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Ttra fubscriptioi price of tho Weekly Star fa as .Mlorw: . ;. 1 - I I i Singh Copy 1 year, postage paid $1 00 9 6 months " " 1 .....l.,.., 60 " " 8 months " 30 THE BLtQHT 0 MISEXTLE. t ' : ! . ixjfnc time ago 1we- puDiisned a statement snowing that in .the great agricultural State of Ohio, acpording to a decennial census then just com pleted by the State authorities, that there had been a decline of values of ; and in nearly- all rthe-agricultural counties of that State," and that jland Was worth less now than it was tn X88Q. The only exception was coun ties containing large cities or coun ties where natural gas had teen r dis covered which gave the lands In the vicinity of the discoveries specula tive and extraordinary value In many counties the average deprecia tion was seven dollars an acre or more. J; - -' ; Some time later we published an other statement, showing that in the great, rich manufacturing State of Pennsylvania, in one census district; which the Philadelphia limes) con sidered a fair: sampl of all J out of " some eighteen or twenty counties in .lUe'taest agricultural section ot the I State, but a few showed as I large - a ipopulatipn jas they aaro, others showed had ten (.years an actual de- trease, the only ones showing a.n in crease Deing those ir w-hichj mining or manufacturing towhs.were located and then the increase was f ound in i : , . i the 'towns pnly. This was in the great, pctvprotectea State of Penn Isylvania, which believes so firmly in 'protection, and for which, according ! to the high tariffites J protection has j tkne so much. We know also, that in New Harap- .sliire and . Vermont there arehun- dreds of deserted farms in w,hich people .prosperous j and Contented! ,rnce lived, abandoned because their owners could . not live and - meet the obligations devolving upon them i from the products oti their farms, and ' could not find purchasers for them at any price. . l . - The Des Mo'inesi, Iowa, Leader, gives a list of twenty-one counties in the first census district, ajhriculcul tural counties, all of them. Four- I I - r teen of thes e counties show an abso lute loss cf population si ice 1880, .while eighj of them show a slight gain, punching the twenty-one they show a total gain )of 1887 in ten years in a population of 499,502j the total populatiori of these M counties in 1880, an increase of about ninety to the county In, ten yeafs, or atjthe rate of nine a year, m counties the least populous of which had 13,000 m the year '1880. Could some good,, honest, frathftH, boomer of protection as ,n ffitnA tX :the farmer ari and tell Os whf this state of facts Jn jome Df; the best aricnltural coun ties of one Pf the best agricultural States between the two poles and the two oceans? Of course in counties where the population is at a stand- still if not in an absolute decline, the . price of land ' has fallen below the figures of ten years ago. 'Iowa is pne of the best farming States in the whole Great West, the rtand being pch, and the railroads nu merous enough to transport the pro ducts of the farms to the best of our 'borne markets. As a State she was intensely Republican, the only break ieota the g. o. p. iq thirty-five years - being a year ago, when a democratic Governor was elected. Her farmers, tbq, Were humbugged into thbelief that Republican rule, with its high farm aod other monstrosities, was a good thing for them, and jthey went to the polls year after year and voted the Republican ticket with ama2ing regularity jand unanimity' the Re publican majority banging) from '30,- UUU 111 IdtC years tq 75,000 during and fo some time subsequent to the wa They know better, now.' tt tny agricultural State should b;e prosperous Iowa - should be, for itke product of her soil is immense. If she is pot tt is because of the wretcRed policy which has impover- Ii. m ' s r-t-i anea otnef agncuiiurai. piaics as well, which discriminated; against the tillers of the I soil and robbed IJbem ot their earnings to kill further enrkft the jfavored few who had been ftiade rich py an odious "and plunder- Mff svsteni of tribute lavinar leertsla ton celled a protective tariff in their special, interest aod to the detri ment of the toilers in the fields and JJ towers in the shopa. Vf would like to hear djr's pninion of the test Mr. Kenne- bf the Reed i . 7 r 'f - H H WW .V 'AH' VOL. XXI. THE TABERNACLE. - FIRST MEETING OF THE SERIES TO BE HELD IN WILMINGTON. ;- A. Good Attendance DesrrRe- the Bahv- Sev. Mr. Jones Hoi Present-Sermon Ty Bev. Sr. 8te-wrt, ; '!, Despite the rain which fell; to torrents during the afternoon and, early morn ing, between five and six hundred peo ple gathered in the Tabernacle last night to inaugurate the series of ; meetings to be held by Rev. Sam. P. Tones. ; As the rain ceased falling about eight o'clock, the crowd was augmented by some two hundred during the services. The choir was well represented, and to the accompaniment of two organs and two cornets, rendered ini most excel lent style several hymns. Mr. Jone9, who was ' expected , to be present, was unavoidably! detained, but he was well represented by his able as sistant, Rev. George Ijfc. Stewart. Refer ence ws made by Mr, Stewart to the expenses Incurred in erecting the Taber nacle. He said that fyr the purpose of reimbursing those whe had so generous ly and freely given to lid in the building. a collection would bd taken up at each service. It was everyone's duty attend ing these meetings to contribute accord ing to his or heij means! If he or she had nothing nothitfg was expected, and they were none the les s Welcome because of their inability to contribute. "But if ypu have oi this wona s 4 goods you should pay