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I (, , - ,-- .7 I MTOE i;:...- .1?" - '7. 1 1 5 J -1'; : i.Mc;!' " As tho Lord livctb, wbat tbc Lord saitfc uato'mc, lb at ." 1 X speak." -''To tbo poor tbo Gospel is preacbed. yol. n HEAR- HENDERSON VJLLE, I..C, OCTOBER 15, 1869. NO. 47. "1 si It- f f V i ! '1 M THE COTTALGE VISITOR, Pc bltshcd i every Friday As 1 1 DEEDS, .r la nuisance in the r. bborhood. If any he sap produces the flower and the one should ask, whit xniluerment I have to flower tjic fruit so thoughts produce words try to bring such mis ry upon ray neighbors, and words deeds or actions. The consuma- my Iionest reply is 'rrecn lacls. AH can tion of the powers. The most mighty results see that this is a nrJ; M0 business. Some Editor and Publisher, fiow from onracliong. We have meat to con- professing temperarlo men. and even some Thre e miles K. WofKendergonville, H.C. suit, to deliberate to plan for next year's cam- professin g Christia1, give it their coun T E RI3S; : . paigo. Ilie influence we exert upon each tenance. Besides, II! a in a land of liberty, One copy :irnonthR, 4 . . . . . . . V . . Si so other will go home with ns, be communicated and intend to gctali e to shorten the lives . i ' . i i to our constituents and control us for the and mm the 'souls 4f those who choose to year, if not for life. The objects set forth in honor 'me with theit atrona. So 6 4 c u 75 50 Single copy, 5 cents. onr Const tihl with the character fthc nsvoer will he. inserted at lOcents per line, for e"orts- tin first irsert'on. a Insertion. Foi .innouncinir a candidate for flic e, . . . S3 Job work- '-xec aled neatly, at prices correspond with th" times invariably in advance. come stitution -are -aff wrthy of our. best orte, xojae.all.,Xpi.;a.:my?clf to do all I But I wish to speak of Education, have promised; and. further. forWeannoyl nd cents for each subsequent Means (jultivation. Both of mind and morals, ance of good Christian . people, I will keep I Onr Institutions for these purposes should open on Sundays.' receive our earnest ana ncarty support, uur Y!.Pn T mf i m itrr.,.. i i - - J ..... . mm o"niii, iju bsiu, miMcr. miniRiry ninsiDeeievaiea. nome speaK ngiu-Vm the wust-whinncd fellow mn Pr A 4 J " wvvi SYNOPSIS. L ly pf thjebeneficiries at Wake Forest College. That , advertisement vou t tj a sermon some time ago, oy a graa- above my business, jist oiened my eyse I hat Institution which was worth more fell you that's a fa"t. I never thought how than the cost of his education. We havethe much harm it might do, and I've got plump uovernmem iasi aaapiea to uie masses. 9Shamed of it, and jist made up mv mind I COMBS - CO. N. C., SEPT. 25TH 1869' IXTRODUCTOrvY SEIIMOX, PREACH- What We most need is united and concentra- laliier work for a, quarter a day than togo ED AT TIIE MEETING OF THE teit cflb V The elements of wealth lie all into it. I, told him I believed he was aa WESTERN BAPTIST CONVENTION around bs. The rank and file of our army honest man and needed only to see the awfu . 4."..,.TTTiT . riTTTin r TT TT"T VT . I 'rv not Kfrti-t rrlif intn nitirtn and fliolf rr? ft c ! .1 . . . AT MUIUiAiN ; HlULi L.iiui.ii dui "' -... - v.. uuusuquences 01 me easiness to canse him to BY ELD.. P. B. NELSON Text "And Whatsoever ye do in ward or deed. developed. This may be done in the family change his mind. ? - ,tha pTdy We shd male t'.l..C1..a."l 1 I . . ... . " I yer-meeung ana me ounaay-scnoou gian you writ jiFt what jou did;' and repeated on his neck and kissed him, was but an image uld also give more attention to Fe- 'I'd rather work for a quarter a day.' , of Him who, not sparing nis own Son but location. Our femailes establish tli "On my next trip, I organized a Sunday- Riving him up to death that we micht Pre. . ... . . " V . i -w J f ' 3 r..l O .17 l.tnr!1 nl C n-t -.. 