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L-favr.-i1. IN E.S8KNTIAL8, UNITY t m UiitiU A.vvn #-.u ! ,« Jim/. ,YA(:2HUhT ,H tr 8 K/ITclfhO shT i u < WfjfU. \ j1 V. V. ->.'A—«\ ti-u ifw.itirv# Wr\A - j{- ‘‘P • " 'a»A >■■■ *» Jof soar* "/• r ■■' L ^_jC_ ;At }-oJ ggtl l» LIBERTY ' VOT YTT ; 1 -l •• .* .W 5. ' j : X ’Vvlrf. ALL... w ,||«* :f,* .. _ , , i-. .*U- .■ , , .1 I— —■ -- ------— ______ RALEGH, N. C., THURSDAY, APRiL 19, 1888 “ <»< Is (he only Bead to the exclusion of pf*r,*P orntteibenMpi j tirbrate taflifmtot end WTMabfJWAbt. 9il totinm ’ill ‘♦*'i«JU:lU.|, ,“ul Jo imsui j * hyMp&U .rto*W'fl». which bee been the subject of ooetroversy~lo the Christian Eta, ie the the pope. Mdch hea been wnMenrto show the error! of dMtsroKin »ltoeri/ito»7 atosikrd iky. m # i rt.<ihAToMltMhimMtPt.thht!#<piA hr < eeil W -mhyjjpfm o- direct saooe popes from the time of Sffriet'hll this lived at Ropitjgy ^|istory shows that there ie much doubt that Peter 4$0 tniHMtylflfmMMN’.'jfctJW pff,w Isifff m of a plausi^p j^o^ . to .« WifHVt ;Ho was .* plum preacher ot m iHtoiWPlt"* k>*" HtffciJHMto (he ^ ^ npm imtiiWrh'ftym ww#**1 >: wom ee.wwpp.;,, Haevt ftly-mwdeno fctann to toe iutollible, tiiii he aspire to be the temporal FHfe# /, H^\? V; ztf ously,. a>(d , fearlessly preached the Lb. If these points were character itic of tlie Brat pope, they certainly *ra*WiW t»f tlto ririMM*pd»e.>» *» AN SUN. 41 BT B'AHRMfl* The tirst'indicatlons of the pope teiOWtt^n MWi P*fl toe hfshdg^ waa-ac l»t« fuf Use third or fourth cen tary—probably in, die third century. bishops being phffetl ^with the flesh or the devil, *bba *?i WW»iWll*x»“ivhi»s4 to aspire, to pow •; cr, sndsoon power became the chief end In vMcm»uM in the foortboentury bna ‘UUKW assumed to be greater a«s^1i*|%F< WPS. H* presided U overtheJmi, Churls, lived, jn the best style and received a very large 'lS! calarv. Thus promoted above his fel '** fbws, he grew rapidly in his own esti mation. He arose to such eminence > and held sway, till finally be was re 0 garded at the head of the church—as the arbiter of ill questions pertaining to the control and government of the IwFvW * )«** n gpw thadogmadf the,infallibility 1 of the ifopo. ; Whs>t a monstrous claim this was, may be easily determ ined by a reference to history. Let us see. If any man is infallible, *. be ought to so govern hit people«s to: keep them from a serious conflict among themselvesi ott account of his mistakes. We find, however, that he failed even to control the respect of . Wf dVD bishops, for in the third ceo tary they refosed to recognise the l$d4l*tlM; aMhht“‘of their commis on to preach thb gosp^l and declared s their authority came from above -rrtbat they wees ambassadors for at Christ sad by Ihs appointment— un der bis guMane^'tmd not under tb'rft for ^ t rwr thqjr gh«|wed wisdom, the popes wei» ip many instances only efomoring for piaeeand power. About this time, or a .little earlier, on tile death of UfcccH* a chaumftd scene dnaihdi In the elentioa of a succes sor tb flffieftoa, tmsr foun-Claimed to ciDU>. The costest is wntlen in Ins tory as isdyinapn. Aa in some politi cal squabbles at this day two men r.,ww..w °mM' ■»“ ?•” two a^irau^s tp tbfl Pfpacy- Bach an-4 claimed to 4ave been elected, yet only H ouc could flU ih® place, Jfow lniagiue two iuMfible m«u oootswling against *#‘nner— the iabtol Wily idea is at once redicu - loUs. The ftiet is ties® tlrt> aspirants were not oVrWHble teen Were very weak ese! two tmft.of. .this weakness . .Muod miniiiii. v.lijs •atMt J Qbcpw .* toat t»t<uSaabg tteiiclMiwh iiwiUieiyear 1414 ! • %he®' tb® ■f^MoU® «0Ohnci» of Con *** imperfect •w -^tte sinrof—the</t8liK>rtI-sighted, ad .niinfatratioti 'lr»the’ •ittirfof tfca ezi&fi} asiutuv totHuifSalur, beat' - claims to of Rome Ufffcflfe* pope's,»«Uwnty» saifo <*~ ^ in this “Conneil of' Gonstance.’’ Verity I ■ AJ*hit!piKoo/U»Falirtili [>e¥ir F' ^owridtci*** K‘ lntbopope *» till d* B*air tii85tfHwgh'be |imi WM<% ^OHsbwoch?awas nM Mrispe^ol tJHf.>pWliy«- (?i popes of be itifWIiblfy consents, this claim. 1» this itffihhWilty: At Sis ■ms A .i) <1 owoMppmstl at An Mis «I {Usman saw mohaiw i*Hoar, ysowern «d 1b KMiud «i <fertud> tmit * ibca potos ----JiJ—!. ■ . er against ooe-tflto Wmself wished t» btoorDrtntalltble’f / Again, a!s in the «^t^T°l!RlW& •» Vf C^na iofaUibUitj , rtlwy liv«Mhe mmt. licentious lures, shhawfo) id tbetortrawre: In the-fif teenth century; t^ctr IfoftHHtnfity* ehr&Uecf by the church, and so ott ihroag^thp, e^nlj^r ^^(papes have been first infallible and then fallibje, <s4«*\ Vo inI^iq>Hfty is lang^t at the.civilised: worifl pvply fMbin tbeuftw-h, ranks* i .Alas, the pope of Rome is only a man—and a weak one at.thak* mi • « mu; ,, lin.. trim /U-1.1^4 ftliW, flu | < h WANT AND SUPPLY. W *» Itittk it ftVtjjfr *'t r ■:-.•••■ > There is in the human heart an in •linctiveooneciousneea ofspiritualneed facalty slid function that cannot be filled ofsXtisfieif bVany* animal of in ao*• pin •• jpjtM hSrin T,11 :... tellectual fruition. The soul is too great, in its uature, too broad in its ouRpok to bc.js^sfl^d with the things of earth. It was ma le for a higher sphere of.actiqi] than this, and there is a moral heart-hunger that demands the bread Of heaven; a soul thirst to be slaked by waters from Ihe upper springs. Man is deeply conscious of something more than this world can give. One of the conscious felt wants of the soul is the assurance of pardon ant peace with God; but human philosophy can give no relief, and in the laws of nature there is no promise of pardon. This want is met in Christ, “In whom we have redempliou through his Mood, even the forgiveness of sins.’’ In the claim consciousness of his pow er 19 do all he promises lie said to all sin hardened souls, “ Come unto me, *H to that labor and.are heavy: laden, ahd I will give yttu1 rest." Man is conscious that he is not liv ing as God, and conscience tells him that he ought to live, and that he needs divine help to oome up to the measure of his duty to God and man ; but be cannot find this strength m human motives and the objects of earthly am bition. The inspiration they give fail in the hour of need, but in Obnst the longing tool finds! the needed strength': Hjs promise is, “ If ye abide Tn me, and my words abide in you, ye stall ask what ye will, and U shall be done unto you." Man possesses the power to anticipate, and he looks forward mto the great future and longs for some as surance of immortal blessedness be yond the tomb. ■ 'HUP® springs eternal in.human breast, Ian neyer is, but always to be blessed; be soul, uneasy, and confined from home, and expatiates in a life to come.” Thu want n met in Cbnst. He 'brlrigfc the assurance of immortality.' “ Whosoever iiveth and believeth in me shall oeyer die.” “ Because 1 live ye sball live also.” “ This is the will of him that sent me, that everyone 1 which Bfeetti the 8911 and bchevetb on him may have everlasting life; and I i will raise him uf> in the last day.' tOiintt kss scaUesod the dark clouds that hnng around tl# grave and illu minatefl ft with the light oi immortal ity. .Standing by the .grave the Chris tian post could sing: “I tb*uM tbae, F*ther> That tbis slpiple grave on which the dawn is breaking, emblem of that day which hath fs breaking, emblem of that day which pat No cloth, thou' kindly unto my daik mind HastSent a sacred light, and that away Fount bis «ns h|Upo|c, whither I had come Jn surrpw,. thorart leading me in joy.” Here is where infidelity fails, Tor it leaves man without any refuge. \tyie infidel is without God, and without, hope in the world. A Congregational minister conduct ed a w^eifty : Bible class. An infidel, a conceited tongue fellow, told his chums that he would attend and find' out what sort of mettle was in the Doinme,. ojio evening tbq^’ all at tended the class. After the meeting was opened the infidel arose and said: * I believe yotratiow one to a3k ques tions on the subject of religion?’’ He was answered ui Uioaffirmative. “Well, I am not satisfied *Uh the £it»le, not religtoBj nor yoor preaching ; and l wottKHiMtoask ybu some question^’ ¥he ffi'ihl^r answered,1 Any1 honest doubts desejve thoughtful considera tion and L am willing to help «my of my'fk'leads to owning to» thetruth. At ■tlife' stalt fertft' kneef dohm'Rnd ask God to'guhfd nr I wilt lhkci; and when J hW-e^ayec( you follow.” “So,” sa.d the infldol, «Udki not «xnne to pray; I Ctrtde tdd!scdtt!«fi%>o»'‘ ‘Wou have come to our church, and you wifi sub j^jopraelf to our rules. We never talk rsiigiou without list asking God’s yo* kneel dPWh, The pas ,»it /aiifrtU inis Jt! its (abuu* tpar/a m be “I lor offered an earnest, touching sod atftctionate prayer/’ “ 1 dose,' p4li1 to the infidel, “now you pray, fljuiupt pray, I cannot pray. I have no 0*4.,tp,pray tp ; no Saviour to call tipoan Let' pie go;'' erw l the infidel, and rushed out ot the bouse under great excitement. Ttils is where njfi 4*ISty leases a man wit^ajl bis.oort soioue spiritual wants unmet: hut ib Christ the believer finds peaee ; com ‘Ibrt arid hope. Standing on the vtifge of time the aged Christian can sjpg : “O death! lbs poor mao's dearest friend, ■ Tbe kindest and the best! ttc Welcome the hour my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest! Th« great, the wealthy fear the blow. From pomp and pleasure torn; Knt, Ob! a blesa'd relief to those That weary laden monrn!'' James Maple. fur Exchanges. A WEEKLY CHAT WITH BROTHER EDITORS. i Let every man sweep clear before hia own jloor—then the walk-wayB of lite would be clear indeed. The South em Churchman, well says : The Church is blinded by worldly influences, and ministers find it much more agreeable to hammer away at tne sins of the ancient Egyptians, lour thousand years ago, or the immorali ties of Paris, four thousand miles away, than to expose the wickedness at their own doorsy —4— Some Colleges seem to be sure in tbe interest of sport instead of true learning. The St. Louie Christian Ad vocate strikes a blow in the right direc tion wheu it says: This is a matter in which the whole country is interested. If it is not stop ped, the smaller colleges will be de moralized, and instead of raising our young men for success in tbe honora ble ways of intellectual, moral and re ligious greatness, we will rear a gener ation whose ambition and model will center in the pugilist and gladiator, and those pursuits which even Rome deemed worthy only of slaves and criminals: to these we will train and degrade our sons. -o “ Let everything be done decently and in order-’ was the admonition of one who was inspired. We think every thing means everything and that takes in the singing in our churches of which is uot done decently nor in order. The Baltimore Baptist says : Take the matter of singing. It is an unspeakable important part of suc cessful revival exercises. Not to ar range tor the singing or to leave it in the hauds of frivolous or careless peo ple or to fail to provide hymns tor the congregation or to let some toothless and; tuning-fork crank undertake to run the singing—this is worse than un fortunate. it is criminal, and often fatal. We have known several meet ings to fail because of the character of the singing. We state this with de liberation. We do not say that the meeting was hurt by the singing, but that ft was killed by it. In very many oases we have seen the Lord's work, if not thwarted; at least badly crippled by the singing or by the lack of it.or by the bad quality of it. It is very important to arrange beforehand for the singing, and then see that it is faithfully carried out. The day is at hand when we must have reform iu some ideas now held in educational circles. The Nation well says '• ■'. ‘•T The intercollegiate gainers bring the college