The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-12-14

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but look at the yellow fevers, and
the choleras and the diphtherias and
the scarlet fevers and the typhoids
OF our time. From Hurdwar. India,
where every twelfth year 5000, 900
deNotees c~ongregate, the caravans
brought the cholera, and that one
disease slew $4,000 in IS days in the
Bossorah. Twelve thousand in one
summer slain by it in India and 1885,
900 in Egypt. Disasters epidemic.
Some of the finest monument in
GREENWOOD and Laurel Hill and
Mount Auburn are to doctors who
lost their lives battling with southern
epidemic.
But now turn the leaf in my sub
icct, and | plant the white lilies and
the palm tree amid the magistrates
and the myrtle. This age no more
characterized by wonders of disaster
than by wonders of Distinguishing
of longevity; the average of human
life is rapidly increasing. Forty
years now worth 400 years once. Now
/ can travel from Manitoba to New
York in less than three DAYS. In
"
other times it would have taken
three months. In other words. three
o"ys are now Worth three months OF
~ u"9s' me 'eras OF human
when Noah lived, with his $50 years,
and Methusaleh lived his 900 ears.
blessings of intelligence: The Sal
mon =. Chases and the Abraham Lin
CONS ana the Henry Wilson's OF the
coming t'hhe Will not be required to
le"rh 10 reau by pine Knot lights or
@S"'IU vi 'nooii"Ner ; pencn' nor Will
'"V u3'H' nave 10 STUDY aslroh-
ohy WINE watching the cattle.
NhoNlouSe rolls us tlue along every
poor man uoor, ana ms chIIdreh
may 60 down ana pathe IN them II
the Philosophers OF G hundred years
ago were called upon to recite in Il
eIass with Il boys and girls those
Ola philosophers would be sent down
10 the loot OF the class because they
Ialleu 10 answer the questions! Free
libraries IN all the important towns
ana cues OF II land. historical al
i''CNA ~ "AN hHtS
azlne taoles Tor all VINO desire to
walk through them or SIT down at
them.
Blessings of quick information;
Newspapers falling all around us
thick as leaves in a September equi-
n%octial. News three days old rancid
and stale. We see the whole world
twice a day-through the newspaper
at the breakfast table and through
the newspaper at the teatable, will
an extra mere IL there etwee
blessings OF Gospel proclamation;
Do you know that nearly all the mis-
sionary societies have been born with
{ in n hundred years and nearly all the
I, Bible societies and nearly all the
/, great philanthropic movements
Christianity is on the march, while in
fidelity Is dWindiing into imbecility
While intideHty is thus dwindling tn
2 wheel of Christianity is making abou
e a thousand revolutions a minute. Al
the copies of Shakespeare and of Ten
+ nyson and of Disraeli and of any tel
I of the most popular writers of tn
e day less in number than the copies o
the Bib going out from our printing
presses. y few years ago in 81
weeks more than 100000 copies o
the New Testament purchased-no
n given away, but purchased, becaus
d the world will have it. The most pol
i u'ar book to-day is the Bible, and tn
2 mightiest institution is the church
, and the greatest name among tn
q nations and more honored than any i
the name of Jesus.
Q Wonders of self-sacritice: y clel
d gyman told me in the northwest tina
$ for six years he was a missionary a
the extreme north, living 400 mile
T. from a postotfice, the thermometer
e degrees below zero, he slept out c
5 doors in winter, wrapped in rabb
e skins woven together. | said: rs
if possible? You do not mean 40 d.
grees below zero?". He said: II d.
d and l was happy" All for Christ
Where is there any other being tha
will rally such enthusiasm? Mother
sewing their fingers off to educat