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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
Funeral of Little DoIph Smith.

The funeral services of little Dolph
Smith were conducted frol> the First
Presbyterian church. Four little hoys,
Masters George Norffeet, Eugene Gray,
Everett LOckett and Frank Miller,
acted as pall-bearers and bore the lit
tie body to its last resting place.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
Revenue Collections.

The aggregate collections made and
reported to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1893, for the fourth
1852; fifth North Carolina, 81, AS, 293.-
rs. South Carolina, $50, s2l. 40.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
Property Listed In Wilkes.

The following is the amount of
property listed in Wilkes coanty for.
the year 1893: 81 ,S49, 59f, against ST.
s02, 735 last year, showing an increase
of $780, SCI, The poll tax this year
amounts to 81, 902. against 81, rOS, last
year, showing an increase of S194.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
What It Has Done for the Old Gent

Have Kept and sold Hires Rootbeer
several years. l have drunk it exclus-
lively this summer. Am rs years old
and feel like boy. 1t ais ahead Of
sarsaparilla.
FL. VAN WAGENEN, M. ID.
Darlington, Wis. /.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
Secret Marriage.

There was marriage at Mocksville
Thursday. The parties engaged q
minister from Lexington and were.
married without the knowledge of
their parents
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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-17
THE STATE ALLIANCE.

lCoNTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.I
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
Table of Contents.

Page 1: Sierra Madre. To the
Ladies' Societies. Averages. Texas
Missionaries. News OF THE WEEK.
Page 2: "The Word of Life" From
West Virginia. By What we Have
Done. SELECTIONS.
Page 3: STUDIES IN THE EPIsTLEs.
Grateful Obedience. RECENT PUB
LEGATIONS. EDUCATIONAL. LIT
ERARY.
Page 4: EDITORIAL. A Gambling
Evil. Paragraphs. The Colored
Work. News FROM THE CHURCHES.
Page B.: News FROM THE CHURCHES.
Mr.. Moody. OBITUARIES. MAR
RIAGEs.
Page 6: THE CHILDREN. MOTHER s
PLACE. WEEK DAYS.
Page Z: ONE THING AND ANOTHER
THE HOUSEHOLD. THE FARM.
Page s.: A Medical Man Wanted
THE MISSION FIELD.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22

Yet high averages repay study,
for they sometimes show the secret
of success, and Maryland Presby.
terry, with It's exceptional average,
is a case in point. 1t shows the
following conditions, besides those
noted above:
a. Five churches, besid g 8
Franklin Street, were we'll over the
average of 81. Three of these were
small churches, and one of these, of
67 members, had an average of over
$12 member. (2) Every church
but one contributed to Foreign Mis-
sions. (3.) There is not a vacant
church in the Presbytery.
Copclu8iOnS-Let Presbyterles see
that every church does something,
and to this end that every church
is supplied, to some extent at least,
with ministerial service.
Let pastors see that every body
does something. 1t is well that the
few give much; it is better that the
many give something, even if lit
tie. 1t Is those alotm blanks that
bring down the totals. The secret
of success is in those "everys" in
Eph. iv: 16.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22

have them by Christmas than not
at all.
Remember, too, that in most cases
these ministers and their wives have
been as delicately reared as any of
us; so do not regard them as pau.
pers and empty your scrap bags in
these boxes. Send them good, new
clothes, such as you would wish to
wear yourself. May God put it into
your hearts to go to work at once.
1 wish you could see behind the
scenes in some of these homes. Is
there any reason why we cannot
have, in the Synod of Virginia, a
regularly organized Society to send
out these boxes every year2 B.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
For the Central Presbyterian.
A Recent Visit to our Field in
the Sierra Madre.