world dowu to the level of the professional gambler. It is lneontest able that students whose minds are constantly filled with the thought of intercollegirate rivalry at sports,follow with the greatest zest the course of the professional matches all over the coan try, turn to them first in the morning paper, make them the staple of their conversation. This is bad enough, but unavoidably they catch the tone of these vulgar perfqarmances, they prac tice or are on their guard against “trickery condoned by public opinion,” and, above all, they fall easily into habits of betting on the result. The ill feeling thus engendered, the char ges of foul play, unfair umpiring, spy ing, concealment, lying, are disgust ingly visible on the grounds or in the echoes of the college press. No man ever felt elevated by witnessing such j encounters, and their degrading influ ence speaks both to the eye and to the understanding. ■-o Tim Methodist Protestant is in favor of a kiud of Anti-Poverty Society, Which he thinks would be very good, It says : The best anti-poverty society would be one that should teach the elements of economy to thriftless people. More than half the miseries of penury are the resnTt of mismanagement. Until people can be taught that there are one bundred cents In a dollar ami that each cent lias a specific halite, and that work is the law of living which wii cari npt shirk, the experience of tlie philanthropic will lie repeated thfcrt it is impossible to effectively be p by simply giving. ‘ ' • 1 : 1} • Real faith means some tnfngs;j it sees thing*, ss'clearly, ‘ mat* so, than do ree natural eyes. The 'init pcmUnt pointedly says : The things not seen by the eye of sense, and seen only by that of faith, are the things that were most real to Paul. He was in this sense a spiritual realitt. Such every Christian ought to be. Having God’s Word in bis pos session, and believing it apon the au tiiority of its Source, be ought to live the life he now lives in the flesh by the faith of the Son of God. His soul by faith should rise into the spirit realm, and behold the great realities that God has placed there id His Word. -o Tbe following will interest those who It is like to, think of such things, from tbe Presbyterian Observer: Pnnce Alexander, who formerly gave tbe Czar ot Russia considerable trouble, now appears upon the scene as an obstacle to Bismarck’s schemes. The Berman Chancellor opposes his contemplated marriage With Princess Victoria, daughter of Emperor Freder ick, and threatens to resign his office if the marrnige is sanciioned. Tbe cold hearted and practical statesman has no sympathy with love-matches, especial ly when they stand in the way of bis political plans. He asked and secured of tbe Reichstag 700,000 men and 300, 000,000 marks to carry out his foreign policy, and now to see it compromis ed or menaced by a sentimental affair is not to his lining and he decidedly objects. The German mind is agitat ed about the matter. The Emperor Frederick is in a quandary. If he ap proves of tbe marriage he offends his chief minister and runs counter to in fluential parties ; if he postpones the alliance he antagonizes family inter ests. It looks as if the man of iron will was making the occasion a test question as to his supremacy. It he can bring bis sovereign to terms be will lie master ot the situation as in the post; if he Ails, he will, by his res ignation, place hint in a position where he will be put to angreat disadvantage. The struggle is really deeper than ap pears upon tbe surface, and means who shall govern, Bismarok or the Empress Victoria^ whom he dislikes and who has great influence over her husband. The German Premier does not believe in petticoat government. Nor does he ev favor anything English. Royalty idenlly has its troubles as well as ple beianism. Trials belong to all ranks. LDR1 GOD'S CHILDREN IN DARK HOURS. BY THEODOR* L. CUYLER, D. D. Mo human