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1878. International Lessons. FOURTH QUARTER —LESSON VI. —NOV. 10 "WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES. Luke xviii: 9-17. Golden Text. —Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein. Luke 18: 17. Notes. —In point of time, this les son follows the fourth one of the quarter. It seems that it was spoken by the Saviour to certain followers or disciples of his, for he takes the Phar isee as an illustration, which he would not have done if he had been talking to the Pharisees. Publican. —A tax collector appointed by the Roman government, and held by the Jews in about the same estimation as the mil itary tax collectors and rulers of the South were, just after the war. Fasts. The law did not require these fasts, but tradition fixed the days on Mon days and Thursdays. The smiting the breast was a sign of grief and pain. Justified. —Atonement being made for his sins, which is the moan ing of the original. Pharisees. —They derived their name from a word meaning to separate. They believed themselves better than other people. They left the spirit of the law, and obeyed customs and traditions and church rules. They developed into the High Church of the Jews—nar row, exclusive, bigoted, self-righteous. 1. The two Prayers. —Roth these men fulfilled the requirements of the the law, in going into the court of the temple to pray. The one stationed m a conspicuous place, and in a clear voice, made his boast before all the people; the other, in his humility, witii downcast eyes, smiting his breast, says, God, be merciful to me a sinner. One claimed to be righteous, better than others; while the other confess ed himself a sinner. Abbot says: “ The former, a type of orthodox be lief, and a vigorous, but legal morali ty ; the other, a typo of the justly condemned, and the outcast. 2. Self-Righteousness. —This sin is as old as the human race ; it pre vails to-day in all the churches. We preach humility and self-abasement, while in heart we are Pharisees. We behold a drunken man, an open vio lator of God’s law, and we, in our self-righteousness, thank God that we are not as bad as others. The lesson plainly teaehos that we should carry the grace , and not go there to exalt ourselves and accuse others. 3. God , be merciful to me a sinner. — If Paul could call himself the chief of sinners, how much more should that be the burden of every prayer of every repentant sinner to-day. It is ac cording to the plan of salvation that confession of sins shall precede for giveness. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un righteousness.” 4. Pride and Humility. —The dis ciples of the Saviour no doubt began early to show signs of self-righteous ness, and it is no wonder, for the Phar isees had been setting a notable ex ample, and they were a respectable people, and stood high in the church. When a church becomes popular be cause it is aristocratic, or fashionable, or even respectable, humble, self-sacri ficiDg devotion is apt to take leave of the worshippers. God is no respecter of sects or churches. With him the prayer of the humble, self-accusing Publican is more acceptable than all the formulated and systematic service of the Pharisee. Self-righteousness is displeasing to sensible men, and hateful to God ; humility makes friends in this world, and opens the very door of heaven. 5. And they brought unto Him also infants. —These Jewish mothers, with their little children, shed a gentle, mellow light on all the pictures of the Saviour’s incarnation. They are gen erally in the background, scarcely visible in the multitudes that passed around him, but they are always there. From his first appearance in his public ministry to his crucifixion, when they would crown him king with loud hosannas, and when, -with thorns, the mothers, with their in fants, were always near. Now and theD, as in the present instance, with woman’s devotion aud woman’s inspi ration, they would step boldly to the front, and the strong, self-reliant men would be thrown far into the back ground. These blessed Jewish moth ers stand up before all mothers of every Christian land, as an example worthy of imitation. Carry the little ones to the Saviour in prayer and consecration. He may not touch them and take them up in his arms, but he will as surely bless them as he did eighteen hundred years ago. The boldness, and faith, and confidence of those mothers brought blessings to their children. If yours are unbless ed to-day, it is because you are lack- SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. ing in these graces. The Saviour stands with open arms to receive them. Carry them to him, and lot them receive the blessing. 