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-'. It It OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TITE "PROIIIBlTlOiaSTS IN IJORTII CAROLINA. VOL. V. r. GREEiTSBOILO, II "C.r FRIDAY, APRIL. 29, 18ST. , 2 - 1 1 '1. DIIY UP THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC ! BY JOS. M'goXA.GI.K, DECATCHTND. ; 'Why EhoQld men labor to preserre , - s ; ' - With anxious Ciire,' a tLing-the know Has ever tended to xtasierva ; x Ad fill mankind with untold woe; ' That has i ft fact no parallel, " - , Or scarc&jr ayj short of Lell t . - , It fills good men with much amaze .1 -.- That any one, with common sense, r ' "r Should call it but s'silly craze,' t " - --T aim to quell or drive It hence. . c' Ai lately said ia ooslerdoci - : "Of an attempt to banish rum I - - : v -'- . Both the old.rties which we call. ? r . Republican and Democrat, . - Are firmly tied to alcohol . ? - : "TBf wor3e than Gordian knot at that, ; .-. Which can alone be cut or rent . - " f.'By sword of One omnipotent T i . 4- ;;'i''itf: ! vx.VvTl Encouraging portents are seen : That the rum-gorgan Shortly will-- - m i . Be forced id hide its hideous mein - - . ' I " As now beheld in vat andftiil; " ' And not hare leave to sally forth V ' . . Again to flood this rum-cursed earth ! ; . ;-Qood Christian jnen begin to find . : ; -. , The filni of party-passing oU, ' . : And have about made up their mind : - : That! jnen -like: Fisk, rand Dow v and 1- Gougb,"! IzTX i- -r Have been and are each far too wise i - To break for. nought their party ties I ' . Three hundre 1 thousand , if jjpt ., four, . i - .From eacli of th old parties drawn,--;.-' ;'.- ' Have now determined to ignorjo' i .-..7- .""Parties that hug the demijohn; . ; ; S. Which yearly fills with its dead slaves a At- least a hundred thousand graves 1 - God haste the time when the White: House CAnd halls pf Congress shall not be a ' - r' - x Disgraced by men who wiU'espoase , .r The cause of this monstrosity-- ? ; . j'z - That Blair and Colquitt shall haveaid " To soon dry up the liqor trade IT s : SECItEr- SO(JIETIES; THE SUKJECT OF 4 " TA Blik ACLE." " DIL ,TAL rAT THE W h xt Is th b Moral Effect Fees Masonby, Odd Fellow- ' amp, Knights opf Labor, Obeek ALPHABET AXD . UTHER ; pOCIE- TIRO f'".- Ji-f. .Bbooklyjt, April 17--The Rev T. his congre;atioaVto-Lijr ;1at,v as Brooklva '.. tabernacle -- has been uaomfortabl crowded r for? .man j - yea.r tne -r trustees na?e parcnasea the joiniug" ground, on which f a " great $hurch, prayer and Snnday school roxm. will be built, which oal Sabbath c?qr be opened into the taala auditorium, thus giving room or. ;at least 1.00 J more hearers at services. 4 Bis Vthuind f plV'nt crowded , into ths present bnilding,j 4650 of these in pews and about 1500 seated in aisles and standing. - The' ira proveisent illsd'-greatlyfo'this capacity. - v " -45 ' The subject of Dr. Talmageser mon to-day was, f'What is the moral effect of Freo Masonry, Odd Fellow ship, Knights of Labor, Greei Al phabet .and ;other societies?! -jThe text was from Proverbs xxr, 9 : fiJis ': cover not a secret to another. : Dr. Talmage" said : .fyS: - jJLt Appears thai- invlemEt"s time ' ps in ell subsequent periods ;.of the .ciTrcrl i, ihc.wjrpltoo mach a i dicrcrci0 tell. they Jcnew.' It was blab, blab, blab r hysicis" re vealing the case of their patienfsi - lawyers exposing -the private afIUirs - the ttnlts of the next door .resident ' jretendcl friends betraying congden . cess OneJf of te tfouble of vcry comraunily comes ; Trom the fact ttat - so many people have not capacity to keep their mouths shut When I hear 8omei.hnigdisp?-ragingJ ht yon - my 'first duty isnot to tell youTJ Bat if I tell you what somebody jhas said - agaisst you, and then go out and tell VTjgyrrj; f e'-5 Y.-!-."t I told you end l' thcy lj ov .