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ed in the Christians God, and before
men have professed your devout thank
fulness for many mercies vouchsafed
to you, will better understand than
many others the feelings which ami
again in civilization, uninjured In life
and health, after passing through 50
many stormy and distressful periods,
constrained at the darkest hour TO con-
fess that without Gods help l was
helpless, I vowed a VOW in the forest
solitude that would confess bis aid
before men. A silence as Of death was
round about me it was midnight ; I
was weakened by illness, Frustrated
with fatigue and worn with anxiety
for my white and black companions,
whose fate was a mystery. In this
physical and mental distress I be-
sought God to give me back my peo-
pie. Nine hours later we were exult-
ing with raptuous joy. In full view
of all was the crimson flag with the
crescent, and beneath its waving folds
was the long lost rear column"
Mr.. Stanley says: my creed has
been, is, and will remain so, hope to
act for the best, think the right
thought, and speak the right word, as
we'll us q good motive will permit" !"
A very good creed, truly, when sane
titled by an honest reading Of the
scriptures and trust in God as appear.
ed to be his manners in carrying relief
to Emin.
The ordinary form of concluding q
book is to write the words "Finis" or
:'The end" Mr.. Stanley supplies the
place of this senseless custom with the
following religious sentiment "The
thanks be to God forever and ever,
Amen" That sentiment is more
Pauline than can be found in many 8
book that is otherwise called religious.
Now, in conclusion and in full re-
spect to the adage, appearances are
deceitful,n the readers attention is
called to two faces, Stanley in 1886 and
Stanley in 1890, or Stanley as he start
ed on bis relief of Emin and Stanley
when he had flushed that work.
These are the two portraits OF the
man, one in each of the two volumes
of darkest Africa" The two pic
lures show a much greater change
physically than ordinarily comes over
a man in four years. But this is not
all. Stanley in 1890 shows q repose,
rest, reflection and resignation that
Stanley does not show in 1886. The
two faces show that he has passed the
throes of moral revolution and will
now under God practically live his
creed: "Act for the best, think the
right thought, and speak the right
word, as well as a good motive will
permit. ."-Texas Christian Advocate.
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Monument to an Old Teacher.

The pupils of the late Prof. w. J.
Iigon have determined to erect a
monument to his memory, as a token
of their esteem and affection for his
services in the school room. He hat
pupils from all over the State. and
they are asked to contribute to this OBJ
ject. Personal application will be
made to those whose address can be
learned. Parties seeing this notice
and knowing the address of those now
outside the State will please inform
the Committee. Make remittances to
John NJ. Hubbard, Treasurer Of Com
mittee, Anderson, S. G.
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DRrkes An erica.

The Christian at Work is making an
earnest effort to awaken public inter-
est Oh the subject of reaching and saw
ing the masses, and to this end has
had number Of special articles bear
ing upon this subiect' prepared for it's
columns by leading writers. The fol-
lowing appeared in an editorial upon
the subject "There is a Darkest
America AS well as Darkest England.
Here, in the metropolis, and in every
large city of this continent, are multi
tudes of men and women as deep
down in the abysses of woe and sin
and shame as are the vast multitudes
who swarm in the slums of London.
And, saddeSt and most terrible fact Of
all the numbers of this class, in our
midst are apparently increasing.
With all our wide-Spreading organiza-
tions for religious, benevolent and
charitable work, with all our churches,
missions, schools, philanthropic socie-
ties, houses of refuge, asylums, pris-
ons and reformatories, we are confess
edly unable to turn hack the tide of ig-
nOrance, depravity, god'essness and
crime, that is rising upon us. Statis-
tics show larger ratio of increase in
our criminal population during the
past twenty years than in our general
population. And the fact will not be
disputed that the number of non
church goers in all our large towns
aud cities is relatively much greater
thln it was years ago. The condition
of the neglected and poverty-stricken
classes in all our large centres of popu-
laton has grown worse and worse.
The gulf between the very poor and
the very rich, between the godly and
the goddess, is growing wider and wild
er all the time. These are facts OF
fearful meaning, of ominous portent
to our Christian civilization. They
have reference 10 condition Of
things that demands the instant and
united action of all men who desire
the perpetuity OF our Christian civil
zali0n, of all men who desire to see
the Kingdom of Christ prevail upor
the earth.
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81. couis advocate.

