V V if 7 0 ifMffi'liiii - i t m w v m - i-... .. im i - - - . - - ... - - .. . .. - , .. ., ,. . , ,. ,, , , ... . , , ; - ' ....... - ...... - ., . . "In the name of our God we will set' up our banners."--Psa. 20: 5. - . Vol. IV. I No. 19. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, "SEPTEMBER 3, 1891. $1.50 Per Annum. l ; ' i .. A ' ' ; : ; i : i : : ; : : i V Kveit-Tide. The stream U calmest when it nears the tide, And flowers are sweetest at the even' tide," . And bird most musical at close of day And saints divinest when they pass away. Horning is lovely, but a holier charm Lies folded close in evening's robe of balm. And weary man must ever love her best For morning 'calls to toil, but night - ,iit j rest. - y " ' She comes from heaven, and on her wings doth bear . " A holy fragranceUke the breath of prayer; Footsteps of angels follow- in her trace, Toshut the weary eyes of day in peace All things are hushed before her, as she throws O'er earth and sky her mantle of r pose, There is a calm, a beauty, and a power, That morning knows not in the even ing hour. Until the evening we musl weep and toil, Plow life's stern furrows, dig the weedy soil, Tread with sad feet our rough and thorny way, -And bear the heat and burden of the day. Oh ! when our sun is Betting may we glide Like summer evening, down the gold en tide ; And leave behind us, as we pass away, sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping day. Selected. Communications. Women of Japan. BJV REV Y. YOSHIOKA. The position of women in JapaD has a marked contrast with that in other countries of the East. They are treated with respect aud consideration far above those ob served in other parts of Asia. They are allowed greater freedom, and ,.Jnce have more, djgnitx and self confidence. They are much better educated. It is frequently tie case that soioe of our eminent poets, artists and authors are found in the ladies' circle. No woman's feet are t-ver bound, and among the middle and lower classes, especial- ) ly, she is almost as much at lib erty to walk and visit as in Amer- v ica. A large -amount of freedom ' prevails among our womankind that cannot be expected in any other Asiatic country. The heathen religion has a great deal to do with the low state of woman in Japan as compared with that in Christian countries. In Buddhism, which is the only re ligion in Japan worthy of a name, in the sense of a binding system oi dogmatics, or i purifying and ele vating moral power, there is no hope of immortality for a woman unless she 'is reborn as a man, which means that there is no sal vation fr a woman. In the eye of Buddhist dogma and ecclesiasti cal law, woman is but a tempta tion, a snare, an unclean thing's scape-goat, an obstacle to peace and holiness. Shintoism accords her a higher place, but it can never have influence over the heart and mind of the modern Japanese peo ple. A great principle of filial obedi ence is the cause of the degreda tion of our .women. Duty to parents overshadows all other du ties. The Japanese maiden, as pure as the purest Christian vir gin, will at the command of her father enter the brothel to-morrow, and prostitute herself for life. Not ' a murmur .escapes her lips as she thus filially obeys. To a life she "loathes, and to disease, premature old age and an early grave, she goes joyfully. The staple of a thousand novels, plays and pic tures in Japan if written in the life of a girl of gentle manners and tendet Jieart, who hates her lift and would gladly destroy it, but refrains because her purchase money haB enabled her father "to pay his debts, and she is b jund not to injure herself. In the greal cities there are to-day hundreds oi girls who loathe their existence,but must live on in utmost misery be cause they are fulfilling all right eousness as summed tip in filial obedience. . - - The system of female education has been : improved since the res toration, on the Western plan. We . have, besides, common schools, colleges and normal schools for our girls, whose progress and suc cesses are lemarkable. Our pres ent Empress has done a great deal t elevate the condition of her fe male subjects b' encouraging the education of the girls, and setting a noble example, not only of womanly character, and active deeds of benevolence, but also in discarding the foolish customs of past ages, especially of blacking the teeth and shaving the eye brows. She has already accom plished great reforms in .social customs and fashions, and both by he encouragement of her presence - . ... . . and by gifts -froia he r, private purse, has greatly stimulated the cause of the education. andeleva- ion ot woman in Japan. Progres 3i ve men nave learned to Dest"w that measure of honor upon our voinen which they see is enthusi istically awarded by Westerners to theirs. The marriage laws have been so reformed as to allow the people to marry on the basis of a civil contract. Christian Japanese Uad their brides to Christian altars to nave the sanction ot re ligion. The new education which is not founded on Christianity, but not inferior in all other respects to that of women in the West, bas a tendency to exalt the mental