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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22

On annonce la mort de la smur
Saint He nri, sup6rieure de phospi-
ce de Janville (Eure-et Lolr), qui
Went de succomber a Page de soix-
ante ct quatorze ans. Cert ellie qui,
pendant la guerre de 1870, arreta
un convoi de bless6s francals ex-
t5nu6s de fatigue, bout de force,
s'opposant en- v6ritable heroine q
la mise en- marche ordonn6e par un
officer prussien sahs pitie. "Mon-
sienr, dit-elle, ces bless6s sont q
moi, je ne weak pas qu'on les tra1-
ne plus loin." L'offcier, protestant,
la seur continue d'nn ton lmpe-
rieux: "Faire souffrir inutilement
des bless6s est le fait dun mis6ra-
BILE! Character, d6telez." L'ofcler
n'osa passer outre, ct les bIesses
resterent q Janville, Oh la seur
Saint Henri sc trouvait d6ja a Get
te epoque.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22
L'OpiniOn des h0mmes celebres
sur la religion.

Interrogez tous les grands esprits
qui ont 6tudi6 la soci6t6 moderne,
lis sont unanimes a proclamer la
n6cessit6 de la religion ct la pratt
que de la religion.
Napoleon Ter disait "Phomme
sans Dleu je pai WI depuis 1898;
de Get homme Ia ]'en al assez''
Fontannes, fondateur de PUni
versite, t6mo1n des d6sastres que
lie mat6rial1sme await laisses ap'es
lui, 6crivait au pr6tet de pEmpire.
"Toutes les pens6es irr6llgleuses
sont des pensees impolitiques, ct
tout attentat contre le christianis-
me est un attentat contre la soci6t6"
Roye1 Collart, don't le liberaIjs-
me nest suspect s'6criait a la trlbu-
ne: "J'en atteste toute lhistoire de
lhumanit6, la morale publique ne
peut avoir de base solide de sane
tion eMcace que dams la religion.
LIE philosophe Joufroy ne par
lait pas autrement a PAcad6mie
des sciences morales ct politiques,
en- affirmant que ''les societies sans
fol religieuse sont fatalement des
societies sans moeurs, sans energie
ct sans coeur.
victor Cousin s'h6sitait pas a
ajouter: "J'ai trop 6tudi6 pbistoire,
pour ne pas reconna1tre que les
prlncipes religieux sont mile fois
plus n6cessaires aux nations que
tous les codes evils ct toutes les
institutions politiques."
Victor Hugo lui-meme, dams ses
]ours de clairvoyance, n'a-t-il pas
6crit: "Plus Phomme est grand,
plus il doit croire. ii ne doit pas
METRE toutes ses esp6rances dams
cette vie mat6rielle: sans celia, Fac
cablement du malheur s'ajoutant
au poids du meant, CO qui nest que
la souffrance, c'est.a-dire la loi de
Dieu, devient le d6sespoir. 90. Et
l'on volt diminuer alors la liberte
ct la justice, ,qui sont tout phomme.
Et c'est bien pour notre temps,
pour nos jours, que M. Jules ST.
mon constat6 "qu'une nation qui
cesse q la fois d'etre illettree ct
d'etre croyante. n'avance pas; ellie
recule.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22
J. @. MARQUIS, Collaborateur

soft pour la conduire au concert on
en- soiree. II Sc montre aussi gen
til, aussi courtois visa Wis de sa
seur qua l6gard dune demoiselle
6trangere quill respecte ct honore.
II lui fait voir, non pas tant par
des paroles que par ses allures,
quill sc plait en- sa compagnie.
Et Ia s@ur, de son cote, est toute
heureuse de Sc METRE an bras de
son frere ct de partager avec lui
les plaisirs dune agreeable soiree,
q la maison ou sous un toit 6tran-
ger.
A ces sortes de families, rien ne
manque, parce que lie bonheur do
mestique est leur partage.
ST un ]eune homme veut Sc choi-
sir une bonne 6pouse, c'est Ia quill
doit aller frapper.
II ne trouvera peut. etre pas Ia
tout lapparat ct l'attlrail 6bourif
fant des files Iegeres ct mondai-
nes qui Sc font une gloire d'exhl
ber leurs plumes, leurs aigrettes ct
leurs fariboles sur les rues ct dams
les parcs, mais il trouvera une
femme de coeur, don't l'amiti6 ct lie
d6vouement sont a p6preuve du
temps.
II est assez facile pour un ]eune
homme de tomber en- amour avec
une ]eune file gull rencontre dams
une soir6e, toute 6blouissante par
son 6I6gante toilette ct toute ra-
dieuse par l'effelvescence du plai-
Sir.
Mais pour la vie domestique, ce
nest pas un ornement de salon
quill faut a lhomme. C'est une
compagne douce, bonne, almable ct
aimante, don't le coeur ne s'use pas
durant les huit jours de la lune de
miel.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22
FIR LEROUX, Redacteur.
QUI NANCE DU PAPE EN
MEURT!

