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VOLUME XLVIII: HUMBER 40.
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I The Organ of the General Convention
the Christian Church (Bonth).
1. - The Lord Jeans is the only Head of the
church.
The name Christian, to the exclusion
2.
of all party and sectarian names.
3. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments, sufficient rule
of faith and practice.
4. Christian character, or vital piety, the
only test of fellowship or membership,
5. The right of private judgment, and
itlio liberty of conscience, the privilege and
duty of all.
It is reported that the Queen
of Corea has been killed by a
party of anti-reformers, headed
by the King’s father. Great ex
citement prevails, and the Jap
anese troops have taken posses
sion for the purpose of restoring
order.
The Scientific American says
that the prediction that the elec
tric railway will supplant the old
steam lines is more a matter of
wild speculation than of reason
able calculation. Steam will do
the work cheaper ; and the ques
tion of economy will determine
the matter. Electricity is mak
ing rapid strides toward the
front, but until it can cheapen
power, it cannot supplant the
old-time steam engine.
Amelie Rives Chanler, who
wrote “The Quick or the Dead,”
and ‘awoke one morning to find
herself famous’ thereby, has se
cured a divorce from her hus
band in the New York courts on
the ground of “incompatability.”
Just what this means, the public
dees not yet know, but it is said
that nothing has been done re
flecting on the personal charac
tear of either party. The char
acter of her book, “The Quick
or the Dead” was not such as to
give her lasting fame, and Mrs.
Chanler has been rather in the
background since the first flush
of its appearance.
The news ol death of General
William Mahone, of Virginia,
last week was not a surprise, as
it was generally known that he
had been paralyzed for a week,
and lay in an unconscious state
for several days. This takes
from Virginia one of her best
known men. His career as sol
dier and commander in the late
war was such as to bring him
great prominence at its close,
and he rose to the highest posi
tions in his State. But during
his late years he became very
unpopular, and his death will not
be mourned as it would have
been had he died several years
sooner. „d
The rise in the price of cotton
is highly gratifying to the farm
ers and every one else in the cot
ton sections. This almost phe
nomenal increase in price—from
and 5 cents last year to 9
cents this year—is no doubt
caused by the shortage of crops
and by the decreased acreage.
There has been an over-produc
tion, and the condition of things
this year will no doubt teach the
thoughtful farmer to raise not so
much cotton and more of his
food products—that is, if he
doesn’t lose sight of the causes
of the rise in price this year be
fore planting time comes again
But many will plant more heav
ily than ever, and create an
over-production again, with a
corresponding decrease in price.
Mr. A. R. Barrett, an ex-gov
ernment examiner of failed
banks, contributes a thoughtful
and interesting article in the
October Arena, on “The Era of
Fraud and Embezzlement: Its
■causes and Remedies.” He
opens with the following para
graph : “Statistics show that
during the past ten years bank
wreckers, embezzlers, and de
faulters have robbed the people
of this country of over one hun
dred million dollars, an average
of over ten millions of dollars
per annum; and this state of
things has been growing worse
the past ten years, for the year
1892 shows robberies by the
above-mentioned methods of
about $9,000,000, while 1893
shows about $19,000,000, 1894
about $25,000,000, and 1895
shows over $4,000,000 to July 1.
“The general cause of all these
f. auds is, as he says, “the desire
to get rich quickly and live ex
travagantly.”. This leads to
speculation on the part of the
officials ; and is so often the case
that the speculator finds that his
“schemes” haven’t worked, and
he is unable to replace the
money that he has been using,
perhaps for a number of years—
result, the bank fails, and the
official is shown up to the world
as a defaulter. Another cause
is found in the keeping ol bad
company, with its attendant dis
sipation. There are constant
demands for money, and the
bank “furnishes” it. Making
temporary loans to “friends” is
another source of temptation.
The gambling house is always
open with its devilish entice
ments, and the weak man with
access to plenty of money too
often “goes in thereat.” And
again the official is often tempt
ed to dishonesty by the pervert
ed use of discounts, orderdrafts,
individual notes (never being
paid), loans obtained from other
banks on “accommodation
paper”, of outsiders, the benefi
ciary not endorsing the paper,
certificates of deposit and clear
ing-house due-bills. From one
or more of these causes Mr.
