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COLFAx GRANT PARISH La, SATURDAY NOVEMBER g. 1879
mo. 81.

The two can net co-oxist.
But this 10 nation, therefore the
States have ceased to exist.
| Whatever recognition the former
States receive from the nation is ma
tiOnal menace.
Therefore, States, a. such, must dis
appear from the nation aud the Ma
tional Legislature TAT esfasas
The National Senate must either be
abolished or transformed.
The Senate 10 infinitely more dan
ger0us to our national existence than
the mere name, United States.
The Senate is q tangible concern, and
even formidable recognition Of States
and of State sovereignty.
So long as 1t exists in its present
form it is . threat against national
sovereignty.
The great work Of centralixation or
naturalization, which il the Same !
thing, imperatively demands the in
slant suppression Of the Senate ~
representative Of equal rights.
If we are to be nation we must
be logical, @ 4a
And Stalwarts are logical.
With Grant in the White House we
would show the rebel Brigadiers what
it ~ to be nation. ~
After abolishing or 90 changing the
Senate that 1t did not represent States,
we should lengthen the Presidentiads
to ten years and let Congress elect the
President.
We would abrogate all the so-called
constitutions In all the s0-called States,
change the names to provinces or de-
partments, and permit them to conduct
their affairs under charters granted by
the Nation.
No charter would be granted to any
State that had participated in the re-
bellion, during tho present generation.
All laws passed by the provinces or
departments would be subject to veto
by the President and his Cabinet.
In other words, this great Republic
would be nation, with all that that
implies.
THE SOUTHLAND.
Ho! Southland! ~
Sunny Southland,
Land of rattlesnakes, yellow-fever,
| pestllence- breeding swamps;
OF staggering bullies, painted cut
thrOats, murderers in brUadclOth;
Of the pietOl, the b0wie-knife, the
torch;
OF moral putresence, religious intol-
erance, political abominations, hideous
mental malformati0n
OF bragadocio, bluster, swagger, Of
| frontery, brass;
Of cruelty, darkness, bloodthirsti-
ness, ferocity, brutality J;
Cold-hearted, IMPLYING, ruthless,
sanguinary lAna5
Land Of half-breeds, cross breeds,
bastards, hybrids, Hottentots, brig
ands, aavages;
OF rawb0ned he. traitors and dried
mp, scrawny she-devila; ..z.-.
Lawless mob-land;
Kuklux bedeviled land;
Lecherous land, wallowing in de-
bancheries;
Land Of lynch law, club law. repu-
diation, notification;
Drunken, scottish, bacchanalian land;
Land Of braggarts and towards;
Wearisome,
Somnolent, ----is
Drowsy,
Lazy
Land
Vain, stupid, ignorant, sunny South
land,
Wake up!
The Stafwarts are after you.
With . hip, hip, hoorah, they will
nominate Ulysses s. Grant next year
| for President.
With claDg and clatter Of swords,
II need be, they viii inaugurate him
! the year following.
Ard then, O, bloyiated, fabberghast,
sunny Southland,
They will purify gen with Northern
saltpetre, and redeem you with North
ern brains.
Till then, o, land Of Offering CAB
and brilliant b]sthef,
Uninventivc, unprogressive land
Ta-tai
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ordinary expenditures and enjoyed their
usual comforts. They have given up very
little. We know there are exceptions--no-
Bile exceptions-we recognize and honor
them; but they are exceptions even amongst
the better class of givers.
/, is evident that new state of things has
arisen. We might, indeed, show that all this
better class of givers should have practised
8elf-denial heretofore, and thus become larger
giVers. Blu. the fact now stares US in the
face that, unless there be more, much more,
Self-deniaI, the cause of Christ is bound to
suffer, and all our enterprises must decline.
More must be given up for His sake than
ever before. A very considerable amount of
money that has, up to the present tine, been
appropriated to bodily comforts and the
qualification of their families must now be
turned towards the treasury of the Lord,
a. E., if His work is to 60 on. Less variety
and richness on the table, less costly cloth
ing, economy in the general management of
the houaehold-such ere some of the forms
Of self-denisl Sat will occur to all truly
earnest and loyal ChriStiane, and surely they
will not recoil from it. 1t may be that this
is only the beginning Of the required re-
trenchment, that the cause will demand the
giving up of what seem necessaries of life,
and that something like the conservation of
all our means, over and above bare subsist-
ence, will be called for to uphold the king
dom of our Saviour, and carry on His work.
But even then, will real disciples stand back
and plead the claims of self? If the early
Christians could take jogfuly the spelling of
their goods because it was endured for
Cbrists sake, surely these later Christians
will patiently submit to the calls which He
makes upon them to advance His gracious
purposes.
1t may be time for re.adjustment in the
enterprises of the Church, and all see it is a
time for studying the strictest economy in
their management; but the plainest thing of
all is that the time has fully come for each
Christian to sit down and carefully inquire,
What can give up for Christ !? What per-
Sonal or family expense cen l cut off so as
to increase my contributions to the cause Of
worlds ingsthering to Christ We owe
everything we have and hope for to Him.
By profession and VOW We have given all to
Him. He has, thus far, accepted the service
of convenience and winked at it. Now He
calls for the service of self.denisl. 1t will
not do to say, will give my proportion.
You must give also enough to make up for
what others fail to give. 1t will not do to
wait until the rich come up to their measure
of ability-we must not wait for anything.
The simple point before us-for each of US
that has Christian conscience and loyal
love to our Saviour King-is to do all We
can to build Up His kingdom i; no: all We can
do easily and conveniently, but with economy
and self. denial to the extent Of inconveni-
ence and priVation. Above all things, it is
important that the whole Church have this
spirit Southern Presbyterian.
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Both Sides of the Truth.

