__— __ ~*' r l 4 it fjj '" i vh salisbury n c m thursday march 30 1893 vol xxiiy third series no 18 all the same you wouldn't trust your house or property to such a man as that to guard or what would you think of a soldier who wanted to go into the army but was ashamed to put on the uniform he'd be a splendid soldier wouldn't he it i'm gomg to be a disciple of christ i must put on the livery of heaven here's my invitation 1 said i finally i compromised with them by tilling tjaem if they'dj kneel down there and pray with me i would not come th«y did and i praytd with all iu power that god would smash theiiftmerable whisky business into pieces and show them the light your christianity ain't skin deep if you don't stand the test when the time comes highest of all in leavening power latest u s gov't report absouuteiar pure there are two characters i want to call your attention to to-night they both lived in the same city one was on the top round of the ladder the other on the bottom round when you take them up you can't tell which one's testimony did the most good the first man is the poor blind beggar told of in the ninth chapter ot john that great long chapter of 42 verses is given up to that poor blind beggar when i get to heaven i'm going to hunt him up the other man i want to talk to you about was joseph of arimathea only two of the evangelists speak of the birth of christ but all have some thing to tell us of joseph all wanted to pay a tribute to him and did you ever take the trouble to look at the time when joseph confessed christ it was the darkestl hour the word ever saw joseph had probably been led to bear testimony sermon by mr moody we must first confess him con fession comes before crowning my text for the night is the 10th chapter of romans 9th lolh and 11th ver ses there are three steps to be taken you see 1 believe with thine heart 2 confess with thy mouth 3 don't ye ashamed of him if you see a man or woman not willing to take these three steps they are not willing to go to calvary you all believe but woift go forward to confess if you are going to be true disciples you ye got to confess man can't be a true disciple without taking up his cross and following him a man taid to me once k how do jou ac count for it jthat mohammed's got more followers than christ well said i mohammed's followers don't have to take a cross the reason so many people are not willing to follow christ is they don't want to come and publicly confess if there was a side door somewhere they could just slip in it would be all right you remember down in csc-iarea when christ asked his disciples whom do men say that i am some say a prophet some mo ses some elias but whom say ye that 1 am then peter spoke out as i usual being the spokesman for the others thou art the christ the son of god listen to christ's answer blessed art thou simon-barjona for qesh and blood hath not revealed it un to thee but my spirit 1 i don't be lieve a man ever confessed christ that he wasn't blessed right there why are there back-sliders here to-night because they got with a lot of scoffers and are ash uned to run up the flag and confess christ that's the way they get into a back-sliding state let me read what christ said what is castoria castoria is dr samuel pitcher's prescription for infants and children it contains neither opium morphine nor other narcotic substance it is a harmless substitute for paregoric drops soothing syrups and castor oil it is pleasant its guarantee is thirty years use by million of mothers castoria is the children's panacea the mother's friend castoria castoria canto rla is io well adapted to children that cattori curea colic constipation i recommend it as superior to any prescription sour stomach diarrhoea eruc-ation known to me h a axcsm m d kilu worms ciyea sleep tad promotes df 111 so oxford st brooklyn n y geation without injurious medication " the me of ' cestoria ' is ro universal and ita merit bo well known that it ieecis a work jr or geveral years i hato recommended of uperep.gatioii to endorse it few are the your ' castoria and shuil always continue u tatdugeot bunfllm who do not keep castoria do o as it has inyariably produced brfceficia within easy roarh results cajllub xaktyk 1 d euwn f pap.m m d jfew york city 125th street and 7th a va n'ew york city the ckntadk compact 77 mubh/t stmbst new tors ctst jesus by nicodemus we are apt to lead other where we are ourselves ministers down the valley will take their people there but ministers on the mountain top will take their people up there it might have been a secret talk that with joseph nicodemus was a secret disciple himself but the final time is going to come with some of you the testing hour has pass ed you've given your testimony on the wrong side there never was a work of god that there wasn't opposition to have you heard any one yet talking of this meeting yes answered several glad