- AAotoA1O OOuVCA DOI dlu6 uOus
offre tres souvent LIS preuves les
plus manifestes le la protection
divine qui Sc r6pand sur l'Eglise ct
du chatiment qui atteint, des ce
monde, ses persecuteurs.
Ceux d'entre eux qui ont secre-
tement on publiquement attaqu6 lie
pouvolr temporel, ont toujours peri
miserablement.
Garibaldi, le vieux bandit accla-
me par le lib6ralisme europ6en ct
qui a commits plus de crimes que
lie pire des forcats, GaribaIdi est
mort dams les conditions dune I'M
moralit6 degontante, ct au milieu
d'avides richesses d'argent. Lui
qui Sc dlsalt l'ennemi du gouverne
ment, en- ac"epta une rente de neuf
cent mile francs! Lui qui posait
au Spartiate ct au patriotic, envo-
yait ses fills daEs les ant1chambres,
qu6mander des CONCESSIONS de ira
vaux publlcs, pour le compte de-
trangers.
LIE roi Victor Emmanuel est
mott pendant la seule mutt quill
passa au Quirinal! II sentait la
mort, il await peur, il await lou6
une villa hors les murs; le chati
ment sut pattendre, dams le palais
vol6 au Pape, une mutt quill Y pas
"a malgr6 lui.
Que dire du roi actuel, qu'on doit
autant plaindre que blamer? LIE
malheureux Went de souscrire une
somme de cent mile francs pour
erlger un monument q Mazzlni qui
a voulu assassiner son aieul. Fen
nemi des rois, lie grand conspira-
teur, le pr6parateur des bombes.
LIE roi Humbert a moralement ab-
dique, ct on peut dire de lui que
sur le trone encore, aprAs Get acte,
il nest deja plus roi.
LIE chatiment atteint aussi les
completes, les grands aides: Napo-
leon LII ct le prince de Bisma1k.
Napoleon III WI tout s'ecrou-
Ter sous ses pas, dams une 6pouvan-
table catastrophe. En- Is jorrs, du
IL aont au 2 semptembre, tout s'ef-
fondra. Sedan fut perdu le jour
Oh Rome 6tait abandonn6e par Par
NEE franeaise. Napoleon LII mou-
rut trlstement en- exil.
LIE coup qui a atteint Bismarck
est terrible.
Get homme 6tait tout, il 6ta1t
plus puissant que pEmpereur, ct
IL nest plus rien.
L'homme de fer est brls6 sous
les yeux DIES d6legu6s des puissan-
ces europ6ennes r6unis pour deli
b6rer sur les questions socia)es. II
quite Berlin, acclam6 par lie peu
pie il est vrai, mais en- bravant son
souverain avec plus de hardiesse
que de dignite, ct avec la douleur
de voir que la place quill await pre-
par6e a So "dynastie" dams pempi
re quill await fond6 est irr6media-
Element perdue.
Bismark fut un des grands au-
teurs de la chute du pouvoir tenn,
porel. Son fills tombe en- meme
temps que lui mais de faeon q en-
porter dams So ch1te, les huees de
toute PEurope. Qui ne Sc SOU
Went de sa brutalit6 envers le Pape
lors de la visite de Guillaume Ii
Sa Saintet6 Leon XIII!
Qui mango du Pape en- meurt!
Cps mots du comte de Maistre sc
v6rifent tous les jours!
lie Quotidien.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22

II ne reste plus aux Etats- Unis
que 100000 miles cares de ter
rains pouvant etre donn6s aux 6mi-
grants.
En- Australia il y en- encore en-
core environ 100000, OF au Manlto-
ba 100000.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22
Par senalne

tire, Honorable NJ. Langelier, M. lie
malre Fremont, NJ. Louis Fr6chet-
to ct plusieurs autres notabilit6s.
On a improvis6 une procession
triomphale ct la foule toute entiere
reconduit madame Albani de Ia
gare q l'hotel, Oh ellie s'est disper
SEE aux cris de Vive Albani! Vive
la canadienne!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-05-22
POUR RIRE.
Dams lie monde.

