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ESTABLISHES 1844. . RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15.1896. VOLUME XLIX: HUMBER 41. C^Bistiar( $Ui\ The Organ of the General Convention the Christian Church (South). CARDINAL PRINCIPLES. 1. The Lord Jesus Is the only Bead of the church. 2. The name Christian, to the exclusion 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 vitnl picty, the only test of fellowship or membership. R. The right of private judgment, and the liborty of conscience, the privilege and duty of all. Editorial Reflections, It is now proposed to use rub ber horse-shoes on horses in cities, thus making things more quiet and at the same time mak ing it more it more easy for the horse*. A proposition has been made to reduce the fare on the rail roads in North Carolina one fourth of a cent per mile. The Railway Commission now has it under consideration. Every employe in the Secre tary’s office has been placed under the civil service rule, ex cept the confidential clerks and advisers. In May, the number of government employees under this law was increased from 2,000 to 10,000. Mr. McKinley is still enter taining guests at Canton, and Mr. Bryan is yet on his cam paigning tour. Both parties are apparently confident of being elected President. It is not prob able that both will make head quarters at the White Mouse. Harvard has established fel lowship to which no money gift is attached. They catry with them only honors. So now good scholars of the wealthy classes may compete for fellowships and not take any money from the needy boys who may gain' a fellowship. It has been decided in the courts that a hypnotist is respon sible ior the acts of his subject; the reason assigned is that the subject is entirely undef the in fluence of the hypnotist. It has been claimed by competent au thorities that the subject is great ly injured mentally from the ef fects of hypnotism. A fair is to begin in Brooklyn November 21st for the benefit of the Swedish Hospital. The mayor will formally open the fair and will be attended by a lull Swedish escort. All (he princi pal features of the country will be reproduced, and the occasion promises to be one of great in terest and curiosity. In a letter written to Dr. Wood, of Boston,by Rev. William Ash more, missionary to China, he says: “I am not exaggerating when I say that all Asia is in a breakup. The map of the con tinent will be materially chang ed this winter. The coalition between Russia and France is a menace to human freedom. A blapk cloud overshadows the pathway of progress. We are 1 terally astounded at the signs of foreign activity as fall comes on. The advance made by Russia is upsetting all political calcula tions. By act ot March 1889 the Indian Territory was forced to apply to the United States courts for the trial and enforcement of the laws, for the violation of which the punishment did not involve death and imprisonment at hard labor. This worked great disadvantage to the citi zens in that it necessarily delay ed action and increased the cost of trial. The act of March 1895 provided for three courts instead of one, and th- citizens rejoiced when therfst day of Septembei 1896 came, for it was on that day that the law went into effect. There have been reports of recent massacres at different points in Asia Minor. The Turkish officials admit that six hundred Armenians were killed last week at Egin. It is time tor the Christian nations to show some signs of action as well as protecting in speech. The Mercantile Trust Com pany made an offer of $100 per share in order to secure an op tion on the stock ot the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, the con trolling road of the S. A. L. sys tem. President Hoffman has advised the stockholders not to accept the offer, inasmuch as the stock is worth twice that amount. The claims of the differeht po litical parties are being presented for the consideration of the peo ple, and in lass than one month the question must be decided by the voters of our land. It is the duty as well as the privilege ol all voters to cast their ballots as they see fit; and it is also the du ty of each one to consider what is best for the country at large. New York boasts of having within the State 65,840 manufac turing establishments. The num ber of hands employed in these factories is over 850,000. The capital invested in these estab lishments amounts to $1,130, 161,195. The value of the prod ucts is $1,711,587,671. This is of course a larger showing than any of^our Southern States, but much of the raw material will soon be manufactured in our own midst. Under the ■ direction of Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson, a Home Congress will be held during the month of October and until No vember 7th. The congress is held in connection with the World's Food Fair. Mrs. Rich ardson and her associates are enthusiastic students of sociolog ical problems, and hope that their work may prove the foun dation of a movement