of it thank god the news papers and all aie going one way glad to hear there's some opposition when that blind man was made to see his neighbors came and said is not this he who sat and begged some said this is he but others said he is like him but listen he said i a he he cut their argument short they said how were thine eyes opened 1 he told them the simple story of christ spitting upon the ground and anoint ing his eyes with clay and of his wash ing seven times in the pool of siloam he didn't tell it io any flippant way it isn't the flippnnt fluent man that has the most influence with the jury but the man who tells the truth i've heard men in the pulpit talk and tall but never tell anything the the pharisees came to him and questioned him and he told them of how jesus spat upon his eyes and he received his sight if the lord i going to give you sighr don't you tell him how to do it or how to save you that night the sanhedrim assem bled to condemn christ they would not send for joseph for they wanted a unanimous vote way dawn there i hear joseph utter the cry which has come ringing down the ages — 4 i never will give my consent to this just man's death his time came the secret disciple came out openly that was the darkest hour jerusalem had ever seen joseph's f rieuds said they have condemned christ his disciples have forsaken him if you come out for him you will be cast off ostracized you'll lose all your friends but he said i'll not give my consent to this just man's death i have an idea and can just imagine joseph was not at the cruci fixion he thought god would at the last hour provide some way as he did to save abraham from offering up isaac his servant comes running to him pale and breathless and tells him he's just come from th cross it's all over christ is dead he has just heard that he committed his spirit to god and his body to his friends when joseph heard that he went up boldly — oh i like that word boldly — into the council hall and begged the body of christ pilate said you don't mean that you were a friend of christ's no uncircu incised hand was allowed to touch that body it was taken up wrapped in fine linen and just a little funeral procession followed it to the grave it was laid in joseph's sepul chre i don't believe there ever was a man in all history who lost all of his friends as did joseph they kissed him on the streets little did they know that that sepulchre was to be come the most noted of all in the world statesville marble works is the place to get monuments tombstones etc a large stock of vermont marble to arrive in a few days we guarantee satisfaction in every respect and positively will not bo undersold granite monuments of all kinds a speciolty w c webb & co props luke 12:8 — whosoever shall con fess me bhore men him shall the sun of man i!so confess before the impels of gml now there it is you deny me before men and i ii deny you be fore god if a man's going to bo a disciple h must not st>'p round the cross but right up to it in a meeting in new york there was a man whose confirleuce i tried for a week to get i could get him just so far and no fur ther fiimlly 1 turned him over to a lovely christian mau 1 knew and r.sk ed i in to see what he could do with him he came back and said he c-uld get him j.ist so f*r and no further well one ntght that man got up and made a confession he said there was just one cross in his way whenever he thought of getting up to confess there came into his mind this thought — you've got to go to your lodging and if ou get your bible oat and go to reading it your room-mate will come in and catch you and laugh at you at last though he made up his mind he would get his bible out of his '■ trunk and begin to read and if his j room-raate wanted to laugh he'd let : him laugh he hadn't been reading i but a few minutes when he heard foot ■ steps on the stairs — tramp tramp — his . room-mate was coming his trst ini | pulse was to jump up and hide the : bible but he said no now's the time j for me to stand the test his rooin ! mate came in and seeing him reading ! tke bible he said well are you in terested in the bible yes i went to hear mr moody and his sermon con vinced me well that's singular said his room-mate ; i was there the same night and i was awakened too but i thought you'd laugh at me there wr re those two cowards sneak ing around afraid of each other don't think there are no such men here they are right here in charlotte to night they are standing outside of the door of this building at night watching each other to see if they are going churchward mid god-ward it's a pity a man is so weak-kueed that he is afraid of being loughed out of his religion now i d.m't know whether i'm misjudging you people down here or not i think you are about the same sft they are up north masjn a-ml dixon'.s line don't seem to change human nature it's about the same on me side of the line as