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EO. LI. LINDSAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HILL, N. C
Will practicein theCounties of: Greene,
Wayne, Lenoir, Wilson and Pitt. Collec
tions a Specialty.
Feb. 25, lyr.
W. J. JORDAN,
Life, Fire, and Accidciit Insur
ance Agent, Snow Hill, N. C
“ROCK OF AGES.’
MAUD MOORE.
“Rock of Ages, cleit for me,"
Thoughtlessly the Maiden sung;
Fell the words unconsciously
From her girlish, gleeful tongue;
Sang as little children sing;
Sang as .sing the birds in June;
Fell the words like light leaves
down
On the current of the tune—
“Rock ot Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee."
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
Felt her soul no need to hide—
Sweet the song as song could be,
And she had no thought beside;
All the words unheedingly
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not that they might be
On some other lips a prayer—
‘Rock ot Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
‘Rock of Ages, cleft for me.”
’Twas a womansungthemnow,
Pleadingly and prayerfully.
Every word her heart did know.
Rose the song as storm-tossed bird
Beats with weary wings the air,
Every note with sorrow stirred,
Every syllable a prayer—
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
press toward the mark for the | and thtir’eyes meet. The ser-1 Christ. But if you would enjoy
prize of the high calling of God pent *^s before the man—^ this full redemption, the powers
man i^ltor. The serpent is | of your being must be brought
‘Rock of Ages, cleft for me,”
Lips grown aged sang the hymin.
Trustingly and tenderly,
Voice grown weak and eyes
grown dim—
‘Let me hide myself in Thee.”
Trembling though the voice and
low.
Ran the sweet strain peacefully,
Like a river in its flow;
Sung as only they can sing
Who life’s stormy path have
prest;
Sung as only they can sing
Who. behold the promised rest—
“Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide mvselfin Thee.”,
‘Rock of Ages, cleft for me”—
Sung above a coffin lid—
Underneath, all restfully,
All life’s joys and sorrows hid;
Never more, O storm-tossed soul!
Nevermore from wind or tide,
Nevermore from billows’ roll
Wilt thou need thyself to hide,
Could the sightless, sunken eyes.
Closed beneath the soft gray hair;
Could the mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye still, the words would be,
“Let me hide myself in Thee.”
in Christ Jesus.” He did not
designate in their details, the
things that he would do in order
to live nearer his ideal of Chris
tian excellence. We know that
he was always “looking unto
Jesus,” that he was ready to
spend and be spent for the
Lord. If we have the spirit of
Christ we will gladly render
him our best service.
God knows the intents of our
hearts. He knows j'ust what
our daily efforts, and ourpatient
endeavor will do for us. He
sees where each line of. duty,
bravely followed, is leaiing us,
and sometimes, when we are
feeling encouraged by our prog
ress, we are thwarted in some
way, and we feel that we have
failed. But it is m^t so. The!
Lord delivers us from ourselves
and defeats our purposes, be
cause he loves us with unchang
ing and unfailing love. We do
not know the possibilities ot our
own natures, and our ideal life
was too small. God sees with
in us the seeds of a higher life
and a richer fruitage. So he
pushes aside our poor little
plans, and, by discipline and
trial, we receive the culture that
needed. We learn to
change our will to the will di
vine, and thus the longing ot
OuT souls loT' ihe devcr’iopnrerit
of the highest and noblest life,
may be realized.
We shall not rest satisfied in
the world; there are always lost
aims, hopes and purposes over
which we grieve. There are
lost chords her(^ but let us be
comforted by the thought of the
singer,
"ft may be that Death’s bright angel
Will [peak in that choid again.
scream, and the audience unite do the storms of affliction gath-
in a thunderous burst of apJ er around you? “Look to Je-
plause/tiut it freezes upon their sus,” Is your temper unsubdu-
‘lips. ■ The trainers scream was ed, do your appetites and pro-
a wail of death agony. Those Ipensities rebel, and call for un
cold slifty folds had embraced; hallowed gratification? “Look
THE LOST CHORD.
BV ELIZABETH H. DEI.P.
[t may be that only in heave-
1 snail hear that grand Amen."
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STORY OF INTEM
PERANCE.
Pro|)crty Insured on the podular 3 or 5
year note plan, which reiuires but a very
small CASH payment For Life Insurance
I can comiJctc with any Company or
Agent, Representing First-class compa
nies. Don’t think ol trarcling without an
AUCIDHN I* P4>l ll V.
Fire Policies issued at my office with 30
minutwS notice. All losses promptly paid
at my Agency. Office next door to Post
office, on Main Street.
