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IV. NO. 34.
WALDRON, A. M., M’g ng Editor.
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with the courage of its convictions;
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wa J the most widely cir culated paper of
nflorida. Those receiving The Florida
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EDITORIAL.
'ußOurli/ht affliction, which
Hora m m n\ worketh for
2' more exceeding and eter
rdjhtof glory.”
Bn the fiu t of the Spirit is
Joy peace, long-suffering, gen
ess, go< dnvss, faith, meekness,
prance: against such there is
ii, And they that are Christ’s
crucified the flesh with the
tionsar.d lusts.”
Lord is merciful and gra
i slow to : n ger, ar.d plenteous
Bcy.Hewill not always chide,
terw.li he keen his anger for
. He hath m t dealt with us af
ar sins; nor rewarded us acccr
to our iniquities.”
it Florida Baptist Academy
city,has experienced a great
nl of religion, recently—sonoe
•ly or thirty students have pro
fdfaith in Christ. This Insti
>ohasbaen blessed every year
titi organization, with a revi
-01 religion, and many of the
nul most useful young men
•"iHttn at work in the church**
llltis state were converted and
in tiii i school. This is but
"hlit'niaiiv advantages which
ruiian Institution lias over
hchntils which taboo religion
’“‘gleet the study of the Bible.
Mother part of this paper
** i'und an article on “Co-op
l0ll”by KeV. C.s. Crown, A M
Went Waters Normal Instr-*
'nton, X. c. 11 is short, but
lithe duty and necessity
l) peraiion’ on the part of Ne
Mints with their white breth
“ r^e elevation of the race in
fl ’ ( ‘Onttnon sense manner,and
I to be read by the entire
lr >ntion. We fear that marty
are elevating “race’
r * s l;tnanyof them seem
1,1 Ps ßu>lish and car
pL'ro (oncei n than they
* IQ tlle ‘ r people to Christ.
1 ’ begin ,o £ e
state Con-
, e tll,;c "1 meeting of
dlan^cd frou
j r:; s ° as r ° aff ° rd
iHbttS and churches a better
|K. /.^ aise tuud.f.r the
W ? - dtAeve the change is a
we h jpethat the min
gMthe churches of the Stite
that they approve the ac
K the convention by bringing
arge contribution to missions
education at Fernandina, in
1 bave the moi-
jnu te lar
p isl
In another column of this issue
I will be found a brief account of
The Curry School of Urbana, Ohio,
by President E. W. B. Curry, We
commend this institution to the at
tention of parents in the West and
North-west who are anxious to give
their children a practical and thor
ough Christian education. This
school is doing good work in its
Normal, Eng ish-Theological, Lit
erary, Musical, Commercial and In
dustrial departments; it is growing
in attendance and influence, and is
destined, at no distant day, to be
come a power in the educational
lite of the West. The benevo'ently
disposed will, in our opinion, find
in the Curry School a grand oppor
tunity for doing great good to those
who are worthy and in need of
help, and we h< pe that they will
investigate the work and needs of
this institution before dispensing
their charity.
FORDS'S CHRISTIAN REPOSITORY
AND HOME CIRCLE.
Ford’s Christian Repository and
Home Circio is one of the most
helplui and inspiring magazines
published anywhere. We have been
acquainted with tins publication
for many years, and have always
found in its pages, whenever we
read them, lich and wholesome
food for the inner man. We com
mend this magazine to the atten
tionof pasters, Sunday-school offi
cers anu teachers, and Christian
workers generally—they will find
it helpful in many ways. We give
i below the contents of this maga
zine for January; a glance at these
is sufficient io convince one of its
great value and usefulness:
“From the Watchtower, S II F.;
What is the New Birth, 8 11. F ;
l'he Lord our Righieousness, 8. H
F; To See ami to Enter Christ s
Kingdom the invariable Law, 8 H
F; Uur Relation to God and our
Fellowship with Him, S H F;
Walking by the Spirit. S H F;Con
firmatioii, C, 11. .Spurgeon; Tell it
to the Church, 1’ S Whitman, D I);
Inquiry Suggested by the Forego
ing, 8 H F; Mormonism and R»-
maoism. 8 H F; Babylon is Faden,
(p<>em) Belshazzar; B>< manists Rea
sons for nor giving the Wine in the
Lord's Supper to the People, S H
F; Infant Communion and Infant
Baptism, A C Graves, 1) D; Make
Ready—fake Alm—Fire! Contri
butor. Notes on Texts: Jer. 17 9,
SHF; 1 Cor 15 •9; 2 <’or. 5 14;
Col 2 15; M„rk 11 9; Isa 617 Trust
—a poem—Whittier, Historic De
partment; Life, Times and teach
ings of J R Graves; l’he Prayer of
tne Nation—poem—J G Holland;
l’he rloine Circle; W’oinnn on the
Walls, Sallie Rochester Ford; Let
ter to the Repository Sisterhood;
Letter to the Little Folks Edito
rial. Address Fori's • hristian Re
pository and Home Circle, St. Lou i
is, Mo. Price $2 30.