6. The Rebuke. —These disciples of the Saviour fell far short of perfec tion. In their zeal to hear and learn, and be first in the Master’s opinion, | they sometimes became rude. In this J case there was no need for it. We ! show the same spirit to-day, when we say to such as we consider unworthy that they must stand back, and let their superiors manage all church matters. Let us keep our rebukes for sin, and not for our brethren. 7. Little Children. —Suffer them, that is, permit them, to come freely. Do not say you are too young, wait until you are older, wait until you can uederstand fully the plan of salva tion, as laid down in our catechism, j Many children have been deprived of the offered blessing, because tho older church members rebuked them, and kept them back. “ Forbid them not,” says the blessed Master, and every Christian mother says the same. 8. Of such is the Kingdom of God. | The Saviour plainly tells his disciples i that they must receive the kingdom j of God as a little child, or they can j not enter. Tho meaning and force of! this cannot bo even partly understood j unless one knows and loves children, j Every person who studies thoroughly i the character of one child, throws a | light on these verses relating to chil dren that is better than can be ob tained from any commentator. Be- | fore children learn the ways of wrong j \ doing from their elders they are frank, | ! honest, truthful, full of faith, without , \ prejudice, or malice, or envy, or self ishness. They abound in love, and while they may not like certain per sons, it is because these persons are not worthy the love of a little child. They are not respecters of persons, loving the poor, the ragged, the col ored, with as much warmth and affec tion as they do tho rich and favored. They love the person, and not his sur roundings. It has always seemed that children incline more to the poor than the rich. 3.—The practical question for each is; Have 1 received the kingdom of God as a little child ? Have I sought the Saviour with confession and hu mility, as did the Publican ? There is no middle ground between the Pub lican and the Pharisee. One must either be an humble, trusting follower of the Saviour, or else a self-sufficient, ' proud man, standing by, with'ail bold ness proclaiming his own good deeds and merits. Christian World. The colored Baptists of South Caro lina have appointed Rev. N. H. Bouey a missionary to Liberia. The Primitive Methodists of Eng land during tho past year raised mis sionary money to tho measure of nearly SI per member, or about $150,- 000. Tho Rev. John Dunmoro Lang, D. D., the first settled minister of the Presbyterian faith in New South Wales, died recently at Sidney. He was born in Scotland in 1799, and went to Australia in 1822. No man devo ted moro time and labor to tho incul cation of good morals in a convict community and to induce immigration of good, industrious colonists. The General of tho Jesuits is re ported to be seriously at variance with the Pope, and it is thought that this accounts, in a great degree, for the serious diminution of the amount of the Peter’s Pence. It is hinted that tho condition of the Papal Ex chequer may induce the Vatican to accept the handsome stipend offered by Italy, which the present Pope, like his predicessor, has hitherto refused. The union of Methodist churches in Ireland has brought into existence a new piece of governmental machinery, known as a general committee. It has charge of the home mission, edu cational, and other church funds. It has just held its first session in Dub lin. Another change in contempla tion is the making of a sort of presid ing elder of the chairman of each district, who, in order that he may give constant oversight to the circuits in his district, is to be relieved of a