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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

BY ONE NOT CONTENT TO BIZ "OSLY WITHIN.
Close to Thee, Saviour. Close to thy side,
Lovingly SHELTERED, there let me abide.
The way has been long so dark and so cold,
Home reached at last-safe in the fold.
But near the gold gate cannot remain,
Nor tarry one moment to catch sweet strain
From angelic harps. Ny trembling steps guide
Close to Thee, Saviour. Close to thy side.
Near to Thee, Saviour, nearer to Thee,
0Rce again speak those sweet words, "Come to
me"
No longer delaying, I'd Ry to thy breast,
As weary bird flies to the sheltering nest.
I'd press to my lips thy dear wounded hand,
Then sink to thy feet, unworthy to stand.
Unworthy2 o yes but for me thou hast died.
Close to Thee, Saviour. Close to thy side.
On earth, could we meet dear friend face to face,
Aud not be cssped close in a loving embrace2
Oh who could endure it without bitter pain
How can it be less, when thy presence we gain.
Friend-Brother, dear names but they .taiatly
express,
Thy wonderful love, thy deep tenderness.
Then grant me this boon, though all else be denied,
An humble place Saviour but close By thy side.
NJ.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

ONE has said with some propriety; Good
can use any sort of man-only let the man
give himself as he is to God. This is what
Elijah did utterly surrendered bis nature to
God" No matter what the popularity of
temperament, that popularity, if sanctifed
by grace, may be nightly and effectively en-
ployed in the divine service. The point is,
and it is the essential point, that there be an
utter surrender to God. Only let the indi-
vdual lie passive in the hand of Gcd, and He
will show forth his glory in employing him
in the great harvest field.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

IT is q good sign when the Lord blows off
the blossoms of our forward hopes in this
life, and taps the branches of our worldly
Joys to the very root, on purpose that they
should not thrive. Lord, spoil my FOOLS
heaven in this life, that 1 may be saved for
eyer.-RGtherford.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

cited, unto the Jews stumbling block, and
unto the Greeks foolishness," was to him
"Christ the power of God and the wisdom
of God" A COUNTRY PASTOR.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

THE SAME.-It is blessed thought that
He upon whose bosom John leaned, at whose
feet Mary sat, will not be altered when We
meet him in heaven.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

EVERY man who is in vital sympathy with
Jesus Christ, rejoices in the consciousness
that he is working for posterity.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

STIR UP THE GIFT.-The sparks will not
be kindled in our souls without hearing, and
thew will die in their ashes without stirring.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

The TEsT.-God might as we'll have slaves
as sons, if the essence Of worship consisted in
mere outward obedience.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

I UNTO THE WORLD. The world has cru
cited me. 1t has cast me out because have
embraced a cause with which it has no SYM
uathy. I am content. am willing to be
as one dead, buried, and out of sight, and
ont of mind, for the fellowship of Christ
Such is the language of the believer. Paul
describes his own case; he was esteemed as
"the filth and offscouring of the earth. -
Yet having nothing of his former glory he
glOri6ed all things. "Paul the patron Of
an unpopular opinion, wrote Roman his
sOrisn, and Paul was satisfied. "Christ cru
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

DEATH itself does not break the bond of
friendship between Christ and the believer.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

" But God forbid that should glory, save in the
cross Of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world
is eruei6ed unto me- and unto the world"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20
FoR TIE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
GLoRYING IN TIE CROSS.
Published by request. ]

OUTLINE OF A SERMON ON GAL. vi: IA.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20

