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DURHAM, N. C, MARCH, 1 8 95.
No. 5.
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"The Woman' of To-day or the Wo
man of Yesterday.'
Much has been written of the
woman of to-day, and not only
has the press discussed this won
derful prodigy of the- 19th cen
tury, but she has actually been
the subject of much comment
from the pulpit In some in
stances she has been proclaimed
man's equal, even. in theology,
science, literature, law and poli
tics, '
Is the woman of to-dav anv
brighter for this distinction, or is
she any better than the woman of
a, century ago who spun flax and
lhade fine linen for the jrood of
her household? Has she anv
more rights to boast of, or does
, she use them to any better ad
vantage than her sisters of yester
day ? If she possesses iji ore rights,
is she any .the happier for them?
The one great prerogative of the
modern .woman is to vote; this,
of course, was; denied our worthy
ancestors, and, as, an important
question, is very much argued.
With'the woman of to-day at the
ballot, is the world made anv
truer or "better for it? ' Is she,
with her independent nature, ad
mired and loved as much as her
sisters were a hundred years ago?
Truly, woman has done much
towards the uplifting of the world,
and her influence has at all times
been felt. That the woman of
the present day is capable of
doing much more than her sisters
of 4 'ye olden times,' we admit,
for over the women of our grand-
the advantage. Then there were
her slaves to wait upon and antic-
ipate her slightest wishes,5 making
it unnecessary for her to exert
herself, either in mind or body.
Now, we have no such ' conven
iences or luxuries, and naturally
become more energeticj or, in
other words, more independent
and it is thus that our womanli
ness is. discussed and questioned.
Ifhasbeen claimed that the mas
culine tendencies of the present
woman have destroyed, in a meas
ure, her genuine womanly quali
ties. Is this fair, because woman
loves to improve herself, she is
. subjected to all sorts and condi-
tions of comment ? j j."
Simply to cast, a vote for suf
frage should not be the ultimate
aim of woman, for there are in
deed grander and nobler rights
for the woman of "to-day, if she
will only keep in the realms of
womanhood to find them. Her
sphere consists not only of home,
as some may think, but she may
also find in the duties of love,
hope, charity help and j pity Tor
the erring a queenly realm in
which she may always lend
helping hand. -
"Bleflsinjrs on the hand of woman.
Angels gnartl its .strength and grace.
In the luunce. cottage, novel.
Oh, no matter where the place.
Blessings on the hand of woman.
Fathers, sons and daughters cry, t-
And the sacred song is mingled
With the worship in the sky.
Woman, how divine your mission,
Hers upon our native sod,' ,
Keep, oh keep thy young heart open.
Always to the breath of God. "
The noblest work of -the wo
man of to-day is truly in the
uplifting of her sex. Go where
you will, here in our midst, are
the weak, the lowly, and the
down-trodden. Surely this field
is amply wide for woman's
truest, purest and best work.
. With God, Home and- Native
Land for her watchword, she is
beautifully and strongly armed,
aud, as the years go fleeting past,
she will leave an archive of grand
and noble deeds, thus making
"life and death, and that vast
forever, oiie grand sweet song,"
proclaiming to the world that
the woman of to-day is ail angel
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01 mercy, ana aDove an. a wo
manly woman, instead of
clamor for "Woman Rights."
Miss SR. H.
The Worth of an Effort.
BY PROF. W. II. PEGRAM
The latent powers and unde
veloped possibilities of childhood
and youth have always rendered
these stages of life objects of pecu
liar interest. Great questions en
gage the attention of men, of
assemblies, and of nations as the
race question, the financial ques
tion, the capital and labor ques
tion, and the woman question;
but the greatest of all questions
for all times and all nations is the
child question. Among the great
movements of the nineteenth cen
tury none have more promise of
good to the race than the atten
tion which society is giving to
the culture and training of youth.
The best conditions' for the best
development of every child is the
goal to which religion, science
and all social studies point the
human race. More and more, as
the ages pass, is society re-acting
on itself by making wiser and
larger provisions for the care and
culture of the on-coming genera
tions. Such a provision is our
Epworth League, founded for the
purpose of helping young chris
tians to help! themselves in the
uevciopinent ,01 tue iiiceiieciuai
and moral powers that lie dormant
within them.
To profit by this provision
there must be self-discipline, self-
exertion, individual and personal
effort. The passive and receptive
state is worth something; the ac
tive and operative state is worth
ten-fold more. Character build
ing is an experimental science,
and only by tests and trials does
one realize the: capacities of his
larger and better nature. Talents
increase and brighten by use. It
is the effort to use one's undevel
oped powers that developes them,
and makes all character a great
personal achievement. The im
perative aphorism of the old phi
losopher "Know Thyself, has
reverberated down the corridors
of the centuries and stimulated to
introspection ever since the day
it was uttered. But what if there
be not much of one's self to know?
