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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-03-09

ly and faithfully attend on these means shall
be disappointed. They are graciOuSly de-
signed by our heavenly Father to assist us
in the cultivation of Christian temper, and
in preparation for that heavenly state into
which all the Christians will shortly enter.
Although in this world we are favored with
many comforts, it is not the place of our
rest and to convince us of it, Providence
frequently disappoints our schemes and
visits us with many affections; but at the
same time assures us that all things shall
work together for good to them that love
God.
[ doubt not but that much of your atten-
ton is engrossed by your children; this is
quite natural | feel with and for you on
this subject, for l also am a parent. 10
bring them up for God is the grand point,
and in this great business you are not to call
culate upon the assistance of your worldly
Friends. Worldly people never make cal
culations upon Christian principles. Their
views relative to the edueation and, accom-
plishments of their children all terminate
upon this poor world. This is not the case
with mother in Israel. 1t is true we are
bound as Christian Parents to provide for
them, (and we are always in danger of feel
ing too much on this head, but the first, the
highest, the paramount duty Of all is to train
them up for the Mansions of heaven.
1t will always be good rule to 60 by, to
inquire when any accomplishment is contem-
plated for your children, how is this accom-
plishment to aid my grand design; viz: to
fit my children for usefulness here and hap
piuess hereafter.
Dear Madam, let me assure you that l
not only feel affection for you, but that [
ever had friendship for your deceased
Companion. 1t will not therefore be sur
prising to you to hear that feel an Inter-
est in your beloved Orphans.
1t is strongly probable to me, that my
publick usefulness is near termination. |
have such complication of complaints, that
I am daily warned of my approaching Dis
solution. May God prepare me. But 1
trust that while live you will not be for
gotten by him who has had the pleasure Of
Ministering frequently to you the words of
eternal life. Yours, sincerely.
JAMES TURNER.
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"For Jesus Sake. 7"

We love him because he first loved us, and
we serve him because he, first served for US.
We are Christians now in consequence of
his love and service for us. There are many
reasons why we should obey the will Of God,
but none so potent as that embraced in the
words, ''For Jesus sake" 1t was by the
love of Christ that our hearts were melted,
and We constrained to yield to the ministry
of his grace. 1t was from drinking at the
fountain of his divine fulness that we were
enabled to rejoice with JOY unspeakable and
full of glory.
Why do we love and labor in the cause of
religion if it be not for the love we bear him
who first loved US? 1t is possible that we
may try to be Christians from the lowest
motives. Many an act which to the world
appears fair and good, is, in reality the re-
suit of a selfish purpose Sometimes the
mere habit leads US to the outward perfor-
nance of worship. Some feel that they
must be connected with the Church because
it is respectable. Multitudes travel in the
path of outward duty from the most sordid
and unspiritual motives. The fire never
burns in such hearts, love never sparkles in
their eyes, because they are under law, and
not under grace--under Sinai, and not un-
der Calvary.
To be disciple of the highest style, our
motives must be of the most spiritual order
love for Christ. We call to mind the
mutual love of Damon and Pythias-was
their love for each other as high and pure
as our love of the Saviour? Unless we seek
him by spiritual service we will be unable to
bear the burden of life. Let the soul feel
and believe that "for me the Saviour died."
and there will be a constant joy and sup
port Am | afflicted, and shall not with
the wondrous cross before my eyes, bear it
patiently if not cheerfully? Am prosecuted
fer righteousness sake, and shall l not en-
dure it "for his sake" that endureth such
contradiction OF sinners for my sakeE
Can you, dear disciples, follow the Master?
Can you bear, Christ-like, to be mocked,
prosecuted, and spit upon? Have you learned
how to suffer for him? Has your close ad-
herence to Christ enabled you to see the
fingers of his providence guiding all the
threads of your life? Do you truly feel that
all things works together for good to them
that love God?
This, then, is the key to wind the spring
of our lives with-the love of Christ. With
Paul, then, we may say, "For me to live is
Christ labor in his vineyard, to suffer
his affective dispensations all, all shall be
done or suffered "for Jesus sake"
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
LETTERS FROM THE REV. JAS. TURNER
TO A CHRISTIAN MOTHER.

