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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

known to one American in an hundred.
China has a religion, not national,
which no American can fancy, but it
has a code Of morals of remarkable in
terest and Importance to the people,
and not without interest to outsiders.
1t has not known Christ, but 1T has had
philosophers of elevated ideals who
laid down a code of morals noble and
impressive. The only known caste in
the history of hat mighty kingdom
the asst is one of scholarshipemen
learned. They are the nobility. 1t is
a fact that China has had a civil SER
vice law for thousands of years. All
officials nave to stand an elimination.
Then again the Chinese are more
generally educated than the people Of
North Carolina. You can not find pro-
baby a Chinaman in the United States,
and there are many thousands of them,
who cannot read his own very difficult
language, known to be the most diff
cult to acquire of all languages. The
poorest, lowest cooley can read.
Then they ave great libraries. Their
history goes back 10 1851 ear before
the advent of the Saviour. That is au-
thentic history in regular connection.
They have ais a asst number Of biog,
raphies. 1.-The full and continuous his
tory was completed in the second CEN
tury." The libraries are SO immense
as to easily eclipse those Of any Euro
pean nation. The same account drawn
upon states this:
THE great libraries of Picking con-
tain volume of books numbered by the
hundreds of thousands. In the archives
Of the government are still to be found
the ancient predictions of eclipseS made
with great accuracy, together with
works on astronomy which show a fair
knowledge of that interesting science.
B~iographers, very succinotly written.
of the. emDerors OF the most ancient
dynasties, still exist, and . written
works of learned men are as volumin-
Gus as those of European nations. And
all this learning and love of learning
has been acquired without help or sug-
gestion from any foreign people. If
their authentic histories reach back to
nearly five centuries ago, mythical
history reaches still further back into
the very Night of Time"
We do not enter upon the political
questions in which China is involved.
There are great rivilary and jealousy
between Great Britain and Russia, each
having Chinese interests and eventual
'ly a great war may come of it. Russia
is anxious and is planning to get pos
session of a big slice of the Chinese en-
pire, and Great Britain is equally anx-
ious to keep the Bear out. The present
Dynasty is foreign. It has been a long
time since there was q native Dynasty,
and there is more or less movement to
drive out the foreign and install the
native rulers again.
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THE SILVER REPUBLICANS.

The silver republicans in the con-
gress (seven in number) have issued
a strong address to the bimetallists in
the republican party. 1t is a vigorous
arraignment of their party for turn
ing it's back upon its past promises,
declarations and course and voting for
the house currency bill. They state
that the republican national plat
forms of 1888 and 1892 had been unequi-
vocally in favor of bimetallism and the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money. Nevertheless, ii was apparent
several months before the assembling
of the national convention of 1895 that
the machinery Of the republican party
had passed wholly into the hands of
the banking and creditor interests, and
that it was the purpose of the latter
to commit the party to the advocacy
and achievement of the gold standard"
They show how the convention that
nominated Mckinley acted. 1t is
opposed to the free coinage of silver
except by international agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can
be obtained the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver and
pape1 currency must be maintained at
parity with gold, etc" That is a part
of the financial platform. 1t was new
ct meant 10 De executed IN good 1dltn.
1t vas a catch and 1t caught. The ad-
dress says:
Relying upon ii, enforced as il was
throughout the west and central por-
tons of the country by the editors and
orators Of the republican party, mil
lions of voters were held in line for
the ticket; for, as stated in the Re-
publican Campaign Textbook for 1892,
the republican party was "A bimetallic
| rarty.'"
They say that but for this gross de
| cepticn practiced hat Mr.. Bryan
would have been elected by an over
whelming majority. That is altogether
probable. A change OF but $4,000 votes
in seven states would have elected the
| able and brilliant statesman of the
northwest. They refer to McKinley's
course after he was in office that he
had but little regard for the promises
OF b platform. They review his course
and then point to the way, the st.
| Louis platform has been executed in
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RECRUITS ron THE BoERs.

It was announced some weeks ago
from beyond the cas- that many Irish
men were fighting in the army of the
Beers, and that a goodly number OF
young Irishmen would leave their ma
tive island for the Transvaal to help
the men fighting for liberty and indie
pendence. News comes from New
York on the 10Th instant. that scores
of Americans are also going to join the
Beers, and that they will be able tc
arrive at Pretoria by the way of Della
o bay. through the consul al New
York, Charles ID. Price. for the Orange
Free State. He says they pay their
own expenses and do not go disguised
1t seems that nearly 81! T Of foreign
birth. The consul says in answer tc
how many ave Gomez
7 can't say. Hundreds OF them
Dozens Of them come in here every
day. A good many Of them are Beers
Some are .Hollanders and Scandinavia
ans. There have been a great many
Germans here, who have served as of.
ficers in the German army: I receive
a great man. letters also from people
who want to go to the war-a great
many from surgeons, who offer their
services. and / get letters every day
from people who have some wonderful
invention by which they say they car
blow up the whole British navy"
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THE CASE OF

