Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-24
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Locals.
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Mrs. Bray is receiving ON elegant lot Of
millinery this week. Customers will call at
her residence until further notified.
There were services in the Presbyterian
Church and communion on Sunday. Mir. Law
had bcen assisting tho pastor since Hast Thurs
day, and on Sunday there was very large at
tendance and the services were deeply impressive
and interesting.
An excursion will be run over the Air
Line Railway on Saturday next, to Atlanta,
to enable persons to take part in the memo.
rial services in that city. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee will dchver on address on the oocasiou
Persons can get on tho cars iu Ocouee at
Sehooa, Westminster and Fort Madison
The train will pass Seneca at 4 o'clock, A..
NJ. Saturday morning. Leave Atlantis Sun.
day afternoon. Price So from Seneca, and
less towards Atlanta.
On lust Sabbath morning Rev. Mr.. Gresham,
pastor of tho Baptist Church, preached SER
mon adapted to every class Of professors Of
religion. His text was "Bear yc one anothcr's
burdens and so fulfil tho law of Christ" lie
spoke of the duty of Christians towards weak
brother, who may be ovcraken in fault 10
60 to him In the spirit Of mcekncss and Christ
ion charity and labor TO restore and strengthen
him, and not to hlazon his errors abroad, and in
pharisaica spirit thank God they are not as
other men are. lie condemned That feature of
human nature which too often led men to re-
.joice at the slips OF their brethren that they
may be better able TO feel they arc not SO bad
as this that or the other brother The sermon
was specially addressed to the church and the
subject one the frequent ventilation Of which by
ministers would accomplish much good. We
have always been struck with the 18Th Psalm as
containing code Of morals worthy 10 be
praciccd by every ole, and which really are
too rarely found in actual life. The Psalm is q
short definition Of n Christian, measuring line
or test which very few can apply 10 themselves
satisfactorily to their conscicnccs.
a correspondent of the Charleston Neps ana
Courier, writing from Abbevillc, speaks as
follows in reference to q sermon preached by
our townsman and Professor in Adger College
in the Abbcville Presbyterian Church, du, ing
the lntc meeting Of the South Carolina presby
terry at that place. "Tbc Presby tcrian Churcl
was crowded last night Sunday to hear the
Rev. J. II. Riley, Of tdgcr College, Walhalla
Ills text was about One Lord, one faith, on,
baptism &C.; your correspondent forgcts tn,
exact words and has not Cruden's Concordanc nc,
TO coach him, but one thing hc knows--thn
Prof. Riley preached a magnificent sermon 1
was not remarkable for oratory, for the preache,
might plead, like Moses. that he s slow O
speech and of slow :ongue but one seldom
hears as good sermon 80 adapted to tho tim,
and the place aud the mixed audience who hcart
him. 1t was plea for the oneness of Christ.
Church in spite o! and in the multiplicity o
denominations and sccts. II showed n tLcralit,
OF Christian sentiment seldom emanating from
tho pulpit Such n sermon acts like disin
fectant, purifying the ar and freeing IL from
tho spiritual musiness and staencss that alway,
do accompany aud flow FROM bgory and mar
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