pow ers at the expense of the mural and spiritual; Like our young Tien, our young women are brougi.t under the influence of modern in lidelity, and exposed, to the daugers and temptations of the civilized life. Hnce, with all the blessings of modern civilization hey are ultimately reduced t the same condition of women who are in darkness and ignorance of su perstition and idolatry that of souls without hope aud knowledge of Christ. Thoughts. BY J. E. It. We are a people shamefully over- axed for the benefit of political robbers, and there is no remedy for us short of a reformation ol ur National adhniTri?TmTTnn Money gained for its on sake, helps no man, benefits no people. There are better things in this world than gold belter things thsu id can buy. The richest men are not the best men, nor the wealthiest nations the noblest. Jerusalem stained her streefjeH with the blood of her prophets, and afterward sought to paliate her guilt by rearing monuments to their memory. Before God and u the eight ofthe world . we to-day tand guilty of just such a crime u tolerating saloons. The Christian voters of the na on are sovereign, and in their sovereign capacity can,' say to this nan go, aud he goeth, and to that man come, and he cometh," hei ce the blame attaches to them, that he saloon exists, because if they will, they can vote stronger against the saloon than liquor men can vote for it. There is not an inch neutral ground for any sane man when called to decide by the exercise of his sovereign right a matter of right and wrong. He hat is not for is against. Claim what he may, his vote helps or linders. The great vital, fo-ce- ful teacher is example, and to teach the right we must act the right. Suppose the liquor men- were as indifferent, or if you please, as disloyal to their interests, as we to our principles, to our profes sions, what would they accomplish for their traffic? Will we never learn the needed lesson from their success, aud the means by which i hey achieve it? Under the plea that he cheapens labor, we banish the -'Chinamen'' from our phores. Under the plra that he builds up industry, wj wel come the '"German." The truth is tht-t the one makes it his business to make us a ?lrn people, the ther makes it Lis business to make us a filthy peopre. The one runs the laundry. The other runs the saloon. We fight for prohibition on the broad basis of principle. We would promote good, by lessening evil. We have no corrupting fund to buy vasiliating voters, that is the weapon of the other side. We simply aBk the good people of every class and order, to put this question to a critical analysis ; determining for themselves what it involves, and cast their vote in the light of an informed conscience. Selections. Bishop Keener Speaks vut The following letter from the senior bishop to the Missionary Secretaries speaks for itself. We publish it entire, and wish that it may stir up many consciences on the subject which it touches. Ret). I. G. John, W. II. Potter, and H. C. Morrison, Secretaries of Mis sion Board, M. E. Church, South. My Dear Brethren: I have 0 waited very expectantly, since our lmeetiug in Wilmington,, for some I i x . r 1 . ' .rr . announcement of a special effort to liquidate the mission four Church, which is upon us at a leopard at our throat. One hun dred and eighteen thousand dol Jars is something alarming to a society that lives fully as much by sight as by faith. It w ill require a continued effort from now until the end of the year to keep our heads above water. The asy style of calculating that twenty-five cents per member will jield so much, and fifty cents per member so much more, and that one dollar per member will bring in over one million of dollars into the mis sionary treasury, does not bring the money. The numbers are not to be found in any missionary sense no, not a half of them, nor :v quarter, nor a tenth ; and tho-e who feel themselves responsible to the son of God for the advancing his kingdom, personally responsi ble, are alarmingly few. They are the ones who are already supply ing the sinews of this campaign igaiust the power of darkness in heathen lauds. It is from them w.e are main!' to expect the funds needed to liquidate this debt. Much as they have done, and are I ioing, their .Lord ( alls upon them an increased liberality, tor yet more self-denial ; with the promise a richer supply of grace and his own personal acknowledgement of indebtedness to them in that day. Those who have given the dollar yes, ten times over are the ones to be visited and called upon spec- iallyin this hour of alar in ing nec essity. We must not go back upon our Japan mission, our Chi nese, our Mexican, our Brazilian, at this time when things look dark and the sky ia lowering somewhat in those fields of Chrirtian enter prise. The man who sleeps at home in his own bed every night, and ex pects to die in a land where -the sun of the Holy Spirit never sets, only long enough for some saint to pass into heaven, can well af ford to sustain his brethren at the front, in their weariness and soli tary encounter with paganism. Let us deny ourselves for the present all new enterprises of a Connectional