by which the study of the home sciences will be placed in the public schools. Upon refusal of the mayor and city authorities of Leadville to interfere ia quelling the riot caused by the striking miners, and upon request of the Sheriff, the Governor ordered out the militia and quiet was restored. Those who went on the strike were Umdn men, who up to 1894 were paid $3.00 per day after that time received only $2 50 per day. Non-union men were put in the mines, and since the strike has been declared off the authorities refuse to employ Union men. The two factions of the Demo cratic party in Massachusetts met in separate conventions and each nominated the Hon. G. Fred Williams for Governor, The vving^ of the party which was openly known to be in favor of Mr. Williams remained in the Convention hall all night pro ceeding the Convention, because they thought the other wing would endeavor to defeat the nomination of Williams. As it is the lion and the lamb will probably lie down together. It was hoped that by the over throw of Khalid, the proposed Sultan, the British Government in Zanzibar would immediately abolish slavery, but it seems that it must come about gradual ly. The slave trade has been abolished but the slaves are not yet liberated. Upon the death ot slave-owners without issue the slaves are made free. By the existing laws all children born after January ist, 1890, are' free. The exchange of slaves is also forbidden. In 1890 all slaves were given privilege to purchase their freedom. English mission aries think it wise not to take immediate action to liberate slaves, because the owners would be greatly damaged and many of the slaves would not be able to care for thfemselves just at this time. They say that under the present laws it will not he many years before all be free and no injury will be done any of the partifes concerned. Fran Our Contributors. LETTERS TO “OLD FRIENDS.” NUMBER THREE Norfolk, Va., Oct. 8, ’96. To Miss Hattie Happy, Jollytown, Va.: My Dear Young Friend.—In my last letter I tried to show to you the difference between the joy of the gay and frivolous and the joy of the true Christian. Then I promised to tell you what the joy of the true Christian costs, so you might the more readily see if you are willing to pay the price and so get posses sion ot it. Permit me to prepare your mind for what I am going to say by saying to you frankly that the joy of the Christian is not a cheap commodity in the divine life. The price is high, but it does not call for dollars and cents in order to purchase it. Let us praise the Lord because we can pay for the rich treasure of joy without money. While it costs every true child of God has been made able to pay for it. The purchase of the Christian’s joy, while it requires not a dollar and not a cent of money, yet it involves more, very much more of a capital which is within the reach of every one who truly seeks it. It involves three dis tinct transactions on your part. 1. Separation from sin—a giving up of the sinful world, with all it follies and pleasures._ 2. A full surrender of the self life in you to Him, with perfect submission to His will. 3. Not only must there be sep aration from sin and a surrender ot self to God, through Christ, but there must be a joining of yourself to God. Like the prod igal son who not only left the people with whom he had: wast ed his living, but w'ent back and again joined himself to his fath er, so you must leave those with whom you have wasted so many of the golden opportunities of your life, and go and bind your self to your .Lord and Master, and there, waiting upon Him in prayer till He bestows the won derful gift of the Christian’s joy, you will receive it in great ful ness to the glory ot God. You must keep yourself un spotted from the world. By this I mean you can not have the joy of the true Christian, and yet go to the theatre, or to the ball room, or spend your time at the card table, even in your own home. II you honey-comb your life with these worldly things, you may be sure you cannot have this joy about which I am trying to write to you, and which is worth more to the heart and mind in one hour than all these worldly pleasures could be il you had one hundred lives to spend in them. But remember you have but one short life in time, if you waste that all is gone, not for time only, but for time and eternity', and you go to spend eternity where there is weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. I beg you, I entreat you, to turn your face away from the world and fix your eyes upon Jesus, and there waiting in a life of consecration, of prayerful serv ice, receive the divine gift of joy that is unspeakable. “Would you lose your load of sin? Fix your eyes upon Jesus; Would you know Uod’s peace within? Fix your eyes upon Jesus; Jesus who on the cross did die, Jesus who lives and reigns on high, He alone can justify; Fix your eyes upon Jesus.” I i This is a peculiar age in which we are living. There are so many misleading roads—so many