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Vol. 16.
Ayden, N. C., Wednesday,; Dec,
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ARTICLES OF J A1T*H.
.it iJbom
a ever»Ht-
il, till- I’alliHi:
irouieverlaslinp to eyeri
inj5, jierious and immutable h* ad Hisat rl-
bnies.—1 tor. viii, C. Its. xl, 2h.
2, TV c believe that aero is one Loid Jesus
tbiiat, by whom are ill thiugs, tie only
bcgoiten Son of Ood, born ot the Virgin
Mary, whom Ood freely sent into this world,
i,.,.sviBe of the great love wherewith 1 e loved
orldiaml Christ as freely gave himself
m far all, tasting dealli Ibr every
ho was bu ii(d and rc?c f gain the
and asce Dilcd into Heaven, from
e look for Him, the scrond time,
ds of IJ oaven, at the last day 10
miick an d dead.—1 Tim. ii, 5, 6
1 John ii, 2; Uev. i, 7; Acts 2-1,. 0
( Bfl Hi, 18. , . „ ,
8. We believe that there is one Holy
Okost, the precious gilt of the Father
through His dear Son, unto the world, who
Quickeneth and draweth alnners boinc fo
God.—John xvi, 7 and 8; Acts ii, 4; Lph. 11
1; Eph. It, 4,5,6. ... /i ,
4. We believe that in the beg.nning God
made man upright, and placed him in :■
state of glory without the least mix.urt 01
misery, from which he voluntarily, oy
trausgreseioD. fell, and by that moans
bro. gL-.u;. himself a inisrrai le_ and morta'
statefsiibiecito death.—Geu. u, li, in, 18-
6. Wc believe that God is noi willu.g .hut
any sLould perish; but that all should Lome
to repentance and the knowledge of tlic
nith, that they might be wyed;
envl Christ hath coini M.mled the Gosp^d h
bo preached among all nations and a> even
•reature.—Mark xvi. 15: Luke x.:iv. 4;
loan 111.16-17; I Tiin. h, 4.
6. We believe that no man shall suffer in
hell for want of a Christ who died lor h m,
but as the Beripture has said, lor deuying
the Lord that bougl'.l them; because they
believe not in the name of the ouly begotten
Son of God. Unbelief, therelore, bemg the
oanse why the just and righ^us^d of
Heaven will condemn the children of men.
it follows against all “}!
men, at one time or other, are found tueutm
a capacity as that through the f “c* 0^
hey may be eternally saved.—Acts xvli, 8l),
Markvi: 6: Hcb. ill, 10; I John v, 10.
7 We believe the whole
fallibly trn*. sn.t
rules of faith and practice, ll
8. Wt believe in the d«tnno of
PtevisioB made of God in Ghnst. lor the
neneflt of all mankind, who ropent and be
lieva the Qospel.-Luke xiv, 16, 17. 18. 19
88; Matt. xxTlil, W. 20; Luke xiu, S-S; Luke
xxiT,47; Actsiii, 19; Mask 1.16.
9 We believe that sinners are V'
Ood the Father, by the Holy Ghost, ,
Christ His Son, and that the Holy Gb^
offers his divine aid to
ly; BO as they all might be happy, wotild
thtj give place to His divine teaching,
whereas, such who do Dolreceivethc Divln
impressions of His Holy Spml, »hall, at »
rnturedsT. own their condeirnation jufI,
and charge Ihcmselves with their own
damnation, for wiUuliv rejecting tl« effm
«f si.TL'reitn grsce.-Matt. XI, «i, •''.‘.nn vi.
5; V I’S 1.1; Til.ii. 11.12- Jor. xxn.fS. _
io. 'Webelieve that men, not cons’dcre. ,
•imply as men. but ““SO'Hy m'n*
l,“rT“ri''jSi'.°''ciiri.°°who brughl Item
IbH 9u^ the Apostle aailh because they re
«IT. MV the l^e of the truth, that they
St be saved; tberoforo the mdipuation
fnd wrath of Oed Is upon every soul ofman
?hatdoctbevll, living and dying therein;
*v».. thpra is no respect ol persona with God.
i!j?d.!, 4i°I il, Tto. u. )1, 12;
InincT having not actually iranEgrussed
J5il°are only subject to the first death,
which was broughten them by the fall ot
the first Adam, and not that any one ol
Ih^mdvincinthataUtc. shall suffer pun-
them y guilt of .Vdam’s sin,
•dom of God.—I Cor.