life is all sunshine, and over smooth water. Some of the nob lest characters in Bible history were men who traveled to Heaven' through dark nights and in the teeth of many a “ blizzard.1’ Abraham was the “ Friend of God,’’ rich and prosperous; yet it was a faith-trying journey, en veloped in painful mystery, which be made to Mount Moriah with his belov ed son marked for the sacrifice. Joseph was led through deep pit and dark prison to the Premiership of Egypt. Daniel praised God in a lion's den, and Jeremian, the sorrowful Daute of He brew literature, looking up to the stars of the divine promises from the depths of a dungeon. The catalog of Paul's trials embraces almost everything that human nature can live through. And time would fail us to recount qll those heroes of taith described in tae epic of the eleventh chapter of the Hebrews. - As it was in those days, so it is in our days. The very best people, those who love God, and whom God loves, are not always happy. Our heavenly Father never promises unbroken sun shine to any of his children. That might be an appeal to oar selfishness —a bribe to serve God for the imme diate happiness it would insure. No opportunity would he afforded to test tbe capacity of faith in hard weather if i(a voyages were only over placid seas. Olipper-sbips ate. not tested at the wharves—but out in the hurricanes Hard as it is to believe, yet it is a Bi ble-truth that whom God loves, he chas tens aud scourages; and he does it just because be loves them. Chemists never throw gravel-stones into their cruci bles; it is only the ores whioh contain gold or silver, which are subjected to tbe red-hot furnace^ Old as this truth is, we have to make a fresh application of it every time that we are called to, face afflictions. I (1) Some Christian lives are shad lowed by,a naturally desponding tem perament. Brothel Hopeful looks at almost .everything through a rose-col oied glass; bill poor Brother Feating carries a “slough of Despond ’in his mind nearly all the way to the Celes tial city, and can only sing bass. He is a man of a o hoi be spirit jeveythn 7—T less, and goes through tiro Tiv«r bl ,^ath tfUnnphniytlj. Mat# ,yf ny readers will recall that glorious a ad ‘buccessfftl minister of Christ, f)r. Ed ward Pdjson, b’f Pi'irttand, who was •flidtad with tfa roost morbid defpon (itmcv. Satan assailed hint often with temutaUpna ihat dnn e bi«o well;high to .despair.. The Devil, like1 u skulking highwavliVftn,1 hi' vftrv hpt to attack 0©#% fieOple wh«fl •they art “watting in ghwkncssitand Me t» light. /J}r. .tfsyswn bad a--wonderful power-1—in spile of his morbid temperament— Doth to lead Souls to Christ and to comfort the sorrowing ; and bis djieg hours displayed v tiro most ekalted ecstasy qf rafrtnre. Heaven will proba bly Ik? ail the brighter to those Chris* tians who have traveled thither through the deepest valleys' Of death-shade. Cwbretting grace does not alter nat ural temperaments. It docs not make phlegmatic bilk impetuous, nor does it make desponding folk sanguine. But grace enables a true child of God to bear up under1 thCse natural burdens. The divine promises become very sweet and inspiring to all these breth ren ami sisters whose beads are bowed down like a bulrush And there is no passage in the Bible more assuring and sustaining to them than this one —“ he that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name or live Lord and stay upon his trod. This is not addressed to God's ene mies who walk in the darkness of sin, but to It's own covenant children who are called (<> pass through very shad owy experiences. (2) Some of my readers may be pas sing through very dark hours of pecu niary adversity Their business has been shattered, or their incomes have dwindled down almost to the vanish ing point. These are gloomy times, dear friends: Out 1 hope that it is not too dark fjr you to see to read God’s precious promises, or too dark