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; m iM y aa u j v , w v-;-v:'Vv::':'"' VOL 7 - BOONE ' C WATAU G A COIJNT Y, X. C, THUHSDAY JUNE, 20. 1895, NO. 32 ? If A .J'.',!,.'- r',0 7 : THE TFTHIffa 9TSTE3C. "'" (BY SOATTERHEAD.) . . Editor Democrat: :, , You haye ksked ua to give our views on the subject sta ttxl, but can't do so fully, iiK this article. The beat booklot we ever rend on the subject waa written by It. L.Patton. We will likely in the few words "we shall write, present some of Patton's arguments and perhaps may make somequo tations from his excellent ar ticle, as he has oue over the whole ground. It should .be understood that the first gift God requir es from erery accountable be ing is the heart, as there can't be any acceptable ser vices rendered until thelieart is regenerated The one who has received Jesus Christ ns his only Savior and Lord should at once realize that he is not his own, but belongs to Him, being bought with His precious blond. Not only his soul and body, but Xkd that he miifht possess in worldly goods, should beyiel deel up to his Master to be us d in whatever way he may direct, whether it beom tenth one half, or even all h i s goods. God's cause cannot be carried on without money or Us equivalent, and He rails on christians to "honor Him with their substance." t'ovptuousness is one of the incst God dishonored nins to be fmnd in hell's broad and frequented way. When chris tians find this sin lurking in their souls, they should, by God's grace, try to kill it out. and the best, way to sub due it V! to resort to the grace of giving. Giving i God like, and if one is not n tiounding in this grace he should at onee examine his heart in the light of God's truth. We don't give to buy e. seat in Heaven, but fihe because we have it already, a nd t h rough lo ve to H i m w h o has "freely given us all things" we are prompted to give. The Old and New Testa ments teach that God's peo- pie should give a proportion al part and the fixed s u to must not be less than one tenth. Wh.'reGod reigns law and order prevails, and He requires his subjects to ob serve the same. There is a law to be observed in christian giving. Many rob God and their religion gets s in a M enough, s some one, has said, to rattle in a mustard seed. If . we rent our lands ve expect a fixed part, and we, as subjects of u govern ment, pay a definite tax. and God who has placed usheieas his stewards, expects from us a fixccKum, and each person is to decide for himself the proportional part he ehould give, but we must be certain - not to fall below the "1 b w water . mark" of christians giving a tenth. ; We refer to God's Word for example and proof: 1. Pa-. triarrhal age. Abraham who is called "God's friend," also "the father of- the faithful," ,,'paid a tenth. . '."And he paid Him tithes of oll"-Gen. 14- : 2tJ., ! 'To whom also Abra ham gave u ten I b pa rt of all.' Ueb. 7-2. God haa taught Abraham that; one tenth .be longed to Him, and this was long before thdlaW was giv en to Moses; Melclilsedic who ivasa king and a 'priest of the Most High. God," and was a type of Christ and the great nntytype as priest and king, requires at least one tenth from his subjects. Jacob.8 vow, "I will surely give a tenth untoThee.' Gen. 58-22. It' is very evident the Sabbath and the law of giv ing weie from the beginning and were not given first to Moses but only re enacted. 2. God's eommand "And all the tithes of the land are the Lord's." Ley. 37-30. Here God asserts his rights, because He made and owtis everything, and says to His stewards, pay me my rent.. 3. God's charge against His people. "Ye have rob bed me in' tithes and offer ings," Mul, 3-7. He not on ly Rtates tithes but offerings too." ' We a re ro p ly the tenth os su'ij cts of Christ's kingdom, and make offerings extra as His childien. The tenth is a test of his obedi ence and the offering a test of love. Giving does not. be gin Until the tenth is paid. 4. Jesus sanctioned the law of the tenth. "For ye tithe mi"t and rue and all manner of herbs, and' puss over jndguie'it and the love ofGjd. .These oii lit ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." Lukell 12. It is clear that, Christ taught His followers should not only do this well but' bet tor. Zacheus when convert ed said he would give one half of Jih) goods, aiid must have been prompted to do this from Christ's toaehings. 5. It is clearly taught in 1st. Cor., 9-13--14 that the ministers are to live in the same maimer as the priests, that is must be supported out of the tithing' system, paid only by christians. 6. 