A MILLION DOLLARS FOR MIS
SIONS AND EDUCATION
IN 1900.
Many of the Baptist newspapers
and ministers ot the country have
expressed themselves as being
heartily in tavor of the suggestion
made by The Florida Evangelist,
that the Negro Baptists make a
special effort to raise a million d >l—
during this year for mis ions
and education. The American Bip
tist, ot Louisville, Ky., white n>t
mentioning the plan of Ihe I'lorids
Evangelist, endorses the idea in the
ft Lowing words.
• Every denomination is planning and
organizing its forces tor a campaign along
educational and missionary lines ,fl i\
will surpass every iccord that the woill
has witnessed in leligous work. lids is
commonly known as the Twen'b th Uent
• ry movement and is in harmony with
tuc spirit to free every religous move
ment of debt and to place the work in a
strong and healthy condition so as to wi
den and enlarge the influence and power
of the churches for doing good. By virtue
of numbers Baptis s should lead in this
great movement, and they should not be
slothful in doing with a might what their
bands find to do. All our Associations
and conventions have approved this plan
and now ta the time for churches, bun
dav-schools and other organizuions to
commence the work and not wait until
the time comes for reporting to find them
selves not ready or illy prepared. “A
stitch in time saves nine.“ So those who
begin early will have ’he advantage of
raising the tunds easier and be prepared
for extra «ifort in the future, should it be
come necessary. Let every church.every
8 S., every organization ami every mem
ber. begin now, su that when the roll is
called all will be prepared to emoty into
the Lord's reasury the abundant offer
ings of willing and liberal hearts.“
A million dol'ars may ssem a
large amount, but when it is re
membered that there are 1,000,000
people to raise it, the sam appears
small indeed, and it will be easily
raised when the people are set to
work at it in the right way. A tit
tle united and persistent effort cn
the part ot pastors and peope is all
that is necessary to sec ire this mil
lion dollars by the close of this
year.
WHY THE NEGRO NEGLECTS THE
CHURCH.
lii his issue df January the 3rd,
the editor of The Arkansas Baptist
discussei/he above mentioned sub-
JACKSt iLE, FLORIDA. SATURDAI. JANUARY 20, 1900.
and we are pleis so a ’°‘ e *
I aper as The Ari I P ti ' , t de
voting so much t is consi
deration. Those the
salvation and ele f the Ne-J
groes in America ’ see to it
that every thing tends to
make them non-c is re
moved from theO r
Negro will cease jr ce in e ’ ivi
lizaii tn wlien he,| cP » ceases
to attend, a|jd adl ,hv Chris
tian church and il’i’K 3 - ’ l ' he
editor of tho AT Baptist
gives three reasorfhe Negto
neglects tbe
main corre d, and B them be
low— &
I “We called atlentißek to the |
fact that the cnurchHa hold up- |
on many negroes, Evang- - | (
list sa\ b thousands women, !
among them, can be B" seldom,
if ever, abend cuurK. We are
alrakl that inquiry Evang
elist too irue. V
“We are asioaishe®! 81 Bat
lhat only bhowB thatw<&£ studied
•i.e question thouginfw it it is not
rue now It must Jbefore long.
And there are sevenSn* wb Y we
might expect it. ” a Auso the Ne
uro 8 emo’ionai siußioi now s>
tree to exercise : eIfJT> 8 n “t due
to the puljjit r, ne rperhaps not
mostly to tl»c ilpitV»« puipit, in
many ibs'anc<s i 8 Jf-ndl.v to the
wildest agitations. B popular no
• ipn is changibg—cha rethink,for
Ihe belter. “Fur whi believe lhai
relieion lays hold em 'ii »u«l
nature, yet we h mb f.e there was,
and has oil the while 1 _uch displa.
of emotion in the Jreligi »= hie
that was no p*rt of pl quality oi
religion. You rarely * no * oI thl '
trances and visions ar rueys to hell
and to heaven The ' x'rava fe ancf“-
and display of ‘‘fiery I and ecstatic
glory” do not pass fo; nuch now as
they once did, and v ih at was . ,111 ‘
real attraction, it no k I 3 sufficient.
