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THE ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SAPTIBTBDEVOTED TO T&IBLE RELIGION, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND , GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Volume 8 9. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBERO, 1893. Number, 12 The Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. a OFFICE t J 118 (np talr) Fayetteyflle Btreet, Raleigh, K. 0, Terms or Brosciupnoir: Oo copy, e year.. ; , One opt, tt monliu . . ... . . . . . . . Clnbi of ten (oopy extra to aendw) I 8.00 1.00 80.00 - Anonymous communications will always find their way to the waste basket. . No exception, In lending letterw of business, it is absolutely neo neary that you give your postoffloe address in full. The date on the label of your paper Indicates when your lUMcnpuaa expires, ana au serves as t rweipt for your money, -.y : Obituaries, aixty words long, are inserted free of charge. 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" Xi'" K;'rj:: ' ' " ' " ' Now that the House of Representatives is making com parativly rather fair progress, it may not be inopportune to anticipate to a small extent tha nrobable tariil leeislation. la the first place, it might as well be im pressed on the minds of the people that the party in power does . net propose to effect , free trade; and strange to say, although onr generally accepted political economists al arm that anything that fetters commercial transactions is a menace to our welfare, the great majority of our people jure so opposed to a direct tax. system, that very few even dare' champion the 'cause ' of absolute free trade. The Republican party ; fosters the Policy of protection; the Democratic party helieves in a tariff for revenue only. Be tween the two policies there is small differ-' ence, as a tariff that provides a respectable revenue will afford , protection. , And the difference finally depends on what class of articles is taxed. This is the question which k occupying the ways and means committee now. : As for us, we don't . care to what ex tent foreign luxuries are taxed, but We do, want to Bee all necessary articles and raw material admitted free, and the tariff on all useful article reduced, to a minimum, i If tariff laws founded on these lines should cause failures or reduce wages, the harm done would only be local,' while its benefits would be ceneral, and as long ai the greatest frftnrl in iVa nvaataat Vinmhnr I SI the aim Of V all legislation, i such possibilities : have no Cbearing on the question. ' ' " 1 ' ' '-' ' ! An honest Congressman recently made an effort to enforce such provisions as would compel those of his fellow representatives, who were in Congress apparently only to col lect their salary, to regularly attend its ses sions, 6r forfeit part of their pay. The motion was to deduct a certain amount from the salary of each Congressman wha failed to render adequate excuse for his absence. .! It is a burning shame on our so-called law makers that the motion was defeated with out deliberation or discussion by an over whelming majority. The representatives seem to have reached that point of audacity that they ignore the fact that they are ser vants, and not masters, of the public. They do not seem to think that they have any well defined duties, or that their salary is a measure of their work. Only ten of the four hundred and forty-four representatives had the honest manhood to vote for the mo tion, and they were laughed to scorn by their lazy colleagues. No one would wish to deduct from the salary of a sick Congress man, but if any of them are absent to attend to private business, or for the purpose of loafing, they are not worthy of their trust or their salary. It is the duty of every Congressman to watch the interests of the people unceasingly, and when one fails to execute that duty, if he is honest, he will be willing to forfeit his pay. Congressmen haven't as much right to take holiday as factory hands. They should, be taugh tthat they are the servants of the people, and that EubL'o opinion is their task-master, which olds the lash of the ballot ready to strike the first laggard, ready to relegate to private life and public disgrace the first mercenary who proves unworthy of and unfaithful to his trust. They are servants and not mas ters; else, our government is on a false foundation. - j There are many young men tc-iay, forced to interrupt their college education for want of money, seeking to earn a living until brighter times may enable them to resume their studies. Their lot seems hard. They feel that they could command a far better position were their education more com plete, and many of them, no doubt, are in despair. It is always to be regretted when a young man is forced to turn