1st Cor. 16 -2 teaches systematic giving, that is giving regularly, fixed on pro portional part, and also that all most give. 7. Objertijns slated: Some claim that as chri tians are not under the law bur under grace, that the tenth is not binding as it was for t h e Jews, nud.has been repealed; that. Christ fulfilled every thing. We admit that chris tians are under grace, b u t still they are under Christ, an love to Him moves them to be loyal subjects, and giv ing as He directs is a part of what He requires. The typi cal and the ceremonial laws were, fulfilled in Chrisfr, but the moral hnv, including the law of giving, was given for all time to come, and will be binding upon christians to the end of the age. No one can find in God's Word where the law of the tenth has been repealed, but on the contra ry we can find plenty of. ex amples of consecrated men and women whose hearts be ing filled with God's love did more. Preachers who want to be men pleasers, and sor ry professors who want an excuse to. do nothing, may. advocate the objections sta ted. The mndmum God ab- sol u t ely tequires f ro m His people is to, and the maxi imum that we may be promp ted to give through heaven ly zeal and unselfish love is all. li all christians would even give one tenth, and the standard can't be put lower, the windows of heaven indeed would be openened, and what a copious shower of blessings we would reeeive! May God help us to see and practice the tenth. Globe, N.0.,J nne 17. While in Topeka last March E. T. . Barber, a prominent newspaper man of La Cygne, Kan., was taken with chol era morbus very severely. T'ie night clerk at the hotel where he was stopping hap pened to have! a . bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Dia rrhoea Remedy and gave him three doses which relieved and he thinks saved his life. Ev ery family should keep this remedy in their home at all limeH. No one can tell how soon it may be needed. It. costs but a trifle aud may be the means of saving much suf fenny: and perhaps the life of some of some of the family. 25 and 50e. bottled tit W. L Bryan Det rait Free Press: There seems to be something the matter evidently with the g. o. p. organs. From the mo meat the M-Kinley tariff was repealed they began to be wail the prospective lowering of wages. They ought there foiv, be very glad to know that wages are being increas ed.'but if they are they care fully co.iceal their feeliugs. Oiie scans their columns in vain for any cheering refer ence to facts like these: The Globe iron works at Cleve land have increased the wa ges of their men fifteen "per cent; II. 0. Fl ick & Co., the coke producers of western Pennsylvania, have increas ed wages fifteen per cent, and their principal competitor six teen per cent; Stevens &Sons woolens, New, Hampshire, have raised wages fifteen per cent: Thomas Dolan & Co., woolens, Philadelphia, fifteen per cent;theCardington mills Chester, Pa., five per cent Tiese are only starters. 1 have two little irrand chil dren who are teething this hot summer weather and are trouoled with bowel com plaint. I gave them Cham berlain's Colb, Cholera a n d Diarrhoea Uemedy and it acts like a charm. I earnest ly recommend it for children with bowel troubles. I was myself taken with a severe attack of bloody flux, with cramps and pains in my sto mach, one-third of a bottle of this remedy cured me. With in twenty-four hours I was out of bed and doing my house work. Mrs, W. L. Dun gan, Bon-aqua, Hickman Co. Ten n. For sale by W. L. Bry an. Albany Argus; What the republican party wants as a presidential candidate is a good figure head the figure being more important than the head. "Jedge." said the colored witness, "I wish yon pleas, saw. make dot. lawer stop pesterin' me." "But he has n, rijjht to question you." "Dat may be jedge, but I'srf got a . kinder rattlin' in my head, en ef he wory me much, fust ting you know I'll tell. the truth 'bout disjjwjter-- : v " TRUHrET CALLS. The devil tears a praying moth er. ;.' ' ' ;' '-.., ' ''.'.v- . . , : To know a good man is a call to know God." God's side of the cloud is al ways bright. Beauty in the heart writes its name on the face. ' No man knows himself who isa stranger to Christ. The sweetest songs of faith are puug in the dark The yoke of Christ will only fit the willing neck. . ' When the church is wide awake sinners cannot slep. The man who walks with God keeps the devil on the run. A sin of any kind is a demand for God to leave His throne. It never makes the day any brighter to find 'fault with the sun. God has never tried to make a man who could please everybody. The father who prays too lit tle will some time use the rod too much. The prayer that starts from Gods promise is sure to move His hand. If you sny -'Good morning" to the devil he Mill spend the day with you. When you seek God go as fur as yon know the way and He will meet you. Men see only what we put in 1 he plate. G d knows what we keep back. Hell will be the, hottest to the man who goes to it from heav en's doorstep. When you talk about the go; d ness of God, don't do it with a frown on your face. God never bees anything big in the gift, that is made to win ap plause from men. There is no blood in the preach ing againt which the devil never lif s a club. Give us more mothers like Ma ry and there will be more chris tians like Christ. The religion that sheds no blood may have a good deal of zeal; but it has no Christ. Some people never think about religion unlil they come in sight of a graveyard. A path may "look pleasant and yet be filled with footprints made by the cloven hoof. When Rome men are baptized they first put their pocket books where they won't get wet. Thei e is no promise in the Bi ble for the man who is not wil ling to trust in God and do right. "Let your light shine." God expects that the man who loves Him will find a way to sho.v it. God has no use for the religion that loves to have men admire it