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For tSherin.

MARCUS J. WRIGHT is candidate % for
reelection to the Office OF Sheriff q oneIpy
coanty at the ensuing August eleell3on, 3n uo SUI
sect to the action Of the DcmOcraue OonH no yen
tion of June 10Th SOL
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.


LII. BATTLE is candidate for Tax Col
lector of Shelby couaty, subject TO the boml-
mating convention. fful lai h oo-te
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A. WOODWARD is a candidate for re-elec-
lion 10 ne office Of Trustee of Shelby county,
subject to the action of the Democratic
Connty Conventior. fEMaU 2-f
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For Priv iIege Tax Collector.

]. HARVEY -MATHES is a candidate # for
re-election 10 the office of Privilege Tax Col
iector for Shelby county. subject to the Remo- " "a
cratic Convention tai tN. 5t-eo
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GEORGE L HARRIS is a can didate tor
Sheriff of Shelby county. subject to inc actlSn
of the Democratic Convention. 42I
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of the Democratic Convention. 2I
A. p. CURRY aRpounces himself rs an IN
dependent candidate for reelection TO lne
office OF Sheriff for Shelby county: Electien
August. 1872. He respectfully refers to tne
fitness to hold the efice. lO-te
CHAs. L. ANDERSON is a candidate for
Sheriff Of Shelby o0unty, subject 70 the de-
cision of the Democratic Convention. l1-te
We are authorized 70 announce Colonel j..
A. FORREST as a candidate for Sheriff Of
Shelby county at the ensuing August election,
subject TO the Democratic Convention. zlf
In answer to many inquiries hereby an'
thOriEe you TO announce my name as a candl-
date for Sheriff Of Shelby county, at the Au-
gust election, 1872, subject TO the action Of
i5-ts b. BALL.
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said q customer IN lager-house.
:" No lager, sir, "a 4EktY
M" Well, then, make il ale.p
rNo ale, sir; sheriff notified US to-
Never mind; give me glass of
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The Art of Not Hearing.

=
The art of not hearing is fully as impor-
tant to domestic happiness as cultivated
ear, for which so much time and money are
expended. There are so many things which
are so painful to hear, many of which, if
heard, will disturb the temper and detract
from contentment and happiness, that every
one should be educated to take in or shut
out sounds at will. If man falls into a
violent passion, and calls me all manner of
names, the first word shuts my ears, and l
hear no. more. If, in my quiet voyage of
life, [ am caught in one of these domestic
whirl winds of scolding, 1 shut up my years,
as sailor would furl his sail, and making
all tight, scud before the gale. If a hot
and restless man begins to infame my feel
ings, | consider what mischief these sparks
might do in the magazine below, where my
temper is kept, and instantly close the door.
Does gadding, misunderstanding fellow be-
gin to inform me what people are saying
about me, down drops the portcullis of my
ear, and he cannot get it in any further
Some people feel so very anxious to hear
everything that will vex 'and annoy them,
they set about searching and finding it out.
If all the petty things said of one by the
needless or ill-natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, he would become a
mere walking pin-cushion, stuck full OF
sharp remarks. | should as soon thank q
man for emptying on my head bushel Of
nettles, or setting loose swarm of mos
quitoes in my chamber, or raising pungent
in my house generally, as to bring upon me
all the tattle of spiteful people. If you
would be happy, when among good men
open your ears; when among bad, shut
them. 1t is not worth while to hear what
your servants say when they have slammed
the door; what beggar says whose petition
you have rejected; what your neighbors say
about your children, what your rivals say
about your business or dress. have noticed
that well-bred woman never hears an i'm.
pertinent remark. A kind of discreet deaf,
ness saves one from not little apparent
connivance in dishonorable conversation.
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oueen Anne and DR.. South.

