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. Seeking theTrutlp., „ .j.,
, Ntcoaemus .represents n large multitude
ql men and .e«mn in the world to-day.
He was seeking; truth if not salvation ,for
his redttak' Aral*1 He was a6 interested
that he did not wait until morning, bui
came to Jesus by night. Sopfe have sue
seated that be did t8s ngtlbeewse of'fcis
anxiety, but because he did npt have the
taqrflVmrage -*• '##*<E3‘YiffropulBT
IB
not11 even rebuke hii*.- He welcomes the
coming _of the most timid, the most
doubling, the most' unwWttajh iNiobdeniyg^,
like nearty all the world who iimow thy
thing about Jesus, recognized His moral
spmam*cj«.rt^|:hey *gow H» pg * t«*rtbr
sent frAm Odd by the, same test that
Ntoodefcus applied. iBttHWt compliment
fWtyf vpfr he horn M*n ,,j* the
lasting sine qua non: {he absolute ai
revocable condition foP’*' hea\«nly
How couM Jesus have made d!
rwwMWty-ortth “Nfew BiVU?**- '
anttAiw
tenjdoim due
some ot
world A
io follow, lie lit *ki|frC
or & constitutional incapacii
one's owk interest? Jeeus wai .
the slow believing Nioodemue.. But He did
nM" tian^kaarj twenty' centuries' of
Christian testimony, to*bear witness-to the
truth. That is why it will be less tol
erable' in ithe judgment fou us than for
those of Tyre and Sidon and the genera
tions that have gdtae to their reward and
doom.—Barn’s Horn. *t, ,.^z.
•j;t ( j SjwPpiim.
Conscience is God’s deputy ip the soul.
Immortality is the gloribus discovery of
Chdsrf£k„i,'i.t
with, but what is kept. k< > >»•
It is a weak religion that p man can
hiffc frdm his honseTOld-. ” ’ " ■
A conscience void of offense.,bsfpreGp4,
and man is an inheritance for eternity.
There is no human life so poor an^
small as not to hold many a divine possi
bility.
Humility i* the altar upon which God
wishes that we should offer Him our sacri
fices. •- ‘Y< Jt«1 « <1M: I
The same spirit of faith that teaches a
man to cry earnestly, teaches him 4b wait
^fore dear in thte sight *of God and His
angels than any other conquest is the
C°No*trti» work made thbYArld began wsr [
. done." i»f t{i <u». - m**»
a \ •
s “Lost?” 18 a sad word—one day lost
shortens life that much, bat hdw ritony
people Low almost every day^O-char-,
ity',' no kind for^s or pleasant smiles—
no sympathy Sih*the poor' trftt go^dtf^
through litp for themselves - itply, oy
perhaps muttering that selfl^i prey^r.
"Lord-Dies ttfc'atrtrtoy' Wife—to/ stoj
John and his wile^ us four and no
How lh it possible tor aiiwery rich man
to covet more whmyhsr* && to*-!
aids hear' hhn who live and languish
In misery and Want f- 4*Wnot f uwt^
stand. It* wag a sweet l*0f. w*f> WW
the “Emigrants Lament’ and said: . -
> «h(Tu7 v«S‘ " /ww *•*'!
“1’m.very lpnely oow,,Maryv t<> ii« ii
For the poor make no ne\y friends,
But bh, ‘they love the better far
The few our Father sends.” i- ;l:?
Th^sd toillMhaires deserve tittle cred
it for their gilts tq'ctfllegwr'ahd Hbt-a*
I
at the recent move
ments of ■northern philanthropists,, but
a movement to lift up the poor and
•give thGm rt chance would-he* h modi
blessed thing than to educate them $n
books. Peter Cooper and George Peai
bcvly have a hlgher'seat id’ heaven than
Rockfeller and Carnegie will ever
reach. George Peabody bijlli whole
blocks of tenetoent houses In Londdb
for the poor. The rooms were all venti
lated and supplied with pure cold watpr
and the windows, looked out upon
grassy lawns arid'flowers and shade
trees. There were bath rooms attached
to' every tenement, an® a few preity
chromos on the walls and the /ent
charged was only a plttance^cpough
to make repairs and pay the taxes. This
was doing more for the poor than edu
cation, could do. / i< • >» i ft
A clean shirt and a comfortable home
will lift a boy up quicker than books.
