The Vanceburg Courier, 1884-07-09

J The Sunday School Convention held tens from Friday to Sunday loot waa a rejictithm of the marcsses that have at at-tewlud - tewlud at-tewlud this pleasant aimtial rettian which has Iweume an event that grows in interest' pleasure and importance with each recurring summer The at tendance waa not so large oa at sotue of tlio meetings of former years owing to tin busy neasun among tlio- farmer and to tlie fact tiiat tlw principal day of tlw convention came on Saturday instead of Sunday aa heretofore Of rourso there was some dissatisfaytion Tiienhalwaya in Init in tliia ease it scunwly produced a ripple cm tlw otherwise smooth surface of the proceedings At tlie first meeting of the convention tlw President Rev W Y Taltof Tidlcs Tidlcs-boro - boro Tidlcs-boro resigned tlw chair owing to ill health Dr Bowman waa sekrtedin his stead and presided with an increased rate of that suavity ami dignity which characterises ail liis efforts as a presid presiding - ing presiding officer If men are born for a pur purpose - pose purpose Dr Bowman was foreordained from the beginning of the world to preside over Sunday Pchool Conventions and it ia a pity that enough of them could not be held in mwceHsion to keep him con constantly - stantly constantly in - tlw chair The case with which he handles all Questions and the justice of hU decisions added to his kindness to all inako him simply grand in tliia connection The choir which furnished tlw music is something Vanei-lany will be prowl of os long us one lirick of her bnildings stand UKin another It receivud tlw richest praisq from all sources awl not one word of all that was said was unde undeserved - served undeserved Strangers hern from different portions of tiic State and tliose familiar witli church music pronounced it inrom inrom-psrubly - psrubly inrom-psrubly tlie best tliey luul iwani The speeches weretgooil tlirougiiuut and abounded in excellent mlvico and season seasonable - able seasonable suggestions The address of Dr Bowman on the Fourth was rich in peri periotic - otic periotic utterances and histocieal facts ami will rauk with the best productions of that speech making oecaiBon oecaiBon-Bev'a - Bev'a oecaiBon-Bev'a Duncan of Louisville and Bcusly of Germantown' were present throughout the convention and deserve tlw ln-st and lwartiest wishes of our peo people - ple people for the manner in which they assist assisted - ed assisted the management of the' convention Tlie programme of Saturday night canoed some dissatisfaction among the pointedly religious ami snnctiinoniuusly talnted liut such things must needs lie among thee good people everywhere Ii U true that tlw subjects discussed were not strictly of a religions diameter although tlw tendency of each one deliv delivered - ered delivered was in that direction Tliese speeches we shall give in the CorRigs of next week and the jieople -can then judge tie tween tlw ai'iitiuient ti the ad addresses - dresses addresses and tlio fanatical prejudice of those who can see no gsxl tiling conic from tlw licnch tlw press or tlw discus discussion - sion discussion of woman's debts and dues It is safe to say tlw convention is now iu better condition ami farther from the faintest prospect of perishing than ever It offices are all energetic men ami are determined that each years session shall exceed the preceding one in interest and instruction Tlw -convention is now a fixture and too much praise ean nut lie given FMcr J 8 Myers for Ills energy and determination ill bringing success out of lethargy ami harmony out of discord One of the particularly pleasant events of tlw convention was tlie presentation to iicc J 8 Myers ami wife of the beautiful silk quilt made by the ladies of the towu to bo sold fur tlie missionary fund and which was purchased by the people and jiresentod us above stated Brother Myers ami wife have Itecn with in M'Avri1 years ami havewon onr peo people - ple people by Christian laBore ami tlwir deeds of kindness Tlwso Christian people whom wo hare leamml to lure through ail these yewri of communion will slsirt slsirt-iy - iy slsirt-iy leave us fur their home ' in New Zea Zealand - land Zealand seven thousand miles away but it will lie a pleaaaut reflection to tliem when tho Pacific shore recede from tlwir vision ami the' watery waste is all around them with God above and death is-low tbit tlw brat wishes and tlw fer fervent - vent fervent pray ere of good kind friends are with them It will bo pleasant to them to know that as they journey the path pathway - way pathway of Ufa glad eyes will watch their footsteps brave hearts wilt sympathise In their ' misfortune and pulsate with joy at their Maxes - Envy jealoaay and malic lay y sometimes overshadow and If we- sMjrnpkefl von! englooia