for the privilege of attending the meeting. . Honesc men would do so. If you have means arid do not help on this work you are a rascal, and your presence Is not desirable nor are you welcome. The brother in passing the hat, will see that each! one gets his hand in it. It will do his conscience good." Prof. E. O. Excell sang in his inimita ble manner the " solo, ''There's a Great Day Coming," the full choir joining in the chorus. V ' :- ' i ill- ' Rev. Mr. Stewart spoke for an hour from the text: "Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified." This was made the basis of an exposition of the methods by which meetings are made, in their results to redound to the advantage of God in the saving of souls. There must be harmony between pulpit and pew; the united prayers of both will accomplish everything; but where there are conflicting opinions as to the advis ability of methods, no good results : can follow for a house divided against it self must fall. "We desire no one to attend these meetisgs for the purpose solely of passing judgment upon the preacher, or for criticising or advising us as to the best method S of obtaining the desired results. Come with prayer ful hearts; pray for u:, and .leave to God the rest. 1 : 1 I. 'There ! may be something said in these meetings that you dp not like; re member hat those portions are intended for others lower, or higher, maybe, than you. Apply to yourself that which is applicable to you and leave the rest. 'No preacher can suit every one. jYou should condemn no man because he fails to comply with your standard. Measure him by the only true standard what, he accomplishes. Pray for him, Aid him all you can, and if he saves sinners leave his methods alone; for God has set the seal of his approval on his acts. 'Oratory ' does not accomplish what true fervency does. I was in a church once a very fashionable church, where; a quartette was singing a fcrooked song that no brother here present could get. in a mile of and yet there had been noi conversion m that cnurctt m a year; while in a small mission station that I visited the night before God had abun dantly blessed the labors of the pastor, because the congregation and the preacher were at unity. f ; - At the conclusion of the sermon a large number shook the Rev. MrJ Stewart's hand, and promised to pray for the success of the meeting. I There were seven professions of religion, ' ' The morning broke with threatening clouds, but ever and anon the sun would peep through, giving jhope of good. Weather for the first mornitag service at the Tabernacle. A congregation num-l bering about twelve hundred assembled; and just as Rey Mr. Stewart ascended the platform promptly at 10:30 the King of Day burst forth in splendor, as if giv ing his brightest work. approval fc the Prof. Excell becan hm sMTioe with thet hvmn "Triumbhant Soncs, and - ' i continued the eong service about a half hour, with choice selections, Mr. Stewart made a few runrg re marks about the impossibility of good congregational singing; without books, and stated that aiy one1 purchasing & book could use ft daring the meeting and then, should tney so deshe, could would be re- -return it and the money funded. i After a fervent prayer j oy Ke, nr. Swindell the usual collection was taken up. .Prof, fcxcell then sang, witk much effect a solo, "Meet Me There," which brought tears to the eyes of some who have loved one on the "Happy Golden Shore." Mr. Stewart said he often tkought, when he heard Mr. Excell sine that piece, of those vrho had no hope of meeting loved ones gone before. He then announced as his text, "Awake, awake; pot on. thy strength. O. Zion- put on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jern salenx. Isa8d: 1. I f 1 Mount Zion. h ,aid, waa the highest mountain near Jerusalem, and wa the type of God'a people, of tho old dispeo sation. and still kands as the typ ot the Christian Church, X don't kaqw. he valdf what is the reason ncwatains figure 90 prominentlT In out rellgoo. unless H la that the Christian Church to to stand prominent, massive, command' ing the admlrattbn oi the world, . Jrtn law was given on a mount; the Temple was built on a mount;! Elijah prayed pn i - .. . . I ' ' 1 . - , - - I nunarea. ; -..-j . ; V J A sermon on a mount,! and was transfig "ured on a mount. J; ;- H Just here the Speaker was Interrupted by inattention, and . said, "Look at me if you look . at the street-car going by youll make the man next -you think you. ain't been about much and ain't used to the street-cars." ; ' ; I f O j. -He then continued! "When I look at Wilmington and ' see about ninety saloons and twenty-five churches and when I figure on your dance halls and all kinds of worldliness, I say what can one man do? Then I say, by . God's help one man can chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight. The churches are asleep. ; j " i . "I ask the Y. Mi C A.; about the young men, and am told seventy-five per ( cent, of theni never go to church, and only about fifteen per cent, of them are church members. ."i Task the Y. P. S. C. E. about the you ng women, and learH that Sixty per cent, of them are in the ball room, and in the whirlpool of fashion, while only forty per cent, attend church and twenty per cent, are active Christians. j I ,. "I ask parents, professing Christians, are your children converted? And am told, no. Is it because the Gospel has not the same saving power? No ; God is the same, but we are asleep: Burglars have a new trick one the Devil lias long used. They chloroform the in mates of a house and while they sleep carry off all they want ' and the family awake to find their treasures goneJ The Devil puts mother and father to sleep to fhe dangers of