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FORTY-NINTH YEAR.
ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROUNA CONFERENCE.
NUMBER 34.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903.
The World As We See It
Write it on the work-house gate,
Write it on the schoolboy's slate,
Write it on the copy-book :
That the young may often look :
"Where there's drink there's danger."
Write it on the nation's laws,
Blotting out the license clause;
Write in on each ballot white,
So it can be read aright:
"Where there's drink there's danger."
Write it on our ships that sail,
Borne along by storm and gale ;
Write it large in letters plain,
Over every land and main:
"Where there's drink there's danger."
Write it over every gate,
On the church and halls of state,
In the hearts of every band,
In the laws of every land:
"Where there's drink there's danger."
The Church Trust.
Newell Dwight Ilillis, who advises the forma
tion of a Church Trust with a view to eliminating
the small church, is effectively answered by the
Ram's Horn, which proves that the statistics of
two hundred and forty-eight churches, evenly di
vided into large and small, show that the cost of
new converts is almost twice as great in the form
er as in the latter, ranging from $262.22 to
$150.14. Appraising souls in this way is some
what questionable, but in this case it serves to
puncture a theory.
The Failure of Reform.
The strong prejudice against Mayor Low of
New York City in the present campaign indi
cates the failure of the so-called reform move
ment of which Mayor Low was the exponent at the
last municipal election. Usually a reform officer
excites opposition and this opposition is often
a proof that he has done his duty. But in the
present instance the very men who voted for Low
because he stood for reform are crying out most
loudly against him. The truth of the matter is,
all reform movements which are based on political
grounds must fail. Reform must be based on
moral principles or nothing.
Uncle Sam Still Perplexed.
When Reshid Pasha the Vali of Beirut at the
time the American Consul at that place was fired
at, was removed at the demand of the American
Government, there was a sense of satisfaction on
this side of the water where the impression pre
vails that Turkey has been receiving too much
consideration. But now there is perplexity. The
deposed Vali has been promoted to the Valiship
of Brusa. This act of the Sultan cannot be con
strued as anything else than a challenge to the
Powers. But the "sick man" will be ready with
some placating movement at the proper time and
as usual will be the winner. The Sultan is very
much like "Joey Bagstock, Joey B."
The Audubon Society Still in Evidence.
While the arrest of Mr. G. W. Anthony, of Bur
lington, who is really a kind man, for killing a
swarm of chimney sweepers which had greatly
annoyed him was precipitate and somewhat
strained, yet it must not be taken for granted that
the Audubon Society is a thing of mere senti
ment. It stands for something very practical.
There is a wholesale slaughter of birds in this
State, especially during the hunting season, and
our birds must be protected. Mr. Anthony was
ignorant of the law now in force and which is a
good one if we understand it. And while igno
rance of the law is not presumed to excuse, yet
the well-established character of Mr. Anthony
should be taken into consideration.
The Inland Water Route.
The Government engineers have recommended
to the War Department, it is said, the construc
tion of the Inland Water Way between Norfolk,
Va., and Beaufort, N. C. Several routes were
surveyed by the engineers. The route recom
mended is 119 miles long and its cost is estimated
at $10,000,000. The value of this canal would be
greater than the public realizes. When we cal
culate the loss that is entailed by that long tongue
of land which thrusts itself out fifteen miles into
the ocean and known as Cape Ilatteras, and real
ize that much of this loss could be prevented by
the proposed canal, all skepticism as to its utility
must vanish. Congressman Small has greatly in
terested himself in the enterprise and its con
summation will be a great compliment to his en
ergy and ability.
The Governor Settles It.
The lease of the A and N. C. R. R. has received
considerable attention in the last few weeks. The
first proposition made by those who wished to
lease was to pay a rent of two per cent for fifty
years on the capital stock of three million dollars.
This was rejected at once. The second proposi
tion was to extend the road west of Goldsboro for
a distance of fifty or sixty miles, and pay two per
cent for fifteen years, three per cent for the next
fifteen years ,and four per cent for the final twen
ty years. It is stated that Governor Aycock has
said unequivocally that the second proposition
would be rejected. We are unacquainted with
the merits of the case. But it seems to us that
no disposition of State property in the shape of
a railroad should be made where there is lack
of a proper understanding of the whole proposi
tion on the part of the people who compose the
State.
.A Question of Diet.
There is a very interesting discussion in one of
our religious papers on the question, "Should
swine's flesh be eaten?" We must confess that
whatever willingness we may have to uphold the
Hebraic and medical doctrine is checked by a
certain weakness of the flesh.
Dr. Adam Clark, when requested to ask a bless
ing at a table on which there was a roast pig,
said, "Lord, bless these potatoes, and this bread
and butter, and if thou canst bless under the Gos
pel what thou didst curse under the law, bless
this roast pig."
We saw a few mornings ago about 9 o'clock a
gentleman who, on account of having to work
during the night, was in the habit of sleeping
until near noon. We inquired why he was up so
early. He said that while turning over for an
other nap, he caught the odor of fresh ham for
breakfast. He had to get up. We are inclined to
sympathize more with the latter gentleman than
with the learned Doctor Clarke.
WORK.
Whate'er thou doest do it with thy might.
Seek first the motive for thy lifelong task,
And if 'tis true, then work nor favor ask;
No one shall tell thee thou art wrong or right:
Work, work as thou hast strength, as thou hast
light.
Care not to in approval's favor bask,
Work with thy might hide not behind a mask
But work as with eternity in sight.
If thy high purposes and truth be dear,
Work though mistakes seem blocking up thy
way;
Thou canst not measure effort from beneath;
Prepare, be true, then work, thou needst not
fear:
Work though the world seem holding thee at
bay;
Still work, and thou shalt wear the victor's
wreath.
Frank Moore Jeff cry, in New York Christian
Advocate.
Rev. I). C. Geddie, Jones Circuit, writes: "We
have just closed a ten days' meeting at Shady
Grove. Visible results: nine accessions to the
church, and the church blessed and financial out
look hopeful. Rev. E. II. Davis helped me five
days. And no one ever assisted me who was more
effective. "Praise God from whom all blessings
flow."
Rev. C Campbell Morgan has decided not to
undertake a special evangelistic campaign at the
World's Fair in St. Louis. It always seemed to
us that the poorest place at which to hold a religi
ous meeting is at a Fair or Exposition. The very
people who need the meeting most will not attend
on the plea that they have come to a Fair and
that they can attend "meetin" at home.
That was a sensible father, alert to his moral
responsibilities as a parent, who declared to his
son, in the course of a discussion as to church
going, "As long as my boy sits at my table he
must sit in my pew." That sort of training
raises up generation after generation, firm and
loyal supporters of the church. There is no rea
son why children should share in the privileges
without sharing also in the duties of the home.
And the home duties arc; not confined to the area
of the parlor or the dining-room, but should prop
erly ho recognized as having an outward sweep in
the direction of the church and of society in general.
As one looks round upon the community to-day,
how clear the problem of hundreds of unhappy
lives appears ! Do we not all know men for whom
it is just as clear as daylight that that is what they
need, the sacrifice of themselves for other people?
Rich men who with all their wealth are weary and
wretched; learned men whose learning only makes
them querulous and jealous; believing men whose
faith is always souring into bigotry and envy. ev
ery man knows what these men need; just some
thing which shall make them let themselves go out
into the open ocean of a complete self-sacrifice.
They are rubbing and fretting and chafing them
selves against the wooden wharves of their own
interests, to which they are tied. Phillips Brooks.
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that
never tires and a touch that never hurts. Charles
Dickens.