1,4,6; Mark ix.S6,87,
^’nll have'he r’f^ht ot suf wit i this Le-.;i'lati3: c lie res-j ns, Ged’s call is, “Go up high-
t«ge. ,It ' ill coiiic su-ir.lfrily olutton ■ ill hr rc-su^vai ted er.” Geton c'’cliighcrgroiiiid
of purity, power, and prayer,
which is your pr!Yilegc;gctiii-
hen It comes. There is at the foIKiwitig Lcgis’ature,
enough latent sentiment in and then finally sjml.ved in
this country now to give wo- 1901 to Ihc proplc. ^ That
man the ballot But it is willgivc us abundant time to
bound up in. other organ-za- • educate tlip people
tions and party interest pre.
Or baby at night waked the hotuewllh •
whoop,
With Ayer’a Cherry Pectormt Cran’ther
That no cold or cough would e’er fait of a
[n hats the Btyles change, but the records
will show
Coughs arecaredastheyw
’cery«arssgs.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
has no equal as a remedy for
coughs, colds, and lung dis
eases. Whore other soothing
elixirs palliate, Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral heals. It is not a
cheap cough syrup, -which
soothes but does not strength
en; it is a physician's cough
remedy, and it cures. It is
put up in large bottles, only,
for household use. It was
awarded tho modal at the
World’s Fair of ninety •throe,
It has a record of
SO Yeare of Cures,
KEY. THADDEUSF H.\RRISON.
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f#rofBHCh iatbe.'^j?!
XT. 22; Matt, xvlu, «
■ Wa’ilievo tb&t good works arc the
....t'nl e saving faith, and that in the mo
?h. means of ^acb, and notout of the use
ih^Tmeans. eternal life is promised to
,n !^i “t xxii. 14.16; I«. i. 1«. 20. Matt,
i 8; Jer. v). 16;
Jr,' 1,* - 1—iiAv,#that no mail has air
0 let me tell you ol u man
Wh'^ lived a happy liic,
Wlio now is restin'^ from the toi's
Of all this world ol strife.
A man who followed after Christ,
Anti in His foot-steps trod;
.V. man whose soul was crowned
with life,
A minister of God.
\ man whose life was crowned
with joy,
God filled him ith His love,
To point the sinners of the world
Tu your home above.
He lived an humble holy fife,
A lamp in a darkened place—
The burning love ofjesu Christ
Shone brightly t roughhisfacc.
Once he sought the hand ofalove-
ly maid,
A girl so fair and young;
Whose,fondness never could- be
toH
By a -y poet's tongue.
And soon the ties o iterfcct love.
Bound handandhearttogether:
And none but He who rules above,
Those lovinghcarts could scver.
And when his taithful Christian
work.
Had ripened in the harvest sun.
Then inn sweet and lonely voice,
The Master said “well done.”
And so one holy Sabbath eve,
Near the closing of the day.
Fair angels came frhm paradise;
And bore his soul away.
Oh darling Lovie, weep no more:
For the he’ll watch and wait,
With loved ones on theothcrshorc
Beside the pearly gate.
vent its expression. In a pop
ular fi..rm of govi rnmenr it is
a difficult thing to get a hcar-
C'.-Le ..t ri.al ia
not backed by the vote.s As
long as women connot put
men in office the men who arc
in office the men who arc in
office will not obey women.
That is perfectly philosophi
cal, perfectly scientific, and I
have no quart el witli the pol
iticians on that account.
Tw^.nty years ago in this city
25,000 woman presented a
petion to Carter Harrison,
who was then mayor, m fav-
'^r of a certain measure, lint
the measure was lost. Those
25,000 women have no votes,
and the crowfl. the hoodlums
did. I do not blame Carter
H-irr son
“A great many peoplethink
the w’oman’s suft'erage move
me tsis bound up in some
way with the temperance ag
itation. It is not *0 Wc
want the votes of the saloon
keepersjust as much as we
do the votes of the temper
ance pcvjple. We do not be
long to any third party Our
Parents wiio haw^
estaii s to leave t
dren '-honM t;
experience in Kansas and else
where, haj^conv.ipccd . PS tijAi. for innkin^.-i^v
Mr. Pulhbon, rcco;
In far too man’ in
money left Io childieu has
proved a cut sc rather clian a
blessing. Ii is rcportc-l that
not long since a few itons of
rich parcnis, met in a hotel in
one ol our large citic , and
gambled with dice, ovir one
thousand dollars bcingstaked
on each throw. If is stated
that, during ilie evcnii g, one
of the young men lost thirty
thousand dollars. ^mong
the sons enrich men thewaote
of money, in this nianiier. is a
common cciirrence. and, in
mbs'- instances, much money,
' j inheritance, has icil to
2.ain. Geo. Pullmau, who was
worth several million ooHards
A-iien DC died, set an example
th^at it might b.* well f.»r men
ot great wealth to follow.