In a tribute recently published in the
Central Presbyterian, to the memory of the
late DR.. H. W. MoSeley, of Bedford, men
ton was made of two autograph letters writ
ten to his mother by the Rev. James Turner,
whose piety, zeal and natural oratory have
made his name as household word in that
region, and given him fame far abroad.
Having these letters in my possession, l
have judged that some extracts from them
might be of interest to your readers, and
now send them for publication. I think they
may have interest from the fact of their be-
ing from the pen of such man, and more
especially as he left few manuscripts, and
almost nothing written by him has ever ap-
peared in print. The photography of the
original has been in a great measure pre-
served; and the reader will notice the
writer's following the old-time use of capi-
tails at the beginning of common nouns. If
there is not perfectly critical structure Of
all the sentences, it must be remembered
that they were familiar letters, written with
out much care, to friend. And, though
Mr.. T. never had the advantages of full
college education, and was not accustomed to
study very nice precision of language, yet
he generally expressed himself quite correct
ly, and sometimes very felicitouSly, in that
good old Saxon. English which, in our trans
lation of the Bible and in the writings of
Bunyan, so beautifully shows how the ut
most simplicity can comport with the most
elevated capabilities of expression. The
handwriting of these letters is very good,
being quite plain and legible, and at the same
time having the appearance of being that Of
man somewhat accustomed to writing, or,
as it might be styled, a somewhat current
hand.
Mr.. T.'s co-pastor was the well-known and
venerable James Mitchell, who long survived
him. His own death took place within some
eight or nine years after the last of these
letters was written; and all the persons
mentioned and referred to in these letters
are now gone from the world, and we can
have little doubt, met in heaven, except two
surviving children, of the four of Mrs. M. S
then baptized. The counsels conveyed by
Mr.. T. to widowed mother, who faithfully
followed them out, are we'll suited to the
present times, and are to us the more impress
sive as seeming to be the voice of that faith
full and gifted servant of God speaking back
to us not merely from fifty years ago, but
from the world of Gods departed saints.
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JAMES TURNER
FEBRUARY 9TH, 1919

Dear Madam,-Captain j informed
me yesterday that you had a great desire to
see me before your removal from this neigh
borhood. l then determined to pay you a
visit to day, but the weather being SO very
cold and myself considerably uneasy with
the Tumor on my neck, has prevented. l
send you therefore few lines, as token of
my Christian affection. Whether you are
likely to be favored with preached Gospel
in the neighborhood of your father, is what
don't know, but hoping that you are Be-
lever in the Lord Jesus Christ makes me
the more willing to trust you in any place
where Divine Providence may call you.
The great duty of Christian, and let me
add, Privilege too, is to keep up daily
communion with God. This communion
cannot be continued without frequent pc
rusal of his holy word, daily secret prayer
accompanied with Watchfulness, Meditation
serious determination. None who honest
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AUGUST 18th. 1815-THURsDAY


Dear Madam,-I have concluded to
preach and baptize at your House tomorrow
week, beginning at 12 o'clock. 1t will be
the 25th of this month, the Friday before
the 4th Sunday. 1 expect to be at your
House by about 10 o'clock, in order to con-
verse with Mrs. MINIS. Then after men,
tioning another lady who proposed to become
a member, and never having been baptized,
would have to receive the ordinance, he pro-
ceeds. The religious appearances in my
Neighborhood are still promising. I pray
that the Concern may spread until it be-
comes universal. Oh that we may be thank
full to God for His Goodness to the Children
of men. would recommend it to you to
be engaged at the Throne of Grace, that
the sight of the publick and solemn Conse-
Grafton of yourself and little ones to the
Lord may be the means of exciting your
friends in and about Liberty TO solemn At
tention to the one thing needfull. 1 am,
with sincere affection, yours, &c.
JAMES TURNER.
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A GOOD conscience is continual feast.
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flor THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN

(To BE CONTINUED
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-15
Half /"

A young rustic in Albany, named
Knox, saw placard, Linen Drillings al
Half Price before dry goods store
went in and purchasing 10 yards, the
price being stated by the clerk to be sc
cents per yard. Taking the parcel, he
handed the clerk two dollars and half
Clerk-s'How is this, my friend p
yeu haven't given me enough.
Knox-'.How in thunder do you make
that out; didn't you mention that the
price of this stuff was so cents yard Z
Clerk-fo be sure | did, and you
asked for ten yards at that price, SO that
your bill is five dollars.
knox-stI'l Il bet my bill amt five dol
lars-look at the sign-board, young man;
dontit say Linen Drillings at Halt
Price. You said the price Of this ere
piece | chose was 50 cents a yard hall
of 80 lis %. and 10 tunes % is two-ffty.
Stranger. you cant't climb me, I've tray
elled.''
The proprietor was called, but the rus
tic could not be argued out of his arith'
metic, and rather than have a scene
the loss was put up with, and the young
man allowed to travel with his bargain.
Which suggests the fact that people
who keep shop should be careful what
contract they advertise for the acceptance
of the public.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-15

THE National Labor Congress seems to
have lost sight of the fundamental fact
that every laborer, with So In his pocket,
is a capitalist, and that every man who
hsres another to shave him, or saw his
wood, is an employer. The following
anecdote is timely:
"A certain Judge, and ardent Demo
cratic lolitician, of Portland, had dump
ed at MS door load of wood, when i'm
meiateiy Chinese wood sawyer asked
for the job Of saving it up. How
muchee p asked the Judge. Hap dol
lar, rel lied John. 4 bargain was about
TO be struck, when an Irish American
citizen, of the blue blood, demanded the
Job. How much?' acain asked the
judge A dollar and a half, replied the
American citizen. The Judge demurred,
replying that the Chinaman had just of
iered to d. che same work for half dol
lar However, he said, as | prefer 30
enco frage white American labor, L viii
pay YOU dollar and half, whereupon
the whit, constituent prepared for the
work. an John turned away disappoint-
ed. But the Judge returned SOME hours
afterward, and. to his surprise, found the
Chinamau and not the white man at work
upon his wood pile How this? how 5
this p said the Honor who told you to
saw my ncod!' Mclean man, said John.
How mu hee he pay?' queried theJ I'd sc.
Hap dollar, said John.
This is certainly an amusing comment
on current nonsense, and IS better thar a
book of arguments Did it occur to the
middle man that he was degrading
LABOR p
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-15
A Scene of Terror.

Prof T. A Lewis and troupe recently
gave an entertainment in the Court
House at Elks, Monday. Near the
close Of the entertainment the janitor
attempted to turn the lights down in
order to darken the room for the exhibit
ton of tableaux.
The middle chandelier, containing six
large coal oil lamps, with their globes
and chimneys, was Immediately over the
heads of a number of ladies, and was at
tached to pendant bar upon the ceiling
by spiral screw, of the existence of
which, it appears, the janitor was igno-
rant, though he knew the chandelier
could easily be turned around. In thus
turning it, as be had frequently done be-
fore. In order TO reach all the lamps, the
whole thing came down with crash,
the lamps, rolling upon the floor under
the feet of the audience, two of them
bursting aud scattering their contents
over the ladies, and great column OF
flame shooting up almost instantly to
the ceiling. The scene which followed
children rushed into the flames froul the
rear, in hopes OF reaching the single door
| Of the room, which offered the only sure
| IteUuS vi CeSdlic. 0tltAHS it3tO Tie
| flames, and finding their further pro-
gress shut of by the dense throng crowd
ing into the door, men loaped over the
balustrade into the bar, while some of
the ladies swooned and others rent the
air with their screams. This heighten-
| ed the confusion to a panic, and several
| children jumped from the windows-the
room being in the third story of the
buiiding-and others attempted to 40
so, but were held back. Children were
tossed over the balustrade among the
tables, chairs, &C., or thrown among
the vacant seats in the other direction,
while ladies we're seized and held by
main strength or knocked back with
great but necessary violence. In the
hall leading to the stairway, several per-
sons We're Knocked down and run over
one infant, dropped in the hall, was run
over by nearly all the audience without
receiving the slightest injury. Deputy
| Sheriff Craighead and others made a
| bold stand on the stairway, where the
| most imminent danger awaited the panic
| stricken crowd. ana did noble service IL
| checking the heaelong rush aud, doubt
| less, saved many lives and links there.
| by. 4 few men Ito their shame be i
said) were SO frantic and terror stricken
that even on the stairway they attempt
| ed to climb over tie heads of women ant
children, and were promptly seized an6
/ tossed over the balusters to the GROUND
below by the gentlemen who had takeI
! the perilous position on the stairs.
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How It Was Done.

