Africo-American Presbyterian. (Charlotte, N.C.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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CHARLOTTE. N. C. DECEMBER
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CHRISTMAS.
p,Y JOHN TROLANI).
-Glory to God hi the highes t, and on
,i miin aood will toward men /''
(lU'l'i J" 1 ' J
Earth's roval festal day has come,
1 Let joyful antheais burst from
every voice ;
u'hile strains seraphic swell the
heavenly dome,
I^t everything that lives and
breathes rejoice !
It C'^nie-! again, with " ( Jlory be to
God ! "
To Him, the Father, let our prais
es he,
And to the Son, who washed us in
Ilis blood,
And to the Holy Spirit—blessed
three !
It comes again, the harbinger of
" Peace
On earth, good-will to men ! "
and innocence
Disarming Wrong, till everything
shall cease
That in (Jod's holy mountain give3
offence.
Although no anthem thrills the out-
ward ear
From heavenly host descending
from the sky,
Beyond dull sense attentive Faith
can hear.
And catch the heavenly vision
with her eye.
N'or more with wondering shepherds
do we kneel
Beside a taby wrapped in swad-
dling bands;
Amid our joy a mightier touch we
feel
Through love He purchased by
His pierced hands.
To every island let His .raids run,
That every tongue may join the
glad acclaim ;
1'iitil from dawning day till setting
sun,
On Zioifs walls the watchmen shall
proclaim—
"Through all the continents, with
cheering sound,
The old angelic chorus swells to-
day !
Its symphony enswathes the world
around.
For every kingdom owns His bless
ed sway ! "
VOL l \TAR) ISM \ 'ERSUS AN
ES TA BLISHMENT.
r.Y REV. R. MAYERS.
\ oluutaryism may be said to have
it* inception in creation. God willed,
and worlds came into being. " Let us
make man in our own image, " said
He, and the evolution of mighty
thoughts began. Countless myriads
'-'i insects, animals of large size, fishes?
trees, came into being, and life. Man
is uuable to count the rolling spheres
*hey move through endless space.
His loftiest ideas cannot grasp the in-
cite distances between himself and
the nearest fixed stars. The regularity
which they appear, the rolling
basons, and the wonderful mind that
plates them make him wonder. A
&ance at himself scarcely simplifies hi3
^eas about that great mind, and he is
o&[>eiled to say, " I am fearfully and
wonderfully made." Voluntaryism
^ all going, voluntaryism keeps them
j^'ug in order. The mind that made
cannot err. Mistake is impossi-
ble with Him.
^All this is altered when man begins
Let us make becomes charged
mischief then, since the makers
will
of
^ Uever long agree, and are capable
j^t sinhdness, not the least item of
lc ^ Murder. IIovv true this is, is
,i 'n l'ie f'r^t known act of Eve,
,„a Humau. and in the lirst known
the fi6 °' lnan* ^ a''i and Abel were
^ IUen ^ora. Both agreed to
?of l h 8greed to offer—but one
theifV11* atU^ S'GVV ot^er- Since
^Dian 6 himself has not killed
There ae men have destroyed.
ls ln the South at present as
wills °^u*on^ caused by different
^ Cau Weh be conceived in any
community. We have here the most
benevolent, and the most unscrupulous.
There are employers whose kindness to
their servants is patriarchal; and there
are masters whose t rutalitv surpasses j
that of the Roman who threw female j
slaves into his fi=h ponds. There are !
people who cheerfully tax themselves to !
educate Negroes, and others who curse
themselves for allowing them to live-
The lynchings, immoralities irresista-
ble on account of Negro poveity, and
general " cussedneas" ascribed to
some employers, would be utterly in-
applicable to others, whose exemplary
conduct calls forth admiration. All
this is voluntaryism ; but a voluntary-
ism whose evil overbalances the good
it works out. There is, moreover, a
voluntary submission to the action of
the enemies of law and order, in order
to carry out a sentiment that Negroes
are not men, and are, therefore, to be
ill-treated by men.