Il is significant that those who are loudest
in their denunciations of creeds, and claim
for themselves the broadcast liberality in de-
parting from established usages, are most
likely to vibrate between the antipodes of
faith. 1t is from the preaching of disiute-
grated Bible that many of the contradictory
statements in regard to the truth arise
When the Scriptures are mastered as sys-
TEN of truths, each having its proper relation
to and bearing upon the other, there is little
danger of denying in one sermon what has
been previously preached. Let the study of
systematic theology be emphasized as an an
tidote to preaching on two sides of one truth.
Far better for the pulpit than all the "helps"
which are advertized so freely in our reli-
gious periodicals would be greater familiarity
with the Word, along with the mastery of
some system like the Assemblys Shorter
Catechism, which would at least suggest
starting point and a stopping place. United
PreSbUteradn
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Pauls Ministry at Ephesus

Here is good text for some one who is
just entering upon the pastOrate of some
church, to keep before his eyes constantly,
with the view of preaching upon it on the
occasion of his third anniversary:
Therefore watch and remember that by
the space of three years l ceased not to warn
every one night and day with tears. Acts
Xxx: 81.
And when he is prepared to leave the
church he serves, whether it be before or
after the expiration Of three years, whatever
may be his provocation, let hin take the next
verse (32) for his text, and keeping strictly
to it, part in peace and love:
"And now, brethren, l commend you to
God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an in
heritance among all them which are sancti-
fed. National Baptist.
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For rnE CENTRAL PRrsszrEprAs.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Dac. 6, rs