worldliness, and then stupefies the children, and the parents awake to find the souls of their children lost, and cry in their grief pray for us t "Charles Duran. the great traveller and explorer, carried with him a parrot. One day he lay down in a hammock to take a nap. and placed the bird at his head. He was suddenly awakened by the bird crying, 'Time to get up; time to get up!' Inj a rage, his master j reproved him, when he saw a great snake coiling j to spring at him. He at once said, 'dear bird, I love you more than ever, for you have saved my life.' The saloon keeper is coiling, ready to strike your child: j It is time to wake up. J j "There may be a woman in this house who has her opinion about wine at home and she will get mad when I attack it, but when she is waked up she will say. Thank God for waking me, A woman in a Georgia town j who kept boarders discovered the house was on fire, In her zeal for the life jpf her boarders she caught up a pitcher of ice water and went from room tof room dashing it in every face, crying, 'the house is on fire V They came out cussin' and rann', but when they realized her object they all thanked her." : He then gave an I instance of how he chloroformed a rattlesnake and put him in alcohol and he never waked. "Many ' ... . -.a 1 - t 1 1 man, he said, "had gone to neu asiecp. When you see a man going to balls. card oarties. etc.. out it down that man is asleep." There is a great difference between being awake, and j awake , to a thing; awake to get away from and rid of it. You say the saloon is wrong, but you make no effort to get rid of it. Put on your strength. The first element of strength is organization. We want to organize our forces. Gideon's men thought him a fool when he crave them their weapons oi war, they admired! his zeal but had a contempt for his! judgment. Don't despise the judgment of God's servant; if he is called of God the Holy Spirit is his guide and his methods are ap proved by Divine sanction. If we could command all the forces hi this town we could! do grand work; but we can't. We can't command all the preachers even. Some of them criticise and 6ay you cant do anything that way. If God says use a ram's horn. use it. j - . In Jacksosu Missi, all but lhe Episco pal preacher united In the meeting. He finally shooed m. hear the door, to see the circus. He saw the power of the Holy Ghost on the people, and from that night he was in hearty accord and stated publicly that when he saw that God was in the nieeting he could not combat God's work. We want Individual effort In as or ganized way. He here-illustrated by the- old fable of Esop which, demon strated so clearly the fact that In unity there is rength.J . ; We wawe unity in the Christian churches. When a man is drowning is no timeto discuss what vessel's crew you belong to, but xtvo tha man. . At a Sueday School plcnio oncey they had a game called "pulling rope. A line wa draw on the ground aftd six' person) eeized each end of a rope The cotftest was to- see which end would be pulled over the line Nothiss was accomplishecVand the re sult was ; tired lot of people, Just so some Okftstfaae do at the beginning of a meeting; tkey call themselves Greeks and start the tug of war. Nothing Is ac complished by the meeting, and the re sult is a lot of tired peoplp. . j ; A farmer wanted to pull dowm a Tree, He fixed a rope t6 the top and ! with all hands pulling together It was eoon up rooted,; The icxree of the Devil Is over shadowfaig your city.. We put the Gos pel rope to the top, and If all Christians will get on the eame side the God side t-the bid tree wuTsoon be uprooted.' Unity of action is our strength, j Put onybur, grrvtk Don't always be "babes desiring the. sincere milk of the wordT ; J know a man who has been a church member forty years, and never. had family prayer ot converted a 6oul. . ' -1 a f t 1 Ji when as tea as ut w tpintea. wnui lion, he said, "WalU I" still holding my ownT i- Na wonder when he had so Jit- tie to hold to j r ; Some pay, Ufa c my jUsture to pray in public, talk to sinners', etc. love a man who. says. 'Jt's my nature to do anything forGod,' , Try to do your dmy. Jt is astonishing what you could do. if yomrould Jet Cod guide yph,. j 4 is&Wk t& iUtfW&& WIE .MINOTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1890. those w.P would ; try to awake and put on 'their strength and assist in the meet- ngs to arise , to 1 which a large number responded. V T f A second invitation was given any unconverted in tfte audience who wanted: to put on the Beautiful Garments' of Christ to give him t"beir hand, which a number did, ' I '. .. THE SERMON LAST NlGHTv- j . At the hour,' appointed for the open ing of services? at the Tabernacle last night, somo 4,000 persons had gathered in the building nearly filling it. ' JBelore Kev. Mr. btewart began his sermon tae attendance was increased to the. extent of about COO. I T : i " 'I . After several hymns had been sung by the choir. Evangelist Fife led in prayer, and then Profi Excell rendered in a most impressive manner the solo entitled, "I was once far from my Saviour." ; From the text Psalms, Chap. 91: 3 Surely He shall" deliver thee from the snare oi tne towier ttev.. ueo r.. Stewart, delivered a most impressive; discourse; exposing the many decoys, and traps set by the Devil for-the an-' First, as ro decoys: The Devil's most dangerous decoy is the nominal Chris tian the roan, the woman who keep their names onjthe church books, arid act! as the Devil's agent in decoying young people, into the sin of dancing, drinking and the like These decoys are harder to fight than any You have scores of them j in this town. You can find their names on the church books, but their persons-, where the devil has stationed themi 1 And the young man that will take a pure, virtuous girl to a J , S - 1 li 11 T a. , - t t ? 