On the other hand, the Creator
established certain fixed laws when he
voluntarily made the world. Who
ever has read these laws carefully
must have seen that they cannot be
broken without punishment. '' Who-
soever sheddeth man's blood, by man
shall his blood be shed 51 has not been
spoken in vain. Mea kill only to be
killed in turn. Men steal only to be
be robbed. The lirst murderer es-
caped a hanging only to be succeeded
by many hangmen. Assyria became
violent only to be violently assailed by
Babylon ; and the latter was brought
under by Cyrus, in order that God
might pave the way that his empiie
might be beaten by Alexander. One
party in Kentucky gains an advan-
tage only to be attacked by the beaten
party with renewed vigor. Volun-
taryism iv..*hese cases assists in an esta-
blishment of oicici. For when men
find voluntaryism insrpportable, they
must establish order.
In Church government voluntaryism
leads to uncertainty, if it also accom-
plishes great things The Hebrew
Theocracy was established so far as its
form, ministry and priesthood were
concerned : it was Voluntary so far as
the free will offerings, vows, and build-
ings went. God ordered a tabernacle
of a certain form and size ; but he left
the offerings for building it voluntary,
until the people brought so much,
that they had to be restrained. Hut
many years after, the temple was en-
tirely neglected. This is voluntary-
ism. On the other hand, an establish
ment is authoritative. That authority
is based on government : the Hebrew
establishment on the authority of God,
and established churches on their sever-
al governments. In their cases, volun-
taryism is given to, or merged into an
establishment. Iu other words, the
people consented to give the power
of church government to the nation's
officers, and to pay their clergymen
fixed stipends for sacrificing or preach-
ing the gospel. This obtains in the
established Churches of England, Scot-
land, Norway, Sweden, and Russia,
etc. In these cases, however, uniform-
ity often produces formality ; but men
go to church regularly often because
they feel that they pay taxes for the
support of the clergyman ; and strange
as this may appear, they rea!;y feel in-
terested in every part of the service,
and resent the leaving out of i. ny por-
tion of it.
Voluntar ism, again, only pro-
vokes greater zeal in the establish-
ment. All who are not non-conform-
ists claim its benefits. Where there is
no establishment, however, the indif-
ferent often send denominational
preachers about their business else
where. I heard of a lamily that toid
a Baptists clergyman that its members
were Methodists ; assured the Metho
dist minister the the members were
Baptist, and excused the indifference it
showed to the others on the score that
its members were Presbyterians. Ab-
solute right to interfere under such con-
ditions there is none ; the country is
hurt by an increased indifference to re
ligiou ; and, as a consequence, utter
lawlessness en.-ues. In appreciation of
this fact, a writer has lately shown that
the West is being filled up by
people who left their religion iit the
East. I idess missionary effort, then,
is as strong as the effort to make money
and expand, the nation g«>e.s backward
in the Chi's-thin life. Voluntaryism
then becomes a danger instead of a
blessing and yet it. must not slack its
hand ; instead oi slacking, it must in
crease both prayers and gifts. Repub
Jicau principles must be its ruling
{tower and a love for holy living, and
excellence, its common heritage in com
men with an establishment, lioth
voluntaryism and an establishment
must seek the good of the people.
Each provokes the other to good works.
Expansion and Christianity as a result
go hand in hand ; and it cannot any
longer be said of such, as of the people
under the Hebrew Theocracy, that
"every man" does "that which is
right in his own eyes. "
VFir YEAR'S IX SCOTLAND
| BRINGING IN Tin: NEW YEA 1; ,\T
TKOX CHURCH, KDIXBl'KC.
A NO rl HER CRIME A OA INS T
CI VILIZA TI ON.
It was in Kentucky this time a man
was burned alive for a crime for which
he was certain to be punished in the
ordinary course of justice. He had
confessed the murder of Mrs. Lash-
brook alter an attempt at a fouler
crime, and was in charge of officers
who were taking him to the Court that
was to try him. He was taken from
them in bre ad day and was burned
alive. His eyes were cut from their
sockets and the raw flesh was sprink
led with red pepper. The newspaper
reports say that women were present
at the lynching and that after the mob
had dispersed small children kept the
fire burning over the charred bones.
This was a crime purely oi revenge
It was iiot committed in the. first rage
provoked by the brutal assault aiTcf
murder of Mrs. Lashbrook, but after
sixty days of deliberation. No mem-
ber of the mob made any attempt at
disguise or concealment and the burn-
ing took place almost at noonday, but
there is little hope that either the .spec-
ial grand jury called by the Judge of
the district or the reward offered by
Governor Bradley will result in the
punishment of any of those guilty of
this crime. In his book on "The Fu-
ture of the American Negro" Booker
T. Washington sa\s that 241 persons
were lynched in the United States in
1SD2, only o7 of whom were charged
with assaults on women, and 127 in
1894, 24 of whom were charged with
that crime. How can the State defend
itself against these returns to barbarism?