false lights, so many voices of uncertain sound. Somedody has said that the world is more churchly to-day than ever before, and while that may be true, it is also true that the church in more worldly than ever before. Notice carefully and see what that means. It is a letting down in the spiritual lite all around. When the world becomes church ly, and not more Christty, it has gained nothing, and when the church becomes more worldly, there is decidedly a great loss, and no one has gained, except the fleshly side of man, and this gain is like a millstone which ! > sink the man beneath the bat tling waves to rise no more. You cannot have the Christian’s joy and the world’s applause; you cannot have the peace that passeth understanding and the pleasures ot sin ; you cannot have the sweet assurance of salvation through Christ and at the same time please the world. Only one you can have—which shall it be, my dear young friend? Will you give your life to Jesus or to Satan? Will you serve God, or the world ? Will you bind yourself to your loving Heavenly Father and serve Him, or will you bind yourself to a “citizen of the land of sin”, and there while you starve spiritually, feed the swine of the flesh? You can do but one—no man can serve two masters—now which will you do, stand in with the wicked, or be out and out for God. Let me press the question aud urge you to decide for the glory of God in the salvation of your soul—and also to do it at once. Dear Hattie, are you willing to pay the price for the Chris tian’s joy ? Will you do it today —now ? Your sincere friend, J. Pressley Barrett. WHO ARE HYPOCRITES? NEW YORK INDEPENDENT. It is generally assumed that there are no hypocrites outside the pale of the church. Nobody likes hypocrites, and those who are believed to be such are de tested. It is one of the most se rious charges brought against the church that it contains hypo crites, men who are not what they seem to be, but are as the word means, actors. Not a few persons have been, heard to say that the reason why they do not join the church is because they hate hypocrites so much, and so long as the church harbors them they will keep out of it. In a conversation between two non-church members the other day, those professed Christians who lie and cheat and steal, and commit other immoralities were terribly scored. “It is all I have against the church,” said one. “It is a terrible drawback to the church,” said the other. . The latter added : “I believe in the church. We have one in my town. I would not like to live in a town that had none. I never go myself, bnt I contrib ute regularly.” Then, referring to a noted in fidel lecturer, he said : “I like him ; but I do not like his infidel lectures. 1 think it is wrong. He ought not to be allowed to speak as he does. There ought to.be laws against it. I think he is a good man in some ways; but a man who does not believe in God is open to suspicion, and it is a question whether he can be a good citizen.” Now here is a man who says he believes in* God and Chris tianity, and likes the church. Evidently he believes as well in good morals, and supports the church because, barring the hyp ocrites, he likes the church. Is he not himself a hypocrite? Not so mean, perhaps, as the church hypocrite ; but still a hypocrite. He is not what he seems to be. He is outside of the church, he never goes to church ; but in a more or less secret way he sup ports the church. At heart he believes in God and refuses to listen to those who say there is no God : believes that the Bible is good and true, and that Chris tianity is a good thing (or the world, and denounces those who say the contrary ; believes that every community is better for having a church, and would not live in a place that was church less. He believes all this in his heart, but hides it from the world as much as he can. Before the public he acts a'part—not the part of a believer; but so far as the world sees he acts the part of an unbeliever. He is not real ly an unbeliever ; but he seems to be. He seems to be worse than he is ; while the church hyp ocrite is worse than he seems. That is the difference between a hypocrite of the world and a hypocrite of the church. Christ denounced with terrible emphasis the hypocrites of the church. Those who profess to be better than they are. He likened them to whited sepulchers. There is not the slightest pros pects that anything but denun ciation and dontempt will be vis ited upon them in our day. But it would be well for mauy out side the church to consider whether they are not in the same category. The call to-day is what it was in the time of Moses —“Who is on the Lord's side?” Not every man who professes to be on that side is on that side ; and not every man who seems to de on the other side would be willing to admit that he is against the Lord. Let those who are honest with themselves be honest with the world, and those who find hypocrites so plentiful in the church be careful lest they play the hypocrite outside