from his chosen course at college to some unconge nial calling on account of money troubles, and yet in a majority of cases it may prove greatly beneficial. A good hard struggle with stern realities for the young college student just before graduation is the next best thing to continuing his education, and in such times as these he should not be discouraged. They are lessons not to be found in a college curriculum that one must learn, and the sooner the better. He learns this year just what the graduate will have to learn in fu ture years; and though his mind may be come rusty in college studies, it will be all the brighter and stronger when at last he can feel that be has won his diploma by his own effortaIt may appear anomalous, bat the names of thousands of our greatest men are indisputable evidence that it is the young man who early learned to struggle against great odds, and to fight an uphill fight, is the successful man after all. Let our struggling young men not be discouraged.-; Every dif ficulty tnat tney overcome, every struggle that confronts them to day, renders them all the stronger for future efforts, and makes their ultimate success more certain. We do' not feel that we are unduly opti mistic in asserting that the active, healthy! interest among all citizens of the United Stated which the present state of affairs has called forth, will be of vastly more worth to our future welfare than can be measured by our money losses. Never since our country became the great nation that it is, have tie farmers and the wage earners concerned themselves with public interests as they do to day. Never have the people sought the " true Inwardness" of our legislative depart ments of government as at present. The farmer has learned that his prosperity'dpes not depend ort his individual efforts, and he must know the cause in order that it may be removed. Naturally he may follow false lights at first, but in the end us interest anp: his investigations will make him a better nuiron - A nation of educated and unbiased people, who know their needs and have the mannooa ta aemana mem, ia aa near h uo hMMn oa a frrwArnmflnt as ereflt as ours uivuav; f ' " ' , - ---- nan a fln Thk nresent cam Dai cn of edu cation, Induced by a general discontent,"wlll do more towards euecung iao permanen welfare than an hundred years of unbounded nwunArlttf. WhMh AIWAVS lOHlers IDBtQv; and political apathy in this day is as near slavery as xne American cinzeu unu - ap proach. Let us learn ; let us know what our frno 4nforet are let us be above the sense- less harangues of the demagogue; let us be above partisan weas ano BecHona jowsreovs, anA rtk mav rpftt flssnred that we compose the true democracy,' which Js our ultimate end." ::p;rf;5t;?y!, f-fFf; Prom Bre. Porter of Brazil. Dear Recorder we wit wew yotk, July Maskelvne." Our voV- Ut, on the steamer .HMa6kelyne.M age was maaer. pleasant Dy ,the company of several fellow-passengers, whose kindness Ik e still remember and for whom we cherish a strong friendship. : Among the passengers were two young Brazilian gentlemen who have been attending school in the 2 States,: and who are now Spending vacation at home. They gave us a great deal of information about the country, people, and customs of Brazil .V :. i-1.-.,.ix,- rs-i After losing sight of New York harbor, we saw ho trace of land till Sunday morning July 16th, when we caught sight of the Bra zilian coast, I cannot express my feelings at seeing for the first time this great country before which there lies such a glorious fu ture, were it not that her people are so firmly fettered by the chains of error and crime. Early on Monday morning we came in sight of Pernambuco, a city with a population of 120,000. At this place we have two mission aries, Bro. Enztmioger (and wife. We did; not go ashore, nor even within the harbor, but remained outside while a small part of the cargo of our steamer was discharged into boats.- ' -V . -'-'i ;-y-r--: On the 20th we arrived at Bahia, which E resents a fine appearance from the bay, ut on going ashore we found the streets narrow, crowded and dirty, especially in the lower business part of the city. The upper city, which is reached by an elevator, is a little more airy, roomy and pleasant.: Strange, neyr scenes greet us on every hand.' Bahia has a population of 200,000, a'nd is said to have 850 Catholic churches. Rev. R. E. Neighbour, the young brother who came out with us under appointment, from our Mission Board, stops in this city to assist Bro. Z. C. Taylor, who has been laboring here for several years pist. At noon the next day we left Bahia and entered Rio harbor at noon the following Sunday, July 23d. Rio harbor is said to be the finest and most beautiful harbor in the world. The entrance is narrow, while the, bay reaches far np into