How can the public sentiment be crea-
ted that will make such horrors 3S this
at Maysville impossible?—Presbyterian
Banner.
New Year's is the great S -otti- h., i
day. Christinas is ot cou<>e a>i < i!i-
cial holiday, and in the large towns de
spile old prejudices, observant-
becoming more recognized anion- the
better business houses. But h,v the
geneiai population of the countiv the
New Year is the great holiday festival,
and, thoiign temperance sentiment is
rnaVing its way, there is still a great
deal of bard drinking at ihis season
It is none (he less a fact, however, that
the spread of temperance education and
the fetter amusement of the pe -p!e are
gridually having their influence in
making New Year's less of a saturnalia
than it was wont to be.
toe New ear at iron
church, Edinburg, is a time honored
custom w hich does not seem to be fail
ing into disuse. On the last night of
l«yS thousands of young people, with
a sprinkling of older persons, congrega
teU as usual at the Tron church, which
is in the heart of old Edinburg, to speed
the passing year. When the church
clock showed midnight, a loud cheer
was raised, handshaking became gener
aj, the old salutation, 4-.\ happy New-
Year ! " was heard on ail sales, and,
bottles of the national beverage having
been produced from topcoat packets,
healths were generously pledged Aft-
er this had been done bands of roister-
ing youths and maidens set olf to
"first foot" their friends.—Chicago llec
ord.
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ROMAN A7-;y; YEAR'S.
VARIOUS DATES CELEBRATED AT
DIFFERENT PERIODS.
The good old Romans, who had
some hard commoa sense in spite of
their self-conceit, beiieved thor.-ughly
in New Year's day. They were char-
acteristically careless as to when it
should be celebrated, and sometimes it
was held at various dates of the year
by communities living at no greater
distance from e^ach other than a rail
road train would take them in these
days in a few hours. But so long as
they got the full number of high days
and holidays into the 12 months the
good old Romans cared little whether
theyr adhered strictly to the almanac
or not
Even when Christianity became an
established institution in the land and
the Christian leaders began to systema-
tize the days for celebrations in which
the Church participated there was still
a difference of opinion as to the day on
which New Year's could properly be
celebrated. It is even on record that
New Year's day has been kept on the
date set apart for Christmas, while it
got s > mixed up with the other divi-
sions of time at another period that it
was kept on Easter day one year and
on the l*t of March on another. It is
necessarv to trace the celebration of
the first New Year's day clear down to
the sixteenth century before any defi-
nite underst uding of the proper day
for the celebration cau be found.—
Brooklyn Citizen.
NEW YEAR'S GIFTS IN SPAIN.
In Spain, as well as in Portugal, the
,,,v,irv to which a pretty woman de-
-» an'1 i^pntion is
the lace used ""MS* .fe^fSsS^onin g" of Tier
fan and, above all, of her mantilla.
Few men have any idea until they at-
tempt to make a New Year's offering
of thi3 kind of tiie amount of money
that can be lavished on even the tini
est piece of lace, particularly if it hap-
pens to be old Italian or Spanish point,
dating from the sixteenth or seven-
teenth century. Ignorant as the Span-
ish woman is on most subjects, she is
conspicuous for her profound and ex
tensive knowdedge of the different kinds
of Jace, and her talent for distinguish
ing point d'alencon, and point de ve
nise from that old Italian point known
by the name of Greek lace, is only^
equalled by the grace with which she
wears the national mantilla and maneu
vers her fan.— Chicago Times Herald.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING.
Three quarters of a pound of bread-
crumbs, one-quarter of a pound of fine
flour, into which half a teaspoonful of
baking powder has been sifted. Mix
bread-crumbs and flour together and
add three-quarters of a fresh kidney
suet, chopped, relieved from skin and
fibre, but not sifted. An even teaspoon
ful of salt, a whole nutmeg, a small cup
of brown sugar, one pound ot currants
cleaned, dried and floured , one pound
of seeded sultana raisins, also lloured ;
two ounces of lemon and orange peel,
mixcd and finely chopped ; two ounces
candied citron, eight eggs well beaten,
and a jtint or more of sweet fresh cider
for mixing. Beat thoroughly and often
within an hour, then let it stand for an
hour in a cool place, before putting in
buttered mold, or scalded bag, prepara
tory to boiling steady for four hours,
the water boiling before it is put in.