He had two sons withoutany
special ability or ambiuon to
do. anything more than to
just live and have a good
time ot il. They are par
ticularly bad, uuc ihe\ have
failed to develop any Mitility
to the sunlight ofGod'sfavor;
walk io the King’s highway.
There are none of us to
whom this call does not come;
for all there is higlier ground.
Let us car fully read ‘‘nil 3:
11,-13, PS Pa ’s rqs. on'> ;p
?fea also Hex'! oi:
‘tLT—i; Ps. 18:33, ai.c! Isa. 58:
11
\Yc go higher by goi; g low-
"ihatis, bi humility, a so
by ready ob'dii uce to (i od’s
command meats, and prompt
response to every call of duty.
-Sel.
la" wi’l^iicva-tbat no man has *n7j"'
Bt in 1h« Holy Srnpturvs for.nistifi^U.
abilitv vhicli >>> of himself,
tv ss he by grace is made able to come to
/ thioueh Christ; beliovInR the
bironsness of Jesna Chrisltobe imputed
ell believers lor their eternal acceptance
with God.—Born. Iv, 24; Jor. xxii. 16.
14 -We be’ioTS that all things are foreseen
IB the wisdom of God, so that God knowclh
whatsoever can or cannot come to pass up n
all supposed conditlors: yet not as having
decreed aoT Vtnrsn fo eterlasliPff death or
everlastingUfe.out of respect or me^clo:;f,
faiUicrthan He bath appoinUd the g-u.v
nnti> life, and the nagovtly. who die in sin
SSK 1 e h-Heb.ivtlSil'rov. vlii. 22. 23,
M M 20.27,2£,2\S0.8!; M^tt. ix%, :,1.
?i, 84.85,86’ 87. 3S. 81‘. tO. 414“, 48,44.
^^S^We believe, aatouohinf Gospel ordi
nance* In MleveJs’ baptism, laying on 0.
uia hands. Tvveivin^ of Uie sacrament in
hTMdand wine, wn'lilDC tho saints’ fiet,
iidnling the sick with oii in the name 01,
the Lord; fatting, praying, singing praise to
Ood and the public ministry of the word,
with avery institution of the Lord we shall
find in the New TeeUment—Luke xiii, 19,
r • John xlll. 6 to 17; James V, 14.
’ We believe the Goepel mode of bap-
The .above pretty bttle
poem was composed by H.-lla
Hicks New'^on, a dear Chris
tian g’rl only 15 years of
age and a member of the M,
K, church, on hearing of the
^ur only hope is in securing
the iiillnence of one oftke two
great parties. I mviclf am
for no party. lam for wo
man’s suffrage. I cannot tell
when wanian’s suffrage will
arrive. I believe it will come
buddenly, but I could predict
the appearance of a cyclone.”
Speaking of her own con
ncction with the woinau suf
frage cause and t)ie prog
ress it has made in her l.fe-
time, she said: “You know I
have lived in Rochester, N. Y.,
fifty two years, and during
all that time I have been in
thismouement. Nobodyused
to pay any attention to me
in the early days. No one
marked my comings or my
goings. No reporter ever
called upon me. But now I
do not go out of town and
return but tlie reporters come
to my house to call upon me
and print what I have to say
in the newspapers. When
Miss Hetsell was appointed
assistant corporation counsel
in your city the papers in
Rochester called upon me to
hear what I should say about
it.
“The couveiitiou which
W. Ya. Q. M.
TIte W. Va, Q. M. convened
with f he Laurel Run chmch
Saturday Oct 30, Rex'. T. U
J’eden was chosen moderator
and M. L. J^cdeii clerk.
