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RELIGIOUS exercises in Christian assem-
bHes should be such as are fit to edify the
faithful, and convince, affect and convert IN
believers.
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49, 1878.
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Death and nature stand confounded,
Myriads rise from graves astOunded,
Judgment seat is then surrounded.
And the written Bookof Ages
Is produced when sinners, sages,
Shall be judged from out its pages.
When the Judge at length is seated,
Hidden sins are sternly treated,
And perfect justice neted.
Speeches, sore, my heart is rending,
Not a friend my cause defending,
When the lust are scarce ascending.
Mighty King of highest spleudOr,
Who dost save By grace so tender,
Save me, is the prayer I render.
Oh, remember, Lord Of glory
l have caused Thy wounds so CORY,
Hear me plead my sinful story.
Ne Thou has so Oft invited,
Cruci6sd for me and sighted,
Save, oh save my soul afrighted.
Mighty Judge, for my contritOn,
Grant me gift Of Thy remission
Ere that day of full fruition.
Ny deep guilt hath caused my signing,
Shame my face with crimson dying,
Spare Thy suppiant PROSTATE lying.
Thou full pardon Mary tending,
To the thief the same extending,
Gives me hope, my soul defending.
Though my prayers are undeserving,
Yet Thy goodness all preserving,
Is from flames my soul reserving.
With Thy sheep, o, Shepherd guide me,
And from sinful goats divide me;
On Thy right place me beside Thee.
When those damned to doom internal
: Are consigned to flames eternal,
-, Lord + Toys supeFnall
5 Sapprant, weeping, l surrender
Contrite heart as ashes tender,
To the end be my defender.
On that day Of grief and weeping,
When shall rise the dead now sleeping,
Man with guilt in every feature,
Spare him, GOd-Thy erring creature.
Oh, good Lord of al the est,
Jesus, Saviour, give them rest,
Amen.
ID. w. BoHAENOE
hmOnd, "a, Jan. IA, 1878.
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A COURTEOUS disposition becomes the elect
of God; for che design of the Gospel is not
only to soften the minds of men, but to
sweeten them, and promote friendship among
men, as well as reconciliation with God.
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Maeaulay dwelt among his Greek authors.
Doubtless he felt slight contempt for those
men who labOred in spiritual fields; whose
knowledge he felt to be inferior to his own !;
and whose work he could not quite COM
prehend when they exhOrted men to dwell in
God Where is the evidence that he felt
like DR.. johnson, who himself lived 50
much in the spirit of the world that be often
found himself almost in despair? There Is
something which looks very much like the
prieking of the Spirit, when he read the oOu-
fessions of stittsdams in GOethe's evil
M helm Meister." This strange feeling &C
" Ersd several widely separated readings.
5SxSsrieOoe of others is also
4nY !: Scott, Whitefed. (See
f%5l., 1857 These confessions, as related
make religion appear to be an earnest, a Sc
rious, positive business. And the impress
sion made by them on the reader is that these
men have gotten out of religion what many
do not find Readers cannot help comparing
notes with them. For every man has an ex-
perience of some sort in relation to God
Whatever it was he felt in reading these
nell explain, be quets himself by an expla
nation of literary character! One cannot
help suspectiDg the real nature of these feel
ings, g first felt on the Indian Ocean,, and
then recurring afterwards. Aud in that
view Maeaulay nowhere appears in light so
interesting, and then, so suddenly, disap
points His very explanation points to this
L. A.
ment its great author ever framed. It
could not satisfy any one except the mind
that was fleeing from It's own oonyiCtions.-
For it could not have been the form Of the
confession, or the art of the composer which
gave rise to feelings such as he seems to de-
scribe; but the subject Of the composition
N itself. This view receives additional weight
when we consider for moment what was
the subject matter of the composition read !;
the tremendous Importance of this subject to
every man; together with the fact that there
comes a time to every individual when he is
nightly stirred by their consideration, and
the further fact that in his life this is the
s. FIRST time we find him face to face with this
& Subject. However, the evidence in insufi-
eiens for serious belief in regard to these
feelings, and their cause, and his religious
amss:,'ude at the time. But so refined did his
q. nUsrseptiOns become; SO COM
~ every power of bis ma
d channel that he found
tie tragedies of the
= IN any touching passage
Is. What flame his de-
the e. as. which belong to the spirit
nal eature e man, embrace God in their
highest exercise as their proper, ultimate
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For TEE CENTRAL PREssErERlAS.
