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'Oh XXII,
CHARLOTTE.
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Entered at the Poet-office at Char
lotte,, N, C,, as second class matter. ;
ova WORK IN GEORGIA.
bVkrs. j. r. barris.
After baring read the article written
by Rev. B. L. Glenn, of Newnan, Ga.,
a recent issue of four paper, on the
need of more flnnday school mweiona
riea in Georgia, I am moved to say
something on the collect myself.
It Lae seemed to me all along that
It was not exactly fcir that the Carolines
should have all the Sunday school mis
sionaries while Georgia has only on^.
.finijftlyTKeGeorgia Presbytery has not
made any real earnest effort to secure
other missionaries in the field; if that
be true, let them arouse from their
sUttnbera.'
The Negroes ot Georgia as a mass
know little of Presbyterianism, and at
first our missionaries may not be receiv
•tid very warmly, but when they hear
more of us and understand that our
religion is Christian, and that we are
drier ready to uplift and help them on,
and that we are thinking more of their
spiritual welfare than of their money,
then they will love us better, and be
rohre willing to join us.
There are some places in Georgia
where there are two or three Presbyte
rians who never hear one of our minis*
ters preach and never eee them. We
need missionaries to go to all, these
places and establish Sunday schools
and churches, so that these people may
haVe work to do. Our very efficient
and worthy Preebyterial Sunday school
missionary, Rev. Lawrence Miller, is
doing his work nobly, but the field is
too large and the harvest too ripe for
1 one man to work alone without being
overtaxed. .}?
Ii.wfthad tffQ Qrjfcrfift Sunday school
missionaries the fiield could be divid
ed, and while the present one’s labors
would be lightened^ the gospel could be
carried into move places, and Sunday
schools could be organized in the State.
Other, denominations are looking after
their interests along this line. You can
scarcely find a place in Georgia where
there is not one or more churches of
other denominations.
We as individual Christians could
do more. ! A great deal of our success
among these people depends upon
house* to-hoUse visitation. We should
go into their homes, read, talk and
pray with them and more will be ac
complished. We all know that the
heathen World is badiy in need of an
increasedfflroe of missionaries, but how
utterly nnoonScious many are of the
fact that mors home workers are need
ed. ;
• Now let us notwriteandtalk so much
on this subject, but do what is best to*s$
cure one or two more missionaries it
Georgia.' ' <5'>- ' ^ ' 1
Our work here at Washington is be*
'ing greatly blehsed, We have a very
-pretty church inside and out, and' have
' a piano for ouir Sunday school. We
hate j$*t (dosed a fair which was heldf
in the interest of our church and school
Work. We were quite successful, hav
ing good crowds and fair weather each
night, and realized between $50 and
$60, Some <Jf the attractions at the
fair were the telephone, fish pond, post
office and Rebekah at the well.
A prise was awarded Mre. Laura Du
hose for exhibiting the prettiest quilt,
and-to little .Lillian A. Harris for the
\ prettiest dressed doll..
.Inhere was voting contest between
several ministers of the town for a
beautiful 'set of gilted glasses and a
tivlhr cup, in which Rev. J. R. Harris
came out victorious.
MierClaude Brown received a beau -
,tifpltea set of 21 pieces for eelling the
Hgtgpt. number ot tickets.
*^gfcah night was opened with a short
burgQod Uterary program.
. Our mission Sunday school at Pet
rtus Grove'held Children’s Day exer
cisesonthe fifUx Sunday in July. The
program was very creditably carried
out and a neat, little sum was collected.
We intend to continue in this good
▼ork, with the tame motto, “ If God
be for us who can be against us. ”
THE KEY TO CHRISTIAN
TRUTH.
BY BEV. O. B. F. HALLOOK, D. D.
The best of all our knowledge, that
of it wb|eh is the most useful, is gained
through practice. Even the teaching
of Christ, as He Himself said, will not
vindicate itself as of God ^merely by
studying it. No man ever learned to
paint or play by mastering the theories
of painting and music. He must han
dle the brush and finger the keys him
self. Doing is a mode of study. Prac
tioe vindicates the theory. Christ thus
invited the fairest, simplest and only
possible test of His teaebing when He;
said, “If any man will do His will be
shall know of the doctrine. ” The true
order of Christian knowledge, then, is,
fiist, willing; second, doing; third,
knowing. This seems a reversal of the
natural order, but it is not*
A French infidel once said to Pascal.*
“If I had your principles, I should be
a better man.” ‘‘Begin with being a bet
ter man, and you will soon have my
principles,’’ was the reply. Our opin
ions depend much more on our lives
than our lives on our opinions.
