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CHRISTIAN HOPE.

The hope of eternal life. a state of
unalloyed felicity in the hereafter, IS
of no value to US unless built upon the
most satisfactory evidence. Indeed,
it must be true, from the conditions
of our being, that "if in this life only
we have hope in Christ, we are of all
men most miserable" The mind re-
volts at the thought of living OH
earth upon a shadowy, delusive fig
ment of the fancy, trusting in refer
ence to ihe future life to that which
has no foundation either in reason or
revelation. The natural longing for
erernal blessedness, one of the ration
nal evidences Of Immortality, Is not
in itself sufficient. To speculate as to
what may or should be realized by
souls 80 richly endowed by our Crea.
tor is not O sure method of establish
ing hope. Reason as we may, there
is nothing, save a distinct revelation
upon this subject, that can fill our
longing minds with a sense of posi-
tive assurance.
We are thankful that revelation up
on this subject is SO clear and full.
What blessed assurance the Christian
has of the final fulfillment of his
hope. The resurrection of Christ is
brought forward by the apostle as its
sure Foundation. He was inspired by
the Holy Ghost to reason upon this
question. "If," he says, "Christ be
not risen, then is your faith vain"
All devout minds will rejoice that
God has made the foundation 50 Sc
cure.
"He lives my ma nsion TO prepare.
He lives 10 bring me safely there"
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Panorama OF the Holy Land.

Rev. NAHUM Moghabghab, a native
Syrian preacher, is exhibiting in this
city, quite a number of scenes Of the
Holy Land. The sights are grand and
instructive worth many times 10 cents,
the price of admission. The Syrian
divine preached last Sunday night q
good sermon to large congregation in
the Washington Street Methodist
Church. Brother Moghabghab also
lectures on the Holy Land. He and
bis exhibition are, we Uelieve, worthy
of respectful attention. He is accom-
panied by his brother, both of whom
are prudent and Intelligent men who
have learned to speak English with
much fiuency. They purpose remain
ing in the city through the present
week.
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The Punctuation Points.

Six little marks from school are we,
Very Important, all agree,
Filled to The brim with mystery.
Six little marks from school.
One little mark IL round and small,
But where IL stands the voice must fall.
AT the close of sentence all
Place this little mark from school:
One little mark, with gown a-trailing,
Holds up the voice. and, never fal ling,
Tells You not long 10 pause when hailing
This little mark from school;
II ont OF breath you chance 10 meet
Two little dots, both round and neat,
Pause. and these tiny guardsmen greet
These little marks from school: =:
When shorter pauses are your pleasure,
One trails his sword-lakes half the measure
Then speeds you on TO seek new treasure;
This little mark from school:
One little mark, earshaped, implies,
"Keep up the voice--awais replies;'
To gather information tries
This little mark from school:
One little mark. with an exclamation;
Presents itself TO your observation,
And leaves the voice at an elevation,
This little mark from school:
Six little marks! Be sure 10 heed us;
Carefully study, write, and read us;
For YOU can never cease to need us,
Six little marks from school!
Julia NJ. Cotton, In st. Nicholas.
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HOW q Man Goes TO Sleep.

s tOsder is Heavens first law" and
tie Old truth is manifested even in the
process of going to sleep. When a
nan drops off to sleep, his body does
hot do so all at once, so to speak.
Some senses become dormant before
others, and always in the same order.
AS he becomes drowsy, the eyes close,
and the sense of seeing is at rest. 1t is
quickly followed by the disappearance
of the sense of taste. He next loses
the sense of smell, and then after 8
short interval the tympanum becomes
insensible to sound, or rather the
Z nerves which run to the brain from it
: faifto arouse any sense of hearing.
The last sense to leave is that of touch,
and in some representative people it is
hardly ever dormant. Even in their
case, however, there Is no discriminal-
ing power or sense of what touched
them. This sense is also the first to
return upon awakening. Then hear
ing follows suit after that taste, and
then the eye becomes able to flash i'm
pressions back to the brain. The sense
of smell, oddly enough, though it is by
no means the first to 60, is the last to
came back.
The same gradual loss of power is
observed in the muscles and sinews,
as well as in the senses. Slumber be-
gins at the feet, and slowly spreads up
the limbs and trunk until it reaches
the brain, when Inconsistencies is
complete, and the whole body is at
rest. This is why sleep is impossible
when the feet are cold.-New York
World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
The Aim Of Chrisl's Work.