The marked and wide difference in
the salaries of our travelling preachers
will, unless great care Is taken and
grace abound, give trouble to our
church sooner or later, and trouble of a
serious kind, The matter ought to be
carefully considered before it is too.
late. AS the case now is, there are
preachers laboring on salary of six or
seven hundred dollars year, who are
as able, as faithful, and as successful,
and their expenses as heavy, as those
of some others who receive three or
four times as much. Such differences
will be noticed and have their effect
The action of the General Conference
of 1865, on the subject, which this
writer opposed at the time, has not
had the effect many predicted for
it. ,5
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What Others Say.
Sundd1y-SchooL Times,

The CAPACITY For CONFESSION.
Confession of ones faults and err
rors is frequently spoken Of as a duty,
but is seldom presented as . moral
achievement-an evidence Of self-mas-;
terry and self knowledge. 1t is d great
thing to be capable of a genuine con-
fession. So much of just and delicate.
feeling for others, and so clear q con-
viction of ones own wrong motives
and bitter spirit, are involved In a real
confession ths6 it should not seem
strange that comparatively few prove
to be capable of it. The man Of im-s
movable prejudices, Of unchangeable
will, of blind self-conceit. is almost In:
capable of making confession Of his
wrongs, because be has so long foster.
ed the habit of justifying his every act
and feeling that he at Last identifies
his conduct and tempsr, whatever
they may be, with the morally good,
and loses all the measures by which
the right and the good may be judged,
except his own perverted and self
blinded conscience. To be incapable
of confession is to be the victim Of
pride and selfishness. .iI5' Iils3''
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The BAD Lands "

The Bad lands of Dakota are ccm-
posed Of white clay, which, by the ac-
tion Of rains, has been cut into hill
locks. They are not high, seldom
more than forty or fifty feet, but it is
up one and down another the whole
way. There are no water courses, the
nearest approach being a gully forty
feet deep, with a foot and a half of
n,ui stop, and, with spade and shovel.
cut path down the side Of Il hill in
order 10 descend, and then up the side
of the one opposite in order to get up
again. The mud is as sticky as tar,
and in going few yards the wheels
ofa wagon become solid round cakes,
and all the mules YOU can hitch TO it
will not be able to pull it Il foot far
ther. Then the spades arc brought
and the wheels cleared, the operation
being repeated two or three times in II
hundred yards. The extent of the
Bad Lands in Dakota is probably q
hundred miles from north to south, by
fifteen 10 thirty miles wilc.-EX.
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Rulei1h Christian -ddr0cate.

When Il man joins the Church, and
then ceases to use the means of grace,
hecomes stingy, narrow, sour, bigoted,
criticizes the pastor, finds fault with
the other members, hangs around
street corners when he ought to be III
the Sunday-school, goes visiting on
Sunday when he ought to go to
church, drinks beer or whiskey on the
sly, then he is the man who has put
his light under bushel. He is u
well without water, a barren fig tree,
Il cloud with no rain. And alas, how
many profess religion and join the
church, whose candle of profession is
hid under such bushels of religious
pretenses.
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You Touen me I'll Tell.

"a few days before the election lit
tie incident happened which morti-
fed me deeply" said business man
to the writer. "It happened in this
way" he continued. "You see I had
some business to transact with one Of
the candidates of the legislature, and
as it was something 30 important l
was forced to 60 out to his house to see
him. 1t was quite late when 1 arriv-
ed there, and I guess he>had gone to
bed. At any rate, the servant who
opened the door, showed me into the
parlor to wait for his master. was
obliged to wait some time, and while
doing this ] amused myself looking at
the pictures and other ornaments
about the room. On the centre-table,
among books and other bric-a-brac,
stood q big fancy decanter filled with
LIQUOR which looked like whisky. 1t
was curious looking decanter, and
on one side was some fancy lettering
which could not make out. Being
rather curious to find out what it said +,
I lifted the decanter up from the table
and tipped it up so that the light fell
Oh the lettering. 1t said: IF you
touch me I'll tell"
"Curious, wasn't it? But sure
enough it did tell, for I had scarcely
had time to read the lettering when
my ears were greeted with the tones of
johnny Get Your Gum There was a
music box hidden in the bottom of the
decanter, and when it is tipped the
machinery starts and the music be-
gins.
"You can judge for yourself how
surprised and chagrined 1 was, for l
had never seen the master of the
house before, and he would have fine
opinion of me for my meddling quail
ties. Right in the middle of the tune
he walked into the parlor, and gave
me curious smile when he heard
that music box. 1t seemed as if it
would never stop. I tried to make
some sort OF apology, but made bull
of it, I know, though now ] can't
think for the life of me what said. d,
ale saw how confused 1 was and
laughed it off. saying that it was an
oddity he had found in New York"
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Julius" IN 81. Louis Advocate.

