave evidence of her peace with God,
and that she is in the home of the blessed and
faithful. She left, besides parents, brother and
sisters, her husband and an infant seven weeks
old. They are earnestly commended to the
sympathy and prayers of the Church, that ail
may he ultimately brought to the home of the
redeemed. Louis B. Bouchellb,
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Seth S. Haxce— A person in my employ had
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THE BUFFALO
LITHIA WATERS
—AS—
A REMEDIAL AGENT
—IN—
DYSPEPSIA.
I EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF
J the late Dr. Thos. P. Atkinson, of Danville,
Va., who was an honored member of the State
Medical Society:
Danville, Va„ Jan. sth, 1874.
For more than fifty years I have been a great
sufferer from that Protean disease, dyspepsia, to
find relief from which I have made many visits to
nearly all of the mineral springs in Virginia, in
cluding the Alleghany, the Montgomery, White,
Conner’s, the "Yellow Sulphur, the flrecnbrier
White Sulphur, the Old and the Red Sweet
Springs, the Salt Sulphur, the Hot and Warm
Springs. I have also tested the virtues of the
Ballston, the Saratoga, and the Lebanon Springs
in the State of New York, and I can say with con
fidence, that I derived more benefit from the
waters of the Buffalo Springs, in the county of
Mecklenburg, Va., than from any and all of the
others.
Letter of Dr. P. A. Flournoy, of Charlotte. C.
U., Va., widely and favorably known as a medical
practitioner;
Charlotte C. H„ Va., Dec. 17, 1873.
Colonel Goode:
Dear Sir: In the summer of 1864 I visited the
Buffalo Springs, as I supposed, a confirmed dys
peptic ; I was weak, emaciated, and despondent,
and in fact, my constitution was shattered by my
disease. I used the waterfpr a short time—l do
not now recollect how long; in a
few days after I use of it I began
to improve, and comBUL MPao so until I was re
stored to perfect He&tnPPMwcure was complete.
From my own experience with the water, and
what I witnessed of its effects upon others, I re
gard it as equal, if not superior, to any of the
mineral waters of Virginia, in all diseases of the
digestive organs. P. A v Flournoy, M. D.
NERVOUS~DYSPEPSIA.
CASE OP PEGGY ANDERSON, A WOMAN OP COLOR,
OP OXFORD, N. C. BTATED BY DR. M. M. JOR
DAN, RESIDENT PHYSICIAN FOR THE
SEASON OP 1874.
Buffalo Springs, Va., August 8,1874
Peggy Anderson, a colored woman, of Oxford,
North Carolina, reached the Springs some two
months ago in a most distressed and apparently
hopeless condition, resulting from dyspepsia com
plicated with uterine derangement. She was ex
tremely feeble, emaciated, and suffering greatly
from nervous excitement. She informed me that
for several years she had been subject to occasion
al attacks of great violence, which confined her
for weeks to her bed. Upon her arrival at the
Springs, she could not eat meat or vegetables of
any description, and had not been able to do so
for two years. Her only beverage was cold water,
and a draught of that often occasioned her great
pain. She now eats with impunity any ordinary
article of food, including deserts, and on several
occasions has eaten cucumbers and similar ar
ticles, without feeling inconvenience from it. She
has greatly improved in strength, and gained not
not less, I can safely say, than 30 pounds in flesh,
M. M. Jordan, M. D„ Resident Physician.
Testimonials to the remarkable power of these
Waters in all derangements of the Digestive Or
gans, as well as in various other forms of Chronic
Disease, might be multiplied to any extent. These
however, are deemed sufficient to invite inquiry.
These Waters are delivered by the Proprietor
atJtheScottsburg!Depot of the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad, in cases of one dozen Half Gallon
Bottles, at Five Dollars per Case. To clergymen
and practicing physicians, for their own use, at
Four Dollars per Case. Also for sale by the fol
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F. A. WALTER “ GREENVILLE
THOMAS F. GOODE, Proprietor,
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
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estimates furnished free, send for a circular
July2l-tfg
SUI GENERIS.
fepALMAMfeqUl,jfc?fj|7 yMERUITu/FERATpiI
malkiN
CABINET ORGANS.
UNEOBALED‘"UNAPPROACHED
in capacity and excellence by any others. Awarded
TIEEffiISTMEM
*=■ DIPLOMA OF HOHOR "
VIENNA, 1873; PARIS. 1867.
nfJIY American Organs ever awarded any medal
UHL I in Europe, or which present such extraordi
nary excellence a3 to command a wide sale there.
11l W AYC awarded highest premiums at Indn*
H L V V ft I O trial Expositions, In America an well as
Europe. Out of hundreds there have not been six in
all where any other organa have been preferred.
nrOT Declared by Eminent Musicians, in both
DLu I hemispheres, to bo unrivaled. Seo
TESTIMONIAL CIRCULAR, with opinions of more
than Ono Thousand (sent free).