The princ;])al business
transactions wc-e as follow’s:
Wilson church sent a request
to examine, aud :f called, give
Bro. Joseoh Hotsinpiller
license to preach the gospel
for one year. The request
\Ya,s granted niicl Revs. T. E.
and M. L. I’edeii and deacon
Ii. S. Shackelford were ap
pointed as cxnniening com
mitlce. The committee re
ported in fanor of the retpicst
the license granted.
ells ot that inveniive licai-
chad been destroA’cd orimpair
ed by intoxicating liqtiois?
During the Revolutionary
W'ar, a Danker leader named
Miller was grievously insulted
by a man named V'idman,
ho wus af erward sentenced
to be hanged as a British spy.
Miller wciit to (iciicrnl Wash-
ftud 'h- g-.4c4 Y’ld-
imn’s life. The ^o.’^ander-
u-cheiof relied, “i would
like to release Widman be
cause he is your friend; but
I ca not OYLU for that consi-
deratioD.”
•’Friend!” c:ied Miller.
"Ileisnotiuy friend. He is
only my enemy, and therefore
1 want to save him.”
The general was so touch
ed that he pardoned the man.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Truth is arocklargeenough
for all to stand upon.
If some men were to lose
their re})utation they would
be lucky.
The ouly real happv ani
mal is the goat. He can eat
anything.
Children cry for the moon
and when they grow up they
want the earth.
Open the doors of your
mind to good thoughts and
the evil ones will be driven
out. •
i There are .-era! tiling*
this fact, felt, to each cjf the
young men, tiiree thousand
dollars a year, and then put
the rest of his means where he
thought it would accomplisli
the most good. He endowed
a training school witii O'lc
million dollars, and this may
be the means of helping a
number of boys and young
men. In the brotheriipo 1 wt
have parents leaving io their
children more money than
they know how to make a
wise use, of, and it may yet
prove the ruination of their
offspring. It would be far
better to leave to thdir chil
dren a fair amount, a^d then
give then give the remaitided
to some charitable wprk coii-
nedted with the church. A
tew are doing this, bjit more
of them ought to do ft Such
a course would be e. great
deal better for thvir cbildred
in the long run, and; would
also prove a blessing to hum
anity.—Gospel Mtsicnger.
correspondence school of 1 lic-
oiogy were adopted and Rev.
K. Feden, A. M. was elect
ed president thereof.
The next session of the 0.
M. will be held with the Wil
son church. Saturday before
the 5th Sundav in Jan
M. L. Redcn, ' Ik.
iceuxc gi ail LU’.'. i s
•sotutTmis'tb^^stabtisTi LuaiS
FRIEND, GO
UP ife
IGIIER.
lcath of our cl«r loved Bro. take place 1,1 Washington the
Harrison She gave the! third week in February is the
writer permission to have it fiftieth anniversary of the be-
pnblished. Uinnirg of the woman s snf-
Einiiio Lee ! *rage movement, and wc
Leaving the reader to learn
the setting of these word., in
their connection, I simply
state that in them we m^y
bear a divine call, as young
people. Our vacation season
is over, our summer conven
CHOICE SELECTIONS.
A person of strong animal
nature, who foams out religi
ous phrases in a seeming
ectstacY of inspiration, vadi-
ates aJi animal electricity into
his audience, and nothingelse,
for the goodreasonthatnotli-
clse isin him.—E. I*. Whip
ple.
Sinifi the heart is liVc
thori.g in tiie patiway. It
not onh' impede.^ progress,
l)ut causes much weariubss
and pain. “Go through! go
through the gates; preparcyc
the way of the pvojde. Cast
up, cast uy the highway;
gather out the stones: 1 ft up
standard for the people ”
in love.Rhcuma'-ism is one.
A person is always startled
w.hen he hears himself called
for the first time.
Controversy : qualizes fools
and wise men ii. the same
wav, and the fools kno
Little minds rejoice over the
errors of men of gc iious a
the owl rejoices at an cclii)S'
People got uisdoni by cx-
p'’ricnce. \ man never
wakes up his second baby to
see it Liugh.
Neatncs.s, when moderate,
is a virtue; but when carried
to ail extreme it narrows the
mind.—The South West.
