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2 h 1 A WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE ! Subscription $1.50 per yew. W. H. Kiti-Mn, Oirner. SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1885. NO. 49. roL. 1. i,..'njjin ''PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. These lines were found in the h""1-. (Tltlll Ot Mr. JCHerw" " J ho t Mouticello, with the above head- .ho walketh unriffhtly. rmm riehteousncss directs: h.se cencrous tonguo disdains to spoak he thing his ncan i ejects. Tho never did a slander forge, Lis neighbor's fame to woui.d, Tor horken to a fla report V malice whispered round, Choiu vice in art its portip and power vi treat wi.tfvjnst neglect; rd piety, tho' clothed in rags, Religiously respect. Who to his pi ghu-d rows and trust Has ever firmly stood; Knd tho' he promise to his loas fee make his promise good. L-Frorn the XV I'salm of David, Selec tion XII. Votck KGniKKs nn. jr. p. IVKTOHAVA FUEUAJt CIl.VItACTKIt OF ORKK GR4.M. Itw&soila few days ago that we received a copy of "The Inde- I pendent'1, of August 13th and fortu nately or unfortunately had the op portunity of perusing this celebrated sample of cl-ncal toadyism. Before we had read a dozen lines our impulse was to sieze with a pair of tongs "the unclean thing" and throw it into the fire; but, a sober second thought came to us and prevailed upon us to read it to the ensl. The effect, of course, was nauseating in the ex tremc,and yet, we are glad we adopted the latter treatment. Here let us ex plain. When we say we are glad, it is for the following reason : Much of this intolerable trash of trust has passed unchallenged and unnoticed by the Press. It may be that editors regard this "learned Theban" a3 a clerical crank and not worth the wasting of printers ink over. This my all be so. Yet, wlien we con- si lor that this person occupies a high portion in "The Church Militant," tad has been awarded such honors a seldom fall to the lot of any but' the greatest representative theolo giaus, we think it high time, that the Tress should rise to the level of the invasion and mete out a fitting cas- t station. It would be well enough t !et this Cis-Atlantic- Father New man alone, provided his extravagan ce did uot find a place in the public journal but, when he appears be fore the public in a news-paper whose circulation extend from Maine to Mexico, and from the waves or the Atlantic to the Golden Gate, lot to say wherever tho English lau- guagc is spoken it is due to a part of the people of these United States, tt least, for ' some one to be thai spnuesman ana disclaim wnat our learned doctor would have as de- dace fnm his discourse that the whole American people are in S3'inp thy with his extravagances and va taries. We know that it is usuallv considered cowardly to attack theo 'reverend representatives of the Pj1 it," but what must we do in such cases as this? Shall the Trcas ait still and allow these "gentlemen l the clotk'" to fly in the face of facte and make history to suit themselves and their "troops of friends" lit no means. But as long as they so berly, "decently and in oder" preach "Christ and Him Crucified" the great truths of the Atonement. fthe Resurrection, of Repentance nd of Faith, let us diligently hear them and yield them all manner of lve and obedience, recognising them M teachers sent from God; bat, hen they forget their saored calling, T becoming political hacks and I tacWters, fawners on the great. fl l'Ders of history, falac prophets and lnirihiicdirt.u hint Ant. hl&srihemers. it '"the awful and solemn duty of th fresato hold, them up to the right. u execration of mankind. We fc aware that our remarks my pot e coiiBi.ierec orthodox by some, but e feel that in the main the aiajor ltvf our clergy will agree with s 1lght here, let ua av. if theae re rks fit any others than onr Father "11. ar welcome to insive 41 MMS application to thenselvca. nd no "benefit of clergy" act ahould do ler the reprentntives of tha Frf rtn holding up to ridicule anJ criti Cism oil i . - Clerical cranKS now onion? n here-to-fore unheard or attitudes c're the people. We here mean no Section on the true genuUe fol er8 of rllini, who went about do ing good," but simply tbose who ' scolc personal aggrandisement and notoriety rather than the salvation of souls, etc. But to our theme, beg ging pardon for this momentary di gression. The Doctor's text on this occasion was "Well done thou, good and faithful