“Another leuon, it 1 10 u '> ’ 8 to
Im? found in ihe eiim P ’lb’Cs
from thdr church life JNegro is no
longer the political fa« l.< ! once was
and the designing whi F 1 nl> l° n B' r
seeks to control h’.s 1 »£ e an 'i vol ‘
as he once did. It i 1 known that
a strong lactor in the jb life ol the
colored man was hit ?’ cB Under
ewer of church mee*i juch schem
ing foi elections was er R’ed--ibis to
the perpetual shame otß white man,
who sought thus to inqSP 1 ’ 0 ignorant
and trusting credulity.nihat it was
regularly done in manyfl l to ° wel ’
known. Now that i'/£ r ro hopes tor
nothing through politill electionsas
lie did, that strong f.idj I‘cmoyed.
Once more, lu tbe>|<'on and de
velopment of the race iWkht ex pec a
lime when tie t:neduiS^ t)r eacber of
the pieceding ge:<erasgj ou ld I“'' to
hold iL>e < duca'ed is u’«Bple to whom
be preaches. If this the un
aided deveiopmet. of I‘'f' ,o i’ 3
own resources, ih (JijHwould have
be. n more gradual u>j»Um n‘lv il"'
the revu'sion not so Sit. But the
white >■ an is helping tßcate the Ne
uro. Hence the rapid cH. The time
was, within our memorlhen the Ne
gro who could read an\|iie was the
exception. Now It ij -7, to find an>
less than ui'ddle nge read.
Now the men in die put re naturally
those of the older Irenei«T. The edu
cated yonug Negro ea,reelves the
sad delects in the prel>, and proud
ol their little learniligAy grow criti
cal, and consider it adra d to ignore
or despi-e the tamest, Sons, but un
trained, old preacher. be the
causes, ibe sad fact Fjt us to deal
with: How shall we de?
MANATEE AND HftDENTOWN
NOTES
Sunday, January 7, v a day H joy
and gladness at St. Pai cbnreh,
Manatee. The raembei f iliis church
enjoyed the new year. [of the mem
bers were present wb routed to be
present, and took par ite covenant
meeting, pledging themt to be bet er
Christians in the future > n they have |
been in the past.
It Is a fact that som astors have a
harder time in life than ie rs. But we
must live a clean life in is world to be
at peace with God in th ext. This is
one of our greatest t bias in the
churches. Nearly all < the members
belong to some secret i iety—deacons
and members —women, 0> and you
may know what a troub t is generally
to straighten our chur ?9 . But the
Lord is opening the eyes his true chil
dren to see the light as it dues brightly
through his word.
lam thankful to sav th the members
of St. Paul Bap-is', churcJ.ere are doing
much better than they bil e been dointr.
Pray for us that the Lo» may send bis
Holy Spirit to visit us dH D g this year,
and that many souls converted
to God, thraugn Jesdl ’ who
died to redeem a lost
We had a sad acc»t4 io od r here
Thursday. It grew |y, anv many
loud claps of thunder beard, and
the lightning struck a 1 jr e pine tree tn
Dr. O. 8. Wipp’s yard, bjing his little
son instantly—the only nild he had.
He was about 11 or 12 J[»rs old. It is
said that the child was trying in an
armful of wood, cm just a he was about
emering the door the Joining fl tshed
and he fell to rise no morj His mot het
and father lock bis b.’s back to their
home. The living of to-cky are the dead
oftomorr.w. Let us witch, therefore,
f>r we know not « >*t A ( day may bring
,O R b wa« quite sal. schoolmates
turned out to see the last if bi. r. mains.
or
Bfaident'Wn. 1 . ,
No race trouble hen; j|L L well am
at peace with attending
to their own business. future is
bF sheriff had very to thss
season. Pr-ise God.
Rev. B. 1»., presidingel»>f the Tam
pu district, held his quart^V conference
here Sunday, which ay o j y
with his church and
The St. Johns Bap.isWrch, of 1 al
metto, sooner
Hotter be for the
she
church.