1t is related of DR.. South, who was chap
lain in ordinary and court preacher to Queen
Anne of England, that after service on one
occasion the Queen was graciously pleased
to say to him, doctor, you have preached
an excellent sermon to-day; l wish you had
taken time to make it longer"
MAY it please your Majesty" he replied,
& wish 1 had taken time to make it shorter. -
The remark of the Queen and the reply
of the preacher were indicative of the re-
spective mental power and cultivation Of
each; hers, of the immature judgment of an
uninformed mind; his, the proof of the &C
eomplished scholar and skilful writer. 1t
costs no great effort comparatively, to write
a long sermon, or discursive, rambling es-
say. Such a production of the brain may
be thrown off at a single heat; but sift and
analyze the thought, and to simplify and
condense the language so as to bring it with
in the limits of twenty or thirty minutes Of
time, or of two columns of a public journal,
require much longer study. And it is study
that pays. 1t pays in the pulpit and it pays
in the press. The lights in the sanctuary Of
God should be supplied with beaten oil, and
the busy public have no time to throw away
on crude compositions in religious journals
Brevity is the soul of wit"
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Vol. 7.---NO. Sc.
How it Stands.

Close communion editors seem much dis.
pleased that the liberal men in the Baptist
denomination should have an organ through
which to utter their convictions. They have
endeavored to convince the public that those
whom they call the Irregular Baptist" have
nothing to do with the Baptist Union, and
that Freewill Baptists only contribute to its
columns and read its pages. But this policy
does not succeed. The public are rapidly
learning that many of the leading meu of
the denomination are writing for this paper,
and the result is that Regular" Baptists in
all parts of the land are subscribing for and
reading it with interest and advantage. We
just at this moment think of no less than
twenty ministers, several of them leading
representative men in the denomination, who
write for the paper and feel closely identi-
fed with its mission. Many times twenty
declare themselves in full sympathy with its
principles and purposes. Close-communion
and denounce this paper as an enemy,
"sapper and MINER" because it publishes
their communications. At first they pro-
posed to treat the whole thing with silent
contempt; but finding that the people will
read, they now adopt more actiye policy.
The open, bold, truthful utterances of Broth
er Melish and others are too effective to be
passed over silently by the opposing party.
They persistently declare that these liberal
principles are not baptistic, that abandon.
ment of rigid close communion is apostacy
from the Baptist faith, and that these liberal
men in fact have ceased to be Baptists, and
ought at once to leave the denomination. If
they would only go to the Freewill Baptists,
or to the Congregationalists, or anywhere
else, it would afford them great relief. But
these liberal men are not inclined to fee;
the Baptist Union is not inclined to deny
them utterance; its columns will remain open
for candid, kind, thorough discussion of
this whole question of liberty; we shall con-
tinue to send the paper to all kinds of Bap-
fists, and to all others who desire it, and ex-
pect to follow up this course until every
evangelical Baptist church in the land is
cordially fellowshiped and every church of
Christians is recognized by Baptists as
Christian church. We believe that liberal
Baptists have mission in this direction, and
we trust they will prosecute it in love and
fidelity, until it is accomplished. By so
doing they practically serve the cause Of
Christian union and do honor to Christ.
Baptist Union.
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Gather up the Fragments.
pendent.

A late statesman, one of the conspicuous
names on our country's roll of honor, told
me that he always carried in his pocket a
small volume, now one author and now
another, which he took out and read while
he was waiting for others. In this way he
had used the little intervals of time through
many years, and had (though without early
educational advantages) made himself q
learned man. Scarcely day passes in
which we have not to wait FIVE, ten, or fifteen
minutes, in Office, parlor, or committee room
for others to meet their engagements with
US, or for others to attend to our call. This
waiting is done away from our own business
places, so that we cannot attend to our OWL
business avocations, and so the precious mo
mentS are usually wasted. Suppose we have
an average of fifteen minutes day of sucf
waiting. 1t will make, in the business days
of the year, total equal to seven and {
half business days of idle waiting Now
think of seven and half days of careful
reading in history-for example, seven anc
a half long days, of ten hours each.-Er
change.
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The WHOLE BUSINESS OF LIFE.-The
amiable and gifted Jane Taylor, the last
time she took up her pen lit was on the day
preceding her DEATH wrote as followS:-"0,
my dear friends, if you knew what thoughts
l have now, you would see as I do, that the
whole business of life is preparation for
death"
How much time is spent in preparing to
live! How little in preparing to die
One who had lived more than fifty years
said, as the hand of death was upon him,
81 have all my days been getting ready to
live, and now must die!'
Would men but spend as much time in
preparing to die, as they spend preparing to
live, the physical agonies of death would not
SO frequently be heightened by the agonies
of despair.
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FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
TO TIE UNCoNvERTED.
HEAVEN OR HE'LL.