kind, that we may move in power and national breadth in the mighty work of preaching Christ to the world. This cpn only be done by extricat ing our Foreign Missionary So ciety from the toils of debt, at once and forever. The B;ird is pledged to keep out of debt Lence- forth in all of its annropr'ations. We want no shrinkage in our annual receipes this year. They are small enough for maintaining missionary life in our church. But we want a debt contribution, gener ous and dehnite, the tunds ot which are to be announced in a separate column, both at the An nual Conferences and by the Mis sionary Treasurer a monthly report. Put me down $10U in this debt column. Yours truly in Christ. J. C. Keener. Ocean Springs, Miss., July 28, 1891. The Louisiiia Fijjht. We are advised that the lottery war is already on in Louisiana The anti-lottery people have be gun the fight early, and propose to carry it forward with the utmost zeal to the bitter end. The con test promises to be ouof intense. National interest, and of bitter ness of feeling unparalleled in American history. But why should there be any such war? Has it not been the settled policy of the State for twenty years, and more, to sanc tion legally this lottery and share in' the proceeds of its robberies. Have not the most reputable news papers in the country received large gains from the infamous bus. iness of the infamous, law-created highwaymen? Have not the man- agers of the concern the "personal liberty" to continue their scoun drelly trad"- linhnmnored bv laws which, in the phraseology of dem ocratic platforms, '-vex and harass the citizen, and. unduly' restrain him in his rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!" Takj a parallf 1 case the liquor tralfic, for example. Is the lottery worse than the liquor trade?- Does the lottery debauch men into idi ots, madmen and brutes? Does it make hells of homes, and fill jails and penitentiaries from an end less procet sion of criminals? Does it send one hundred thousand men effort) to , jo.r tm :?y debCjgrave, make sixrythoBeand help less widows and three hundred thousand orphans, and a million paupers every year as the liquor traffic confessedly does? Honestly, the comparison of the two evils is frivolous because so overwhelmingly to the advantage of the lottery and 1o the total con demnation of the liquor traffic. Yet presses, pulpits, legislators, laymen of every creed, who are so bitterly enlisted against the lottery as to threaten revolution as the last rpsort for its annihilation still consent to, vote for and uphold in every way the infamous, disgust ing, damning trade in liquors. . Such flagrant inconsistency, hy- pocricy and treason to true prin ciples deserve no victories and are not likely to gain any. The sa loons they support will fight against them and favor the lottery. The liquors they declare proper articles of lawful commerce will inflame, befuddle and seduce the voters. The bribe of $1,125,000 per annum to th! tax payers will muzzle the mouths of the majority and torse tle-ir owners to keep si lent in the face of the bribery of the ignorant, depraved voters. It is no worse to buy a fortress for the lottery in the State constitu tion than to buy protection for the rum trade or the way ot a rascal of any party into & public office in truth, that lottery war is a great moral farce. The curses of a guilty participation, for decades past, in lottery, Tm, gamblifig-ftiul prostitution revenues, have come home to the people of Louisiana and bid fair, by unfair, unholy and lawless methods, to establish their roosts for another quarter of a cen tury in the c;itital and constitu tion of the Polican State. Atlanta Herald. Mrs. James K. Polk. A lett r written to the Courier Journal from Nashville, Tenu., da ted August 14, gives an interesting account of the death of Mrs. Polk. We copy the following paragraph : At G o'clock this morning her physician announced to her the fact that the end was very near. 'Yes.' she quietly replied, 'I know it I am ready for it and haye been all my life ready to obey the sum mons of my Master.' She then at length, as her strength would bear attested her faith in the Christian religion, and the great peace of mind and happiness it had always given her even unto this, the end of her 1 fe. From this serene ex pression of her u wavering Irust in the Lord, she continued with a clear voice, though becoming mo mentarily feebler, 10 thank Him for His goodness and His mercy through all her life, prolonged far beyond that natural to human life, and to praise Him and mag nify His name, for His goodness and grace to her, quoting most touchingly beautiful stanzas from that rap'nrous hymn: "I would not live always." Just before her dealh, she put her hand upon the head of her beloved niece, Mrs. Geo. Fall, and gave her her dying blessing as expressive of undying love; commending her and . her great-niece, Mrs. Sadie Polk Gard ner, to the goodness and the care and mercy of the Lord." Thus ended the mortal life, and thus began the immortal life of as good a Christian woman as enno bled her sex or graced in perfect womanhood our country, in which she had been elevated to