LI IIUNtiCH.-^NG AND
THE BIBLE.
i wish to make it a round-up tions have been held, now for
STATUS OP FEMALE SUF
FRAOE.
of f e sentiment aud a sum
ming up of the work of half a
century. But what wc want
patticubiry is to raise money
for the campaign in Washing
ton and South Dakoto, where
amendments are to be sub-
Usm ia^y Immersion, and that tt a believe n
Susan B Anthony, tin
founder and for fifty vearfs
the inspiration of the woman
suHVaae nv-vement, spoke in mitted lext fall. Then, too,
only »ubjecta for bap^an—Malt the most hopeful wav. in an we have just held conventions
16; M»rt T 8'88, »• j Chicago in ninety-nine counties
u!i>Veln^«Vencnii.rMirrcction Joumnl, of the (iiturc of thc jowo. \Vc are going to ask
'1 nV'cr'y“HTor.'v."o‘‘ ^ woman I the Legislature this fall to
V* “1 cannot tell,” she said, submit an amendment to the
a ^ M.jv-9-.-Ktiit. XXV 40. ^ “^vhen the women in America, people. D' we are successful
Holy people have ever been
misunderstood and maligned
by the generation in which
they have lived. Bow can
w? expect it to otherwise?
Our pcfect pattern was most
abused of men. and the d r-
c'plc cannot be above h
MastCi..
thff consecration ofourreiiew-
cd physical and mental
strength, and the prac’ical
application of what we have
learned in conference.
If any of us have become in
any way backslidden in heart,
if we have been walkinginthc
low lands of Christian experi
ence and service, where our i I think it was because I
fect have begun to siip and I ways felt that I had a 1
sink in mud ami mire, and the I Hsc for my head.” Mr
frogs of distrust and discoiir-jestimate what the world
ageraent have gathered about' would have lost if llio brain-
Frances E. Willard, while
conversing wilh Thomas
Edison, learned thnt he was
a total abstainer. “.IL'.y 1
inqvire,” she said, “whetlicrit
was home inllucncethat made
vou so? And he replied, “No,
d
Dr. Coltinan of Peking
fates the fooHowing very
maakablc interview with that
eminent Chinese stateinan,
Li Hung Chang.
At a recent vi**.it I made to
Ills Excelicncj Viceroy Li
Hung Chang, foV.nd him
reading a bcautiiul Russia-
leather bound copy of the
New Testament, that had
just been sent him by tlie Rov.
George Owen of tiic London
Mission. The type and ap-
ptr were of the .same kind a
that prtseiUtd to the Eni
press Dowager on her jubilee
cedebrotion a few years ego.
Tne olJ gentleman was so in-
tcrU on his reading that he
did not notice n c for several
niiuuics, and as 1 could see
the liile t,f ihc book, 1 put up
a bilci.c: but carncit prayer
iliut GoJ might eend some
mtissage in his reading that
wou'd appeal to nis licarc.
In a little while he raised hi?
eyes, and, looking attentive
ly at me, saifi, “Ur. Colt
man,” or, as he addresses me
in Chinese, !‘A/an Tai Fu, doj
you believe tins book?”
“Your Excellency,”d replied
“if I did not believe thatbook
I should not have the honor
of being your physician, it.”
“Are you sure it is not all
rumor and report?” he again
asked.
“Very sure,” I repfied,
“How do you kow?” he
centinued.
“By a test given in the book
itself Does it not say in the
book that a bad tree connot
bring forth good fruit, nor a
good tree bad fruit? Your
Excellency has admitted- to
me previously that the condi
tion of the people in western
lands far surpasses anything
in the cast, and I can ast’Jie
you that tho happiness and
prosperity of the various na
tions you have recently visit
ed is in direction to the near-
nsss with which they live to
trie ^redefitsltaugnt in ''‘chTit?
book. Would that jovr
Excellency also believed it.”
"Why, I believe that you
would like me no turn Chris
tian.” he said, in a half-joking
lio.lf earnest tone.
“Not only you,” I replied,
“but your youngcmj)erorand
all his people.”
“We have Confucius,” he
rcplikl, “and you have your
Jesus: are they not much the
same?”
“By theiv fruit ye shall know
them,” I replied.
Thru, befoi'e we could carry
on the conversation further,
i;nportant dispatches were
liroughtin, and the viceroy
had to give them his atten
tion; but as a servant took
the book from bis hands to
])lacc it in his library', he said,
“Don’t carry it to the library;
take it to my bedroom table.
I wish to look at itagain.”—
Christian Intelligencer.
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