This is the explanation of much of
the skepticism of which we hear.
Faith fails when life withdraws its sup
port. , When life is lowered the creed
is likely to be lowered to the standard
of the life. Faith will leak out of a
man who is living wrong, just as water
will leak from a tub that has. been long
standing in the sun. The true order
is that immorality makes skeptics, not
skeptics immorality. Men change their
views of the Sabbath when.they begin
to violate the sanctity of the Sabbath.
So it is regarding doctrines—the exis~
tence of God, the enormity of sin, the
certainty of judgment, etc.—faith dis
appears—through thq comma ropemieri
transgressions have made in the moral
nature.
Rochester, N. Y.
FOURTH DISTRICT CONVEN
TION OF CAPE FEAR
PRESBYTERY.
Tbe Second Annual Sabbath School
Convention of the 4th District of Cape
Fear Presbytery met in Bethany Pres
byterian church, Lumberton, N. C.j
August 16th. The convention opened
with singing and prayer.
In the absence of Rev. T. G. Wil
liamson, of Maxton, the opening ser
mon was preached by Rev. W. H;
Freeland, of Red Springs. The sermon
was a very able one.
The welcome address was read by
Miss Flora French, of Lumberton, and
responded to by Prof. S. H. Vick.
The convention was called to order
by the President, Mr. J. H. Murphy,
of Maxton. The following officers
were elected: Mr. J. H, Murphy, pres
ident; Rev. A. McNeill; vice president;
Miss Jennie E. Hilddbrand, of Max
ton, secretary ; Miss Flora . French,
treasurer. ♦ • .
The convention then adjourned to
meet at 9:30 on the following morning.
The second day of the convention
opened with song service.
A roll of membership was then made
out; also a roll of the schools.
Statistical imports were read. Near
ly all the schools represented jg&ve in
very encouraging reports. There was
an increase in membership of the Sab
bath schools over the Jyear 1899 which
shows that tbe sck6d& are in touch
with the ,20th Century movement.
There was also a small increase in fi
nances. " V ».'■■■ • ' ■
The next place of meeting decided
on was Panther’s Ford on Rev. A. G.
Davis’s field, tbe convention to meet
on Thursday before the 4th Sabbath in
August, 1901. Convention adjourned
to meet at 3:30 P. M.
The afternoon session of the conven
tion opened with song service.
The question, “How can the attend
ance of the Sabbath echool be in
creased?” was ably discussed by the
delegate from Panther’s Ford, Mr. Me
Neil], and the membeis of the conven
tion. Many helpful points weie brought
out. Among other things it was said
that the heart must be in the work in
order to diaur others.
Tbe next question tor discussion was
“How can tbe attendance of the elder
people be secured?” The delegates1
from Fayetteville and Snow Hill being
absent, different members of the convc
tion took up the question. Rev.
H. Freeland thought the best way
secure and bold a class of elderly
plewas for the pastor to teach the cl
hiooself. Others thought it r.ot
for the pastor to teach the class, but
organize it and leave it to some ter chf
in whom the class has confidence.
“Why should we urge that the She
er Catechism be taught?” was nes
disposed of. Great stress was laid
on the necessity of studying this imj
tant work. We think that all pre
realized as never before the importai
of studying the Shorter Catechism. | *]
Convention adjourned with beni
tion.
The n:gbt session of the conve
opened at 8 P. M. with devotional ex
ercises.
Mr. George C. Murphy, of Maxton,
in a very interesting manner set forth
the “Duties of a Superintendent.?’
After this a very interesting paper
was read by Miss Jenni6 E. Hildebrand
on “The Sabbath school and its work.”
The reasons why our Sabbath schools
should contribute to the Boards of the
Church were made very plain by Prof.
Vick, Rev. A. G. Davis and others.