I started on horseback, with our
colporteur, who is an elder in the
Linares church. The first night we
preached at Ell Fresno, at a dis
tance of twelve miles from Linares.
This is large sugar hacienda, ten
miles square, with a population of
two thousand inhabitants. The
owners, the Galvans, are the only
wealthy Mexicans in our field in
Mexico that openly favor the gos-
pei. They entertain US, furnish
preaching place, defend us and at
tend the services, although they
have made no profession of faith.
We preach here twice a month.
There are seven members. One of
them, an earnest man, holds public
service every Sunday, and breaches
at other places as he has oppor-
tunIty.
The next morning we went three
mil and preached in Ell Vale,
where there are eight mem bers
The daughter of the principal men,
Der there, although she can scarcely
read, has commenced an evangt IL
cal school, to teach the children of
the ranch. It will be said of her,
"she hath done what she could"
That night we preached at Aqua
Fria, at the foot of the great Sierra
Madre. Here is another fine agri-
cultural section, with two thousand
inhabitants. The owner of Aqua
Fria is a tanner. He and his wife
are members Of the Linares church,
and are among the most prominent
people of the community. His wife.
who is very superior woman, has
established a Sunday-school in their
house. There are eight members
here.
In the afternoon of the next day,
we preached at another ranch, and
next morning at another, called
Phonetic. This ranch is so called
from being at the foot of a towering
mountain called "Pilon" (Sugar-
Loaf, rearing its lofty head six or
eight thousand feet above the level
of the sea. Its top is inaccessi BILE.
In cave near the top, it is re-
ported that great treasures of gold
and silver are hidden and guarded
by a huge serpent. Thus believe
the natives that toll and suffer un-
der it's evening shadow At this
ranch we had a new and attentive
audience.
After service we entered the deep
canyon that leads up into the heart
of the Sierra. We wended our way
along the bridle-path, cut in the
sides of the mountain, where the
waters rush aud roar at fearful
depths below, and where a misstep
would dash horse and rider to atoms
IN moment. That evening we
arrived at an important ranch,
called the Oveia. We we're cordial
ly received into the house of old
Don Pedro, the principal man of the
ranch. We we're greatly disap-
pointed, however, when he told us
that he could not permit us to
preach any more in his house, for
fear of the people who were opposed
to it. His sons and three daughters.
all heads of families, came to visit
US after supper, and we read the
Bible to them, and taught them
hymns, which was as important a
service as if it had been public.
We believe that the Lord will open
the door there. Don Pedro likes to
hear the gospel, but he has a dread
OF the Pope's power, and believes
that an image Of the Virgin Of the
Falls, in a cave not far off, which
thousands 60 to worship every year,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
For the Central Presby terian.
To the Ladies' Societies Of the
Synod Of Virginia.

We all know that the times are
hard, but / doubt if many of us re-
alize the sad fact that TO the fami.
lies of our home missionaries they
are doubly so. The contributions
to the Sustentation fund have bee
so small that in many Presbyteries
the amount annually voted them
has been necessarily reduced. This
means that the most certain part of
their income is curtailed. Their
congregations are the poorest and
weakest in the Church, and do not
pay regularly, or promptly, Their
quota of the salary.
Now I wish to propose plan to
help, at least the ministers in our
own Synod. Why cannot the La.
dies Societies of the strong church
es IN each Presbytery confer togeth
er and each Society take a family
to whom they agree to send box
by Christmas2 In some Presbvte
ries it will be very easy for these
Societies to consult with each other,
Richmond, for instance, and the
strong churches IN Lexington Pres.
bytery. Let each Society CORES.
pond with the family it .bas taken
under it's care-frst ask their most
pressing needs, and supply them as
far as possible.
Should any Presbytery arrange
for more boxes than it has needy
ministers, DR.. Craig will gladly tell
where to bestow its surplus.
Do not be discouraged by the fact
that winter is already upon us only
remember that in many Of these
fam lies there is no money to buy
warm clothes. and it is better to
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
For the Central Presbyterian.
Averages.