Mis
“SEZT FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL ‘
in condemning sin. Prav for us. I send
y 'U 50 certs subscription for Mr. Jam s
Strong, and one dollar on pap-r.
I will co to Tampa next Friday for
Christ and his cause.
Rev. C. B?nneit.
Wews From Congress
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
| From Our Regular Correepondent.]
Senator Beverage made a big bit with
his speech in fayor of his resolution, as
follows—“ Resolved, That the Pbilipine
Islands are territory lielooging to tn©
United States; that it is the intention of
the United States to retain ’hem as such,
and to establish and maintain such gov
ernmental control throughout the archi
pelago as the situation may demand,’
Several things added tn the interest in
the speech Sena’or Beverage s„ ent sev
eral months it* the Philippines getting
information and making a study of dif
ferent things, and it was his maiden
speech in the Senate, to which he bad
conn with a high reputation a? an ora
tor, and it will doubtless be widely read
It certainly ought to be. Speaking a
gainst the proposition so abandon the
Empire of the Philippines, he said, “If
it should prove a mistake to abandon it,
the b’under unce made would be irretrie
vable, Ii it proves a mistake to bold it
the error can be corrected when we will:
every other pr’gresive nation stand
ready to relinve us.” Of our future pow
er be said. “Most fu ure wars will be
conflicts for commerce Tbe power that
rules tbe Pacific, therefore, is the power
that rules tbe world. And, with the
Philippines, that power is and will for
ever be the American republic.” But
probably the most striking and dramatic
point in bis speech was his solemn ar
raunment of Aguiuaido's Amerh.an aa
shters, of whom he said, “In sorrow ra
' tber than anger, I say to those whess
| voices in America have cheered those
misguided natives on to shoot our sol
dier.- down that tbe blood ot those dead
and wounded boys of ours is on their
hands, and the flood of all tbe yearn can
never wash that stain away. In sorrow
rather than anger, I say these words, for
I earnestly believe that our brothers
knew not what they did.’’ Ua tbe busi
ness side of tbe question, Senator Beve
ridge said, “That statesman commits a
crime against American trade--against
the American glower of cotton and tobac
co and wheat, the American manufactur
er of mochinery and clothing—who fails
to jut America where she may command
that trade.” This was referring especi
ally to tbe trad; of Chinn, which was in
1897 $285,7-B’3oo, of which we had only
15 per cent, and of w.iich we ought to
have, and Mr Beveridge says will ge‘,
at hast 50 per cent.
Tbe importance ot th? work to be done
at this session of Congress by the House
Nsval Committee and the continued ill
ness ©1 Chairman Boutelie has re=ulte(. in
the unanimous election by tbe commit ee
of Representative Fuss, 111 , to be Chair
man pro tempore. This was a high and
t.e served compliment to Air. boss.
Secretary Gage’s answer to the resolu
tion wh ch the democrats offered hoping
0 embarrass him and the administra’ion
was full and free, slowing that only
law and custom had been followed in
depositing internal revenue collections in
such national banks as chose to deposit
U 8. bonds as security, and that no fi
voritism had been shown and not a sin
gle bank turned down that applied for
the deposits. Beedes furnishing copies
uf all orders of the Treasury department
and correspondence with tbe
banks, Secretary Gage wrote a long re
ply, explaining that the custom of de
positing public money in national banks
when the revenues of Jibe government
were in excess of the expenditures, as
they bave been for some months aud are
likely to continue indefinitely, was ne
cet-sary to prevent embarrassment in
business circles, caused by rhe scarcity
nf money, and concluding with this em
phatic statement—“ Under my adminis
tration of tbe Treasury Department no
discrimination in favor of one bank a-
another has been m»de. General
ly speaking. when an increase in deposi
tory banks was desired all bave been in
vited to qualify themselves for receiving
such monev, and have been equally and
equitab'y considered in their respective
relatioi s to tbe treasury.” Ins ead ot be
infl pleased, as they expected to be, the
democrats are cbargrhied, because they
know that Secretary Gage's reply, wbila
not containing one word of Ipolltics, will
be a first-class republican campaign doc
ument among business men.
John Bull released tbe American flour
adzed in Delaeoa Bay, under suspicion
of being intended for ths Boers, just in
lira ; to prevent the Senate tack’ioir the
matter. Tbe.same day news of the re
lease was received Senator Hale introduc
ed a resolution of inquiry in the Senate,
which probtbly now will be dropped,
qbe Hou-e lias only been nve ing eve
ry other day, and holding very short ses
sions, this week, tn order to allow the
(onmiitees to putin more lim? getting
t ie business ot tbe session in saape.