the other some men think if thry once get into the church that is all god requires christ didn't teach men just to join the church and that settled it but to take up their cress daily what would you think of a uian who wanted to be a policeman hut didn't want to wear the uniform he felt just a little above it in'-utill he wanted to be a policeman hut the jews did nut believe con cerning him that had received his sight until they called his parents in and asked them i always hail a contempt for these parents they said this is dur st but by what means he re ceived his sight we know not he is of aye ask him 1 when i get to heaven i wont hunt those parents they were afraid if they told that jesus had done it they would be cast out of the syna gogue it wasn't then like it is now now if the protestants cast you out the catholics will take you in if the presbyterians cast you out th metho dists will take you in or the baptists you on go from one fold to another the blind man when asked whether he be a sinner or no answered i know not but one thing i know once i was blind but now i see he knew one thing that now he saw som of you christians don't know whether you have got your eyes open or not it is a great thing to get your eyes open and to know they are open when askfd who jesus was he said 4 he is a prophet no one could preach more theology or a better sermon than that blind man did it is a dt7ty ton oirs yonrsfllf an-1 fam ily to iret the bent tuiue fur your raoiipy loonouiico in your footwear purcbaaiuc w l oukla wioos t.vhlch represent tho ; beat a.lan for prices ai^kej as tboi-aundj , b^'rljajb no stjnsti^ute.^ej m l douglas ; s3 shos cznttiw the hest shoe in the world foa the konrtt i a ffenuine gewed hoe that toili net rip hno calf m»mlcss smfoth inside flexible mora cotu fortab stylish and durable than any other shoe crer ! bf.ld at the prioa equals cuitoiamivde shoes costing e^rnd 85 hand-»cwc<»,flnocalfbhoeg th s moststvlish,oa*.t nnd durable shoes evor sold at tho price they equal flue imported sboea costing from 8 to 1 a go poliro fjhop vorn by farmers and all j5*5 others wba waut a 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juaas sold by curea all femal complaints and monthly irregularity leuoerrhoeaoravbitcs pain in back or sides strergthensthe feeble builds up tho whole syst3ia it has cured thousands and will cure you druggists have it send tamp for book fitt j p db0mg00le & co loaistliie kj naallost pu1 in tha worldly ' why do yon suffer • from dyspepsia and slck-headiu>h « rendering lite mif^rablo wb«t tta -^ remotly isat your hand % tutts 1 enablo you to eat and d 1 seat your food p prevent headache riid impart tut sk onjoyinrnt of life to which you have a v been a slranger dose small price w 25 cento ojuce 39 park place n y just go on ten years we see jo seph dying one of his children asks him if he is afraid to die i'm just beginning to live said he the re ret of my life is that i did not iden tify myself more with him 1 the hor ses and chariot of israel are there to carry him home the angels archan gels and seraphim are there to bear him home we hear the watchman on the tower say joseph is coming home 1 his is no new name here he was no stranger in that world of life the bells of heaven rang sweeter as up up he went to the very throne of god hear christ say father this is joseph of arimathea he confessed me in the darkest day of my life and i want to confess him before you and you think that did not take place men what a privilege it is to confess christ a great honor to have god confess you take uiy advice dou't leave to-night without confessing him i int to say to this little child you are t too young to confess christ some the best testimony on earth is from ihren i know a man who said he would not let a christian stay in his house his boy went to the mission sunday school and became converted he went home and when he was pray ing his father came home drunk abused him and told him if he ever saw him praying again he would flo him but flogging won't take christ out of the heart he did find the boy praying again and flogged him also telling him if he ever caught him at it again he'd drire him away from the house the boy went on proving and sure enongh his father caught him and told him to f hjs tluji^rs and eave he went in his little room and picked up his few belongings and went in the kitchen to bid his mother good bye he told her why he was leaving and knowing that it was no use to say any thing to the father she pressed her boy fotier bosoiri and totii lira^gootf fcvp as he passed the front door his father was standing in the door uood by father god bless you before he reached the gate his lather ran after him and told him to come back l i see you have something i haven't got and i want you to pray for me a little child shall lead them let every j boy here remember this there's some poor man here who