servant, ento? thou into the joy of thy Lord." This mar have been appropiate enough, still there U sort of lingering feeling in our iumd that the text was ill-chosen. According to the parable from whi di it was taken, tho person to whom the words were addressed had long beeu faithful to the trust imposed upon him by his Lord, not so with General Grant, as he had only a few days be fore been brought into the covenant with God through baptism, and it was rather far-fetched to call him a wise and faithful servant," when he he had just received his talent from the hands of his Lord, and there is no telling what . use he would have put it to, had not death cut short his christian career. But, we pass on Our great eu- logist is pleased to say so many ex ceptionable things that wo can spare but a few lines to each. What must our readers tnmK oi sucti "stua as the following? "The majesty of his civil administration I'' Did auy one ever hear of anything so revolting to truth and decency f This is all, to use a current slang expression, "too him,' especially so, as tha whole world have made tip their minds that Grant's greatness was exclusively as a soldier and that tha least said about his civil or presidential career, the better it will be for his fame, or in other word that it would have been far better for his future great ness, for him to have died before the unholy alliances of his White House experience coupled his name with infamy. The world knows too well how American citizens were treated abroad during hi Mal-adraiuHtration of affairs to swallow such f8tuff" as this. We have not time to search up these cases but well we re member one or two which may be found by examining the files of the New York World and which at the time of the occurrence were de nounced by the whole Democratic Press. Again, "Greatest among warriors, foremost among statesmen, noblest among patriots I" We here make no comment. Mt. Vernon answers Ml. McGregor in thunder tones; likewise, the last restiug places of all our simple and ''great ones goue," and the noble records they left be hind them on earth I Again : "Others have conquorod by the superiority of material force but he, by ths superiority of mind over mUd." We like original thinkers but the originality of the foregoing ovr powers us when we consider that it is the very reverse of the truth o? the case Us very antipode, and one is almot forced to believe that the reverend gentleman is speaking iron ically. Again : "To-day you are filled with the glory of hi military tri umphs. You are recalling Belmont, and Henry, and Donelson, and Shi loh," etc. We think the learned Doctor could well hav have dispensed with S':tiloh, as only an accident or scries of accidents preTented the aroretoetnioned battle field from provina a Waterloo to General Grant, notably among then, the minie-bsll that out short the life of his noble opponent Albert Sydney Johnston, the ill-health of General Beauregard who ordered a retreat at the moment of victory for the Confederate, and tae timely arrival of the fresh rbrces of General Buel who had jut reached the scene in time to f nve the day for the Union side. Again "his holy svaugcl to the Nation was 'Let us have peace.' " What an inault to the intelligence of the American people Could this learned pedant have thought thr.t the eight years of Grant's mal-admin-ist ration, the troubles of the people of the two Carolinas, and Louisiana, not to say of the whole South, were blotted out of existence simply be cause the author of the troubles had gone to Ids account? We know this will sound monstrous to some, but here let us record these words, as the j honest and candid belief of one who 9 lived in those times, that had Presi dent Grant been a different man from what he was and had he acted as the President of the whole people, iastea 1 Of acting as the tool of an unprincipled political faction, his words, n w become a part of history, "Let us havo pe&Cir," instead of bollix only a "a tinkling brass and & sounding cymbal", would have been tho stogan and ralljiug cry of an united American people. Again: "His private friendships were refined nd found his chief de light in the society of the true, the pure and the elevated." We know but little of Grant's "pri vate friendships," yet, the news-pa pcrs of tkat day, made him very in timate with "Laudaulef ' Williums "Boss" Shephard, Oryille E. Babcock, Bellknau. et id omue oejtus uVir- bum saf." Aiaixi At the end of