What if the powers still lie dor
mant, and knowledge of self re
veals only the crude material of
a kingly man or a queenly wo
man ? What if ' it reveals the
utter loss and extinction of possi
bilities, once possessed and prom
ising, but now blasted forever?
Paul's injunction to young Timo-
th), "Exercise Thyself," is far
better, than the aphorism of the
heathen philosopher. He uttered
therein the rational and scientific
basis of all human development,
physical, intellectual and moral.
Every effort along a new ' line
breaks the way into a new life,
into new aud larger experiences
and relations. Thus the soul is
endowed. Thus the one talent
becomes ten talents, and out from
the seed of initial effort spring the
blade, the ear and the full corn
in the ear. i
Owing to settled habits and
fixed associations, natural diffi
dence, and the dread of criticism
or ridicule," the effort to begin a
new line of work and give ex
pression to thoughts that are ger
minating within may be painful
indeed. To break over the limi
tations of one's past life niajy cost
nours ana aays 01 aeaaiy connict
between a higher and a Jower im
pulse, between aspiration and
apathy, between one's higher self
and lower self, between the subtle
influences of evil and the inspira
tion of the spirit. Moreover, the
effort may be a poor one in alTits
outward aspects, relations and in
fluences; yet, if one has made a
real effort along the line of dawn
ing light, if he has put his soul
into it has melted himself down
and poured his capacities into the
new vision he has grained a
greater victory than he that con
quers a city, and has done more,
for himself at least, than all they
who, of their abundance and abil
ity, have cast into the treasury of
eolden deeds. "Exercise Thy-
The blessing, for you, is
in the doing and not in the deed.
Your first prayer in public may
not edify your fellow-worshipers,
but it will edify yourself. , Your
first effort to lead the meeting
may not instruct others, but the
doing of it wjll instruct and con
struct yourself Your first paper,
judged by the standards, njiay be
fit only for the waste-basket; yet
to you it mav be worth more than
a diploma. No man shouldl de
spise the day of small thihgs in
himself, provided he has the pur
pose to make them large things.
Begin where you are and as you
are; and from these small begin
nings your, life,! in later years;
may flow as the majestic volume
The application is apparent.
The Epworth League is nbt pri
marily ari association for jenter
taimnent, but chiefly for the cul
ture and training of the younger
and more undeveloped members
by directing their enthusiasm and
energies into 'the best channels.
Something for every one to do,
and every one doing something
that will posit a measure of
growth in himself will be the
crowning glory of our League
and of the Epworth League move
ment of our church.
1 uc ruwci ui vuctiaubci.
Emerson has very fitting
y said
that "Character is the; moral or
der seen through the medium of
an individual nature," and also
that "Men of character are the
conscience of the society to Which
they belong."
To know that we have even a
share in the conscience of our
society is indeed a responsibility,
and to realize the power and im
portance of such a possession is a
religious duty.
To be father of one's country
is . unquestionably an honor,- but
to have even a hand, or rather 3
heart, in its laws and custqms, is
a privilege without peef. A
man's personal influence is la field
for good or ill that is almosi with
out limit, and if he rises sd peri or
to cast and prejudice in the char
acter-building he necessarily must
aid in, he sets a beautiful exam
ple that is not unworthy a king's
emulation.1 1
The real strength of a nation
is in the character and enlighten
ment of its people, and the true
nobility of this character is its
t power; what, then, is
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more necessary man mat yc
should be very careful
architecture? We know
in - its
truly
that the influence of bur charac
ters must be exemplifying and
elevating, or else be tarnishing
and degrading. With a christian j
man or woman, this responsible
knowledge should be a shining
guide, and to those outside the
pale of Christianity it should be
taught by precept and practise.
A principal weakness of human
ity is a love of homage and ad mi
ration, and to demand this honor
ably and fairly, we should possess
a character of high repute; "one
whose principle of honest integ
rity cannot be questioned. Such
a character we ar; not only; will
ing to admire, but; when sfire of
its genuineness, we will follow it
witn penect raitn. irreproach
able character is a rich legacy,
and when it. falls to our inherit
ance we should indeed appreciate
it, but if we are not of this for
tunate class, we should build one
with infinite care and pride.
Wealth has no necessary connec
tion with elevation of character.
and happily we are all free to
make ours as towering as possi
ble. A condition of comparative
poverty is perfectly compatible
with character in its highest and
most perfect form. Therefore,
possessed with industry! integrity
and. frugality, one might hope
with every success to attain not
only an excellent, but also an in-
11 11 en 11 a 1 one. .." i
An ideal character is unrbrt'un-
ately a rare possession, but an
earnestness of purpose can as
suredly do much towards its at-
ainment. Not unoften dp we
find the perfect gem of character
in tne numDiest walks 01 me.