Dams lie monde.
QUEST done devenu votre pro,
ces avec cette csnaille de x. qui
vous escroqu6 jadis une centalne
de mile francs?
Eth blen! tout s'est arrange.
All! il vous a enfin rendu set
argent?
Mon, il 6pous6 ma file.
***
En- police correctionnelle:
--Pr6venu fait le president, vous
maltraitez habitue Element votre
femme, vous la rouez de coups a la
laisser morte sur place.
oh! mon president, 1e vous as
sure que c'est bien exag6r6. Je la
bats tout au plus une fois par Sc
maine, ct encore je lui laisse chol-
sir son jour.
Dialogue entire maris:
--Ah! mon cher, les maux d'yeux
codtent ]oliment de l'argent. L'au-
tre jour, Ie fouet dun cocher attei.
gnit ma femme a Poeil; ellie dut al
Ter chez l'oculiste, ct l'en al eu
pour un louis!
EFT vous vous plaignez! Eh
bien! moi, la semaine derniAre.
CONNIE je me promenais avec ma
femme, un bijou lui tapa dams l'oeil:
zen al Gu pour cent louis!
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DIES ANNONCES.

Nous appelons dune facon toute
particuliere pattention de nos lee.
teurs sur les annonces qui parais
sent dams pECHo DE L'OUEsT.
Toutes les maisons de commerce
qui font de la reclame dams notre
journal peuvent etre complies par
mi les premieres de la vile tant au
point de vue de l'assortiment en-
marchandises qua celui du bon
marchd.
Dun autre cote la plupart den
tr'elles emploient de nos compa-
triotes CONNIE commits, ct il est de
notre devoir de patronner les mai
sons qul donnent du travail aux
n0tres.
Done de preference, quand nous
avons des achats q faire en- mar
chandises seches allons chez:
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;a.w%nESEfLLE. <. {, March =. l@hl.
\ year orS ...r1 lDWn lr>viiit. h.,d half duH.
on aSrrIu'> for the honor nr ''wri';i- for :hc
taEci>. Have ;h"y al had .iI"f:'i' Of Ii!"r-
rry hnnor> "" have hli 40 "r:r,'.,s from
norky river for Su;!ic Iiiu" anh have
ihuii.hi Il icw observations ni&hl not ID" u;l-
interesting.
.Iu.l.in:: from the 'n".G ~ Displayed hy th,'
farmers Il lar." rrOu will Ia" pi'rnri IhiS year.
Hundreds of acres II! ".d E"iS that have
lain out for II 'y!:;,gi"r ui II century are h"n;:
CLEARED :rnl ;'rruarrl for cotton.
\ .'"Gd Zeal ni gardening was dome dur!n"
the fine weather.
March came in "iiEG y roaring lion, vii! !:
.rD out like - !aHlb p
:>i.own,!rSvill" is putting on city airs. On"
"f III" mos. charming yOrn% ladies' IN t'r
County las taken Il position as clerk ~!ih
Mr>s?*. Shrrarl 4 Leroy.
Tive demand for inUIrs has been unusually
large this Sca.Gu
pr. Srrcr has bought Il now horse.
Very little small grain was Sown In this sec
ton. Ii looks we'll
We had heavy rains last Tuesday night and
Wednesday.
WiScacrc> shy tha. when there IS IN over
ilnw in February. there will not be another
:hIt wear. Il that br the case farmers Gan
90 ahead with their bottoms. Savannah and
Rocky rivers were all over the bottoms last
week.
In coming TO town Monday morning, me:
i large force OF hands. OH their way TO wo'k
on t!i2 g.. G. Il y. road in Eib2rt county, just
the other Sldn OF the river. fJHkhBCS.
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's';.a J;:nGy Memorial volvmc.