-;;d tell-ethers hat' I told them that I told you, and we all "co oat, ii5l5f . to hangup the origina . tor of the story and pothers to hunt it .com youdid - do and what you did not ' do, and there will be as many scalps taken as f.ja''t.4 of Mocos had, swept ' ; . I 3 - II. . - We have l :. j - - o; j torrgae, ... .... . , . ; r rhvsioloical - Eussrestion - tfcat we ought to hear a good deal more than ne telL Let us join a conspiricy : , jr-thct we-trill teli each ether : !! the "" good and nothing of the ill, end tLed there will not be snch awful need cf xU "i-r:-Jn3 ii'C 'oca'a vords: '" "DIs . c- cccrei to another.. ; : vp,-; rery largVdobsestic circle. In hi3 earlier day he had very confussed notions about monog amy and polygamy, and his multfEu inous associates , in the matrimonial sLita kept him too well informed ,a3 to what was going on in vTerusalem. They gathered npall th privacies of the city and poured . thenv into his ear,' and his familybecame u : Sorosis or female debating society of ? 700,' discussing day after day all the diffi culties between husbands and wives, between employers, between ruler3 and subjects until: Solomon, :in my text, deplores volubility abont'aSairs tbat do not belong to us and extols the, virtue of secretiveness. ; Uy tha power oP a secret divulgedfi fami lies, churches," neigborhoods,: nations fly apart By the power of a secret ties;1 socialities, re formatory movements and Christian enterprisea.may.be .advanced. Men are gregarious--cattle in., herds, fish in schools, birds' in flocks, men in circles. You" ma jr by ' the discharge of a gun, scatter a flock : of . quails or by; the plage of -the "anchor; Isemi apart the denizens "ofT the sea,r but they, will gather themselves together again. If you by." some! new. power could break the associations in which men nowjgtand, they wpulilagain adhere. God meant it so- lie ha3 gathered all the flowers .and shrubs into associations. ,;, vTrt' - : -- Toa.may plant one ' forgf t-me-not or heart'8-ease alone, away off upon the hillside, but it will soon hunt up some other forget me not orheart's- ease." Plants love company.: . You will hnd them talking ,to each; other in the dew. JiA galaxy of stars is only a mutual lite lusurance . oompanv. You sometimes see a man with no out-branching of sympathy; ; ; i His nature is cold and hard, , like a ship's mast ice glazed, whichl the moat agile sailor - could., never . climb. Others have a thousami roots and a thousand i branches Innumerable- tendrils climb their hearts and blossom 'all the way up, and the fowls of heaven siRg ill, xejiTjcties.' in consequeiace o this tendency, we find men coming togetbr.ia: tribeafin ;t50inmnjiities, in ; churches, ; in societies.; ?Some gather together to cul tiyate' 'th arts, some, to plan for the f welfare .of the. stated some7 vO -" discuss- ' religions themes, some. 'to kindle ; their jmirth, some to "advance their- craft, rSo every active commanity is divided, in associations, of artists, 4 ormerchants, pf bkbbijiers.of car pen terser 61 ma sons, of plasterers," t of shipwrights of pi umoera : vo vou cry -ou t against it? tJ.TDenyou 'bryf out against . a tendency Jiiylidcljf JmtaQ.tipur. trcMes would !accompiia)i? no j more than if you should preach to a busy ant. hill 'or. beehiye Ja' lnS' 861,111011 againsfsecret ' societies r; t Here wefindthe " oft-discussed qutionhetet,:'oiatwnA'that do their,-; work" wUh : closed rdoors, admit their members .by pa33-words, and greet, eaclii oherthV - secret grip -are right wrong, . i II answer thatit depends entirelybii the- na rCftlie pbjlct r which j they meet. Is It ','$ pass ihe hours rev elry, wassaO,-blasphemy and obscene tal k, or, toplot" trouble to the state, orto debauph. theimiocentj jtheii , I say.y with an emphasis thatr noTman can mistake, .No I " But is the, object the" defenseof 'the. righ ts'of.any class against oppressionihd improvement of the rxiind , the' enlargement, of the hearty ihe advancement ofe itrj;:the defense of the government the extirr pation of crime or... the I kindling of j a purhearted sociality, then .1 .say, witlrjust as?TOUch emphasisiiYeSr? -'There is no .need tliat e'who plan for the conquest of right over jWrpng should jjablish ''ail;?tlferi;6rrd;.9ur intentions. ' ,-The general of an army he v er sen ds to .the -opposihg.. troops information,; pf ihsconiing attack. Shall we who hate f enlisted in v the cause of God