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LETTER TO SABBATH SCHOOLS.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS WANTED, AT
ONCE, FOR A HOUSE FOR THE BOYS SCHOOL
AT HANCHoW.

My Dear Young Friends,-Instead of ad-
dressing you letter myself, which | usnal-
ly do at this season-of the year, I will sub.
stitute one addressed to you by Rev. j. l..
Stuart, of the Hanchew Mission, in its place.
This letter from Mr.. Stuart is an appeal to
you to raise 81, 800, to build house for the
boys of the Hanchow school. He no donbt
thought you were able and would be willing
to raise this amount, and think so too.
And now 1 wish to propose plan which l
think, with Gods blessing, will do the thing.
l do not wish to turn your ordinary contri-
buttons out of their proper channels, for we
shall need these for the other schools as
much as we ever did. But I propose that
ece set apart the first Sabbath of September
for the particular purpose Of raising the ST.
300, IN response to Mr.. Stuart's appeal
Now let every Sabbath School boy, and girl,
go to work to see what they can raise before
the first Sabbath in September. believe
you can. raise every dollar of this amount;
and how happy it will make the hearts of
those far. off missionaries to know that you
are interested in their work!
Your friend and felloW-laborer as ever,
]. LEIGHTON WILSON.
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Vol. 8.---NO. 2.

say at the table or in the drawing-room what
should be reserved for the utmost privacy.
Words spoken out of place are worse than
thrown away; they do apOsitive harm. The
young are often disgusted by being talked
to or preached at in apromiscuous company.
Both delicacy and taste are offended, and the
person who does it loses all influence for
good. How strange, that religious conver-
sation must, with some, always be of
preaching character, and as public as posi-
BILE
3. The right OOrd must be spoken.-NO
two persons should be spoken to in the same
way. This involves much care in knowing
and understanding the persons whom we
would benefit in conversation.
There are always approaches to every hu
man heart These can easily be discovered
when we really try to find them. With this
knowledge we shall then better know wnat
words to employ. When the heart speaks it
will be fit words, "apples Of gold in pictures
Of silver"
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Religious MeteOrs.


How much is lost from the rich fulness of
the sacred languages by their passages into
the vernaculars Of different nations Our
own English version stands this test perhaps
as well as any other rendering from the New
Testament Greek. Yet in many passages
the fguratiVe beauty of the original is utterly
lost in the prosaic paraphrase of the transla-
tors.
A striking illustration occurs in st. Luke
xiii 90: "Neither be ye Of doubtful mind"
The marginal reading is: "Live not in care
full suspense" Both of these are merely
didactic expressions of the idea which the
Great Teacher uttered in so many beautiful
forms in this immediate portion of the Ser
mon on the Mount, according to the report
of it by "the beloved physician"
lie had just been illustrating the thought
of absolute dependence upon our heavenly
Fathers loving care, as the only true remedy
against excessive anxiety for our daily food,
and clothing, and support. He spoke of the
ravens and the lilies of the field, and then
He said: "And seek not ye what ye shall
eat or what ye shall drink, neither be ye Of
doubtful mind"
The Greek for this last phrase is meteor
tgesthe, verb which is from the very noun
from which we get our common English word
meteor 1t is derived from meta, denoting
the direction, and aiOra, lowering in the
air. 1t is phenomenon in the atmosphere
"a thing in the air like shooting or fall
ing star Such phenomena are bright, fiery,
moving with great velocity out of the ordi-
nary courses of the starry worlds; spending
their forces as they fly through space; shoot
ing forth and often bursting into f-agnel
as they speed on in their eccentric hgnt
destruction.
What could be more strongly contrasted
than the quiet dependence of the trustful
soul on Him who careth for the birds, and
$50 clothes the lilies that Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one Of these"
and the discomfort, the over-anxiety, the
restless dissatisfaction of one who is only
lifted up on high, and shines, and glares,
and moves, and rushes wildly on like a ftful
meteor, and shares at last the meteor's fate?
Selfshness, which creates SO many artificial
necessities for itself, and which is miserable
in proportion to its anxieties over fancied
wants, shapes this meteoric character into
many forms. 1t glows with splendOrs only
to burst into thousand pieces with the
force of its own momentum. 1t blazOns its
fiery pathway through the air only to end
it in the deepest darkness of its own disap-
pointments. 1t never takes its place among
the shining orbs that go not out from Gods
pavilion, but it flares among them with
transient brilliancy that for moment may
eclipse them, while they shine on when it is
lost in midnight. "COnsider the ravens ("
"Consider the lilies" "Neither be ye me.
teors."
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Sensationalism.
BY voX CLAIMANTS.

