Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-04-25
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General Rule nos.

General Rnie No.3.
I'VE must avoid) THE xdaaoine
the day of the Lord, either by, doing
ordinary work therein, or b3<buyiug
or selling"
Bible-"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work" &c
-Ex. 20, Sill.
A world without a Sabbath would
be like a summe without its flowers
and fruits. No nation can be christian
without a Sabbath. It's sacred iu6u-
ences impart the needed strength to
fight the battles of the week before.
us. In fact, it is to us, the beginning.
and the end. The first Sabbath
marked the beginning Of visible
things, and was a constant ceminder
of the one grea, God of power. good.
ness and mercy. The Lords day
the christians Sabbath marks the
end of the old Sabbath (poin,ing out
the creation as the most wonderful
event in the worlds history J AID
from this stand point directs our at
tention to the resurrection from the
dead, of the worlds redeemer from
sin and it's consequences. The frst
Sabbath is not DESTROYED. but swal
lowed up 10 the second. illustrated
by the moon and stars which lose
their splendor in the superior bright
ness OF the sun.
"Six days shalt thou labor" &c.
This is a part of the commandment.
Work first, then rest. Reverse the
order and the result is fatal. B.
Out 10 the country the other
day at the home of Captain John f.
Lyon in Lutte River township, MI.
Devereux Turner says he saw a 10.
Gust tree that is 60 years old. Per
sons who know the tree told him
that for As years the tree did not
bear any fruit. Some one said that
if a hole was bored in the trunk of
the tree, and the hole filed with salt
aud covered over, that the tree
would then bear fruit. The expert.
ment was tried, and tor Is years the
tree has been bearing every year.
Mr.. Turner also saw a 4O-year.old
pear tree that never had had a bloom
on it. Mr.. L. NJ. Watkins, son.in law
of Capt. Lyon, lives with the Cap.
tain. Mr.. Watkins owns a hen that
Matched a brood of II or ID chick
ems, and all of them died but one.
This one followed the mother until
she vent to sitting on a nest of l6
eggs, when the young chicken took
three Of the eggs from its mother
aud vent to sitting also, and goes on
and off the nest with the mother,
Mr.. Turner says be saw the hen and
chicken 90 the nest. Gentlemen OF
the jury, take the case.
On Sunday night, 10Th instan,
the store of Messrs. w. H. Lasley
& Son, at Mebane, was entered b,
unknown persons. The robber.
blew open the safe and helped
themselves TO several hun bred dol
lars in checks and money. As the
robbers left the store, they threw
the checks down on the grount
where they were picked up mex
? day. 1t is thought that they car
: ried off about 800 in money. 4
man was arrested on suspicion, bu
= as there was no evidence agains
him he was discharged. We learl
that there is not the slightest clue t.
the perpetrators of this bold rob
berry.
Bishop Galloway will visit thi
STATE on the Oath instant aud begi
his educational meetings at Char
lotte. He will be in Durham 0
The 4,h and 9Th of May. The frs
Educational Convention of the Neil
odist Conferences of North Carolin
will be held at Durham, May At
9th and 9th. Bishop Galloway wi
make the opening address Monda
er night, May Attn.
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STA when Simmons Liver Regulate
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