for you to keep the straight road of integrity. For your comfort let me assure yon that while I have known thousands ot Christians to be badly demoralised by prosperity, 1 have rarely known one to be damaged by adversity. Such bliz zards are very apt to drive a true Christian under the safe covert of Je sus Christ, When bis earthly assets run low, his heavenly assets appreciate. Christian courage shines splendidly in the dark When a commercial temp est had swept away Arthur Tappan’s fortune, and he drew out his watch and handed it to bis assignees, saying, ‘*1 keep nothing from my creditors,” be was richer in God’s sight and in human Estimation than he Whs six months before. It is very’ uncomfort able to be poor; but grace is not grad uated by income, and the- man Who has a clear-conscience and the Lord Jesns Christ within him, and the at mosphere of love all around him, and the glories of Heaven right before him, is one of the Lord’s millionaries. (3) We often find ourselves involved in deep perplexities as to the course we ought to pursue. When we have light it is easy enough to walk in the lisrht: no one need no astray in broad noonday. Then we can walk by sight Faith is trusting God in the dark. Prayer is often the cry of the soul in the darkness to an unseen Saviour; aud io! he appears to us in the fourth vyjitch of the night walking as over the billows and speaking to us the assur ing words: “It is I; be ot good cheer; be not afraid ” Wonderful deliver ances and guidances often come to us in these seasons of perplexity. “Light is sown for the righteous.” And as we tread the plowed fields of duty, light is hidden in the furrows and breaks forth. A poor widow of ray acqnain lance, consecrated her only son to the service of Christ, and as she trudged along in her deep poverty, =wonderfu I interpositions of Providence sprung up in her path like rays of light bursting from the ground. The education of that son—who became afterwards an eloquent minister of the Word—was a constant strugg'e and venture of faith. She got great help and uplift from this rery passage: “He that walk elh in darkness let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.” This is something very differ ent from an occasional touch of the Alhiighty band. It means to lean on the everlasting arm, with the perfect assurance that the arm will never break and never fail 11s. The grandest triumph of faith is to trust an all wise and loving God in the darkest hours. We cauuot discover the “why” or the “ wherefore ” of our special afflictions. Our Heavenly Father did not consult us before the trial came, and does not explain to us why he permitted it. He owns us, and has as perfect a rigut to appoint for you and me a path through a pitch dark tunnel or a valley of the shadow of death as he lia§ .to direct our foot steps over a meadow purpled with Bowers. The dark path may prove to be the most richly profitable portion of our \i(i journey. Tbeeye of Faith, like the eye of body, has the power to enlarge its pupil and so comes very s60u to see in the dark. It discovers uew beauty in Bible-tnithes which it nijyur inhiqed bdfore. It discovers the 1 pftMo'uailess of a hope iu Christ as never before ; and gets new views ol the unchanging iovesif Him who sliok eth close)' than a brother. Tlnjn (K> all my readers who art learning banPKMribiHfod Wdt-kittg'ti ut diWutr .'iivsMprasMn .Goa’s bcOooI l wotM nagV'jtiMofrOtra kiins wiiLvj ci a#4 km> uie *iw I staff of faith well in han't. Ti uat jj' ir Guide th the dntfc. Yuu are sirfflp wi b Him InlBwHffltffOTr/iihari^ffiibin li>» iti tlfb noOrfdWT He WiH not stiff jF tny loot to stutubliv Wby you have been .Ijrought iatwwcb dark hours jo j ?z£t£Z8ir*siiM erics of Heaven will be to find out the mysteries of earth. Push on cheerful ly, for if sorrow camp with us. over night, joy cometb in the morning. It is not a great way to Heaven, at the farthest, and then will burst upon our eyes the exceeding and eternal weight ot glory.