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Those who work only for self
are like the ox that browses only
for itself.
When we begin to grumble
about poor crops we should stop
and think whether we are thank
ful for good ones.
He who refuses to send his
children to school is doing them
a positive injustice—yea, even a
wrong. Educate your children
whether you give them anything
else or not.
When j'ou make an appoint
ment to be present at any place,
jmake it a point ahyt'K^s t,o be on
'rto cause a
"to cause a
than his money.
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man to los”ii?^time
We have received a formal an
nouncement of the election of Dr.
B. F. Dixon as president of
Greensboro Female College. He
is a man in every way fitted for
the position, and we predict for
him great success.
A person on whom heaven has
bestowed rare gifts may use
them to cause mischief and mis
ery to all around. This may
have reference to such gifts as
wealth, charms of body and
mind, and social position.
How to fail—become discour
aged in your work because ev
erything is not as you would
have it; tell otheis that you are
discouraged, in words, if not in
actions, and grumble at and find
fault of them because they don’t
encourage, and a failure is inevi
table.
The following from the Ral
eigh Advocate is worthy the at
tention of many churches: “No
business man will have anything
to do with a firm which is in the
habit of paying 50 cents on the
dollar. Suppose the bishop and
the presiding elders were to be
equally just. Brother, would
your church have a pastor next
year? ”
A certain liquor dealer,
desires to establish a retail whis
key shop in a certain town, made
the inducing (?) promise that no
one should become intoxicated in
the establishment, but must go
outside. Such is the vile business.
It sells the poor wretch the li
quor, then turns him out to dis
turb the peace of the town or to
go to his house, and abuse his-I
helpless family. No price should
induce us to curse our homes
with such a business. Keep the,
monster out!
ical, intellectual or moral attain-
rhent. The highest freedom is
attained only in the most perfect
obedience of the lower powers,
and the worst slavery follows the
snbridled exercise of any natural
impulse.
Those who fail in life lack, first
of all, singleness of aim. There
is an old story of a boy who was
told he might have a handful of
^ts from a jar. Being anxious
TO take as many as possible, he
filled his hand so full that it
would not pass the narrow neck
pf the jar, and he was obliged to
drop all but two or three, in order
i to release his hand. The man
who tries to grasp all life’s
prizes will obtain name; he who
is content with one or two may
have what he longs for.
In these days much is said of
poor boys who became famous,
^nd perhaps we are too apt to
who I throw a halo of romance about
the struggles of these boys to
.overcome obstacles. But let us
not deceive ourselves into the
belief that the discouragements
and drags which those boys
overcame were, after all, so very
different from those that beset
icveryday boys, who sometimes
do, and sometimes do not, over
come. It is, after all, overcom
ing that has brought the world’s
“Well done!” which we call
fame.
It matters not what contest
we may enter, it is out of place
to say hard, cutting things to
gain your point. There is jjlenty
of work for Christians to do in
bringing the world from sin to
Christ without quarreling with
each other.
If any one Joubts as to wheth
er or not the “tithe law” is still
in force, let him read and consid
er what Jesus says about it in
Matt. 23:23: “These (judg
ment, mercj^ and faith) ought ye
to have done, and j3ot to leave the
other (paying tithes) undone.”
Any one will do better if you
speak words of encouragement
to him than if you manifest a
lack of confidence in him. To de
velop good workers may require
reprimanding at times, but to
show a lack of confidence in them
is rarely beneficial.
The Mt. Airy District Confer
ence was held at Walnut Cove_,
August 7th to 10th. We have/
not the space to give an extendi
ed notice of it. Suffice it to saji
that the general verdict is that ilf
was a first class District Conferj-
best this district has ever had.
Our presiding elder. Rev. R. M.
Hoyle, has a good idea as to the
manner of condticting a Confer
ence. There were a number of
visitors present. The differ-ent
colleges and book interests w'cre
well represented, and the papers
were not lacking in number, to
say the least. The delegates to
the next Annual Conference are
J. S. Bell, E. O. Alaston, Francis
Miller and B. P. Sparger.
rOO» FOB ItEEI.ECTIOJf.
Much of life’s w'orry is the re
sult of the attempt to secuse and
retain things that are not essen
tial to noble and devout living.
Happiness is not dependent on
their possession, to say nothing
of character and spiritual well
being.
The characteristic sin of child
hood is disobedience, and it in-
dludes and leads on to all other
sins. But obedience is thecrown
and grace of childhood, without
which no child can learn to be
strong and great; without which
no child can be lovable or lovely.
If two angels were to come
down from heaven they would
not care which one served as
prime-minister and which as
scavenger. A servant-girl may
sweep a room so that the work
will be divine. A merchant
prince may stretch his arms
across the seas, and yet be a
mean, groveling being.