one of the learned Doctor's prayers for Gen. "Grant" the illustrious invalid re sponded 'Amen' ! '-That amen by that silent man was more significant than volumes by others." Hardly so, unless the Lord of Heaven has ontrary to His word, become -'a re specter or persons. And wuy should an amen coming from the lips of a dying general bo an' more ac e-ptu'le to the God of all, than the last supplication of a dying private or pauper provided the latter was equally sincere? We cannot see why. "Gentle Shepherd tell us why?" Aud, now, last, but not least '.ve would like to know what this learned ecclesiastic means by the following which sounds to onr untc tored ear like the boldest blasphe my : "But this man pre-eminent by the happy combination ol both Nature and Providence, rose superior in the supreme moment, forced all things to hi3 billing, and, like another Joshua could have commanded the Sun and Moon to stand still to ill u ininate his final path to victory." iNow the reverend gentleman. maT Slave meant onlj: a figure of speech or a poet'eal license, but to say the least, aiicti nights or oratory are un usual and singularly out of place in a funeral discourse, when the son of man has jmt gone into the pres ence of its maker. But out time is up. Before closing however, we would in justice to General Grant's memory, give him credit for tLe mag naninaity towards hi? old foes, that characterized his latter days. Oh that he had shown th same magna nimity when it could have done some good in the days of our travail of soul, when our bleeding Southland but too well merited the name of the Niobe of nations.'' Our task is ended wa close oar remarks full of charity for the dead though our zeal for the living and for the future, may seem to negative such an assertion, May Ulysses S. Grant find iu Heaven that peace he denied to onr sufferiug down-trodden people, here in the land for which their futher. sh-d their blood to build up a reprc sentatlve government. As to Dr.New man and others of ids stripe thev may go ahead in their sycophantic unenviable careers. The knowing old World, though it seems to be asleep will wake up to a just esti Uk ite of every public question f.-id give all persons and all things their just dues. What though History h falsified and the religion of the S.i vionr.be made the vehicle of all manner of uulioliuess? At last the millenium of right well come. - "Truth crusU'd to earth shall ri.se again, The eternal years of GoJ are hers; While Error wounded writhes in pain And dies amid her worshippers."- Dr. Ed. Williams Pugii, "GleiidoAerllall," Windsor, N. C.,0ct. lOtJi, 18S3. JUDGMENT PUNISHMENT. Adam the fir-it man, sinned and he was judged and punished. The Judge of all tho earth revealed to him that in the day he sinned he should surely die. Not a word about a judgment at the end of a time. Not a word about an endless hell, end less punishment, or endless death. These are the inventions of rnen. He Adam was judged in the day he s'n ned, was punished tha day he sin ned. He died to purity, died in trespasses and sins. TLe law that condemned Adam i3 still in Joroc, Hence St. Paul tells us that "death is passed on all men, for that all have sinned'' Roni. B: 12. Adam sinned, and he suffered a penalty mo: m! death. All men sin, all men EiiiTer the penalty moral death. As Adam sufic-red oa the day he sinned all men sinTer ou the day they sin. St. James ssys ; blessed is the m.-ui that eu'Jureth temptation, for when. ie is trisd he shall receive the crown vhen he is tried. Virtue then is now rtv:urded. . He continues "then when iust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin : and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death, Jame3 1. 12. 15. Here we are taught that when the sinful deed is finished, is contin ued,ert we suffer the penalty death. Do not suffer the whole of it imme diately, but it begins then. This same truth runs through the Bible. But the Lord shall endure forever," he has prepared his throng for judg ment. And he shall judge the world in righteousuess. he shall minister judgment to the people in righteous ness. The Lord is knowu by the judgment he executeth. Ps. 9: 7,8. IG. God is now on the tiirone of judgrasnt, he now executeth judg mcnt not will do it millions of ritps lifMiofi i.ivid fflva. "t ie iudg w v ' G nu en ts of the Lord are true." "I will praise thee because of thy righteous Judgments" "upright are thy judg ments," "his judgments are in all the