and humanity expose our plans tb the eaemyr KoJj we will in secret plo the rnin'of all -the enterprises of Satan and - his cohorts. When tKey expect! M bf day ?we will callVapoa themBy lnightrWhile they . ar.e.. strenghteuing , their,. left wmg we: will double, up their right. By a pla'a of battle formed in, secret coiicUve . we will come suddenly upon them! 1 crying r ""The ;sword of .the Lord ,snd rbf Gideon. ecresy . cf pic t end . exesujtiogure ;wicpj, only w heii tL3 cbjict-cad encj firs;nefar icuc LVery T-iily u a ecretEcci3 tj, every. C"::rc-J , Lrm ena every banb1" r - 1 .isra ranee --.... j , ... , . institmtk a. Those men who have no capacity to keep a secret are uufit: for positions of trust anywhere. There are thou sands of men whose vital need is cul? turing a capacity to -keep- a secret. Men talk too much and women, too. There is a time to keep silence, as well as a time to speak. -;" r . ' Another test by -.which you can find whether your secret society i3 right "or wrong is the effect it has ; on. your secular occ pation. I ; can under stand how, through an institution, a man can reach commercial-success. I know some men have formed their best bnsmes3 relations through ? such a channel. If jthe secret society has advantaged- you in" an honorable callinsr. it is a good one. v But has your credit failed? Are bargain makers more' anxious how they trust you with a bale of goods ? Have the men whose names were: down in the commeaciat agency -A '1' before they entered the society been going- down since in commercial standing ? Then look out . You and I every day know of commercial establishments going to ruin through' the social ex cesses of one or two' members. ; their, fortune beaten to -death with ball players, hat or cut -amidships . with the front prow of the regatta, or "go ing down under the" swift" hoofs . ot the fast holsej, or drowned in .the large, potations of cog'nar or Monon trahelaj : That secret society was the Loch Earn... -Their business was thejmeiSihers,Jby their assault upon the Viile du Harve: j They !truck, aid the ,V.lle,du Harve. went; under! "i The. third test by, which ysu may know .wjiether the society to which you belong is good or ? bad is .thi3 ; What is its, effect on ..your, -sense of moral and religous ob igation?; Now if I should take the names of alt the people in thilaudience this, morning and put them on a roll, and then I should lay that roll.; back . oi " this orgarii and 100 years from now 'some one should take that roll atf dcall it from A to Z there . would! Jiiot 4 brie answer. T I say that any society- tnat make v&Jork4t that fact, is -a "'bad society. lien i go jo ...unicago ,i am sometimes perplexed ?-at -Buffalo, as I suppose: many travelers are, as to whether it is better to take the Lake Shore route or the Michigan .Ceutraf, equally expeditious and, equally; safe, getting to ; their destination , ;at the same time. - But suppose Jiiat I Lear that on one route; the track , is torn up, the bridges are down 4 and " the switches are ; unlocked, , it will not Xake me a great while, to decide which Although not.belonsinsr if an of the . great secret : secieties ' about which there had been so much ; yiol? ent discussion, J have oaly words pf praise for K those 5 associations Cw hich have for their object the maintenance or.rignt against wrong,, or .the re- ckmatmn , pfanebriatesr ort like ? the score, .ofV jmutualbenifiti societes caljed by different. names, . that' pro- viue re-niporarv renei ior wiuowj anq orphans, anc for . men .incapaci tat by. sickness or accident from earning a livelihood.!. Had it not :haen for the large; ; number ofeecret4 labor organizations in this country, mono- poiy wouiu long ago nave, nnaer lis ponderous wheels, ground thes labor ing classes inroaiintoleraUeryl- ude. The men who want the,whole earth to, themselves ft would have got it before this ha.it nolheen' Jfor the banding 5 together of., great fecret orgaotion&';Anwjiile!.; we! deplpig manythings that have-beea.done by them, tneir. existen, e is , a -. necessity, and their , legitimate, sphere distinctly pointed out. bythe