Sensationalism, or systematic methods Of
satisfying the demand of the popular heart
for an excited state of feeling, is the moral
plague of these times. cit is good thing
to be zealousIy affected in good thing,
says the divinely inspired Apostle; but the
enthusiasm that really advances the interests
of "a good thing" must spring from the
cause itself. The al captandum methods
which are systematically resorted to in the
Church for awakening enthusiasm in behalf
of movements that are good in themselves
are demoralizing in their tendency and real
ly degrade the cause they are intended to
advance. 0stensibly such methods may sue
ceed beyond the most extravagant expecta.
tions of those who resort to them, but it is
a success that is always purchased by the
degradation Of the cause itself. The moral
estimate of the cause decreases according to
the measure of its apparent outward success
Such success is apparent, not real. 1t is a
calamity and not blessing. If any good
come of it at all, it must be by the power of
Him who can "educe good out of evil"
This moral plague has crept into the pull
pit. Sensational preaching carries the day.
The great Apostle to the Gentiles deliberate
Iy and conscientiously avoided every thing
that tended to divert the minds of his hear
ers from the cross, or secure the applause
and admiration Of the multitude to himself.
Sand l, brethren, when | came to you, came
not with excellency of speech or of wisdom,
declaring unto you the testimony of God;
for determined not to know anything among
you save Jesus Christ and him crucifed.-
And was with you in weakness and fear,
and in much trembling. And my speech and
my preaching was not with enticing words
of mems wisdom, but in demonstration Of
the Spirit and with power The reason as
signed by the Apostle for such a manner of
preaching is of the deepest significance. 1t
is rebuke against sensational preaching
that should be often and deeply pondered:
"That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of man but in the power of God. "
The moral virus of sensationalism has in
snuated itself into the Sabbath School, and
is spreading like plague spot in the very
place from which, above all others, it should
be excluded. The beauty and excellency of
the great Shepherd, are hid from the lambs
of the fold by the "vain pomp and glory of
this world" which too many of our Sabbath
Schools make use Of to attract and interest
the children. Sabbath School picnics, Sab
bath celebrations, and Sabbath School jubi
lees, with their worldly paraphernalia, may
arouse the enthusiasm of Che children and
make the Sabbath School great center of
attraction to them, but let us beware lest in
thus making the Sabbath School attractive
we render the lambs of the flock insensible
to the attraction of that Cross to which if
the Sabbath School draws not the hearts of
the children as the great end, it is curse
and not blessing to the Church.
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SPEAKING TIE TRUTH.-Tell the truth.
1t is hard to do, not because of itself, but
because of the habits and education of So
ciety. Men and women have grown SO &C
customed to telling falsehOOds, that to do
otherwise would appear awkward and rude.
ConventiOnalism demands that straightfor-
wardness and honesty be sacrificed to COM
placency. Much of what men, and especial
iy women, say to each other has no meaning,
simply because it is the utterance of polite
mockery. They are "glad to see each
other, attached to each other, and other
wise friendly in polite phraseolOgy, while in
reality they are only able to endure each
other SO as to speak and be amiable. To
speak and act the truth is duty, and if it
were practiced in all the details of life, So
ciety would be infinitely more healthy.
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Great Results from Slight Causes.