The case of POlygamOuS Roberts, of
the late Brigham Young's ~dominions,
grows palmer. He is a brave, cool
fighter, and has played a hand boldly
that he hoped would win. It was
to compel the congress to prove that
he was Ineligible. But in this he must
man Ineligible to a seat in the United
States house, by no means composed
of saints. 1t now appears as if his
real life at home will be established
in the mouth of at least two or three
witnesses. His true status has been
shown before the committee. It is
proved that he has three wives and
twelve children by them. 1t is known
that he still lives with them. n that
it is all lone with the entire approval
of the so-called Mormon Church"
The Baltimore Herald gives this of the
testimony before the committee:
THE children of the second wife
called for Roberts mail, and a tomb
stone erected over the grave of a little
girl was said to bear the inscription.
Lena, Daughter of Celia and Brigham
H. Roberts,
''It was also in evidence that Roberts
writings, and hat he was receiving
pay as a missionary for the Latter
Day Saints. In fact, the testimony
left nothing to be desired in point Of
completeness, and caused Roberts to
change his tactics. He insisted that
the authority of the committee ex-
tends only to h time of his member
ship in the house, and the inquiry
should, therefore, be limited to this
period"
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DEATH OF d. l.. MOODY.

Millions of people will regret to hear
that D. L. Moody, the most famous Of
all modern ~evangelists, is no longer of
the living in this world, but has passed
into everlasting life beyond. But why
regret the ceasing to live here (the re-
deemed and saved never die) of a pro-
foundry pious, consecrated man of God,
when it is to introduce the enamel
pated soul into the regions of the blest
the home of the sanctified for whom
Christ the Saviour has prepared "a
place." a house in the eternal man
sions with the glorified? A man who
could live a life of such ceaseless, in
tense usefulness, so filled with divine
power and love, and could die as he
did, the last words escaping his lips as
the portals of glory opened to receive
his immortal SPIRIT see earth reced-
ing; heaven is opening; God is calling
me-" vas too pure for earth IN longer
and ready for the translation-for the
ascension to the abode of all who die
in Christ after living q life of faith i'll
the adorable Redeemer, the blessed Son
of God. 1t is not a time for repining or
tears at such a departure. There is one
saint less on earth and one more preci-
Jus oool SCIi1N1S' "ANA
the bloodwashed according to the
riches of His grace"
MI. Moody has doubtlessly done more
positive good han any man who has
lived in the last half century. He is
beyond fair question the best known
soldier of the Cross 1--WE think he was
but a lay preacher, never having been
ordained), on the earth in this century.
He was not a scholar, he was not
an orator, he was not a master of Sc
lect, powerful language, he was not a
great man intellectually. But he was
thoroughly consecrated to God, a most
untiring worker for his Saviour, a man
of the deepest, sincerest, strongest
faith, and had the baptism of the Holy
Ghost. He was q wonder worker be-
cause ike Enoch of old, he walked with
God, had unbroken communion with
Him, had the abiding presence Of the
Son of God, was filed with the Spirit
and walked in the Spirit. Here lay his
tremendous power for usefulness, and
this accounts for his marvellous C.
cess for twenty-five or thirty years in
preaching in p~lainness and simplicity
and directness the truths of God, the
unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ,
the sinners one and only Saviour.
Christ Jesus was made unto him
wisdom, and righteousness, and sane
LITIGATION and redemption" The good
man is gon but he has left a blassed
example behind May we die the death
of the righteous and our last end be
like his" We should have said above
that Mr.. Moody was a man of great,
unfaltering faith and corresponding
works-that he was not rich in human
learning, put rich in his full knowledge
of God and His blessed Book.
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OF IMPORTANCE TO PLANTERS.

Texas is making a new and impor-
tant departure. 1t is for the farmers
to organize companies to build and op-
crate cotton factories. 1t is said the
plan is growing in popularity, and al
ready companies ave been formed in
several counties. The building Of mills
by farmers alone will give a opportuni-
ties for investing surplus money, and
will enable the cotton growers to work
up their own products. The Charleston
News and Courier says Of the move
ment:
The plan as described is for the
farmers in a certain district to sub
scribe money enough to build a mill.
The mill is to use the cotton grown by
its owners, and will, therefore, be able
to save many hundreds of dollars on
the price of the cotton alone by get
ting it direct fro n the farms. This will
enable the farmtr to gin his cotton and
take it to the mill like so much hay;
so escaping all expenses for baling it,
sampling, insurance commissioners,
pressing, etc"
This movement will attract attention
no doubt among the planters, and will
follow in perhaps all the states. Small
mills pay well when we'll managed
There are small mills in North Carroll
ma that have paid h investors with
good profits. We suppose there are
small mills now operating that pay not
less than s or 10 per cent. The Boston
Journal of Commerce noting this new
Texas movement, thinks it must prove
satisfactory, showing good eturn in
dividends. 1t says that the experiment
will be closely observed, land il n
proves as successful as present indica-
tons seem to promise, there will prob
ably be many more farmer mills run
ming in the southern states before the
end Of 1900. The states OF Georgia
South Carolina and North Carolina of.
fer most excellent opportunities fol-
such mills. One hundred thousand dol
lars is all that is necessary for the
starting Of a 1rst-class cotton mill. and
one capitalized at thas. sum which oh.
tanned its cotton from hts owners could
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extending through fifty years of active
and unparalleled labor.