thinks his testimo ny would not be worth much god j can take a tramp and make him morel than a millionaire in the wealth of new life which he gives him i just took i up this sermon to lead you up to this put yourself in the way of the blessed and see if you are not blessed a presbyteriaa administration washington correspondence n c presbyterian a m;in who honors his mother is a man who can always be trusted used to be a maxim of one of the best men i ever knew and it was called to my ifliud by the fact that the two men — i president clrveland and his private secretary mr thurber who will di vine providence sparing their lives have the most to do with the executive business of this great nation for the | next four years both took the oath of office upon bibles which each of them cherishes as hia most precious poses ( because it was once the property i mother mr cleveland's bible | eeii twice used for the swearing i a president of the united states example of these two officials [ t to be brought to the attention of j very young man in the land the last administration was often jokingly referred to is a presbyterian adminis ion but that denomination was then so strougly represented as it i the present one with one ex ception every member of president cleveland's cabinet is a presbyterian the exception is secretary carlisle who is not a church member but is j like mr cleveland rather incliued to | pi prebyterian church surely it is matter for congratulalioa that 6o r many of the men who will direct the government for four years to come are jod-f earing church members colonial exhibits fer the world's fair s'ewa and observer the north carolina committee on colonial exhibits for the columbian exposition desires the names and ad j iress of any persons in the state who wn and would le willing to lend , portraits miniatures fans china lass silver historic documents or any ther articles which can be authenti j mted as belonging to the colonial and evolutionary eriod space for this | jxhibifc has with much difficulty been secured in the government building m chicago h is i c lose proximity to , he department of state and justice where will be displayed the original declaration of independence the c«>n ititution of the united states aud many other historic and valuable doc uments the whole government build ing will be patrolled by a lurg force | night and day and every safeguard , taken to protect the article therein displayed and the colonial exhibit will share the same special cure contributors to thi interesting aud 1 historic feature of the exposition may be assured that whatever they will kindly lend will be carefuil packed and fully insured and at the close of the exposition returned to the owner as the kp*ce giveu by tu z>>r ment to the colonial hm»it*ee is necessarily limited »« »» ve ljeeu oblipd to exclude all furniture aud clothing a'ldre-s all communications to mr qeorga w kidder chairman colonial committee of the thirteen original slatfs well but how did you get your sight those jews asked well if i tell vou will you become one of his dis ciples i never saw a man grow so fast here he is trying to convert those old pharisees whom christ him self couldn't conrert then they re viled him and cast him out where did they cast him listen christ heard of it and said to him believest fhodonthe sou of man who is he thou hast both seen and talked with him it i he that talketh with bhee and he said lord i believe there's testimony for you there was 1 pbice opened in chica go which was going to ruiu my mis sion school-a gilded den where men were to be ruined an invitation was sent to me to be present the first night it was to be opened there was to be a great time i took the invitation and [ went to two of the men and held out the invitation did you sign this i asked we did 1 they said isee 3 ou waut an answer and i came to say ml be there what are you going to do they asked nevermind about that vou invited me and i'm coming but t ou area tgoingto preach a se^on are li 1 that's nothing to you i art y u aren't going b prf ** m aahast i don't know what im^o.ng ,° , ,* j oh but we don't w-nr ; u •»; t't u «™ «* ; jen 0 stand at the door lp vou out b'.tvouc.mt.mlwl the largest things london is the largest city in the world continuing a population of 4,704,312 persons the largest river in the world is the amazon benig 150 miles wide at its fntntth and nari^me for large ships 2,200 miles from its mouth the largest island in the world is australia it is 1,500 miles from east to west and 1,950 miles fr ni n rth to south its area is j.'