INCICT on a Mason & Hamlin. Do qpfc
111UIU I take any other. Dealers get larger com
missions for selling inferior organs , and for this
reason often try very hard to sell something else.
IIHAL* OTYI CO with most important improve
lltVr 01 ILtO ments ever made. Now
Solo ami Combination Slops. Superb
JEtagere and other Cases of new designs*
PIANO-HARP CABINET ORGANS
quisite combination of these instruments.
FIOV DA VIUrUTC Organs sold for cash; or
tflof rAI flfltN I O. for monthly or quarterly
payments; or rented until rent pays f..r the organ.
OITII noiirc ad Circulars, with full partie
uA 8 ALUbUtO Ulars, free. Address MASON &
HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, BOS
TON; 25 Union Square, NEW YORK; or 80 St 83
Adams St., C UICAGO.
LUDDEN & BATES.
Wholesale Southern A a van n ah, Ga.
july2l-lyt Sole Agents, Macon. Ga.
Miscellaneous. Advertisements.
C I fl a *lay at home. Aeents wanted. Outfit and
J) I L terms free. TRUE * CO., Augusta, Maine.
sept22-ly
/Sis long attracted the notice of the most eminont
physicians, by its great efficacy in curing what were
considered incurablo cases of disease where the pa
tients have been almost destroyed by SCROFULA
etc., and Prof. Valf.ntinf. Mott, ot the New Yorli
University. Professors Gibson, Deyvf.es and Chap
man, of Philadelphia, and many other physicians oi
celebrity, gave, over their own signatures, letters
recommending it, and certifying to its great meriis.
It has been occasionally advertised, and thousands
of families throughout the United States recommend
and use it. The laboratory is under the direction of
Dr. Franklin Stewart, who has devoted his atten
tion and skill to its careful preparation during the
past twenty-five years, and not a bottle put up but
is worth many times its cost to the patient. It isper
fectly safe for the most, diseased aud debilitated, and,
IN ALL CASES WHERE TIIE IILOOU IS NOT
PURE , IT SHOULD BE USED FREELY.
PREPARED ONLY AT j)
SWAIM’S LABORATORY,
113 S. Seventh St., below Chestnut, Philadelphia
Descriptive pamphlets furnished gratis on applica
tion.
nov Js'l3t
COTTON STATES
LIFE INSURANCE
COfiSPAXY,
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, MACON, GA.
Anthorizcd Capital ... fa. 000,000
Assets, Jail. 1, 1874 .... GOO,OOO
Deposited with Coniptroiers oi
Ga. and S. C., for Security
of Policy Holders .... 150,000
WM. B JOHNSTON. - - President,
JOHN W. BUIiKE, - Vice-President.
GEORGE 8. OJBEAR. - - Secretary,
W. J. MAGILE, - Supt. of Agencies,
This Company issues ail forms of
Life and Endowment Policies
On as favorable terms and at as low rates o
premiums as any
<ood & Reliable Company
ALL INVESTMENTS OF PREMIUMS
ARE MADE IN '1 HE SOUTH.
Good and reliable Agentß wanted in every
Town and City in the Southern States.
For particulars apjdy to
GEO. S. OIBEAR, Sect’y,
W. J. MAGILL, Supt. Agts.
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F AMSLY 818 L ES.
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liny from your; Preacher or a Regular
Dealer, and you get a Better Book
for Bess Money than of a Ped
lerwho is a Stranger.
Any Bible in this list sent Jfi'ee of Expense upon
Receipt of the Ihrice annexed.
