The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-04

more outside capital Will be ElnVesS s-e.5 -
Georgia this year in fhe cotton mill III
dustry than in any other Southern sla'e1
OUR RELIGIOUS sCoNTnNIlr P Q e \
RfES.
..Be anything but a seolding preacner: 5,
The folks for whom the scoldlns IS
meant don't hear it, while those VINO ao
hear it don't deserve Don't Scout GU
Religious Herald.
The man who will; give the Methos.'st
Church financial system Will deserve
a monument more lasting than brass.
The use of money has never psen plop-
erly considered among US we pesdll
wrong. Our pioneer preachers were
competing with the Churches the Con
gregational in New England ana the
Church of England in the Middle anu
South Atlantic States, whose pastors
lived on State taxes. Our atineIiii !,
made display of their scant pay. IL qua
indeed tell to their credit, but IT, edu-
Gated the A1ethodists DOWNWARD. we
are hardly recovered from that school
ing in stinginess. The famous ROANOKE 4,
Circuit with taxable assets OIL nve mil.
lion Juggling and sweating to raise
$40 for brilliant John E. Edwards.
wife and two children-think of 1t!
We know that the preachers did not alVe
on the miserable pittance paid them.
They became begging .friars. 1nelr
clothing was given them 1t was ex-
pected that on every visit TO "eil-to,
do nome" some useful present Wouiu
be passed to their capacious saddle-bass
and large overcoat pockets WA.
abundant supply of hand-knit SOCKS! II
is only in these latter days the parson
used a sulky. He, in olden times. went
in a stout buggy with ample space LOT
hams, potatoes and even a big bag OF
meal The juniors in our day were
promised a hundred dollars. negro
field hand commanded in money and the
value of the things ..found him" nearly
twice as much as the college graduate on
a circuit What a wrong was wrought
on our people by such Il trainlng!-Rlcn-
mond Christian Advocate.
No institution or association among
men should be characterized so present.
nently by both dignity and simplicity
as the Church. and ALL the churches that
make and represent the Church OF COO.
It's mission is to bear Gods message OF
truth to men. and to be its untaiterins
witness No other institution has SO
lofty duty The truth it bears mas a
supreme majesty among all the mes
sages the PHILOSOPHERS. the sciences.
known and heard on earth. No part
bear witness of Gods truth without
sharing the dignity of that truth. me
absence of dignity not only impairs inc
value of the testimony, but inpuShS
the reality of conviction and the gen
uineress and authority of the message.
With the dignity that is inseparabie from
so august and so urgent a mission anonS
mon comes its companion simplicity. TIE
church that has the dignity Of the great
mission must have the simplicity. which
is the absence of pretense, of atfcctauon'
of ormality.-Central Presbyterian.
Our duties. to love God with all our
heart and mind and soul and stfcnsin
and our neghbor as ourselves, es,aoti@f'
rs nc devoIt men and good citizens.
The Almighty requires OF US 10 90 Just!ce'
love mercy, and walk humbly before
Him.
tremc Importance, which seems 70 be
largely left to the care of our self-loVe
and self-respect, or self-appreclatloh.
is the establishment and realization OF
l,ingdom of heaven within rs. The
announcement Of our Lord is: Tine
kingdom of heaven is within you.' st.
pa,1l saws. You are the temple of the
HOLY Ghost'' Solomon says: keep
thy heart with all diligence. for out OF
it are the issues OF life. Again he says
,s'Thouslr wisdom is house bulldea'
and nv understanding it is established,
and bv knowledge shall the chambers
thereof be filled with all precious and
pleasant riches
And the beautiful figures Of the New
Jerusalem and heaven may be taken as
tvpes of the possibilities of the large ana
beautiful soul that lives and moves anu
has its life and light and being con-
sciousiv in the fear ard love OF Go's
AS we realize them, we realize these
CLEANS of heaven as they shine into our
beins.-Souttern Churchman.