Serve with sprigs of holly in the centcr
ou a large platter, with a rich, liquid
sauce.—Dcmore.-sCs.
AN ENGLISH CUSTOM.
Carrying
j...0 branches of evergreens
hung with apples, oranges and gayly
, colored ribbons, the children still pa
rade the streets of some old English
i town*, "agganowing, "as it is called,
from the words of the ditty they sing:
We're cmie to give you warning
It's New Year's day a-morning.
With a he-y and a how
And an aggan aggmow.
— Atlanta Constitution.
C H R! S T1A N E !\* D E A V O R.
| Topic For (he Vi'pcU niiss ncc,
— I—l:y I!c v. II. i;«y ;e.
Topic.—Our i . I roth-, r.- lit!., i, 1-9; iii, 6.
j .A, C :uis;ii:as met^in;;.)
| The intent and pnr|>cr-!» < L' Hi? book
| of Hebrews lire to point ont the rela-
1 tion between the Old Testament dis-
pensation and iljr> Xew and to ahow the
superiority of the New over the Old.
This is done by proving the snT-.eriorJty
of Christ. tle„» minister of the ','cw dis-
| pensation. ov c th • i: iuL vers of the
! (lid—anyel:-. I.L Aaron and tho
| Aaronie priesthood. I:i ihi.~ lirsi cliap-
i ter the writer arjra^s rh • snjw viority of
Christ over sii' .n :s. His sr.;n ri. rily is
shown to lie in the t!::it, while tli-i
I angels of (xod are mmi-termjj -spirit:; or
! attendant worshipers at the Sr'on's ad-
j vent, Christ is a^ociat d with God in
! His majesty, a sharer of His everlasting
throne. Th« angels are servants. Christ
is a Ivin.' j.
1. Christ was born Kin-. Thongh
born under the most humble human
circumstances, yet Christ was a Kin^4
by birth in that He was the Sou of
God, who is King of kings and Lord of
lords. Ancestry, and not snrronndings
at birth, makes royalty. The child of a
king is royal born, no matter what may
be the outward surroundings of his
birth, and no amount of external royal
trappings would make the child of any
other a kingly child. Christ is the Son
of God. By birth, therefore, though
born in the humble manger at Bethle-
hem, Ho is a King.
2. Christ as King s it;? upon throne.
Hi3 throne is the thrcma of God. It ia
an everlasting throne. "Thy throne, O
God, is forever and ever. " It is a throne
rtif W-Uicii 1 j,-j lJj■ •
"A scepter iP^Tghteotf?£-jss tfTe scep-
ter of Thy kingdom."
3. Christ as a King poFsessos a king-
dom. Ho is i. -r a King without a king-
dom, but a King with one of universal
extent in both time and spa.ee. His
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. It
is a universal kingdom. He reigns in
heaven and upon earth. "God hath
highly e.ralr d Kim and given Him a
name that is above every name, that at
the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven and things in
earth and things under the earth, and
that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord. t.» the ;-.<ory of tho
Father. In this kingdom < hrist exer-
cises royal prerogatiyt s. He rules, Ho
governs, He reward - and punishes, and
has absolute control of tho lives and
destinies of His sul j *.*ts.
4. Christ is not only our King, but
may also be ear brother, our royal
brother. "Christ (was faithful) as a
sou over Iii.s own house, of whose house
are we if we hold fast the confidence
and the rejoicing of th - hop" firm unto
the end." We may thus become mem-
bers of the household of Christ, His
brethren, "heirs of God and joint heirs
with Christ if ;-o be that v;o sillier with
Him, that wo may bo also glorified to-
gether. ' *
Such a relationship to Christ in wor-
thy of our best efforts and our highest
ambitious, and in such a relation to a
King we should keep His name and His
honor unsullied and untarnished. Let
us be worthy in thought, word and
deed of the confidence and lovo of our
royal brother.
Bible Readings.—-Gen. iii, lo; Isa.
vii, 14; xi. 1 -1 ; Zech. ix, 0; Math.
x?:i, 1-11; Ln.ro i. ii. 1-20:
Jobn in, 10; -IY2I1, fi*.i •> **; 1 lim. vi.