In WHAT SENSE is THE WORLD CRUCTFIED
TO HIM WHO GLORIES IN THE Cross. That
which is cruci6ed and dead has lost its pow
or. To him who has drank deep of the wells
of salvation, whose eyes have been raVished
with the beauty of Christ, there is not the
charm which others see, and s0hieb he him
self once saw, in the world. Upon many of
its pleasures and honors he looks with indif-
ference. He wonders that they formerly
possessed so much influence in the control
of his life. That which appears beautiful
and desirable to the observer in one state of
mind wears different aspect when his mind
has been changed. Some, as Lord Chester
field, who have enjoyed eminent advantages
for partaking of all that the world could be-
stow have ended their lives in disgust of the
world, when the Christian, by grace divine,
discovers the emptiness of these things, as
others have discovered them by painful dis
appointment, the effect is not dependency.
Hope and JOY rise victorious among the ruins
and broken promises of the earth; the sorrow
of the world worketh death. The sorrow
of true believer, over the failure of the
world to give him rest, is unto life. While
his followers sink down in despair he rises to
better inheritance.
The wisdom and philosophy of the world
are eruci6ed to the Christian, for he knows
that Christ is not in them, "they had to be-
wilder and dazzle to blind" The morality
of the world is cruci6ed. If Christ be no
in it, it is, though useful to men, not accep
table to God. And alas many homes o
the world, though pleasant and refined IL
the intercourse of affection and the fellow
ship of an elegant taste, are crucihed becaus
they are without Christ Their charms ar
of the earth and with the earth they shsl
die, with no hope of resurrection.
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i.
The THINGS IN WHICH THE APOSTLE
COULD NOT GLORY: In his own wisdom,
which had led him away from Christ; iu his
own conscience, which had persuaded him,
that while he prosecuted the Church he did
God service; in his own righteousness,
though it had been equal to that of any
Pharisee, for be had discovered that he was
the chief of sinners; in the forms of religion,
because he had learned that in Jesus Christ
neither circumcision svsileth anything, nor
uncircumcisiOn, but a new creature; in his
own plans, because the Holy Ghost directed
his steps; in his fame, because he had been
taught to take pleasure in in6rmities, in re-
prosches, in necessities, in prosecutions, in
disputes for Christ's sake; nor in his own
strength, because he had found that while
he would do good evil was present with him.
2.
He COULD GLORY IN THE Cross: Because
he received the pardon of sin; because it
revealed the truth which philosophers had
long sought, for the reformation and happi-
ness of man; because of the delightful fruits
borne by the preaching of the cross in some
of the most famous and corrupt heather
cities; because it superseded the bitterness
of revenge by the inward felicity of the
charity that suffereth long and is kind; be-
cause of the supports and consultations it af
forded him, so that while sorrOwful he was
always rejoicing, as the happiest of men /;
because it enabled him to transmit to be
levers, in all ages, the testimony of his own
experience that in the severest of all aflic
tions my grace is sufficient for thee;" and
became, in the defence and promotion of the
doctrines revealed in the cross he had the
assurance of certain victOry-all systems aud
all leaders would fail, but this would finally
triumph.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-12-20
FoR TIE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
A PRAYER.

BY ONE NOT CONTENT TO BE "oSLr WITHIN. 3"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
A STRANGE STORY

Mr.. Sindall, who lives in Baltimore,
accompanied by his son, lad eleven
or twelve years OF age, recently was at
the Custom House and in maritime
circles seeking for evidence that would
confirm q strange story told by the
boy. Mr.. Sindull said that his son
had been lost since May 5, 1873. The
iboy, whose story was not very clearly
told, said he was on the coal wharves,
probably Locus Point, as a brig was
,about to sail. The captain asked the
boy to come on board, and go down as
.fae as Holly Grove, where he would
be landed. The boy consented, and
the brig started down the bay. After
sailing for a long time the boy states
he was put on board Of large ship,
where he remained in the capacity Of
cabiHboy. He says Ethe ship went to
China, and he gave some description
Of the people he lsaw there, but says
he was not allowed to land, and had
not been on shore for two years and
q half. The ship came back to Balti-
more, reaching here on Monday Of
last week. The boy says he stole off
from the vessel and made his way
home. He gave the name Of the YES
sci as the Pascaret, commanded by a
Captain Ward, but there is no such
named vessel in this port, nor has
there ever been, so far as marine re-
cords of the past disclose. The state
ment OF the father that his son has
been lost for the time named is doubt
less correct, but the story Of the boy
IS not yet authenticated. - Baltimore
Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
A NEGRO CHIErTAIN.