The convention adjourned to meet
at 9:30 on Saturday morniDg.
Siturday morning the convention
met according to adjournment, and was
called to order by the President. Prayi
er was offered by Mr. N. A. McLean*
The next question f<
“Why
served ?” was discussed
James, Alex. McNeill,
Rev. W. H. Freeland answered the
question, “Who should be members of
the Sabbath school?” He showed
plainly that all should be brought in.
Those who cannot attend church should
belong to the Home Department.
Rev. S. P. Johnson gave some bright
ideas on the best method of teaching
the Catechism.
Dr. Jno. A. Savage, President of
Albion Academy, was accorded a seat
as a corresponding member. The Doc
tor made some very timely remarks
along educational lines.
On motiofl the convention resolved
to hold memorial services on Sunday
afternoon in honor of Mrs. N. C. Satter
field, the late Principal of Scotia Sem
inary.
The conversion adjourned, and was
given a treat of nice fresh watermelon
by Rev. A. G. Davis.
SABBATH SERVICE.
The Sabbath school was nicely cor
ducted by the Superintendent, Mist
Flora French. Little Miss Lilia Davit
presided at the organ, which she die
all through the convention, and rei
dered good mujgic.
Rev. W. H. Freeland .preached j
vejry able sermon at 11 A. M. I
At 3 o’clock memorial services
Mrs Satterfidd were held. Miss J. 1
Hildebrand prided.
Dr. L. A. Scruggs preached at nigfl
This convention is yet in its intatfl
but is growing in interest and help!
ness. ■
Too much cannot be said in prjH
of tbe wayiii|which Rev. A. G. Dfl
and the good people of LumbertonM
tertained us. They are alive
working together., .
rescirded the action of the old board
that when a teacher .married she must
resign her position. The Board thus
says that competency is the main con
sideration, rather than the necessities
of individual. A woman who is a ca
pab’e instructor and lovei her work
should not necessarily be deposed mere
ly because she. wants a partner to share
be unofficial life. The enforced celi
bacy of female teachers is productive
of far more evils than permitted matri
mony imposes.
Lena MoDougald.
1CAL SABBATH SCHOOL
CONVENTION OF SYNOD ^
OF CATAWBA.
:|Ha| address on behalf of his
M apd school. Mr. Lanier said,
rBother tb‘ “ I welcome you
IHilf of a school whose member
•J-jH .foots up two hundred, and
leverage attendance is one hun
||d fifty. I welcome you also on
|MU§f»r one thousand other Sab
baij ‘chool scholars of this city. £ find
myghlf inadequate to the task of express
ingabe pleasure it affords us to have
yoijm our midst. The English lan
gau^p, rich as it is, the richest of all]
thefiauguages, fails to supply terms
witlL which I may express the depth'
of (Ar gratitude to you for this visit. ’’ \
B§y. J. C. Alston, of Lloyd church,
spoke for the clergy. He said. “ I ap
peases an humble ambassador of. the
Nasfeene to welcome you to a city where
at pas time Presbyterianism among
aur nfebple seemed blighted and blast
ed; Jiff now it is firmly established.
In name, I welcome you because
.ted your coming—the gen
Rev. Alston was followed by Hon.
0. B. Eaton, Mayor of Winston, who
extended a very cordial welcome for
the fitizens. Mr. Eaton said: “I es
teem it an honor as well as a high priv
ileg< to welcome you to this city, to its
religious hospitality. We welcome you
the nore heartily because your mission
is t< preach, to point men to the way
of Ife; and I bid you Godspeed in
yov r noble work.”
1 lr. Dillard, Synodical Sabbath
school missionary for the Synods of At
laniic and Catawba, made an able re
spcjnse to these welcome addresses, clear
ly defining the purpose and work of
thq Convention.
■ liter a selection by the choir, the
President introduced Rev. J. A. Wor
den, D. D., LL. D., General Superin
tei dent of the Sabbath school missiona
ry work in the Presbyterian Church of
iL JInited States of erica. Dr.
addressed the Convention on
ect, “ Stop the Leaks. ” He
part; “Ladies and Gentlement
great pleasure for me to be here,
spoken of these meetings to my
in the North. The Northern
are going-to be surprised at the
if the noble men and women in
.bbath school work cf the Synod
wba.
here is a unification of this work
is coming together. I hear that
is opposition to the Convention,
ot yield to it. Just so soon as you
don the Convention it will appear
you are retrograding; that your
is declining. This ponyention is
1 ke a grand old steamer on the ocean.