"Peace Oh earth" was the aim of
Christ's work in this world, writes
Edward Bellamy in the January
Ladies' Home Journal. The whole
gist of His doctrine and the burden of
His teaching consisted in counsels to
men how to put an end to strife with
their fellowmen and live together with
them in mutual helpfulness. All this
teaching, which was the whole con-
tent of His gospel, was grouped about
and crystallized in the Golden Rule,
where0n our modeyn world is founded
as on an everlasting foundation. To
believe in Christ and not to believe in
the Golden Rule as the only plan for
social organization, seems to US a
moral and rational impossibility-an
unthinkable proposition.
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Lord. speak TO me, that may speak
In living echoes OF Thy tone;
AS Thou hast sought, SO let me seek
Thy erring children, lost and lone.
O lead me Lord, that may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet!
o feed me, Lord, that may feed
The nungering ones with mama sweet.
o strengthen me, that while stand
Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee,
may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea.
@ teach me, Lord. that may teach
The precious things Thou dost impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths Of many heart.
q give Thine own sweet rest to me,
That I may speak with soothing power
A word In season, as from Thee.
To weary ones IN needful hour.
@ fill me with thy fullness. Lord,
Until my very heart o'erfiow
In kindling thought and glowing word,
Thy love to tell, Thy praise TO show.
o use me, Lord, use even me,
Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where
Until Thy blessed face l see,
Thy rest, Thy joy, The glory share.
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Potency Of n Hand.ShRke e.

The soul finds its expression in the
ewes and tongue but how many of us
forget that its most powerful pleader is
the hand-shake.
The Roman Emperor who prayed
that he might open graves and set free
their captives never dreamed OF the
awful possibilities should his prayer be
answered. Unnumbered graves are
the premature receptacles of warm
hearts chilled to death through lack of
appreciative love.
The family circle finds its expression
of love in the kiss of caress or kindly
greeting; but the great world of love
less lives who know no home nor friend
but God hunger for the sound OF a
voice or touch of hand of a kindred
spirit and hungering, starve and die.
The dual commandment makes 1t
obligatory to love, and, in the main,
the true heart must love; whose circle
is bounded by the line of censanguin-
ity. Christ preached greater love,
growing by what it fed on, and he or
She who enlarges the bounds of love
to admit the stranger thereto is follow
ing the Christ-llke precedent.
All ABOUT US are ucdIlo We uoy hoS
.grapple "with hooks of steel" till they
are tired but they are Gods people,
and alone in the human sense. and
drift across our daily ways, hungering
for recognition which, mayhap, er-
rant fortune has denied them, and,
like derelicts upon the ocean, serve to
show fate through storm and tenn
pest that might have been stayed with
love and appreciation.
God bless the man who invented the
hand-shake! In the supreme hour,
when the soul is pluming for its flight,
many sins shall be as snow for the
true, manly. loving hand-shake given
desolate brother when the world was
away and mems hearts were cold.
If the blacklist of all sins be, that OF
ingratitude, its most certain antidote is
a royal, loving hand.shake. The one
mirrors an migrate heart; the other
pictures Christ in the Southwestern
Advocate.
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Human sympathy is of the faintest

Human sympathy is of the faintest
kind compared with Gods sympathy.
Perhaps you have never thought that
He is sorry for you in your weakness,
or sickness, or disappointment, or trou-
bile. But He is sorry for all of U.S..
And yet not sorry in the sense that
will prevent Him from doing the best
thing for us. have a Quaker friend
who has an only boy, and her husband
said to her one day, "Thee will have
to discipline him." and she shook her
head and said, II do not love him
enough to discipline him. The Hea-
venly Father will do it," We must
have more love. God loves us enough
10 discipline us. The very meaning
uf the word discipline is that God
wants us.-Margaret Bottome, in Sill.
yer Cross.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
A Moral and Social Helm.

An indulgence 10 intoxicants of any
sort has never helped man to any
social position worth the having; on
the contrary, it has kept many from
attaining position to which by birth
and good breeding and all other quail
fication they were entitled. No young
man will eyer find that the principle
of abstinence from liquor is barrier
to any success, social, commercial or
otherwise. On the other hand, it is,
the one principle in his life which
will. in the long run, help him more
than any other.-Edward W. Box in
January Ladies' Home Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Capt. Samuel W. Evans, died near Society
Hill, y. c.. Dec. 80 1894. He was the father OF
Railroad Comm Issioner w. D. Evans.
Mrs. A. F.. Owens, died suddenly in Column
bin, s. Co. January 8. 1905, aged IS years. She
was II Christian highly esteemed by all OF
those who knew her, and was q faithful men,
Der of The Methodist Church.
Mrs. L. A. Cutler OF the Limestone section
Of Orangebnrg County, i5. c., died May lS,
1894. The decreased was ah exemplary mem.
ber Of the Methodist church. She said again
and again that she was not afraid 10 die and
that for years she had been prepared for
death. The loss TO Kindred and friends Is The
eternal gain to the departed saint.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
Preachers and Printers.