pastoral charge. Civilization continues to make head way in Japan. A Chamber of Com merce has been organized at Tokio. The government has interfered to prevent the deportation of its sub jects to Peru for industrial purposes, not being minded to see them subjec ted to the same pains and penalties which Chinese coolies have under gone. A domestic loan for $12,000,000, which was put upon the market last May, has been fully taken by the peo ple, notwithstanding tho derision of the attempt by English speculators, who wanted to get the loan for them selves. The failure of the loan was generally predicted by foreigners, and its success is tho more gratifying aud encouraging. Recently in England Rev. Dr. E. C. Wines related a remarkable story of the son of a professional thief. While in prison he was converted. After serving his time out he worked at his trade, studied the languages, and en tered a seminary, where he formed the acquaintance of an earnest Chris tian student. The two resolved to be come missionaries to the heathen, and plunged into the heart of India, where missionaries had never been seen. After eight years’ labor among the Santhals the result is 30 churches, 40 schools, 2 training-schools, 2,100 communicants, a Christian population of 6,000, and a grammar and a diction ary of the Sauthal language Bishop Wiley has lately been on a missionary tour through China and Japan. Twenty-five years ago he first came home from China disheartened, after a period of unfruitful labor. But on this visit he found a marvelous change. He says that where he left five preachers, there are now five hun dred and eleven, and that he could set out from Peking and travel across the entire Empire, a distance of 2,000 miles, and stop every night at a mis sion station with a Christian family. He speaks of Japan as a whole nation breaking away from the past and reaching after modern ideas. If the Church meets its opportunity, Dr. Wiley thinks Japan will boa Chris tian nation before the close of the pres ent century. Monseignor do Ilaorno, of the Eng lish College of Burgos, has compiled statistics showing tho progress of Catholicism in Great Britain and the United States. In England in tho last twenty years the number of Cath olic places of worship has increased from 894 to 1,315; of priests, from 1,115 to 2,087 ; of religious homes for men, from 21 to 78; of convents for women, from 97 to 239. In 1855 thero were 44 sees in Great Britain and its colonies. New there are 88 archbishops aud bishops. In Canada since 1869 tho number of Catholic churches has increased from 779 to 1,171. In the same period the num ber of religious homes has advanced from 73 to 19C. Thero are 3,139 schools, being one school for every 600 of the population. In the United States there only one female academy in 1800. Now there are over 400. Of the 56 bishops, 30 are of Irish birth. p HERRING’S FIRE PROOF SAFES. BEST MADE. ALWAYS DOTHEIR DUTY. Send for Prices and Sizes to WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, AGENTS, charleston, s. c. J. C. H. CLAUSSEN, WHOLESALE STEAM, BISCUIT AND CAKE BAKERY. Wholesale Flour House, Corn Pearl Grist and Flour Mills. CANDY FACTORY AND CONFECTIONERY. 10 Markit Street, September 14-3 mo CHARLESTON, S. C. FASHIONS BLE HATE MPO RIUM. E. J. WHITE, DEALER IN HATS, CAPS, FOES, UMBRELLAS, Etc. 269 KING STREET, Opposite Hasel, CHARLESTON. S. C. Umbrellas Made and Repaired to Order. REPRESENTED BY WALTER STEELE. August 6-4 mo FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM! ESTABLISHED 1847. I INVITE ATTENTION TO MY FULL stock of MEN’S, YOUTHS’ AND BOY’S CLOTHING, Underwear, Collars and Neckwear, whioh I am offering at the lowest possible prices. All orders will meet with prompt attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Residents and visitors to the oitj are requested to oall and examine my stook. GEORGE LITTLE, 261 King street, opposite Hasel street, Oot 12-3 m Charleston, 0. C. COAL! COAL! COAL! ON HAND AND TO ARRIVE, 4,000 TONS SU PERIOR jB JED ASH CO A L, all sizes. ALSO, OAK AND PINE WOOD, sawed to order and delivered at lowest prices. WM. JOHNSON A CO., Coal Dealers, October 5-3 mo East End Laurens street. KERRISON'S DRY GOODS STORE, 88 HASEL STREET 88 (NEAR KING) Having removed to this Commodious Build ing, will keep a GENERAL STOCK OP STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS '• Oot 19-3 mo The Old Established House. J. R. READ & CO. ESTABLISHED, 1852. 