The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-10-06

The PHoTRAcTED MEETlNG.-Th
meeting commenced in the Methods
Church BY the Rev. r. P. Franks jus
before the Quarterly Conference. an'
which wss taken upby pr. Geo. Pierce
the Evangelist. in its second week. VIZ
brought to close by the latter On Sun
day night Last, much to the. dissppoint
uent Of many. It was q necessity
however; for two weeks the dear bio
s!ser had laborcd necessarily, holding
morning sad uight meetings, besides
hlling up every. hour not occupied it
the public service BY making calls Hne
carrying his message Of lore ansi peace
to the homes Of our people. His lsbor'
were unremitting-there seemed to b
no tire, no fainting. and at the close a:
in the beginning the same Jealous spirit
animated him. yet it was plain be
needed rest. Never before has such
an experience been felt in Newbery-
saint and sinner alike felt the influence
Of his teachings. The closing services;
commencing with the morning exercise
Of admitting the numerous applicants
for membership into full church con.
necsioa. were peculiarly impressive
The sight Of twenty-ons persons
ranging from seaderest youth to hosry
age standing beSore the altar ruling,
their desire to enter the pale
Of the church, l,sd never occurred here
before, and, this WAS followed BY the
Sacrament, which was partaken Of br
one hundred and twenty soals! In the
afternoon there was a spiritual feast,
which showed that the best Of the wine
had been kept for the last ef the feast,
but this was nothing to the meeting oi
the night. We will not attempt q de-
scripeion Of the nights meeting-it was
spiritual in the extreme. and 80 greatly
enjoyed that lonst after the beRediction
Was pronounced the greater part Of the
congregation kept their seats. waiting.
hoping. And even after the good bro.
ther descended from the pulpit and
approached esch sitter. with whom
he shook hands with a hearty God
bless you. sister. brother" even then
there was no move to leave the church.
Al least NJ hous was afterwards spent
IN singing. praying and exhortstion.
during which several approached the
,ltsr for prsyer. and one offered himself
Is candidate for membership. And
thea. bat not tin then. did this wonder
ful and gracious meeting closc. Never
bare we seen anything Ike it, and in
common with many others we regret
that l>r. Pierce could not extend his
stay in olr. community. and We only
hope that he may be directed BY the
Spirit to pay Ncwberry another visit
ere long. '>,~.
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THE DEviL Observation-Disclosures
TAkE WAESrSG.-Sunday night aboa,
9 o'clwk. the quiet and silent :ss,nos-
phere that habit,,alls floats Sruund our
town Was considerably disturbed
S.rean after scream. following IN such
quick sncr:r>>i'n rs 10 seem one contir-
nous s'rt%S'h. permcated. rs'vcrber:.tet'
in and syv.snd all :prrts the town;
Men rushed ..1cits*lly to and fro. drus
store MEN, grsx:ery men. shoe men,
b sk:krpins u,cn. Ix,lice,nen. all kind:
oE men. boys. children. white and nj
co!ors. Whats the ,,sastrr?" Whats
the rows" Whats geSs' on tiowE
here" .'Speek Shes been see de debil
s:.h.~ ''Ssy< she don't know" "Sced
&C.. &C.. Sc. NJ ono knew
No one hS< found out. The girl is still
and 50 badly scared as te
have No ,inc for any other o'cnpation
Guar,i we'll Your tiresides, oh! New
h.rryisr<. Collect al tic shovels
,ongs. br'nsns. sticks snd such like
of spirit warfare on the
premises hare them pseeesi IN conven'
lent reaching distance, sod file comes
let him know-snrthing be should hal
pm TO want TO-. fss6 eus-wiile yor
xt.snd back IN tbe sszsheEreose corner
ss,,aSax Your kaees together and rat
ting your teeth mirthfnsiy.
Copying Enk in stone Jugs. and Marx
ing Or Iadelibss Ink Of superior quail
ties. Chalk Crayons. Congress Letter
and Commercial Note. Repp. lnitia
and other papers, just received at the
S2-3 HERALD BOOK STORE.
Dors.-There is an improvement it
the weasReE
The population around Pon,aFia il
increasing. .~~ -.
The cotton and corn crops are slim
number Of farmers won't pay for wha'
they have eaten this year.
The farmers have at i.st found on
that cotton won't pay. and they are nov
sowing down large qnansit;es Of grain
The merchants OF this town are re
ce;ving their stock Of fill and winsr'
goods. ~;
A Young Mems Christian Associat5or
has been formed in this vicinity. W.
Av,,oct md hSss,r. s|spe ranch GOOD rnS,