; low I am to wake up all the passen
j ers because there is a leak in the ship,
our hundred and fitty .thousand chil
Iren have been brought in by the Twen
ieth Century Movement, but the net
■pin is only 40,000. What has
become of the three hundred and sixty
thousand'? The reason assigned for
this fall off is the purging of the rolls.
Many were cut off as dead wood. We
are losing at the rate of 43,000 a
year; and unless we stop these leaks it
will be only a few yean before the leaks
will totally-destroy the ship. In the
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narrow way is strict or t
pressed together, so tint I
or entrance. Christ Bis
door to the Christian life,
Christ through repentanei
All recognise thp fact thai
heart natun^ inclines to’s
from Christ rather than ,
Christ;*7 hence the wife
gates. ; ,
2. The broad way and
way. The way of slit an
is not only more easily’ent«
Christian way, bnt it Is easier to folr
low. It Is broad; the other Is narrow.
A broad way Is easier traveled wjpfit,
narrow way, particularly tile narrow
Ways of the east It is hard to live a
Christian life even after we enter the
strait gate. We still go against our
natural Inclinations. It Is easy to trav
el on the broad way because wears go
ing with the stream. In the world we
go with the current; in Christ wo go
against It The one Is therefore easier
to travel tiian tne outer.
3. The broad way leads to destruc
tion, the narrow way to life. The end
of Use one Is hell, eternal separation
of the soul from God. The end of the
other Is heaven, the eternal life of the.
sonl with God. The end of the ways
should determine which one we should
traveL A wise and prudent man looks
at the end of a road to determine
whether or not he will enter It What
though the entrance be easy and pleas
ant If the end Is death? Hell is robbed
of none of Its sorrows because wo
reach It by an easy road. On the other
hard of travel If the end pays, n tne
end Is eternal life? The joys of heaven
will be all the sweeter because they
have been difficult of attainment and
because they have caused us toll and
labor, self denial and sacrifice.
4. Many go in at the wide gate and
travel the broad way. Few find the
straight gate and enter it. *lf this Is
true, it is no reason why we should
enter the broad way or travel upon
It. To know that millions are poor
does not alleviate the sufferings that
sometimes come as a result of poverty.
To know that millions were dying of
hunger or thirst would.not lessen our
sufferings If we were in the same con
dition. The numbers of the lost will
not detract from the sorrows of the
lost. Let us follow the voice of wis
dom and enter and travel upon the
road that leads to eternal life.
THE PRAYER MEETING.
Make this meeting evangelistic in
character, giving associate members or
others present an opportunity to enter
the straight gate to the narrow way,
which leads to life.
-DIBLE READINGS.
Deut. xxx, lS-SLPs. 1, 1-G; xxxvll,
B; xxxlv, 1; 25-27; xlv, 12;
Isa. xxxv, 8-10; Math, vil, 24-27; Luke
xlll, 24; John xiv, 1-7.
Lcctartng From tbe Pulpit.
Preaching has not lost its hold on
the people, but a good deal of lecturing
and not a little reading of essays and
papers in tbe pulpit under the name of'
preaching has failed to draw and bold
tbe interest of tbe general public. The
“9II round minister" who knows wbat
bis people are thinking about all week
and who goes to his pulpit to tell tb?m
bow to think their thinklug according
to his thinking is apt to prove a wear!- ■
ness to flesh, mind and spirit The
fact that they have been thinking of
Becular things all the week and putting
these thoughts into tbe great conflicts:
of the day is the reason why. they want
a change on Sunday. They do not
want to leave religion ont of their daily
lives, but they do want to get some re
ligion to put into their daily lives, and
they come to church for it, but get too;
often a warmed over mess of their!
everyday experiences. — Universallst
Leader.
BECAME RUM’S SLAVE.
■si Story of a One Time Officer la
tbe Catted State* Army.