HEAVEN OR HE'LL.
My dear Friends,-In this cold and deaC
time vast multitudes appear to be as careless
as heather in regard to death and judgme
and our hearts are ready to bleed for them
But even the poor heather have their god
aud their daily worship, and will rise il
Judgment against Americans. Conscience
tells you there will be judgment and a JUS
reward TO the righteous and the wicked; and
the Bible tells us that heaven and hell vii
contain. all the human family. Or will you
madly fight against reason and revelation
The apostle John saw heaven as "the city
Of the great King" the new Jerusalem with
Pearly gates and golden streets, where night
is exchanged for eternal day, and sin and
sorrow are never known-where the spirits
of just men are made perfect in holiness and
happiness as the angels of God, and with ex-
banded intelle al faculties will survey with
ever increasing delight the wide field of Gods
creation, and dive into his deep DEGREES and
dark providences-and where they will feast
upon the smiles of their dear Redeemer, as
cribing " Blessing and honor, and glory, and
power, unto him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb fol lever and ever" But
on the other hand, what tongue can tell the
horrors of Lell! But little is said by way of
description, except as great and dreadful
lake that burns with fire and birthstone"
prepared for the devil and his angels, and
into which the impenitent are also cast,
where the smoke of their torment ascendeth
up forever and ever" But this is enough.
1t is no pleasure to a benevolent heart to
dwell upon the gloomy theme, but kind
physician should be candid with his patient
TO induce him to submit to the necessary
remedies. We are defled with sin, from the
crown of the head to the sole of the foot, and
Christ is the great physician. And will you
apply to him without delay? We want a
revival of religion in all our churches, and
multitudes of precious souls made monuments
IF the grace of God. Dear friends, We need
your service in the cause of God, and you
need the prayers and cOunselS of the Church
of God. No longer waste your time and
talents in the service of sin, and thus de-
grade your noble nature, but be men and
assert your dignity. All earthly things are
passing away; but when we shall have quit
this stage of being, there is another on which
we shall appear, and where our destiny must
be fixed forever. What will be our condi-
ton there? That is the great question.
SENEX.
P. S. l have been led into this train Of
thought by recent afliction that was up-
usual to me, but not very severe except for
a short time. When racked with chills and
scorched with fevers, and each of the tardy
hours strangely seemed nearly as long as a
day, l thought seriously of the endless dura-
tion of future punishment, and felt more
anxious to warn the ungodly.
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Move That Light.

Brother Christian, move that light. Ever.
picture shows to better advantage when tn
light is properly adjusted. If you woul
study to profit that awful, yet beautiful pic
ture drawn by our Saviour in Matt XIV
31-40 inclusive, get the light in the righ
place. To whom are you handing that dol
lar? A poor old widow. Is hers the ONLY
figure you see? Look again-look with th'
eyes of disciple; let the light of that 4Otl
verse shine, and perhaps you will see Jesu
somewhere on the scene. zee your hant
extended again. Who is receiving you
aims this time? A missionary agent. Well
here you have large field of observation
Move your light till all the lines, all the OBJ
.jects, all the lights and shadows of this pic
ture stand out clearly before you. Here
you have the dusky Asiatic, the swarthy In
dian, the darker sons of Africa; even tht
dwellers in your own land, destitute poor
fathers, mothers, children-suffering for lack
of the bread of life. But now look closer
still; there is One among them you may no
have seen. Jesus is there; for every one Of
these who is child of God, He is ready tc
own your benefactions, and to say, "Inas.
much as ye have done it unto me-" Are
you one of those who give only because you
are expected to give, who, instead Of giving
largely enough to make you feel it is free.
will sacrifice to Christ, give just as little as
possible to save your credit? Move your
light. Are you in the habit of giving only
when compelled, for the sake of being saved
from the charge of niggardliness? Move
your light. Are you one of those who never
give in faith, beholding Jesus? Move your
light. Are you of those who never give at
all? Then, by all means, move your light,
and keep moving it till you can see where
you are and by whom you are surrounded
Remember the "cloud Of witnesses" for they
see you, whether you see them or not. Do
you wish your heart enlorged and filed with
the love of Jesus? There is no line of duty
fraught with richer return of joy and sweet
communion with your Saviour, than the con-
slant and liberal exercise of benevolence.
What is there in all that you can do which
will more nearly assimilate you to Jesus in
in feeling and action? "He went about
doing good" and He wants you to do the
same. Do not, then, be satisfied to give in
either of the ways indicated above, but study
thoroughly this Christian duty, till you un-
derstand it in all its bearings, and can feel
that in the discharge of it Christ will mani
fest himself unto you as He does not unto
the world.
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Testimony of a Scotch Seaman.