The healers in the west are exciting
attention. There are many believers
in divine healing" There can be no
objection on the part of any sane per-
son to the statement that God a heal
the diseases of the body. the mind and
the soul. Christian people must be-
lieve that or their case is indeed Ia
inevitable, hopeless. But God works by
means, by instrumentalities. The
world is to be regenerated n saved
by the power of the gospel-the preach
ing of the Word, accompanied by the
quickening, saving power Of h Holy
Ghost. God works in a mysterious
way His wonders to perform" But
faith healers use no human instumez1-
tally, and eschew the trained physi-
clan. At Falls City, Nebraska, a child
recently died because the mother would
allow no doctor to see it. The report
by telegraph shows tina it is a case OF
neglect. TIE father had at last a ply
stefan called, and it began to improve.
Then it followed in this wise:
THE doctors son remained with
the sick child most Of n night,
and it was only by force that he at
tended to the child, the 'healers'
swarming around him all h while,
praying for him and saying that every
thing ne handled was possessed with
the devil. The child had a high fever,
and the healers would not as much as
give water to it.
When the doctor left the next morn
ing the healers' threw the medicines
away, ordered the visitors out of the
house, locked the father in the kitchen
and began praying owe the child. They
continued doing SO until the baby died.
The public is very indignant over the
affair"
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one mos, important particular. They

one most important particular. They
say:
THE present bill preserves IL with
a vengeance. The vast bonded debt
OF the country now payable In coin
that is either in gold or silver, is to
be made payable I'm gold alone. Nearly
half a billion OF standard silver dol
lars, heretofore not redeemablc in any
thing not constituting a burden on
either the gold reserve or the credit OF
the government, but forming a large
percentage of our basic money, are
hereafter to be redeemable I'm gold.
thus Increasing tremendously the
strain on that metal and becoming an
endless chain with which to pull gold
from the treasury and affordinG an ex-
Fcuse for the final destruction OF the sill
yer cellars as money. and their forced
sale as bullion. after the Il OF
the German procedure sn 1872. The
greenbacks, the best paper money the
world ever saw. the product OF the pa
triotism and craftsmanship OF the re-
publican party in the days OF Abraham
Lincoln. are TO be virtually destroyed
in being changed into gold certificates.
TO be locked up In the treasury n
paid alt oniy for gold"
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NOTICEABLE.