Rational self-control is a great
problem. Provision is made for
in the will. In this control alone,
under the guidiince of judgment
and the dictates of a vigorous
will, is there possibility of reach
ing any high ideal of either phys-
That which is to be remem
bered pleasantly never presents
itself at first as a memory or as
a basis for a memory, but as a
present duty to be attended to or
neglected; and our inscant de
cision on that point settles the
question of its subsequent value
as a memory. Doing our duty
hour by hour, even though the
duty be an tinpleasant one, is
what'we must set ourselves to.
Having pleasant memories of un-
—J- A^1]<-wv
as a matter ot course, when the
time for memory-shaping has
gone by.
If it takes twenty years to
complete a task, it is plain that
the man who tries for nineteen
years only will not succeed. Had
Columbus become discouarged
.when again and again he was
refused assistance—when after
years of appeal for help he found
himself poorer, older, no nearer
his heart’s desire than ever—do
you think he would have become
the honored discoverer of Ameri
ca? Had Washmgton surren
dered during that awful winter
at Valley Forge, would we be
living today under the stars and
stripes of thenoblestgovernment
in the world ?
James Clement Ambrose writ
ing in the Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate pays a well mer
ited tribute to North Carolina.
In a paper of such extended pat-
rotage among the best class of
those who hold Northern senti
ments, it will do our State no
little good. He says: “If the
exact duplicate of North Caro
lina—climate, coast, forest, low
land, upland, mountains and
m.inerals—stood on the line of
migration Westward, and could
displace 50,000 square miles
among the Dakotas, every go-
Wester would cling to it as the
prize land in beauty, comfort,
titility, till it should be crowded
like the out-bound Madison
street car at p. m. Why is the
original less attractive than
would de the duplicate? To me
it is not; and it is so to others
half because they don’t know
its fitness for a homestead, and
half because the politicians and
their press have made them be
lieve, on the one side, that the
white people South carry a
bowie-knife over theirearinstead
of tlie goose quill; on the other,
that the black people South are
brutal monsters. I have told
you before, and at length, that
such pictures are false. * * *
All in all, it is a land of golden
opportunities, even outside the
gold belt—a breadth of American
nature the most churlish Amer
ican even will do well to take
pride in as a part of the domain
he calls his country.”
The Western North CArolInn Vetlio<llst.
This paper is published in the
rapidly developing city of Ashe
ville, N. C., and is now extending
its circulation throughout the
new Conference. The editor has
been attending district confer
ences east of the Blue Ridge, and
has greatly increased the circula
tion of the Methodist. Send for
a sample copy. Address, Metho
dist, Asheville, N. C.
Tti^Druininer Evangelist.
Charlotte Chronicle.
AilTinr .Butt, who lias charge of
the choir at the Fife meeting at
Lincolnton, arrived home yester
day. Mr. Butt says up to yester
day there had been 500 conver
sions at the meeting, and that the
interest manifested has been un
paralleled in the history ot Lin
coln county. Tremendous crowds
have attended every service.
Rev. Mr. Wetmore, of the Epis
copal chm'ch announced in the
meeting Saturday morning that
he didn’t want to have the service
at his church Sunday morning
“interfere” with the service at the
Tabernacle, so he would change
the hour of service to 9 o’clock.
Mr. Fife thanked him for the con
sideration, and asked his congre
gation of several thousand to
attend Mr. Wetmore’s service.
K«ven Orphans Run Away.
much attached to Dr. Dixon and
his family, and part with them
with keenest sorrow. Some of
the children show a disposition to
rebel, and because their beloved
superintendent is to leave, they
want to leave too. Several runa
ways have ocdurred in the past
few weeks. Lately seven boys
disappeared at one time and
struck out for parts unknown at
present. Search is bemg made
for them, and they will very prob
ably be found and brought back.
There never was a braver fight
nor a more sucessfnl one than the
formers have made on the jute
trust. Without doubt, jute is a
most excellent bagging, and had
the manufacturers been eontent
with living profits, they had a
monopoly, since no other article
was considered so suited to the
cotton planter. But the spirit of
greed possessed them, and they
foriaed a trust and put the price
up to fifteen cents. The farmers
determined not to use it. They
applied the boycott and today
jute is quoted at 5i cents.—News
and Observer.
One of the most remarkable
and exciting political campaigns
that has ever been known in this
country is now in progi-et-s in Ar
kansas. The Democratic candi
date for governor is the Rev.
James P. Eagle, a Baptist. The
labor candidate for Grovernor is
the llev. N. B. Fizer, a Methodist.
He has been indorsed by the re
publicans. Both candidates are
eloquent preachers and excellent
stump speakers. They are figura
tively speaking, turning Arkansas
upside down.
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