A seaman, on returning home to Scotland,
after cruise in the Pacific, was asked ::
"Do you think the missionaries have done
any good in the South Sea Islands?" 81 will
tell you fact which speaks for itself" said
the sailor. "Last year was wrecked on
one of these Islands, where 1 knew that
eight years before, ship was wrecked and
the crew murdered; and you may judge how
felt at the prospect before me-if not
dashed to pieces on the rocks, to survive for
only more cruel death. When day broke
we saw a number of canoes pulling for our
ship, and We were prepared for the worst
Think of Cur joy and wonder when we saw
the natives in English dress, and heard some
of them speak the English language. On
that very island the next Sunday we heard
the Gospel preached. l do not know what
you think of missions, but l know what
do"
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DRIFTED BAcKwARD.-It was a source of
much trouble once to some fish, to see mum.
Der of Holsters swimming backward instead
of forward. They therefore called meet
ing, and it was determined to open class
for their instruction, which was done, and a
number of Holsters came; for the fish very
gravely argued that if they commenced with
the young ones, as they grew up they would
learn to swim Alright. AT first they did very
well, but afterwatd, when they returned
home, and saw their fathers and mothers
swimming in the old way, they soon forgot
their lessons. So many child, well taught
at Sabbath School, is drifted backward by
a bad home influence.
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WoMAN's POWER FOR GOOD AND EVIL
One gifted and beautiful woman, if wrongly
disposed, can work more evil in society, can
scatter more seeds of corruption and death,
than, with their utmost effort, score of men.
Her capabilities for good in the different de-
partments of morals, are equally great, and
in such proportion to her powers, both for
good and evil, must be her condemnation if
she is false to her holy stewardship. Society
cannot be destroyed if woman is true, nor
saved if woman is false. Besides, society
shows no unequal discrimination in regard
to this particular class of offences. The
rule applies to all. A profane woman, a
drunken woman, female thief or murderer,
excites always greater horror and disgust
than if the crime had been committed by
man. And this is right, and it will be an
evil day for this world when woman in her
sin excites no more adherence than man.
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A Gre ! Old Hymn.