providence; Of God Such organization ar e iryjngj-: ta fdip-, miss from their association all mem bers in fayor of, anarchy and social chaos. .j.,They. will... gradual ly . cease anytmng ;-like tyranny over their members and wilLfpr bid syiolent in terference withf " riy man'sl-wqrk whether he belong to their union ..or is outside of it.and will declare their disgust with; any such rnle, i as that passed; in- England ,,by thei j( Man chester . Bricklayers'. , Association, which . , says any ; t man found running or working beyond a.regular peed shall befined two shillfnggE and sixpe nc? for the : first .offense,,. rs shilliiig.fcr .the second, ten i e.hiUinj3 for the third, end if EtilL perstxnj 8hr.!l bedealt with r? the cbn;ittse think proje, Ttare c,re;eer8t socie ties in car cciI?Te3 tht!3:';ye letters cft!'3 Creek alr'iabct fcr their no mtnclatnre, end th?:r member? r.re r.t the T-y; frcrnt ia cch' .1 o yr gad 'irreproachable in morals, while there are others the scenaf carousal, - and they gamble, and , they - drink,.-and they graduate knowing a hundred timc3 mere about sin than they do of geometry an i Coj.hocles. In other wor-s, .secret soeietis, like individu als, are good or luI, are the means of moral health or cf tcmpal and eler nat damnation. " All good people' re cognize the vice of elindering an- in dividual,. but many do not see the siri of slandering an organization 'J : :-' M.nere are oia secret ; societies ' la thi3 ancr other . countries, some of them centuries old, which have been widely denounced as' Immoral :and damaging in their 7, inflaenco,' yet I have . hundreds - of persohal friends who belong to them; frends who are consecrated to Godj" pillars in the church faithful m all relations of life," examples of virtue and pie t. They are the kind "of friends whom I would have for my 1 executors if .1 am so happy as to leave anything for my household at the time of decease, and they are the menwhom I J would have to carry me out to the last sleep when J am dead; "You cannot " make me believe- that they would belong to" bad institutions They are the men who stamp On Anything iniqui tous, and I 'would certainly: rather Cake tbeir testimony in regard "to such societie - than the testimony of those "who, having "oeeh sworn ' in as soc: ty.contess tnemselves perjurers. One of these secret societies gave for the relief of the .sick in 1875,. in this country,1 $1,490274. ' Sbme'of i. these societies have poured a very - heaven of sunshine and bendiction into the home of suffering." 4 Several; of them are founded on fidelity to citizenship and the Bible. I have - never taken one of their:degree.iThey might give me the grip 1,000 I mes and I would not recognize it. rum larnorant "of tEeir passwords and"1 1; must 1 judge entirely r from the ' outside. :: But x-hrist his given: cs7 rule hy which 'WeVmayjrtdgaot&nly alsr hut all'Eocietiessecret and open; Byheir fruiyefmlt vtoaow them " " l?ad societies make bad men Good societies7 mate.'ffood men'. ""A bad min will not stay in a'good 1 so ciety. ? A" good man will not stay in a bad "society. ""Tnen try: all secret societies hy two or three rnfes." ::"- ' Test the first tiTheir. influence on home, if you have a home. " That wife soon loses her influence over her husband who nervously and foolish ly looks .upon all evening absence as an assarilt'on dor?esticity,T How are thereat enterprises of ' reform and art, and literature and beneficence and public weal to be carried, on .if every man is to have his world bound ed, on one side by his front door step, and on the o ther si dt 4 by his , back window, knowing ; nothing higher than hi3 own attic or lower han his own, cellar? . That wife who" becomes jealous of her husband's attention to art or. literature or religion or: charity is breaking her own scepter7 of t con juga! power. ; I know an instance where a wife thought that her hnsr band was giving. too inaiyy nights to Christian service, to 'charitable ser vice; to prayer meetings, and to relig ous convocation., She.systetnitically decoyed him away until now, ' he at tends j. no;, church, waits