One Of the most remarkable char
acters who have influenced the history
ofthe region of country between Tim
buctoo and the West coast Of Africa,
was q native of Futah Toro, known
as the lSheikh Omaru Al-Hajj. He
is said to have been q Waleen, a man
of extraordinary endowments, Of COM
;mandipg presence, and great personal
influence. He was educated by the
:Sheikh Hjani, q Moslem missionary
from Arabia. Having spent several
years under the instruction Of this dis
tinguished teacher, visiting Mecca in
the meanwhile, he became Profound
ly learned in the Arabic language. Af-
ter the death Of his master he went
twice to Mecca on pilgrimagcs. On
his return to his country the second
time, he undertook series Of prose-
lyting expeditions against the power
full Pagan tribes on the East and
Southeast of Futah Toro. He con-
quered several powerful chiefs, and re-
duced their people to the faith of Is
lam. He banished paganism from
Sego, and purified the practices Of
several Mohammedan districts which
had become imbued with heathenish
notions. He thus restored Jennc and
Hamd-Allahi; and was on his way to
Timbuctoo, about ten years ago, when,
through the treachery of the Arabs Of
that region, he was circumvented and
killed at town in Masina. One Of his
sons is now King Of Sego, another
rules over Hamd-Allahi-two Of the
largest cities in Central Africa. AL
hail Omaru wrote many Arabic works
in prose and poetry. y His poems are
recited and sung in every town and
village from Futahtown, in Sierra
Leone to Kano. His memory is held
in the greatest respect by all native
students, and they attribute to him
many extraordinary deeds, and see in
his successful enterprises, military
and literary, proofs Of divine guild
ance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
Reed and Whipper.

Since the qualification Of Whippel
before Chief Justice Moses, and his
departure for Washington, there has
been considerable interest felt as TO
the result Of the contest between the
aforesaid claimant and Judge Reed
for the judgeship CT the first circuit.
The term of Whipper, in case he be
legally elected, begins on the 10Th Au-
gust, and the question Of jurisdiction
cannot come before that time. The
next regular term of the Court at Or
angelurg will not open before the Sd
Monday of October, and the issue can
only be precipitated by either of the
contestants calling an extra term OF
the Court, which may be done by Civ
ing ten days notice. 1t is supposed
that Whipper will thus.make the issue
at Charleston, and it remains to be
seen with what success.
A reporter of the NesUs & Courier
has interviewed the sheriff. clerk and
solicitor, as to their action i'll case the
issue is thus made. The sheriff, Bow
ell is Whipper man and would sustain
tain-the clerk, Whitman, is in doubt
as to his course-the Solicitor, Buttz,
IS the outspoken advocate of Whipper
as the legally elected judge of the cir
cuit-urging that Reed was, by the
terms of the resolution under which
the vote was taken, elected only for
the unexpired term-that Gov. Cham,
berlain himself in his message stated
that eight circuit Judges were to be
elected, after having commissioned
Judge Reed for the unexpired term OF
Judge Graham, &c.
According to Solicitor Buttz, whom
soever the Sheriff, clerk and solicitor
agree to recognize, will constitute the
Court, and will be so recognized by
the Supreme Court. This would seem
to be a very ridiculous position, and
we suppose would scarcely be regarded
otherwise by any one besides the So
licitor of the 1st circuit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A poor woman in st. Louis went tc
a doctor the other day for medicine
to check the appetite Of her five chill
lren, she being unable to provide
sufficient food for them.
Ann Connolly Of San Francisco, aged
73, sues for divorce from Henry Con.
nolly, aged Is, because he broke the
promise made before marriage to quit
chewing tobacco.
Some Michigan doctors have come
TO the conclusion that an agonizing
case OF sore eyes aff1icting boy up
there was transmitted by the sueeze
OF an epizootic horse.
A sharp-pointed needle or awl
pressed into the head of O crab will
kill it instantly. This is Mr.. Frank
Buckland's remedy for the cruel pro.
cess Of live crab boiling.
The softer sex has reason to feel en-
couraged. The last census showed
the number Of idiots proper in the
United States to be 24,527, OF whom
l4.4s5 were males and 1O,O42 females,
When Spain was active and pros
porous, the breakfast hour was six or
seven; hence the next meal, four
hours afterward, received the name Of
Alas once" or the 'eleyen O'clock"
From this expression We have our
word "Iuneh."
Some OF the rsen working in Hoosac
Tunnel during this season Of short
days meyer see deylight excepting on
Sundays. They 80 into the tunnel
before daybreak in the morning, and
do not come out till after dark The
week js0ne long night to them,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
FRENCH ORDNANCE.