God frequently invests the acts of plain
and common man with a power of connec-
tions and remote relations that travels pro
ductively into the future ages, after the man
himself has retired from this earthly scene.
In this way little things as well as great may
make our lives sublime.
AS an example, let US cite the case Of
wandering peddler, who, more than two cen
turies since, called at the house of Baxter s
father, and there left religious book, winch
the youthful Baxter read, and by which ,
was first awakened, and then converted to 2
gospel of Christ. This was the frs
of that accidental visit. Baxter, b.
Christian, in due season gave to I'll
religious writings that, being stu
Doddridge, were the chief means in
his spiritual character; and this was a sec.
result of the peddlers visit. "The Rise and
Progress of Religion, written by Doddridge,
was owned of Heaven to the conversion Of
Wilberforce, the philanthropist; and tins ne
come to third result in the advancing
series. "The Practical View Of Chrisuani.
ty," coming from the pen of Wilberforee,
brought Leigh Richmond to the knowledge
of the truth; and hence fourth result was'
added. Leigh Richmond wrote "The Dairy
mans Daughter" producing little wor
which has been read by millions, and By Goo
honored to the salvation of great ne \
souls Spear.
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What I Have Seen.

l have seen woman, protesting to love
Christ more than the world, clad in a silk
dress costing S75; making up and trimmings
of same, $40; bonnet, (or apology for one, }
$35; velvet mantle, $3.50; diamond ring,
$500; watch, chain, pin, and trappings,
$500; total, 1,10O-all hung upon one frail,
dying worm. I have seen her at a meeting
in behalf of homeless wanderers in New
York wipe her eyes upon an expensive en-
broidered handkerchief at the story of their
suferings, and, when the contribution box
came round, take from well filled portemon
naie of costly workmanship tsOenty fve cents
to aid the society formed to promote their
welfare. "Ah," thought ], "dollarS for rib
bons, and pennies. for Christ"
have seen a man who had long been a
member of the visible Church rush to his
business after hastily-swallOwed breakfast,
without a prayer in his family for Gods
blessing through the day, spend hours in the
eager pursuit of that which perishes with
the using, speaking not word save Of stocks,
of bonds, and mortgages, and, when bust
ness hours were over, return to his home ex'
hausted and petulant, to turn away from a
sad story of want and suffering with, " am
tired, and cannot hear it," I have seen him
sleep away his evening without pleasant
word for wife or children, and retire to rest
with no more apparent thought of God, his
Maker, than if his meeting him at the last
great day were an idle tale. "Ah," thought
l, "days and years for MammOn, but not a
moment for Christ. "-Ohristian at Work.
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Why Is It9
Instructor.

Why is it that Christian people are so
often skeptical about the early conversion
of their own children? They present them
TO God in the rite of infant baptism. They
admit that their children are at the most i'm
pressible age of human life; they confess
that early piety is exceedingly lovely and
desirable. They open their Bibles, and read
how Samuel was called in his boyhood to
Gods service; how Joshua served the Lord
from his eighth year; and how Timothy,
"from Child" understood Gods Word
They pray for their children, and yet about
the conversion of these young susceptible
hearts they have strange doubts and misgiv-
ings. They do not expect their children to
be converted, nor labor for it as the very
first and most vital concern of their exist
ence. So they let the golden years of child
hood run by unimproved, and secretly intend
and expect that in after years they will be
overtaken by some special effort, or revival
influence and then rescued and received into
the fold of Christ! Thousands of pious pa
rents are committing just this fearful mistake.
Surely they ought not to doubt that as
soon as child is old enough to be Hillful
sinner it is old enough to be voluntary
Christian. AS soon as it is sufficiently old
to choose the wrong, it is old enough to
choose the'right. If child of seven years
knows what it is to commit sin, it knows
what it is to be sorry for it and to confess
its sins to Jesus. No conscience is more
tender than little childs. No heart is
more easily touched. The Saviour has
reached out promise, "They that seek me
early shall find me-" for their young souls
to cling to. As soon as child can love its
mother, it can learn to love Jesus. AS soon
as it trusts its mother enough to swallow the
unknown draught of medicine, it can trust
Christ. AS soon as it begins to obey faith
er's commands, it can obey its heavenly
Fathers commandments. Now these three
things-love, trust, and obedience-are the
very essence of religion. The love of Christ
is the marrow and pith of true piety. Re-
member, too, that Gods Spirit offers his su-
pernatural aid in producing and confirming
the converting work in our children's hearts.
AS soon as the child gives good evidence
of a'Christian heart and Christian conduct
as soon as he exhibits, not mans piety,
but a child's piety-he should be admitted
to the family of the church. The fold is
for the lambs as well as for the maturer
sheep. Nay, more; the Divine Shepherd
offers them especial welcome, for he knows
how much they need its shelter. Christ
does not promise to make little girl wo-
man; he only makes her purer, sweeter,
lovelier girl "Boys will be boys" but they
will be infinitely better boys, and at length
better men, if they come into the spiritual
fold in the impressible days of bOyhOod.-
Those who come into Christ's school the ear.
liest commonly make the greatest attain
ments and reach the highest usefulness in
after life. And if they die in childhood,
they have already won the unfading crown.
Reformed Church Messenger.
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INTENDED REFoRMATIoN.-How danger
Gus to defer those momentous reformations
which the conscience is solemnly preaching
to the heart If they are neglected the diff
fculty and indisposition are increasing every
month, The mind is receding, degree after
degree, from the warm and hopeful zone,
till at last it. will enter the Arctic circle,
and become fixed in relentless and eternal
ioe.-John Foster.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY.