the land and is as smooth and calm as a mountain lake. In all my life I have never beheld a more beau tiful and picturesque scene. More than a hundred snips are lying at anchor in the bay.; The great metropolis of the Southernwdrld. with its population of 650,000 extends around the bay at a distance of twelve miles, nu merous hills rise up abruptly in the very heart of the city, while in the near back ground, even in the suburbs, the great mountains clothed with tropical verdure to their very summits reach up nearly two thousand feet Brazil is to South America what our own country is to North America, and Rio de Janeiro bears the same relation to Brazil that New York, our largest city, and Wash ington, our capital, bear to the United States. Rio is the great door to the South American continent, and if South America is ever won for Christ, the work must be be gun in Rio, because from this center flow; numerous streams fit influence which are destined to bhape the progress and mould the character of the whole country. To an American entering the city for the first time, the people, language and customs appear so strange and different from what he is used to seeing, that he feels like - he is in an en tirely new world. The houses are built of stone, brick or clay, and covered with tiles, hence there is not much danger of destruc tive fires. Small mules, with their tails un sheared, and oxens with horns three or four feet long, are almost the only beasts of bur-' den used, horses being used almost exclu sively for drawing carriages. The street cars, which are drawn by mules, are crowded with people all the time. There are several electric-car lines and some, electric lights. The streets are very crooked and narrow and thronged with people of every descrip tion. During a walk of half an hour, one meets with representatives of every race and nationality under the sun. Rua do Ouvidor, which is the combined Rue Viviennel Re gent street, and.Broadway of Rio, is neither very long nor broad, but the stores upon it are brilliant and in good taste. Horses, mules and vehicles of any kind are not al lowed to pass through this street except for a short time in the early morning. . It is so crowded with all kinds of people that one literally has to press his way through. There is no part of the city so attractive to tne recently-landed foreigner as this street with its print-shops, feather-flower stores, and jewelry-establishments. :- The diamond, the topaz and emerald can here be purchased in anv number, and are temptingly displayed behind rich plate-grass, a The feather and insect flowers manufactured in Brazil are original and most beautiful. . . - Since arriving, I have preached twice to the little church in Nictheroy, just across the bay, while Bro. ; Ginsburg, the pastor, interpreted for me. As I spoke about the love of Jesus, and urged the Christians to be loyal to the Master, I "saw the tears "run down their cneexs, ana alter service wey came forward and welcomed me into their midst. -! It means something to be a Chris tian in this place. . Protestantism is not at all popular; and for one to declare himself a believer in unnst requires no smau amount of courage and grace.,:'::';!r? -. w I think we shall like tne mission worK in Brazil, thonsh it ia bv no means unattended with many trials, hardships,-and sometimes persecutions ? Mrs. Porter is very hopeful; and courageous and looks forward with in terest to the time when we can engage more, fully in the work; " She has been acting as organist for Bro. Taylor-in the Rio church. We are studying the language and are get ting so we can make ourselves understood. Next week we expect to move up to Juiz de Fora, a beautiful town of 20,000 inhabitants, situated , among the mountains about two hundred miles from Rio. - ' ' - ' In my next I will write about the religious condition of the people. . Y , -- Much love to all the dear brethren and sisters in North Carolina, and especially to the dear good people of Wake Forest God bless old Wake Forest College 1 She is like a city set upon a hill whose light is destined to shine in all parts of the world. Brethren, pray for us and for Brazil. ' Your brother in the Saviour, . Samuel J. Porter .' : . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 'Aug. 11, 1893. .,. Lustrous Christians. ' BY RIV. I D. GEIGETt, OCALA. FLA. x .'