The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
n TRUE TEST.
The Merit Of Religion, Govern
ment, Persons and Things
Must Rest Upon a
Basis Of Worth.
Christian at Work.

The true test of any religion is the
effect it produces upon the lives of
those who profess it. And, indeed, the
test of real merit everywhere must be
the power it possesses of accomplishing
desirable results. In this age Of the
world men are not judged by what they
claim t. be able to do, but by what they
can do not by what they are reputed
to be, but by what they are. Here il.
where the religion of our WI country
rises superior to the faith of Moham-
medan or Hindoo lands for while there
is much hypocrisy in the church. and
far too much worldliness, there is yet
an absence of those sensua. an brutal
elements which characterlzes the reiig-
ions Of Arabia and the Ganges.
This principle is equally + in ali
other departments of life. The same
rule which applies to persons is equally
applicable to things. Unqucstloned
merit must characterize them all, or
they cannot be acceptable, much less
popular. The clear and well arranged
lecture delivered by DE-. Chas. Craig
before the Metropolitll Scientific As
ISOLATION Appeared in the columns Of
this paper a short time since. la this
lecture so many truths were brought 10
light bearing directly upon, aud affect
ing the interests of, the entire commu-
nifty. These facts. as stated by The
doctor in his lecture, have been dis
cussed in the columns of the religious
press to a considerable extent in the
past, and that, too, by very.promlnent
personageS. y few yeaIs ago the Rev.
j. +. Rankin. ID. D., Of Washington,
who is prominently known among the
Congregational denominations Of the
country, published an article upon the
same subject which drew forth mo
bitter replies from prominent physi-
DR.. Rankin published long communlca-
tons in the New York Mdependent, the
Boston Conyregdtiondttst and the Chi
cage AdudRce reiterating his former
statements and strongly emphasizing
them. In these articles DIR. Rankin
frankly stated he was as strongly con
WINGED Of the efficacy of the means used
as he was that the Genesee river emp
tied into Lake Ontario. He further
said: Il have known, too, OF its use In
similar cases by physicians OF the high
est character and standing. aud | want,
in the interest of humanity, to recon-
mend Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure"
Now, while very few people are af-
ticted as severely as was DR.. Craig, or
the cases Dir. Rankin refers to, still it is
a lamentable fact that the great MAORI
ty of people, in all parts Of the land, are
suffering to a greater or less extent
from ill health and that this lack Of
health arises from either disordered
kidneys or liver. Some additional
facts, from the highest sources, of spe-
cial interest upon a subject Of such IN
poltance to the community, have,
therefore, been collected by this paper,
and are herewith given:
Rev. d. w. Bartine, NJ. d., ID. d.,
is known in all parts Of the land "a a
prominent aud efficient leader in the
Methodist denomination. In speaking
upon this same subject as shown in his
own experience he said: Some few
months since | touLd myself suffering
from a kidney difficulty which | knew
to be the first stages OF Bright disease.
BY the use of IA reliable test | found
t at my system was giving Oft albumen,
and IN some instances III a c0agulated
state. also suffered severely from
dropsy, particularly about tie ankles.
together with slight pains about the
ki,ipeys, arrangement of digestion and
great drync>s of the skin | had at all
timee thirst, and Of course this was fol-
lowed by IA gradual failing of strength.
This was about the t tate of things when
| commenced using the preparation
known as Warmers Safe kidney and
Liver Cure. | took about six table
~spoonfuls every day for a week, and
found all my symptoms decidedly i'm
proving. | continued ~taklngthc RENE
dy until | entirely recovered"
In a COMMUNICATION made by Rev
DR.. G.. A. Harvey, the well known
financial and educational secretary of
Howard University, Washington, ID
&. the doc or SAYS:
II have Tor the past few gears been
acquainte with the remedy known II
Warmers Safe X iney and Liver Cule
nd with its remarkable curative efficacy
in obstinate and so-calIed imcurabl,
casees of Bright's disease which occur
red in this city. In some Of thes,
cases, which seemed to be in the la>i
stages and had been given up 10y prac-
TONERS of beth school, the speedy cures
which were wrought by this romed,
seemed to be little less than miraculous.
am COW need that for Brieht's d.
ease in all its stages, including those
first symptoms of kidney troubles which
are 50 easily overlooked, but are 50
t,aught with danger. 10 remedy hereto
fore di>co,ercd can be held for one mo
ment in comparison with This. aud |
hope that Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure may become as widely
known as Is the existence Of the mlla
dies which it will cure
Rev. a. G. kend!ick, D. ID. IL. D.,
who is Professor Of Hebrew and Greek
in the University Of K ,ches
ter, n. Y, and who is one of the Amer
CON p. v;SorS nf the wv Tast,na,t In