=. agcn! for the sale of the "G:ady Memo.
rial Volume" says that The book will bc is
SUD fr0i1 the presses oi CaSScll Il Co., in
March and hr il now in Abhcvilic for the pur-
'o>c Of taking 0r,i":S. II is unnecessary I"
ay single "url about lie book, for every
'a"ily should have ii aud will want if. We
simply cnlaGIcnd the agent To our people and
wish him God speed III his coed work. He is
courteous gentleman, and his mission con.
St;tutC sufficient Introduction 10 The people OF
this county. II
y fresh lot. of French candy. c'rystalizc,i
fruits, &c., just received 1T Speeds Drug store.
Blank books, writing pads, pens, ink, ana Il
general line of stationery always 10 he found
It speeds Drug store.
Pylv's pcarlinc ;or sale at Speed Drug Store.
Try that Rebel Girl cigar at Speeds Drag
store.
Don't suffer from dyspepsia and Indigestion,
when DR.. W"StmOreiand's CaliSaya Tonic Will
give immediate relief. Guaranteed. For sale
lt Speeds Drug store.
Don't smoke mean cigars w':cH y"u can get
ours FOR the same m0Ivr, II !'i.rt;'s Drug
store.
Paints and Oils: At Sp";ri'S Dr,i.. care.
i:oN'r fail to r:;G M1.Srs. J.. rosenberg 4
;o.'S advertisement lliis; w,rk.
Grand clrayin. est sale HOW going on at p.
f"'cn@crs u Co.'S. Cali oA them ;.nd secure d
bargain.
We lave nuw full line OF .rhCGi i;c0ii $
states SCI. ."o' bags. #!d every ihl3 r"riain.
ing 10 schGnl Uii;ii"S. L"" K i:a;!ry, Drug
gusts, Greenwood, =. {. =:
We still Offer som" special har:ains in Win,
Ter goods 70 close. il u. ilaL.Ion * 90.
Too many ov"rcCats on lamd. We nrc dc.
;nincli 1" 81! thc!n. !i;% reduction IN price,
iitiii :HiSS tiI:S rppG: turi;y. \ large i:<%Gri.
in'nt I" sci, {; ;r"t". ]. isoScnbcrG d Go.
.1uS rrrrircG another lot Is inch ail wool
s'!k finish tCEii"it;tS |; NJ. IiadGon & Co.
Another importation GC Il! sc popular pill.
,gw, hams br,dc,; in Turk : red, ut Il. VI.
il@iGnn * COS
Owing 10 the recent very mild wcatIerwe
maze too many orcrcOatS on hand, and We
now "iirr lhcmi III greatly reduced prices. I
.t0S' nhcrs ~ Co.
Our i'ail ami Winter goods must go. Help
yourselves ~ hclpi:g lis 20 move them. =.
Rosenberg Il 20.
We have just received n case of our popular
pound caicoS. W. Joel Smith 4 Sons
Smith & Sons is the place 10 get your plows
and all farming implements.
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ti.TI:ltN ArES.
'Enc tSrais.rr-SaotY.

The weather become quite cold on las: Sat
ur.lay evening and w nd WAS piercing
The temperature fell 10 about The freezing
point.
On sunday morniAga light snow fr!l fol
several hours, but it disappeared when ii
struck the gron.l,!. some of il rested OH th,
trees and hOusetOpS for several hours. y stiff
breeze sci in In the afternoon, and people
kept within doors.
On Monday morning there was 4 con&idcra
bic freeze, bus dur:h" the day the i"m3cra
ture rose 10 ahout f,rty-Scvcn degrees.
II is quite likely that the small grain viii
he bcncfiicv. il. III" killi"g OF the fly or bu=
that has been feeding on the small Gra:i
crops.
1t is thought that the peach and plum
blooms have been killed.
Yne young graSS and the clover that hat
begun to- come out, so that cattle found profit
able picking, Is not materially injured.
Perhaps there never was 4 time when tn,
vegetation was as early rs il is now.
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War H0rrOrs.-July, 1889.