!" .' ' t . V v In Matt. 5: 14, the Saviour says of his dis ciples, J Ye are the light of the world." ; Webster defines light as being' " that agent in nature which dispels darkness and makes visible objects which were before in-, visible."" - v: ": ;--v: Light is one of the most beautiful and also one of the most useful of the natural agents.' Think what life would be shrouded in per-; petual night I It is no small; honor, there-' fore, that the Saviourconfers upon his dis ' ciples when be compares them to light. But let us inquire - ' ' " i 1, In- what , sense may Christiana be re garded as V the. light cf the world V We answer : In only a secondary or subordinate sense. The Saviour ' declared of himself " I am the light of the world ;" and he is such, of course, in the most emphatic and, superlative seqse possible. . The .relation which the sunand the planets sustain to each other illustrate in this respect, we think,! the relationship existing between Christ and : his disciples. The ' sun ia the great center of our sofar system, and is sur-, rounded by a large number of planets of un equal sizes, Mercury being, for instance, in round numbers, 3,000 miles in diameter and Jupiter 84,000. The sun is, therefore, the great luminary of the solar system, and the planets are the leaser lights. So Jesus Christ," as the "Sun ofRigh-" teousness," is the great central luminary of the moral universe, and we are hia stars As stars, we are of greatly unequal magni tudes. ' Such men as Carey and Judson and Spurgepn are Jupiters, while we may be re garded as the Mercurys. But every true child of God, however small his diameter, is a star, and as such it is his province to shine., '" ::.;:;v: t.'V-i 2. Whence do Christiana obtain their light t We answer : From Chris, the f Sun; of Righteousness." Referring to our illus-. tration again, the sun is not only the center : of our solar system, but it is the source of all natural light The planets around us look very bright, but they are perfectly dark bodies. They have no inherent light, bat borrow, their light from the sun. So. we borrow our spiritual light from the "Sun of Righteousness." Inherently, we have too full and certain spiritual light True, we have the light of an instinct which tells us that there is a God and that we are immor tal beings, but it does not answer with any degree of certainty questions touching the being and attributes of God, or those touch ing the origin and destiny of man. . Such questions as these can be answered only by the light of the revelation of Jesus Christ : It is true, again, that we can see without any difficulty that man must have had a no ble origin and must have an exalted destiny; the wonderful powers which belong to him prove this; but it is equally true that un aided reason cannot find out a certain an swer to the above questions. Any man who knows anything of mechanics, even though he had never teen a lamp, would kribw, when looking at one for the first time, that it was made to give light And yet the lamp has ho inherent light, ! Left to itself it would never give light And the same is true- of man. He was evidently made to shine, so to speak; but he has no inherent lights and if left to himself could never do so. ! Let us I remember - and Iprofit - by Cthe point made here, namely, that the only cer tain light we have respecting the "most mo mentous questions which , can be propound ed U a i borrowed ' light borrowed -; from Jesus Christ, the VSun of Righteousness."? f Z. How should Christiana - employ their light? rWe answer! They should reflect it to others This is what the lamp does. It ia what the stars do, also. And it is what Jesus Christ commands cstodo. "Ye art the light of the world ; . . . Let your light, so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven." ' The emphasis here should be placed on the adverb "so." ' We should let our light lso shinel?J We should hold our selves in such moral attituda before the world that our light will be reflected along man's pathway, afcd theiway to the cross made plain and attractive, to the en'd that our Heavenly Father may be glorified. This we are to do in two ways, . (1 By a correct faith or doctrine one which will be a true reflection of ' the word of God,'V Many loose notions prevail on this subject ' The relig ious faith of many is but a reflection of the faith of their parents, or of their church, or of their fancy. ;. They seem to have no idea that the word of God is the only true and certain standard of faith.' As between man and man, my neighbor has no right to dic tate to me wlat I shall believe. So far as he is concerned, I may believe what I. choose. But as between God and man, this' is not the case. God has the right to dictate to man what he shall believe; and he has done so in the revelation which he baa given ' of his Son., Man is under the most solemn obligation to receive this revelation and re flect it to others unmixed with the traditions" of men; and a failure to do so will be fraught with the most terrible con sequences, (2) By a holy life. I have emphasized the im-, ' portance of orthodoxy of faith. Orthodoxy' of Use is no less important The Bible not' only teaches us what we shall believe, but also how we ought to live; and we are un der as great obligation to receive the latter teaching as the former. : : Tire professed Christian, not the Bible, is' the world's hand book of religion. They do not look to the Bible to learn what religion is, but they judge of it as they see it exem. Slified in the lives of those who profess it. . 