upon ; no charitable institution,and is on a rap id way to de3truction,his morals gone his 'money gone, and I fear his soul gone. Let any Christian ,wife! rejoice when her husband consecrates " even inga to tUe service ef .hummanity, and of Gxt, or charity or art, or' any thing' elevating.' - r. I , l Bntlet no man sacrifice home life to secret society: life,; as:, maydo, .,1 can point Out to you a great :.n many names of men- who. are ; as . genial as angels! at the: gppiety-room, ;and, ;.as ugly - as. ein at homei X"?y.are en erons on all subjects cf. wine suppers, yachts ind fast .horse3,. but ;they are stingy about the wives . dresses .and the children's ghoesi -That-man;ha mstde that which might be & , healthful . influence a U3ur)eri of bis ! affections, hehas married it and he t is,' guilty cf moral bigamy.. Under this process the wif3, whatever her. f:ture3, be comes uniaterc:tir:j andhcrnely. He becomes critical cf her,. decs net ue the dre:3,'de3 nGtIiI:3: the way. he arranges her hair, is amied , that- he aver wa3 unrcmantic as ,io..oer her-ha-1 i and;-heart . Illiere rre recret ' cocietie3 it. where meJrshi rlT"0j"3 inyclve? $en:?:tic Tell me that a man has joined a cer tain kind, and tell me noth ng more bout him for ten- years, and I will write his history if he be still alive. The man is a wine guzzler, hi3 wife broken hearted or prematurely old, his fortune gone or reduced, and his home a mere name in .' a directory. Here are six secular- nights in the week. -TThat shall I do with them?" says the father and the husbandT "X will give four-of these "nights to the improvement and' entertainment ofj my fainily,eitherathomeor in a good neighborhood. I will devote - one lo charitable, institutions. I will devote one to my lodge." . : "'7- . . I congratulate you. '- Here is a man who says : " 'Out of the six se cular nights, of the week"! 1 will de-J vote five to lodges and club? and as sociations' and " on"e r to the' home, which night I will spend in scowling lake a jilarch sqnall," wishing"-. I was out spending it as I have spent lie other five " That man's obituary is written1 j Not one out' of-' 10,000 thafgets so far on the wrong road evei stops.1 Gradually his health will fail through date hours, and through too much stimulants he will be a first rate prey for, erysipelas .and rheuma tism of the heart "The doctor; "com ing in. will at a glance see it4 is not only present dlseasehe must fight but years of fast liying-i The clergyman, for the sake ot the ;,feelinsrs of the family, on the funeral day will only talk in religious generalities. ' -The men: who got his yacht in the eternal rapids will not be atth obsequies. They have pressing engagements that day. " They will send flower to the coffin; will send their wives to .utter words of "sytnpachly," but they will ha ye engagements' elsewhere. 'TbeyJ never cpme,Bring ma mallet and chis-: el Tand will cut on the tomttstone that manaepitaphr Blessed are the dead who die'ic theLord.; r"Ko,T yon say, that" would riot be ' appro priate., i Let me die the death ,of the righteous and let my last end be like hi3.7 ''Xoyou y, "that would5 not beV appropriu, "'. f Then give me thevma let and chisel, and I will cut an honeatepitaph : -r-4IIere lies the victim" of dissipating associa tion p- -'- - Now, here are wo roas finTlhe future the Christian and the' un- christian.' the safe and ' the" unsafe;' Ahy institntiou or any ; association that confuses' my ideas in regard .to that fact 13 a bad institution and a bad association. I had prayers. before I joined that society, did T . have them afterward ? ;I attended the house of God before I connected my self with that uriibn,!d6 Iabseht my self from religious'intluences ?. Which would you- rather liave in your hand when you come r to. die--a pack of cards or a Bible? Which would you rather nave pressed to your lips in the closing momentthe cup of Bel- shazzarean wassail or the chalice - of Christian communion ?, .Who wpuld you rather have for. your pall-bearers - the "elders of a Christian church or the companions ", whose conversation wa3 full of slang and