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X X : ; .... By WILLIAII H. BERNARD. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT MONDAYS. RATES OF SUBSCRIPT! OO, IN AT VANCK : One Year (by Mail), Postage Paid. Six Months M ,t Three Months, t u . ..$6 00 .. 8 00 .. 1 60 .. 60 One Montn, r" To City Subscribers, delivered in any part of the City A WELVB is jcr wc.. wux niijt Agciiis are not authorized to collect for more than three months advance. Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, as second uiass mau iriaiicr. OUTLINES. Tn the Senate yesterday Mr. Carlisle made a three hours speecn in review ot the conference report on the tariff bill, in which ne snowea many oi us in- equalities, and the burdens it imposed apon the people; jur.Aiaricn ana Mr. Allison qucsuuucu nuw ui many of the statements of Mr. Carlisle, and the consideration of the oill was continued for a considerable length of time; a vote was finally reached, when the report was agreed to yeas 33, nays 27, and it uow goes to the President, fitter receiving the signatures of the presiding officers of the two Houses; no business of general importance was transacted in the House. The Shenandoah Valley railroad was sold at auction yesterday lor g7.100.000; the purchase was made in the interest of the Norfolk & Western railroad. Engineer M. B. Johnson was kille i in a railway collision in Alabama, yesterday; he was from Fayetteville, N. C. Spontaneous combustion caused the destruction of eighteeu freight cars on the Georgia Pacific railroad yesterday; five of them were loaded with sulphur. A Boston clothing house made an assignment yesterday, with liabilities at from SI 75,000 to $200,000. Gen, Jubal Early had a narrow escape from death in Lynchburg yesterday; the wall if a burned building fell upon him. and he was buried in the debris, but he was soon rescued, and found to be only slightly injured. The entire business portion of the county seat of Blount county, Alabama, .vas destroyed by fire yesterday, causing a loss of $20,000, with but little insurance. The reported interview between the Italian Prime Minister and a Paris newspaper, relative to the political rela tions between France and Italy, is offi cial!'.' denied: there was no interview of any kind. The Scotch iron masters have definitely refused to accede to the terms demanded by their men, and the abandonment of all hope of a settle ment of the strike has stiffened the pig iron market at Glasgow. The Japanese at Yokohoma are greatly ex cited because the government has ac corded to foreigners the right of trial by judges other than native judges; threats have been made to kill the ex- consul of Great Britain for the part he has taken in advocating and granting the privilege to foreigners. The owner and crew of an English cutter, engaged in pearl fisheries in New Guinea, have been murdered by the natives, and the cutter looted and scuttled. ?ew lork markets: Money easy ;:t 0,(j per cent., closing offered at 3 T'.t cent.; cotton easy; middling up lands 103 cents; middling Orleans 10 0-10 cents; southern flour steady and quiet; wheat moderately active and lljc higher; No. 2 red $1 01i 1 015j. ac elevator; corn moderately active and J2?-c UP and firm; No. 2 red. 53;54 cents at elevator; rosin steady and dull: spirits turpentine dull. Texas is pretty well able to tote her own skillet. She has $60,00u, 000 of school funds on hand. E. Burd Grubb, the new minis ter to Spain, gets away with Ingal's and not only parts his hair but his name and whiskers in the middle. A new and dangerous counterfeit bill has appeared in Indiana. They are rather early Usually they don't appear until about election time. The example of Rutherford B. Hayes is stimulating the egg indus try in Ohio. Last week one firm at Athens, shipped 150,000 dozens to New York. It is said that whitewash will de stroy the typhoid fever microbe. It is also found, when liberally put on in Yashington, to be a pretty good application for battered reputations. If the American manufacturer can make a plow and ship it to South America and sell it for nine dollars, why should he charge the American farmer eighteen dollars for that same plow ? The Pall Mall Gazette wants to know "why do not women wed." In this country most of them do, and where the divorce courts are in good running order some of them wed half do zen times. The Boston liquor dealers are well pleased with the law which is now in operation there governing saloons When men get comfortably seated at a table and are provided with something to munch on, they take two drinks to the one which they would take if they stood up at the Suipeu u. ine boston say me prontsoi tne dealers are ninety per cent, more than they 1 HE VOL. XL VII. NO. 