1 .mr.n r .1 a y1 nnn I . . - . . i I . . do mi in the name ni tne uora jeus. : w.u; n. wimiu .i "'"""o " ttiwu kuooi in his neigiiooriiocKi. Wlien it waH nviies ana nov await your corainrr. Dr . Unrihtiaruty is anaptea 10 au cuuuiui. wen asKeu wnatirancc mosi nceueu saiu proposea to take a collection for a library ieGuthrie' and re ations ot hie. rto station too nign nor "uood mothers." He replied, .I'm mtrhtv The IIoasurclcs3 Love. I can measure parental love -bow broad, how long, and how strong and deep it is; it is a deep sea which mothers can only fnhcm But the love displayed on yonder hill and bloody cross, when God's own Son is perishing or us, nor man nor angel has a line to meas ure. Ihe circumference of the earth, the lat tnde of the sun the distance of the planet, thesc have been determine! ; but the height, depth, breadth and length of the love of Qod pas recth knowledcre. - Saeb-is the' Father a?ain?t . - . whom all of us have sinned a thousand times I Walk the shore where the ocean sleeps ia the snmmcr calm, or lashed into fury by the win ter r tempest, is thundering on her tandu, and when yon have numbered the drops of the .Taves, of the sand on her bounding ' beach, you have numbered God's mercies and yonr ell, thereiore may we go to Him THE DRUNKARDS CHILD. 'f A yonng lady in New York, was in the habit of writing for the "Philadelphia Led ger," on the subject of Temperance, ner writing was full of pathos ; and evinced ruca -deep emotions of the soul, that a Iriend of hers accuse 1 her of being a maniac on the subject of temperance whereupon she wrote the' following lines: Go feel what I bare felt, Go bear what I have bore Sink 'neat a the b!nir a father dealt. 7; And the cold world's proud scorn,' Then suffer on from year to year" sins. Thy sole relief the scorchicg tear. Gokueel as I have knelt, Implore, beseech and pray Strive the besotted heart to melt, The downward course to stay, He dashed with bitter curo asid ( with the contrition of the prodigal in our hearts, and his confession on our Hps Your prayers burlesqued, your tcarsdeGedJ- 1 'diner, x nave sinnca against iieaven ana in thy sight" The Spirit, of God helping us togo to God, be assured that the fajtlier. who, seeing his son afar oCT, ran to meet him, fell put a five-dollar bill in my hand, saying, 'That's part of the money I was going to buy whiskey 'condition too low, intellect too grand, nor The lludson Female College at Henderson . 1 i . 1. .. ,1 1. l.C.-. i-' 1 . I nnr lidlil Tl T Cn I i. iiia lief r timoliAjf nnrl vni n ArtATnliAti I 1 f ..t Vo motoi-inlltr afTpP.tPfl llV tlielTt. fillllir n lriflit 'lnminnrv iliainneinrr llirlitl ,,-w ... imi,,n iic.v ""IT f r-te or "leal to m nd a nnmU f Xwentv r!prL- in 14- . , ... . . . i . I I ti'I w i .1 t t i ' . I -. v. . . mm iiiiu. - j xniutl I1UIIU3 1..? 1 ...... 4-U.Ks tw av rT 1 1 lo Ikllirr U mnnrv nc l- r t-i nnnt mn lin.l n mnct I... I reunion . ic,fuiaui p um. rv-b- '"'fi d , , , . , , . n - v l,A a 11 Ana as a man s .re.igipus prmiL.. -v-miuu. -u vi u. :hur o. ue Jruiauuu nlQ , f , the world, and rtnt fn On.nf .u.i. J J 7 ' VUlkt OiaitlT " '" VHB Vf illC Lftl Afl ! rec;, will the ucticr powes . in uis- uaimc me. nearu h vnrisuan lauy parying mat u have suffered if k harmonize, 'glpw. with 'zeal, more with an irre might succeed. He-took courage, and itdjd jia( een . i . , ill ' i. ! 1 . ? t ! , 1 x r nrAfiwiiii A oiiaaaaH ' rf.i 0-l 1 v-?11 Vr Avic1iAf1 " I LFisiaoie mniKui jumi ujijhimhuh c u,"v'" "u'h um a,ui(v-u nin ivi ui.nutu. x uc wriorri are now members . 11 . ,. ... . .. .. - , ., . l are now memoers 01 me Ut and the soul restored to companionship with ladies. die sending in, one dollar contributions j Christ' Youth's 7 emprranc Banner the works of the flesh WM to lea partner, and make a fortune. their charge, some oflOne of the compositors will own a newspaper, of the Church of anti become an inflnential citizen. 0 One of the 1 1 its sGod who once conversed with it. tace to tor this purpose-.and by the blessings of our f.icc. Man is a creature "of circumstances. Master they will finish it. All must be done Tllnktrntod bv the influence the heavenly bod- in ie? exert upon. each other. Iron sharpeneth iron ; ko a tnn sharpencth the countenance of his tiuiiipVl&vffi v There ar three powers or means by which man exerts an infiuence pver his fellow man. Thoughts '-Words-pud Actions. The firet not fonnd in the text, but is the foundation of ihe ftlier two, and hence considered of suffecient importadce to r.rquire .notice here.;: Analogy ; between j .vegetable' and animal life. The sap of the r;lant is its life. ''-Morally this resembles :he thonghts. . (Frequently called the heart.) ' I The. fountain of .'