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Do Your Best.

A gentleman once said to physician,
should think, doctor, that at night
you would feel so worried over the work
OF the day, that you would not be able to
sleep"
my head hardly touches the pillow
till fall asleep, replied the physician.
" made up my mind" he continued
at the commencement of my profession
al career, to do my best under all cirouro-
stances, and so doing, I am not troubled
by any misgivings
A good rule for us all to follow. Too
many are disposed to say, "No matter
how [ do this work now next time IN
do better" The practice is as bad as the
reasoning.
Said Sir Joshua Reynolds once to DR..
Samuel Johnson, Pray tell me, sir. bv
what means have you attained such ex-
traordinary accuracy and flow of Ian
guage in the expression Of your ideas ?"
II laid it down as fixed rule" re-
piled the doctor, " to do my best on every
occasion, and in every company to inn.
part what l know in the most foreibIe
language I can put it."
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
Christianity Not a Failure

Christianity failure Then man is
failure. Then the race is failure
Then the government of God is a failure.
The man whose face is scanned and ridged
all over with the fruits of vice says virtue
is failure. The bloated, besotted
drlveling inebriate says temperance is a
failure. The highwayman and the MUIR
derer says the law is failure. The
reckless violators of the law of health
say the science of medicine is a failure.
Pope Plus TX said the civilization of
the nineteeth century is failure. The
owl says light is failure. Is it any
wonder that men may be heard to say
that Christianity is failure? It's an
old cry every single century since Christ
1T has been sounded out. But somehow
this thing we call Christianity does not
ta1 And the charge of Christianity
failure never seemed quite so absurd as
In the high noon of this nineteenth CEN
fury. He only can make the charge
who shuts his eyes to some tremendous
facts and who is smitten with the notion
that his own little world Of doubt and
cavil is the whole wide word of thought
and feeling of to-day.-HerYick John
SON, ID. d.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
Why the Bible can Never Be-
come an Old Book.

The Bible is, of course, old in one
sense; and its very age is one of the
things that will keep it forever from be-
coming antiquated One of the charms
of the blessed book is, that it is a repos-
itory of original materials of history.
Every great historian spends large
amount of his time in examining the au-
thentic original records of the times un-
der his survey. Sometimes newly dis
covered scrap, only a few lines in length,
will give new coloring to many pages
OF his volume. Now, the Bible is an an
cient history, full of the richest variety
of incident, and extending over the great
epochs in the worlds progress. 1t is no
secondhand compilation, but an origi-
nal, fresh, and inspiriting record. This
can be appreciated without reference to
It's divine inspiration.
Bible will always have the interest of a
new book is, that it is associated with
the meoo heart. The Spirit uses the
Word in Regeneration. The newborn
soul has new insight into the Scrip
lures. The Christian, as he grows in
grace, finds increased enjoyment in the
Bible.
II used to think" said believer to
us, "that many portions of the Bible
were dry and uninteresting, even after
| became a Christian; but now l can
say that | find no part uninteresting. +"
A book that is so intimately connected
with the new life, being itself the foun-
tain Of life, cannot grow old. 1t is too
full Of the love of God in Christ to grow
old. The new hearts of every genera
ton of believers will keep the sacred
volume new or, rather, its own divine
inspiration and divine Instructions will
keep them ever finding something new
in it.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
The Romance of Christianity

NJ. Remains account of the Gaiilean
ministry of our Lord is an idyl, ro-
nance; but there are elements of truth
in 1T which had appeared from the tradi-
tlonal conception of our Lords earthly
life. The four gospels give us the i'm
preston that Jesus of Nazareth had a
great personal charm which was felt by
all sorts of people. 1 think that they
also give US the impression that at least
IN the earlier year of his ministry, this
charm was partly derived from his buoy
ancy OF spirit his animation, his innocent
delight in pleasant things, in trees and
flowers and birds, in the ripening corn,
IN the fresh air of the hills, and in the
shining waters Of the lake. The charm
was increased by his frank and alert in
terest In the common affairs of common
people; In their sowing and reaping. in
their building and fishing, as we'll as in
what we should call their religious life"
No one that wanted wedding to pass
Oft cheerily would have invited John the
Baptist; our Lord was a welcome guest.
Sometimes he went into the mountain
sohtudes to pray, and his home was al
ways with God even in the early
months of his ministry, the shadow Of
his final sorrows seems to have fallen on
him; but he did not remain on remote
heights, apart from the ordinary interests
of men, nor did the premonitions which
came to him of his supreme agony pre-
vent him from sympathizing deeply with
the common troubles of mankind or from
rejoicing in their gladness There is
kind of spiritual detachment which, even
when a man is surrounded by crowds,
separates him as completely from the in
terests of the rest Of the race as though
he were surrounded by thick monastic
walls, through which no sound of the
stormy winds and restless waves of the
outside world could penetrate, but this
seclusion is not illustrated and enforced
by the example of Christ, and it is plain
ly condemned by the. genial, generous.
cordial spirit of his teaching Good
Words.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
The Sabbath Question.