8 WILMINGTON. N. C WEDNESDAY: OHTO'R'RR 1 iqo WTTOT t? t aqq Langston, the colored individual from Virginia who got Mr. Venable's seat, remarked in Washington a few davs aS that the negroes should in- UHU ngnis ana snow their courage until blood should run by tne nogshead it necessary. This is very foolish talk. About the tim the bIood began tQ run L tQn Wftnlf4 h f . , - ouiuc pictty tall running on his own account. Superintendent of the census, Por ter, says the reason why so many people think they were skipped in taking the census was because the enumerators got their information' in many cases from servants in the absence of their employers. A cen- sus of that kind must be very relia- able. A hotel keeper in Pittsburg stole a kiss from a married woman who was a boarder in his house, and he compromised the matter with her husband by paying $1,000. She thought the larceny particularly ag gravated because the wicked boni- face had been eating onions. John Chinaman is not slow to catch on to American methods. Two of them were recently arrested in St. Paul for burglarizing a bank safe in the town ot Dallas, Oregon. which they did by tunneling under the bank and blowing the safe open with dynamite. The Fort Smith, Arkansas, Call says that 5,000 negroes were run into that State from Mississippi to vote for Fizer, the Republican labor candidate for Governor As a floater in elections tjje colored sovereign is a success. Beet sugar is getting away with cane sugar pretty last. 1 en years ago the world's product of cane sugar was 2,000,900 tons, of beet sugar 1, 774,000 tons. Last year the total of cane sugar was 2,240,000 tons, of beet 3,360,000. The bounty on maple sugar may save Vermont, out tne agricultural sections of the rest of New England are doomed, ten years more ot hitrh tariff and there will be more deserted farms than one could shake a stick at. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. W. Hodges For rent. J. W. Atkinson For rent. Star Office Boy wanted. Star Office Babbit metal. Munson & Co. Handsome suitings. W. J. Kirkham & Co. Auction sale. The Death of Mr. N". Hutaff. About ten days ago the sad news of the death of Mr. N. Hutaff in the far West was made known to our citizens. Letters received from the remote region give particulars of his death. He died at Fort Pierre, South Dakota, from the effects of an accident. Whilst driving some stock to his home in the night, be ing a stranger, he fell over a high em bankment and was so injured internally and externally, as to die from the effects of the serious and unfortunate fall. On Sunday Rev. F. W. E. Peschau, Pastor of the Lutheran Church, to which Mr. Hutaff belonged, paid a touching tribute to the memory of the deceased. who was a quiet, humble, unostentatious man. Thieves Raiding Unoccupied Houses. Some of the articles found by the po lice officers Sunday night, at the corner of Church and Fifth streets (as told in the Star), were identified yesterday at the City Hall as having been taken from the residence of Mr. W. H. Northrop, on South Fifth street, during the absence of the family, who are at Wrightsville. It was ascertained, also, that the resi dence of Mr. Powers, next door to Mr. Northrop's, had been plundered, bureau drawers, trunks and closets broken open and their contents scattered over the floors of the rooms. There is no clue to the perpetrators of these robberies. "Weather Forecasts. The following are the weather fore casts for to-day. For Virginia, fair in northern, rain in southern portion, slightly warmer, east erly winds. For North Carolina and bouth Caro lina, local rains, stationary temperature, north-easterly winds, becoming variable. For Georgia and Alabama, rain in northern, fair in southern portions, sta tionary temperature, variable winds. Concert Postponed. The excellent concert to be given by Prof. Miller's fine "Orchestra," aided by localtalent, under the auspices of the Y. P. A. of the Lutheran Church, to morrow night, in. Luther Memorial Building, has been postponed on ac- count of the absence of Prof. Miller, who will not return to our city until LOCAL DOTS. Items of Interest Gathered Here and There and Briefly Noted. Rev. D. H. Tuttle was among the arrivals last night. A great many of the visitors in the city willtalce a trip over the Sea- coast road to the Sound. An excursion party from Ben nettsville, S. C, will arrive to-day by tram on the C. F, & Y. V. R. R. Hotels and boarding houses are filled with visitors who come by every train to attend the meetings at the Tabernacle. Mary Hannon, colored, ar rested for fighting another negro woman in a bar-room on North Water street, was fined the costs in the Mayor's Court yesterday. Beginning fo-day, October 1st, the fare on