The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-28

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 said: T don't know whether he is the l Son of God or not, but know that once | I was blind but now I see." Another | testified that he did not know whether | he was the Son of God or not, but one | day he was sitting down and he looked l and saw the signs of that terrible disease ! leprosy, on his hands, and when his wife | and children came near him he called | out, "unclean, unclean," as the law | directs. He sent a thrill Of horror through the veins of his wife and chil- dren when he called out "unclean." He was cast out beyond the city's gates and went to live among the lepers. He saw his flesh drop from his body, saw his fingers become unjointed and slough away He saw the man Christ approach one day. He fell at his feet and said: Lord | if thou wilt than cans't make me clean" :" and he said ..I will. be thou clean" The clensed leper bore testimony to His divinity.
 Then woman came along and told about Christ raising her son from the dead. '.I know not whether He is the Christ or not. but one thing do know. that whereas my son was dead and now he lives" He then related how Christ had told the bedridden man to take up his bed and walk. and in spite of all this testimony He was condemned and led
 
 thorns on his brow, the blood trickling down his face. But He complained not. They placed a cross on his shoulders and when He sunk under its weight they compelled Simon to bear the cross. The evangelist then followed Christ to Golgotha. the place of a skull. He des- cribed how Christ looked about and saw
 Mary, his mother, and that disciple
 whom he loved and heard him say to the txln ha hah thxr mother." He told how the two thieves on the cross were crucified with him, one reviling him and the other confesse ing him.
 Many people were gathered around the cross Some were trembling, some were testing. some angry. Men today are standing beneath the cross, scoffing Will you nail him afresh to the cross, or will | you aecepe him tonight. and say that he | is the Christ? He related how a great | French infidel had been a scoffer and an unbeliever and had been brought to con | fess Christ through long spell of ill., ness. MT. Bennett then quoted Christ s words on the cross: Father. forgive them. for they know not what they do.' l Here the preacher alluded to his own mother and the mothers of all and told
 how they looked after their children | when they were helpless, and that the
 most despicable man on earth was he
 who would mistreat his mother when she
 was growing old and feeble. She may
 not be quite as polished as she once was.
 she may be a trifle peevish. but always
 remember that she is your mother. | He then made an earnest appeal to all | to confess Christ and asked those who
 believed in Him to come up to the altar l and give their hand. He asked his
 hearers what it would profit them to reject Christ.
 Mir. Bennett is an earnest, elouuent.
 sympathetic man, and 1t looks as if he
 would accomplish great things during his
 meeting here this week.
 Nearly to Linden.
 The grading on the Birmingham, Selma
 and New Orleans division of the Louis- vile and Nashville has been finished to
 Linden and the track laying will reach
 that town by Friday, if the weather permits It will be a happy day for the
 captal of Marengo when the echo of the
 iron horse reverberates through the
 Grampian hills. Marengo County was
 settled by the French. who had followed
 the fortunes of Napoleon, and who
 emigrated to the new world when the
 banner of the little Corporal went down
 In defeat at Waterloo. Wellington and l Butchers columns were too strong for |
 followers found that he was defeated
 and that there was no chance for him
 to escape from St. Helena and retrieve
 his lost fortunes. many of them Came | to Alabama and settled in Marenko C,oun-
 ty, named after the brilliant avictory that
 their beloved leader won. The county
 site or Marengo is named Linden after
 the battle of that name. and today there
 are many descendants of those French
 settlers among the Inhabitants of that
 county.
 Linden will not be the terminus of the
 Birmingham, Selma and New Orleans very long. for the road Is graded to Myrtiewood, the home of Senator I. D
 Meador, and 1t is only a question of a
 few weeks when the rails will be laid
 to that point and 1t will be the termin- nus or the road for time.
 The article in Sundays Advertiser about
 the extension of the Birmingham. Selma
 ana New Orleans to Meridian and thence
 on 10 New Orleans was read with great
 zeal of pleasure here All feel that if VIII not be long before Selma. Thomas ton' Linden and the other stations along the Birmingham, Selma and New Or.
 ieahs Will be on through line, connect
 Ing the Atlantic Seaboard with the great
 southwest. through Atlanta, Monteom-
 cry. Selma, Meridian and New Orleans
 rms new trunk line will be of incalcuca-
 pie benefit to the cities that it passes.