Once a major in the regular army,
accustomed to luxury from his birth,
with a flue education and an unusually
fine mind, John MeCllntock is now one
of the • "short term” prisoners at the
county jail, sentenced to 00 days’ im
prisonment for stealing a bicycle from
a poor man, his friend and benefactor,
says the Denver Republican.,
Mr. McClintock is 56 years old, 01
commanding figure, more than six feet
tall- His face is handsome, and his
manner gracious. He is neesutomed tc
bllng and drinking, fiHidwtifortune -Jp. *
4was dissipated. jHis(wlfofr followed,
and thjjp be began to nse tpe money
passed through bla hands «s an
o^ri^ways niouln* Wtoti* «u«o<^
*«ul*<£t*e for him to make good bis $
Jtefalcnttons. .eagfo albt tt-fhm s.
.The inevitable
bud • court martial, wbe^reatened-.
Major McClintoek's mother - in • law,
came to the rescue and paldtBoretban
$10,(MX> to prewnt?tils disgrace. Major **#
McCliutoek' resigned from the wring! •«
and went into business. wj
For n short tiihe he did well. He
hm»m’ sagacious man when himself. .>
and Ills affairs prospered. Their the
old craze struck him. gambling and dis
sipatlon occupied htf*EKtSfr> the
exclusion of everything and all
that he had accumulated again went
“■"SMwnBws
vices, though determined inn to let her
Buffer poverty, aud, a,/npara don en
sued. Mr. McCliutoCk'S daughters have
grown up without any- knowledge of
him. He does uot " - -
Sort of cemmi
drift! about the' cb
luiiiB ttuuui tile wUutrjii U
drink and the gambling table.
ON TH^:iflgAD TO miNVt
«»•mmri-WMiii::
A (tinker
i jrm
Several
lively dlscussld
of temperance and the llqt.
and those engaged in it well
without gloves. One of the company/
remained silent. After enduring it as
long as he could he said: V
“Gentleman, I want you to under
stand that I am a liquor dealer. I keep
a public house at -—, but I would have ,
you to know that I, have a llcenso and,
keep a decent house. I don't keep
loafers and loungers about my place,!!
and when a man bos enough,he can
get no more at my bar. I sell to de-1
cent people and do a respectable buiii-J
ness.” y
He thought he had put a quietus on
the subject and that no answer could
be given. Not so. The Quaker said: H
“Friend, that is the most damnable)
part of thy business. If thee would'
sell to drunkards and loafers, time
would help to kill off the race, and so* ^
ciety would be rid of them. But tjiee
takes the young, the poor, the Innocent
and the unsuspecting, making drunk
ards and loafers of them. When their
character and money are all gone, thee
• kicks them out and turns them over
to other shops to finish off, and thee en
snares others and sends them on the
ARMORED COFFIN8.
.31
Tkcr Were Oace Oh4 la a CkUek>
yard la Seotlaad.
In the earlier half of the nineteenth
century the practice of stealing bodies
from the churchyards for the purpose
of sale as subjects for dissection, which
was known ns ‘‘body snatching" was
for a time very rife. t
Various plans were made to defeat;
the nefarious and sacrilegious proceed
ings of the “body snatchers," or “resur
rectionists,” as they were sometimes
called, a very common one being the
erection of .two or more small Watch
houses whose windows commanded
the whole burying ground, and in
which the friends of the deceased
mounted guard for a number of nights
after the funeral.
A usual method of the grave robbers
was to dig down to the bead of the
coffin and bore id it a large round hole
by means of a specially constructed
center bit. It was to counteract , this
maneuver that the two curious coffin-:
like relics now lying od either side of
the door of the ruined church of Abe*
foyle, in Perthshire, were constructed.
They are solid masses of cast iron oft
enormous weight
When ad Interment took place-one of L
these, massive slabs was lowered by
suitable derHcks, tackles add chains]
on to the top of'the coffin, the grave]
was filled lu« and there it was left tor
'some considerable time. Later on the
grave was opened and the iron armor]
plate was removed and laid aside |
ready for another funeral.
These contrivances still He on the]
grass of the lonely Uttle churchyard,]
objects of curiosity to the passing cy-|
diet and tourist-—Scientific American-!