.'st 287 square miles the largest empire in the world is that of great liritian l*»*in vvj7 •'■•*>*< square miles and more than a sixth part of the globe the largest suspension bridge is the ooklvu the length of the main span is 1,595 feetc inches the entire length of the bridge i 9,980 feet the largest inland sea is the caspi an between europe asia beiuy 70u miles long and 27i miles wide the largest cavern in the world is the mammoth cave kentucky the largest tree in ike world as e d -- covered is in tulwnre count v califor nia it is 275 feet high and 106 t.et in circumference at it base the largest desert is sahara rt northern africa its em,-:i .«. i*>rt miles and breadth 0iw mil having an area of 2,000,000 square miles the largest volcano in the world h etna its base is h miles in circum ference its cone 11,000 feel high ta 6rst eruption occurred 171 \>. ('. the largest body of cr<*sii water n the globe is lake superior 400 m i i — > long and 100 mile iu its greatest depth is 200 fathoms in surface is 535 feet above the lev.-l of the sea the largest church in th world is st peter's in rome its length is 613 feet its dome is 105 feet in diameter and its height to the cross on tha sum mit 44s teet presbyterians in office norfolk public ledger it ie said that the only comment rx presideni harrison made ipon mr cleveland's cabinet wbile-on hia j ur uev home iva-s that with one excep tion every member is u presbyterian 1 that exception is mr carlisle who is iota member of any church but who ike the chief is inclined to the presbyterian church an old politi cian who has looked into the question lavs that there are more presbyterians n both houses than of ant two other dburches that he could name more han a dozen states whose governors were presbyterians vvhenwtkrd how iie accounted for the pn->by»eru»n pre loinioauce in the conduct of public jflices he playfully remarked lliey jelie v « in election a geutlei»i;tfv having hi boots clean id by a boy in a dftbliu street paid in shoeblack w-itii a considerable lf jwe of haughtiness on which the ki te fellow wlipil tl tiunf hud u ihort way off snid : h arrah now all ihe polish von have i on oji sjoi md 1 gave it to je n tid-biu winn and watson care in a dispatch froni atlanta tia of the j3rd s;tvs : in an interview to-day with hon thos e winn tii people's j».tr ly ex-cougmsman frouj tiie ninth georgia district lie ajumuneefl that there is room for oii.v two j.'r^.t par ties and says that if t eraeerata carry out in gjotl failh uteir platform the people party will give th^m full credit and act accordiuyly bon thos e wauson the wont notable thirl lartv leader i georgia t k tliesame posiitiou taring that if toe pledges taade by the democratic party in their national platform on which the party won are arrikl out th people u^lit to i cati«fied the annouueemeats of th'te interviews are received with con siderable interest hei indicating that the third party in tl>e south will raj idlvgu to p:e«es if tiif democratic pai tv stand squarely ou its platfonu e report seems to be i > thru tic led tu.it the president has stati he v'uld caii an ex.ra r ion uf < not lit'.er than september h-u lures all 5k!m p..jr ~ r -« '.-. i 1 . *""-'." itan<|.i • nmuatlca >- ■ pi-icribj i'tith t infract -. fci as cnr«i of all ( • j j-r of prti «. p i t f_id tartisrv if a £-'% v i tl "' a 3 i a w " vn ! ■■■:, r ; a i r s«-iiingi jir ut1 mulli.i d '. i t.r.t uy cit-.id ii t~stir"?t catarrh wtall ■ n.t.u.-r s<-'»ld tl<>4 etc etc ljuiih irfcom lukmi ra polmntd ajid vbom blood la in u i • ■"• couw l.'^d ant o mepttrnr-i rtyul^r1»!c wro malaria i " , *- i r,rrru^^hyt*ewi»ch7rfnl v.lic uld bl.t©4 d.anild pr i^rlln c p p p pnctlj a<k pobl iwot upp254h ee03 ftgpzbtm drugpsta lippinan's block si.711ii:al gai v m price lnttsvule mo writes i w.is af pfllctert wim sciatica and bad kst the usp of my arm ih'1 ono lea fnr nine years i w(*nt to ii orrtdfa itk1 also tried aiffereni doctors but found no cure nntll i tried botanic blood bihin it made me sound and well i am well known here savakdab ga april 20 1889 having used three bottles of p p p fur impure blood and general weakness m'i baviui derived great ir'hoius from the same having gained 11 pounds in weight in lour weeks i take treat pleas ure in recommending it to unfortunates like yours truly joh3t morris office ocj.n mcelroy druggist ) manila flu april 2 1s91 j m.'.-v-ers lippman bros savannah ga dear sirs 1 sold three bottles of p 1 p large size yesterday and oue bottle small mit to-day the p f p cured my wife of rheuma tism winter before last it came back ou her the past winter and a half bottle 1.(m size relieved lie again aud she has m it had a symptom since 1 sold a bottle of p p p to a friend of mini one of his turkeys a sandl one took sick,aiid his wife gave it a teaspoon ful that was in the evening and the lit tie fellow turned over like he was dead bub next morning was up hollering and well yours respectfully s n.meelkoy savannah ga 17,j891 messrs lippman bros savaiuiah,ga dear sirs 1 have suffered from rheu matism for i long time and did not find i cure until i found p p p which com pli telv cured me yours truly eliza f.jones !'-'• or.inge st savannah children cry for piter's castori