The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-26

But let me only th1nK OF 1hee,
And then new heart springs up in me.
The Bible has now been translated
into G6 Of the languages and dialects oil
Africa.
There are 553 Protestant ministers
evangelists, and teachers sowing gospel
seed in Italy.
The Salvation Army of Seattle,
Washington, has been made the bene-
ficiary of the will or J. w. Munson,
an eccentric old philanthropist, who
dien on May 9at Honolulu. His entire
estate, valued at $4,000. goes to the
Salvation Army.
Revs. R. A. Yongue and J. R. Cope
land have just closed meeting OF days
at Friendship. The result was highly
gratifying. Number of conversations
30 accessions to the church II. Mr.
Tongue has received into church MEM
bership on his circuit up to this date,
40 persons, so of whom proffessed con-
version. Advertiser.
A Good Rule A rule in the interest
of truth and humility was the one DIR.
| Livingstone-made never to read or
preserve any words of praise. Some
men make scrap-books of this vicious
| literature.
There is no refuge for the Jews. The
powers of central Europe are refusing
| to admit them from Russia, and it is
said q number of the unfortunates have
committed suicide rather thau return
to the Russian yoke.
The Shah of Persia recently ordered
an embezzling provincial gooernor to
be boiled alive, and the sentenc was
carried out. Such barbarity will pre-
rare tht world to hear witt equanimlty
of the conquest of Persia by some ciyil-
vilized power.
"I alone am master in this country,
and nobody else," says the young EN-
peror of Germany. II shall not de-
vviate hairs breadth from the course
I have adopted.n And your subjects,
William, show no signs deviating from
the course they have adopted of emf
grazing 10 Tree AIueIlCd.
Before Christianity entered India
lepers were treated with shocking in
humanity. Many Of them were
buried alive. The English rulers have
put stop to this custom, and for Ia
years there has been a special Chris
tian mission to the 1876, 1000 lepers in
India.
The colored people of New York City
are greatly excited over the appearance
of an embony prophet who predicts
the destruction of the metropolis by
an earthquake. "Yet forty days and
New York shall he destroyeed,"is the
cry of the modern messenger, whose
name is not Jonah, but Jones.
The Brainy, Breezy, Newsy Paper
The New York Post says of this class
of papers: "The father of family
might Just as we'll send his children tc
a bar-room or brothel for their educa.
ton as to leave among them one OF
these pestiferous Sheets"
The Boston Daily Traveller has been
bought by "committee OF one hun
dred,n and and is to be published as
daily Christian newspaper. 1t is to
be non-sensational and non-sectarian
will oppose the dominance Of Roman
Catholic influence in the public
schools, advocate temperance, seek the
revision ofthe immigration and natur-
alization laws, and try to appropriate
public money to sectarian uses. DR.
Luther It. Townsend, of the Boston
University, will act as one of the assist
ant editors. Thata clean daily news
paper, advocating religion and moral.
ity, is great desideratum none will
deny, and this. experiment will be
watched with keen interest.
Doctors are fighting the long, street
sweeping dresses. Said one of them
to the mother of three young lady
daughters "Let me advise you to
have the dresses cleaned in the open air
Immediately after coming in from the
street. You may not believe me, but
in the filth, dust, and dirt collected on
the hosiery, shoes, and underwear by
the trailing, Hopping skirt: there is
enough germ life to sicken your whole
family. have nothing TO say against
the fashion, but if you were in my
family and addicted to it, I should
compel you to play turk and leave
your shoes, stockings, and trailing
robes outside the door,"