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A Apele for are to the Sextant.
BY A. CASPER.


A Apele for are to the Sextant.
BY a. GASPEk
This poem ought to be printed every
vear or so. on an average. and even then
"a. ,o,,o,s will Mt ,>a to- ,,o,, lo,r,ad1
iVS ioooono al NV w WV "oiA i0"i "o"I
@ Sextant of the meetinhouse which sweeps
"a a"sts or is sunno.ed to, and makes t,res
Aud htes the gas and sometimes leaves a screw
loose
Tn which case IT smells orful-vus than lamp lie.
And wrings the Bel and toles it, aud sweeps
paths;
And for these servases gifts 800 per annum;
yU;oh +ba,o that thinks tic deer lat en- try if.
f,;tt.n nm before starta in all wethers and
r;a,; q &C ,,,a,, tho ,va,bsr is co1d
:. . 80 80 lib 90 not or,.en wood for kindltns
wordn,t he hired to do if for no some:l
p,,t y scent thor. is one lermoditv
WITH more than envtbiug except the Sole of Man,
= r,o.r nawer Are Seytant mean newer Arei
Ait is nlentv ont dores. so plenty it domino
WHIT on ,;rtb II dew with itse,f but fize about
so.tor;n 1a.ves and hlow;u off mems hats.
In sbort ito lest a , free a. Are ont dores.
pnt n se,tant, in our church its scarce as piety
soarco &c hankb,lls when aiunts t,eg for mshuns.
yubiob srn COW is nurtv often. faint notbin TO me
WIT oiva amt nutbin to nobodv hut q Sex
+.rt,
Won shut 500 men women and children,
srasbiIv the latter up in tite place
SIM bas hretbs. none of EN- aint too sweet.
Sum feverv sum scroaus. sum has bad teeth,
DIT overv ono of en- hrethes in and ont and ont and
~
Gov 20 times minnet. or million and half breths
an hour:
Now how long will church full of Are last at that
rate?
ask YOU; say Is minuets, and thea what's to be
dide
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The ONLY LINE running
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS AND DAY COACHES
FROM
Washington, Richmond, Charlottesville, Waynes
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CINCINNATI and LOUISVILLE.
Connecting dill ect for all points in the WE T and
SUUTH EST.
Schedule in effect:
DECEMBER 9th. 1882.
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Pure liy4 VII skey patented and m inufacturrd ny
Mr. H. Reset b. i'm, II Is bu doug ~ Ice TO aim
ihdiyldtaly and confer ing a favor upon those who
desil have need Tor an arlic OF undoubted pu-
rity and unsurpassed in quailty.
Nr Roserheim under lie ters patent and is for sa
by him ii>ively. There l. no similar a-iic'e on
and excel nee. should he in the cabinet OF every
one no vaLps fine a. pure article SO Tree from n,
has it haen manu- sactur d. thar Il is largely PrescIib
I'd by the medical profession in "a es reqni ing
sfimuiant. As heretofore stared This d,.e Whiskty
can be ,btajned only a. the Wholesale Warert"ms
of MIR Rnsrr helm. No 375 est Baltim re Street.
This Whiskey is five and eight years old
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Central presbpterlan.
OFFICE:

OFFICE:
No. 1o15 Main street, opposite the Post Office.
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ESPoND NCE.
Letter from Davidson College, N. C.
NAV 9th 1899

heCter from DAVIDSON ColleBei IN. y.
MAY 9th, 1888.
MeSS7S. EditorS,-Most of your readers
will be interested in some items from one
of our distinctively Presbyterian colleges.
Like Hampden Sidney, Davidson will
have changes in her faculty next year.
In response to the Church's call for min
listers, Prof Latimer has resigned to take
charge OF the Second church in Memphis
Prof Carson goes there also, to go into
business at his old home. They will be
greatly missed, and the college gives them
up with much regret.
Rev. Dr. Boggs, of Columbia Seminary,
preached two striking sermons here two
weeks ago. Last Saturday night and
Sunday morning, the congregation had
the pleasure of hearing Dr.. Miller, of
Charlotte, and Rev. S. Taylor Martin, at
night.
Seventy-two of the 118 students are
members of the church. There are 16
regular candidates for the ministry; and
others, an increasing number it is hoped,
not yet under care of Presbytery The
Y. M. G. A. has lately received an impe-
tus from the visit of Mr.. L. D. Wishard,
the Jealous Secretary OF the Inter r-colle-
giate Y. M. G. A.
The congregation has always worship
ped in the college chapel; though still
small, it has grown beyond the capacity
of the chapel, and they expect soon to
build church, and then call pastor.
At present they hear DR.. Hepburn in the
morning, and Prof. Latimer at night
but while there could be no better and
more acceptable preaching than that oi
these Professors, their college duties pre-.
vent their undertaking pastoral work.
DIR. Hepburn is to deliver the Bacca-
laureate sermon at the University o.
North Carolina, and at Peace Institute
Raleigh. He always breaches the spe
cial sermon to the senior class here.
Mr.. Bennett H. Young of Louisville
DR.. Stuart Robinson's son-in- law, has &C
cepted the students invitation to deliver
the address before the societies at com
mencement. D.
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VOL. 18---NO. 40