the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad will be 25 cents for the round trip to Ocean View or any other point on the road. The Memorial Baptist Church of Greenville, N. C, will be dedicated on the 10th inst. Rev. T. H. Pritchard. D. D., of this city, will preach the ser mon on the occasion. Official announcement is made that the Scotland Neck Branch of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad has been opened to Kinston, N. C, for freight and passenger traffic. The reading room, library, par lor and any other facilities of the Y. M. C. A. Rooms, in the Bank of New Han over building, are freely at the disposal of any strangers who happen in town during the bam Jones meetings. rev. sam Tones. A Few of His Pungent Sayings. The following are among the "hits" made by Mr. Jones during the delivery of the sermon yesterday morning: Barnum's circus would cost this town from seven to ten thousand dollars a day. Why? because he'd make you ante up at the door. Barnum's got sense. Did you ever tell the street car con ductor you threatened to bring your purser It suits some Methodist preachers to be poor, they have to move so often, When some of you go to move next year, all you'll have to do will be to pack up your blacking brush and call your dog. When some churches go to call a pas tor, the stewards, deacons, or olders cau cus and say "is he cautious, prudent, conservative?" The plain English is, can iv e boss him. A mean church member adds hypoc risy to his meanness, and that's the meanest meanness in the world. Some preachers are like the old darkey's mule that wouldn't go fast. He said the mule wasn't lazy, he just had a thick hide and a short recollection. When some of these church members who oppose me get religion, they'll be as thick with me as seven in a bed, SUPERIOR COURT. Cases Tried Yesterday and Cases Set for Trial To-day. In the Superior Court yesterday the following cases were disposed of, viz: E. H. Kidder et al., trustee, vs. w. E. Mayo. Decree of foreclosure. Ap peal by defendant. bol. G. Weill, receiver, vs. first .Na tional Bank. Judgment of bupreme Court affiirming judgment of Superior Court, Francis Brown vs. William Brown, Non suit. Wm. Larkins, executor, vs. W. H. Howie and wife, et al. M. Bellamy 'made party plaintiff. V, E. Bunting vs. ine Wilmington Mutual Insurance Co. Non suit. The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co, - - -r t-. 1 ' 1 . " vs. W. f. uanaaay. wraer 10 issue plures summons. Clayton dies ana wne vs. c d. Wright and wife. Order. H. A. Bagg vs, vv. or w. Kauroaa co and H. A. Bagg vs. W. C. & A. Kail road Co. Left open. The following cases are set for to-day: R. W. Hicks vs. John McDuffie, et al. Cutlar for plaintiff; Sutton, Ray and Stedman for defendants. Nancy L. Prevatt vs. R. E. L. Prevatt. Cutlar for plaintiff; no counsel for de fendant. H. A. London, adm. vs. Mary E. Quince, et al. Junius Davis for plain tiff; Rountree for defendant. T. R, London vs. Annie C. London. E. W. Kerr for plaintiff; no counsel for defendant. Brunswick Democrats. At a meeting of the Democrats of Northwest Township, Brunswick County last week, Messrs S. L.Chinnis, A. M. Williams. Thos. Harvelland M. S. Rob bins were appointed delegates to the county convention, with Messrs. W Roberts, G. R. Mints, . D. Robbins and R. L.. Chinnis alternates. Senator Vance was endorsed at the the meeting, and the Star'r correspon dent adds, "we hope he will spend the remainder of his days doing good for the cause of Democracy. The Demo crats of the township are taking great interest in this campaign and will poll the largest vote ever given in the town-. ship. RNING i AT THL TABERNACLE. TWO SERMONS DELIVERED BY REV. SAM. P. JONES. Great Crowds at the Gatherings Many Strangers in Attendance. TUESDAY MORNING. The varied criticisms on the unique sermons of Mr. Jones add to the popu lar curiosity, and the Tabernacle was well nigh filled. After the song service and prayer, led by Rev. Dr. Hall, of Fayetteville, Mr. Jones made a few explanatory remarks. He said: "I never go to a town that the report is not circulated that I wouldn't come until I was guaranteed $2,000; some say $50 a sermon. Its a lie, and if any of you repeat the state ment just end up by saying 'I've told you that but its a lie.' I made my ar rangements for this meeting by corre spondence with brethren Forshee, Creasy and Beaman, and if either of them can say I ever mentioned or al luded to money, directly or indirectly, let him stand up here and brand me as a liar. I aint hard up; I'm paid so well at other points that I can get home without a cent from here. Some oi you, good sisters, who say 'I like Brother Jones, but I'm sorry we have to pay him so much.' Your sorrow is now at an