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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17
Halliday Christianity,

Will the world ever be converted by half
day Christianity? AS rule, how much
vital power is there in those Christians, the
limit of whose activity is to sit composedly
in the pew, half day on Sunday?
Most pastors tell us, that large number
of their own people will not attend second
service. Some ministers, by their peculiar
gifts, are enabled to attract large audiences,
but these are either drawn from other con-
gregations or from that floating class in our
large cities that follows the different "star"
preachers. 1t is feared that too many pro-
Tossing Christians do not look at this sub
ject in the righ light. They do not consider
the public worship of God religious duty
as we'll as privilege
The great trouble is, that large number
of Christian people have got into the habit
of staying at home half a day on Sunday,
and it seems like great undertaking to
change it. But Christians ought to feel
that in going to church, they are not to suit
every whim and crafty every mood. They
ought not to go to hear this or that preach
er, but to worship God, and to worship him
publicly. Such service has marked effect
on the individual. Itis one of the most i'm
portant means of grace, and nothing can
take its place. And even if one felt conf
dent that he could gain as much good to his
own soul by staying at home part Of tho
Sabbath, he ought to make a personal sacrifice
for the good of others. For other Chris
tians and irreligious persons will be inAu-
enced by his example.
Reader, lay this subject to heart, and
encourage your pastor by being in your pew
twice every Sunday.-Amsrican Pres6yte-
raan.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17

their own unhallowed ambition; and the
whole mystery of their failure to answer
"lifes great end is, that they never had
in view, ''the chief end of man." Hunter
hated missions, and consequently Him who
said, "Go ye into all the world and preach
the Gospel to every creature. All his
books, touching religion, were calculated to
degrade the Son of God to the level of mere
human nature. "He that honoreth not the
Son, honoreth not the Father which hath
sent him."
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17
A Subject for Prayer.

A correspondent of the ". Y. Observer,
writes from Rio Janeiro, Jan. Goth, 1869:
"Who knows but that the salvation of
ten thousand immortal souls may depend on
the future course of "a young Brazilian
whom God has singularly led to an Aide.
vouring passion for the Scriptures, but whom
Satan is endeavoring to divert by parading
before him the Kingdoms of this world and
the glory thereof. The cup Of worldly am
bition has been once dashed violently from
his lips, and the cup of salvation placed in
its stead. The career which his entire edu.
cation and assiduous application contem.
plated, has been suddenly and forever closed
by the providence of God. Rare mental
qualities and ardent impulses are seeking q
new outlet; and agony of spirit which has
shaken the whole fabric of his being almost
to chaos is giving place to cosmos. Shall
the last state of this man be worse than the
first? or, shall the Church and Brazil reap
the fruits of abundant prayer to be offered
for him in the monthly concert of March,
and subsequently,?
"He took his degree in the law school of
S. Paulo, in 1864, and returned to Rio,
where his talents and connections, gave him
position at once. He fell, and the then Pre-
mier of Brazil wept over his bosom as David
FOR Absalom, while another eminent states
man exclaimed: "He was the flower of Bra
lillian youth
1.-The absolute secluson which followed
was occupied by him in the study of book
till then neglected. For six months the
Bible occupied his attention exclusively
He absorbed it and was absorbed in it. He
| completed a new translation of the New
Testament from the Latin and French yer.
sions during these months. Transferred to
the deck of ship bound to the United
States, 'Bonar's Way of Peace caught his
eye, and the manuscript translation in Por-
tuguese was handed to the American Tract
Society upon his landing. it is now pub
lished. Then followed Newman Halls
Come to Jesus, and other publications from
the same press.
SIN the circle of his friends here, l dis
cover seeds of truth sown by his hand
Shall this little stream become torrent, 8
food of righteousness for Brazil? May We
have your prayers for it, reader2 and those
of the monthly concert for March?
BRAZIL"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17
Look Till il Grows on Him. -

One night I found, at the late meeting,
two lads of sixteen years of age, already
members of the church., sitting in corner
with their open Bibles. One had already
been conversing with me. 1 had noticed
the other in an anxious state. "Well,
Johnny" said "what are you and George
doing here?" "I am trying to clear up
his doubts" said Johnny. "What does he
doubt?" ellis interest in Christ" "'Well,
what are you dsing?" 81 am poiasing him
to the blood" "But is he not looking there
already?" "Perhaps he is; but Tu0 telling
him to look till it grOacs on him. - MaccoH
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17
FoR The CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Written for my Young Friend h, R. G., on
the Death of his Mother.