3. That Home Mission Societies be organized
when practicable, and that the monthly concert
OF prayer be made to include Home as we'll as
Foreign Missions
4 The attention of Presbytery is called to the
tact that we draw more from the Invalid
Fund than we contribute. and pastors are
urged to present this cause to their congrega-
tions with more faithfulness
.. That 1T is the duty of the committee of
Home Missions to visit at least once a year,
each of the churches receiving aid from the
Home Mission Fund, and to do all in their
power to develop the resources of the fields
themselves.
Rev. G. A. Wilson was added to the per-
manent committee on Home Missions.
Missionary Supphes.-One Sabbath each
Walkers Creek, G. A. Miller; Big Island, B. W.
Moseley; Craig county, W. R. Coppedge and R.
K. Houston Mercer county, w. T. Hall, VIII.
Ochiltree, E. T. Hoge; Locust Bottom ]. M.
Rawlings W. C. Campbell; Olive Branch, John
Ruff; Rich Patch, E. W. McCorkle. At dis
cretion, j. G Shepperson, P. B Price D. Blain,
9. A. Wilson, E. c. Gordon, w. A. Dabney, K
P. Julian, w. E. Carr.
Leave was granted Rev. A W. Ruff to labor
out of the bounds of Presbytery.
Adjourned to meet at Bufordsville Friday
June lst, 1883, at o'clock P. NJ, to receive
the responses of Catawba, Bethel and Sinking
Creek churches in regard to the resignation of
their pastor, Rev. W. R. Coppedge. and to at
tend to any other business that may be regularly
brought before Presbytery. P. B. PRICE.
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Church would gladly
w. A. CAMPBELL.
''esbyterian.
i Seminary.
on Tuesday, May
IN session until Thurs
the thirteen Directors


They attended u. 4 the examinations every
morning, and were pleased with the promptness
and accuracy with which the students answered.
The report of the Faculty showed that twenty
eight students had been in attendance during
the session, viz in the Senior class, 2 in the
Middle class 16 in the Junior class, and 6 in
the Special class.
The graduating class was composed of T. F.
Boozer, of South Carolina T. C. Whaling, of
Virginia W. c. Fleming. of Virginia and II.
B. Zeruow, of South Carolina. Certificates were
delivered to these on Thursday by Rev. Prof j.
L. Girardeau, and then an address was made by
the Rev. DR.. B. M. Palmer.
The report of the agent showed that about
$4,000 had been paid into the treasury during
the past year for the purpose of increasing the
endowment The Board requested the agent to
continue his work for two years longer.
The death of DR.. Howe was announced and
suitable minute was adopted Prof. C. R.
Hemphill, who has been the q Associate Profess
sor" with Dr. Howe, was made the Professor of
Biblical Literature and Exegesis of Scripture"
DR.. Howe has bequeathed about 2,4Oo vol
umes to the Seminary. This makes the number
VI NOlulueS III our W DC ABOUT Zo,OOU
AS the accommodations for keeping these are
utterly insufficient, the Executive Committee
were directed to inquire as to the cost of FIRE
proof library building capable of holding 90 900
books. Also to inquire into the cost of chang
ing the present library building into one that
will be fre-proof and with capacity three
times as great as it now has
The Board directed the Executive Committee
to secure the services of a teacher of Elocution,
so that the students can receive a course of les
sons in this department next session
1t was not deemed advisable to elect Pro-
fessor of " Pastoral Theology and Sacred
Rhetoric" at this meetingi and the time of the
inauguration of Professors Hemphlll and Boggs
was fixed for September 10Th, 1888
The Hon. James Hemphill was elected Presi-
dent for the coming year. the Rev. ]. B. Mack
Secretary, and Mr.. T. A. McCreery, Treasurer.
The following resolution was adopted
That this Board request Professor James
Woodrow to give fully his y sws (as taught in
this Institution upon Evolu On as respects the
world, the lower animals, aud man. in the Oc-
tober number of the Southern Presbyterian RI
Uieto-or as soon thereafter as possible"
The Board adjourned to meet on Wednesday,
September 10Th, at m.
j. B. MACK. Secretary
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Assignments for Evangelistic Labor in
West Hanovar Praahvtaru