The French have found their Yorktown,
and the hunt for 1t has been SO incredl-
bly, brief, that few can comprehend the
result at all. The fact Is that, ever since
the Saarbraek affair, the policies OF the
two nations have been In marked con-
trast
The French adopted ''the Fabian pol
icy" As We learn from Paris-that Is, the
policy Of failing back and permitting the
enemy to come on, hoping thus to lnhame
his ho. e, and induce him to become
reckless, and finally to fall an easy prey
to vigilance and caution. But the fatal
point of weakness was that the French
constantly fell back and never once raj
lied successfully. Fabius weakened the
foe by leading him into useless and peril
Gus marches, annoyed him with unremit-
ting skirniish, and, avoiding open battle
to the last, finally fell on and routed him.
The French adopted the Fabian policy,
but practlced it by leaving out the Fa
bus.
The Prussians, on the contrary, have
followed the most aggressive and auda-
cious mel hod from the beginning. This
was rendered possible by the fact that,
in compact soldiery they outnumbered
the French two to one. At Woerth they
advanced boldly on the flank, outreached
and overmatched the foe everywhere, and
chased the fugitives like foxes, giving
them not an hour to rally. At Metz
they advanced with equal audacity, and
placed one corps against the city on the
east; then they threw the army of Prince
Charles across the Moselle to the south
ward, and that of Steinmetz across The
same river i've miles nor;hward, and
these united Ill the rear, defeating the
flying enemy and coping i'm mp hope
lessly and helplessly within the fortress.
Precisely the same programme seems TO
have been followed at Sedan. The enc
my was first thoroughly whipped and
driven within the fortress Here be
tried to rest, and while he tarried the
Prince Royal crossed the Meuse and
stood firmly across the path of retreat,
like Sheridan and Gustav at ApDomattox.
There was no escape, and the French
army that has proved itself gallant IN the
face OF vastly superior numbers. was
forced TO capitula e.-E.c-
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Eeedin O the Armies.


The difficulty Of obtaining supplies OF
food must be one of vast and growing i'm
portance to both the contending armies.
Huddled within a very few square miles,
there now nightly lie on their arms a
million of French and German soldiers
AT the moderate estimate OF four pounds
Of average consumption head each day
including all neediul articles Of diet
the enormous quantity of two thousand
tons daily is required to feed these gigan-
tic hosts, who consume while they dc
not produce La month this amount
swells to sixty thousand tons. We must
remember, meanwhile. that. according to
the accounts received from al parts OF
France by the Minister of Agriculture,
Inc average yield of rye and corn will be
about a fourth less than usual The
drought is responsible for the failure Of
other crops : 1t is said that never with.
In the memory of man, not even in ! S5f
has the Loire been so low as at this mo,
ment. OF course this state Of things
operates like two-edged sword thai
cuts both friend and fee. There cannot
be doubt that If the war continue;
many weeks this question of food will be-
come as serious and as pregnant of mo
mentns consequences as the question o
men and ammunition.-C Chicago Post.
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Party Loyalty.