A deal of sentimental gush flows from
the lips of advanced thinkers" as they
call themselves, in reference to the Sab
bath question. We heard one recently
dilate upon the benefits of Sunday ex-
cursions to the poor workmen of cities.
He wished, he said, that he owned a
railroad. He would issue free tickets to
hundreds of these toilers and to their
families carry them into the country,
where their pale cheeks might be famed
with the sweet breezes and their eyes
might gaze on the lovely flowers and
babbling brooks, etc. He would not
have any whisky or beer, nor would he
distribute many tracts, but sacred con-
certs, gospel talks to groups and other
entertainments should fill up this ideal
Sabbath. This good minister really
thinks that this would be better way
for the poor to spend a summer Sunday
than church-going in the city. They
say, We have to work all the week and
why shouldn't we have a good time Sun
day We cannot afford to lose DAYS
wages between Monday and Saturday, of
course not, for we might lose our situa-
ton. The Lord g day comes conveniently
for this purpose. The Sabbath was made
for man, you know, therefore we have
right to seek our own pleasure on what
used to be called by the Puritans, Gods
holy day. Yes" chimes in another,
he also an evangelical preacher and a
city pastor, too" take a Sunday pa-
per, and by private arrangement with
my conscience O read it Monday. 1t is
good, if for nothing else, to show that
Gotten Mather is dead The Sabbath is
gone" He admitted that the Lords
day remains, and then attempted a weak
defense of this form of dissertation of the
day of worship by saying that work on a
Sunday paper is done mainly on Satur-
day its circulation is made early on
Sunday morning; much of its matter is
elevating; and that we must take things
as they are, for we cannot at once chance
" our belongings" A brother PROMPTLY
replied that the Black Crook was one of
our belongings. Shall we therefore pat
ronize this abomination The world
would never have heard Of Luther.
Cromwell, Whitefeld or a Wesley if
this idea had dominated them, that we
are to stoop to the level of sinful maxirns
and lead up" that we are to encourage
evil men by participating with them in
their sins in order to coax them out of
them. He told of four ministers be had
met day or two before who were drink |
ing wine and smoking together in a pub
lie restaurant, and asked if that were the
way to enforce practical goodness.
1t pains US to pen these lines. The |
prevailing sentiment Of Christian people
in regard to the Sabbath and other vital
questions Of the hour needs some health
ful tonic. Can we wonder at the wide
spread indifference to public worship,
the dearth Of revivals and other signs of |
worldliness about us, 50 long as such
ideas are promulgated by Christian min
listers?
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The GREAT BAPr1zER. A Bible History of
Baptism. By Samuel ]. Baird d. d. Svo,
PIP, 4S9. Philadelphia: James H. Baird.
The author states in his Preface that this vol
ume is an attempt to lift the subject of Baptism
out of the low rut in which 1t has traversed,
and to render its Investigations the means of
enlightening the minds of and filling the hearts
of Gods people with those conceptions which
the ordinance was designed to stimulate. The
work lis divided into Fifteen Parts, and treats
of Baptism at Sinai, The Visible Church, Sprink-
lings, Ritual Self Washings, The Purifying OF
the Jews, Johns Baptism, Christ's Baptism, The
Baptist Argument, Baptismal Regeneration,
The New Testament Church, Christian Baptism,
The Family and the Children. &c.
DIR. Baird is known to the Church as a divine
of acute and vigorous mind. and he seems to
have made deep study of this subject His
learning is wide and abundant. The subject
is treated in new manner-he leaves the
beaten paths. The treatise is therefore very
suggestive. and starts number of new ques
tons We think it valuable contribution to
the literature of the subject. That the baptisms
OF the Old Testament were many of them
sprinklings we think is clearly demonstrated
We do not agree with the writer that the
proselyte baptism of the Jews was introduced
after our Era, and we take decided exception to
the remarkable views presented in Part XIV.
on The New Testament Church. In this chapter
he undertakes to show that so far as the Jews
are concerned the ceremonial law has never
been abrogated, but remains in full force, and
that Christianlsed Jew of to-day is bound to
observe the rite of circumcision and to obey the
precepts of Moses. We confess that this is
something little startling. and, as appears to
us, would lead to important consequences 1t
would involve, we should think, the rebuilding
of the Temple and the re establishment of the
rites of sacrifice in connection with the Mosaic
ritual The sacrifice of Christ has swept away
the offering of the blood of bulls and goats
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26