LORD MACAULAY.
CONCLUDED I

Impression on Rising from the Reading Of Treveyan
Life and Letters Of Lord MaCaulay.
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The 81. a which belong to the spirit
,,,T oature e man, embrace God in their
highest exercise as their proper, ultimate
object. But if, when tending upward, they
are made habituslly to terminate upon infe-
rior objects, is it not natural that their in
tensity should be increased, as if struggling
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April la, 1878
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BY this train you are only ono night (be-
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Passengers leaving Atlanta at s P. NJ,
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lE( E(1Il,HINE
81, n, sS EoR 4
Chills, Shakes, Fever and Ague.

sf3ts5% %t;E sfsi Ht4i5 G TARBoho, N. c., 1878.
DR.. II. r.. STEyENs--Dear. Sir: feol very
grateful for, what your valuable medicine, Yegc.
tine, has dono in my family.3sI I wish to express
my thanks by informing you Of the wSaierfu
cure OF my Son; also, to let you know TINT pogo.
tine is the best medicine over saw for c hills
Shakes. Fever aud Ague. My son was sicl with
measles in 1878, which left him with hip,joint
disease. Ny son suffered great deal Of pain,
oil of tho time; the pain was 80 great 10 did no
thing but cry. Tho doctors did not help hin, q
particle; he could not lift his foot from the
floor; he could not move without orutohes.
read your advertisement in tho "Louisvlle
Courior.J ournal" that Vogetine vas o great
blood purifier and blood food. tried one bot
tie, which was O great benefit. Ho kept on with
the medicine, gradually gaining. He hos taken
eighteen bottles in oil and he Is completely ro-
etored to health, walks without orptclies or oane.
lie Is twenty years of age. I have younger
BON, fifteen years Of age, who is subject 10
ohills. Whenever he fools ono coming on, he
comes In, takes dose of vcgotine and that is
tho last of tho chill. Vogetino leaves no bad
effect upon the system like most Of tho niedi-
oines recommended for ohills. / oheerfully
recommend Vegetine for such complaints.
think 1t is the greatest medicine III the world.
vrasrlsnmHboo The blood s Becomes slGfI fe}es,
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OF climate, want Of exercise, irregular diet, or
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A College Frerak.

ss The following story Of old times in South
Carolina is told of tho loared DR.. Maxcy;
On one oocsidn, several of tho students o,
Z South Carolina College resolved to drag
the doctors carriage into the woods, aud
fixed upon night for tho performance o.
the exploits One of their number, how.
ever, was troubled with some compunctious
sSyisitings, and managed to convey to the
worthy President q hint that it would be
we'll for him to secure the door of tho carl
riago house. Instead Of paying any heed
I to this suggestion, tho doctor proceeded on
tho appointed night to the carriage house
and ensconscd his portly person inside the
4 vehicle. In less than an hour somo half
dozen young gentlemen came to his retreat
aud cautiously withdrew tho carriage into
tho road. When they we're fairly out Of
the college precincts thoy began to jokt
freely with each other by name.