Hori iblc, most horrible, is the pic.
iu:c that is painted for lis by the te!e.
gram from Cairo on July 9TH. Among
The hills sliirt!ng the Nile below Wa
ny lia!fa j. the broken remnant Of q
dervish force which, $500 strong, had
| hurled Itself with uHHvailing raluul
upnn our nuiLn-ts. Five bundled oI
item had fallen in the li9ht, five hun.
drcd more were taken prisoners, the
resi-, raging with thirst, arc pcnned up
in the hills, under tie blaze of an At'
rican sun. The river banks are pa.
trolled by Dir infantry, while our cav
airy and the camel corps watch their
llanls. From time t. time they make
maddened plunges towards the water,
only to he shot bown and driven back
to die, tortured to death by thirst
"Many Of the dervishes are'lying dead
/ in the desert, having perished OF
thirst" Those that come in are near,
ly dead " tn exhaustion and thirst.
What Il grim picture of the realities oi
war is supplied by this brief tcle,
gram
Like Il NubianA lion wounded and
dying, the desert derv!shes at this mo.
mpnt lie perishing within the steel.
girt tire-1laminG Gordon of our troops.
One after another, unconquered even
by the torturing thirst, falls, is proba-
bly, falling ut this moment, when these
lines are being read. Far below in
the valley winds the silver thread oi
Ilife-giving water. Between it and the
meu who are dying for thirst, stand
cur troops as gaClers, Gin excellent
condition aud good spirits" who in
tlict instant death upon all who ap'
proach the river. 1t is as if we were
watching the dying agOnies of wild
beast caught in steel trap. Yet those
who are dying there, beneath the pitt,
less tortures Of thirst and the sun, are
fellow-men, brave, devoted, and patti
otic, filled with passionate faith III
their religion, and eager to lay down
their lives in the defence Of their couE'
try. 1t is war, men say lightly, and
pass it by. 1t is this habit Of ours
which leads men, otherwise amiab!t
and philanthrOpic, to raving OF
Transatlantic in the irish W07'2a
Dynamitards mutter, all is fair in war
and It must be admitted that all the
dynamite yet exploded in revolution
airy warfare has produced less human
agony than that which we are in1lict'
ing to day on the dervishes at Wady
Halfa in the ordinary course of our
defensive operations. DO not let US
forget, moreover, that wien we were
the attacking party, Arabi refused tc
cut the sweet-Wuter Canal, which
alone made Tel-el-Kebir possible, By
cause it. was contrary to true religion
TO deprive even an enemy of water.
run .1LuX GuzeIie.
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THE AVERAGE MAN.-The Aetho-
dist Recorder (London) has this !:
"NYhat we have most 10 fear in admit
ting candidates into the ministry is the
socUl!ed average man, against whom;
there is nothing to be said, but for
whom very little can be said except he
passes n series of examinations without,
discredit. There is no shame in being
an average man. We are most of US
such. and well for us if we are not be-
low the average. But Christian min
listers ought to be men with Christ's
mark upon them in some noticeable
way. The Home work does not need
hum drum men, and in Foreign Mis-
sions their presence is absolutely fatal,
A true 'call' brings with it qualifica-
tions and makes itself known by un-
mistakable signs"
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We know Il household in which ihl
s'ati,aih Is hardly uTcr before liic LITTLE
nmnS begin the inquiry, "Mamma
when Viii it be- Satbath again ~ r,
these children thr Sabbath is lhe "red
lrIic,' day OF The week, looked for
ward 10. and backward 10, every "ilirI
,!ay. AMI this, because oil tllr Sab.
bath they have thrir fat ut home all
day. Ii" disnliSsrs his business cares
"atE:crs his children close abont him,
listens to the histories of the week
rra,is to them, or walks with them
He is making beautiful associations t.
cluster around tI.iS beautiful day.
This should be tie day OF days in cv'
cry household. six days must the
bread and butter lie earned, and the
bread and butter be prepared, the raj
mcnt taken thought Of, and The raj,
Tiers and sons and daughters and little
!children go abroad to the work and
their lessons.
But then comes tic seventh day, The
beautiful Sabbath, in which business
May lee set aside, the lessons dismissed,
husbands and wives, parcnis and chill
drrn, brothers and sisters reunited.
Let this day he consccrated to all that
is highcs! and best in our natures, to
thanksgiving and aspiration, and to
the development in The home OF those
spiritual graces which make our homes
heavenly places. Wise parents will
make the day 50 bright and sweet with
their joy and their children, their SYM
pathetic conversation, their choice
books, and their songs, and their bits
Of poetry, that they who came to the
hcarthstone weary or discouraged will
he renewed and cheerful for the com.
ing week, and all will bear to theil
hearts u bright memory 10 shine OH
Chem in cloudy weather.
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Sabbath Conversation.