"JuHUs," m 81. Louis Adu0cdR. ;SlA
SUNDAY SCHOOL LITERATURE.-Is
the present system Of Sunday-school
instruction the best we can devise /?
Has not the international system fall
to accomplish the great object and end
80 much needed and desired in our
Sunday-school work How many Of
our young people that have grown up.
in our Sunday-schools within the last
twenty years have any clear, well de-.
fined understanding Of our doc!
trines the doctrines of the BIZ
BILE? Comparatively few, you would
find if you should take the pains
to put the matter to fair . and
thorough test. The lesson paper sys-:;
tenn is an expensive one attended with
no little waste of the prepared matesi-
al. To waste is bad lesson for child
hood, and it is m ost generally taught
by the Sunday-school literature In Its
present form. Is it not an obvious
fact that tekey is stamped upon the in
ternational system? The way out Q
this failure into far better system Is
easily suggested and followed. For;
the present lesson paper system substi-
tute permanent textbooks.
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Why Minnie Could Not Sleep.

She sat up in bed. The curtain was
drawn up, and she saw the moon, and
it looked as if it were laughing at her.
"You need not look at ME Moon" "
she said. "You don't know about it :
you can't see in the daytime. Besides,
am going to Sleep"
She lay down and tried to 60 to
sleep. Her clock OIL the mantle went
"tick took, tick-tock." She generally
liked to hear it, and tonight it sound
ed just as if it said, II know, know,
I know"
"You don't know either" said Min
ME, opening her eyes wide. "4ou
weren't there, you old thing: you
were upstairs.
Her loud noise awoke the parrot.
He took his head from under his wing
and cried out, "Polly did v'
That's I t, ,S wicked a; story you n.a naagh, n
grandma's room, 80 now"
Then Minnie tried to go to sleep
again. She lay down and counted the
white sheep, just as grandma said she
did when she couldn't sleep. But
there was a big lump in her throat.
"Oh, wish I hadn't"
Pretty soon there came q very soft
patter of four little feet, and her pussy
jumped up on the bed, kissed Minnie's
cheek, and then began to ''pur-r-r,
pur-r-r." 1t was very queer, but that,
too, sounded as if pussy said, "Iknow,
| Know"
"Yes you do know kitty" said
Minnie, and then she threw her arms
around kits neck and cried bitterly.
"And-I guess-I want-to-see-my
mamma
Mamma opened her arms when she
saw the little weeping girl coming,
and then Minnie told her miserable
story.
II was awful naughty, mamma, but
l did want the custard pie so bad, and
so ate it up, most whole pie, and
then-I-I-oh, I don't want to tell,
but 'spect I must-I shut kitty in the
pantry to make you think she did it.
But Pm truly sorry, mamma"
Then mamma told Minnie that she
had known all about it. But she had
hoped that the little daughter would
be brave enough to tell her all about it
herself.
"But mamma" she said. chow did
you know it wasn't kittyw
Because kitty would never have
left spoon in the pie" replied mann
ma, smiling Little Men aud Wo.
men.
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A DOG Hires A Cab.

Some one writing to an English pa
per tells this story Of clever dog
"You know how much I rush about
in handsome cabs" said the narrator,
land Scott, my collie dog, alwups goes
week this way, but on one occasion l
was walking and missed him. ISearch
was in vain. The crowd was great ;
traffic drowned my whistle, and, after
waiting awhile and looking elsewhere,
I returned to my suburban home with
out my companion, sorrOwful, yet
hoping that he might find his way
back. In about two hours after my
arrival handsome cab drove up to
the door, and out jumped Scott. The
cabman rang for his fare, and, think
ing he had somehow captured the run
away, | inquired how and where he
had found him.
"'Oh, sir " said the cabby, Il did
not hail him at all lie hailed me. |
was standing close by st. James
church looking out for fare, when in
jumps the dog. Like his impudcnce,
says I. So | shouts through the will
dow, but he wouldn't stir. SO | gets
down and tries to pull him out, and
shows him my whip, but he sits still
and barks, rs much as to say, Go on
old man. AS l seizes him by the col
lar read his name and address. Al
right, my fine gentleman, says l, III
drive you where you're wanted, dare
say. So l shuts the door, and my
gentleman seats himself with his head
Just a-looking out, and drives on till l
stops at this here gate, when out
jumps my passenger, clearing the
door, and walks in as calm rs though
he'd been a-reg'lar fare.'"
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Mem York Christian Advocate.

The spirit that will win for Christ In
the home or foreign fields was well IL
lustrated by the missionary Milne,
who offered himself as missionary 10
China but was refused. He offered to
go as a servant, and was accepted he.
BACKED Morrison's shoes and did q
servants work until he acquired the
language end was ready for work !;
then he became the greatest mission
ary of Southeast Asia. Did this spirit
universally prevail, hee.ttendom
would be stocked with missionaries
more than that, stocked with mission
aries whose presence would be felt as a
mighty force. consuming flame.
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A HyDOcrite.
nlell.

