The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-02-20
SUNDAY EVENING,

use. How were you raised to spend it
young man? Will you not agree to
spend part of it with us in our meet
ing? We begin promptly at $3.50 p. m,
Don't forget or neglect the meeting
at the Hall next Sunday evening at
$3.50. O'Clock. Come early and bring
some one with you. Pray for a good
meeting and blessing for all. Subject:
"Retribution CERTAIN Eccl. 8 4: 11-l3.
Leader Rev. T. J. Ogburn.
+" I don't believe IN eternal punishment. :"
i Cause-Heb. x, %, 20; 2 Thess. I,
g, 9.
Cure-Is. xxxIII, IA Rev. XIV, IL;
Nix. TX. A; Is. LxvI, "a Heb. TX, 81.
EVILS OF ALCOHOL.
The evils wrought by alcoholic drink
are now acknowledged and proclaimed
by all the organs of public opinion. 1t
.undermines health, enfeebles the will,
coarsens the mind, and mfames the
animal passions. 1t separates husbands
and wives, divides families and deprives
children Of the home influence which
nothing else can supply. 1t lowers
the standard of morals, fills prisons and
insane asylums with its victims, and
feeds the germs of corruption in the
body polite. 1t is in a word, the cause
of the occasion of -fifths of the crime
by which our national life is disgraced.
Bishop Spaudling.
PRAYER BY BUSINESS MEN.
Most business men carry heavy
burden Of care The operations in
which they are engaged often require
severe and elaborate mental effort.
The Quotations of the markets, the
hazards of loss from bad debts, the
scarcity of money, and many other
things incident to the carrying on of
business, give rise to the anxieties
which in the aggregate make a weari-
some load. There are indeed persons of
buoyant temperament who do not seem
to feel them, and those who are pros
porous have the exhilarations of success,
which sustain them under care, and
cause its weight to be felt. But these
are the favored few. AS whole, it
is true that business men live under a
weight of toll and solicitude which is
often oppressive.
We earnestly commend to those who
are thus burdened the habit of prayer
not merely prayer in general, such as
relates to spiritual things, but specially
prayer about their business.-Zion's
Gazette.
NEW BUILDING AT BURLIN, GERMANY.
On the morning of the Goth of Nov,
1889, occurred one of the most signifi-
can't events in the religious history of
the Capital of Germany-the dedica-
tory exercises of the new building at
Berlin.
The rooms are light and well adap-
ted to its purposes. Furnished with
the newest and best improvements in
gas, water and heat supply and with
the ground cost about $250,0OO.
The dedication took place in the
presence Of truly notable assembly.
Her Majesty, the good Empress Au-
gusta Victoria, was present, and, al
though the emperor was not able to
attend in person, he sent message in
which he expressed his deep and friend
ly interest in the organization and its
work. Bnt their Majesties were not
content merely to show their good viii
in the manner just mentioned; they
contributed largely in money toward
the erection of the building. Among
other notable personages present were
Field Marshal Count Won Moltke,
Count Waldersee, chief of the general
staff, and other dignitaries of the court.
Several of the officers of the court are
officers of the association, among whom
special mention must be made of Baron
Won Rothkirch, president, and Count
Bernstorf, vice president. At the dedi-
cation the president delivered an ex-
cellent address setting forth the history
and objects of the association. The
dedicatory prayer was offered by gen.
eral superintendent of Berlin, the Right
Rev. DR.. Bruckner, and after a pause,
during which the Empress inspected
the building, and the specially invited
guests partook Entertainments, addresses
were made by a number of prominent
Christians, lay and clerical. The en-
tire dedicatory services were of. an
interesting character, and the crowded
hall and the eager attention given at
tested the deep hold of the work upon
the hearts of the religious classes Of
Berlin Young Mems Era.