1 aance ana ieaa ner lortii to ciasp ner in his arms, will take her anywhere if be gets the opportunity. Second. Gulling :. A Very good de finition is, "When you think you are go ing to get something and get nothing." It does not pay to work for the Devil, as hejwas never known to give a real, last ing pleasure toj any of his devotees. ! Sin does not pay. The Devil says "Fall down and worship me and J will give you all," when the truth is that he is a bankrupts j . i ; Third. Traps: No bird will ever be caught by an if hoovered trap. A clear comprehension of the consequences bf sin would deter! any one from commis sion, but the emissaries of hell see to it, that all is covered with gilt, obscuring the moral filth. The ball-room is bright and beautiful,) j Flowers, music, and all , the accessory decorations are but covers; to hide the consequences of indulgence in this lascivious amusement, . If I could unmask the hearts of those engaged in the jgiddy revels, as most of the women's bbdies are, and show you the vile, filthy: passion raging there, you would go from ! thence to your home, where you would find ; the purity (of thought so essential to the true man. i Fourth. Netting; The road to sin j Is broad. You have an -idea that because you see the skyi you can flyT because the ground is beneath you, you can run. But the net gets smaller as you go on, until too Jate. Wrapped in the coils, there is no escape through human agency. When the j storm-clouds of sin and despair lower on your horizon, the forked light ning playing ori their, dark bosom, look to Christ; spread your wings like the eagle, and bursting the fetters of sin, fly to your mountain to the refuge of the Cross. Dark though the night may be,S faith will illumine it. Ingersoll, stand-1 ing by the grave of his brother, Baid. The one who now lies before you, mis taking the approach of death for return ing j strength, said, I am better oow." Let us hopej in spite of creeds, dogmas, doubts and fears that these dear words are true of all the countless dead. Life is a narrow vale between ttie cold and narrow peaks of two eterni ties. We strive in vain t6 look beyond the heights. Wecry aloud, but the only answer is the echo of our waiting cry. Yet in he night of death Hope sees a star and listening Love can hear the rustle of a wing. In the consolation! of our religion wo eeo not a star, but the glorious Sun o Righteousness Illumin ing the dark eventide of life as we pass through thej fading shadow into the golden dawning of ah eternal morning tilde. Listening Love hears not the rustle of one wing, ! but of whole troops ; of heaven's messenger, and they bear the spirits of the redeemed from earth to heaven." j j j.At the. conclusion of the wsrviosa ntse persons professed religion, . j About two thousand people assem bled at the Tabernacle yesterday morn ing, expecting to hear the first sermon of Rev. SamJ Jones, but they were des tined to bo (disappointed. The bid adaeev "Man ! proposes, but God dis poses and the oft-quoted couplet oi Burns, fThe best laid plans of mice and men,' &a were exemplified by atele gram from Mr. Jones, saying he was de- tamed Dy an; accident on tne rauroaa aWdcould not be here before 6.80 in the afternoon I ., : I. - I The audience suffered nothing, howw ever, by this! for ReW Mr. Stewart preached a most powerful sermon, to which rapt attention was given., ' ! , j The song service waa conducted by Prof. Excell, after which Rev. Dr. Prim-; rose of the: (Second) Presbyterian Church, led in prayer. The collection was taken, nnd Mr. Excell sang, very tpuchingly.a solo. What 6hall it profit thee, brotherr' ' .d v'.b': Mr, Stewart anaounoed as his. text a clans of the jl4th vewe of the 5th chap ter of Matthew Love your enemies,"' He paid eome might not think this ; text appropriate to the hour but before ha finished they would agree with him that It was especially fitting. . ( It k utterly impossible 1o have a great meeting without love and unan imity, In a orgia town a pastor said he hadn't had a good meeting Jn eeveu year A brother minister told him either theref waa - not love among the. churches orjthere was a feud In his own ITbe pastof told him the latter was cor- dog.- One member loved dogs, and would bring his to : church. Another hated "dogs and with his Jstick struck and drove ont the dog brought by his brother ; member. A quarrel ensued which stopped the progress ; of God's Church ; seven years. A meeting in a church in Chattanooga was well attertd ed; an awe was. upon the people, but the meeting did not move on. One brother saw that something was wrong and prayed fervently that God would remove the obstacle. At the close of the prayer two physicians of the city 'r arose, met at the church rail aud shook, hands, oblit erating a feud of long standing, and from that time the meeting was Pente costal. God never goes where love is not. . .'