The superiority of our service con.
structlot Of heavy gunsis being proved
not only by direct experiments at home,
but also by indirect means abroad.
About the time when the first trials OF
the S0-tor gun were going on, a French
brcec!i-loadin2 gun corresponding to
ouI 9-inch, and weighing about IA
cwt. burst violently at Gayre, when
being tired with it's service charge OF
powder and projcctile The French
guns are constructed on system
which, tc say the least Of it, has never
met with any approval in this country.
The body OF the gun is Of cast iron,
the portion from the trunnions for
ward being entirely composed Of this
material. At the breach end the gun
is lined with steel tube as far as the
trupnions; and, in order to strengthen
it, according to the advocates OF this
systemic a series Of steel rings is shrunk
on the breech, reaching as far as the
trunnions-that is, over the powder
and shot chambers. Here therefore Is
a combination Of two treacherous ma
terials, cast iron and steel, so that any
failure in the soundncss Of any part
must lead to disastrous results. When
to untrustworthy material is added a
complicated system Of breech-loading,
the wonder is not that guns so con-
structed sometimes burst, but that
they can be trusted at all. The gun
which failed lately at Gavre burst vio-
lently, six men being killed and others
being injured, though the gun was not
being subjected to any extraordinary
test, but was being fired as on service.
tits only fair to conclude, therefore, that
the guns in use in the French navy
being identical with that which burst,
are liable to behave in similar man.
:ner. As far as the experience Of tif-
teen years can be relied on, no such
accident can possibly happen to one Of
our much-abused heavy guns when the
most ordinary precautions arc taken.
PalLlllaN Gazette. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
The Hone of the South

The Nc,v York World in comment
ing upon the recent Hamburg affair,
regards it as the natural result of the
continued misgovernmenta and oppres-
sion, to which the South has been sub
jected since the war, and which have
driven the people almost to the verge
of revolution. The only hope of the
country lies in change of rulers, and
with the overthrow of misgovernment
at the South, we may anticipate the
cessation of violence and the inaugu-
ration of peace. The World says:
$50 long as Mississippi was controll-
ed and misgoverned by the negroes
and their carpet-bag white leaders,
there were scenes of violence all over
the State. So in Arkansas. So in
Georgia. So in every Southern State
where ignorance and corruption and
irresponsible force made and admins
tered the laws. And so there would
have been constant scenes of violence
in any Northern State under the like
conditions. But with the triumph of
intelligence and order, represented by
the Democratic party in each of these
States, thorough and absolute peace
was restored. Not Massachusetts nor
New York is better or more peaceably
governed than are Mississippi and
Georgia and Arkansas to-day. The
negroes have not less profited by the
change than the whites. They are
protected in every right and privilege.
and the harmony between the races is
uninterrupted and secure. The con-
trast between the past and present is
so strong, is so marked by the restored
prosperity of the material interests of
both races and tho good feeling which
prevails between them, and every good
citizen of the United States, North or
South. must hope for the regeneration
of South Carolina by a like agency.
This would be secured by q majority
for Tilden and Hendricks and for the
State Democratic ticket in November.
And as with South Carolina, so with
Louisiana"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26