263 KIMG STREET. 263 Announce to their pa irons, and the public generally, that for the balance of the Summer, they will offer their entire Stock of Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, at positively Reduced Prices. Bargains Assured to Cash Buyers. CHEAP DRESS GOODS. 4-4 Colored Cambrics, at (!<£ cents. Best Prints at 6*4 aud 5 cents. Fine Bourets—the best assortment in the city—at 25, 30and 35 cents; reduced from 31, 37*4 and 45 cts . Colored Buntings, cents (very cheap). Finer Buntings from 25 cents up. BLACK GOODS. Half Mourning Gray Goods, in full lines, at 25 per cent, reduction from regular prices. WHITE GOODS. In great variety. Particularly would we call atten tion to our Cheap White Piques at 6J4 cents. Victoria Lawns, 12*4 and 15 cents. Also, all the finer grades. GLOVES AND HOSIERY. Hosiery for Men, Women and Children, compris ing white and brown Gotten, Balbriggan, Fancy Col ored, Silk Cloaks, &c., Ac., Ladies Colored and White Lisle Gloves, in 2,3, 4, t>, 8 and 10 buttons, Men’s Lisle and Silk Gloves. M isses’ and Children’s (Roves. Additions constantly being made to our large Stook of Gloves and Hosiery. FANCY GOODS, &c. Ladies’Scarfs, Bows and Ties, Ruching and Frill ing for neck wear, Fans, Ribbons, Buttons, Parasols, Sun Umbrellas, Corsets, Ac., Ac. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. Linens, Flannels, Domestics, guaranteed at lowest market prices. Country Orders Promptly Attended To. Cash Buyers will be offered Goods, from any of our Departments, at Advantageous Prices to themselves, daring tho Summer months, as ’tis necessary to re duce our Summer Stock, In order to make room for Fall Opening. J. R. READ & CO., 263 King Street, August f-4mo Charleston, S. C. HOLMES, GALDER & GO. Importers and Dealers in White Leads,Paints, OILS, GLASS, Varnishes and Brushes, AGENTS FOR Leather and Rubber Belting, Union and Atlantic Leads, And Averin's Chemical Paints. Special attention given to Burning Oils, of which we offer our Non-Explosive Fire Proof, full 150° lire test, and specially adapted for family use. Sold in quantities to suit. Prices for any of the above Goods will bo furnished on application. HOLMES, CALDER & CO., No. 203 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. August 6-4 mo Ornamental Hair Work. WIGS, BRAIDS, CURLS, FRIZES, &c., On hand and made to Order. A full as sortment of TOILET ARTICLES, German and French COLOGNES, Lubin’s, Coudray’s and Atkinson’s EXTRACTS, TOILET SOAPS, And TOILET POWDERS. A fine assortment of English and French HAIR, TOOTH, and NAIL BRUSHES, DRESSING, TUCK and FINE COMBS, POCKET BOOKS, FANS, and a general assortment of Fancy Goods. M. L. ASHTON, 313 King Street, Nearly opposite Society Street. August 6-6 mo C. BART. H. STEITZ.- O. BART & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FOREIGN & DOMESTIC FRUITS, NUTS, &C. Nos. 65, 67 and 69 Market Street. CHARLESTON, 8. C. TSOPIOAL PRUIT A SPECIALTY. September 38-3 m DR. H. B A E R, Wholesale and Retail DRUGGIST, 131 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. T HAVE IN STOCK A FULL ASSORTMENT A of everything that appertains to a well ap pointed Drug Store. I receive fresh goods by every steamer, and my customers may feel assured that they will receive none but the best goods. I have all the Now Remedies, whether Drugs, Chemicals, or Patent Medicines, and as I buy largely, and to the best advantage, I can afford to sell at low figures. I shall bo pleased to see any of my friends, when they come to the city, and to have their orders by mail at all times. And they may rest satisfied that they will be served with promptness, and charged not a cent more than necessary. Only give me a trial. I make the best YEAST OR BAKING POWDER to be found anywhere, and retail it at 40 cents per pound. In larger quantities, the price is lower. I sell the best ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER at 35 cents a bottle, (four ounces): a smaller bottle for 25 cents. BAER’S COUGH MIXTURE at 20 cents a bottlo, or 50 cents for a large. BAER’S DIARRH(EA