The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-02-27

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carried home, each evening, a glowlworu
70 apply to his book, illustrates Chinese
character. Give them The Jesus. aud let
them apply the glow worm 10 the Btbie.
aud what q people! n ~
| The language is unit. sea 10 which the
stone being cast, may send ripples in wi
denlng circles to the dislant shores. 'rhe
field Is prepared. A setse of tire, fa4ni ty
'oi all the iorms Of idolatry, and of the ne
| cessity Of better faih and better morals,
Is spreading. Th. gospel can ehter 10 min.
ister TO these felt necessities. lis hsrallls,
no longer despised. can say" aa al
American" or II Briton," with ne
feeling OF the xncient who said, II am
Roman They 6nd that each man. un-
cr,bbed by cast. can be freely approach ed.
and that the gospel, despite priests and
preudceh may have fres course through
the empire.
Chins Is 10 aSsaailisn to mediate spoa
the prophecy Of Confacrus. which sounds
like Al echn from Isalah's harp. "In pro.
eress OF time holy one ST al be born. Win
shall redeem the world The nations will
wait for him as fading flowers desire the
Summer rain. He will be virgin bora, and
his name will be Prince oil Peace. china
will be visited by his glory its beams will
penetrate to the depth OF savage lands,
where no ships will ever come"
Behold streams waiting for the Lilly Of
the valley; hills signing for the Rose Of
SharonS cottages. by the million, longing
for the light; weary cities waiting for their
Sab6aths, dewy mountains inviting the
feet OF tue messenger that bringeth good
lidings; aud on all sides, the drums of Di-
vine Proyidencc beating the reye;tfe of a
new tnornios.
III. BE not aisc6irdged. The gospel in.
troduced by miracle Is left to work its way
by ordinary forces; but these have more
than ordinary potency-the Word, the
Cross, the Spirit.
Thoegh il took the Church three hun
dred years 20 overcome the Roman empire,
and six hundred more to spread the faith
over Gaul, BIitain, Germany, Scandinavia,
il should not take long in this age 10 light
everywhere the lamps of the divine temple.
Then will the seventh angel sound. and
great voices in heaven will proclsim,
!" The kingdoms Of this world are become
the Kingdoms Of our Lord and of his Christ,
aud he shall reign forever. Amen"
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NEwsPAPER PRooREss-A CuNTRAsr.&
We are indebted to Mr.. Lewis Woodruff,
architect, Tor two copies Of the London
Times, one bearing date Of the 7th Of jan
uary, 1867, the other, Sd Of October. 1898.
La appearance they afford striking con-
trast. The former is well known asa large
paper Of eight pages well filled |; the htter
j. by 3 affair, with four colamhs 10 the
page. fhe former contains the news Of
the whole world spread out AZ large; the
latter is devoted TO Nelson's victory OF the
Nile. rebellion in Ireland, some local
news and seven columns Of advertisements.
Nelson's account Of the battle is dated 9TH
Of August, or nearly two month. before il
was made known to the British public
while the rincs OF January Sth. 1867. pub.
fishes the news Of the United States for the
Jay previous! Macon ysixepa.
. Such is life !"
Suwiso Oars IN FgBRuasY. expert.
ment OF sowing oats in February is strik. |
ing and useful one. Il is well known that
there is a great advantage in the earliest
possible sowing Of this crop consistent with |
Is safety, and which the preparation Of the
ground will allow. II forlher trials On the
snggestions made shall allow similar results,
, great Improvement may be made on our
common practice. II will greatly iayor too
he clover seed ii il can 81 s0wn thus early |
IN land prepared ia The fall.
fKsALs SurFRAeE.--It appears that the
Kansas Legislature has stricken "male"
rom the qualifications for voting in that
State.