MeSSrs. Editor8.-Week before last
you had a statement of the contri-
button of each Synod for Foreign
Missions, and the average of each
per member, from which it appears
that the highest average was SAG
cents-that of the Synod of Vir-
ginia.
The Presbyteries-some of them
make a better showing. There are
seven that show an average of over
81 per member, as follows:
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22

they cannot bring fairly to trial,
they send the guard for him, with
orders to shoot him on the way,
and report that the accused tried to
escape. They call this "Le ley
fuga." We celebrated the Lords
Supper with fourteen members of
this place, received one member and
suspended six. We feel the pres
ence of the Spirit and the authority
of Christ for confirming His people
and rebuking sin. The suspension
of these persons publicly, with the
mention of their sin, produced
very solemn impression. 1t was
done tenderly and begging the
prayers of Gods people for their re-
pentance, and manifesting that the
gospel of Christ is to save from sin
but not in sin. There are several
persons here who desire to make
their profession of faith.
After spending three days in
Lbarria we returned to San Anto-
MO, where we administered the
Lords Supper to fifteen communi-
cants. The next night we preached
at E. Paraiso, near the summit of
the fifth range of the Sierra Madre.
The next day we arrived at the
Ajuntas, where we received FIVE
members on profession of faith, all
of the same family. Others are in
terested. The father of this large
family had expected to be baptized
also at the same time, but he died
few weeks before. His grown
daughter, who recited to me the
child's Catechism perfectly, which
recital l always reward with Tes.
lament, told me that her father
taught it to her in his last days.
From this place to the Ascencion
it is eighteen miles. So we had a
hard days ride through the rough
canyons, and ascending the sixth
and highest range to the elevated
plain on which this town of two
thousand inhabitants is situated.
This is a fine wheat region. The
seasons are almost too short for
corn at this elevation of eight thou
sand feet. Only three months are
exempt from frost, June, July AID
August, and these not always al
though 1t is within tks tropics tTe
have eleven mem bers here with one
that we received at this time. Only
the members of the church attend.
ed the services this time, as the
Bishop had recently made a visit
there, and gave special warning
against Protestants. The people
erected arches for him, and knelt
on the ground as he passed esteem
ing 1t a special honor to kneel and
kiss the ring OH his finger. We eel
ebrated the Lords Supper, and the
little band was greatly refreshed by
the Word and Spirit We returned
by the same route that we came,
preaching at ali the places aud
found increased interest. The out
look is better than ever before in
this vast field. We have added six
new preaching places 10 the Linares
field this year, which greatly en-,
larges our territory.
A. T. GRAYBIII.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22

Examining these a little more
closely we find that Knoxville drops
out OF the list as the number of
communicates is not reported from
the nine vacant churches. Suppos-
ing those churches to be small, it's
average would still remain high.
though not properly in this list.
Of the other six we find it true:
first, hat they are all small Presby-
teries, and second, that they each
have one or more exceptionally
strong and liberal churches. A
moments consideration will show
how these two conditions work to-
gether to produce a high average.
The two churches of Charlotte, for
example, together gave nearly So
600, but in the Presbytery of Neck
lenburg with nearly 5000 communi-
cants that did not affect the average
as much as the $l,32O given by the
Raleigh al d Henderson church in
Albemarle Presby terry. The 50 O73
of the Grand Avenue church, St.
Louis, the S1,737 of the Franklin
Street Church of Baltimore, the
81 ,5g3 of the Second church. Alexan-
dria, would have been an average Of
over s per mem Der for their re-
spectIve Presbyteries if the other
churches had done nothing. Will
mingtOn Presby is the largest
in the list, yet it Is only necessar
to add to the 50 O73 reported by the
First church, Wilmington, the 1852
of st. Andrews to get in sight of
the 81 average for the Presbytery
And the 81 532reported by the Staun-
ton First and Lexington churches
would have made an average of
81 for any Presbytery in this list
except Wilmington, while it is not
sufficient to bring Lexington Pres
bytery with its more than 5000
mem bers into the list even with the
generally high average reached by
the other churches.
All of which goes to show the
deceitfulness of averages. The
same principle reaches down into
the churches. A few years ago a
church was paraded before one of
our Synods for it's extraordinary
average Of over seven dollars mem
ber for Foreign Missions, and en-
phasis laid upon the fact that It
was a very small church, being only
six or seven members. But there
was nothing extraordinary about it.
1t is not at all unusual for one even
to give $50 to Foreign Missions If
he happened to be in y church of
six or seven members, there is your
average But if he is in q poor or
stingy church of three or four hun
dred members, it is hardly noticed
in the result. We should all re-
member that the Lord will not
Judge by averages at the last day.
Many q man comforts himself with
the high average of his church, and
many church is complacent over
the high average of his Presbytery,
when they have contributed little
or nothing to the averge, except to
help pail Il dorm : But the Lord
Will address us personally, 81 was
an hungered and ye gave me no
meat"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Home.