the church. IT COSTS TO INSURE RUMSELLERS. THE SAFEGUARD. “Business is business;” and life-insurance is business and must be done on business princi ples. If insured men die oft'too fast then it costs too much to pay their insurance, and the company fails. If men live long then they pay many premiums, and the company makes money by the operation. So it is for the inter est of life-insurance companies to insure long-lived people, and to avoid sicklv people and peo ple working at unhealthy trades, as “poor risks.” Dram-selling is an unhealthy business. The death-rate among dram-sellers is about twice as great as among the people gen erally, and about four times as large as among ministers of the gospel. So to equalize the mat ter the insurance companies sometimes refuse to insuie dram sellers, and sometimes insure them at a much higher annual rate. The Prudential Assurance Company of England long ago were obliged to advance their rates of insurance for those en gaged In the liquor trade. The following is an extract from their circular issued to their agents : “The directors having had un der consideration the extra risk incurred by the company in granting policies on the of pub licans and other dealers in intox icating liquors, have resolved to lake an extra premium in such cases. You will please to note, therefore, that henceforward a premium of 15s. per cent will be charged in addition to the tabu lar premium in respect of assur ances in this branch on the lives of beershop-keepers and licensed victuallers and~tlreir^servants.” This arrangement was contin ued for some y^ears, and then it was found that the charge was insufficient, and was raised from 15s. to 21s. per cent, the clause in the prospectus reading : “An extra premium of £1 is. percent per annum on the sum assuied is charged on the lives of publi cans and their servants and oth ers engaged in the trade in in toxicating liquors, or residing on licensed premises.” After a very careful investigation it was found that the additional 6s. per cent was still unequal to the addition al risk, and at the early part ot the year 1896 a further charge up to £2 per cent the annum was decided on and is now in force, and the full charge now takes in wine and spirit merchants and their clerks, brewers and distill ers, wine and mineral water travellers and others. A powder-mill is probably about as safe a place as a rum shop. We heard of one liquor saloon which had three owners in one year. The owner died, his brother took it and he died ; and their brother took it, and we were-informed that he was likely to die soon. Any man who wants to live long had better keep out of the rum business, and any man who has triends in the bus iness who are in no haste to get into purgatory, had better get them out of the rumshop as soon as possible. Have you thought about your subscription to the Sun? The Pulpit. MIGHTY TO SAVE. BY REV. TAMES MAPLE, D. D. [CONCLUDED.] Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction ; they have refused to return. Jer. 5 : 3 Moral blindness is very differ ent to cure, men may indulge in vicious habits till their minds and hearts become so blind and hard that it seems almost impos sible to make them see and under stand their true condition ; but Christ can and has unsealed the mental and spiritual eyes of such, and led them into the clear sunlight of God’s truth and love. Some of the most brutal of men have been regenerated, made clean, and noble. A young man in New England was con verted and applied for admission into a church. The pastor en quired of his employer to learn the geuuiness of his conversion. Pointing to a chain hanging up in the room, “Do you see that chain?” said he. “That chain was forged for him. I was obliged to chain him to the bench by the week together, to keep him at work. He was the worst boy I had in the establish ment. No punishment seemed to have any salutary influence upon him. I could not trust him out of my sight; but now, sir, he is completly changed ; he has really become a lamb. He is one of my best apprentices. 1 would trust him with untold gold. I have no objections to his being received into commun ion. I wish all my boys were prepared to go with him.” What a beautiful illustration of Paul’s statement of the transforming power of the gospel of Christ. Therefore it any man be in Christ, he is a new creature : old things are passed away ; behold, all things are become new. Some of the most confirmed of infidels have been led out of their infidelity by an honest and thorough study of the history and character of Christ. The celebrated Gilbert West and his distinguished friend Lord Little ton determined, as they said, to expose the cheat of the Bible. Mr West chose the resurrection of Christ, and Lord Littleton the conversion ol St. Paul. They commenced their task, full of prejudice, and contempt for Christ. At the end of their study and work they came together, not, as they expected, to exult over an imposture exposed, but to lament their