.good j and evil. This is the first great power. Lights up the countenance. Sparkles in the eye. Christ wjien standing at , tlie bar of injustice, revealed his thoughts to Peter by a look which bathed the erring or-otle in tears, and taught him a lesson which erhaps exerted an influence over him the rest of his life.1 A-wicked and profane merchant was re-Vvu-kcd and finally .brought to repeutance by the mortification visible in the countenance of a Christian .-.clerk and attributed his reforma- lion to the influence of his silent.rebuke. The Savior placed a check upon ' the -thoughts. Solomon says keep thy heart with all dili gence fur out of it are the issues of life. , '-" ; . - words . rf thA ' Mftris nf ideas the expression of 9. I V . " M, - - 4. i ' thoiio'hts. As the sap in the plant, produces fl mers so the thoughts are the fountain of - 1 . - ' words. And as the flower sheds a fragrance upon the air and gives promise of fruit, so , jrords are powerful instruments . for good or evil. They should always be used to accom plish the glory of God and good of mankind Some one has compared words to iudivdual soldiers composing an "army. As the general .... - J. CT " - nrranres:his. men and uses them skilfully 01 otherwise will he expeiience victory or defeat ' So we may by our words accomplish mighty results or be careless of;this power and be defeated in onr undertakings. . 1 Dr. Johnson seldom used a word improper ly. Yhen asked how he, acquired a habit o such correct speaking he replied that he thought a practice so much used as conversa tion was worth leaminsr well. So be exerci sed great care. It fs also said words have Suoh as well a bodies. The spirit in which a w yd is spoken gives it life and force, and constitutes its power. After the crucifixion of the Savior when gloom covered the moral world a lady .went to the Sepnlcher. She saw -a man 6hc thought was the gardener. He spoke her neme' and that word dispelled the gloom and sent aJth rill of joy to her heart "A word upoken in season how good it is" 'Like ap ples of gold in pictures of silver." Christianity evies H contribution upon every power tnd affection of the mind. Eveiy word spoken is an opportunity to do good. r Brethren look well to your words. Go weep as I have wept. O'er a lovd father's fall See every promised blessing twept, Youth's sweetness turned to gall, Life's fading flowers strewed all the way That brought me up to woman's day. Go see what I hate seen ' Behold the strong man bowed With gnashing tccht lips bathed in blood, And cold and livid brow, Go catch bis withering glance and mo Tli ere mirrored his soul's misery. Go to thy mothofs side,- And her crushed bosom cheer."- Thine own deep anguish hide, Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear," Mark her worn frame and withered brow The gray that streaks her dark hair now; A True Christian. An angel was sent to brinsn h THE XAME OF JESUS. Frecious namt I t if- jttrjEarth -Iti infowsife into our actions. btrstncCT irrarico -is tbld of Nantucket Gives prestige to ;our cause. Ks power was eration ao: exhibited at the Beautiful t;ate on the East of the flcmple as 1'eter and tjolin went, in to worship. ' A poor cripple who liao. never been able to walk was healed, he walked, leaped, raiscd God and'. went into tho Temple to join in abring this name. Brother Basil Mauley when visiting one of the Sunday schools of St. Louis saw hanging upon the wall a map. Upon examination he found it Kvas a map of the City with these words writ ten above, it, 'For Jesus' Noble enterprise and valiant brethren to . execute it. Lot us inscribe this name upon our banners and go forth in His Spirit, and He .will eive us vie A, J 1 tory. ; apprentices will become a master buih'cr One of the printers will reach the acme of human greatness. One of the villagers will got a handsome farm, and live a patriarch. Dawhich is destined to be the lucky indi- With fading frame and trembling limb - This story good to read in those days of vdaal f There is no luck about it. The And trace the ruin back to him thing is as pliin as Ike rnlo of three. The Whose plighted faith in early youth, young fellow who will distance his competitors Promised early love and truth, 1. ' 1 - . . . n . 1 f I .1 ..'.ll.l d the bar- wno masters his business, who preserves pn wo lorsworn, nam yieiueu up,. e cursed cop.