earth," "I saw under the sun the place of judgment." All his scriptures, aud hundreds more of th su:ne import, teach that God judges the world now. This language is all iu the present tense. During the New Testament dispensation, God judges the world by the Gospel of Christ by the new light is th.it in fused into our miads and cur morals. It is clear, though, it pertains to t-c reign of Christ and commenced wheh his reign began. How well this cor responds with the Old Testament predictions of the Messiah and judgment ! "I saw in the night a vision and, behold one like the son of man tame with clouds of heaven and came to the Ancient of days ami they brought-him near bef'o e him. And there was giv-an him dominion and glory and kingdom that all peo. pie nations and languages should serve him : his dominion is an ever lasting . dominion, which shall not pais away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed," Dan 7: 13,1-1. This is the sa me coming "of the son of man" so of tea spoken of ia the New Testament, and which the son of man himself said should take place before some of his hearers should die. But orthodoxy pirta it at the end of time. Dauid said he would come "with " the clouds of Ticaven," and Christ said the name's Aud when he could come according to the prophet and the Savior there would be "given him dominion, and glory, and kingdom." The sauid is spoken of by Dais.Ii, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son U given, and the government shall be unon Lis shoulders. Of the increase of his government and' place th. ro shall be no end, upon the threno of David an I upo.i his kingdom, to or der it and to establish it with jndgf me ni aiMVy"sf4Cc''T3a 9 : 6. 7. This is the frame government and kingdom and glory of Christ, which the icw 1 estamcnt informs uo com- mence I over eiguteen hundr- d years ig ind which some so strangely locate at tho end of time "outof Zion shH go forth the liw law of the Gospel of Christ and th.3 word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he Cliri.it -slull judge among the na tions and rebuke many people. Now ub-ervt: that the result of CuriU's judgement is salvation, not ruin to coantless millions it. belli : "And tLcy shall beat their 'swords into plow, shares, and their spears in'.o pruuin hooks: Nation shall not lifi up sword against nation, neither shah they learn war any more. The Lord ' shall be exalted in tint day ."Isa 2; 3,4, 17. This is the day of judgmeu' mr.nv locate at tho end Of" the wrld : But the Prophets locate on the carllf. Pne same prophet further writes, 'ib hold a king shall reign in righteous ness and Princes sliall rulo inj(?7 ment Then judmfeuf shall ilwell ifl the wilderness" Is 82: 1, 16. "Behold my servan: I uphold, mine elect in whom iy soul delighteth ; I will put; my spirit upon him. And he shall bring forth ludgrueiii to the Gentiles. He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he hath set judgment in the earth Isa 42 : 1, 4. Another prophet speaking of this same judgment of Christ says. "Behold tho days come eayeth the Lord that I will raise unto a righteous Branch and a King shall reign raid prosper, and h:Jl execute judgment and j'Uth-e in the earth" Jer. 23 5. It wi!l be observed that the prophets in predict ing the coming of Christ call him the 'Son of man" a king, a judge. They say he would reign, have a govern ment a V They all assert he would exercise justice and judg ment during his reign. And they are unanimous or declaring that this judgmcot would be in the earth. The prophets locate tha kingdom and judgment in this world snd the New Testament locates it in this world. He that hath ears to hear let him hear. A UNIVERSALIS!1. My S3oy, I Yon SiuIe. The U. S. Navy annually takes into its service a large number of appren tice boys, who are sent all over the world and taught to be thorough sail ors. It has been tho policy of the government since tho war to educate the -'blue jacket," u on the principle that the more intelligent a man is, the better sailor he is likely, to be come. There is no lack of candi dates for these positions. Hundreds of boys apply, but many are rejected because they cannot pass the physi cal examination. Major Houston, one of the Marine Cotps who is in ch.irgo of the Washington Navy Yard barrack n, is tha authority for the statement that one-fifth of all the bo3s examined are rejected on ac-. count of heart disease. His first question to a boy who de sires to enlist