Barrett finds that nearly all our
wrecked banks have received
their financial blows. As to
perveniauve meuiuus einpiuycu
by banks against these dishonest
“schemes” he says: “Some
employ the expensive method of
keeping a double force of clerks,
one set working at night to verify
the work of those employed dur
ing the day : some shift the clerks
from desk to desk at uncertain
periods; some organize an ex
aming committee among the
clerks ; some employ experts to
make a complete audit once or
twice a year ; and some contract
with an expert to examine and
audit one department a month,
no one, not even the bank offi
cers, knowing which depart
ment will be examined next.”
Of these methods he finds that
the last two have given more
general satisfaction. We may
summarize his closing sugges
tions : Good salaries should be
paid, great care in the selection
of officers and employees should
be exercised, the habits of
be known, it shoidd be made a
crime for any broker to specu
late for an officer or employee,
directors should keep a close
watch over the bank, no officer
or employee should be allowed
to have an account with the
bank with which he is connect
ed, no one handling the money
should be allowed to make the
officers and
shoidd
records, a complete history of
each paper negotiated through
the bank should be kept, and
bank examiners should be more
careful in the discharge of their
duties. Thus it is seen that the
temptations presenting them
selves to the bank official are
many, and the opportunities for
yielding to them, for a time
without detection, are almost as
numerous. Hence this is very
necessary that every possible
safeguard be thrown around the
official and the institution. A
wrecked bank always means
more than a defaulting cashier
and bankrupt stockholders: it
often means the wreck of many
a small but independent busi
ness of the bank’s depositors.
Yes, it often means the impover
ishment, wreck, and ruin of
many a home that formerly
knew nothing but happiness and
freedom from want. First of all,
none but honest men should be
interested with such responsibil
ity, and a close oversight should
be instituted in order that they
may not forsake their honesty
hi the face of temptation. Bank
officials ought to be the best
men that can be found, for their
temptations to dishonesty are
perhaps greater than those of
almost any other class of men.
From hr Contributors.
RESCUE THE PERISHING.
HERBERT T. BACON.
Into an invalid’s chamber—
that of a consecrated Christian
woman—has come a thought
which I trust was inspired by his
Spirit who said, “I was in pri
son and ye came unto me.”
In the jails and prisons of our
cities and towns and court
houses the hopeless, the wretch
ed, the ,guitly are gathered to
gether : the hoary-headed con
vict steeped in crime is the com
panion and associate of the boy
who has committed his first
offence and whose heart is al
most broken with penitence and
shame ; the bold blasphemer oc
cupies the same cell with him
who has been taught the Bible
in the Sunday school.
What is to be the result? De
gradation, ruin, the penitentiary,
the gallows, the loss of a soul
for which Christ died.
What is being done for them?
Perhaps here and there good
men and women look with ten
derest pity on the sad, hopeless
faces that look out from the bare
prison walls that might bear the
inscriptiou,“Ye who enter here,
leave hope behindperhaps
they pay them an occasional
visit, sing and pray with them,
talk to them and read the Bible
to them. Perhaps they send
occasionally a good book, or a
tract, or religious newspaper.
r» c niuoL oavc mtoc .
we must at least make the trial
or the blood of their souls will
be upon our skirts. We want
them to be as a burden on our
souls. We must work for their
salvation : we must do so in
Virginia, in the Carolinas, in
the South, in the North, every
where. Not a State or territory
is to be left out. We want to
try to save them through an or
ganized effort which is to be
undenominational ; we want all
who love the Lord Jesus to help ;
it is “The Christ Mission.”
We propose to have a Board
of Directors who shall meet once
a year: we want both men and
women on that Board. Mothers
and sisters may have some un
happy boy behind prison bars
or they can feel for those who
have and try to save them
Elizabeth Fry, of blessed
memory, did much for the poor
prisoners, frequently visiting
prisons alone.
We need a General Agent to
conduct correspondence, give
counsel generally, and look after
the formation of organizations
in each city, town and country,
and receive gifts and dues.
In every city, town and coun
ty we want an organization com
posed of men and women and
boys and girls (children taught
in childhood to feel for and try
to raise the fallen will become
philanthropists when grown to
manhood and womanhood,) who
shall visit as often as in their
power the prisoners confined in
our jails and prisons, they shall
read the Bible to them, have a
song service with them, pray
with them, talk hopefully, and
encouragingly to them ; tell
them our God hears the sighing
of the penitent prisoner, that he
raised Manasseh from fetters
and a dungeon and restored
him to his throne. Chronicles
33 chapter. They shall com
municate with the General
Agent through their Secretary
an account of their visits espe
cially any thing of special and
peculiar interest in the history
of the prisoners. Each organ
ization shall have a President,
Vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer: the last named being
held by the same person.