- a gen- Td Rather Work for a Quarter Day. vo you know what kina ot a man was. that von cot your dinner with A Missionary of the American Sunday- School Union in Indiana tells this storv: "One of mp ' superintendents .said 'to mo, that yesterday? I replied that I had not known anything of h;s character. 'Well,' said he that's vthe man that,' going to establish a grocery j at if . grocery here always means a low tipplinghouse.) I expressed the iope that my calling at his house might no njure onr canse, reminding my friend tha he Master ate with 'publicans and sin 1 . . 1 ners. 1 :On mv return, I met the man witl whom I had dined. 'He raid, 'Mister, you seem like a mighty clever kind of a gentle men. I ain t no scholar, and I would like to git you to do a little writiu for 'me.' replied, Certainly,- if 1 can. What do you wish to have written?' 'Why,' said he 'I thinkin' of startin' a like to do it rihL If you want to do anyt begin right. And so I to get up a notice for newspaper.1 I replied It was a very severe whiter, am bor had been frozen four' weeks. The coal r'1 mteS"lJ clearly and purely, who never The promise, to tH in store had longbeen exhausted, and there was Scts in tlcl)t who gets friends by deserving much suffering from lack of fuel. Even the thcm' antJ Pul3 ,,is moneJ n the savings bank. And lead her down through love and light, fences had been torn down and burnt to eke ere are somc ol"cr xvaJ"9 to tnne that And all that made her prospects bright, , out the scantv snnnlv of wrwl " T look shorter than the dusty ol(Miiirhwav. but And chained her there 'mid want and strife; great delight of the townspeople the ice broke mon of the coramu nJ the nics who ac- That lowly thing, a drunkard' wife up one fine morning and a schooner laden nevc 80nctwg worth having, good fortune, And stamped on cmlduool a brow so mua,. wiin coal was seen approaching. There was ?amci anu serene 01a age, all go this i"ai wuncnng ungiu me uiuumvuuu.. much excitement and before the vescl wasroa r moored a coal dealer boarded her and add tt Go hear, and feel, and see, and know- dressed the honest Quaker skipper, Captain I All that, ray soul bath felt aud known,. Uitiord Wl Cap'en" said he, "yon've v herevcr I have wandered in my msiona- ITlien look npon the wine cup s glow, about hit it this cruis I guess I'll have to rJ labors, wether in the East, West, North or See if lU beauty can atone take y'ur hnl cargo S'pose vou'll want more South, I ,,ave always observed that where the Think if its flavor you could try: than the usual 7 a ton Wal, I like to do newspaper was taken by the family, there When al1 proclaim, 'tis drink and die the square thing by a friend and I'll give you thrift, morality, and genera intelligence were 512 a ton for it." "Friend," said Captain to be fonnd : In the log cabins of. the West, txillord, thee can heve one ton of my coal if as soon as ray eye cahght sight of the newspa- thee likes tor S3, but only one ton'; all must pcr,;! thought to myhclf, " Here; at least, 1 have a chance Just then one of the rich- w "n( morality, intelligence, courtsy, and est men of the place joined them, saying. "I welcome, as a garden ripe torcccivo the gos- want ten tons of your coal, at your own price PcI RCC(1 ' and I was seldom misUken. On name it I have suffered enough for once." lnQ -contrary, where neither newspaper or Paste this in Your Hat: Fay your debts as soon as you get the money in your pocket. Do without what you don't need. Speak your'mind when accessa ry. Hold your tongue when prudent . Speak to a friend in a seedy coat. If you can't lend He received the same answer, and so did all Sod books were to be wen, the ignorance , - Mffl, rn, -one ton for each family, and $S as the price Wgot principle. Bear with infirmities, for each ton. o love of gain, no solicita- in all their forms. Yes, I have often thought but not :viccJ. R t honcftt dcs. tion, no regard for individuals could move tnat lho newspaper was the pioneer of civili- 1 v w .11 v-i .:n 1 . . . t 1. , . . . pise uupuciiv. wr Tuur uiu ouuits uit honest Captain Gifford. zation, and dij much to make the way easy! r. . " . a:". rf 1 .... -'1 tun 1. an 1 ' .1 v iui uct vii.J. ikiw m wwmiv ilor succcisfnl labors of the home missionarv , ! .i- . 