The first snow of the season fell Tues
day night and Wednesday morning No
vember IA and 18TH at the north i'm van
Gus places. At Wilkesbarre, MahOny
City, Shenandoah and vicinity the ground
was covered with nearly four inches of
snow Eight inches of snow fell at Dun
kirk, New York, the storm "assuming
blizzard proportions at times
The barrel factory of Warner Moore &
Co.. and the immense coal elevator of =.
Hawes S Co, of this city, were de
stroy ed by ire Saturday morning last.
Messrs Hawes Il Co. delivered coal as usu
al on Saturday, and theu business was not
interrupted. The damage 10 these large
firms will reach about S25 000 upon which
here is an aggregate insurance of $1jjUO.
The President, November 18th, appoint
ed Scott Harrison TO be Surveyor of
Customs for Kansas City, Missouri The
appointee is brother of oN President
Harrison, but has been an active Demo
cratic politician.
The commission of JJ. Kennedy, re-
Gently appointed Surveyor of Customs at
Buffalo, n Y, wa, last week recalled by
the President, pending au iuQliry int.
charges which have been made against
Kennedy in connection with the elections.
The Augusta Exposition and the Geor
gia state Fair were formally opener al
augusta, Ga, on the l4rl, with a grand
parade, VIII CO was reviewed by $4,000
people, followed by addresses by President
Patrick Walsh Governor Northen and
OH ers.
BRUNSWICK, GA Frost and ice formed
in Brunswick az the surrounding coun
try last Friday morning aud the peopIere
ioiCed at the event Tie asf s. ents of the
Brunswick epidemic are cd sing fast and
the town will soon resume is business.
The President, last week. removed from
Office Thomas v Cooper Collector of Gus
toms for the Port of Philadelphia. John
K. Read has been selected as his successor.
II steamer China, which reached San
Francisco, November 18Th. brings news of
two severe C8lamities iu Japan One was
a food at AtOi I'm which 300 people were
drowned and over 1000 houses destroyed
The Rev DR.. Charles +. Deems. pastor
of the Church Of Strangers, I'm New York,
died last Saturday night after a protract
ed illness.
Miscellaneous.
The Masonic Temple at Chicago. is the
highest commercial building i'm the world
1t rises BOB feet above the sidewalk, and
has TWEEN ty. one stories Forty seven hun.
dred tons of steel and 10000 tons of fire
proOfng u 500 Carloads) were used in It's
construction. Fourteen passenger eleva-
tors, with a carrying capacity of 100000
people per day afford ample facilities TO
tenant and visitors. The building is one
Of the sights of Chicago
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22
For the Central Presbyterian.
Help Needed for Texas Home
Missionaries.

1t seems evident now that in
closing up the home missionary
work under the old plan, before be-
ginning the new years work, our
Atlanta Committee will fail to pay
seven home missionaries of eastern
Texas by at least a deficit of seven
hundred dollars-an average of 500
due to each one of these seven min
listers. Shall we leave these seven
brethren, laboring faithfully in very
weak churches, to bear this burden
alone ? What can we do but appeal
to God and to the brethren in their
behalf? Even if every dollar of
this amount is paid, these brethren
will then have very scanty rations.
In order to help them continue
the work, and for their relief, will
not many brethren respond to this
urgent appeal? Any Contributions
sent to the undersigned viii be for
warded at once to these home mis-
sionaries. Fraternally yours,
S. f. TENNEY,
Chairman Home Mission Commit
tee Presby'ery of Eastern Texas,
Crockett, Texas.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-22

The Free Church Presbytery Of
Glasgow has Church Planting Commit
tee whose labors have not been very one
rous for some time back; but now they
have resolved on erecting q new church iu
West Pollokshields, where the population
is increasing fast
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-01
THE PRESIDENT NOT ILL.
Mr.. tieVeland's Mother win so East Ia
Care for Her Daughter Next Month.