the proudest position woman can hold in presiding as lady of the White House wife of the president of the nation. Before and then and since, to her death, had this grand historic woman, in the gentleness and grace and goodness and sim plicity of her life, in the purity of her character, in the lofty exem plification of Christian woman hoo 1, been an example worthy of emulation to her country women and to her sex throughout the world. v t.. n Horae is the father's haven, the mother's world, the son's sheet anchor! and the daughter's training rchool. i i A possession j'outh hopes for, niankin1 cares for, and old age is thankfulfor. The golden setting in which the brightest jewel is "mother." A shijj upon the ocean of life, where the captain is assisted by a first-class mate. 'Home- is the blossom of which Heavenis the fruit. A ' -? rrf,-iher lives. 'ApaTeasi ly left, but not so eas'- ily forgotten. The place where the great are sometimes small, and the small often great. The kingdom of love whose queen is mother. The world's workshop for the manufacture of character. The best place for a married man after business. A working model of heaven, with real angels in the form of mothers and wives. The only place on earth where a man is seen as he truly is. Piace mar 18 euner maae or marreu oy a woman. j i i An oasis in the desert of life where one can find a shady retreat from the sun of toil and drink trom the well ot happines. tt , ' ;i;t, kj -its harmony depends on those who are in it. As steam to the locomotive, so is homo to the human heart, the stand propelling power. London Tit-Bits. IV? I .1 1 I" L ' It has been learned within the past few years that several of the most serious diseases known to man are caused by particular species of bacteria. Such diseases are called infectious. Amongst i nose i o resnrwixuiti -jisjOr i gin ave - . . 1 -r - - are tuberculosis. Asiatic cholera. erysipelas, and some forms of blood poisoning, tetanus or lock jaw, some forms of pneumonia,! typhoid fever and diphtheria. We know the germs which are concerned in the causation of these diseases, and can grow them in tubes in the laboratory and work out their life history. There are othes diseases belong ing apparently in the same general class, of whose mode of origin we are stiil largely ignorant. Such ..i..u isnuiMct are smallpox, measles, scarlatina, loudly that you and John may for yellow fever and " others. We ever be happy as two turtle doves. believe largely on the ground of analogy, that these too are caused by some forms of germs, each after its kind, but what they are we cannot yet say. Malaria, it has been pretty well established, is due to a minute organism which belongs not among the plants, but low down in the animal series, in the class known as the protozoa, and it may be that some or all of the last group above mentioned may be caused by similar organisms, which as yet we cannot cultivate I in the .laboratory, or even bring within our vision with the micro scope. Consumption, or tuberculosis is largely spread by the specific bacteria in the sputum throw off by affected persons, which is allowed to dry and become dis seminated in the floating dust. Typhoid fever is communicated by the gorms discharged from the bodies of those ill of this disease, which is one way or another, but largely in polluted water and food, get into the digestive tract of well persons. Diphtheria may be coni- ..-..ill l"t.i i-wl in I 1 1 - ""i in ii 1 1 li ii i" 1 1 ' t 1 1 O XXLUXJ XKjCL 1U ll&C 1111.11 11 1 -1 1 1 1 '-' I germs in the membranes cr UU1UO I from the mouth of the stricken ones, and may linger long wholly dry in garments and household furniture and rooms. The bacterium causing tetanus or lockjaw-is not often conveyed from one person to another, but is exceptional in having its usual lurking place in the soil of certain regions. ' Now, how do these particular species of germs cause these special forms of disease? We have already seen that one of the marked life features of bacteria is that when they assimilate nourish- ment and grow, they set free various forms of chemical sub- stances. When putrefaction oc- cu 18 in a bit of meat for example. certain bad smelling gases, as well as a host of other substances, are let free by the bacteria which are feeding on the nipal. These cause its putrefaction. Each species ticts in its own peculiar fashion in the 'acquirement of its food and ets fr-e its own p "culiar chemical substances. Now the same thin,; happens when bacteria, in one wa.