14 mivijuunry. 1 nroneTtv n ot f as: iioa. Acknowledge vour I l - - CJ V TTTT T 1 a vy no is XvOSpouSlOlC x "Whosoever will mar come.1 ti Ttlianl Last Monday night a young man took the Whosoever. If God had said that thm ... I am so vile a late train on the Boston and Providence road, tnercy for Ricliard Baxtcr and leaving the cars at Boyltson Station, four sinner that j woaU havc , Milin -v- 4 s.i J A 1 f - t . .u.cIurronio Ml he vras sorne othcr rIcliarJ Lat when rhe 7 ....... u na4ui iiiu ciiuii: uii lonrrbt he meant m grocery, and I would My pap used, to say, ling right, yon must would just like you me andjpnt it in the I did not mnch like . .1 the business he was going into, but, taking his le b v to name in full, agreed to do the writing. T notice was as follows. j " ' Friends and . neighbors, yon are here notified that I expect J in a few weeks commence the bnsiuess of making drunkards, paupers, and beggars. I will furnish liquors that will incite you to riot, robbery, ahd bloodshed. I will undertake, for a small sum, upon short notice, to prepare men for the poorhouse, the prison, and the gallows. will warrant that my liqnors will deprive some of life, and many of reason, property and peace. I will . cause the rising genera- i onto row up in ignorance aud to prove the track Soon the cars started, the engine struck'him and crushed him to pieces He was killed, while in a state of beastly intox ication unfit to live, and yet unprepared to die He had a yonng wife at home waiting has arri val Thongh a bride onlvone short month arro she is a widow now . But her grief is far less than her sufferings must have been, had he lived a drunkard for years to come. Still this does not change the fact of his death, nor lessen the responsiblity .which must rest somewhere Who is responsible for his death and her widowhood ? Sombodv is. most 9 assuredly; but who is it? Can it be any other than the wretch who took his money and gave him the intoxicating dranght? G.od knows who is responsible, and he will not hold him guiltless Christian) Era There never can he shame where there is no sin. Adam and Eve never would xhave used the fig-leaf had they remained without 1 transgression. . . . says Wiotoerer, I.know that inclndes me, the worst of all Richard Baxters." Lazy Farmers. Jazincss prevents a man from gettiu" off his horse to put up the first rail that gets knocked off the fence and through this laty neglect a whole field of corn is seriously dam aged. . laziness keeps a man from driving one nail when one would do, and finally costs a carpenters bill for extensive repairs. Laziness allows a gate to get off the hinges and he in the mud, or stand propped by rails or a stable or barn to leak and damage hnn derds of dollars worth cf provender. Laziness, in short, is the right and proper name tor nine-tenths of tbo excuses given'fo bad fanning. But by far the most prolific o .i4aiij acs iuai are one to laziness is the waste of ignorance. But this waste is in itself so great, and has so many ramifications, that we shall have to defer its discussion for n other time. ' gnorance, and don't pretend knowledge you iavent got. Kntcrtain yonr friends, but never beyond your means. I am resolved to pray more for myself, for my. Pastor, for my fellow-professor, and lor the impenitent. 1 Thess. 17; JtatL xxvi.. 41 ; 2 Thcss. iiL 1 ; ITim. ii. 1. An Irish Bomin Catholic once said to an other who had taken the pledge and received a medal from Father Matthew, And so yon. have signed the teetotal pledge, have you?. 'Indeed I havc, and I am not ashamed of it either." " And did not Taul tell Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach's sake ?' u So he did," said the teetotaller: "but nr name is not Tiajothy, and there is nothing the matter with my stomach." k While outwardly buy, let us be more oc cupied with God than with everything else. To be rightly engaged, we must be in His presence and employed for Him. At the sight of the majesty of God, our interior ought to become calm and remain tranquil. Oice a single word of the Savior snddently calmed a furiously agitated sea ; one look of His at u. and of cum towards Him, ongJit al ways to preform the same miracle within V
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