1t is noticeable that the gold stand
ard bill passed the house by forty
majority. 1t is known that eleven of
these were so-called democrats, near
ly or quite all from New York. 1t is
said that the straight republican ma
jority in the house is but twelve. Add
eleven known democrats, making
twenty-three, but where came the sew
enteen others? 1t is also noticeable
after the vote Mr.. DeArmond, of Mis-
souri,, announced the death of his dis
tinguished, able and faithful colleague,
Richard p. Bland. The New York
Evening Post, pronounced goldite, says
this:
"Mr. Bland took up the fight for the
free coinage Of silver twenty-three
years ago, and from that time forward
he was h most conspicuous figure OF
that side of the contest until Bryan
came to the front in 1896. 1t is not gen.
orally remembered now that Bland led
Bryan in the voting in the Chicago
convention during the first three bal
lots"
1t is farther noticeable that it is con-
fdently expected that the house gold
bill will pass the senate without any
alteration. 1t is still noticeable that
the republican party. headed by Nc
Kinley and Hanna. have completely
summersaulted after the we'll known
northern style, and although they were
pledged to bimetallism in three ma
tional conventions, and Mckinley was
as dumb as an oyster in advocacy OF
the gold standard three years ago. The
Evening Post, reviewing the past his
| tory Of the turn-coat party with which
it has affiliated a to currency fol
some years. says this in contemplate
ing the victory for gold in the presen,
| republican congress:
How great this victory is we can
hardly realize except as we recall the
various crises in the past when the
leaders of the republican party, includ-
ing Mckinley and John Sherman, were
joining forces with Teller, Stewart,
Jones Of Nevada, and Dubois of Idah1
to pass such measures as the Sherman
| act OF 1890. The contrast between thai
| measure and the one passed in the
house yesterday is as wide as the
poles"
He is indeed a wonderfully wise man
| and gifted seer who can forteIl what
a politician or a political party may
do or hold two Oh four years ahead.
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Savannah has a beautiful Methodist
church in memory of the Rev. John
Wesley, the founder of that great re-
ligious denomination now known as
Methodism. The church building is
said to be uncommonly handsome n
with the ineSt interior of n church
building in Savannah.
Mr.. Wesley in his early ministerial
life visited Georgia and preached there
for awhile when it was a wilderness.
He was an obscure oxford Fellow then,
and an u-nregenerate preacher as he
says himself. In some century and a
half his people have grown into a great
Christian denomination numbering
some ten millions of members and fifty
millions of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES men,
women and children who attend upon
the services of it's ministers and are
adherents of it's doctrines theoretically
if not practically:
The time was when John Wesley was
mpoone stoned, villified, ~censured,
even despised. Today he is recognized
bv all great writer's as one or the po-
tential factors in the civilization, glory
and prosperity of many nations, ana
neopIes. Lord Macaulay, John Richard
Green. w. H. Lecky in their great MS
tories each devote much space to the
great work of Wesley, as we mention
ed recently. Lecky, an Irish sceptic'
saws h a Wesley saved England In the
eighteenth century from the horrors OF
the French revolution. No stateman,
no historian, no student or the last
undre and fifty years can leave OUT
of h survey of forces at WORK In the
uplifting of mankind and the develop
ment of Scriptural holiness IN tne
world, the great revival under wesley
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THE OLDEST OF ALL NATIONS.

There is hardly q more interesting
nation on the globe now than China.
1t was old when all modern nations
were unborn. 1t has had an extraOr-
binary history, and is more talked Of
and written about in 1899, than it ever
was since Christ was born. Several
entertaining and instructive volumes
have been recently published, n they
are worth reading, as up to this hour
to most people, however otherwise in
formed, the Chinese empire is an I'm
known land. We all know but little of
it's history or it's people. In the centre
of the empire there is a great canal
that, like a great river, is the way of
travel and the means Of transportation
for one thousand miles of a dead, fat
alluvial land. This canal was built so
far back that of it there is no account.
An account says:
1T is intersected by lateral canals
leading to the towns and cities, thus
giving the only means of communica-
ton from province t. province and
from province to Picking the seat of the
imperial court. These communications
by boat and by runner are the only
physical means of linking the great
population into a single empire and a
united nation. Man, cities n prov
inces are so remote from the emperor
and his court that they seem 10 the
people more of an ancient tradition
than a historic reality. Rising over the
great plain from distance to distance
along the Seacoast, porcelain towers,
from one to two hundred feet high,
glitter in the strong sunbeams like bur-
niShed silver. Their architecture is
perfect; their symmetry beautiful and
graceful-monuments Of a past Won
derful civilization whose builders and
purposes only the Literati can tell. The
Great Wall of China starts from the
sea in the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li and runs
no less than 1900 miles through the en-
pire, spanning rivers and crossing
mountains. 1t has a height of twenty
feet, and five horsemen can ride abreast
on its paved summit. Everything in
this great empire speaks of a remote
and hoary antiquity"
The manners, customs, religion, edu-
cation. social life, etc.. are as yet not
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Interesting discoveries are making
constantly in Egypt and in the east.
me messenger has given some
In brief from time to time. Recently ma
was given as to Egyptian exploring
III ASIA have proved often
mighty interesting. Lately at the Bibli-
cal Ephesus paul wrote a famous let
ter TO the E~phesians) a theatre was nm
covered OF much interest. It's columns
MOSAIC pavements are even wen
preserved. From The Richmond rva1
Central Presbyterian we take this:
The streets have been uncovered.
with marks of chariot wheels ali over
q pavement. Marble water troughs
VIII oxen and oak leaves are found,
with the lovely semicircular marble
portico with It's steps, occupying the
whole East side Of the harbor These
are the steps at which Paul landed. and
one can now land a. he did md 60
win him into the theatre. From Smyr-
na. you q go to Ephesus, spend the
Gay. and return In the evening"
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1t may be really a new road to COT
ton planters independence OF the men
who have practically controlled the
price of cotton. This will supplement
well the idea hitherto advanced for
factories in counties to be equal to con
Stunning the raw cotton produced In
such counties. We CAV from the Raj
eigh News and observer a few days
ago an example OF a mill paying higher
for cotton than the regular buyers
would pay.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Owing to physical disability we can
not continue our discussion today in
Ephesians.
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The heart is deceitful above al
things, and desperately wicked; wht
can know it? Jer. 1873.
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