Each member of this mission
shall pay yearly the amount of
ten cents which shall be for
warded to the General Agent to
be used by him for the spiritual
good of the prisoners and of
which the General Agent shall
give an itemized statement at
the annual meeting of the
Directors.
Brethren, is this thing of God?
May we expect His blessing on
it who has said, “I was in prison
and ye came unto me?” Then
let us have your prayers, 'your
sympathy, your co-operation,
your help.
I asked as a favor that some
brother or sister will send me on
a postal, the age, sex, color,
crime, of the inmates of your
jails and prisons : if any Chris
tian people—or others— have
paid any special attention to
them : have visited them, pray
ed and sung with them, sent
them a Bible or good works and
papers to read.
And if you like this plan and
deem it worthy of encouragment
won’t you say so on a postal
addressed to me Clarksville,
Va., Mecklenburg county?
We know our plan is not per
fect : it must be worked and
prayed into good shape.
Clarksville, Va.
Papers friendly to this please copy and
give it a good word. H. T. B.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
Another step forward will
shortly be taken in the grand
movement for a system of inter
national arbitration which will
make wars between nations
things of the unenlightened past.
The international arbitration
treaty which was prepared and
approved by the Pan-American
Congress, and which at the time
was characterized by the then
Secretary of State—Mr. Blaine
—as ‘'The new Magna Cbartay1
which abolishes war and sub
stitutes arbitration between the
American republics”, is to be
submitted to Secretary Olney
with the request that this gov
ernment take the iniative in get
ting it formally adopted by all
the countries represented in the
Pan-American Congress. Al
though this particular treaty
only includes the nations of this
continent, it is probable that
another, including England and
France, is response to resolu
tions adopted by the British
House of Commons and the
French Chamber of Deputies,
will also soon be prepared, and
its negotiation began.
A meeting of the lecture com
mittee of the American Society
of Religious Education was held
this week to make arrangements
for a course of free public Bible
lectures, similar to those deliv
ered under the auspices of the
society last winter which proved
so successful.
The Y. M. C. A. held its
forty-third Annual meeting in its
temporary quarters this week.
The most important report sub
mitted was that of the chairman
of the finance committee, which
showed the total receipts for
1894-95 to have been $13,216,74
and the expenditions $13,568,09.
Reterring to the itemized re
ceipts the report said: “From
this it will be seen that the young
men of the association pay
about 60 per cent of the ex
penses of the association. Of
the other 40 per cent of ex
penses about 10 to 20 per cent
is contributed by observing and
broadminded citizens whose
names are recorded on the books
of the association ; citizens who
in some way become familiar
with some good work of the as
sociation and know that it fills a
need in the community which
no other organization can till,
and wish to recognize this in a
substantial and appreciative
manner. The yearly deficiency
of the association, sometimes 20
or 25 per cent, and rarely ever
as low as 10 per cent, must
therefore be carried along as
floating indebtedness, when it
cannot otherwise be taken care
of. It is a tact that association
statistics show that in a very
few, if any, associations are the
receipts from the membership so
large a percentage of the ex
pense of running the association
as in the Y. M. C. A. of the
District of Columbia. In view
of this, the finance committee
feel that they are entitled to go
to the public-spirited citizens of
the District of Columbia and ask
for $200,000 for a new building,
and the building committee are
now considering plans to pre
sent to the association and the
citizens at the earliest possible
moment.”
It is a question, in my mind,
whether the lawyer who per
verts his talent to up set laws or
regulations which all reputable
people admit to be beneficial to
the community is not a worse
citizen than the professional
criminal. For instance, under
a general authority given by
Congress to make police regula
tions the Commissioners several
years ago made one making it
unlawful for minors to frequent
pool rooms, etc., and provided
punishment for the proprietors
who violated it. This regula
tion was hailed with delight by
the good people of Washington,
and was recognized as good law
until yesterday, when a lawyer
who appeared in the Police
Court as council for a pool room
keeper who had been arrested
for allowing boys to play in his
place, raised a technical point
against the legal authority ot the
Commissioner to make the reg
ulation, and Judge Kimball,
much against his will, had to
dismiss the pool room keeper
and acknowledge that the regu
lation was not binding. Until
Congress shall act, as it unques
tionably will, the police of Wash
ington are powerless to keep
our boys out of the pool rooms
and other dives of the character,
which have been the scene of
more than one boy murder. I
would not have that lawyer’s
moral responsibility for the lar
gest fee ever paid. Think of
the number of boys who may
take their first downward step
through his openirg of the pool
room doors to them. Isn’t he a
more dangerous man to the
community than the pool room
keeper? I think he is, because
he is a member of a respected
profession, and such wields
an influnce whie other does
not.