Nlo. 7. Quarto Bible, ten Superior En
gravings, fine Family Records, combed edges,
shaved leather. Large Type 3 00
No.!). Quarto Bible with full comprehen
sive History of the Bible, fourteen large il
lustrations, and ten full-page engraving*, gilt
back and sides, combed edge* 4 00
No. 11. Quarto Bible same a* above, with
Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms. 4 50
No. 11.* Quarto ißiblc, same as above,
with Clasp 5 00
No. 1* Quarto Bible, same as No. 11,
arranged for 16 photograph portraits 5 00
No. 12. Quarto Bible, with Dictionary
and 500 illustrations 6 00
No. 12.* Quarto Bible, same as above,
with Clasp 6 75
No. 13. Quarto Bible with 1400 illustra
tions and full Pronouncing Dictionary 6 00
No 13.* Quarto Bible, same as above,
withClnsp 7 50
No. 13* P. Quarto Bible,same as above,
with Clasp and 16 Family Portraits 8 00
No. 14. Quarto Bible, same as above,
boundfcin imitation Turkey full gilt 7 00
No. 14 1-2. Quarto|Bible, same as above,
but ew design 800
No. !<.* Quarto Bible, same as above,
with Clasp, and full History of Bible and
Pronouncing Dictionary 8 00
No. 17. Quarto Bible, same as above,
panel sides, full gilt 9 00
No. 17*. Quarto Bible, same, with Clasp 9 50
No. 17* P. Quarto Bible,|same, with 16
Family Portraits 10 00
No. 17 1-2.* Quarto Bible, same as
above, full gilt, imitation Turkey morocco,
with Clasp 9 00
No. 17 1-2* P. Quarto Bible, same as
above, with 16 Photographs 10 00
No. 18. Quarto Bible, sumo nbmr--^
Turkey morocco, full gilt 10 00
No. 18*. Quarto Bible, same as above,
with Clasp 11 00
No. 19*, Quarto Bible, same as above,
with Etruscan gilt clasp 10 00
No. 19* P. Quarto Bible, same as
above, with sixteen Family Portraits 12 00
No. 20. Quarto Bible, Turkey morocco,
London antique 8 50
No. 21* P. Quarto Bible same as above,
with Clasp, .and 16 Family Portraits 7 00
No. 24 1-2. Quarto Bible. Turkey mo
rocco. London. Antique, gilt edges 14 00
No. 24: 1-2.* Same Bible, with Etrus
can Clasp * 15 00
No. c. Crown Quarto Bible, Turkey
morocco. London antique 14 00
No. 40c*. Same Bible, with Etruscan
Clasp 15 00
No. 42c. Same Bible, beveled, new style 15 00
No. 42c.* Same Bible, with gilt Etrus
can Clasp 16 50
No. 43c.* Same Bible, with Clasp 15 00
Irr ordering, state the immbdfe.
Order direct, or throughyourd>reacher, to whom
wo will give a fair discount. Address
J. W. BURKE <fc CO., Macon, Ga.
J. W. BURKE & CO.,
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
BINDERS and printers,
NO. 50 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA.
Wc keep constantly on hand, a id will sell at the
lowest, figures, wholesaleanu retail.
School Hooks ol all Leaning Publishers,
Religious Rooks of ail Kinds,
Law and Medical Rooks,
Sunday School Rooks,
Miscellaneous Rooks.
A general Stock of Blank Books, such as
FULL BOUND RECORDS,
LEDGERS,
JOURNALS,
DAY BOOKS,
MEMORANDUM and
PASS BOOKS, Etc,
Also a large and well selected assortment of
Ink, Wrapping Paper, Note Paper, Mu
cilage, Foolscap Paper, Initial
Paper, Twines, Letter Paper,
Tissue Paper, and all
Kinds of Stationers’
Notions and Small W’ares.
Particular attention paid to filling orders from
COUNTRY MERCHANTS and TEACHERS for
School Rooks and Stationery.
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY always on
hand or ordered ot a few days notice.
Particular attention paid to filling orders from
the country.
Country Merchants and Teachers supplied at
reduced prices.
All kinds of Printing and Binding done at short
notice and on reasonable terms,
We will also keep on hand a full assortment
Printers’ supplies, such as
BOOK and NEWS INK,
COLORED INKS,
FLAT PAPERS, CARDS,
LETTER and BILL HEAD BLANKS.
Send us your orders and we guarantee satisfac
tion.
Orders sent us by mail will be filed with prompt
ness and dispatch.
Parents wishing good books for their children
cai. have them selectod by forwarding or indicat
ing the amount they wish invested.
All Methodist preachers are our Agents, and
wil. send orders for us. "Address
BURKE & CO.,
No. 60 Second Street, Macon, Ga
IS7(i THE 1876 "
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
F. >l. KENNEDY, l>. IJ., Editor.
J. W. BURKE, Assistant Editor.
TIIIRTY-NINTII VOLUME.
•pHIS OLD AND WELL ESTAB-
I lished 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 are
Tkrhs:—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
dress. J. W. BURK E & CO.. Macon Ga.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Ten cents per line, each insertion, for any num
her of insertions less than four.
Eight cents per line, each insertion, for ono
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 price, neither will local notices
be inserted.
No advertisements inserted from abroad, without
a responsible reference, known in Macon.
While advertising Medicines and Medical spel
cialties, nothing will be admitted improper in it
self or believed to be of hurtful tendency. Pub -
lishers and Editor disclaim all knowledge of th e
merits of specifics advertised, and will not indore s
them in any manner whatever, or be held respon
sible for their effects.
Cash only—not the goods advertised—taken foi
advertising.
A line contains abont nine words.
Twelve lines to the inch.
Three Hundred and Twelve Uses, one Cotuc a