Winnebago county gives every year a
Republican majority of over 800. For
many years, the nomination in Repub-
an election. As a natural result, the
contest occurs in and previous to the con-
vention, instead of in an open fight be-
tore the people. The practice is fast
growing too common for candidate TO
pack" the caucuses and conventions
with his own particular friends, and thus
mated who are neither the most honest
The large Republican majority in this
county censures the election of the man
who is nominated, it matters not what
his antecedents are, or how poorly
qualified he may be for the position.
But it must be evident to every honest
Republican who looks into the matter
that it is the duty of the party to noml-
nate the best men. We believe that
nine tenths of the men who vote the Re-
publican ticket do so because they think
that the principles of the Republican
party are correct. They vote for the
nominee of the Republican county con-
vention, because he is pledged to the
support of the principles upon which the
great Republican party is founded. As
the representative of a great party, he
asks the united support Of every believer
IN the doctrines of that party. But on
the other hand, this implies mutual
obligation. The party Is In duty bound
to put forward as its representative none
but men who are honest, who are capa-
BILE OF performing the duties required of
them. and men who have some claims to
the support of the people. The trickery
of conventions and caucuses may succeed
FOR time in foisting upon the public,
men who are unqualified and distaste-
full to the people, but this, long continu-
ed, will accomplish more tor the opposi-
ton than the strongest efforts OF the
Democracy 1t is the duty of every Re
publican as he loves the principles upon
which the party organization is ground
ed, to favor such policy as viii strength
Ell the party by making it more worthy
the suffrages of the people.
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EGIFG Years aqilsa s Wild Indians t e Plains

of Wild adventure and desire 70 gain llnowl-
edee of the Every Day Life and Peculiar Customs of
tie Indians, left a home of plenty in New Pba'lcl
phia o., joined the Indians adopted their mode of
life became warrior Of the "frstclass, and chief
of 00 lodges served the Government with his braves
against the hostile Indians and lieutenant III the
the Regular Army which position he but recently
gned TO return to the wild life he so much loves
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The National Debt was paid off dur
ing the month of August at the rate of
about half million dollars day. Dur
ing the past six months the daily reduc-
ton has been more than $446, 900. And
during every day since President Grant
began his economical administration the
debt has been lessened-and with it the
taxes and other burdens of the people
by more than 100000. Here are the
figures:
Debt decrease during August 10. 4O4 325, 90
Debt dec since March l, tS7o...... 81, tG7 326.7
Debt dec since March T. &C, SAB Jos, 10
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Il WILL return victorious or dea =
telegraphed Napoleon few weeks ago.
We are curious to see his next dispatch:
THERE is comparatively little sickness
IN the city at present.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-09-15
Yours most respectfully,
C. C. HAMMOND. Genl Sup't.
OFFICE or TIE HupsoN RIVE RAIL RoAp. !

OFFICE or TIE HUDSON RIVER RAIL ROAD,
Gen1 Sup't. New York, Jan. II, 1870. !
7. NJ AVERY, Esq, President National Watch Co:
Dear ST:--The Watch made by yOur Company
which have carried tile past two months has kept
excellent time. have carried it frequently en-
gnes and have been the road with it almost daily
During this time it has uniformly with stand.
ard clock. Trulyzyours
J. N. ToUCEY, Gen1 Sup't.
The following dealers Also in various parts of the
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teIa, as better finished, correct and durable,
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Jenkins & Hatch And over 400 others.
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TESTIMONIAL.
UNION PACIFIC R.R. OFFICE OF Gny'L S.

UNION PACIFIC r. r., OFFICE OF GRyL SUP'T.(
BONANZA, Dec. 16, 1859,
Hon. T. NJ. AVERY, President National Watch Co.
Chicago, H.:
one of your sB. W. Raymond y Watches it has not
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leave nothing to desire in this regard For accuracy
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