. . .;;?' A great man asked for the three great cardinal principal points of religion, i nd was told love, love, love! Love sent Jesus into this world to save us, and love nailed him to the cross. Our Re ligion is love in its origin, love ini its consummation,and love Is the occupation of heaven. Love is the essence and practice of our religion. The essence is to love our neighbor as ourself, and the practice to "visit the fatherless in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspot ted from the world." - Love is not only the essence, and practice, but the mandate of our religion. God says leave thy sacrifice at the altar and first be reconciled to thy brother, s nd then offer thy gifts. Worship without love is mocking. The Lord put a dead fall in that most beautiful of prayers, "the Lord's Prayer" when he taught us to pray "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us." Every time you pray with ill vlill, malice, andenvy toward others in your heart, you bring the same measure of God's ill will on your head. Sometimes there is petty jealousy among ministers, Let us not preach the doctrine of love with ill will in our hearts. Love is the uniting element; sin the disintegrating element. Love binds us to God; sin separates man from brother from brother, earth heaven, I ' ' Gbd, from If I was as great an infidel as Inger soll, and believed the Bible to be hu man, I would take the system of the Christian' religion and practice it, lor there is no system as beautiful. ; I sat in a parlor pne evening, listen ing to sweet music from stringed instru ments. We were invited to supper, and while there the children untuned the instruments, and when the DerforrAers tried to play again all was discord, jrhe first violinist said to the pianist, "Touch the chord A." The strings were soon tuned and the melody was as sweet as ever. I said, how like our Christian religion! There was a time when there was no discord in human life. One sad day the strings were untuned in Eden, and there was no harmony until Jesus struck the key-note. "As I have loved you so ought ye to love one another,"' He said, and so we may bring our hearts in harmony with the key-note; in Har mony with man, heaven, arid God, and realize the beauty of the Christian religion.-; I "Love is often mentioned in the Bible, but the text is the most difficult state ment. Who is my enemy? The incen diary, the murderer, the thief, the de- famer? Yes Does my religion require me to love such characters like I do my wife, mother' and child? No. God does not require impossibilities. God fitted religion to the human heart. I see the beauty of a j landscape, and viewing a bed of flowers, I say, "I love flowers." That is a complacent love determined by the beauty of the object. I meet a man whom do not like at first. Good qualities beam out as I grow more! ac quainted with him and I 6ay. "I love that man," jThat is the love of esteem. At a window pf a burning building a child is seen. Brave firemen stand back. but a little sailor mounts the ladder and makes a noble rescue. The parents- of the child adopt the sailor and treat him as their own. That Is the love of grati tude. But you say I, have ruined jloye by taking out these elements. No the brightest element is the love that ?aye Jesus to die for us, the great benevolent love that goes forth like the light from the sun because it is a luminous body. All other loves are brought forth br ex ternalities. I love everybody because God planted In my heart the love jthat is born In a heart where it is regenerated by a divine operation. "We knowjthat we have passed from death unto life be cause we love the brethren." Thank God for this distinctive consciousness. ; Love your neighbor as yourself. No body but God could have indited jthat. How do ;I love myself ? By . having proper respect for my person; property and reputation. That Is all that God requires of you toward your neighbor. A missionary told of Ja Chinaman who rose from his knees saying,' "me love you; me love everybody; yes, even those who don't love me." When a heart is touched by the hand of God the .same keynote rings out the world j over, the note of redeeming love wast struck on the rucced brow of Calvary. You ask when I am reviled and do good therefor where shall I seek redress? God does not call on us ' to go through life cringing cowards, ljuit there are different kinds pf bravery. Southern society is all wrong ofi this point. Have the courage, the manhood,' to say, as I heard a college student say when called a liar by a fellow strident: "If you had been a gentleman you would not have insulted me: I will' not be in sulted by anything less than a gentle man. If God can forgive your low breeding I surely can." When ja low fellow stands before such manhood ha will wince and cower. The Book i3 right, if we will practice it well conquer the world. Where shall I seek retaliation? That word is not in the Christian vocabulary, God who made our religion made the human heart, and expects it to waixon a high plane. . It " is sometimes harder td suffer than to fight,: When j I jread of the tortures of the martyrs, I say I'm glad I did not have to suffer with them, but when I think of their crowns and harps in the 'New Jerusalem, I say I'd die for ; a . thing like that. .- Christ, the grandest; example of- our religion when he was reviled, reviled not again, is the servant greater.: than . his' Lord? Start the tide of . God's love flowing through your : hearts arid send out the drift wood of malice and ill will.,: See a lion meet in the way a chili and a lamb, and tear them limb from limb. .. That is human nature. Seethe same lion ;with the fingers of a child in his mane and a lamb walking by his side, and they lie down together. That is human nature redeemed by the grace of God.1 . Un converted man don't you want this kind of religion? . ; i; ; i Then followed an appeal to those who would accept the love of God to giye him their hand, to which a number res ponded, ; REV. SAM P. JONES SERMON. Song services began at 7:30 last night. Hymn No. 64, "There is a fountain,-" No. 78, "Able tp deliver thee,", and No, 8, "Bringing them in,' were surie. ; I f After prayer by the Rev; Dr. Abema- thy, Rev. Sam P. Jones entered the Tabernacle and took a seat on the ros trum. From the, 7th and 8th chapters of Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy ''I have fought the good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith," the