The SEASON for August Lady's illustrated
magazine. Containing the newest Paris fash
ions and the ost elegant designs in fancy-work,
needlework, embroidery. crochet, etc. New
York; The international News Company, 81
Beekman street. Price 80 cents.
WIDE AWAKE for August An Illustrated
Magazine for Young People D. Lothrop &
Co., publishers, Boston.
The HOUSEHOLD PICTURE Book. Published
BY Farm and Fireside Company, Springfield,
CATALOGUE of the officers and students of Fisk
University, Nashville, Tennessee for the college
year 1872.
CATALOGUE of the Steubenville (Ohio) Female
Seminary, for the year ending June 18th, 1882.
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CAMPS IN THE ROCKIES. Being a narrative of
Mountains, with an account of the Cattle
Ranches of the West. By VIM. A Baltic
Grohman, K. c. E. H., author of the "Tyrol
and Tyrolese" &c. N. York: Charles Serb
ner Sons. Price $175.
The narrative is written without any preten-
sion to style. 1t is a homely picture of the
hunters camp-l life in some of the most unfre
quented portions of the Rocky Mountains. 1t
is, no doubt, drawn from life or seen by the
writer,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-07-26
Recent Publications.

NOAH WEBSTER. By Horace E Scudder,
American Men of Letters.l Houghton, Milf
fin & Co., Boston.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
WORK OF THE SPECIAL SESSION.
THE act RELITING TO TIE CODE.

AN ACT to correct certain typographical errors in
. the Code of Civil Procedure and in the General
Statutes and to amend Section S4 of the same.
SECTION |. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority Of the same:
That the commission charged with the Sill
pervision of the printing Of the General Stat
ltes and of the Code Of Procedure be author
lied and instructed to correct the clerical er
ror in the enrolled Act entitled can Act for
revising and consolidating the General Stat
utes of the State" approved February, 1892,
whereby Section 200 of the Code of Procedure
was made to read as follows ''No defendant
may be arrested us hereinafter prescribed in
the following cases." so that the said section
shall read 1.-The defendant may be arrested
as hereinafter prescribed in the following
cases."
SEC g That said commissioners be further
authorized and instructed to omit from the
published copies of the Code of Civil Proce-
dure the words occurring by clerical error in
Section 400 of the enrolled copy thereof as
follows Except to prove the fact of mar
riage in case of bigamy, and except to prove
personal injury by the one to the other, or to
any infant child of the other"
SEC. 3. That Section SO4 of the General
Statutes as adopted in 1882 corresponding to
Section $50 of said Statutes as published, be
amended by adding at the end Of said section
the words ''such a salary to commence from
the first day of November, a. d. 1872
Approved July 5, n. d. 1882.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

A DOCTOR'S SBLUNDER.-The following case
of using chloroform with fatal results is re-
ported from Charleston under date of July 4.
1t should be warning against the too fire.
uuent resort to anpsthetics even when admins
tered by skillful physician, as we suppose
was the case in the instance here cited. Says
the dispatch
Mrs. Loten Reed was buried few days ago.
She was a young married lady of social prom
inence and her death resulted from the care
less use of chloroform Owing to the efforts
of the physicians to keep the matter quiet the
facts have but just come ont. Mr.. Reed, the
husband, did not know that there was any
thing the matter with his wife until he was
informed of her death. She has been ailing
slightly for some time and the family physi-
clan told her that a simple and not dangerous
operation was necessary. A day was fixed tor
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
TIE VACANT RECr0RATE.