die and leave you. I have been bad
man in my time and am sorry for It.
I hav'ent treated my wife right in
many respects, and she'se one of the
best weemun God ever made and has
been mighty good wife to me and l
will say on my dying bed this much
for ber, and she will make any OF
you mighty good wife, and ! hope
some Of you will find it convenient to
take her for she is O good CONAN and
handy and no mistake"
The lines began:
"And its O dear wife love you we'll
And all the children too:
I hope your soul In Christ may dwell,
And all the children's too:''
I can't call to mind the succeeding
lines but the above was repeated as a
chorus to the other "verses". The
production was lengthy, and the au-
thor had to be reminded that only
few minutes remained, when he was
advanced step forward and higher,
the rope adjusted and after three blows
(the two first missed) from mallet in
the hands of Sheriff Taggart, a pin
was knocked out, few movements OF
the body, then closed the worsted ex-
istence of Kindred Kitchens.
This writer did not recover from the
feeling for months: it was the last
hanging he ever witnessed or ever ex-
poets to, though warm advocate OF
the practice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
Gen. Buffers Letter,

Gen. Butler has written a manly
and defiant letter, published in the
Journal of Commerce., in which he
denounces the false statements which
have characterized alike the Attorney
Generals report, and the accounts OF
the newspapers in regard to the Ham.
burg affair, and solcits for himself and
his friends judicial investigation.
He states that the Hamburg military
company was an illegal organization
and had no right to their arms; and
he recites at length the grievances to
which the white people Of the town
and the County had been subjected al
the hands Of the blacks. Gen. Butler
states that he did nothing In Ham.
burg which ne regrets, or for which
he has an apology to make. and states
that he would do again what he did
then. No one has presumed to charge
him with the massacre Of the prisoners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
The Press and Banner,
w. a. LEE, Editor.
Wednesday, July 26, 1876
The Hamburg Affair i'll Congress-

We publish elsewhere an aoslract ol
the debate in Congress relating 10 tiie
Hamburg affair which arose upon tue
amendment of Smalis, colored mcm-
Der from this State asking that no
troops he Withdrawn from the state.
Tie debate shows the unenVlable
Jirht which such attrOcltles reflect
mon the people and institutions or
the south, .and the onerouS task
which they impose upon our friends
out of the State by way of eXtenuatloll
and excuse. We are held naturally
responsible for the outrages which are
committed among us, and the only
way of wipiny out the charge and
placing ourselves above suspicion and
rcpr0ach, is to denounce the crime
and to lend our earnest aid in bring
ing the guilty parties to punishment.
The first has been done by almost ev-
cry paper in the State, and the cry has
been taken up by Lamar and other
true men of the South who very just
ly say that the news of the outrage
was received with a thrill of horror III
every Southern community.
AS NIr. lamar said, there are laWless
men in every community who III no
sense represent its sober, law-abidinS
masses; and whilst they exist at the
South they exist III 81 greater degree
and exercise greater control at the
North. For the acts of these men II
is io'ly to hold the South responsible.
We have denounced them, and it Is
the duty Of every good citizen to lend
his aid in bringing them to punlsR-
ment. BY so doing we vindicatc our
selves from the reproach of being par
ticipants, or of lending aid anu COM
fort to the perpetrators. :,
But why invoke the aid of the y. ).
army in such case, as dispatches to
the Northern journals say has been
done by Gov. Chamberlain. There
has been no case of domestic vio-
lence," such as the Constitution con-
templates, WHICH overriding the
State authorities and defying its pow,
ers, has made q resort TO the Federai
Government necessary. There mas
been no attempt yet made to arrest the
guilty parties, and hence no resistance
which could justify call for troops by
the Governor. The whole power OF
the State militia is subject to his con-
troll, and until it has proved powcrless,
he has no reason to call for troops; ana
without such call Federal interposl-
ton would he unconstitutional.
The use of the army, rs Mr.. Lamar
SAYS, is ineffective and cumbersome,
and whilst its presence could be pro-
ductive of no benefit, it would on the
contrary be the instrument of oppres-
sion and corrupt intrigue. Let Mr..
Chamberlain spare no efforts to arrest
the guilty parties, and when he finds
that his process is resisted and the
power of the State government defied,
it will then and not till then be time
to ask for troops.