—Independent. "DENOMINATIONAL NEWS. Rev. T. V. Moore and wife have re ceived a donation ot #84, from t|ie chnrch at Charleston hoar Comers, N. Y., and $50, from CariiIsle church, JL Y.,—$134 in all. Bro. Moore is soon to resign his pastorate at these churches. ; ' The Christian church at Mill Creek, Ohio, has Wen blessed with a revival. Rev. W. A. Dobyns pastor says, ‘Thus far we hare had twenty-two acces sions.’ Rev, C. W. Hoffer says, “I am now bolding the grandest meeting or my life” (at Versailles, Ohio,) “I have re ceived into the church within the last two weeks, ninety-four members. Pnay for us.’’ Rev. 8. D. Bennett reports the Christian church at Miamiville, Ohio, enjoying a gracious revival. Twenty were adied to the chuich. Twenty-tour accessions are reported to Fort Recovery Christian chureb, Ohio, by Rev. S. W. Bennett, pastor. The members of sister churches co operated. Rev. O. S. Greene has been greatly blessed in his labors at the Beaver Creek Chapel, Ohio, which is a new organization. Thirty-eight persons were added, and the new church which has built a good house, numbers fifty three members. Rev. J. B. Fenner has just closed a, protracted meeting at New Palestine church, Ohio, with twenty-seven addi tions. Bro. Fenner has received a -“pounding” from this church. The Clarksburg Christian church, Ross county, Ohio, has been greatly prospered, through the missionary la bors of Rev. 0. L. VVinget,of William port. Fifty two were received to fel lowship. ^. Rev, W. H. Orr reports three addi tions to the Christian church at Veederaburg, Ind. Sister Maggie Wallace reports two revivals. One in Adair county, the other in Balias county, Missouri. Eight additions at one place, and nine at the other. Rev. J. T. Philips has been assist ing Rev. L. M. Shinkle the pastor in Capron, 111. Twelve or fifteen conver sions and six additions. Rev. Jose(A Barney has been hold ing a protracted meeting' at Ray’s Cove church, Penn, assisted by Rev. J. R^ Logue. Result fourteen addi tion 6v“8ro. Baragy says Brush Creek Christian churou, Penn., is building a house that willbo* an honor to the community. A glorious work of grace is reported at Red Key Christian church, Jay county, Ind. A new church was or ganized with forty-four members, says Rev. Jno. A. Coons. Rev. J. T. Philips is still in the gos pel field. He, reports eight additions to Mellott Christian church, atMellott, Ind., result of a protracted meeting in which he assisted. Rev. Mrs. Adams Smith recently closed a meeting at Plattsburg, Ohio, with twenty-seven conversions. The Albany Christian church, Ohio, has been greatly blessed, with forty six conversions and forty-three addi tions. So says Rev. W. L. Lunday. He nlso reports a blessed work of grace at Greenville Creek church, 0., with forty additions. The grandest meeting of the season is reported m the Christian church at Versailes, Ohio, resulting in one hun dred and forty-two additions. Revs. C. C. Philips and C. W. HeofFer la bored in the meeting. A revival of much power and inter est was recently closed at Mt. Joy church, Sciota Gounty, Ohio, with 71 additions. The Sabbath School in Haverhill Christian church, Mass., numbers 166 members. Rev. John A. Goss is pas tor. Rev. T. V. Moore reports three ad ditions to the- Christian church at Charleston Four Corners, fi- ¥., and donation to himself and wife. Rev. A, C. Covey, of Milan, N Y , ; has accepted a oall tti the Decisertowu aud Mo u roe pastorate. Xew Jersey. ! K. U. H _ 1. Ill* Mil ... The Christian Sun. nttKs or awacfurrmh j Km mss U 8<fatotowifrhas sahb iO'Tihc sinner's Asylum is the heart nf.GraiM’! Keep lmsy. Heartache* are sehlora felt w|*e»,Uie hanj^.jire bwy.