own folly, and to congratulate each other on the wonderful results of their separ ate investigations. Each had been cured of infidelity, and written an unanswerable argu ment in defence of the claims of Christ. Christ is a mighty Saviour able to keep the rich treasure committed to his keeping by the beleiver. Paul had unbounded confidence in his keeping power. In the calm confidence of trium phant faith and hope lie said, I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have com mitted unto him against that day. Paul committed himself, and all his interests in time and eternity, into the hands of Christ. The dreadful trials through which he passed in his experience in preaching his gospel enable him to realize the saving power of the great Shepherd and Bishop of his soul. He has - conquered all our spiritual enemies. He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” He met the tempter on the mount of temptation, and triumphed over him. He bowed his head to the iron scptre of the pale King of shadows, and entered the dark domain of death that “he might destroy him that had the power of deathand he triumphed over him in his own dominion. The tribe of Judah had for its emblem on its banner the figure of a lion. In their marches this tribe headed the column, «nd their flag first challenged the enemy. “Judah is the lion’s whelp,” said Jacob. Gen. 49: 9. The heroism of the tribe was well-known. From this tribe Christ came. He took up the banner to lead the hosts of the Lord to victory. John notes his wonderful progress, and ex claimed, “The lion of the tribe of Judah, he hath prevailed.” His banner leads all “the armies which were in heaven,” and to his trembling disciples he says, “Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and | was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.” Christ’ is ever present with his disciples to take care of them. His promise is. “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world,” millions have trusted in this promise, and found Christ faithtul, and ever with them. A young Christian girl was struck with that terrible disease, the leprosy. A cell wai constructed for her, where sh must spend her days alon When she entered the lone' prison, a sense of her utter help^ lessness and desolation came over her, and she fell to the ground in great agony; but a change came over her mind, she remembered the sweet promise of Christ, and realized his pres ence. She seemed to hear Him say, “my child, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” Her suf ferings were very great. Her eyes grew dark one after the other, but in her blindness she saw clearly her tender loving Saviour. Sweet peace rilled her mind, her heart was comforted, and she “rejoiced in the glory of God.” Man longs to know that his future is safe, and he can have no permanent peace of mind without this assurance. To be happy' anij enjoy life he must not only' know that he will sur vive the death of his body, but th at the future life will be one of happiness. Give him this assur ance and he can endure with calmness and even joy all the sorrows of this life. Trusting in the ability of Christ to do all that he has promised we can en joys this hope, and the happiness it brings. This was the exper ience of Paul. He looked above and beyond all the afflictions of this life to the glory and happi ness. ot heaven.-.. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not re ceived the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have re ceived the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if chil dren, then heirs with Christ; it so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified to-s gether. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy' to be compared with the glory which shall be re vealed in us. The saving power of Christ inspired the mind of Jude, and he exclaimed, Now unto him that is able to keep you trom falling, and to present you faultless be fore the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and pow er, both now and ever. Amen. Paul closes his prayer with a sublime doxology. “Unto him be glory in the church of Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” This is not only a strong expression of Paul’s admiration of God’s boundless goodness to men, but it is also a means of strengthen ing the faith of the Christian. For lest the great blessings that he has taught us to expect might seem too much for sinful crea tures to receive, and more than God would bestow on them, he ends the doctrinal part of his letter, in which these blessings are described, with a doxology to God, as both able and willing to bestow on beleivers blessings far greater than they are able to ask or even conceive. For this he is worthy too, and should re ceive glory “throughout all ages, world without end.” Literally, “unto all generations of the ages,” or “unto all the genera I tions of the eternity of eternities, or the eternity of ages,”
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