Rest, weary pilgrim rest!
The sorrow-storm is Ger
The mansions of the blest
Open wide the crystal door,
To usher in thy ransom'd soul
Upon the shining shorel
Methinks hear the music
OF the Angels as they stand,
TO welcome thee to Heaven,
The blessed Father-land-
The glory light around thy brow,
A harp within thy hand!
Then dry thy tears, poor orphan,
You're weary and alone
She was the last of all your band,
And even she is gone.
Bul, o. know that mothers God
Will not forget her son.
Thy barque of life is drifting
Swift down the rolling tide,
ana soon you IL JOIN the AnSeis
Upon the other side
And sing forexer round the throne
With Christ the crueiGedl
How fast they're crossing over
Into the glory-landl
All how they swell the number
OF the sinless, shining band
A little while and zee shall smile,
And gather where they standl
Ahho' no mothers gentle love
Now cheers life's gloomy night,
The "Father Of the ialherless,"
pray, may be your Light
The other side beyond the tide
Is nearing fast to sight.
And in that bright, glad forever,
Friends will meet beyond the Riverl"
NJ. L. A.
aaer Co., "a, March 2d, 1859.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17

IT is THE DUST and the rust hich the
liquid mercury has contracted that impair
the beauty of its lustre and pre-, ent the
union of its divided globules. And what is
it but earthly contamination and III worthy
passions that keep true Christians al ,art.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17

THE MAGNET which drew Saviour from
tho skies was not our merit, but our misery.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-17

NONE are so sure to lie in Jesus" bosom al
those who lie lowest at Jesus feet
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Fauq,tier Co., "a, March Cd, 1859.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28

On. GRAVES is out again In a three
column article in condemnation of the
APPEAL. he persists, if we under
stand him, On the ground that the
article to which he takes exception is
slauderous to Baptists. If it is, then
this is The slander-the assertion that
''opan communion Baptist churches"
arr prospecting in England and in this
country, and the statement that a
single paper In San Francisco has as
serted that "the days Of old land
markism, which does not recognize a
P~edO0sptist as a Christian at the
table or in the pulpit, are numbered"
Now, we do not Q that the asser-
ton that "Open communion Baptist
churches, " Or any such there be- are
proepering, is a SANDER on such as
are not open communion. The
SANDER, If any, must, therefore,
be in the affirmation Of the San Fran
cisco paper. II cannot consist in that
part Vi the statement which affirms
that Baptlsts exclude Pedobaptists
rom the COMMUNION or the pulpit,
for tLatis not denied. The "slander''
then is thi, q at Christians, as such
are excluded by Baptists. That is
evidently false, and 80 far as the para
graph bears that construction it is
false, aud we consent should not be
published by any paper. When we
hrst replied, We were not aware that
or acting news editor had discovered
ANY such falsity in the article when
he clipped it. He, however, now in
forms US that he saw the Objectionable
feature, but thought its publication
here would result in the proper cOrrec-
ton. Had we been in the precise
shoes Of DR.. GRAVES when he penned
his first philippe against the AP-
PEAL, We should, under all the cir
~cumstances, without impugning the
motives Of any one, have simply made
an emphatic denial Of 50 much as we
deemed untrue, and required its cor
rection in the APPEAL. If we wen
further, it would be to condemn the
false assertion implied in the para
graph, and undoubtedly too commoni in
the mouths Of Pedobaptists, that
Christians as such were undervalued
by Baptists in the enforcement of their
UNCONVENTIONAL rule Of exclusion.
This, we have always seen, was im-
proper, partisan, unjust and injurious
TO Baptists, and a malpractice which
ought to be corrected. But this is a
matter with which it is not our bust
nsss TO deal. Offences Of this eharae-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
The Mystery Explained,

A Scotch tradesman, who had
amas5ed, as he believed, "a, Zoo, was
surprised by his old clerk with q bal
ance sheet showing his fortune to be
$4,000. 1T Gamma be" said the prin-
cipali "count again" The clerk did
count again, and again declared the
balance to be $4,000. The master
counted himself, and he also brought
out a surplus Of 5000. Time alter
time he cast up the cOlumDs-it yrs
still at 9, and not at (, that rewarded
his labOrs. So the old merchant, on
the strength Of his good fortune, mod.
ernlZed his house, and put money in
the purse" of the carpenter, the paint
er and the uphOlsterer. Still, how
ever, he had a lurking doubt of the
existence Of the extra two thousand
pounds; so, n winter night, he sat
down to give the columns zone count
more" At the close of his task, he
jumped up as though he had been
galvanized, and rushed through the
streets, in a shower of rain, to the
house of his clerk. The clerks head,
capped and drOwsy, emerged from an
attic window, at the sound of the
knocker, to inquire the GRAND of his
midnight visitor. "WhO's there" he
mumbled, ''and what dye want?"
Its me, We id scoundrelv' ex-
claimed his employer; we've added up
the year of our Lord amang the
pOundT'
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
American Girls in Europe.