DEFORE.
The morning breaks in clouds, the rain is falling,
And on my pillow still, sigh for rest;
But yet I hear so many voices calling
To work; by which my burdened soul IS pressed,
That / can only pray,
Strength for The day."
'Tis less a prayer Of faith than weak repining,
For with the words there comes no hope, no ightl
On other lives a morning sun is shining,
While mine seems buts change from night to nights
So while weep, pray
"Stragt5 for tie day."
ID seems so hard to walk in constant shadow,
Climbing with weary feet an uphill road;
That while my weak heart breads each coming
morrow,
And 1 once more take up the heavy load,
DespOudng still, psay,
So Strength for tie dqy."
AFTER.
Now looking backward to Che long hours ended,
wonder Why feared them as ihey camei
Each brought the strength on which its task depended,
And so my prayer was answered, just the same.
Now, win new faith, pray,
"Srsng,h for each day."
For in the one just closed, I've learned how truly
God gives US help according to our need;
Sufficient for each hour it cometh newly,
If we but follow where His teachings lead,
Believing, when we pray
'Srsagih for the day."
For he who felt the load which we are bearing,
Who walked each step along the path we tread
Is ever for his weary children caring,
And keeps the promise made us, when He said,
He'd give us, all our way,
SirsAgth for tie day.
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A CHILD was once asked, "What is faith ?"
She replied, "Doing Gods will and asking
no questions"
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MANY child goes astray not because
there is want of prayer or virtue at home,
but simply because home lacks sunshine,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1872-07-31

REPENTANCE, without amendment, is hk
continually pumping without mending th
leak.-Dilyyn.
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WHEN Paul was a Pharisee, he thought
he was blameless; when he was Christian,
the chief of sinners.
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A GRAND SAFEGUARD for doing right is,
to hate all that is wrong,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-08-02

the tax collector of Cherokee county
to collect a tax in tho Goth district
for school purposes.
Hon. G. J. Wellborn offered a
resolution that the joint Finance
Committee of the Senate and House
be directed to provide for the pay
ment of the claims of the common
school teachers Of 1871, without the
least possible delay. Referred to
Finance committee.
Bills were read the second aud
third time.
Hon. r. L. Lester offered reso-
luton that the revised edition Of the
Code now being prepared by D. r..
win, G. n. Lester and w. b. Hill
be submitted to the Attorney Gem
eral and if found correct by him the
Governor is authorized to subscribe
for such number of copies as he may
deem necessary, at price not ex-
ceeding Sc per copy.
The resolution was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
The report of the committee on
the official conduct of Rufus B. Bull
lock was made the special order for
Tuesday.
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SENATE.
FRIDAY, July 26