It has boon said that k right himgrjr
mini can’t get religion, and I reckon a
hungry child can’t study to do much
good. Education Is nbt always had In
the schools. It la the life work of every
one. Education comes by contact, by
absorption fttrtn dthers, by reading and
thinking, andlby Mperiencnaad 4iset*
vation. Some pf.the,gi;efttotf m$nin toe
tPnited gtatea never had a years
BCUUV/IIU5P «—r* —-ATT
has beep that not more than ten .gel-,
lege boys in a hundred made good use
of their.edifedtlOB. They lived and dlfed
and made no sign- Qut for the sake of
ithe ten we must give the ninety
change. These northern gentlemenf Wtu*
met in Athena seem intensely, in ddrntl
ley’s epeeceh Srgith* dfcortri* and teat'
of all. ffife will jeo^w fc,ft
charity, but aa a measure .of justice,
and Mr. Bdldwt* said, MYia, ttniVs to
justice,?'.an<M suppose tolled,, t*ftt
puy it. Tftnt came pretty near oeing an
apolofr.-^mis tmk lei, th«m 4heH. ant.
This morning I had* a faackdst' The
»:as:sie
cannon my strawberry bed.andon ay
cMfelOf dttAA. ‘I**ltt dW tWb-.dewn^tt1
ope hWdred*Qh ^dftbit
C?S£S&Ulfr*« ^
care 9l»«WUdren, returned safe and
dlaik>y and refreshed. I set that down
W.m/tMA*AhAlATfnp off the old
— — .. ighd .hddahlMn
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prUtmtee to tata lias ta<Ae®Hib ltihw
Ijfirriep qxqjre than sey^n time* ff, |Jay#>,
Now see how the accounJL ^an^SiSRlv
all these credits and onfy one discount
for the old maffe.' Verily* ‘the Hhfe» hive
falen to ua in pleasant1. placear-<Bill
Arp in Atlanta Constitution,.^.,.^ .
Tell Colored Redding that with the
htelD*Of fcttldffcff 1 *ha^ Hyli^ed^he
fight on thefpetate hugs. »J« <*cw»n^
■" ' HI ’1 I'lll ^ • fell
biu -HORT* CAWMNA CROPS, ■<*
irtii- -!i» .) ’ lit !' *t
Warm WeaHiei" Ha* fcfoikfclit Cbi*
!•: .rf alterable Improvement. >;T
In spite df otfe drtlwback, the lack
of sufflcffertt' ribWtutfe tti * mhttyr'caUn;i
Health® -phst week-'w ah pipe»Ssd*^s
generally very faborable' hot# *10*
farm work ahd tttn grewth/tff dtoitt.‘
Many correspondents iay that It #a»
I“an ideal week” or “weather all that
could be desired.” Work‘,l1Wfc£dtfla
actively--feverr tfv J^d-'Wfflreat- dial
waa,- acoompUpbbd.; JSbfr tp&BprxUiW
dicing tta flQS}* 4fe
grees above normal daily, and the.
iftaifmiM 6hhu7red' i^ner'piiy'ob ‘Mfcy
3Vd.i: vTtWrfi^bdfdt1W(,Aegfdes Wif
ported la css trot tsforfh CaaoMtiaJ Wife?
amount of fcsaehine; wasuiallfpdanl#
The rainfall was irregularly distribut
ed, and while very benaftoiakvHidwwv
oqpyrrg<| two,, or threq d^J^dortps
the week In many , counties, in other,
no rain fell, and drought is now nfc
ginning to be lffelt We&toiKlfi ti3W?