« • tfo fbuniatn VvNmall tHrti tlmt heav en .may bo imaged m its hosotni— Hawthorne. Little dntiea are goldfen pine to fas ten the mantle of God’s love securely ibout us. , An ounce of generous" praise will 1o more to make a man your friend than a pound of fault. . , , Human tilings must be known to be Ipved, but divine things must beloved to be known. —Patcql, Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us. Lovers-G«4* ' .<.• * • It is easy to pihkhbl<a Other pbo ple’s work, but far more ppufltahle to ilo better work yourself. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.—Eph. iv. JO. , I If any man will come after Me, let , him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.—Luke tx 23. There is one olass of people upon whom whiskey seems to have, little or no effect—those who let it alone. It is wonderful to note the number of men who see the value of a^tbing after if is beyond their reach. Wo»en admire strength without seeking to imitate, it; men, gentleness, without bestowing it in return. Many a man has had a very hard ground to cultivate, and it* has only been through severe trials that be has raised even the smallest scrap of grace. At a convention of non-Christian Japanese physicians, held in Yokoha ma a few months ago, Christian edu cation was recommended as a means of diminishing disease. The ostrich in the Arabian legend when told to carry a- load, replied^ “I cannot, ( am a bird,” and when told to fly, then answered, “I cannot, l am a camel."—(Jhristian Index. ma :■ i gtil Religion is the rojal daughter of heaven but her crown drops from her' head when she stoops to profit by those crimes which it is her duty to denounce and her glory to subdue.— Bishop of Derry. In Chicago I saw a marching body of 18,000 workingmen, carrying a ban ner inscribed: “Our children cry for bread!” and they marched straight to a pic-nic ground and drank 1,400 kegs of beer. Nearly every mail is surrounded by three circles of friends—those of the outer circle wishing him well; those in the next circle wilnng to help him; while dose up to fife heart are a few ( who would die for him. God pity him who has no friends ! Says the Interior, (Presbyterian): “If each mom her of the cbnreb would consider himselt a special committee on iaviting people to come Ltrchurch and would see that they met with a hearty welcome when they came, they would be supriaedTo see what an in spiration it would be to their pastor.” The native American population do not propose to give up the Sabbath without a mighty struggle.. Its bless ed rest from worldly cares was handed down to them by their forefathers witn the induction to defend it atjilL biesrds. They look upon the present effort to snatch it from them os they would upon a declaration of war for conquest from a foreign foe.—N. I\ Witness. ‘•Prom all the paralying cant of an untelt devotion; from all the God-defy ing hypocrisy of aq unlifted voice and a down-hanging arm; f|om all miser able mummery of a grand external ritcal and T» selfish, uu-Christ-like daily life, good Lord, deliver us I The ouly thing that Christianity wants just now is Christians.’’—C’awm Wil ber/orce. I have measured a great many Ro man eoflins, and my average shows that the Roman could not have great ly exceeded five feet five int-fies. In taking measurement of ancient armor, 1 find that the English aristocracy have decidedly increased in average height within live hundred years. I measured twenty five mummies in the in the British Museum as nearly, as I could through the case, making esti mate for Wiapping, ahd I found the average height of ma|M Sixty-one iuches; females, fifty-live Inches. The mummy of the celebrated Cleopatra measures about fifty-four inches, about the height of the present- European gfrl of Skirl ecu, The mobs ancient mummy of *u Egyptian- kip® yet dis covered measuwd fifty-two (nef^s.— Mature. 1 i n- *# f ««if . dm: pii*•**>'#
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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April 19, 1888, edition 1
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