DROPS or Anti-Cholera Mixture, one of the best and surest remedies known. Try it. Price 25 and 50 cents, according to the sizo of tho bottlo. BAER’S LIVER BITTERS is an excellent Tonic and Appetizer. Price 50 cents a bottle. German Soothing Cordial for children teething, is a favorite remedy. Tho testimony of many of our best physicians has pronounced this Cordial as the best of the numer ous claimants for public favor. There is no Ano dyne, and no injurious drug of any kind, used in its preparation. Mothers may give it with perfect safety, and with the most satisfactory results. Price, 25 cents a bottle, or live bottles for one dol lar. Price lower for larger quantities. Baer’s Vegetable Liver Pills are an excellent Cathartic; may bo recommended for Headache, Dyspepsia, Constipation, etc., etc. Baer’s Worm Confections arc pleasent, mire, and harmless. No difficulty in making children take them. Price 25 cents a box; five boxes for One Dollar. I am AGENT for tho following : W. It. WARN ERA CO.’S SUGAR COATED PILLS. FLUID EXTRACTS, ELIXIRS, etc., etc.. Kle gant and perfectly reliable preparations. Send for Catalogue. UNIVERSITY MEDICINES-send for Catalogue. HUMPH REY’S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS—send for Catalogue. I)R. J. It. McLEAN’S (St. Louis) REMEDIES. SANDFnRD’S LIVER INVIGORATOR. SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR—dry or prepared. VAN DEUSEN’S WORM CONFECTIONS. BUFFALO LITIIIA WA l’EKS—send for Pamphlet. THOMPSON’S TOOTH SOAP. BAKER’S COD LIVER OlL—pure. FOUNTAIN SYRINGES—the genuine. BAKER’S COD LIVER OIL AND LIME. WINE OF APOCYNCM—send for Pamphlet. MOTHER NOBLE’S HEALING SYRUP—.-end for Pamphlet. BAKER’S COD LIVER OIL AND WILD CHERRY. IIUNYADI AND APOLLINARIS WATERS —send for Pamphlet. NATTAN’S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR THE •41A-IR—aud many other preparations too numerous to mention here. Physicians and Drug Stores furnished with entire outfit of Drugs and Medicines, at the lowest prices. I constantly receive fresh supplies of the following Mineral Waters; APOLLINARIS WATER. HUNYADI JANOS. FRIEDRICHSHALLER BITTER WATER. VICHY WATER. BUFFALO LIT HI A WATER. CONGRESS WATER. GEYSER WATER. SARATOGA “ A ” WATER. HATHORN WATER. HOLMAN’S PADS CUTLER'S INHALER. ALLEN’S ANTI-FAT. TROMMER’S EXTRACT OF MALT. BEEF, WINE AND IRON. VALENTINE’S MEAT JUICE. LIEBIG’S BEEF EXTRACT. These, and thousands of other articles, may al ways be found fresh, and are to be had at reasonable prices, at my Drug Store. 11. BAER. September 28-ly WOFFORD COLLEGE. SPARTANBURG, SO. CA. riIHE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY- I FIFTH Collegiate Year begins on Tuesday, October 1,1878. Tuition in College Classes, s-ixty four Dollars per year. Introductory Classes, Forty four Dollars per year. faculty: Jas. H. Carlislb, A. M., LL. D„ President and Pro fessor of Mathematics. David Duncan, A. M., Emeritus Professor of An cient Languages. Rev. Wiiitefoord Smith, A. M., D. D., Professor of English Literature. Rev. W. W. Duncan, A. M., Professor of Moral and Mental Science. Daniel a. DuPre, A. M., Professor of Natural Science. Charles F. Smith, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages and German. J. A. Gamkvvell, A. M., Assistant Professor in charge of Introductory Classes. Jas. H. Kirkland, A. M., Tutor in Languages. CHARLES F. SMITH, Secretary of Faculty. For further particulars send for Catalogue. August 6 NEW YORK & CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. Steamers Sail Every Saturday. Elegant Passenger Accomodations. Steamers—ClTY OF ATLANTA, CHAM PION, CHARLESTON. JAMES ADGER & CO., Agents, Adger’s Wharf, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 2-3 mos THE CLYDE STEAM LINES New York and Charleston. WEDNESDAYS. Deck State Rooms for Cabin Passengers. Tables supplied with every luxury. Philadelphia and Charleston, SATURDAYS. 86?“ For Freight only. Office, 96 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Wagner, Huger & Cos., | W. A. Courtenay, Agents. Agent. Nov. 2-3 mo Rural accountant, the old estab lished PARMER’S ACCOUNT BOOK. The best in use. Sent per mail on receipt of prioe; Small size, Si; Large size, $1.50. WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL. Ootober 12 3