FRIDAY, July 26.
Senate called to order by Presi-
dent Trammell.
Prayer by Rev. K. G. Ketchum.
Hon. Walter Brock moved to re-
consider action of yesterday declar-
ing null and void the State indorse-
ment of the bonds of the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad.
In support of the motion, he stat
ed that Reputation was an impor-
tant question. The whole thing was
conceived in sin and brought forth
in iniquity, not in Georgia but in
New York. Its origin was fraud
to cheat and swindle the people Of
the State. He had looked at the evil
dence, and that evidence proved
that it was fraud from conception to
elimination. He was willing to
vote Understandings. He made the
motion, not to defeat the bill, but to
carefully examine the evidence. =
Make it the special order for Mon
day or Tuesday.
Hon. C. w. Styles thought that
this was the most important.bond bill
and should take its chances with the
others. While there is fraud in it,
there is something in its favor. A
railroad lG5 miles long was left
Some reasons should be given for the
act.
Reconsidered, and the bill made
the special order for Monday next.
Hon. w. NJ. Reese submitted the
report of the joint Judiciary Com
mittee of the Senate and House, that
in their opinion, this was not the
session to elect State House officers,
aud there was nothing in the Con-
stitution Of laws authorizing the APP
/ pointment of Attorney General OF
/ Judges Of the Superior Courts at this
time.
Hon. j. c. Nichols hoped the re-
port would be disagreed to.
Report adopted by yeas 20, nays
IL.
Hon. C. j. WeIlborn-To appro-
rriate one-third of the net proceeds
of the sale of the agricultural land
scrip to the North Georgia Agricul-
tural College.
| Hon. J. 4. Brown-ToI authorize
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HOUSE.

House met Speaker Cumming in
the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Jones.
The following bills were read the
first time;
Mr.. Bowie--To amend section
1896 of the Code, relative to gar
nishments.
Also to pay Dir. DeLaperriere, of
the county of Jackson, the amount
of Judgment received by him against
the State.
Mr.. Renfroe To appropriate
$3.50 to build suitable enclosure
around the monument erected in
Sandersville to the memory of Gov.
Jared Irwin.
Mr.. Hudson, of Schley-To re-
peal certain acts regarding the State
Lottery.
Also, to regulate rates of freight
charged by railroad companies in
this State for the transportation OF
freight.
Mr.. Clark of Richmond-To re-
peal an act granting certain priv,
leges to the Chatham artillery and
other volunteer companies.
Mr.. Snead-To exempt from tax
alton the property of all Agricul-
tural or Mechanical Fair Associa-
tons.
Also to revise and incorporate the
the Georgia Military Institute.
Also TO require the Sheriffs Of the
State to pay all fines and forfeitures
collected by them directly to the
County Treasurer, etc.
Mr.. Crittenden-A resolution re-
questing the Judiciary Committee 20
report a bill making all debts of
equal dignity in this State.
Mr. Baker--TO make it penal tor
any immigrant who comes to State
to leave the service of his employer
who has paid the travelling expenses
in passage money of said immigrant,
unless he shall refund the amount in
full the expenses so advanced by his
employer.
Mr.. Dell: To regulate the manner
OF Sherif''s advertisements in certain
cases, and to amend the laws in re-
lation thereto.
Clower-To amend the election
law of the State so as to open two
ballot boxes during elections for
white and black voters.
Mr.. Pierce--To facilitate the sale
of real estate in Georgia and to en-
courage emigration.
Also to incorporate the Rome and
Cherokee Mutual Insurance Com
pany.
Mr. Mcmillan To extend aid to
the North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege at Dahlonega.
Mr.. Anderson of Cobb: To amend
the charter Of the Marietta Savings
Bank.
Also to incorporate Smyrna, Cobb
county.
Mr.. Hinton: To authorize eXecu-
tors, administrators, guardians and
persons acting in a judiciary capaci-
ty, 10 compromise doubtful and lin
collectable claims and debts when
Ordinaries are interested.