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Dso 6, Is.
Dear DR.. Byocn,-Iu my last letter from
Yienna, promised in my next to write of
that city also Of Warsaw and Craoow 10
Poland; bat go long time mas intervsned,
I fear l cannot easily recall the many pleas
ing incidents of cur travels Ishall however
endeavor to summon them 1p again before
nv mental vision, perchance your readers
have not entirely forgotten the promise made
so long ago. 1 thought then to begin my
communication BY an apostrOphe to " In
happy Poland; for while travelling through
il our sympathies were greatly aroused IN be-
half of this own-trodden and oppressed peO-
pie: having now absolutely no name among
the nations of the earth. But nearer ex-
animation into its history shows that as in
other civil wars, they had traitors within
their own borders, and were not themselves
wholly innocent Of the downfall and shame
which overlook them. Our commission
sire was a most enthusiastic Pole, and soon
enlisted our 8ympathies when he pointed
withe7ident pride to the Banks and other pub
lie institutions of by gone days; aud with
shane and confusion he said, to grand mon
umeus erected 10 the memory Of FIVE Polish
generals, VINO, de5ertiog their own cause,
fought braYely for the Russians: then sadly
referred to their present hated bondage to
those bartarians. "But We sdsll one day
De free, he added with ba,ed breath, fear
ipq the coscbuan nigh; overhear him. We
were taking then our first drive around and
abou. the city, the bes: plan always for sight
seers. The same afternoon We drove first tC
the Citadel, erected at the expense of th'
city, as q punishment for so many uprising
among the people; it serves for barracks a
well, and is completely surrounded by
moat. We were shown the dungeon oader
ground where 50 maay persons were conhue'
during the last irsu roctiOn in 1868 After
wards in an opposite direction ne drove, pas
sing the beautiful botanic gardens, out to tn
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rook-salt We had fne illumination al
the way; beoauR the number who wen
down justified 4 management, by such &
liberal receipt, provide for US numerous
candles; bosdas }man lights, sky-rockoto
and ,orpedoes for echo effects; and best Of
all band of music that always preceded US,
and gave ous sweetest strains far IF in the
darkness, as we drew near them Also we
had ever so many guides to help US thread
the narrow and Intricate labyrinths, and they
each carried lantern, which assisted Us
greatly 10 seeing these wonderful excavations
in the salt beds After seeing the chapel, in
which they told us the miners held regular
services, We descended still many more
steps, and moving on along narrow and long
avenues, came 10 the Ballroom, or Music
Hail; an immense square room With planked
floor; and oh, such number of beautiful
salt chandeliers, like Plzzini's, but much
larger, and made entirely of chrystalizod
salt, whose pendants gittored resplendently.
The band sat on the stage and diScoursed
sweet music in this fairy dell, and numbers
of the excursionista joined in a merry dance.
So far underground, aud with such surround
ing, it seemed like an onChautment in the
Arabian Nights Next in our explorations
we reached the restaurant, where refresh
meut8 we're provided; and then We crossed
a deep, dark lake 10 boats; so gloomy, and
lptly called the river Styx; bu. ahead We
saw the bright, beaming letters of German
inscription, which one of our party informed
Us meant Courage and trust in Cod
Poor miners, they must indeed be brave and
hopeful, compelled to spend, SIS they do, their
whole lives underground, But we have not
reached Vienna and Munich, which must be
reserved for yet another letter.
Yours truly, NJ B. ?.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
THOU

Imagiue that the ten commandments had
been delivered to one man alone-that he
was the oqly one a, the foot of Mount Sinai,
rolling sth tbunder and flaming with light
nj q; hat Moses, by Divine command,
bad gone up into the mountain to learn what
G)a would have this man to do, and that
forty DAYS and forty nights the solitary Is,
raeli.e had waited below in solemn expecta-
ton Of the mesSaga. Moses, with beams of
impaired and reflected Divine glory, and
soon to be taken by God to dwell with Him
forevarmore presents the tablets Of stone,
overwrtten on both sides by the finger of
God, to this solitary human being! What
insupportable awe would overpOwer him
Only on his ears would fall, uneChoed from
any humaD heart, the infaite voice, that
filed the universe when it called it into ex'
istence,-that 8pake and it was done, that
commanded and it stood fast
Without father, mother, brother, sister, OF
any human associate, he could understand
only the first table Of the Law. By him alone
on earth, God must be wor8hipPed, without
even an image or symbol to stand between
him and the dreadful, absolute presence
Only for him was God Jealous God, who
would not hold the transgresGor guiltlesS
For him alone had God ganctifed the Sab
bath, that he might remember it and keep il
holy
It would be beyond the power of hu
man being, or even of an archangel, to en-
dure this measureleSs responsibility.
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good deal that was right in itself. To man
you may make faultless appearance. But
mali is not your Judge God is Judge of all.
To Hiu you must come. Before Him you
must stand. When searched through and
through, "What has been your motive =
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Lay me down