4 good story is told of u minister
and i saloon-keeper who live in Deca-
tur. The saloon-keeper who had
amassed considerable money in his
business, built Il commodious resi-
dence. An old party preacher during
its erection took occasion to make
some very caustic remarks about the
saloon-keepcr, berating him and his
business. The next day they met
when the following conversation oc-
Cured
Saloon-keeper / hear that you gave
me Il drubbing in your sermon yester-
day.
Old Party Preacher: Yes, sir, 7 said
some pretty hard things, but they
were true.
s. X: Did not you and attend the
same election in this city, and vote for
the same candidates?
O. p. T.. Yes, that's true.
s. X: Were not those candidates
elected and did they not grant me my
license"
o. p. p: Yes, must admit that.
=. X: Did not we support the same
candidates for the Legislature, and
don't they leave the law Oh the statute
book, which authorizes the granting of
the license?
O. =. p: Yes, that is true, but
S. X: Never mind your butts. You
support Il party which approves of, or
at least does not repeal, the law which
legaliZes the saloon business. You
vote for candidates with me who take
my money and grant me license to
sell. You then abuse ME and my bus
iness. I think you are hypocritc.
Good day.
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Extracts From Twelfth Annual Re.
bort.

The work has never been more pros
porous and successful than now. New
er have there been so many evidences
of men-and women too-redeemed
from lives of debauchery and wretch
edness. Not only are our galleries al
most filled on Sunday evenings with
persons "plucked as brands from the
burning" but we have at our various
meetings hundreds of sweet testimo-
nies from men VIII ose hearts overflow
with gratitude and praise for their re-
demption from sin to life of useful
ness, to good soicety, to friends and
home, and messages come to us con-
tinually from various parts of our
country and from foreign lands.
From what we see, hear and learn, we
have every reason to believe that thou
sands have been redeemed and restor-
ed to lives ot usefulness who were for
merly burdens upon society. And yet
the Sunday Breakfast Association Is
only in the beginning of its useful
ness. Those of US who are actively
engaged in this work see before us an
immense field untouched by any other
organization, which, through the lib
erality of friends of humanity, can be
worked by this Association. We are
gratified at the constant attendance OF
so many active young people, and take
great pleasure in thanking the helpers
for their faithfulness, and pray that
the Lord will bless and strengthen
them that they may continue in their
good work.
We review with wonder the results
of the work of the past year and our
hearts overflow with gratitude and
love to God for His great blessing up.
OH the means used for the salvation OF
souls.
Eternity alone will suffice to tell the
amount of good accomplished.
The Sabbath-school department OF
the Association has been under the
management of faithful and efficient
leader, ably assisted by a band of brave,
earnest, soul-loving, Christian work
ers, who have been greatly encourag-
ed by the practical results attained in
leading men to Christ.
The Apollos Union of Redeemed
Men has held its meetings on every
Monday evening during the past year:
The quiet, thoughtful attention, and
numbers present, gave continued evil
dence of the great importance of this
branch of the work.
The regular weekly Friday evening
Prayer and Praise Meetings have been
we'll attended, proving u source OF
blessing to all who were present.
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The Rev. James Caughey, a men,
Der of New jersey Conference, and for
many years Il successful evangelist,
died at Highland Park, n. j., on Fri
day, January 80, in the Slst year of his
age. Mr.. Caughey ceased his ,uiniste-
rial and evangelistic labors about
twenty years ago on account of feeble
health.
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The Princess of Wales has given or
ders that nothing need be submitted
for her inspection, or that OF her
daughters, in which birds are used as
trimming. Boston Transcript.
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The DGchigan Christian AdUocote

The Michigan Christian Aduocote
says:
"Hold evangelists up to the same
requirements of propriety, christian
courtesy, discretion, and gentlemanli-.
nees, that are expected of pastors.
Let us not tolerate in them impropri-
cites of speech or indscretions in
conduct. Inquire carefully about the
standind Of man before you employ
him. See his credentials with yoIr
own eyes"
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knowledge alone is not sufficient.
1t is indeed power, but if unsanctified,
power for evil. If undirected by viz
tue, knowledge is but the servant of
vice, and tends only to evil.
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One could as well try to learn how
to operate locomotive by watching 1T
90 by, as to expect to learn practical
life from the study of books.
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W ednesday, March Is. 1891.
A fire in Wadesboro, N. c., Feb. Is,
destroyed five large stores and four
dwellings,. Loss S5O,OO0,-.

An explosion. in the Spring Haven,
Nova Scotia, mine, Feb. 2l, caused the
loss of III lives.