inuendo Who would you rather have for your eter nal' companionsthose 'men - who spend their evenings betting, gamb ling, swearing carousing and telling vile stories, or you - little child .that bright girl whom. ! the Lord - took ? Oh, you would not haye' been away so much nights, would you,if you had known she was going away so soon ? Dear me; your house has never been the same place -since. ' Your wife b as never", brightened up', she." has-never gotten oyer it. "How long Tthe"-;eve-nings are with 'ho one to put to Lcl, and no one to whom to tell.the ' beau tiful Bible'siories. "V . T- ' ! -Wkit a pity it is that .you; cannot spend more evenings at home in "try ing to help her .bear that ! sorrow You can never drown that grief ih'a wine cup. You can never break, away from the little arms that used to- be r .... - flung around your .. neck when she used to sav',"Para, do staywith ; rne to night.. You will neverbe Vol; to wipe away from your lips the . dy ing kiss.of.your, little girl. jThe fas: cmation ol a baa secret society 13 so r?t' that ' rmetimes - a man has tnrrd h:i b""1: ci' hi3 - home hen hi? child v:03 c'ymg of scarlet fever. He went svr??. , Before . he get .bclc at midnight the eyes had been closed, the und '-'.Irer had done his vrork, . .. ,- . . - .... ... and th7wire, worn on t with, three weeks' Trrtchinn'i hy urncoious in the p?z;t rorr- r ih ;the.'rctn.rr.ed rec3 the cradle gene and the v l: and he Eays : "What is the On the iudTTuent jlay he . ., J U-, metier f" will find out what vrc.3 the matter. , -0h, can e stray, God help yon! I am going to make a very stout You know that sometimes a rcre maker will, take very nxiall thrc aud wind them together until after a while they become a ship's cable. And I am going to tal:e seme very small, delicate threads and wind them to gether unlil they make" .a" ver: stout rope. . I will take all . the memories of the' marriage day a thread cf , jliughter, a thread cf light, a thread of tjusic,at bread of -banquetting, - a thread , - cf .ccnrrrattilation;- andr I twist theta together und J have one strand! ill , Then I taks a thread- cf the hour of the first advent m your house, a thread of the darkness that preceded, and a thread of the light that follow ed; and a" thread" of the beautiful scan tnat little cnua useu to wear when she bounded out at eventide to greet you; and then the' thread c tnat beau til ui - dress - la wmcn you laid her away for - the resurrection ; aiid then I twLl all thce threads to gother,and I have - LnctLer "strand. Then l take' a Liread or the scarlet robe of a suffering Chi ist,ar.I a thread of the white- raiment.-jour loved ones before the th -one, end. a thread of the harp cbei ! and i. t;Ing cf the heart seraphi end. I f j ist' hem- all together, .rnd-1, dre a third strand.' iOh,J-you sar, "either s' -and is" enough t hold fast a. world Vy JTo; I'willike thea Etrds sul I twist them tc ;:Lher;"aul cn. end of that rope I will fasten not '.to. the communion table,. ior.it shall be re moved ; not.to a. pillar of the i organ, that will crumble in! the; ? ages ; but I wind it Tound and round1 the cross of a sympathizing -Christ,4 and having fastened one end of the rope to the crcs3, 1 throw the other end to you ljay bold oi itK- Jrull for your lifeL Pull for Heaven! i'-' - SciwiiiFiELiv 2I;j ;C Friends' quarterly St. School r Con fereuce was held at this-: -place 'April 17, ; The exercises, were presided over by Urs. ilary Jane Bundy,of 17ew Garden.' After Scripture reading ' sinsng and prayerAlbert Peele in his intro? ductory remarks ts to the' object of the conference stated that, all. "people in. every walk of. life need the light of the scriptures on -their "5 pathway. If we want to be lifted from theilow and out of degradation let the Bible point U3 to - the Light, of the world and it will be done. - The flavor of Philadelphia, at one time was con cerned about the lawlessness of many thousands of . children !in : certain parts.of the 'city and thoughi if S. Schools were . established in - those parts and the children enlisted there in it would nave the efiect of -redac-ing crime.