end. 1 hope you reporters have got that straight. The newspaper reports of the meeting always say 'alter the usual collection, and a heap of fools think every cent of these collections go to me. A man asked me this morning how I could call people 'fools,' when the Bible said 'he that call- eth his brother a fool is in danger of hell fire.' I said 1 never made fun of an idiot; but a fellow that's got plenty of sense and don't do what's right, 'fool' is his fore-given name." Referring to the collection he said the preachers had preached "salvation free" until the people believe it. I'm like the old darkey who said, "the Water of Life is free, but the pitcher costs somethin' and I'se de pitcher." After the collection Mr. Excell sang a very touching solo, "The Old and the New Home." Mr. Jones then announc ed his text the 19th and 20th verses of the fifth chapter of James: "Brethren, if any among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him, let him know that he who converts a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will hide a multitude of sins." He said: I believe in the omnipotence and omniscience of God as much as any man of my mental capacity, but I be lieve God is powerless to save a man without some man to help him. Ask any Christian what brought you to Christ, and some will say, my mother; some, my father; some a faithful preach er all human instrumentalities. No heathen was ever converted until some man crossed the water and preached the gospel. On the other hand the devil, with all his cunning, is powerless to damn a man without some man to help him. The devil never made, sold or drank liquor, nor did he ever make or play cards, yet church members play them in their homes and their children drift out into the world, gamblers. Every person is a co-worker with God in bringing men to Christ, or a co-worker with the Devil in dragging men down. If God can not save men without the means used by him for the last six; thou sand years, what a privilege to be a co worker with God, and what a degrading thing to know that you are a co-worker with the Devil. The influence of a church partakes of the nature of its members. I hear there is no scheme of hell or" trick of the Devil in this town that is not helped on by church members. The Devil puts his hands in his pockets and lets the church members do his dirty work. If I was a pastor I wouldn't house such people. Any class of meanness you can lor tne cnurcn will trot 'em out, and yet some preachers are afraid I'll hurt this town. I'd be a "jim dandy" to do it! There is not a first-class church in America I'd be pastor of, nor is there one that wants me. They say "I ain't nice enough." Thank God there is room in America for one preacher that is un-nice. What this country needs is an independen pulpit thundering out the laws of Sinai. I'd rather be in my grave than in a pul pit that is a prison to me. Its a blessed privilege to say what I please. Some people say "nobody but Sam Jones would have said such things." Then in the name of God ought' nt I to say them, ought'nt they to be said! Christ never lost an opportunity to pour hot shot in to the "Amen" corner, but he dealt with sinners as tenderly as a child, and so I try to do with you. The church holds some of the best people on earth and some of the meanest, I stand on facts. Many pas tors are afraid to speak out, they couldn't without raising a row. It takes a heap of religion to keep from being influ enced by the "Official Board." The chairman ot the board in my church (when I was a pastor) went to my wife, when the church had not paid me but $10.00 in three months and told her they could not do better by me un less I quit my manner of preaching. I hadn't much to eat and my elbows were out, but I said I'll pay anything for the privilege of preaching the truth, and before I left there I was paid more than any man on the circuit. I'm one of the kind you can't drive or ride. I'm like the mule that wouldn't go until afire was built under him and then he moved up just four feet and stood still until the buggy was burnt up. Have the courage of your convictions It takes twice as much grit to stick to a thing as it does to say it; but men wil nave more respect tor you tnan it you wince. Brethren! What do you want with no account membersr 1 never turned a man out. I just open the back door of the church and '-jine 'em out." You need that worse here than to "jine 'em in." Realize the fact that so many members are co-workers with the devil, and draw the line. Christians, your work is to save souls by your life and influence. How many of you are potent factors in the church trying to make the world better? Did you ever ask yourself "suppose every other member worked, prayed, and