Mr.. tieNeland's Mother win so East Ia
Care for Her Daughter Next Month.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 27.--H. Il. Perrine
Of Buffalo is here on business. He is the
stepfather of Mrs. Cleveland, and male
statement regarding tho two rumors
atloat: 1--WE are in constant communic a.
tlou with Mrs. Cleveland, as would he
natural, and certainly we ought to know
exactly what the presidents state of
health is. | am prepared to sag that it
is very good, and that the only illness he
has is that incidental to anxiety and
heavy official work. He has no organic
affection and his health is good. There
is no basis for the sensational stories
which go so far as to almost predict his
early death. He is tired, as hard
worked man naturally would be, but
more than that he is not.
III can unequivocally say that Presi-
dent Cleveland's health is good. He
has been much sicker often before. and
nothing has been thought Of it. but
naturally at this time, when he, more
than others, occupies the central position
in view of the nation, his indisposltior
is exaggerated to be sickness unto
death. The truth is very far from any
such deduction. A few days rest is all
he needs, and | observe by the dispatch
es that he yesterday went fishing, GER
tair'y an action not compatible with the
idea of serious Illness"
In reference to the other and more
delicate rumor, Mr.. Perrine hesitated
moment and then said: "Mrs. Pcrrine,
Mrs. Cleveland's mother, will go east
from our Buffalo home about the mid
die OF next month to take care of Mrs.
Cleveland"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-01
NUMBER s3
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
The City Fathers Hold "a Ghort Session
After Contractor VogeI.


The City Fathers Hold "a Ghort Session
After Contractor NogeI.
The city council met last night in
special session, Mayor Gelsthorpe in the
chair and Aid. Roberts, Cleeland, Han
sen, Jensen, and Wilt present.
A petition was presented from prom
erty .nolders on Central avenue. between
Fifth and Sixth streets, asking to have
the avenue graded up to where it was
before Fogel commenced paving. and
that the sidewalks be put in passable
condition. AS Vogcl was given twenty
days notice to do tie same on Aug. II.
the city engineer was ordered TO COM
mence to dc it Sept IL by that time
Vogel had not started. The expense at
tached to the work is to be charged TO
Nogels bondsmen.
The report of Garbage Inspector Clark
for the quarter ended July 81 was lead
and adopted.
a communication was read from the
police commission indorsng the mayors
action in cutting down expenses by sus-
pending two policemen. 1t also recon-
mended that Ed Hamilton. George Will
Jams, and William Aiken be appointed
extra policemen without pay until such
time as their services were needed.
Hansen rose to a point of order and
asked how it was that the men who had
been suspended were not reinstated as
had been ordered by the council
The mayor told him that the police
commission and not the city council had
authority to make reinstatements
A petition was read from r. McDou
gall asking permission TO move frame
building from lof 40 block IL, Third
street, between Third and fourth ave
nues south, to lot I. block i16, Second
avenue south, between Third and Fourth
streets. There was a general laugh
when the names of several aldermen
were found to be on the petition.
Ii. ii. Smith presented counter peti-
tion objecting to the building being
moved in the fire limits and located
forty feet from his shop. He claimed
the council refused TO allow him to re
PAIR the roof on his shop. but was will
ing that another party should move "a
frame building in the fire limits. After
a warm debate between Alderman Han
sen and Mr.. smith, McDougal's petition
was granted. On motion of Alderman
Roberts the streets, alleys and side
walks committee was ordered to aecer-
tain what repairs were necessary on the
Third street sewer. The clerk was or
dered to again serve notice on the
railroad cvmpany to put in crossings at
the required places east of Ninth street
II the same is not completed within ten
days the city attorney is to commence
legal proceedings. Notice was also or
dered to be served on the Water com
pGny 70 Level the ground above their
mains all over town.
On motion Of Aid Roberts the city
marshal was instructed to put the chain
gang at work picking mp stones and re-
pairing The crossings on Third, Fourth,
and Fifth avenues north.
As the time for the next regular meet
ing falls on Labor day il was agreed tC
meet Tuesday.