This was beautifully shown in
the incident of a bcot-black, pol-
?Zizf or 'a customer
whose foot was so deformed as to
require a double sole. He cheer
ily sang out, "Five cents, sir.'
The gentleman, significantly tap
ping his deformed foot, said: "Oh,
yes, but you must charge more
for. my .shoe." The lad, giving
him unconsciously a sympathetic
glance, replied: "Oh, no, sir; five
cents is 'nough; I don't want to
make no money out.o! your bad
luck."' This was true and cliiv
alric courtesy, showing the chief
trait of the most elevated charac
ter and following to the letter the
beautiful principle of the Golden
Rule..
History of Trinity Church.
BY JAMES SOUTHOATE.
CHAPTER IV.
Rev. W. S, Davis was called to
occupy the pulpit made vacant by
the death ot Brother Phillips,'and
filled it with acceptability to De
cember following. , There was a
goodly number received into the
church by; certificate and profes
sion of faith, and more than usqal
interest in infant baptism was
manifested, the record showing a
larger number of children bap
tized during the year than for
several years previous. All the
interests of the church were kept
up by Brother Davis until the
conference year closed. At the
fourth quarterly conference he re
ported the Sunday-school as the
pride of the church, well organ
ized, growing a in number and in
terest, and doing a glorious work.
Its influence was seen during the
revival at wh icf most; of the con
verts were pupils of the school.
On October 31st, 322 pupils were
on the roll, which was a gain of
47 during the quarter. The in
cident of greatest interest during
this pastorate was a Union Meet
ing held by Methodists in connec
tion with the Baptist and Presby
terian: churches under a gospel
tent, located east'of the church in
front of the Hopkins houie. The
meeting continued 17 days and
Yesulted in great blessing, both
to the church and community.
Thirty - three members joined
Trinity churchby profession of
faith, and .21 by certificate. Six
teen adults and 2 infants were bap
tized; Great harmony prevailed
between the several, denomina
tions repiesenting the Union
Meeting, and the christian people
are reported as praying for and '
confidently expecting a more
glorious meeting during the com-
ing spring under their gospel tent,
wh iqli had been paid for and
stored away. (We regret to state
that it was not insured when
burned in the Barrish warehouse.)
Mrs. Tattie Walker and Mrs.
Louena McCabe are recorded
among those, who died this year.
The trustees report at ,t his time
one brick church building and
lot valued at $20,000, one frame
parsonage and lot bought this
year for $3,000, and one female
seminary building arid lot valued
at' $2,000. It was during this
same quarterly conference that a
committee, informally appointed,
secured $1,6,25 in pledges for a
new church to. be erected 111
"West EhdN Durham," and a ten
der of five, different lots from
which to select a site for the
church- On a! motion of Rev. A.
Walker, the Ifollowing building
committee was appointed for the
"East End Church," known af
terwards as, Carr church, viz:
Brothers J. M. Odell, J. S.; Carr,
J. B. Walker, A. H. Stokes, W.
Dilike, T. D. Jones and J.C.An-
gier ; ana ; - tor -t-rtpc w?-r5W
Church," W. Duke, J. W. Gat-
tis, 7S. A. Thaxton, G. W. Burch,
A. Wilkerson, J. Ed Lyon, B. N.
Duke, J. S. Lockhart arid J. H.
SouthgateT
Rev. W. S. Creasy took charge
after the conference held in Char
lotte in November, 1885, .. and
proved to be one of the most pop
ular preachers .which had yet
served the church. ; Large congre
gations assembled at the morning
and night services on the Sabbath,
and the weekly prayer-meetings
were well attended. - A gracious
revival occurred during this pas
torate, which resulted in the con
version of about 125 souls, 100 of
whom joined the church. The
meeting continued in Trinity for
five weeks, and was then trans
ferred to Main Street church and
continued there, for three weeks.
Eighty professions were made and
most of them joined that church.
During the pastorate of Brother
Creasy about 175 persons were re
ceived into our communion. The
funeral of Miss Aniiie M. South-
gate, who died the 21st of Sep
tember, was conducted by Brother
Creasy. She had been an active
member of the church, nd was
noted for her kindness to the sick
and afflicted. By ; the unani
mous request of the "Ladies' Aid
Society," of which she was an
active member, a Memorial Win
dow was placed in the church.
Z. I. Lyon, for many years a de
voted Methodist, died during this
pastorate, also Mrs. Annie Hen
derson and Dr. R. W. Thomas.
The following marriages were cel
ebrated byBrother Creasy, viz:
P. W. Vaughan and Miss Emma
Leathers; A. H. Stores and iliss
Mollie Angier- These two years,:
said the pastor, were success! ul
in many respects. The; church
was in a harmonious condition
and the spiritual state was! good.
The churches knofrn as Carr
Chapel and Main Street were or
ganized during the year 1885 as
coxrnrcxD os thikd taox. ,
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