ing rttrti‘toO*1“tlre,Vn tbS| efifrt > 'Bin hWl
wick, Pit* Qkxjenve-Wasfailutcan^kia
qate# Hinstyftrfripiftf f 1 P*£ttpIt£§N
.^avWsoni. &RK*Vj
Randolph ana Stokes, and ip the
•west,
Rowan and (paswell. Over most of the
Suite warm, gentle rains are needed
tA bring up cottcte ahd Corn afiffl on*
able the transplanting of tobaccct
Vegetation, 1 however, made rapid 1
progress and,even in the extreme,
west, forests are nearly fully clothed
with green. J
Planting cotton is now well ^ad
vanced and will be completed within'
another week oc so; early planted
baa come up nicely and chopping to,
stands is underway; late planted
needs moisture for germination^ it isi
now quite, apparent that the avenge
In cotton will be diminished, and
that in corn largely Increased. Plant
ihg corhr Is' now underway' In low
lands ;l a good stand of corn has
been secured, and some is being cul-j
Uvated the first .time; yeun« W 1«1
suffering Jor Jack of ra^. ip .thq,
southeast portion. Cut or bUO worms
ha^e tilled some ‘young contl *fcWm
ers are busy trknspltfntiri^^fiaccW;1
buff cannot make moth headway with- <
out generous raintS’ pUpt* are;grow*r
ing very rapidly and many farmers
.prefer to set out and. water, which. Is '
slow work*'1 ’ tobacco
i roust be considered as spmewhM. l^p
hfnd oh accbunt oftbe droughcmeat
on rich land baa improved, a and In
|
ment o® <®d®B Mb bcgtm,' ihd'bbaria
are in bloom; the strawberry crop
is a little shorter than the .average,
, but chijMfiebts are now gri!fc£ foMKl
InJargo wnUtlaa^l^ah
(being injured almost everywhere by
’and' pastures ^ ftonritfiift, ,00m*
, kinds of apple trees failed to bloom,
8tuq.n«« r'Wlk>—«4r»y»l«*I.
In the extreme western counties* the
’ outlook for apples as well 'W' ■* rhost
(other klnds-of fruit is vary-bright, as
the trees fruit
' Melons are up, and a large crop of
(w|MPM«B9i k »»*obaMe.1 fg l> >J
, r^-rs. taitmulSn* im Jft * 1
'v pcir
Schley CWfcd' UtJuri' da'‘Ufak«Mi
Mountain Sunday morning, accom
pli# t itoa9M*V' .Uwtift, fltfwi
1 Chattanooga during the
were described to the admiral by Gen
An excursion train on
Rapids & Indiana road
Sunday night near Wallen,
iOg 30 persons.
Voecount de A tie, the
gueae Minister, aril
jayjiitht
held over the remains, of
lives, this afternoon. Only^
recent years has such a* casual
honor been, accorded to a deceased
member, those occasions fcelnfe tne
Stafte ifuneral’of” Representative Wil
liam D, Kelley, of Pennsylvania
■prcsslve. - {awti**. '«Vn
^SSSStos ;
aadwill-be buried inaJfetil Pottdr'sdteM.
untefs Wa t frwfct
died Tuesday and his body waa taken
to tib'tiiergub andiaWsired^diaktA.^
Hi* identity va* learned- byfdeteotlrwi
forking ^ithe kP^stpffl^ ^tbery^ase..
K£#b rssa*
was one time a magazine edltbr
.y^anihiater tal
character. _ ■; •’ ^
SeaboaiW ' Air
•< ,JIU<> 4 tad i'Aif .s'JwPl
Double Daily Seryj8flw|<ni
Between New -fcmfa, Klaitar**
^W0flert»andP«Dte8Wrtttw&W»l. «•'*'
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