The relation between preachers and print
ers Ia rIklngly picture by some newspaper
that modestly hides Its name, and the only
credit that can be given is loan unidentified
exchange. 1t says:
"a certain preacher said that no newspaper
that told the truth ard the whole truth could
make success. We say, BY way OF return.
Ing, that the minister who will at all times
and under all circumstances tell the whole
truth about his flock alive or dead, will moi
occupy the pulpit more than one Sunday, and
he will find it necessary TO leave town In a
hurry. The press and the pulpit go hand In
hand with whitewash brush and pleasant
words, magnlfying little virtues Into big
ones"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The most awful thought that comes
10 man sometimes is the thought of a
soul that he injured years and years
ago, and that he cannot touch and cam
not help. His own life is under better
Influence ; his own life is uplifted !;
hut where is the man, where is the
woman, to whom he did the harm
years and years ago? God save us
from that! 1t would be hopeless If it
had not the infinite hope in the end
less love of God 10 fall back upon.-
Phillips Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Hon. William Randall Cremer, M.
P, Secretary of the international Ar
bilration League, has come to the
United Siotes to present TO President
Cleveland and to Congress a memorial
looking to the establishment of per-
manent Court of Arbitration between
Great Britain and this country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Ateach stage of your life let God 60
before you. Where he does not lead it
is not save for you to travel. If he
goes not the way that you would like
10 travel, conform your likes to his
will. If it be way which he cannot
ravel, do you avoid it. Everything
worth having depends for its worthi-
ress upon having him also.-The Rev.
J James Millar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Character grows and strengthens
each day discovers some
change in US, and the change Is in a
specific direction. There is atendency
in us toward fiXity of moral nature.
This development of character in dis
tinct and permanent form is rapid.
Youth is the formative period of life,
then the nature is plastic it receives
easily, and the impressions
are lasting.-Philip Moxom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

When some men get religion the
very next bone they give to their dogs
will have more meat on it.
The word peace is mentioned more
than 250 times in the Bible. Paul
wrote it more than 40 times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The Denmark "Times" of Jan, 8,
states that Mrs. Jones, wife of Rev" r.
Herbert Jones, is still too i'll to move
to Wallerboro, where Bro. J. is ap-
pointed this year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Newspaper tidings from different
points In Orangeburg District indicate
that the new Presiding Elder, Rey.
John Owen, is doing good work and
winning high esteem among his peo.
pie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The last turn in the famous "Agri-
cultural Hall" case was against the
Stale of South Carolina. The legal
fight Is not yet ended, however.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

$50 a. m train connects at Greenwood for Walhalla
and ell points on Seaboard Air Line and Columbia
and Greenville Railways
For any information relative to Tickets rates. sched
ulcs, ETC., address
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent
K. l.. TODD, Travelling Passenger Agent.
Augusta. Co
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

A parsonage Is being built on the
church lot for pastor w. II. Kirton of
the Greene Street Methodist Church,
Columbia, s. e.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The Liberia exodus fever" has
struck large numbers of Georgia ne
groes. and many are preparing to 60 to
Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The Columbia "Weekly Register"
ISSUED semi.weekly) has advanced its
price to 50 a year. Well worth the
money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The Wesleyan Christian Advocate
made its appearance January 2 in
new and improved dress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The boiler on q steamer ut Rio.
Janeiro, Brazil, exploded Jan. 7, and
120 people were killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

The Greenville "Mountaineer" has
absorbed the Greenville "Democrat," i"
and IL now published semi-weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Moss growing on trees is pretty
good indication that the soil Is too wet
and probably poor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Rising rivers In Pennsylvania. Jan.
7, threaten repetition of the Johns
town flood.
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Bereavement.