The Roberts committee is engaged in
preparing its report, which will be sub
mitted to the Housfe next week. Robert
has a good idea of the nature of that re
port, as he U preparing t > go home.
The Senate devoted one day this we» k
toh-teiing’o euloghs of the late Vice
President Hobart.
The slowness of the deb He on the Ft
nmcial mil in the Senate is the fault ot
rhe democrlts, wno have been informed
that <h *y ate t r oe allowed to do most ot
the talking.
THE DUIY OF CO-OFERa-TION.
Editor Florida Evangelist:
Permit me to thank you for the kind
t *mgs which you said recently in The
F <|-id& Evangelist about
1 delivered in
the L -tdfl
an I in rcuity, and insteid of offering
th., leasn objection't) the plan, we should
diligently seev to secure it. Consider
ing also the circumstances, our pov* rty
and needs, it is the heiglith of presump
tio i in us to demand the right to dicate
the policy. It is also easy to make de
mands too great and too exacting—de
mands, though apparently fair, yet sub
titely planned io defeat the cause, bis
e.idcntthat we the colored people, get
a 1! the advantage and lose nothing in
the arrangement We go to school and
our white friends pay the bills; we are
the receivers, and they are the givers, bo
in ail this mission work that is done un
der the plan of co-operation, the heav
iest burdens are borne by our white
brethren, and we quarrel at them be
cause they will not consent for us to do
as we please without consulting them
We want them to build the school
houses, raise aU the monw, and in all
our educational and religious meeting
we want them to take back seats and let
us do all the bossing and legislating
Tuere is no sense in such a policy.
Addressing our State c tnvent on ab< ut
two months ago, Rev. John E. White,
secretary <>f the white Baptist State con
vention, Slid: “There is not a sim le
black hand in this State stretched out
for help but that there is a white band
ready to g r asp it.”
Lu our weakness it is foolbhness to re
fuse this preferred help. Many of our
brethren. 1 >ear, are o>er-sensitiye about
their peltv tigh's, anil in their madness
anti desperation to pose as race leider?,
they sei ni willing to annihilate lite v-ital
element in Christianity which mik<s us
all one in Chris’ and to substitute in
lieu bigotry.
I am a race m in, staunch and true,
until it cuiflicts with grace; then I con
temn the issue. lam for Christ fi'st and
my race second. Co-operat ion is the
right thing. Let us court the friendship
of those who tire disposed to help us; let
' us grateiully acknowledge their kindness,
| and lei us show by our conduct that we
! are capable ot gratitude. Petty quib
j blings and technical differences, instig
ated by the selfish desire to rule or boss,
should give place to intelligent judge
ment and sound common sense.
Those who believe in a genuine
Christianity, who feel down in their
hear s that co-operation is right and the
wisest policy, who are seeking the high
tot interests of the people, regardless of
sectional lines, shou.d unite in defence
ot the truth.
I'ne L)t-C\rey Foreign Mission Con
vention advocates a liberal policy in
our mission work, both home and for
eign, a closer union among Baptists,
both white and colored, and a more
economical and progressive operation of
our foreign JV.nk. We invite the help of
all who feel and think as we do.
Fia’ernally jours,
C. S. iSfown.
Winton, N. C., January 10,
BIOGRAPHY OF DWIGHT L
MOODY.
The Only Authorized and Authentic
Work of the Kind to he Pul -
lished bv the Fleming
11. Revell Com-
pany.
East Northfiel 1, M« s .° , i
January 3. 1900. i
Fleming 11. Revell Company
Dear Sirs—Since arranging with you
for the publication of the authorized
biography of my fa’her I have been sur
prised to see the very misleading state
ments of other pub ishers that they are
preparing biographies with our ap
proval. 1 want to assure you that all
these claims are false, and calculated to
deceive the public, as we have given our
consent to none <»t these works, and
they are not “approved by the family
and friends” of my father. 1 would also
state that, without exception, we have
expressed our regret al the multiplica
tion of these works, which have' been
prepared in spite of our urgeut protest.
I felt that this statement was due to
yon, in yiew of these false announce
ments, which are the source of great
annoyance to us al l .
Yours truly,
W. R. Moody.
START RIGHT.