Rev. Mr. Jones delivered his sermon: ; j j. "These are almost the last words of Saul of Tarsus," he said "He possessed a great heart and a great head two es sential elements of a great-man. ; His brain was clear and strong with a clear comprehension of truth. Looking at Paul's head, I wonder, looking at his heart, I wonder, which :. was the larger. Perfectly rounded ! in character, a . necessary corrallary because he built upon honesty. Some one has said: 'An honest man is the noblest work of God.' God cannot do much for a man Who is not honest.' aying your debts is the lowest form of honesty. Paul was honest in that his convictions were strong and he lived up to them and died by them. All men have opinions; : feel convictions. j A preacher who has only opinions, is a good sort of a fellow in a general way, but will never accomplish anything. I de sire to listen to men who do something; it's chunking away time listening to a man who does nothing. St. Paul knew how to be a Christian and was onei j . "In the saying, 'I've fought the good fight'. Is implied, first, that a choice Qf sides was made; second, and then the energies applied to the maintenance of the principles so. chosen. The trouble in this town lis thatjthere has been no is sue drawn between the church and the devil's emissaries. Before we can fight we must understand what we are fight ing about, j There can be no victory without fighting, and no crown without your duty done. There's no issue between the church and the world in Wilmington The church goes to theatre, balls, etc.. and the world goes; to church.' A free and easy friendship Why has not the issue been drawn? j ft will not do to say that it is because all are on the i right side when there are ten thousand drinking men in this city. You say if you draw the line you wl split the city i into factions. That is just what I pro pose to do. If I do not all will go to i hell. . I wish to split off as much as I can. What is desired in Wilmington is j for all on God's side to come oveij "the line, and all on the Devil's side to! stay ' on the other; then weapons drawn: and j fight until victory or death! I "I shall advocate nothing but what is right and in accordance with the teach- 1 ing of-Scripture. If I do that the' only question for you to consider is the puri ty of my character.' If any man dis pute? the integrity of that, I will pay his expenses to Cartersville, and if he finds anything against me, I will accord; him the privilege of this platform to de nounce me. i If he does not, I wish him to keep bis mouth shut. , ;. ., t. v "Many of you who have at some time of your life beeh on God's side can't tell where you are now. When a Methodist falls from grace, it is said by adherents of that faith that he has lost his religion; but when a, Presbyterian forsakes .the paths of righteouness, the adherents of that system say that he never had any religion. It is the same result, called by different names. Not one hundred in this audience when converted, took a firm 6tand for the right; you kept rim ing back and forth' and had you died before this, you would likely have; been on the Devil's territory at the time. I believe in the final perseverance of j the saints. I have persevered for eighteen, years and will, with God's help continue to do so, until Heaven receives me. f V 'Many of the preachersare bnthe'right side, but they do not fight. They preach on infant baptism.mistaking perspiration for inspiration, while .the babies sleep and the grown folks are going to hell, j "A little Presbyterian minister will get up and discourse learnedly upon the subject of the final perseverance bf the saints, when they have nothing tb per severe pn.. The Episcopalian will set forth the tenet of apostolic successions- telling - his congregation where j they came from when his time could be more profitably " employed in telling them where they are going to; and the Baptist minister yells, in stentorian tones, 'water!', when half of Jhis congre gation are going to a place where; they can't get any. 'vt, '! "Some people go to church and sing, 'The captain can depend on me.. For' what? To cut and shoot? Cut! home, and shoot under the bed. "I desire every one attending these meetings tclaugh whenever they choose. I don't believe in solemn preaching.: If solemn preaching could save the city of Wilmington she would have had ; wings long ago. If I don't do more with - un solemn preaching in this town than th preaehers here have done with solemn, I shall leave In a few days. A good laugh will help loosen your hide. "The manner in which the preachers NO. 46 have run the devil, out of this jtown re minds me of the way in which a dog ran a hog out of the pen; an occurrence witnessed by myself; but the dbg was in front of the hog. . "Take a j firm stand. Give me one hundred brave Christians and I'll show you a victory that will open your eyes. Stonewall Jackson's memory is immor tal, but think you, that we should have ever heard oi him had not the -bravery of his troops rendered possible his con ceptions. , I-..v-. , j "I do not ask any one to endorse me, and were I asked to endorse the Wil mington preachers I would not do it. "Take sides, is the point. Be with us or against us. j 1 4 . "The man that runs up against me in this meeting will be like the dpg that endeavored to bite the locomotive and for his pains lost a portion of his tail. . "I wantj to see a fight in this town, and I intend to have pne as soon as I can get you on God's side. We will not have any .stagnation J m this meeting. Stagnation; is the next station tb Dam nation, and the fello w that gets that far t"Tenerally has his baggage checked 'through. 