is : '-Do you smoke?' The invariable response is, "No, sir," but the tell-tale discoloration of ihe'fia-gers at once shows the truth, The surgeons say that cigarctt-3 smo king by boys produces heart disease and that in uinetyninc cases out of a hundred the rejection of would-be apprentices or. account of this deft 3t comes from excessive U3e of tho mild er form of the weed. This is a re markable statement, coming, as it does, from so high an authority and based upon the results of tctual ex aminations going on day after da' and month after month. It should be a wnrning t parents that t lie deadly cigan ttc is sure to bring about incalculable injur to theyoung. A law passed re f rioting ' ii s ne to the dudes would not, perhaps, bring popular disfavor, b.. cause it might reduce the number of these objects about our streets, but boys indulg ing in the cigarette o'vglit to be treat ed to liberal doses of -rod in pickle'' until tho habit is thoroughly eradica ted. Scientijlc American. The assessed value cf proptfty in North Carolina in 1S79-S0 was lo(,2GS,24I. The assessed value in IS80 is given at $222,: 500,000 an increase of SGb',0ol,Tol , in live years. This is gratifying and hopeful. In 18S0 there were ISO cotton. mills in the South; in lSSi there are 333 increase lt.i. JNortli Carolina had i-PJ 111 ibvVJ, ana in Itxx nfts u m- 1 ' crease 48, or nearly double. The mills are .small compared with those of Georgia and South Carolina, so tho percentage of increase of looms and spindles is lens. But Georgia alone has more spindles than North Carolina. Georgia has 385.013 spindles and North Carolina 237. a ib. South Carolina has more looms than North Carolina: hers being 4.578 against 3,118. And yet the South lus but made a beginning aT'will ije seen from the following clipped from the Baltimore Munv. r'acturers' Record of tha 12th in stent: In 1880 there were 10,053,433 spindles in the United States, of which the South had only 713,88:), or .7 per cent.; whilthere are now 13,53(5,745 spindles, of whica ti.e South has 1,400,00 4, or 10. i per cent. From" 1880 to 1885 the m crease in the number of spindles in the South was 101.5 percent., while the increase in the balance of the country was only 21.3 per cent. It is this difference in the rate of in crease more man rue agreaie gain in the number of spindles that nliows the progress of the South." Star. Young Society Belle 'Oh, Dr. Portman, I am so glad I met yon, I have such an important question I want to ask yon. I am anxious, you know, not to do anything that I do not. think my pastor could fully aj - Move and I want to know V y bink novel readi.ig i-i wrong? ' Dr. Portman ''No, my dear yotiDg lady, I think I may say that I do not deem novel sin." reading Young Society Belle "Oh, I am I so iriacu I tola tuc mris i am nui think you would." Dr. Portman No, my dear young fViM-il T ililnb- J lint, tlio roaflimv rd'l ltlLiif, X tiiiiiu VitW UU . v.., 1 ' I , , i . UlSLOl y UUU buicui;l,,uiiu nuiao umiiii el, is highly salutatory to the youth- ful miad. And I am quite sure that would be novel reading to you." Louisville Journal. So Time for 'fi iuit. "Yes, the artificial banks along this river made capital breastwork for the Confederates," said the pilot. as we steamed down tho mighty Mis sissippi. ''Safely sheltered by the heavy walls of the earth, I've had more'n one crack at a Yankee gun boat myself." "Then you were in the service?" "Must have been. I belonged to a sort o' independent troop, and most f our fighting was from these e'rr banks. Do you see that grove awaj off up there?" "Yca" "Well, in war times a big houst stood there. Fifty of us were eat ing dinner there ona day when some. b.idy saw a Yankee gunboat along about here. We all rushed for tin bank, aud when alio came along wi opened with our muskets. By and iiy she replied with a shell from si T , strtin'v hf bank npjtr the to,-j ai l just lifted about, fp, wagon loads of dirt p in a ind let it fall on our captain.' "Kill him?'' heaj "No, I reckon not, but it buried aim clear out of sight,'" "How did ho feel when him out." "We didn't git him out." -YoudidnH! Why not?" "Too busy holding an you goi electioi tor omw one 10 i:vm nis pi ace. ut 4 A - l t 1 "TT .jouldn't think of everything at onct you know, and then it was i-uch t leap aui cay way of burying san. Tiiey might have dug inn nt siaco the war but I reckon In was no good. Ben thoro too long.'' 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