Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-05-01

,s,-oJ1, o., , ,-ir,r.,,, lie, Tho noon
v,as - ,"l -, ,tnaeo,+i, -
w., @ " a.. ~
", rsni, i,,, "o al fn.P ~.
7 l,,' ~, I'm ,al'. Ni.rl. h,m,. loot
ws,a ..,,t.,,j ava. tha cbe;r. III. N.
/ lac garments nj thp 3,.i
'rhr most m,rtam ,jid u,t f,'lvrit,,y,,
( tla ..,1s.s If 6,,tb AMI ~. na,-i.ia-.
differed Or Sa,rrh ~oy,,,,,l H.,
{ death h.l a..,lal from stlryah,, I
SOON ta At business ,r,n m,ml.r- al
fine ehnf,n h,G 5a,ii,,i IA, s,n,,.. IN,
deceased TDsy aid H,,y ,y,r, ,.,.t.
paj,al +, attend ia their. 6rsipa,s late
and vySap VIM, ,lav J,j haen bo.,a +,
,upne~ ;ee, were IN, tiral :, "a =
church TINT ni.ht. r-lrticuluIy wha,
,lrt hal hpru 10 fine inloa tha n,e,ip,,
nishi Inndi,y wpnsu in thf rLnr,,
declared they coult not s1pport III,
meeting. for after t,amuing the = e,ts.
and visiting shops and stores ali day,
they were exhausted. Besides, The,
hai their sorial calls and taas IN aftnni
! ana an evening reserved for the ronven
lent headache, so it was imuossiblc TO,
Them 40 attend. A largo number Of tn,
youur men and women of the rhureF
took their cue from their elder; ami
they could not support il because the,
were busy stuiyinp ana attending sorii
enragFmelfs The rbil1ren vnro nave,
encouraged 70 sun,or If some If III.
members said they couId NOT walk Sc
far. although inca walked twice AS far
IN a p1s,ining taa or ~..,a.i,l salni'
of tinse! and gew.gaws. Others war,
too murr afraid ia he ont at n;cht. bnt
the old sexton declares thay never saw
snOoks only ON ulayer meeting evening,
and her they were always in terror
When uuheliryefs and stTaugers came
into the meeting and saw so few prasent
they ceased coming. as n h~alf.emnt,
room had no attraction for them. and
two.thirds Of the members never hacked
for nm cIcnsa for not supuorting thf
meeting; hence DR.. Srnr6h declared
that the PRAYER meeting had died of
starvation pire and simule.
However. n close examination Of thf
remains discovered other nossihla cansas
of death. No donbt if hod suffered
from lack of uourishmant and Warmth .
bus ugly COMMISSIONS and wounds were
found. They might not have been
caused bv malice and haired but by n
careless and rough treatment. when
only Kindness was meant The danarted
was 80 low in vitality chat if could NOT
stand rough and violent iolt,. and the
exposures to wbicl if. frieujs snbiprtpd
il.
AT the coroner's ino1ast If onnaara5
in un~contradicted testimony th5t II hql
suffered greatly from carelrssness. For
instance, the na.to, struck an abusivq
bInv at II Inv thnuohtInssna.s. he re,d a
lone chontar at fhe h~pginnin0 made
rambling comments on # then he OK
hort,d for twenty minntes M one else
had nm opportnnityto INV ANYTHING and
ifsthnv md alI were IN tirpI thof INV.
thing said would NOT have been inte,
esting. pity he did not know better
but they saythey do MOI t+nrh nrayar.
meeting manners in our ~the6jnGiral
seminariesi
ON another evening PRO Jeremiah
from Baca street did not helm matters
much; he talked d~iscourapingly. he sml
the church was dead and The nrayer.
meeting was snrely diving, He had In.
gubrio1s tones and alon9 dismal face
a senulchral voice, so fiat thp natient
was AT once affected and far awhile If
mad M mis- They had to sing two
hymns tn restore rn:niration and some
feared il wonid die right them
Thsn Rrothe, Noses from Siuo; Hill
rose. his face was as Amt. his vn;ca ma.
talhc. and his words hard and cold like
hailstones. He began by scoldinothe
church members. of ronrse M one who
deserved the ~trounciug was nresnnt .hut
no matter. Moses th1uderpI and vol.
Ieyed righteous INDIGNATION n@yninst ev.
eryone in general and nobody in partic.
ular. He smoke many wholesome trnths
bnt not in t.loye, - There was not +,
breath If insniration moi y HAM
of cheer not y throh If cnn,,aua IN anw
tbing he said He tnld thoSe nresant
thay7 woro ,ii ;nditToront o,an o
cent bimself He toId about tha'dro;l1
cbnrch wbanca bo bad onna ~ Wv
uowerfnl revivols tbnv had tbere Ho
romad some talented nreanhars ho had
heard anj centr,stel al m,,nb ~ tha
disndvantape If his nresent nhrrch
He closed With y mvster;ons sbata Of tho
mead and = hint fiat the chrrch wa, ON
Tho woy to rnin N, sometLing woroo
ana he tremb1ed Loot snmethitIu vol
bannpn to II Ha emf dovr1 an m'as
Gloom and disconr,ge,non m', ;,'u'
Dnrk with an astbmatic roi,l s,,",l
fine Gne.
,,Uark from, +bo +omb. .a.t,......,
That gavr thn nraI,o,. ,a.ati,-
HE bIow Won't 6 r ,hn Tcs'. a,.t ~.
COINS carried tbe m.rr nf IA.
claim tbat tha binw ,inra
70 canso Joatb '''''-
Aunthor m,.ao+ ,a,;ot;on
by conc ne a. nb''inia,o a't,o.G'
Nv ;n;nro1 H. fI o,t"1| ~ ii''y t'ti'.
H. 1a+o aon,n r Peoli0 Oo'n:'i'
a cola hin ~ r. ~" n o'1'o, I,'I'i''i
nu,an;otnd nntontt tho, uA ~ i'i
ero1gh ;nterestn5 70 oithon ~
n,avs orawar,,,5 ,i,o ot,agt .Pa'.l ~,
ttbeym nd "a nat t j.; hoo o,,at 'g.g, ~,
rnora aeani ~ lt;lI pi indno, p etn "!i5ltt'i
snon ''Np' Gun '""''' h"u Si'iA''l-
4o,+;eo1
n;dLt 10 3onnrta AZ Ilu in4uest 'liaI one
- III uorai'o' uao ounN very low,
w. e.. ~ Iio'.o' as puise couiu lot
49, "n'n We pas'1r' fe'lizlnS the
tansei ntoe aia appeaieu that the last
o |t' tho rao1noss n IVY ~ lJshore %tes'ilnolleS
vi we soouliess Vi uoo' or the expires
uord fnr Tosr ~ oH o'"n NJ" }tist d