10-28tf
plEO. EDWARDS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SNOW HILL. N. C,
Will practicein all ihecoilrts of the State,
Collecting a si>ccialty.
Feb. 23, lyr.
IECITATI0pj1|^jiRttTIIIAt.
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lOS. E. GRIMSLEY,
The poet, in the song, de
scribes th(t infinite beauty of the
lost chord, and then he bewails
his loss. He sits down again
by the keys, and music sweet,
and harmonies almost divine,
are found, as he searches for
that one chord. But it is all in
vain. The strains of that “grand
amen” elude him, and he has
only the hope that in heaven he
may hear It again.
It is not in music alone that
! chords are lost. The now com-
[ pleted work which we admire,
I first exitsed as an ideal in the
I mind. But how many creations
of the mind are never finished!
And what becomes of the plans
that are not executed, the
thoughts which seem to have
found no expression? Our
thoughts do not perish; even
though unexpressed, they go to
niake up the abiding elements
of the life within us. Our ideals
may never stand before us as a
, living reality, yet we are better
I for having them,
j Paul said, “Not i as though I
undei^^'control of a master.
Undenl^ guidance and direc
tion iuM^rforms a series of
Irightfiiilfvfeats. At a signal
from the man it slowly ap.
proach|^him, and begins to
;avy folds around him.
d higher do they rise
and serpent seem
nto one. Its hideous
head is reared aloft above the
mass. The man gives a little
under the influence of this one
principle, “Looking unto Je
sus.”
Do your sirjs ri.se up before
you, and fill you with apprehen
sions of coming retribution?
“Look to Jesus.” Do you de
sire to be freed from the pov.'er
of sin, and be presented to God
“without spot or wrinkle, or any
such thing?” “Look to Jesus.”
Are you burdened with care, or
him for the last time. They
had crushed the life out of him,
and th'5 horror-stricken audi
ence beard bone after bone
to Jesus.” Do you need wisdom
and grace for any exigency
whatever? “Look to Jesus.”
Whatever your condition or ne-
crack, as those powerful folds cessities may be, hear' his gra-
ighterifid upon him. Man’s cions voice, “Come nnto me, all
playthlri^J had become his mas
ter. jtis slave for twenty-five
years now enslaved him.
In horrible incident is
portray'*2d the whole story of in
temperance. The man w'ho
has tal^n the first glass of in
toxicating liquor has the boa ot
intemperance In his bosom. If
he throttles the monster now, it
is easily done. But if he per
mits it io live, feeds and nour-
’m a y e o n t r oL
even
ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and
learn of me, for I am meek and
lowly in heart, and you shall
find rest unto vour souls.”—Sel.
YETLACKESI THOU ORE
THING.
My fellow-traveler to an eter
nal world, art thou aware of thy
lost, 4nd ,.ruined condiaon as a
THE
SOUL A PRECIOUS
JEWEL.
_ . _n uf nty-five years, but it is | dinner in the sight of a holy God?
continually growing. And some j thou sensible of thy need of
day its'soLil-destroymg folds will | interest in the merits of the
encircle his soul, and bear it to! Jesus Christ, who is the
those regions of woe “where, Savior of the world? Art
their w'orm dieth not and the-^^Y need of the
fire is not quenced.” The un-! *^nachings of the Holy Spirit?
cho-ig^able decree of Almighty | thou impressed with a sense
If a man were to travel
through some dangerous wilder
ness, having but one jewel in
all the world, in which his whole
property consisted, and should
hear some in one place, some in
another, crying oat under the
hands of cruel robber, O, in
what fear would this traveller
go lest he should lose his jewel,
and be robbed of his all at once.
Why, my friend, thou art the
man; this traveler is thyself; this
j’ewel is thy soul; this wilderness
is the world. Thou hast to
travel through crowds of sinners,
legions of devils, and a whole
world of temptations. These
are the robbers that lie in wait
for thy soul; and if their utmost
spite can keep thee out of heav
en, thou shalt never come there.
Oh, what if thy . sins committed,
or duties neglected, thy pride
or worldly mindedness, thy de
lays and triflings in religion,
should at last betray thy soul
into the robbers’ hands? Other
losses may be repaired; but
soul being lost, God,
Christ is lost—all is
ermore. Secure then
of this infinitely preci'
thine own imrrortal
to the stronghoJ
the house of defi
the city of refug
even to jesiK Ch:
eth to the uttermost all that
come unto God by him, Heb. 7:
25, and will preserve them unto
his heavenly kingdom, 2 Tim.