paid as little as I do, how would things go?" Every church member ought to win some soul to Christ. God never made preachers the only instruments of salva tion. If every church member would save some soul, the world would be brought to Christ in ten years. The church gets in the wagon, some cursing, some drinking, and puts the preacher in the shafts, and when he finds his load too heavy, they say "tap him up a little," and feed him on wheat straw the year round; and no horse ever made 2.40 on wheat straw ! Reverse the order of things. Do your best and do it in the right place. The combined efforts of the ministry has only gained the con sent of one in twenty-eight to be Chris tians. The church must say its our business to help the preachers and the Holy Ghost. If you love the Lord Jesus try to save some soul this week. Mothers, fathers, speak to unconverted children, friends and neighbors; or, if you can't visit your neighbors write a note and say "I'm praying for you." (Here he rasped the preachers severe ly for not attending the 6:30 a. m. meet ings. Said he had preached four times a day and would gladly lead every meet ing if his physical strength would per mit,) Go to work in this meeting. I've seen the richest and best in other towns go ing up and down the aisles seeking out and talking to friends. Come to the help of the Lord against the mighty. I can't attack an evil in this town that some church member don't take up for it. Suppose something like this should happen in a city about your size: Two men meet on the street one a Baptist preacher, the other a saloon keeper. The latter shakes the hand of the former and says, "we are together." The preacher says, "what do you mean ? We are not together." The saloon keeper says, "yes we are together, on this meeting." I called an Episcopal church in Bir mingham. Alabama, the "Devil's Cro chet Sociefy." The Rector denounced me on the streets in unmeasured terms, but next morning he was at the meet ing, on the platform, and told how his conscience had smitten him and would not let him sleep, and that he had found that I was right, for they had not done their duty. Hear me! What we want is people who will lay down their prejudice, roll up their sleeves and go to work to save the town. I read of a young lady who dreamed she died and went to Heaven. She saw the angels with crowns bedecked with stars, some more than others, She asked their meaning and was told every star is for a soul saved on earth. She looked at her own and it was starless. Just then she waked, and said, "thank God, I yet can place stars in my crown." Many of you, if called to-day, would wear starless crowns. He then related with wonderful pathos and power the story of a drunken brickmason converted at one of his meetings. Six months after the meet ing he went to see the dying wife of the changed man and she told him how he had turned one earthly hell into a heaven and helped one woman to die easy. Oh, he said I'd rather be an humble Methodist preacher than to be President! Angels envy men this work. God will give us victory if we work. He then asked all who would say "I will try to win some soul to Christ", to rise, and hundreds responded, last night's sermon. The usual song service preceded the delivery of one of the most affecting and impressive- sermons that theHev. Mr. Jones has delivered in this city. The immense audience of over six thousand people evinced the most intense inter est. The many friends of the Rev. D. H. Tuttle were gladdened by his presence on the platform. Prof. Excell sang by special request, the solo with chorus entitled "The Chris tian and the Song." i - Star. Before the announcement of his text, Rev. Mr. Tones said that he desired to compliment his audience on their order and quietness. He was accustomed to and demanded both everywhere he vis ited, but he had seldom seen those good qualities emplified better than here. I thank God, he said, that I came to Wil mington. The result of these meetings can but be a blessing that shall last for ever. I know that there are people op posed to this movement, but I feel kind ly towards them and my heart is free from any ill-will. There is such a thing as personal love and official condemna tion. I denounce sin to make it disgust ing to endeavor to save you from 'the consequence of indulgence. I have no personal ill-feeling towards you in so doing. I wish to make heaven attrac tive, because I want to see you all go there, and I desire your co-operation in the attainment of that end. The text was the 24th and 26th verses of the 1st chapter of Proverbs. "Be cause I have called and you have refused I stretched out my hand and no one regarded I will laugh "at Jyour calamity and mock at your fear." In