3 One of them complained Of tho weight Of
tho carriage, and another replied by swear
ing it was heavy enough to hayo the old
fellow himself inside. For nearly a milp
the proceeded along thu highway, and then
struck into tho, woods to a ooverqwhioh they
concluded would clfsctualy conceal tho
vehicle. Making themselves infinitely
merry at tho doctors, expense, and oonjecI
turing how and when heSwbdld 4fhd his
carriage, they at length roachcd the spot
where they had resolved to leave it,: just
Us they wore, about to depart-having oneo
moro agreed Tint "tho carriage was heavy
enough to have the old doctor and all his
tribo in it"--thcy were startled:by tho sud.
den tronpinp of one of tho rlass panes and
tho wollknown voice of the doctor himself
thus addressing them:
$50, so, young geotemch, you aro going
to leave mo in the woods, arc you? Surely,
as you have brought mo hither for your
own qualification, you will not refuse to take
mo back for mino Come, Mr.. '---,, and
- -, and , buckle to md let us re-,
turn; its getting late" T. =
s Thore was nosappoal; for tho window wds
raised and the doctor resumed his scat.
Almost without word, the discomftcl
.young gentlemen took their places at the
pole, and the back Of the vehicle and quite
as expoditously, if with less 1yoicc, did they
rotrade their course In silence they
dragged the carriage into its wontod place,
and then rctreated prcciptatcly to their
rooms, to dream of tho account they must
render on tho morrow. When they had
retired, tho doctor quietly vacated tho oarA
tgiage and went TO his house where hoire
lated the story to his family with much glee.
He mover called tho heroes Of that nocturnal
sexpodi:ion}to an account, nor was the cbr-
riage ever afterward dragged at night into
tho woods.
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CONNECTIONS.

At Atlanta, with tho Atlanta & Now Orleans
Short Line, CA. & w. Pt. r. r. and
Kenncsaw Route, w. & A. r. r. for all
points in Mississippi Louisiana, Arkan.
sas, Texas and tho Northwest. i.
With the Central Railroid of Georgia. for
Macon, Savannah, Brunswick, and all
Florida. ~ '8
With tho Georgia Railroad for Augusta,
Charleston, Port Royal aud Savannah.
at Lula, Ga., with tho Northeastern Rail-.
road, for Athens, Ga.
At Seneca, with the Blue Ridge Railroad
for Walhala and Bolton, s. @.
At Greenville, s. O., with the Greenyile Sc
Columbia II. r.. s,s
At Spartanburg, with tho Spartanbure.
Union 81 Columbia Railroad. with tho
Spartanburg & Ashcvile Railroad, for,
Tyron Mountain, connecting here with
stages for Flat Rock, Hendorsonyille,
Ashoville, and Warm Spring, NO. A
fine and well finished hotel at the foot OF
this mountain.
At Charlotte, with tho Richmond & Dan..
vile Railroad, for oil points North. Eoss.
and West, and for Virginia SPRINGS.
With tho Carolina Central Railroad for
Wilmington and intermediate points.
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A SERPENT AMONG TIE BooKs.-Ono
day gcntoman in India went into his
library and took down book from the
shelves. As he did so ho felt pain 10 his
fiuger, like the prick Of q pin. He thought
that pin had been stuck by some careless
person in the cover Of the book But soon
his finger began to swell, then his arm, and
then his whole body, and in few days he
died. 1t was not pin among the books,
but a small and deadly serpent There are
many scrpents among tho books nowadays.
They nestle in tho foliage Of somo of our
most fascinating literature; they coil around
the fowors whose perfume intoxicates tho
senses. Wo read, we arc charmed with the
plot of the story, by the skill with which
tho characters arc soulptured or grouped,
by the gorgeousness of tho word painting
wo hardly teol tho pin prick of the evil that
is insinuatcd. But it stings and poisons
US. Whom tho record Of human souls is
made up, on what multitudos will bo in
soribed, "poisoned by tho scrrents among
the books!"