'V : j ' 'I understand that some have object ed ,to expressions of Brother Stewart. You should wait until your Uncle! Jones begins Brother Stewart is nowhere. "I believe in hewing to the line, I would- rather be a dead lion than a liv ing dog, Dogs are plentiful, but lions' even dead .ones, are scarce. "There is the little skeptic, who has found out that there is no God, when he was never a hundred miles from home. Paying his dollar to hear Ingersojll lec ture on the 'Mistakes of Moses.' I would give one hundred, dollars ti hear Moses lecture on the mistakes of Inger soll. ' j j , "How many ' men can say that they have kept the faith: I bad rather be able to say that in my last moments than be King of the Universe. Let u s all go back to Christ to-night and keep the faith. (j ' j ! ; "Some people imagine that I am go ing to hurt Wilmington. I can't.! It is too low. . If the Devil and Christ were ' running for Mayor of this city the; Devil would get. two votes to Christ's one. V "We need a yisitation of God io the churches of Wilmington. Like Samson when his flowing locks streamed to the wind, they have been a power, but the Delilah of worldliness has shorn them of their strength. Let us pray God to come, and wrapping our arms around the pillars of darkness we will sway to its fall the temple, as Samson of old, and kill more in death than life." At the conclusion of the sermon several hymns Were sung. ; It was annouriced that services would be held at 10 a. m. and 3 p. m., and at 7.30 a special service for men. i i For tne United States Court. Ira J. Scott, of Rose Hill, Duplin county, was arrested at that place last Friday, by "Deputy Marshal Elder, charged with selling liquors without li cense to do so. J Scott accompanied the Marshal to Wilmington where he gave bond for appearance before United State Commissioner Gardner on the 30th inst. Counterfeit Two Dollar Notes. Counterfeits 'of the new two dollar silver certificates are reported to be in circulation. The counterfeit note has the name of 'W. S. Rosecrans," instead of that of C. ;N. Jordan, enclosed in the small round pink seal, as Register of the Treasury, j The paper contains no distributing fibre, nor are there any of the parallel through it. silk threads running For the State Fair. " Round trip tickets, from Wilmington to Raleigh at $3.20 (including one ad mission to the State Fair), will be on sale October 12th by the Atlantic Coast Line. Articles intended for exhibition will be transported at regular tariff rates, and if returned by the party exhibiting, (which fact should be established by cer tificate of the Secretary, and by presen tation of j the originalshipping receipt), will be billed jfree and the amount of freight paid thereon refunded by the agent at the station from which shipped, Cotton. Beceipts An Increase of Over 200 Per Cent, j ; The receipts of cotton at the port of Wilmington for the week ended yester day amount to 12,043 bales, against 5,586 bales for; corresponding week last year. Receipts from Sept. 1st to Sept. 26th are 36,479 bales, as against receipts to same date last year of 11,473 bales an increase of 25,006 bales, or over two hundred per cent. ; The stock at this port .is 11,094 bales; at same date last year it was 5,456 bales. The German barque Godeffroy, Voss, arrived; at quarantine yesterday from Santos, Brazil. " . , The British steamship Ethelbur- ga arrived here yesterday from Dema- rara, consigned to Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son. j The Norwegian barque Alfred Gibbs cleared yesterday, for London, Eng., with a cargo of 2,760 barrels of rosin and 400 casks of spirits turpentine, valued at $10,550, and shipped by Messrs, Paterson, Downing & Co. The British steamship .Camiola cleared yesterday for Bremen, Germany. with a pargc of ( 7,082 bales of cotton shipped by Messrs. Alex.: Sprunt & Son, and valued at $361,050. ' j ' . - Official announcement has been received here of the appointment of Mr. T. C, Bryan as Assistant General Freight' and Passenger Agent with office at Portsmouth, Va., and Mr. H, W. B. Glover, as Division Freight and Passenger Agent, with office at. Green wood, S, CJ for the Seaboard Air , Line. : How long have you leen reading the Weekly Star without baying for it? This- question is tended for those who have hot in- paid in advance. Franklki Press: Mr. H. H Jarrett showed us a sample of tobacco raised tour miles from Franklin that is as fine as any raised in North Carolina, and the market price of which is $60 per nunareu. Winston Daily i News reached the city to-day of thej death of Major R. ; E. Reeves, a prominent and esteemed citizen of Surry county, Which occurred at his home near Siloam on the23d in- i stant. . ' I : . V.--: New Berne Journal: Mr; E. Mi Foscue, one of the most: prominent farmers of Jones county, was taken with - congestion of the brain Monday " morning about 10 o'clock while! attend ing to some business in his cm hnnsp. and died that evening about sundown, omy eignt or nine hours alter the at tack: ( Salisbury7 Watchman. James Owen, who lived in! the county a few miles from town, was killed by the ex plosion oi a locomotive boiler gia on Monday. Owens had in-Geor- been on wiy iwau itoa man a wcc&. . . A lit- tie girl named McDaniel. hvind at Gold Hill dropped dead tfrom paralysis last Sundays She had apparently just re covered from an attack of dyptheria. ; Raleigh News and Observer ; lhe fall term of the .North Carolina Su- ' preme Court will .begin on ( Monday iicai. oeorge scunocK, colored ; is the Republican nominee for Coneress against Capt.; Grady in the Third dis- uii,l. it is rumorea, on good au- -thority, that a company will i soon be formed for the purpose of starting an eyenmg daily paper in this ity, to' be