-. :; This i-was done .d it wasnot lonsr before- the - police ar rests were decreased and . these 'ar rests decreased just in proportion .as the children were brought into the S. School.., ! . t ; : - -I As a rule the child, best trained in the S. SchooHs the best pi lar in the church." t - . ,1 , An object lesson? was then. -given by F, S. .Blair, of Summerfleld. A bowl and pitcher of water wa3 . then placed before a cl?,s of little . chil dren; and it wa3 not long before he had elicited from them that as wa ter comes"from heaven, . purifies, res tores, i3 necessary to Ufa and is . be yond price, so Christ : does the , ?.me and that lie can "give - ri3"-tli3 living life.- The question,- 'Should a Snnd: School teacher ma'nifect mere. mt?r estin n.uncbnverted than in a ne lyjcon verted mender cf L:3 clas3 V" was brought before the conference by Joseph" E Parker, of New ; Garden. Quite a number took part in tl.3di cussion and some of the seed thoughts brought out are - as follows : :'r " VTe should riot show, any more interest in a newly converted pupil ttra an un converted one. "TLe clinroh should feel-''3 r; cnsible for the clLu tcru into the ki;idc::i a3 ti.e ..;cui r a .iy. ; 1, t: tor. : His I -cla3" rr.lt -the conditio"1. is to u i be. .rv-:t teeh ir-rt cf hiscia"7, b'tt rj .Vju 1.1 ,4. : r.'ay th"t m' one than z t3 V?" - interest in pnvat2 cc;tcrencs .lio., maea i-j father comes ns.vly c !. to win the ell. : re, cua in tier he i Chn-i." TLer 3 the c .; in ropejee ia . j . . . cpenei by rJE"n lire, rf ! de,' Ifirecla!..: an I in iv: : tation should be ..-given. - I Bitnday School an'' i.cilL ; SBi.cC v.r2 tccli-ii3 , -j .. . well'prered ."lerr.ir" awaken thonght ? d e! ' 'I t : ' : sion. from those whom h? ! 113' I-T3- cultivate' the -;cc:al . .f::..- Jn 'ths community by meetin'-;,-: ,. 3, ex- CTirsiensetc., end r.:cT3 .'1! tz rar3 tosetall to wcrkwho Lrre L :n en tieed into the coc!. r ;,;::An' 'interiii.' i'tructivs . es sayyraa i read by Ilary -A; Peele, cf K"ew Garden,'on the Eiae aad ; Prep ress cf Sunday School wox!r. ". Tn 1780 a 1-dy. r. sted to bohert Haihr.3 cf Gloucectcr, ., ( e idea of gatheriag-thechlllrcn- v.L.3 were running about tL 3 e'rc.'.i c i Sun day intoEehceU, r.:'. .:t-Jihc3 carried outthU idea and in fonr years a quarter cf a inillica.- cLil-ren were in the Sunday CcLcclt lz .3 tui tion cf p : .1 te":1 "r-. .Tlie expczr'cs m cenneetien Tith - th' ct;1 a detriment. Weey raT3 tLz iica cf gratuitious iiitratLle. 7 zz then. th8-'r':Erlday:'-ScLiU! bLi - u, .xloped - into a place L ctners tUUil IxitS UVV. irfllt, :r.e (UU ull Ul Urn X iitvvuu iv:n. . land;!:!' criintedf the Cohocl quarterly. The qr?"J cf enr Sunday :n Eoon !nce uni sr a aroee, f Is it possible to iz form lessens into o"r ; f committee cf ten -fr?m tl end two from Canada were in-'-! to 13- sne af even years le::on conrce. Great Britain gave aid and'encourags-! nieritto the enterp'rik ! What is to be done in the coming century 13 more important than what has been dene ia the p . ' There are ever 12 r-.Ivn jnpih' ia the Sunday Cc'.;l i.iiv .ad over first Bible echool clae3 t a the day cf hisii resurrection.- . Ter'-.!!;ori Eays that in ISO A- ! V:z ' "r'i organ- ized schools, fer th-1 r bid, - Tcr zix c tr -" -rthe Bi-floarieh-'-;ed they - enturies ed, at the clese c began to decline rn Prof. John W. den spOii-e ct tae Lnr. y befool as to its opportunities f rcnTtre. It affords 50 days in the 3 r for . thir, equal to two months cf f ol daye. It is a place where tr 1 iers era and has donemrch to I -f-j about harmony among the chrrc. 3 and to break. down theeririt cf in'.-leraticn. " .The -..exercises . were interspersed with good music, under the direction cf - llioj II. - 11. Vria Chester. The piedes -were short, to Ho iint rendered iu a lirely i.!I latere and f ?r er manner. - ., 1 . The next con.ione ,. ... be held at 0 Eidge.4 17. 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The North Carolina Prohibitionist (Bush Hill, N.C.)
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April 29, 1887, edition 1
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