Once more upon my couch and open wide
The eastern window. See, there comes Light
Like that which broke upon nay soul at eve,
When in the dreary Isle of Patnos Gabriel came
And touched me cn the shoulder See! it grows
AS when We mounted toward the pearIy gates.
I know the way. tcod it once before;
And harkl it is the song he ransomed sa"g
OF glory to the Lamb How loud it sounds
And that unwritten Que! Me'hinks my soul
Can Join it now But who are these who crowd
The shining way? Say!-joy tits the eleven!
With Peter FIRST; how eagerly he looks!
How bright the smiles are Be Mug on James face!
I am the last. Once more We Gre complete
To gather round the Paschal feast Ny place
Is next my Master. Oh my Lord Ny Lord
How 5ri. ht thou a e ani yet the very same
loved in Gailes! 'Tis worth the hundred years
To feel this bliss. So lit me up, dear Lord,
Unto Thy bcsom There shall | abide
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responsibility of each individual than if NJ
other in he universe could appropriate it
So it really is through our life, so it vii
seem by US in death, and SO it will be made
to appear to the assembled universe, at the
judgment.
Aud so would every one be crushed by it's
inevitable weight, but that Christ stands by
to sustain. u s. L. c.
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The TENDER SHEPHERD.-Among the
hills of Scotland, said DR.. Guthrie, l have
met shepherd, far from the fold, driving
home lost sheep Zone which had gone
astray,) creature, painting for breath,
amazed, alarmed, foot-eOre; and, when the
rocks around rang loud to the baying of the
dogs, have seen them dashing fercely at
its sides, bounding it home. How different
ly Jesus brings home his lost He tenderly
lifts them, lays them upon his shoulder, and
over all stony and rough places be bears
them, till the home is reached, and friends
and neighbors are called in to rejoice over
the lost one found
REMEMBER, you are not tree that can
live or stand alone. You are only branch.
And it is only while you abide in Christ as
the branch in the vine that you will flourish,
or even liVe.-McCheyne
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So mise up my head.

How dark is it! cannot seem to see
The faces of my flock. Is that the sea
That murmurs so, or is it weeping? Hush,
Ny little children God so loved the world
He gave dis Son; 50 love ye one another.
Love God aud man men. Now bear me back
Ny Legacy ua.o en- sasrJ world is this.
I feel nv work is finished are the streets so full?
What call the folk my name the Holy John
Nay. write ne rather, Jesus Christ'5 beloved,
And lover of my children.
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ST. JOHN THE AGED.

I'm growing very old. bis weary head,
That hath 50 often leaned on Jesus breast
In days long past that seem almost a dream
Is bent and hoary with its weight years.
These limbs that followed Him-my Master-oit
From GaIlse to Judah; yea that stood
Beneath the os, and trembIed with his groans'
Refuse t. bear me even through the s,ree's
To preach unto my children Zen my lips
Refuse to form the words my heart sends forth
Ny ears are dull; they scarcely hear the sobs
OF my dear children gathered round my couch;
Ny eyes so dim they caopot see their tears
God leys His hand upoa me-yea, His h1Hd
AMI not His rod the gentle hand thst l
Felt those three years, 50 often pressed In mine,
In friendship such as passetb woman's love.
I'm so old, 50 oldl 1 cannot recolect
The faces Of my friends, and forget
The words and deeds q. make my daily ife;
But that dear face, and every word he spoke,
Grow more disiuc. as others fade away,
So that live with Him and ho.j dead
More than the living.
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Some seventy years ago

1 was a fisher by the sacred sea.
L v. sunset. Bow the traCuaiJ tide
-5a;hed dreAuily the psb5,es. bow the hight
Crept up the distant hills and in its wake
Soft purple shadows wrapped the dewy fields
And then He came and called me. Then gazed
For the first tine on tha. swee. face. Those eyes,
From out of which, as from window shone
Divinity looked on my innost soul,
And lighted it forever. Then His words
Broke on the silence of my heart, and made
The whole world musical. Incarna.e love
Took hold of me, and claimed me for His own.
1 followed in the twilch, holding fast
HIS mantle
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All this and II
thought can at !
that one word in
first in the Law al
of the ten comm
shalt not. THOn 81
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ST more than our weak
is really involved in
'ingular which stands
repeated in every one
lents - Thou ! Thou
E. And NC less is the
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Reader, you are doing something now
You may have been doing a good deal, a
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What CAV YOU, friends?