'heref ore, if the professed Christian is not : a true exponent of Christ's' religionif he does not reflect the true light of God's reve--lation he makes enemies to Christ rather, than friends for Christ 'In. other words,, . his light is a false light, an ignis fotuua, and' he not only does not lead men to Christ, but he lures them to destruction. . - ;m . ? Who has not heard o the, wreckers a class of men inhabiting . the rock-bound,, coasts, and of some countries, who in time of storms, build great fires to lure benighted vessels on the rocks, with a vievr to plun dering their cargoes ! Something like these are they who, though professing to be God's stars, reflect, nevertheless, in doctrine or life, a light which comes not from the " Sun' of Righteousness,! but from the ' ' Prince of darkness.". j , , 4. Some VUngs which hinder shining. (1) The shining of a candle is often hindered by a bad wick. Sometimes some particle of foreign matter as a crackling gets into the 'wick, and the light is made flickering and, uncertain," . ... In like manner, one or more particles of foreign matter cracklings, so to speak sometimes get in the wick of Christian char acter, and one's, light is made to flicker. ' Among these we may mention a spirit of covetousness, of unforgiveness, and of cen-' soriousoess. J ' ,J 1 ' 1 1 r' '" Let us try to eliminate these nbn condnc-, tors of light r Let us be steady going Chris-j. , . tians. Let us not be like the century plant which blossoms out on very rare occasions and at very long intervals; but let us rather ' be like the geranium whose blooming Is per- enniaL - Let us not be . flickering as the lightning bug, but steady as the starp. . ., , (2) The shining of a lamp is often hinder ed by a smoked chimney." This may be compared to the spirit of indifference which affects so many church members. They profess to belie ve that the Sunday school is a good institution, but they never go; that the mid-wetk prayer-meeting is essential but they never ; go; that ? the Lord's day meetings for the public preaching of the . word are important, and even essential, bub they never attend unless it is perfectly con venient for them to do so. if any sort of t excuse presenta'itself, they avail themselves of it and stay away. . : ' ;f , fS.-ii ' , Another .thing, to which the smoked chimney may be compared is a love of the' amusements which are peculiar to the world. Young people tell us that the Bible does not, in so many "words, forbid such amuse ments as dancing, card-playing and theater-) going. The spirit of these things, however forbidden. The command is, " Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." And we are warned, " If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not' in him." . , When a Christian becomes bewitched with the world, two things are the natural result s' hia spirituality is greatly paralyzed ; and his influence for good is greatly crippled.; ,We need Christians who not only shine steadily, but brightly; and we ; cannot do this unless we shun even the appearance of evil, and stay hard by the cross. When we, like Peter, follovtr Christ '.'afar off," we may expect to shine (?) about as, he did at the palace of the high priest ' I remarked that some of us are very small stars; but let us remember that the large stars do not always shine the brightest, but those which are nearest the sun. The planet Neptune is more than twelve times as large as Mercury, and yet the latter, even to the naked eye,, is a very brilliant star, while the former cannot be seen at all except by the aid of the most powerful telescopes. The reason is that Neptune is nearly seven hun- . dred times further from the sun than Mer cury isM;nH ..'"''! IV ' .5 r So, as God's starj, it is. not. great learning or great -genius which; will make uS shine most brightly, but a constant nearness (ia prayer,' in Bible study, and in good works) to Jesus Christ, the "Sun of Rightcouj ness." Such nearness is possible to the lcr.i t of us; so the very least of us vhave it in our power to shine steadily and brishtly, an I thus bless the 'world with our light, an 1 glorify "Our Father who art in heaven." ' ' 'Alady went In trouble to her wished to know what more sha bring her husband to Christ "I to him, and urged him, and war I am worn out, and still ho tr verted."' "Talk less to your I talk more to God about yc tr 1. the wise reply, Walcrn II pastor, couli L:iv-f Pray and work for tl .3 v: I
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