fsq Uw Csmawaflar I CfctaftsUw Aralsi ef Oefstkeretere aafllssdi on aatlooa to ob ob-MivaaU - MivaaU ob-MivaaU iklMsa whatausvsr I bars conmixird fos awl to lam with jwiatwan manats the aflol tha world Mat XXVIU-B-aOr In any great movement to secure its socrcM there most be a great leader In all human affaire success never crowns with ultimate vietpry the standard of any man who is not complete master of tlw situation The greatest morel relig religions - ions religions and political revulntiona tlw world hss ever Witnessed have had their incep inception - tion inception in tho mind of some man whose clear and pien-ing intellect has enabled him to measure accurately and command successfully the forces to secure the end dreat revolutions have been produced' unforeseen results with the happiest ef effects - fects effects attained but the guiding hand waa impelled by the master spirit of that age Seeing the end from the beginlng with all its combinations and complications is the faculty of the few and the' essential of the successful i God baa marshaled in earth and 1 leav leaves - es leaves the grandest armies the world has ever witnessed At the tread of Imman Immanuels - uels Immanuels hosts the earth trembles from cen center - ter center to circumference and tlw heavenly bodies quiver with delight Tho tocsin of wa sounded on Bethlehem's heights nineteen centure ago has awakened the lumbering nationa from the death of sin and the prison fires of hell nntil a mighty foree20000000 strong on earth and 50 50-000000 - 000000 50-000000 strong in heaven await the won! of command from the Captain of their salvation Borne may langh and jeer at what we in these modern times call our missionary spirit The word of com command - mand command is take tlw world for Christ and he is a traitor to his master who dares question his right to command or our duty to obey Let ns inquire with whom did missions originate and we answer most emphati emphatically - cally emphatically with God Almighty himself And who dare qnestiui' the policy or wisdom of God For God sent his only begotten on into the world that whosoever be iievetli on him might not'perfah but hive eternal life A Missionary is one who goes oris sent out to give the knowledge of the light of tlw glory of God as revealed in the face of Jeans Christ Who were the missionaries of the past? Standing at the head of the list is Jesus Christ him himself - self himself Christ a missionary? yea The sent 'of our Father God For God so loved the world that He sent his Son His only begotten Bon Ac - And no mission missionary - ary missionary ever came upon a journey so peril peril-ions - ions peril-ions or to a land so dark and benighted as that upon or to which Jesus come lie suffered tlw most cruel persecutions died the moat bitter and excruciating death in tlw prosecution of Hi Father work in the interest of a fallen and sin corned world Tlw angels of light are the ministers of mercy to tlw land of tlw benighted and the belated care worn and weary travel traveler - er traveler on life's cheerless and diwty highways has the sweetest solace as the angels of Gorl speak a word of cheer to bis heavy and despondent heart The angels at lies von on bright anti joyons wing do the battling of the master and flood the room at tlw patient and faithful sufferer as hia inn is setting to rise no more with' the glory of tlieir presence and whisper to the soul os it poises its wings Lw tije tri umphant flight to tiic land of rent Tho Apostle of Joans Christ were mis missionaries - sionaries missionaries they went forth witli the lamp of light and spake an to the multitude of solvation from sin by the cross ut Christ ' St Fanl that man of God tiwt modJle minister of Chrfat that faithful efficient workman was the sent of God Bo are all the many worthy self-aorrillcing minis ministers - ters ministers of Christ hi this and all 'lands llow then shall they rail on him in whom they have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ami liow sliati tliey hear without a preacher and how ahali tliey preach except they he sent Horn X - 15 In view of tlw preceding facts we lay it down as a clear proposition tlwt any man bo h wise or unwise bowl or free whlte or black who declares hitn-4 elf as opposed to legitimate missionary movements is opposed to the who' plan of human redemption including Jeans Christ Idunwlfr and tlw angels ol Cod with all tho-Hplji k(ul pore men w ho are