The I lpit.
THE BEAUTY Of OUR KIXG.
BY REV. JAMES MAPLE, D. D.
Thou ar, fairer than the children of men:
*.race is poured into th lips: thereft re God
hath blessed thee forever. Psaim 45:
The author of this Psalm is
unknown. It may have been
written by David, but whoever
he was his heart was full of his
subject.. He says, “my heart is
inditing a good matter.” He
gives us a most beautilul de
scription of Christ, and his
church. It will not admit of any
other interpretation. It cannot
be applied any human being
however great in capacity, posi
tion and power. Paul applies
it to him in the first chapter of
his letter to the Hebrews. Here
we have a most beautiful de
scription of Christ. “Thou, art
fairer than the children of men :
grace is poured into they lips :
therefore God hath blessed thee
forever.” Christ is beautiful be
yond the human standard of
beauty. This embraces two
things. i. Physical beauty.
Some writers have represented
homly in 'physical development.
This idea is based on Isaiah's
description of him. “For he
shall grow up before him as a
tender plant, and as a root out
of dry ground : he hath no form
nor comliness; and when we
shall see him, there is no beauty
that we should desire him.”
This does not refer to his per
sonal appearance, but to his
humble position as a servant;
and to man’s spiritual blindness
to his moral beauty. It is a
well known fact *hat the prin
ciples and spirit that govern the
soul, mold the features and shine
out through them This being
so what must have been the
physical beauty ot Christ. 2.
The spiritual be >.uty of Christ.
This is the main a, and there
is no human standard by which
to measure his moral beauty.
His humility, tenderness, gentle
ness, forbearance, forgiveness,
and love are far above any
thing ever seen among men.
Paul prayed for his Ephesian
brethren that they might “be
able to comprehend with all
saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
and to know the love of Christ,1
which passeth knowledge.” The
Hebrew word rendered “thou
art fairer” is a duplication of
the word “beautiful,” and means
to be very beautiful. The mean
ing may be thus expressed,”
“Beautiful—beau.iful—art thou
above the children of men.” It
is the language of surprise where
great beauty suddenly strikes
the eyes. It expresses the feel
ings of a new convert when he
first sees the lovliness of Christ.
Christ’s manner of speaking
corresponds with the beauty of
his person and character,, “grace
is poured into they lips.” The
original means to pour out as
liquids, and the meaning is that
grace was spread over his lips ;
or that it was strikingly mani
fest on his lips. This has refer
ence to his manner of teaching ;
the mildness, the gentleness, the
kindness, the persuasive elo
quence of his words. Take an
illustration or two of his manner
of teaching. On his first visit to
Nazareth after his baptism and
entrance on his public mission,
“as his custom was, he went in
to the synagogue on the Sab
bath day, and stood up for to
read. And there was delivered
unto him the book of the prophet
Esaias. And when he had
opened the book, he found the
place where it was written. The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anoinLed me to
preach the gospel to the poor ;
he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliv
erance to the captives, and re
covering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are
bruised, To preach the accept
able year of the Lord. And he
closed the book, and he gave it
again to tne minister, ana sat
down. And the eyes of all them
that were in the synagogue were
fastened on him. And he be
gan to say unto them, This day
is this Scripture fulfilled in your
ears. And all bare him witness,
and wondered at the gracious
words which proceeded out of
his mouth. And they said, Is
not this Joseph’s son?”
There was something so sweet
in the tone of fiis voice, so lov
ing in his gentle spirit, and the
truths he taught were so full of
consolation and comfort, that the
people were taken by surprise.
They had never heard such a
teacher and the message of divine
truth had never come home to
their hearts with such power
and consolation.