Under Rules 30 and 30 of the Manual:
Rev. 81. ii. Mclean Amherst and Nelson.
X. II. Dabney, Appomattox c. H. and Byrd.
I: D. Bell, Cove and Trinity.
Chas. White, Cumberland and Jamestown
II. II. Hawes, Gordonsville and Rivanna
j. G. Painter, Kirk O the Cliff and Lebanon
G. Stokes, Maysville and New Store
ii. ?. r. Mccoy, Olivet and Tabor.
G. L. Petrie, Orange and Waddel
l.. B. Johnston, Providence
Hugh Henry Rockfsh and Scottsville.
E. Woods, Bethel, S. Plains, and Slate Hill
I. S. Witherow, West Goochland
Vacant Churches and Fields.-Rev L. B.
Johnston, ST. James and Louisa G. H.
l. The committee recommends that the min
listers in charge of the several churches have dis
cretion to exchange the supplies, as seems best,
with the consent of those supphes-provided
only, that the Both Rule be complied with and
the weeks joint services be secured to each
church.
2. That Presbytery grant permits to the fol-
lowing students IN our seminary to labor during
vacation this summer as here suggested Mr. G.
] Ralston in Appomatox church, Mr.. Thomas
Mowbray in Amherst county, under Dr. Dabney
or Rev. G. Stokes, as needed Mr.. w. o. Stez hen
at Willis's church
g. That Providence church be at once re-
opened and grouped with Byrd and Rivanna
under one pastor.
4. That the chairman of our committee of
Home Missions be directed to correspond with
the committee of Home Missions of East Hano-
yer in regard to the supply of Hebron and the
Coalfeld region, which field we have felt obliged
to abandon. H. H. HAYES,
Acting Chairman.
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Home Missions.
BY RICHARD M 'ILwAINE, D. D, SECRETARY.
Financial
j. B. MACK. Secretary.

The receipts for April, 1888, as compared
with the same month of last year are:
1882. 1888.
Sustentation, S1,15l SO $943 20
Evangelistic Fund, 35l 55 100 l9
Gain during the month, $149 4s
This is the first month Of the new year. 1t
is encouraging to begin with gain, although
it is so small. The friends of the cause ought
to remember, however, that the increase in the
work which has been made, presupposss cor
responding increase in the funds to sustain it.
In order to meet fully the demands of the case
our receipts ought to double every month dur
ing the year A number Of the Presbyteries
have been impelled to send out evangelists into
their destitute regions, and others are taking
steps to do so at once. The Executive Commit
tee have already made large appropriations in
aid Of this work. An addition of twenty-five
to the force now in the field is at once called foi
and so soon as they are commissioned, at least
as many more will be wanted.
This department of effort must continually
grow. It's success also neeesstates the rapid
increase of the Sustentation Fund, 30 that the
newly organized and feeble churches may be
ASoeSAOA anu VhSOAAc .OuA AOiOibh pOpuld-
ton is increasing at a rapid rate. Our vast
destitutions are being continually brought to
light by the development Of the country, and
must be supplied. Real progress was made last
year. Shall it be continued and perpetuated =?
We need at least 800 900 for Home Missions
Just about double the receipts Of last year. II
we are to get it, we cannot wait for the annual
collections, but must 60 to work now and keep
at it. The money is in the hands Of Gods peo-
pie. We want TO see it flowing into the treasu-
ry and then out into the feld Oor brethren
are hard at work bearing Che heat and burden
Of the day
Our little churches a struggling hard to
hold up the banner Of the Gospel and Of Pres
byterianism Applications for help are coming
in thick and fast The churches and the preach.
ers look to the Executive Committee The Ex-
ecutive Committee turns to our Christian peo-
pie. God expects every one TO do his duty
The Meaning of our Appeals for Money
Are they sordid This seems to be the opinion
Of some But they do not consider that the in-
crease Of our funds represents 80 many addition
al laborers engaged in Christs work so many
new centres Of Christian light and truth estab-
! lished so many houses Of worship erected 90
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-Messrs Moody and Sankey, the
evangelsts, arrived in New York last Monday
morning after eighteen months labor in Eng
land and France During that time Mr. Moody
preached daily and Mr.. Sankey sang. At a
meeting in the Cooper Union, Monday evening,
Mr. Sankey said that greater results had been
accomplished by this series of labors than by
the previous one At fret they had held two
meetings daily, but the attendance increased SO
rapidly chat as many as eleven meetings had to
be held each day. They had been kindly re-
ceived and well treated by the English clergy
as well as by the dissenters from the Established
Church At many towns in England it was net
UNUSUAL for 1900 people to be collected at a
single meeting. In France, his hymns as soon
az sung, were translated into French, after
which they were sung with zest by the Paris
ians. Mr.. Moody was not present on account
Of not having recovered from the effects Of the
sea voyage On Tuesday morning Mr. Sankey
left for his home in Newcastle Pa Mr. Moody
goes TO Nortb6eld Mass.
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed
tie bill prohibiting any attempt to personate
any being recognized as divinity in the Old or
New Testament in any public performance.
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For the Central Presbyterian.
The Assembly's Minutes.