OUK MKIOHBOM Dr Dudley a prominent physician of Lexington is dead' The Portsmouth city authorities hare bounced tlw junk boats - Bam Biggs a Greenup boy fall from a loft and broke Ijuth arms l W The residence of Jas Kilgour at Cat Cat-let - let Cat-let tsburg burned last week Malonton and Argentnm are the names of two new 'poatofflcee in £he western portion of Greenup county Edward Bell of Bnuh Creek Town Township - ship Township Scioto coonty was drowned while swimming in Brush Creek Catfottabnrg lias three warring papers ami yet the people np there can't tell why their ally smell so had Hertford jBunyo of Lawrence coun county - ty county waa ran over and killed by a freight train near Catict tsburg last week ' A movement fa on foot' to bring fbe gas from tho biff WariWbl well to Ports Portsmouth - mouth Portsmouth through pipes laiilnmler ground JmlgetV II Winn Of Mt Sterling dierl very awldenly on 8anday morning while going home from Sunday School AVm Tlanupeon a - young man nhier teen years of age jumjwd from strain at More head Ky after hi bat and will lose liis life from bijuricifavadved Wm SteVemun of(ciuk county while wokrng 'In a stave factory at ML Sterling wak strnck by 8 flying stave which broke his jaw in two places IBs recovery is doubtful 3Vm Neal has escaped tlie gallowa again Ilia rase gone to fire Court of Appeals and tlw Court of Appeals has gone off to rest and will nut convene again until September ' -i Nat Morton the musician liak remov removed - ed removed from Springvillo to Catlettaburg Nathaniel may go imt the fragrance o ! his memory will hang over the arid cells of memory like a dew drop to s gympson petal At Lexington Ky JoHn Doyle' while asleep at tlw residence of II D Duncan waa attackod by J Fd Miller hia broth broth-and - and broth-and two others Doyle was seriously stabbed and draggred from the house but Duncan's son confronted the ruffians with a pistol and saved Doyle from be being - ing being murdered Bill Giillcspic a half wilted darkey liv living - ing living near Carlisle an-identnly slwt anoth another - er another negro boy with an old faabionci musket a few days ago from the effects of which Iw died on Sunday - A mob of eighty men immediately formed am! started to the home of tlw boy who had draw tlw shouting to hang him hut his friends baffled them until he had time to escape Tlw people are still angry and tlie end is maybe nut yet - - FAKM AND ITOCK NOTES Clark county milicre are paying 78 ct fur new wheat - - Illinois farmers report great ravages from liog clwfera Tlicre sre 11 000 OOO in this country or one to every four inhabitant A great many farmers are stacking wlwat rather than accept present pricer An effort is io be matte to establish a lice keepers association in this county Alninnt tlw celebrated home of Gene General - ral General V T Withers died at Lexington last week One tobacco merchant' in Henry coun county - ty county haa offered fti000 to any man who will take Ids purchases off his hands John A Inly of Clark county shipped ii rattfa last week width averaged 1 1-650 - 650 1-650 powyls Tlw average cost waaOrtr The yfehl of wheat in Bourbon is from 35 to 40 bushels per acre flnd the prevail prevailing - ing prevailing price is 75 cts 1 ' J D Hawkins of Mexico Mo raised 700 gallons of strawberries from one acre of ground am! sold tliem tor SO cts per gsllofi or 350 for the kt ii w ' t L JWBbrgis of Lexington Iias pur pur-ehnsed - ehnsed pur-ehnsed gw eefalnwted Bluemotmd form at Forth Worth Texas and will go hence tills fait- T&p fajTk coqfains 3100 CTCSn ' 1 -f