these words God calls to his children to for sake the paths of unrighteousness and to him who heeds not he announces the awful penalty incurred by disobe dience. The golden sun climbs the steps of heaven until she touches the meridian. Have you reached your meridian? Will you descend the path way oi lite and sink into your grave crowned with the honors and glories of a life nobly spent, as the sun is cradled to his rest in the horizon, or will you, as he sometimes sinks in the bosom of the storm, go to your last home wrap ped in infamy and dishonor? Will you be like the silly moth, dazzled by the sins of earth, and fly and fly towards the flame, heeding not the voice that warns, regardless of the hand that would in terpose between you and destruction; God calls to you not only through na ture but through every avocation. Ev ery pursuit of life furnishes analoges to the action of God. Like the farmer he sows the seed of life in your heart; like the blacksmith sending sparks from the anvil, he knocks with thundering force at the door of your heart, and so on through all the pursuits of life. God sows the seed of his truth in your hearts, and when the grain ripens, the fields gladden with the nodding stalks. God will put the sickle of death in, and in the threshing of the judgment garner his aithful people into his bosom. Every thing in nature teaches the great truths of eternity. When you see those spread ing trees that adorn your streets, does it not awaken the thought of 'Resting un der the shade of the trees'? When you see the river rolling by you, do you not recall the crystal stream that flows from the throne of God'? When you see the magnificent residences of the city, do you not think of the 'Mansions prepared for me'? Oh! friends, in God's name see that your.title to those heavenly man sions is secure. God calls to us through every object, but he comes closer, and and calls through the Blessed Spirit. I thank God for the dispensation of the Holy Ghost. The dim picture of dark ened Calvary, seen but faintly in its broken outlines, like the mountain whose point outlines on the shadowy canvas ot the dars are wavering ana indistinct, has always been a puzzle to the Jews. So it was to Jesus' followers even until on Pentecost the Holy Spirit lodged in tlfeir breasts, mak ing all clear. I thank God for the Exponent ot Truth, revealing to my soul my Redeemer. The Comfort er is present here and he will win men to a better life. If he comes to your heart and in accents soft and sweet seeks to enter, admit him In God s name admit him and yield. But God comes closer yet. He comes and calls through His blessed word. Thank God for its multiplied calls. If that bundle of paper be the Word of God it outweighs the stars. In its sweet words of encouragement and love there is surcease from every sorrow. My mother died with her head on that book and as happily as ever school-boy eft his books. He calls us by a living ministry. I love a minister, for they have rescued many a one dear to me. You cannot estimate them high enough. They are ministers of mercy and grace. God can not honor a man more than in calling him to preach His word. It is easy to criticise a minister, but I tell you tnat tne woric or an evangelist would be mere foolishness were it not for the sowing of these consecrated men; I am heart and hand with them. Though they sow in tears yet shall tthey reap in joy. I would like to put my arms about every preacher and show them how loy al my heart is to every true pastor. I have done more preaching in ten years than the ; majority of pastors have in their lives. Not in quality, but in Quan tity. When I was called to preach I realized that I must be a great thinker or aj great worker. Conscious that I was hot capable of being a great thinker I said, I jill be a worker. I have tried to seVve my Master faithfully and to the best of my ability. And I intend to work. If I had a thousand lives I would give them up in the service of such a Savior. Dr. Culpepper, a dear friend BATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square One Day , t 1 00 " " TwoDaVs...... ............ ... . 