The Presbytery of Mississippi has sent
the following overture to the Assembly :
To distribute the Minutes Of the Assem-
bly, to the Presbyteries pro rata Of Pres
byterial assessments. The Minutes are
advertised for sale at the rate of sixty
cents copy. Last year there were sold
$3.50 worth, .. e., seven hundred copies
Cor say eight hundred), which is 40 per
cent Of the whole number printed. The
cost Of Publishing and mailing was 1902
SO, that means that the outgo on this Job
was $3.50 more than the income. At
least 200 copies, if these fgnres be cor
rect, are left on hand as dead stock, while
many of our ministers might be made
wiser and happier men if a copy were in
their hands. What are the Minutes for ?
Surely not to accumulate year after year.
Why print $500 worth when $400 worth
would meet the demand2 The Church
cannot afford to waste $400 year, worse
than waste it. Would not the adoption
of the Mississippi overture enable the AS
sembly to save shelf room, to say nothing
Of giving information to churches and
ministers who never see the Minutes2
CHESAPEAKE.
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NESDAY, MAY 16, 1883

many bands of believers gath, encouraged
and strengthened 1t means t - rogress and
the final triumph of Gods xii Z m. For il
ought not to be forgotten that 2.,ng as the
Church is in the world it must bs sustained by
the means and energies of its children. and that
1t is only as these are freely bestowed that the
divine blessing can be expected. 1t is absurd
and without warrant from Scripture, to suppose
that God will intervene to save our land from
infdellty and anarchy, if we refuse to do what
we can for its evangelization.
The venerable Samuel Miller, D. D., of Prince
ton, said, in substance fifty years ago, that all
our prayers for the upbuilding of Christs Church
will avail nothing unless we are willingto give
our means and efforts for its accomplishment.
Money, then, is an essential factor in the con-
quest of our country for Christ, and its bestow-
ment represents the piety the zeal and the love
of those who give it. Judged by this standard
how feeble are the Christian affections of many
of our people How sadly they need, for their
own growth in grace, to enter upon a new line
of things, and to begin to lead new life How
dreadfully Zion languishes, because they will
not come to her help
The Real State of Things
The Executive Committee is now under obli-
cation to pay, on July l, from the Evangelistic
Fund, over SIS, 900 more than is in the treasury,
and on October l, from the Sustentation Fund
over $4,000 more than is on hand New appli-
cations for assistance. too, are coming in every
week 1t is necessary, therefore, if the work is
not to be seriously hindered that our Christian
people shall send in their gifts to the treasury,
and continue to supply it abundantly. 1t will
be highly discouraging to the brethren in the
weaker Presbyteries, and damaging to the work
throughout our bounds, if the advance achieved
has to be checked by enforced curtailment.
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LOUISVILLE, April 10th, 1883

LOUISVILLE April I5tn, 1905.
John Mcleod, Esq, General Superintendent L.,
N. A. and c. Raill0ay Louisville, Ky
Dear Sir,-In the future operations of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railway, it
is directed that so far as possible no work be
DONE or trains be run, upon the Sabbath day.
You will on the first of May stop all trains on
the Sabbath except the evening passenger one.
Some questions concerning mail transportation
have arisen, and if this train is not required
shall issue further order concerning it. In
case of perishable goods or live stock it may be
necessary to do some work, but you will avoid
this where it can safely and properly be done.
You will In the future no excursion trains
of any kind, for any purpose, on the Sabbath.
This order applies to camp-meeting trains. If
Christian people cannot find other places for
worship this company will not violate divine
and civil law, and deny its employees the essen
tal rest of the Sabbath to carry them to camp
meeting grounds.
l am also informed that number of the COM
panys employees have conscientious scruples
against any work on the Sabbath. There are
likely others who do not feel so strong on this
subject. Under no ordinary circumstances must.
any employe, who objects on the grounds of his
religious convictions, be ordered or required to
do any service on the Sabbath.
If any difficulties arise in the execution OF
this regulation you will please report them to
me for consideration, and you will also notify
the employees Of their right on conscientious
grounds to be fully protected in the Observance
of day of rest l remain, yours truly,
BENNETT III. You've, President
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The best friendship is friendship to the
soul.
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John Mcleod Esq, General Superintendent L.
". a and G. RaiLa0au LonisuiMe KA
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Railroads and Sunday Trains.

The following order has been issued
by the President Of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago Railway.
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Entered at the Post-O Office at Richmond, Va, as
second-clas matter.
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ministry, VIII
support?
For t.
Colunbi~

The Board
Sth, 1888, and
day afternoon.
were present.