Few hymns for -he last hundred year.
have cen more f. quent'y sung at times Of
special spiritual reshing than that begin.
ming Come, ye ners, poor and needy.
1t was written er the inspiration of
very remarkable Sigious experience. lts
author Yas JOSEPH Hart. He was born in
London ii 1712 lie was literally edaca
ted. and Commenced life as teacher. Al
times, in early maahood, he was deeply in
terested in the su eject of religion, and led
a restrained and prayerful life. But he fell
victim to temptation, engaged IN many
evil practices, arst gained an unelgiable
notoriety for his disregard of decency and
religious truth. 81 was" he said Gin al
abominable state--a loose back-slder, and
an audacious apossato" He published
heather translaticas of pernicious ten
dency, and wild, speculative work entitled
"Ihe Unreasonabe. 50 Of Religion"
Els conscious errors and lapses were fol
lowed by terrible compunctions of consci
ence, and these inward tortures, which gave
him no peace, led at last to his reformation.
He now began to seek the Saviour he had
professed to despi8e. After period Of
great mental distress he met with change
of heart, and experienced an abiding sense
of the pardoning love of God. This happy
change was wrought by his receiving pro-
found impression of the sufferiRgs of Christ
He says: "The week before Easter, 1851
| had such an amazing view of the agony
of Christ in the garden as know not how
well to describe. l was lost in wonder and
alteration, and the impression was too deep,
| believe, ever to be obliterated. | shall
say no more of this, but only remark that
notwithstanding all that is talked about the
Sufferings of Jesus, none can know any thing
of them but by the Holy Ghost. 1t was
then l composed the first part of the hymn
beginning,
Come, all ye chosen saints of God,
That long to feel the cleansing blood.
This experience he has indirectly, but very
wildly, impressed upon his well-known
hymn:
View him PROSTATE in the garden;
On tie ground your Maker lies;
On the bloody tree behold him,
Hear him cry before he dies,
"It is fnishedl"
Sinner, will not this suffice
In 1859 he commenced preaching, and
composing devotional poetry. This year he
published volume entitled "Hymns Com
posed on Various Subjects" 1t was popu-
lar in its day, and passed through many
editions. Mr.. Hart died May "a, I768.
COngregationa7ist
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ALCOHOL.


Down in the realms Of endless woe
They held a council. long ego;
And round their chief the dark 6euds came,
Grown with diadem of fame.
"Peers." said Satan, Powers Of he'll,
Gather ye near, that ye may tell
In what the subtIest curses dwell;
Where shall we search, where shall we find
A thing with all the ills combined,
To crush and wither humankind,-
A drug, an essence, that unites,
All crimes and curses, pains and bights,
On which may turn the human fate,-
Tell me Internal Powers OF Hate.
Then went hOrrid murmur round,
AS when an earthquake shakes the ground,
Or gaunt and iamished beasts, when they
Leap headloug on their heloless prey.
Said one, Heres Famine's essence sore,
Twill gnaw mans vitals to the core"
Another hissed, This phial contains
An oil to burn up human brains,
And make man lower than the least
And viiest OF earth S vilest beast.
"And thls, another howled with glee,
Contains the uiee of Misery;
Twill wiring the tears from orphans eyes
Like rair--irom odtthe summer skies;
Twill rend the widow heart, and freeze
The human blood, like polar seas.
"EendsI T. said demon with yell,
That sent a tremour throughout he'll,
Away with all your aches and pains;
See what this grinning skull cOntainsl
We brewed it in the lowest hell,
And know twlll work the mischief well,
The essence this of every woe,
OF every crime that demons know,
Compounded in this skull you'll find,
To be the curse of Humankind
IT'S favored with the hottest fame,
And ALCOHOL shall be bis name.
Q. Henry 81. John.
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Poisoned Arrows.

Savages fight with poisoned arrows, With
such weapons the slightest wound is fatal.
1t needs no strong arm to bend the bow or
deal the deadly stroke. The least scratch
infuses death into the helpless victim, and
no second effort is required to complete the
work.
Civilized nations discard such weapons;
yet there are many, even among those that
bear the name of Christ, the weapons of whose
warfare is not only carnal, but deadly as
poisoned arrows. The bitter word, the sting.
ing sneer, the vile insinuation, the "ifs" and
"buts" and innuendoes of the envious, the
jealous, and the slanderous-what are these
but poisoned arrows? Let Christians be-
ware, lest in their carelessness and forget
fulness of duty they be found scattering the
frebrands, arrows and death, and pierce
the souls of those around them with "sharp
arrows, even with bitter sores. THE Chris
tadn.
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this arm do?" Then, the weaker and
nearer to nothing we are, The more com
pletely we lean upon that arm. So the
prayer for increase of faith, means more
consciousness of our nOthingness, more rene
latiOn of Gods pOwer 1t never does mean
-"Nakd as feel stronger" Faiths conf
deuce is in the strength of its object, not in
the attainments of its posseSsOr.
SRWAH.
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HoLINEss.--If it be heaven towards which
we journey, it will be holiness in which we
delight; for if we cannot now rejoice in hav-
ing God for our portion, where is our meet
ness for world in which God is to be all in
all, for ever and eYerE