7 am making up the closing num-
ber of the Messenger of Peace beneath
the shadow of great sorrow. Just
as was writing the first line of my vale
dictory in my own sitting-roUm at
home, on the evening Of the 4th of this
month my dear wife, lamar II. Hill,
sitting near me, was taken suddenly
and alarmingly i'll, and in ten hours
her ransomed spirit had passed from
the church militant OH earth, to The
church triumphant in Heaven, and
left me to plod the remainder of the
Journey of life lonely, hut not sad, for
II find the promise of God Grue In this
great bereavement. my grace is suf-
ficient for thee" passed my seven
ty-seyenth birthday on the 18Th of last
month. and had hoped that AZ she
was eight years my junior that she
would be spared TO he my stay aud
comfort in old aye, but God has order
ed otherwise. ! can and do trust him,
although "His ways are past findidg
out"
."rho' the mlsis hang p'er the river,
And the biIlows loudly roar,
Yet we, hear the SOng or Angels
Waited from the other shore.
We are waiting by the liver.
We are watching on The shore,
Only waiting for the hnai man.
Soon he'll come ID bear III o'er.'
DANIEL HILL.
in the last Christian Arbitrator and
Messenger of Peace.
Tamar It. Hill. who deceased on
the 9TH inst, beqeuathed $500 to the
Peace Association Of Friends in Am
erica, to aid it in carrying on its work
of educating mankind to believe that
there are wiser and better means than
war for the settlement Of international
difficults and to exslt the principles OF
love, kindness and justice above ha-
tired, jealousy and sanguinary.. war
fare. Who will 60 and do likewise ?
Tamar #. Hill was the wife of Dan
lei Hill, Editor of Messenger of Peace
Ed Z. n
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Panic and starvation prevail In New
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House and Lot for Sale.

i on Moseley Ferry road in the town OF Alb
bevilIe. Terms easy. Apply TO w. 8. Goth
ran. JAilen Smith. or TO me at Greenyllle, q
G. T. P. COTHRAN.
March Is. 1893. tt
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Port Royal and Western Carolina R. r
Augusta and Ashevilic Short Line.

j. B. CLEVELAND, Receiver.
QUICKEST route to Athens, Raleigh, Norfolk
W Richmond. Va. and Eastern cities. Schedule
in effect July lst 1894 Eastern time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

In ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT TO
raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing
/, 1893, notice Ia hereby given that
the office Of County Treasurer OF Abbeville
County will be open for the collection OF taxes
for said fiscal year from
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4. D. RDII
lENslsa nd VAIEaNA
s. 9:

rs NOW IN BUSINESS ON HIS own
Il countHnd Will be glad u serve The pzl
In every departments Of his business.
In connection with his rep8ir woTlzI
Keeps q fine stock of JEWELRY, WATCn
etc
The Caucasian., 1895-11-28
why Is IT?
Some Pointed Question and Pungent
Answers.

Some Pointed Questio ons and Pungent
Answers.
Why have the goldites never OBJ
tanned legislation or secured admins
tration to maintain the gold standard.
except by fraud or bribery: Because
the masses of the people are honest and
would not tolerate the bOndhOlding
conspiracy to double debts and destroy
and the leaders bribed.
Why do the enemies of free institu-
tions deprive the people of money be-
fore they attempt to use them as slaves?
Because the courage of man never
leaves him until his purse is empty.
Why does Cleveland have contempt
for the opinions of the masses? Be
cause he judges the people at large by
his office holders, who exchange their
opinions for fat salaries.
What's the difference between an
anarchist of poverty and an anarchist
of wealth? The former wants TO de-
stroy everything and the latter wants
to get everything.
Why do so many Democrats prefer
the Democracy of Cleveland to the
Democracy Of jefferson? Because
jefferson is dead and can't give them
any offices.
Why do venal politicians always
support q corrupt administration:
For wherever the carcass is there will
be eagles (buzzards) gathered TO-
gether.
What is the worst money? The
money that creates the most misery.
What is slavery? Getting the labor
of other people for nothing.
The Caucasian., 1895-11-28
THIS Is A HITTER.

All The DENY Papers do the Same Thing.
Hickory Mercury.l
Have you read what the Charlotte
Observer said about the recent cleo
tions: 1t put on mighty long face. In
the whole thing it never mentioned Mr..
Cleveland. That means that the Pres
ident was not in it little bit. 1t
mentions in twenty places that the
pops were not in it. 1t wouldn't ad-
init that the pops were the only party
that made gains, while both old parties
lost, 1t said democrats had . good
chance in '96; because from now on,
they would not be responsible for what
congress does, That's shameful ad-
mission that democratic chances are
better when they can't than when they
can do anything. That is, they are
better at promises than at actually
running the government. Then it takes
great consolation that "sound money
won, which shows that such papers are
more concerned to save the money pow
er than even a political party. Then
it winds up with consolation from the
fact that John r. Gentry took the race
from Joe Patchen in three straight
| heats at Reidsville recently. That
means that all this running, voting, etc.
is on q parity with horse racing.