The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-20

due time shall be delivered. Court etiquette pre-
vents its publication.
Mr.. Samuel smith, NJ. p, Of London. read pa
per on the Sscerdotal Question in England This
is the most important question agftated in
Great Britain. Ritualism and ROmanism are
tending towards great and dangerous union. The
evangelical and SaeerdOtal conceptions Of christi
anity cannot be combined. and they are now oppOs-
ed in the Anglican church. Mr.. Smith quoted an-
thor-ties copiouslY and alluded the secret sOc-
cites which have honey-combed the Anglican
Church during the last Is years. and to which 5000
English ministers belong. The Bishops do not resist
the movement and many of them in sympathy
( with it.
The delegates and visitors were given most
splendid reception by Dr. and Mrs. T. Dewitt Tai
mage. Their residence on Massachusetts, Avenue
was handsomely decorated from the entrance hall
to the smoking room on the second floor. The wide
stairway lined with Southern smilax, studded
with carnations and roses, with giant palms nod
ding in the receses and ferns banking the mirrors
which line the walls. The large drawing room
north of the hail. where the guests were received,
had Southern smilax running along the walls, with
/ enormous punches Of American Beauty roses appar-
4 antly growing from many vases of unusal size
PLACED about this and the adjoining apartment.
Mrs Radcliffe, Mrs. Hamlin, Mrs. John w. Foster
and Mrs. Turner Of Philadelphia, assisted in well
coming the guests.
/ The dining room like the drawing fra
grant with American Beauties, while the bOunti-
| fully supplied supper table was adorned with the
same luxurious flowers. The library equally
pretty in pink roses and ferns. The orchestra
| played throughout the evening in the Oriental
room.
| The 500 guests thoroughly enjoyed it.
! Yes, saw Dewey. The Council adjourned one
whole day 10 see the Dewey pageant. 1t was q
magnificent and inspiring sight the parade
swung into the long stretch of the handsome
| thoroughfare. AT the head of the line rode Mai
Gen. n. A. Miles in full uniform, with yellow field
marshal's sash. Back of him was rank after rank
| of military aides, all officers of high rank. The
brilliant scarlet coated marine added color and in
| spring music to the gay scene Following them
came every describable kind of soldier sailor and
marine, mounted and afoot, infantry, artillery,
cavalry; the marines in their short blouses and
/ helmets, the Jackies from the Raleigh and other
warshps battery after battery Of ligut artillery
\ the great eight inch siege guns each drawn by
/ eight horses. Then the crimson trappings of the
artillery changed to the yellow of the cavalry, as
line after line of the yellow Plumed troopers rode
| by. And then Dewey 1--WE recognized Dewey, Nc
Kinley, Miles, Schley from their pietures.) Fol-
lowing the Admiral came the officers and men OF
the Olympia. Then the governors and their stats.
As usual Dewey arrived ahead of time Then he
| received $40, 600 sword. May it forever remain
/ sheathed. Hero worship?
IF drunk with sight Of power we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe"
Let US grant that Dewey's victory was great.
How much greater was the victory of Rev. ]. G.
Hebrides, aud with no sword save the sword of the
Spirit conquered them in the name of the Prince
of Peace, and Ii, 900 people on p islands are
ehristianized and civilized.
DR.. II. 5. Bosnian, from Pretoria, was present.
He made the interesting statement that his peo-
pie the best people earth, not the greatest
intellectually not the richest, not the most cult
ured, but TO moral character they were among
the best people earth, The Beers are the far
mers in South Africa, of Duties descent. After the
/ annexation of Cape Colony by Great Britain
trouble arose between the government and the
Beers, and in 1886 many of them left the Colony
and founded the Orange Free State and also the
Transvaal Republic. In 1877 the Cape Government
ostensibly fearing outbreak took possession of
the territory. In 1880 the Beers took up arms but
a treaty Of peace ensued, under which British SUI
zerainty was recognized TO foreign affairs. In
1884 the treaty was modified and suzerainty was
practically given mp by the British The Beers
sturdy, independent and mostly farmers. They
speak antiquated Dutch, are the best marksmen in
the world, believe every word Of the Bible and
practice it. President Kruger converted by
foreign missionary from North Carolina about 40
years ago, and is Calvinist, not fatalist the
papers say. They have moved five times to escape
the grasping hand Of England. But each time,
tV,- 70, Of
England said it is mine.
What is the object of the P4n-Prssbyterian
Alliance? One object wildly set forth was the
endless diversity of the Kingdom OF God-SS de-
nominations being in the Alliance-and at the
same time the oneness Of the Kingdom of God
all believe the Bible, pray to the same Father.
through the Christ, by the same Spirit. They
cooperate in home and foreign missionary work.
They aid weak churches. The one thing most
emphasized was the love of God to a lost world, |
His willingness to ALL obligation to carry
the gospel to every lost soul in the world.
Thus ended the most pleasant trip of my life. |
For travelling companion, had the good fortune |
to have the afable pastor of the Corinth Presby-
terrain Church. The pleasures of the trip |
were further enhanced by the fact that generous
and thoughtful friends gave me fat purse and in
timated that might use it in going tow sshington
The next Council meets in Liverpool IN 1904
d. NJ. McIyER.
Bolivar, Tenn, October II, 1899.