Some of the world’s most successful
workers hive in the beginning mistake i
t ieir calling, and failed in their first at
tempts; but they have made their
takes stepping stones to success Pesta
'ozzi the great educator, made several
failures io early life; Phillips Brooks
failed as a teacher in the Boston Latin
s?hool; A. T. Stewart studied for the
ministry, and became a teacher before
he drifted into his proper calling- For
tae average youug man and young wo
man, however, it is of theutmHtim
p .rtance that a proper choice of occupa
ton be made early in life. To start on
th * right career when hopes are high and
Courage undaunted, when the pulses
tnrob with the vigorous enthusiasm of
you h. to enter into one's work with
Sl ch zist and hearty enjoyment that
lining is a delight; to have the conscious
ness that every step taken is a step for
ward; to know that, every day’s work is
the best we can give to the world, ah,
how it shortens the road to success; how
it broadens, deepens and enriches life!
la choosing your life-work, remember
that y our talent is your call. Tuere a r e
some io whom the talent calls so loudlv.
so persia ently. that they nead not hesi
tate or choose; their calling hi? chosen
them, and woe to thi-m if mey allow
tbemselvck to be diverted or drawn aside
trom th/ work for which the Creator has
speciaiy fined The majority,
howevir, have t> choose, for it » only
the ie< who in early life have one talent
the others out
you can accomplish without effort; for
trus work means constant growth and
development. Choose that which seems
to be ab >ve rather th-in below your pres
ent powers. With honest, steadfast, con
s' ientious work, you will grow up to the
standard you have set for yourself. Bear
in mind a’ways that
“Not failure, but low aim is crime."
—Success.
“SHALL IHE OLD MINISTER BE
SHUT.”
By Frank Marshall.
It is announced that lan Maclaren will
soon discuss the above ques iou in Ladies
Home Journal as one of a series of art.-
c!es on cburch work. The subject is
surely of sufficient boldness of statement
to attract ait cut ion, and it might be said,
also, that it is of sufficient practical mo
ment to have a reading. It h to ba pre
sumed that the distinguished Scotchman
will discuss what wc, in common pai
rlance, call “shelving.**
Since he has suggested the matter, I
want a word on the same tut j-ct. To be
shot, in the sense the word is used, is to
be laid on the shelf. The answer to the
query is, aud must be, for some of them,
in the affirmative. It miy be well to
say that not only are old ministers to b
st>ot, but young ones will be shot, too
lue actual fact is that prob>bly moie cf
I hem in the prime of life, and younger,
are shot than are old ones. To be alii’
more correc’, they shoot themselves. No
man is laid by others on the shelf untJ
hi has laid nimse'.f" there. And as. soon
as be does that they aiLF put him on the
:shelf until he" has put himso’f there.
fueu he is what Paul calls a “car
away.” It miy be said the churches will
lay a good, faithful preacher on the
s'-eif, but th it admits of much doubt.
Some of the most useful preachers 1
know are above sixty years of age, or
near that mark. It would take a good
many people to lay such a man 88 Ma
jor P<.nn on the shell. Dr. H. 8. Ford
says be would kick the shelf down if he
were put there. Let ke brethren keep
their guns vigorously firing at the enemy
and others will be so busy watching the
execution that they will not ILiuk of the
age of the men who hold the weapons
Christian Standard.
A HIGHER MORALITY.
As there is a higher criticism, which to
some is a stumbling block, but to the in- '
teliigent is a rock giving a wider and 1
truer view, so there is a higher morality. 4
The course of oidinary ethical leach- j
ing is indeed not always clear. To illus- j
irate; There is a natural untruthfulness
which no one regards as sinful. Every
weak annual that escapes death by de- *
ctiving the pursuer acts the lie that G*d I
has taught it. So little children, in their <
weakness, are natural liars. We do not (
stigmatize the baby as a sinner. We (
teach him that his lie is an offince, and
that he will sia if, knowing the offence, *
he lies again. For the adult the ques- <
tion in i‘B simplest form appears in the (
c.d query; Is it right to tell a lie to save (
a human lit*? The problem becomes (
more c jmplicated when self-interest en
ie:s as a factor, as in the story of the ’
traveller, who, to save himself from pit- <
lage, betrayed his companion. But alter
the robbers were gone be reimbursed the (
sufferer twice over, remarking that while
the lai ter bad only ten pounds to lose he
himself wiuld have lost ten times that 1
sum had he been sea-ched. <
We call this, not quite rightly, Jesuiti- <
Cil But to’t«ke up now the real post- (
lion of the Jesuit, his error lies in the
assumption that the good of his sect rep- 1
resents the highest good. In so far as he
errs in this, his moral code lacks a broad
support. If instead of one church par y
we put the human race, are we not justi
fied in saying th it what, without a
doubt, conduces to the advantage of the
race cannot be essentially sinful?