The Episcopal congregations Of Rock Hill
and Yorkville have been without rector ever
since the death of Rev. R. P. Johnson, about
the first of last May, until recently they lave
secured the services of Rev. Augustine Prem
tss, of Augusta, Ga, who has been ordained
as a Deacon. He ollici;,ted for the first time
in the Church of the Good Shepherd at this
place last Sunday, and his dscourses at both
morning and evening service were able and
instructive, evincing a depth of fervor in his
calling, degree of theological attainment and
a command of language that give abundant
promise of faithful and able servant in the
Masters vineyard
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democratic voters Of the county are re-
minded that Saturday next, the 18th instant,
is the day appointed for electing delegates to
the County Convention to meet in Iorkville
on the Goth. BY notice of the Secretary OF the
Executive Committee, it will be seen that the
election will he held at each precinct from 2
p. m. until p. m., and will be conducted by
three managers for each precinct to he appoints
ed by the member of the Executive Commit
tee in whose territory the precinct lies.
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the operation and Dr. r. A. Kinloch appeared
at her house, on Logan street, aecompaniedby
Doctors Simons and Pelzer, who desired to
witness the operation. Mrs. Reed, however,
refused to allow them in the room, saying that
DR.. Kinloch alone should perform the opera
ton. Simons and PelZer therefore went into
the parlor, where they were told by DIR. Kin
lOch that after he had put Mrs. Reed under
the influence of chloroform they could come
into the chamber. In Il few moments they
were told to come in, and us they entered DR..
Knloch remarked to DR.. SimOns :"1ou had
better look after the chloroforming." DR.. ST.
mons did so. He went to the bedside and
placed his finger Oh Mrs. Reeds pulse. 1t had
ceased to beat. She was dead and the frantic
efforts of the doctors to apply restOratives were
futile A message was sent to Mr.. Reed that
his wife was dead. 1t was given out that the
lady had died from natural causes in order to
shield the reputation Of the physicians and
prevent an inquest. The facts, as they have
come out, have made a sensation in fashona-
be society. DR.. Kinloch has always enjoyed
high reputation as a physician and surgeon.
His careless use of chloroform is not under
stood
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
CONCERNING PHYSICIANS.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
Regulate the Licensing of Physicians and Sur
geOns."
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted, by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sambly, and by the authority Of the same
That Section of in Act entitled can Act to
regulate the licensing of physicians and sur
geons," approved December II, 1881, be, and
is hereby, stricken out, and the following sub
stituted in lieu thereof
''SEC. 9. From and after the 1st day of
June, 1882, every person now duly authorized
to practice physic and surgery within this
State, and every person hereafter duly author
lied to practice physic and surgery, shall, be-
fore commencing to practice, register in the
office of the clerk of the court of the county
where he is practicing or intends to commence
the practice of physic and surgery, in book
to be kept by said clerk, his name, residence
and place of birth, together with his authority
for so practicing physc and surgery as pre-
scribed in this Act. The person so registering
shall subscribe and verify by oath or affirma-
ton, before person duly qualified to admin
lister oaths under the laws Of the State, al
affidavit containing such facts, and whether
such authority is by diploma or license, and
the date Of the same, and by whom granted,
which, if wlfully false shall subject the atiiant
to conviction and punishment for perjury.
The said clerk of the Court to receive fee of
twenty-five (25) cents for such registration, to
be paid by the person so registering Provi-
ded, That any registration made in cOnformi-
ty to the provisions of the Act herein amend
ed, are hereby confirmed and made valid.
Approved July 5, A. D., 1882.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

TIE GROWING CoTToN CROP.-The statis-
tical returns of the department of agriculture
ut Washington for July, which are very full,
show that cotton has improved since the first
of June, its average condition being three
points better OIL the first of July from Fir-
ginia to Georgia, and west of the Mississippi
every State shows higher figures. From Flor
ida to Mississippi and Tennessee the condition
has slightly declined. The general average is
%, which is higher than in July Of 1878 and
1874, and lower than in any other year of the
past ten. 1t was 93 in 1877 and 1879 and 95
last July. This condition is due to the late,
wet spring, and is rapidly and generally i'm
proving under favoring skies. The figures
for the several States are Virginia IS, North
Carolina 90, South Carolina 0S, Georgia 81,
Florida %, Alabama 93, Mississippi 81,
Louisiana Sc, Texts 81, Arkansas 50, Tennes-
see 7S. In Texas and South Carolina the cOn-
dition is better than in July Of 1881, and the
same as at that date in Louisiana. The draw
backs reported are those of the past, and are
materially deficient stands, slow growth and
general backwarLness. But there is a marked
absence of present unhealthy condition. The
returns are nearly unanimous i'll indicating a
good degree of vigor and rapdity of growth.
Thus far there is only loss of time for develop
ment and fruitage. Future favorable condi-
tions may make good the deficiency, but unfa-
vorable weather in July and August would
make full crop impossible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
DRY WEATHER.

A general complaint Of want of rain reaches
us from nearly every section of the county.
In some localities there has been no rain since
May, and as Il consequence corn and cotton
are suffering much for want of moisture. We
learn that several branches have dried up
earlier than last year, when the severe drought
prevailed; and wells in town are already
bprnninr to fail
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

is kept under lock and key for the present,
as also another flower from the same bouquet.
The first one has a dirty green corolla, just
as it appeared when first noted, and the flow
er proper has sort of waxy look. The other
has natural look.'' The supposition is that
the white powder on the large rose was in
tended for the condemned man to swallow
and terminate his life by poison; but what
part he took in the scheme will probably never
be known.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
TIME OF H0LDING ELECTIONS.

The Joint Resolution proposing Constitu-
tional amendment relating to the time of
holding elections provides that the following
amendment to Section II, Article II, of the
Constitution be submitted to the qualified
electors Of the State at the next general elec-
ton, to wit
That Section II, of Article II, of the Cen
stitution of this State, as amended, be, and is
hereby, stricken out, and the following insert
ed in lieu thereof ''The general election for
Senators and Representatives shall be held in
every second year, in such manner, at such
time, and at such places as the Legislature
may prOYidan