4:18.—Sel.
God 'iCno ‘■drunkards shall in- of "'0«>’ of l'’y precious and
herit tjic kingdom of God.”—
Rev. T. O. Reiser in the S. S.
times.
never-dying soul; of the value
“In God’s kingdom there are
a great many spiritual cripples.
All their lives some Christians
are mournfully looking down-
^MOK TO JESUS.
A few years ago, a noted
wild-beast trainer gave a per
formance with his pets in one of
the leading London theatres.
He took his lions, tigars, leop
ards. and hyenas through their
part of the entertainment, awing
the audience by his wonderful
nerve and his control over them.
As a closing act to the perform
ance, he was to introduce ar.
enormous boa constrictor, thir
ty-five feet long. He had
bought it when it was only two
or three days old, and for twen
ty-five years he had handled it
daily, so that it was considered
perfectly harmless and com
pletely under his control. He
had seen it grow from a tiny
reptile, which he often carried
in his bosom into a fearful mon
ster.
The curtain rose on an Indian
woodland scene. The weird
strains of an Oriental band steal
! through the trees. A rustling
noise is heard, and a huge ser-
' pent is seen winding Its way
of time; of the uncertainty of ward at their own infirmities;
■ e; of the certainty of death; doubting, fearing, despairing,
Th^ secret of the preeminent
piety of Paul and the primitive
Christian is explained in one
single.expression ot the sacred
writeiT“Looking unto Jesus, the
authoF and finisher of our faith.
rhe) jj>vere “determined toknoiv
nothiiig but Jesus Christ and
him crucified.” They literally-
“counted all things but loss, for
the excellency of the knowledge
of Chjist Jesus our Lord.” He
was their “wisdom,” their “right-
eoCfsI^ss,” their “sanctification,”
and r“redemption.” He was
theirLConsolation in affliction.
He vitas their pattern, their lead
er, a^d guide. He was their
victQfy in every conflict with
the ‘^vorld, the flesh, and the
devil'” He was their joy, their
hopeT'ti^eir inheritance, their
shiel^. and their “exceeding
and of the neeessity of a new
heart and the holy life to fit
thee to stand the presence of
God at the last great day? Ii
thou art a stranger to all these
things. s5d indeed is thy condi
tion; thou lackest that one thing
in which all things relating to
when it they had faith they
might stand erect and gaze up
into the glory of God’s heaven
and God’s love. We are child
ren ot a king, heirs of (lod.
‘All things are ours,’ Why,
then, go mourning all our days?
Let us claim the glorious privi
leges ot our spiritual birthright.
His will is that we should not
thy salvation are included. Yet, | have life, but have it ‘more,
though thy case is distressing, it I abundantly.’ Let us seek to-
is not separate; for God has j day for a fuller, deeper, and
promised the Holy Spirit “to i liealthier spiritual life. Let us
them that ask him.” Luke
ward, ‘Look on unto Jesus, and
13. Oh then, repent >■ mv j through life,
of thy I
ins, believe on the Lord Jesus ! jjyg j-i^g fullness of faith.
Christ, and improve the gift Of
the Holy Spirit; and he will
guide thee into all truth: he will
take of the things of Christ, and
BITS.
show them unto thee. Trifle
not, I beseech thee, wlih this
advice; for if thou shouldst die
destitute of these blessings, thou
wilt be lost forever.—Selected.
Virtue itself offends when
X ,,, TT , coupled with forbidding man-
great reward. De was their
‘brij^t and morning star,” the
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,}
SNOW HILL, S. C.
OPIUM
Ha^.ltCurr
I had already attained, either j through the undergrowth. It
'were already p^’rfect.” How stops. Its head is erect. Its is t!
imperfect we find'j ourselves af-; bright eyes sparkle. Its whole and
I ter a critical self-examination! body seemed animated. A man sh;
I But the apostle'''cpntinvied, “J emerges froni the heavy foliage, ful
tnagftfii of their sc ils, which
held^ll the powers of their be-
ing jQ a blissful fixt dness to one
cha^eless centre.
Npw, ChristHn, if you will
beli'ive it Christ will be to you
he was to them. “He
same yesterday, to-day,'
lorever,” and you mayj
as they did in the infinite 1
ot the love and grace of
He who abuses others must
not be-particular about the an
swer he gets.
There is no easy path leading
out of life, and few are the easy
ones that lie within it.
Do not wait for extraordinary
opportunities for good actions,
but make use of common situa*
tions.— Goethe.
Highest of all in Learening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889^
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