Of course, there must be no doubt; and
since human fallibility is augumented by
selfish considerations, no one man can
be an unbiased arbiter of his own recti
tude. Nor may any one people plume
itself on doing evil that good may come
of it; for it may err in interpreting the
work it accomplishes. But if, by gene
ral consent, the result is good, as far as
it is humanly possible to decide, wha*.
then?
Certainly, as science has taught us,
the great principle which has been car
ried out in the advancement of human
ity has always been that ofthegreates
good of the greatest number. Whatever
has opposed this has had to yield. Tnis
is not an entirely new doctrine. It is,
in truth, a curious historical accident
that the same principle was enunciated
in India more than two thousand yean
ago. And this. I believe, la not generally
known.—“ England and the Higher Mor
ality,” by Prot. Washburn Hopkins in
the January Forum.
selecting and training a
COOK.
In selecting a ccok or a maid-ot-fcH
work look well to ber ber pre
vious training and 1 er general adaptabil
ity. When you have decide! to engage
her, describe as nearly as
c your house
i '*’!■ n
*•' J|9
' X 'Vi*
ness of ’
and well laced om
etc. —January ■ - /££
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:The Oroat Slaughter S|i
: of GENT'S OLOTHIN
’ C0.J313T OF
>
;Men‘s, Youth's, and Children 1
; Suits, Over-coats, and Pl
I Will be eold at one half prteo
; 230 West Bay St :
, Sec Prices 'y
ty $8 00 Men’s very Fine Cheviot Sih’ - at $3 9J
I 10 00 Men's Cassiicer Suns :v |4 iU
12 00 Men Suits, Plaid- and B wk at $1 8b
15 00 Men's Sul’s at |5 50 ■
'Men's suits worth <l6. $lB and <2O elsewher; our price $7..»0, <0 53 ar
.Men's Pants fr »m 70c to <3 00 worth twine the price Caddreu's suits 5
1 75,2 25, and 3 <O. Uall aud examine before purchasing elsewhere;
New hrk Clothing & Manufacturing Co. Store, 230
Remember the place.
TDJEIjE
BIG STOLs
F. Williams, Son & C
105 and 107 East Bay street.
Special Inducement# to Buyers:
' Now that the »ush of the holiiay season is over we have had
(devote attention to onr stock and, notwi.bHar ding <nr
(unpiece'ented m our bistort) we find that, to make room
’of goods arriving, and to arrive, we we MUST of much now
» To attain that eid wt Lave ariaugid lor this week, and
This
Week
ONLY
IA Per
lIJ Cent Ordinary
Selling Prices
Great Reduction
The 10 per tent reduction will apply not only dd
upstairs in our mammoth furniture department (uv
ect management of Mr. J. A. Farwell, the wel
nun.) AH goods marked in jl dn figures 10 Per Cu
SPECIAL BARGAINS! SPECIAL BAI A
Ind still 10 Per cent Reduction. The Latest styles
Glassware. Ghina,crockery’Notions,
10 Per Cent Reduction on the Latest and Best Styles
' Furniture,
’ N. B—We ar? selling a double c °Uon Top Excel****!
'finely made, mr |I.CO-10 per cent reduction tale pu>-if 1
, v eek only. Take advantage of the gre at 10 per cent
THE big; St<
t!
: F Williams 1 Son & C ,! l
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( 105-107 RAST BAY ST. JACKSONVILLE. Fl* <
Both Phones 6y7 |
The Leading
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f-S W. A. Fr«s
Lieut. R. P.’Hq
. U Brady, Prof]
I JHhB
Millinery BcClure
> m YORK VITY. New
and
RESTAURA
knhr S ' ° Cooking,
•XU ll’lome Male Bread
TICKETS $3 Cuand $4 00 jJP
and Regular Meals from 5 cents to 25 cents.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADV
A ft. F4IOX. ajaines# Managi
special
Reductioi
Sa
to Hold a
IS FREE.
R. Hauswirth,
. jflHnreg made
PP LIN bOJi.