That this is Ephesus and Christ has gone
Back to His kingdom? Aye It's so, It's so.
know it all; and yet, Just now 1 seemed
To stand once more upon my IA i've hills,
And tolcb my Master Oh how oft I've seen
The touching of His garments bring back strength
To pasied limbs feel it has 10 mine,
Upl bear me once more to my church-Once more;
There let me tell them Of Sa7iour's love;
For, by the sweetness of my Masters voice
Just now. think He must be near,
Coming, l trust, to break the veil which time
Has worn so thin that I can see beyond
And watch His footsteps.
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Oll WuaI UJIJ "aIAs "o H90
Through harvest fields and deso'ae, dreary wastes;
And otteutimes BE leaned upon my arm,
Wearied aud way-worn. wa young and strong,
And so upbore Him. Lord am weak,
And old, aud fseblei let me rest oa Theel
So. put Thine arm around me closer still!
How strong Thou ar, The twilight draws apace;
Come, let US leave these noisy streets aud take
The path to Bethany for Mary's smile
Awaits Us at the gate and Nartha's hands
Have long prepared the cheerful eveuiag meal.
Come, James, the Mister waits and Peter see,
Has gone some steps before.
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son is Ike a It.Ie c0lIl WHO IS CROSSING q
deep and dangerous stream, and is held fast
in his fathers arms. Although the child
knows that he has no strength to cross those
raging waters, he feels safe because he knows
there is sufficient strength in his fathers
arms and sufficient love in his heart to in
duce him to fulfil his promise to bring his
child safely over the stream.
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TIE TINE FOR sELF-DENIAL.

t.r any period when the
r straits than the pres
|of her Rork is embar.
Iosns. All our Commit
| for help. Some of our
bril-. We are threatened
retreat in directions in
1 advancing foT years.
homes than We now have
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DIANA Beautiful Concert Grand Pianos
II1lNUcost Sixteen Hundred Dollars, on
ly Four Hundred and twenty-five Dollars.
Superb Grand Square Pianos. cost Eleven
Hundred Dollars, only Two Hundred and
Twenty-Five Dollars. Elegant Upright
Pianos. cost Eight Hundred Dollars, only
One Hundred and Fifty-tive Dollars. New
lyle Upright Pianos, One Hundred ana
Twelve Dollars and Fifty cents
Organs, Thirty-fve Do'lu nQCAN
Organs, IL stops, seven twoUlaUIllN
Dollars and Fifty cen Church Organs,
Ii stops, cost Three Hundred and Ninety
Dollars. only One Hundred and Fifteen
Dollars. Elegant Three Hundred and sey-
enty-fve Dollar Mirror top Organs, only
One Hundred and Five Dollars.
Tremendous sacrifice to close out present
stock. Immense new steam factory soon
to be erected. Newspaper with much in
formation about cost of Pianos and Organs
sent free. Please address DANIEL F,
BEATTY. Washington. NJ. 1925
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NOTICE-In the County Court and

I OF Probate, Volusla County, Florida.
Notice is hereby given that after six
months publication of this notice, shall
apply to the County Judge of Volusia
County, for discharge from my admins
tration as administrator of the estate of the
late James NJ Elwood deceased.
Notice is also hereby given that all ac-
counts against said estate, not exhibited
to me within two years after the date of
my letters of administration of said estate,
to wit, the 3rd day of July A. d. 1877 will
be forver barred. OF which all creditors
and persons entitled to distribution will
take notice. A. r. ELWOOD,
administrator &c.
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NOTICE.
United States Land Office.
Gainesville, Florida, I

United States Land Office.)
Gainesville. Florida,
June %, 1875
COMPLAINT having been entered
v at this office by Charles c. Fuller
his homestead entry, No. 1885. made Au..
gust rS 3, 1s75~upon the of the n e of
Section 36, township IS. range 30 east
and lot No. 4 section 81 township 49, $,
range 81 east county, L lOrlua.
with a yley 10 5ns cancellation of said
entry. The parties are hereby summoned
to appear on the SOth day of July 1878 at
10 O'Clock NJ, to respond and furnish ltes-
timOny concerning said alle'-' abandon
ment beforeCharles B. Bucknoa, r.s. Com
missioner at Enterprise, Florida.
j. A. LEE, Register,
JOHN VARNUM, Receiver.
The hearing of the above is adjourned to
October II, 1878, at ten, A. NJ.
C. B. BUCKNOR, U. $. Commissioner.