The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02

pirate Thanksgiving Sermon
DUE WEST; :: c., Nov. 80; 1885,
Miss Mary Ray is visiting her brother II
Mr.. John W. Ellis made n flying visit t.
RI Rev. W. +. Pearson preached at Troy
last Sabbath. :,
HOg-killfng was pretty geherallS ihooiseo
Regular m ,nthly meeting of the Foreign
Missionary Society Tomorrow tThursday)eVe
ming. -..o.t ~ ho
c0unoisspur in such matters say that the pref
test and most stylish looking young, lazy II
the Female College sits on the front bench O
the "Amen corner Of the A. X. L. church
Mr.. I. G. Kennedy and bride. nee Miss Leill
Wardlaw, attended the a. n. X. church las
Sabbath afternoon. r..
Christmas Eve is the time fixed upon fol
one matrimonial soirce: we are h"S posi-,
as TO hen the other twenty-five u thii'9
Miss Jennie Greer and Miss Julia Kennedy
left Pensacola yesterday for J~ackSonfliie
where they are now visiting. from ie,tt,1 bo -
visit to the Land of Flowers as one OF unai
Some one at DR.. Grier's must be deeply IN
tereSted in the new combination hoe: Inls
inference is drawn from the fact that TIT
agent for that article puts In q great dcal o
his time when here at the Doctors:
If all the matrimonial umors efloat be truc
Due Vests stock OF unmarried laoitS WIZ
soon be depleted, and the place become 6
bowling wilderness in one respect at least.
Why is it that those ladies who fasclnate
and captiva,e every gentleman with wh0n
they come in contact are always unpopular
Col. Lewis NJ, Grist of the Yorkville Enqui,
rer is the most patriotic man In the business
He invariably spells the word nation" Gamer
ican) with a big
RI ~. .oo~l 1f fl}c ~ frX- nnynr do nnV,
thing worse on the Sabbath day than reao
newspapers, whether printed on that day OF
on any other day in The week. we lmaglnE
that they will fare pretty well when the ma!
reckoning is made. The newspaper IS w.
Gates, in the sense in which we use That term
must elevate and refine instead of deinoraliZt
and degrade Otherwise we had just MS well
close up all our institutions OF learning.
Who would have thought that the weak
trembling old man who WAS nominated fol
the Presidency by the Democrats at 81. LOUIS
in 1876 would outlive the hale, hearty GENIE
who was associated with him on the tick,
ct? But so 1t is. Mr.. Hendricks has. lolneo
the "great majority" while the Sage OF Gram
mercy still lives, with his prospects Tor lengtt
OF days apparently as good as when, h!ne
years ago, he was elected PRESIDENT Oh LII
United States.
The respect paid throughout the South tC
President Clevcland's proclamation settine
apart last Thursday rs a day OF thankSgilVlhe
ana DTdlSG ~ NrSu vi ITO SON'>
to us rs a people and the general observance
Of the OCCASION us such, would seem TO lndl
cate the fulfilment Of the prediction mace oy
the lamented President Lincoln In his speech
the meeting held to inaiguratc the Gcttys'
burg Memorial Association. On Chat occasion
MIR, Lincoln said: 1.-THE mystic chords OF
memory. stretching from every patriotS grave
to every living heart and hearthstone,. VIII
when touched, as they surely will be, by the
better angels OF our nature
The war of words between "R. S. g." Sena'
tor Henderson and Editor Drayton has CONS
to an end and every thing is lovely: "R. 3
G. has apologlZed to Henderson and Drayton
Henderson, and DraytOn have apolosizcd t
$. g." and the three seen: to have merged
themselves into q very enthusiastic llttle Mu'
tual Admiration Society. All hanus nave
dirty Dutch As they attacket nothing but
the Cumberland Gap Railrond, OF course they
had no apologies to make. Let US ~
We think that the Rev. w. l.. Pressly, III his
sermon last Sabbath morning, WAS untUrtu'
nate in his selection of ENGLAND. as an illus
tration of the greatness achieved by a nation
through the Influence Of the Bible, for against
heather nation that ever existed can such
q mountain Of wrong be heaped up as against
England. 1t Is the boast Of an Engl1Shman
that the sun never goes down upon Inc hrlt,
acquired? BY bloody wars, cruel injustice
and The absorption OF the weak by the lower
full: When. bent upon conquest Ensiitnd mas
never stopped at any Sacrifice OF olood anu
treasure or any display of cruelty injus'
tice, and the record OF that country IN hls
respect eclipses that of any other nation ON
the globe. The treatment OF the Irish, people
alone is enough to damn England In the eyes
Of every man who loves liberty and hates
wrong and oppression. For not a 1.-THE OF the
wrong lone to ireland, the American colo.