1 75 " " ThreeDay. SeO " " Four Days 3 00 " " Five Days 8 60 " " One Week 4 00 " " Two Weeks 6 60 " " Three Wseks 8 60 " " One Month 10 00 " " Two Months 18 00 " " Three Months 24 00 " " Six Months 40 00 " " One Year 60 00 Contract Advertisements taken at proportion ately low rates. Ten lines solid Nonpareil type make one square. of mine, once said, 'If when on the judgment morn the only result of my labor is a crippled, blind Indian, I in tend to shoulder him and marching up to the throne offer him as my apology for being there. Yoo. can place the preachers of this country in a line with--in calling distance of each other and they will engirdle the earth. In all your distress-from the cradle to the grave they are first at hand to offer the consolation needed by the heart. But God gets closer yet. He calls you by the- manifestation of His provi dence. How near He gets to us. You may go far in sin. You may reach the point on that down grade of destruction when God's calls through nature, through the Gospel, through his minis ters, reach you not. But you scarce can go so tar but that God through the manifestation of His providence can reach you. God will call to you in the death of some loved one, and the mourn ing clothes can become a perpetual re minder of the power of the Tudge of Heaven. God threw my dying father across my path in my headlong course of sin. It was a hard way to remind me of my soul, but I had gone too far to heed other calls and this was the only one that could stop me. Since then I have tried to be good and to do right. God comes close to us. He tries to wins us by the tones of his gentle voice and his gracious promises. If heedless of these we rush madly on, He will not eave a stone unturned, or a power un tried to win us to a better life. He wants us all up yonder on the other shore. God grant that we may lead a better life, so when we lay us down to sleep the last time to journey through the mystic borderland between earth and heaven we may awake on a shore of matchless beauty in a land where God the Father reigns. You owe your wife and children the debt of setting them a good example. I have not a child but what I would willingly burn in hell in the place of were it lost through my reck lessness. God may take yours from you to save it from following your ex ample and to teach you the necessity of a good and true life, Every touch of God's providence is a call to a better life. If you heed it it will be well with you here and hereafter. You have heard the call and understood its nature and purport. If you disregard it, 'I will laugh at your calamity and mock at your fear.' My God, what fearful doom do these words portend? There is one passage that throws light on the sub ject. It is, 'What measure ye meet shall be measured unto you.' When God calls to you to-night and you scoff at his offer of mercy. God will surely meas ure the same to you when you stand at the judgment. God help you to say 'Good Jesus, evermore will I obey your call.' There is a line beyond which if man ever goes God swears that he shall be lost. God forbid that any shall have " crossed that line where mercy's face grows livid with hate and the Eternal has sworn there is no redemption. After the sermon it was announced that the 0.30 a. m. services would on ac count of the dampness of the Taberna cle, be held in Grace M. E. Church. The other services will be held at the usual hoursin the Tabernacle. On Saturday at three o'clock in the afternoon there will be special services at the Taberna cle for the colored people. They to have the choice of seats on that occa sion. Rev. Mr. Jones requested the busines men to attend the day services for the next four days. "Where God has given you the many thousand days of your life you ought to be willing and glad to give him four." OCTOBER WEATHER. Prognosticaations of the Signal Service Bureau. . The weather conditions for October, computed from eighteen years observa tion, from the records of the United States Signal office at this place show that we usually have warm changes be tween the 2nd and 5th, 10th and 11th and 27th and 29th, Cool changes between the 6th and 9th; colder between the 15th and 18th and 23rd and26th and cold on last two days of themonth. The highest tem perature here during October wasj 92 in 1884, the lowest 35 in 1887. Cloudless days will occur one in four. It will rain about one day in four, ave raging 13-100thsof an. inch daily rainfall. The greatest daily rainfall during Octo ber was 4.51 inches, on the 1st in 1885. The wind will blow at the average rate of five miles an hour, and northeast will be the prevailing direction. The highest wind during any October was 47 miles per hour, from the west, on the 6th, in 1873' THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Rumor that J. H. Young, of Kaleigh, Has Been Appointed Collector. It was reported on pretty good authority on the streets last night, that J. H. Young, a colored politician of Raleigh, has been appointed Collec tor of Customs at this port, to succeed the late E. J. Pennypacker. Young is about 28 years of age, and is said to be "a smart darkey." It is rumored, also, that all the present employes in the Custom House will resign. 1 - were last year. i next week.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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