and tell it that, it looks nice. The man who expects t o out run a lie will liave to travel 011 something faster than the limit ed express. It will cost us something to walk with Christ if wewonldkeep close enough to behold His face. Undertake to prove that there is no hell, and oid.y those who are on their way there will applaud you. Every good deed that is done simply and only to honor God, will have something to do with making us more like Christ. Don't conclude that you have said good-bye to the devil be cause you have joined thechurcli. You may 2nd hiui there on a front seat. The preacher is on dangerous ground who is beginning to be more concerned about what men will say thau about what God will think. The heart that worships doec not put God off with a pinch, and then walk home from church with afcolf-ronfidentstridp.feellngthat it hasdoiieenotighj-fiauislfoiu. , ; A Modem Jeffreys Doweed. News and Observer. Judge Goff will not win the presidency by humiliating the South and overturning the Constitution. . He sought to blot out all the rights left to the State, in his South Carolina regis tration decision, but the Cir cuit Court of Appealsin Rich mond over-ruled his decision. Commenting on the decis ion, the Richmond Dispatch will say: The injunction of Judge Goff, whereby he undertook to recind and annul the regis tration law of South Caroli na was dissolved yesterday by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. This is a great victory for the State of South Carolina, and a correspondingset ba'k to Judgp Goff, who, in play ing his role of Judge Bond, meets with the same ill suc cess that met Bond with the imprisoned Attorney Gener al Ay res and Col. Scott. 1 he opinion ol the court is being prepared by Chief Jus tice Fuller and ha 8 not been filed. An outline of thecourts position, prepared by the Chief Justice was real yester day; an able individual opin ion written by Judge Hughes was also submitted, nud a decree was entered annulling all of Goff's work We earnestly trust, that the court's opinion will settle the law so clearly that Judge Goff will have no excuse here after for interfering with the operation of State Govern ment, as he has been doing in South Carolina and Vir ginia. In South Carolina he under took to annihilate the regis tration laws 01 that State with one stroke of his pen. In Virginia he has stopped the machinery of the criminal law in on important case, by forbidding the commonweal th's Attorney of Wythe coun ty to prosecute one Wadley, who is indicted there for em bezzlement. About the only excuse Judge Goff has for interfer ing in the Wadley case i that the affairs of the bank ing institution of which Wad ley was an officer are being wound up by a receiv?r ap pointed by the United Staies Court. All of the facts in this Wadley case have been recent ly piesented to the public in a letter from Gen. James A. Walker, which was published in the Virginia law' register. We indulge the hope that the Chif Justice's opinion in the South Carolina case will not only release South Caro lina from Judge Goff's grip, but will point the way to loose his hold upon Wadley, or rather, upon the officers of the commonwealth, whose duty it is to prosecute W'ad ley under the indictment font) 1 against him about a year ago. When Baby wu sick, we gave her CastoriA. When she wu a Child, the cried for C&etorU. When six became Mis, she clung to CastorU. Whan she hid Children, aha garu them Castoria, dollar pnjs for tht Demovmt. ouc vv.u: W.L Douglas S3 silOEr!?;Mfriv . cordovan; FRENCH 4 CNAMCUXO CMF. :4.'3.VFiNcCmiGuaa 3.tiPPOUCE.330U3. vB5 BEST- OvT Om MIllhM People wear tlx W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes art equally Mtlsfactoty They five the best vain lor the Money. They equal custom shoes In style sad fit. Their wearing qualities are Unsurpassed. The prices are aniform, stamped on sole. Prom f i to $3 saved over other snakes. If your dealer cannot supply you w can. Sold bf Dealers everywhere, Wanted, agent to take exclusive sale for this folnltj. Write at once. Docs Bis Hit You? 'The management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in tlw Department of the Carolinas, wishes to se cure a few Special Resident Agents. Those who are fitted for this work will find thiV. A Dgiv finnnrtTiruftT It is work, however, and those J who succeed best in i i iusscss character, mature judgment, 2 tact, perseverance, and the respect of their community. Think this matter over care fully. There's an unusual opening for somebody. If it fits you, it will pay you. Fur ther information on request. W. J. Roddey, Manager, Rock Hill, S.C 9Q PROFESSIONAL. W. B. 0OUNC1LL, Jr. Attorney at Lay. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. Office on King Street north of Post Office. J. Y iiii A110RNEYA1 LAW, MARION, - N.C -(o)- Will practice in the courts o Vatn uga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDotrl aii.i nil other countiw in the western district aSpeeia at ten tion given to the collection & loimfc."W W. B. Coimcia ni. u. T. C Blackbnm. Boone, N. C. , Ziouville, K. C. Cou nill & Blackburn, Physicians & Surgeons. 8" Calk attended at all homs.18k June 1, '93. G. F. LOYiLL. J. C. 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