- or another,gets into the bodies of rnua or animals and grow there. But in the large proportion of cases the bacteria which we take into our bodies in vast numbers with the greatest variey of uncooked foods and with water and milk produce, if they grow at all, chemical sub stances which do no manner, of harm. It is indeed not at all im probable that some bacteria which are constantly present in the di gestive canal form, under ordinary circumstances, materials which aid the process of digestion. It has, however come about in the lapse of ages that a very few, an infinitely small proportion, of all the bacteria which are about us produce chemical substances in the body which in one way or another act as violent poisons. These substances produced by bacteria are called ntomaines. and here at last our nlummet seems to he strikinsr hottom. It is the ptomaines or peculiar vegetables 1 poisons produced by these germs which usualy do the damage, sometimes these ptomaines are produced in some special part of the bod where the bacteria Srow aud, gaining access to the body fluids, are carried all over the or ganism, inducing in the most vulnerable parts those changes which are characteristic of the disease and which gives rise to what we call its symptoms. This I " D'TUIO IU li-lU VUCV 111 Ullll JIVlil and typhoid fever, in which the bacteria are confined, in the former usualy to the mouth and throat and air passage and in the latter to the intestinal canal But the soluble ptomaines are car- t ien--e yen'"""""", wonm-"?; Jw-aa. J - m 1 1 I T. Mitchell Prudden, M. D., in Harper s t Magazine. Reasonably Miserable "Madame,'r said a pompous old gentleman to a bright-faced girl who had only worn the dignity of wife for a few months, and was receiving on all sides congratula tions and advice b th merry and tender. 'Madame, I have a bit of advice for your ear, which will be uew and startling to you. These simple-minded friends are hoping Xow I beg that you will"' make your husband reasonably misera- ble; yes, madarae,-1 mean what I say. Very happy people are of no account. If vou want John to be of an y use to the world, see that you make him reasonably misera ble." Mary did not need to follow the queer ol.t gentleman s advice the did "briers besetting every path that effectually, and it was all she I t t t ' , t TT 1 1. l" could uo to Keep jonn reasonamy eomtort able. But the remembered speech emphasized for her through years of chang'ng of "chang:ng fortunes the fact that the appointed work of trials' discomforts is to make us of more account. However, we must see to it that these ministering servants do their work : it is altogether possible that the trials may come, making us, as we cry, unreasonably miserable, and yet the world's needs be no bet ter off. As troubles present them selves, whether they knock at our door or seize us by the throat, or stab us through the heart, or stun by their heavy blows, let us say to ourselves: '-Cease then, selfish heart, to hunt so persistently for . . . . . . . J, T there not some child that needs ithy guidance to-day, some servant discouraged with her life of drudg ery, some sick one needing a visit, a cordial, a flower, some pilgrim fainting by reason of the weary way, to whom a cup of water may be offered? If we give our trials this recep tion, we, and many other "little ones," will be the better for their coming. And as we fare along together, lo, the trial that came to i, j r : us with a severe aim irownmg countenance will become transfig- uredj and if he leaves us, or if he Btay will be seen to lift upon us hands of benediction! Illustrated Christian Weekly. I .1 - . a . . . Thoy Were All Americans. Some time since three tal Americans mi. rtoDinson, six feet high, and the Rev. Phillips Brooks, six feet two inches high, both of Boston, and the Rev. Dr, M ii ker, six feet four inches. f Philadelphia made in com pany, a trip to England. En route, they determined that, when they should reach England, they would ravel apart, lest three such tall nen together might provoke re- vark. But arriving at a well known town in Yorkshire, and learning that a lecture was to be del i vered to working men on Amer ica the three determined to be present." ;Entering the hall separ- atejy iney toon seats apart. As the lecturer proceeded, his utter ignorance of America soon became manifest to the three Americans Finally, however, a statement con- c rning the pize of Americans wad too absurd to be endured in silence. The speaker had barely tim; to conclude a sentence asser ting that Americans are proverbi ally short of stature, never exceed mg at. the utmost five feet ten inches, when. Mr. Robinson arose and said; "My friends, I am an American, and, as you see, I measure fully six feet. If there is any other American who happens just now to be in the house, I request him to stand up An expression of surprise was followed by roars of laughter as the Rev. Phillips Brooks arose and said : "I am an American, and my size, six feet two inches, occasions no particular remark in America. If there is any other American in in the house, I in turn request him to stand up." After a lapse of a few seconds, in order to give the lecturer a little time to recover himself, Dr. M'Vicker slowly raised his ma jestic figure to its full height of six feet four, and began : "I am an American,and " But this was too much, and he could, not get any further. The audience had lost all control of themselves, and the BpqHS?g!fl dis appearehce from the stiige brought the entertainment to a premature close. London Tit-Bits. New Yorkr, Paris and Berlin al together have not so large an area as London. Mrs. Ayer, relict of Ayer of Sar saparilla fame is said to be the richest widow in America. She wears a pearl necklace which cost $250,000. Tit-Bits. . Much has