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How THEY CRossED THE RED SEA-
A colorcd preacher in Florida thus held
forth: "My brudring, the [sraeites went
over the Red Sea,o the ice. They all got over
safe; and dat's do reason why Moses sung
tho hymn Of praise. In dc morning when
de sun was up, hot, Pharaoh and dc 'Gyp.
tians come wid deir great lumbe chariots
of firon.n 'Doy broke through de ice and all
went to the bottom of dc sea. "Stop derew
exclsimed a hearcr, 81 want to ask qucs
tion. I've read geography and Egypt's a
hot country. It's undor the 'quntor, and
dere amt no ice dere. How could dey 60
over on de ice, and dore no ice dere?" TO
which the preacher responded: 'I'm glad
you asked dat question. Now can'aplain
Dat comes readin' de geography instead of
dc Bible. My brudring, when do ohillcn of
Israel go over tho Rod Sea, dat was groat,
great while ago: before dcro was any Cog
raphy, before oerc was any tropics, before
dcre was any 'quator. OATS do reason dcre
was ice, my brud.ing."
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siA,l Il " iSI o;s.y for Illsias ssoll.I

s IN ~ "
u, women 4 n ars dshist Z ' ysa 3 ne
el, yes by fiq usme an Z, Z
A lie less filse than You men arc, /,
But greatly more % true than VIC seem." n
But mon; aro oruel4sao oruell
~ irhey aatternnd coax for awhilo, A
ls, hen tread on the hearts that we give them
Aud deal us q blow with a:smile."
g; are ;cruol, It may be, but cruel
In q million of charming ways;
$50 cory at times to have hurt you,
So kind on the gloomiost days.
ssBat you men! you calculate nicely
How near you may 6 3,saud bow far,
4 And never one moment you soften,
Nor pity tho hopes that you mar.
Andwhen you at last are successful,
Aud the flower floats down toyour feet
Its colors are no more 30 perfect,
It's perfume is no moro SO sweet.
Y You leave tito lie on tho roadside, +,
First trampling it down in the dust,)
And fancy that suoh is your right here,
70 break and to outrage our trust.
4 y3t''You think US 80 weak, til ,wo sting you,
I And give you at last your deserts; %p
n And then turn you around in your anger
And VOW that all women are hrts.
SSf'Believe me, that if you would let US
s;sS sBo honest and true, as VIC are, il
(Not striving 10 conquer us always,
The world would be better by far"
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A lSEaEDY FOR DIpHTnERIA, Holly
Springs .South~-."Captain A. @. Withers
| has kindly furnished ,uS for the afflicted
with the foregoing disense now prevailing
in our city, a@remedy which, ho informs
US ho hds used successfully in his family.
Take flour, sulphur, burnt alum ond borarx
in about equal parts and mix tho same
with honey, or moiusses; aso freely BY
maopping the mouth and as far down
the throat as, possible. 10. arrest exter--
nal swelling OF the throat, use poultico
OF dog feonel or hops stepped in vinegar,
especially at night, aud when not used thus,
the sufferer should wear fanuol around tho
neck saturated with somo good lioiment.
Use also the fumes Of dog fepnel placed In
teapot, and the mouth Of same placed as
near as possible to tho tonsel and inhalo. tho
fumcs of the tea. This remedy can do no
harm, but may do much good"
Some rusty, orusty, fussy old bachelor
has perpetrated the following lines:
Nature impartial in her ends,'
When she made man the strongest
In Justice then to mako amends
hlado woman's tongue the longest.
It will probably bo some consolation to
tho female portion of our readers to know.
that tho scamp was hung few days aftor-
ward.
ATLANTA, April 24.-A special states
that cyclone passed over a section of
country four miles from Rome, Ca, clearing
everything as it won't. AS far as heard,
eight persons were injured. Several horses
and mules were killed. Trees three foot in
diameter were twisted over and swept
away. Nine dwellings were blown down.
Tho>path of the cyclone was throe hun
dred yards wide, passing from southves, to
northeast.
"Well, swar, Billy" said 40 old farmer
to IN undorsizcd nephew, who was visiting
him, "when you take off that 'oro plug hat
and spit two or three times there amt much
loft of you, is thar7"
l love them that love me; ahd those that
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