conducted on the joint stock plan. Morganton Herald'. Three dosrs that are supposed to have had hydro phobia have been killed in Morcanton this week. A f building and loan ville with an authorized capital of $200 000. - Lo far about 250 shares of the par value of $200 have been subscribed for. Millard Kerleyi a young man about 19 years of age, and a son of S. C Ker--leyof Johns River, became deranged on Tuesday night and on yesterday ; was confined in the Western Asylum at Mor ganton. - j. j ' Southport Leader : The. Cape Fear Coaling and Contracting Com panies dock is beginning to take on de finite shape under the efficient supervi sion of Mr. Wni. Weeks. The; piles are nearly all set and the iron which is to be used in the building of the warehouse is in wnmington. ; ine organization of the Southport Lumber Company . makes another important addition to Sputhport's industries. This 'company has purchased land lying near the Coal-.. ing ac contracting iqs oocic, on tne river front, and proposes to build a first class mill, making all kinds of mould- O . I i 1 -., r ioncora limes : senator t,eo. Vance will address the farmers of this section on the, fair grounds Thursday, Ortrkrwr T tViA t-ViiO rlov rf li " ' On last Saturday j Wesley Schenck, of Rowan county, was arrested here and tried before Mayor Roger for selling' liquor wiuiuuL a license, ne.was uuunu nwr trt rmirt in tVi a cum rf 4:1 )f i On' Monday morning Bob White and John Williams, both colored, were arraigned before Mayor Roger and Justice Wille ford for the same offense. After a hear ing each was bound over to court in the sum of $100. On Monday ?T. E. Nash ("Brooks") was arrested on the- same charge. The court, however, did not deem the evidence sufficient to place him under bond, arid he was discharged. On Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock' i j ' -1 : ' , ne was arraigned in anotner case ana bound over to court in the sum of $100. All gave bond. j . u !j " Durham Globe: Night before last a man was locked un iri ilthe tniard house. He broke! the water pipe and deluged the house,! and then yelled fire. An officer ran to his rescue and found 111111 SUlllUlllJ III WdLCl SllUC-LUp up, and had to let him go on his recogni zance to keep him from drowning. ", Last night about 8 o'clock, while the material train was passing through a cut near Eno river, six I or seven miles from ; this place, for some reason, not yet ex plained, the foremost part of the shanty . car jumped the track. George Cooper, the colored cook, leaped from the car and the rear- end! swung around and mashed him against' the embankment. His death was almost instantaneous. Hr. R. E. Lee. a white man, leaped from the car at the same time, and was pain fully injured though not seriously. A darkey was fast asleep in the next car when the accident occurred land knew nothing of it. The screams ''and yells half awwke him, and he rushed to the door and jumped head foremost into a big pile of rocks. His head: and face were badly bruised, but everybody knows that a darkey can't kill himself headforemost. j ' I ; Durham Sun: For some time it has been hinted that a movement was ' on foot which would develop several new industries for Durham. It has now developed. It is an entirely pew enter prise. The company has been fully or-, ganized and is known as the Mutual Land and Manufacturing Company, and is independent oi the company hereto fore organized. Yesterday after noon- ratner late a strange aog was seen on Roxboro street, playing with other child of Mr. John Paschall was also upon the scene, and but j a few minutes later this strange dog pounced upon the child ' and bit it very badly, it was at once supposed that the' dbg was ! mad. Dr. Wm. Lynch, who happened to be there, secured a pistol arid shot at the dog, wounding him, but not killing him. The child was taken to! Mr. Alex. Walker's residence and his mad stone was applied to the wounds, adhering for a short time. Greensboro Patriot: Mr. V. R. Hines, who resides about one mile east of the city, has" a pumpkin vine which bears thirty-nine pumpkins weighing on an average twenty pound each. The longest runner or the vine is forty-two feet long. Ernest Lee, colored, some days ago, stole $52 from a colored restaurant keeper named Hawkins, in Winston. A reward was offered, and yesterday Capt. Jno. Weatherly got his clutches on him in this city, roiice Thompson, of Winston, being notified. uimc - uuw ii icuil infill, aim lw& iac back to Winston.l On Friday night Capt. Jno. Weatherly noticed Sandy Brown, a colored man sitting on the rails at the depot, drunk. He roused him up and ordered him to move on. On Saturday morning his mangled body was found lying beside the track, about one mile this side of High Point. It is supposed he was stealing a ride, and going to sleep fell off and was crushed under the wheels. Chief of police J. F. Hoffman, of High Point, came down last night and deposited Ad Kirkman, white, in the jail here. Kirkman ran away with the wife of one Taylor. Taylor- overtook them and became reconciled to his wife and brought herjhome. A warrant was issued for Kirkman, and after a long chase of over four miles through the woods and swamps of south Guilford and upper Randolph counties, police Hoffman succeeded in capturing his man. He was jailed here in default of a $200 bond. j 4- "You can buy so cheaply that you cheapen manhood,"' says Mr. Thurston, !pleading' for Protec tion. Not in this country, Mr. Thur ston. If you want to buy American made plows br hoes or cultivators cheaply you jmust go j to Europe, Asia, Africa pr Oceanica and , get them at the manufacturers' export prices. -Phil, Record Dem. i ,W W grjeaf expang .- -' - i-J iv r! ' ' -; . ' ' '1 . i i