been said about feats of strength, but it is an actual fact that a man of but ordinary stature recently knocked down an ele phant. The performer of the great feat was an auctioneer. Eminent Personage: "May ask whether you are related to the Mr. Smith whom I met at Venice last year?" Mr. Smith: "I am that Mr, Smith, sir." Eminent Personage : "Ah ! that accounts for the remarkable retiem blance." Doctor : "Does "your husband enjoy sound slumber, Airs. Mur phy?" Mrs. M. : "Sound slumber, doc or I Kayther! Why, he snores like a pig." A country paper, in puffing a certain soap: "It is the best ever used for cleansing a dirty man's f&c?. We have tried it, and there fore we know." "My friends," remarked the min ster, "the collection to-day will be devoted to my travelling ex penses, for I am going away for my health. The more I receive the longer I can stay." And, si range to say, the largest collec tion ever made was then taken up. A despairing swain, whose girl shows signs of jilting him, de clares that if she doesn't he'll drown himself or perish in the at tempt. Sick Woman: "I'm so appre hensive, dear doctor, about being buried alive." Doctor : "You shan't be if I can prevent it." Teacher: "What great event occurred in 1885?" Small boy, after a pause : Please ma'am, I was brn then." Current Opinion. Don't Break the Child's Will. The Michigan Christian Advocate objects to the statement that itts better to break the will of your child when it is young than after it becomes older, and pertinently says: "Why break it at all? Con science ought not . to be broken. Intellect and heart we never want to break. Why break that faculty which ought to be strong? Never break it. Keep.. . it as : strong as possible, and train, the child in its wise and conscientious use." This is good sense and good religion. I making their passage through the worlds Our "chfldren will have abundant aeed of all the will-power that they can command. As the Richmond.4Zi;ocae has said, we should "brake," - not "break" their wills. We have known some of these "broken" children, poor, spiritless creatures disposed to apologize for the fact of their ex istence and to cower like slaves in the presence of opposition. ,; Of course children must be taught the lesson of obedience and sub ordination to parental authority, but this is far from requiring that they should be dealt with as if they were mere things and not rational and moral cieatures.- Nashville Advocate. ' "These Hands." We iove to look at the Paul of Dore on Mars Hill and the swell ing veins in that forehead when the Ephesian sentences were shot from the bent bow bolts from a ballista. We shrjjjk from the soiled and coarse garb of the fac tory hand of Tarsus and shut our eyes to shun seeing the stiff, horny, stubby fingers that plaited- the rough goat hair for the poor wage of a few copper coin. The man and the minister met in Paul. The millinery has minimized many of the modern messengers. Bascom mauling rails for his father's fence and magnetizing the ' multitudes, . or Tom Lowe in battered . x&f and shabby shoes snaringf thef ; -shy catching a brain full of thoughts from air, earth, and water for the Sunday sermon, were the fading and few Mohicans, the rari nantts who linked the loom of the Levant with pioneer preaching, plowing, and preserving the apostolic suc cession. These be the days of the "Apostle of theGenteels." The color of the side-whiskers in keep ing with the "warmth''' of the fres coing and the pulpit ornaments; the tapering fingers " setting off with their purple nails the rich "book-marks;" the symmetrical swell of the calf in the perfect, pants ; the delicate and delightful liBp what endowments ! For we are saved by taste. Richmond Ad vocate. South Not Monumental. The history of the suffix "South," as connected with the question of "change of economy" "in the Gen eral Conference of 1866, is equally fatal to the idea of it being a 'monumental witness to the con stitutional position of ourChurch." In that General Conference, on a proposition to adopt "Methodist Church, south," the motion re ceived only nine votes. On a reso lution to adopt Episcopal Method ist Church (dropping the monu mental suffix, comma and all), the vote was ninety-six for the change and forty-seven against it. Con sidering the fact that the suffix South had been so recently dedi cated as a monumental witness to a great constitutional question, and that many of those who so consecrated it were members of the General Conference of 1866, is it not strange that only- nine out of one hundred and thirty-two votes could be found to let the "monu mental witness" Btand? Alas, the instability of human" affairs and testimony! lfr. M. Prottsman, D. D., in Richmond' Advocate. There is no such thing as free dom in the world : fr,om the cradle to the grave we are under orders to some one or something. Just as the high walls hem in the play ground where the boys are free to do as they like, so does the great circle of that which the Greeks called Necessity surround the life playground we call free will ; and iberty is but a shadow. Through out we are all, young"ahd old, un der the harrow of circumstances. f