We are by no means astOnished
that the following European letter
writer should 90 into ~ecstaeies about
our fair cOuntrywOmen. There is no
use in suppOsing or saying that they
can be excelled either in beauty, love
illness or intelligence. We call atten-
ton to the letter Of our European
stranger: 81 do not wish to under
value English beauty, which is most
satisfactory and enduring, and most
of which will wash. But I confess
that American beauty, from New
York to New Orleans, has spoiled my
eyes for any other; and when l am
just getting accustomed t0the solid
English matrOns and maidens, like
Mr.. Hawthorne, and beginning to like
t~hem-alOng comes a group of my sair
eOuntryWOmen on their travel. and
they spoil it all again. Tb ga dear
American girls-I fear yOu do NOT
half appreciate them a. home Here
they admire and er,y them-tbat is.
the men admire and the women envy
On the eOEdnent they rave about
them. dali a dozen American bellies
SeEfd a whole German town distracted.
It is not only their beauty and grace.
but their wit, spirit and happy suda-
city. The continental CUSTOMS favor
their triumphs. No girl over there
e dares to call her soul her own
let alone her body. She never goes
anywhere without a ehaperone9she
never cOnverses with a gentleman X
eept 10 answer a question; she is of
necessity insipid to the last degree
An American girkOn heeOntrary. as
seruS her ireedOnf, goes wherever she
pleases, talks with every one She
cares 70 talk with; says dH TO a Ger
man at the first Introduction, and or
ders MIN about just-just as she would
nome. He is overwhelmed and
astounded, but all the mere delighted.
tells his friends that the beautiful
girl he waltzed with said az 10 him
and told him To bring her a glass Of
water, which sets them all crazy to
be introduced to her, hear her say daf
to mem and be made water carriers
likewise. Next day the whole town
talking about her and staring az
her. The women are in a rage: bur
he RESULT the conviction thai Amer
ca must be a great country, increased
Immigration and the consequent pro-
yress Of civilization"
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
The Richardson Scandal.

A dispatch from New York, Of the
18th, gave Us the meagre fact that A.
ID. Richardson, formerly war CORES
pendent and long an attache Of the
New York Tribune, was shot through,
fatally, this evening, by Paul NcFar-
land, a lawyer by profession, between
whom had existed, for a considerable,
time past, an arrangement, caused BY
an alleged intimacy Ofthe former with
the latter's wife. We gather more at
length, from our files, that Mcfarland,
who seems TO have had entree to the
Tribune, was landing behind the cOun-
ter in the business department, in
conversation with an eLnplOye Of the
office. About = O'Clock this evening
Mr.. Richardson entered the Tribune
ONCE, and going up to the counter en-
tered into conversation with a young
man who vas in the habit of working
for him.. A few minutes after Rich
ardsOn's entrance, Mcfarland walked
over towards him, and without saying
a word fired a pistol shot, which
wounded Richardson in the abdomen.
The wounded man, without saving "A
word, walked up to the Tribune editO-
rial rooms, from whence be was con-
veyed to the AstOr House, to have his
wound attended to. He IS not ex-
pected to recover. Mcfarland was ar
rested. 1t seems that there has been
some recent incentive to this deli5er-
ate deed, a. the difficulty between
Mcfarland and Richardson occurred
a year ago. Richardson, az the
time referred to, denied the charge OF
improper intimacy with McFarIand's
vile, but afterwards published a card
that his intention was to marry
her after a divorce was procured.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28

TIE Jac6soupOrt ArkdlsGg StGtes-
man, Of the 18th, reached US yester-
day. Among its editorials we find
enc giving an account Of a railroad
meeting in the interest of the Spring
field, Kansas City and Memphis
Railroad, held on the previous Satur-
day. Judge WILLIAM BYERs Occu-
pied the chair. a series Of resolutions
were passed endorsing the enterprise,
calling upon the people OF North Ar
kansas TO assist in its development,
and declaring the highest satisfaction
with the organization Ofthe Company,
as elected some weeks ago in Mem
phis. A committee Of five prominent
citizens was appointed TO secure sub
scripdons OF money for the purpose Of
making & survey of the railroad line.
Within q few moments from the open
ing Of the books, the committee re-
ported $3.50, subscribed by persons
present at the meeting. This sum
has since been increased to $500,
which amount is more than was re-
quired from Jackson county for this
purpose. The Salesman closes its re-
marks upon the meeting with this
sentence: "The willingness mani
tested on the part OF our citizens to
aid this enterprise P~ecsHiariy is GER
tainly gratifying, and most unmistak-
ably Omens the early construction Of
the road"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
How the BOyIstOn Bank was Robbed.