nists declared themselves "iree and inucpen
drnt," and after u seven years struggle threw
IA ti,o ,,,1 s1rr S,tyn Nf LN,u10r,l and 1ShnrQd
into existence the United States Of America.
And God speed The day when Ireland too will
arise in her might, and earring loose from the
grasp of her English oppressor, stand free
earth.
The Rev. Howard Crosby, y. D.. and the ell
ders of his Presbyterian church In Fourth Az
enue, New York, recently addressed u letter
up the reading of Sunday newspapers, ON the
ground that 1t "unfts the mind for serious
Thought" "draws it away from Gods word
and "nullifies all the. sacred influence of the
the New York Sun says: 'People know that
as a matter OF fact, DR.. Crosby and his elders
and laymen DO not live up to the precepts o.
that letter. During the hours Of service 9
line of carriages stands in ronto of DR.. Crosby
Fourth Avenue church, and the coachmen
amuse each other as best they can while the
Doctor is preaching his sermon. They. are the
carriages and servants of elders and othel
IilSUlOCIS VI III CtluICu W tlO Il ilteitC ilsCSh
ing to the pulpit eloquence, and work is re
ouired of them on Sunday when In reality
there Is no occasion for 1t. Yet this latter at
tack the Sunday newspaper because 1t neces'
States Sunday l~abor-bccause it "cmplOys 8
large number Of persons for its sale upon
Gods holy day." Apropos to this. The writ
er knew q minister in st. Louis who was &C
customed TO dcnounce the Sunday newspaper
very bitterly, bat who did not scruple to pa
troniZe the strect.cars in going TO- and from
his church, and we always thought that he
should endeavor to make himself consist
SO to speak.
by the deHizens of due West. At II o'clock A
NJ. our people repaired to the A. r. P. church
whera. after appropriate songs of praise, thu
Rev. w. l.. Pressly spoke eloQuently and ap
can people had for giving thanks to the Oliver
of all good things. In the course Of his re
marks Mr.. PreSsly alluded to the vast extern
of our territory, the fertility Of our soil, TIT
variety of our productions, the salubrity O
our climate, our exemption from epidemic!
and from wars and rumOrS of wars, the non
partisan administration of the government
the fact that the South is now not only "ar
integral but an equal" part of the govern
mcnt. the civil and religious liberty We enjoy
&c, &C. And truly we have in this land o
ours d magnificent heritage. Here In this asy
lum for the oppressed of all lands and tongue!
every man Is vouchSafed the privilege Of wor
Shipping God according to the dictates Of hi!
own conscience with none to modest and max
him afraid here one is scarcely ever out o
sight OF those great of advanced
civilization-the church and the schoOl.house
here there is no royal road to wealth Of dis
tinction; here the pauper Of to-day may hi
the millionaire of tomorrow; here tailor!
and canal boys develop into Presidents, shoe
makers into Vice.PreSidcntS, street Arabs In
to congressman and bOotblacks into Govern
ors of States; here each honest, indnstriou'
citizen, no matter how humble his sphere IL
life, is the peer of all his fel low-citiZcns; her
where no man, however exalted his position
should ever be referred to or Spoken Of as "11i
Excellency." How the heart of each Ameri
can should swell with pride and burn with
patriotic ardor as he c~0ntemplates the won
derful growth OF the little tree of libert.