Read carefully Isaih lviii, Is, If
"If thou turn away thy foot from the
Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on
My holy day, and call the Sabbath Il
delight, the holy of the Lord, lonora,
bIe and shalt honor Him, not doing
thine own ways, nor finding thine
own pleasure, MT SpcahjWy Nlne
0nU Wo7'0Sn-iileraliy, mot talking
talk"--"then shalt thou delight thy
self in the Lord" etc. If the Sabbath
is not II delight 10 our souls, may the
cause not lie partly in this, that we
permit our minds to he engrOSSed with
secular a:i;l3rs, and our conversation tc
turn upon matters which should be
deferred 10 another day?
Is there not Il great deal Of quiet ar
ranging Of plans for the week, visit:
and calls, etc? Is there not still more
of what the prophet called talking
talli'-;imlcss, giddy conversation
which turns the mind away from,
spiritual matters? And do not iiattci
yourself that because you are discuss
ing the cut of the minister's coat, ol
his defects in his clocution, or his
thOuSan:i-anG-one shortcomings, your
conversation is entitled to be qualified
as "spiritual." Woaid it not be bet
ter, far better, for your own soul and
that of the friend with whom you con
verse, to speak OF the profit received
from certain thoughts in his discourse
and make that at least the starting
point in q soul-edilying conversation
With all the many societies and cir
clcs being organized i'll these days,
know OF hone needed more than one
for the promotion OF proper conrcrsa
ton On the Lords holy day.
IHc I1HWI christian.
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\ straight line is the shortest dis
tance between two points. This is a
fact in nature and an axiom in math-
cnlatiCs. 1t is also true that the
Straight line OF righteousness is the
shortest and safest way through the al
iurenents and pcrrlcXilies and temp
taliOns of This world. When one Of
!ers as an excuse for keeping the Sab
bath, ur denying Lis appetiles, or amy
other duty, some other reason besides
the true one, lie makes a blundcr.
The man :" ho tries to escape the conse-
qurnccs Of wrons-doing by some indi-
rect method, rather than by doing his
plain duty, will become rntangled in
the snare OF the devil. PLATE sought
to escape The crime Of putting Jesus to
death by begging the multitude to al
low him to release Him. Better far
would it have been for him to act the
man and go straight to the mark and
discharge q plain duty and set his
prisoner free. Temporizing never
nlends matters. Going round about to
secure good end requires longer time,
and never answers the purpose. Do
ing right because it is right is always
safe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-05
I.I"Il III Eioncy---ruor III 59El.

"What is the value of this estate ."
said gentleman 10 another with
whom lac Was riding, as they passed Il
fine mansion surrounded by fair and
fertile fields. W don't know what it
is valued ut; / know what it cost its
late posscssor." "How much ?" "His
soul" n solemn pause followed this
brief answer, for the inquirer had not
fist sought the kingdom of God and
His righteousness. The person refer
red to WAS the son of q piUus labOring
man. Eally in life he profcsscd faith
in Christ, and he soon obtained Il sub
ordinate position in mercantile es-
labIishmGnt. lie continued to nuin-
tain Il reputable religious profession
ill lie became q partner in the firm.
Labor tiicn increased. He gave less
attention to religion and more and
more 10 his business, and the cares of
the world chokcd the Word. Before
he became olA he was exceedingly rich
in money, bat SD poor and miserly in
SOU! that none who knew him would
have suspected that he had ever borne
the sacred name of Him who said, ''It
is more blessed to give than to receive "
At length lie purchased the landed es-
tate referred to, built him :; costly man
sion, sickrned and died. Just before
he died he remarked, "My prosperity
mas Ecrn my ruin" What price for
which TO barter away immortal joy
and everlasting life yet how many do
il!