There was something in the
spirit and manner of Christ’s
teaching that commanded the
attention of those who heard,
and made them feel that he was
clothed with more than human
power. When he closed his ser
mon on the mount “the people
were astonished at his doctrine :
for he taught them as one hav
ing authority, and not as the
scribes.” This came from his
deep consciousness of the eter
nal interests involved in the
truths he taught, and his deep
OJ-.
realized the lost condition of
man, saw him exposed to eter
nal ruin, and was anxious to
save him. His whole soul went
out after him, and he was melt
ed even to tears. Then the
truths he taught took hold of the
consciences of men, and they felt
in their heart of hearts that he
was right. They were deeply
conscious of this, and felt that
he was speaking by divine
authority. There was no escape
from this conviction, and he
holds this power over men
through his truth to-day. They
tremble under it.
There was a winning kind
ness in the spirit and manue of
Christ’s teaching that drew the
erring and suffering to him.
There is a goodness that repels,
and a goodness that wins men.
One i£ cold and the other is
warm. The sinful, burdened
souls felt that in him they had a
sympathizing friend; one that
they could trust and love. This
drew them to him. The woman
that was a sinner felt this, and
it brought her to him ift penitent
tears. His loving s ympathy
won her heart, and led her into
a new and better life. Through
him she saw the way of escape
from the terrible bondage of sin
in which she was held.
The spirit and manner of
Christ, and the great truths he f
taught, drew the children of sor-i y
row to him, for they felt that i&
him and his teachings their
deepest felt wants were met.
What a beautiful illustration of
this we have in the experience
of Martha and Mary. They
were happy in the society of
their brother, and their home
was the abode of peace and joy.
Christ often visited them, and
his presence brought sunshine
into their home. The evenings
spent with him were seasons of
spiritual improvement, and great
joy. It was more than the visit
of an angel from heaven, and it
lifted them nearer to heaven ;
but sorrow came to that home.
In the absence of the Saviour
their brother was stricken down
with a fatal disease. They call
ed in the physicians, but their
skill failed ; and he grew
worse. Then they sent the
touching message to Christ.
“Lord, behold, he whom thou
lovest is sick.” Before Christ
came he died, but his coming
and message of divine truth
brought life and happiness to
their desolated home. How pre
cious the truths he taught them,
and what a fountain of comfort
they have been to the sorrowing
through the ages. To the weep
ing Martha he said, “I am the
resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live:
and whosoever liveth and be
leiveth in me shall never die.”
These words are the hope of the
world. They dispel the shadows
of the grave, and give us the
assurance of an endless life in
heaven.
There was moral grandeur in
the person and manner ot Christ
that awed men into reverence,and
sometimes overpowered them.
On the eve ot his betrayal and
crucifixion Christ retired from
the tumult of the busy city to the
quiet of a garden “beyond the
brook Cedron with eleven of his
disciples. And Judas also, which
betrayed him, knew the place :
for Jesus ofttimes resorted thith
er with his disciples. Judas
then, having received a band of
men and officers from the chief
priests and Pharisees, Cometh
thither with lanterns and torches
and weapons. Jesus therefore,
knowing all things that should
come upon him, went forth, and
said unto them, Whom seek ye?
They answered him, Jesus ot
Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them,
I am he. And Judas also,
which betrayed him, stood with
them. As soon then as he had
said unto them, I am he, they
went backward, and tell to the
ground.”
1 nere was no miraculous
power exerted by Christ to pro
duce this effect on the soldiers.
They were surprised at his sud
den appearance, and awed by
his calm majestic demeanor.
They felt that they were in tl'.e
presence of a superior being,
and were unnerved by their con
viction of his majesty and great
ness. If his presence while
clothed in the flesh had such an
effect upon the minds and nerves
of the soldiers, what will be the
effect on the wicked in the day
of judgment when they see him
in all his glory and majesty as the
mighty Judge of the quick and
dead. John says that they will
call to the mountains and rocks
to fall on them to “hide them
from the face of him that sitteth
on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb.”
Christ is, the Teacher of all
teachers. He came from heav
en, and was instructed by his
Father what to teach. He stands
alone on the throne of the uni
verse as a teacher. The history
of philosophy and of the relig
ious of the earth, and their effect
on the nations of earth show!
their inferiority to Christ and
his gospel. They have held
men in spiritual and moral dark
ness, and kept them in wicked
ness ; but the religion of Christ
has enlightened the nations, and
given them the purest and nobl
est civilzation the world has
ever seen. It has done tor the
nations what no other religion
ever has or ever could do. This
| is a historical fact.