and were the sent of God He says if ye ore not against me f - Aside fron what God commands what are some of the demands upon ns in this direction it fa estimated that there are now Bring nponthis earth of ours 1000- 000000 and a half of human beinga One billion have net so much as heard that there is a Christ Two of every three ' persons have never seen and indeed do not know there is such a book m the one we call the Christian Scriptures It has been estimated that thirty-one million five hundred thousand aonls will pass the gates of death unto the eternal world daring 1884 of which number ft ia safe to say that twenty million will die in ot otter - ter otter ignorance of that gospel which Jesus Christ commands his disciples to preach -to every creature God acta and works by instrumental- ties his spirit may prompt you to do some thing be it ever so little in this di direction - rection direction but your stubom will becomes -your master and you refuse the eonse- quences of impending justice must fall the more rarely and swiftly npou your unsuspecting head May God be mer merciful - ciful merciful to such aa hear but will not heed To my mind the hut and moat selfish of all other reasons tiiat may be given to lead yon to honor God in bestowkig at least a tithe of your increase in Ale di direction - rection direction fa found when you contrast the condition of the home of the heathen with that of your own in this land of the 1 free and- the home of the brave Why are we in any particular the raperfare of those who sit in these binds of darkness and ' within tjieso shadows of death' Why do these graces of a cultivated mind and pore heart Mess the homes of the land in which we dwell ? Why is this' a free land? Are we not free peo people - ple people became Christ has made ns free? Is there a blessing width you and I ere joy to day which is not enjoyed in com- mon with by the heathen that ia not -tlio direct bestowment or tile legitimate out growth of the gospel of the Son of God If then we are a happier a wiser a more contented a better protected peo people - ple people because we enjoy these blessings docs not the lowest law of our eonimrai humanity demand that- we shall carry these same blessing to those who might - --be - be --be ss hsppy iivsfi they had the knowl knowledge - edge knowledge of these tiling What would we bo today without these chrutian hoipel thie chrintian mothers these Christian hearts What would tlie world be with without - out without the Christian Bible the Christian song the Christians hope faith death home in Heaven These are ears What a gracious legacy How it ought to thrill tlie hearts of all who have these' blessings That they may confer them without losing their own upon others others-Let - Let others-Let no man think I mean only those in tlie chnreh happily fur ns God knows no clinrrh nor sect but command all men everywhere to repent

The Agricultvsai Womin one of the beat if not the best farm paper of its class i making n greet nneeess of 'the plan inaugurated by its editor a' few years sgo This plan is nothing lea than -the giving of exhaustive silicic by the be writm on sgricultnrr in all tliecoun- trim of the wotkL The articles from tlie different State and Territories at oflr own country are particularly instinctive end entertaining' Judge Parrish's erti- idea on "The Farmer' Kelatioe to Law" are alone worth the price of the paper Judge Fsrriah who ia one of the shiest judges and lecturer' in'llis Wert -will cmsi leave for the South with the view of supplying the per with n series of ar articles - ticles articles on the' agricultural f natures of that section This journal 1 also has a fine household department which makes it ( particnieiiy attractive to lady readers Ths price of the Aosicyi-Tckal Woal ' (now in ite tenth year) Is ooly One Dollar per annum (Si numbers) In clnbs of : five 80 cents each Six months cents three month 40 cents Bsinple eoptos C eents' Two-cent postage stempe receiv received - ed received on sabecription' Adilme Awbtitw- -At World tirend Kepkl Mich

but tliey diaappesf before the wand of that magician which displays itself at the rail of friendship tit tfiea to greet us on a duty performed orfldelity to a great trustor principle' May infinite merry watch over them during tifeir five yean alwence and bring tliem akfely bock again to grasp the lands of 'friendship ami liear the thrilling accents of proved affection '