The New York San Of the sd, in
an account Of the robbery of the
BOylston (BOstOn) Bank, says on open
ing the vault of the bank yesterday
morning, the officers missed 500, 900
worth of bonds. On the 10Th of OctO-
Der last, one w. 4. JudsOn bought out
a barber-shOp in the building adjOin-
ing the bank, and Over the store of
George b. Melton. He put in a large
stock Of bottles labeled California
Wine Bitters," and set himself up as
a dealer in that article. The walls of
the shop are wainscoted up to the
ceiling. JudsOn puta Partition which
cut off the front Orner Of the room
and made a private inner Office, in
which he so cut out the wainscOt over
the wall against which the safe stood
as to form a door six feet high and
four feet wide. He placed hinges at
the top of this, so that it could be
raised or lowered at pleasure, and dur
ing the night, aided by assistants,
worked on the tw~enty-inch wall be-
hind it, removing brick by brick I'M
til a hole had been made through it
and the back of the iron safe was eY-
posed. The debris was carefully
packed away in boxes and labeled
medicine, and during the daytime the
false door was let down so as to eff
feetually conceal the operations.
Some time between Saturday night
and Monday morning the rOgues
drilled a hole eighteen inches wide
through the back of the safe, and
through this they took out thirty tin
boxes arranged on the shelves, and
containing the bonds and other papers
belonging to individuals who had de-
posted them for safe keeping. They
broke these open at their leisure and
selected the bonds, and threw the
boxes and the other papers back on
the floor. The robbers were wise
enough not to waste their time on an
safe of steel.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
aThs Biggest Thing Yet"
The New York Rhrld saws,

The New York WoT}d says,
Several bills T pending before Con-
gress, which, it is thought, may be
helped by d-enunciatiOns of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. The rail-
road rings that have so long governed
Pennsylvania, and have essayed to do
the same thing in Maryland, are rep
resented politically in the corporation
utiVe Department of the Government.
as well as in both Houses of Congress.
There is pending before the Senate
a bill, No. 534, known as the I" Wash
ington and New York Airline Rail-
road Bill" introduced by Senator
Sherman, of Ohio, and in which,
among other cOrporators, we find the
names of Postmaster General Cress-
well, who, before his appointment.
was lobbying this and other similar
matters through Congress; John u.
Cameron, son of the Senator, and
President Of the Northern Central; j.
Edgar Thompson, President of the
Pennsylvania Central ThOs. A. Scott,
of the same road, and also Of the
Union Pacific; Thomas C. Durant, Of
the Western Pacific; Jay Cooke, and
others, The object of this bill is to
build a new road from Washington to
New York, and it proposes to cross
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey without their consent.
1t is a strong combination, repre-
senting those powerful roads which
cross the Atlantic and Pacific. The
power of these railroad interests over
the Governments of the States Is al
ready familiar to every one; and il is
evident that those who have learned
how to WELD this p~ower'for political
purposes intend to combine and con-
solidate for the ptrJose Of cor
trolling Cong esi0naI legislation Ia
their own Interest, Should they
succeed, the Government would be
subordinate to the interests of privi-
legged monopolies. State franchises, il
which thousands and millions of dol
lars have been invested in good faith,
would become worthless,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
The Early Years of Alexander Smith.

The Rev. T. Brisbane has published,
in London, a small volume concerning
the early years of the late poet Alex
ander Smith, in which appears a curl
ous letter, written in Smiths bOyhood.
The following extracts are interesting:
81 am unconscious of that
pitiful vanity (the Alpha and Omega
of their hOpes) to see ones name in
pTint; the immortality of five minutes
in the poets corner Above all,
don't laugh or sheer, however much
you may pity. l could bear sneers on
this point from no one, least of az
from you. | might keep silent, out l
would suffer like a martyr in mis- shirt
of fire. Believe me it's no laughing
matter. Underneath those wide dom
ing heavens, that ancient sum-, those
plying stars, of an the miseries this
Is the ehiefest-When one has the soul,
blood, heart, pulses of an angel-alI
but the wings, This is egOtism with
a vegeance, but we are all cyclists;
and all we are, feel or see-this uni
verse of souls, stars and suns, is but a
sublime egOtism of Deity.
"You tell me you wish 1 should vet
fill a pulpit; this may never be. I
speak in sober sadness when l saw I
am unfit for public life. That fire once
burned brightly IN the hearthstone of
nay heart-the fame fickeTed, waned
and died; a mighty wind scattered the
red embers ike autumn leaves; the
hearthstone is now cold; do not wish
10 fill a pulpit.
"You may be inclined to ask. what
do you intend to dO?' I-mi0ht saw
nothing To attempt to become 3
preacher is useless ineapacitv arff6ia-l
leitb0ut difficulties no ~eanacitv could
overcome-prevent it. What i would
Ike IS just some way OF living which
would iced and cover this carcass, and
allow much time to roam through
b~ook-world, and the world Of my own
spirit, ike ths nsw-born Adam in the