M. ZgIp, v.-f.ini in vras much
impress-. i with the Iho-l'sh r-e of the
capital "I." "Why is it."' ho says, "that |
the Englishman, when he writes of j
himself, should invariably use a cap!- j
tal letter? That tall 'I* which occurs
so often in a personal narrative strikes
me as being very arrogant. A french-
man, referring to hin >• If. writes 'jo*
with a small \ia German, though he
may gratify all his substantives with
capital h ttors, employs a small *P iu
writing. *h-ba Span'.ard, when he uses
•the personal pronoun at all, bestows
a smalt 'y' on I - 'yo,' wh H he honors
| the person he , ddre. • - With a capital
j 'V:' I beliove indeed, though I am not
j sufileiently a lusiinted w'Tth f^eign
| languages ;•> ■:r- ak whh certssmty on
; that point, that the Englishman is the
i only p -rson in the world v.*bo applies j
to other people complimentary terms
are employed, such as "senior." "mas-
"priure" (used by young men in
isliig each other familiarly). The
usual Japanese equivalent for
'1 Is "wataknshi." which uieans liter-
acy "sellishaess."—Buffalo Commer-
el:; I.
So'V ^ >:r!.'N Tenement Uonse*.
Clio ot t;ie imlieatuiiis of tlie im-
ui ( i tho masses in this eity is
the giadual aholi^hnu nt of the tene-
ment. as the word is generally under-
stood. '1 hi- big rookeries, with their
small rooms, airiess halls and rusty
fire escapes, are going out of existence
iu the ordinary course of events, bv
file, tumbling down and being remov-
ed to make room for modern struc-
ture's. and the people who live in them
are seeking more airy homes iu the
)s or in the flats up town.
snnur
\\ hde the foreign element continues
to ii\o ui tenements for the tirst year
alter reaching New York the children
Oi foreign parentage are not willing to
exist in the noisome quarters of the
cast and west sides. They crave more
light, more air and cleanliness, and in
rnaay eases they get it. Rapid transit,
makes Harlem as accessible as Grand
street, and there is no occasion to live
in a down town tenement unless one
-■<o new tenement houses are build-
ing. i he iiathouse has taken its place,
«1 . .
• . i
. » •
tiie course of time the foul bar-
r.s m wok-ii scores of families are
crowded wdl be a thing of the past and
rem
ushered as part of a distem-
poreu oi cam.—New York Letter
Pittsburg I>ispatcli.
in
Tlie InquisUivc* DninHol.
A girl who took ti[> photography not
ion" ago and endeavored to get some
valuaVle snai> shots had bad luck with
her lirst pictures. There were funny
streaks of white all through them
when there was any picture at all, and
she couldn't imagine how they came
there. Neither could an experienced
amateur who assisted in developing
her first negatives and who took the
usual precautious in loading the cam-
era and taking the plates.
"I can't imagine what is the mat-
ter," he said as plate after plate came
out either good for nothing or with
only a little of the picture visible.
"Those ought to have been good
plates."
"Neither can I," said the girl. "They
locked all nice and smooth and white it
TfiaCTsTlie way^they ought to look."
"hooked all right!" exclaimed her in-
structor in dismay. "You hadn't look-
ed at them before we put them in the
camera, had you?"
"Oh, not enough to hurt them!" said
the girl. "I just lifted up the black
paper from each plate just the littlest
crack in the world. I just couldn't re-
sist the temptation of seeing how nice
they looked and think of the lovely
pictures I was going to have on them."
—New York Times.
Her Handy Money Stocking:.
"Yes, you are right," said tho con-
ductor of a Main street car, viciously
ringing up a fare. "Some people do
carry money in queer places. Now,
that Chinaman in there kept me wait-
ing over two blocks while he untied a
gordian knot in his cue, where he had
his cash. Some people keep me wait-
ing live blocks or more while they fish
around for their money.
"Yesterday I was going north on
Main street, when, at the corner of
Adams, two women got on the car. I
waited a minute or so and then went
in for the fares. The women look's t
sort of dashed, and then one of them
began to fumble in her purse. Empty!
Then her companion made a dive at
tho bottom of her skirts.
"Well, sir, it beat all. That woman
deliberately unlaced her shoe and took
it off and through a hole in her stock-
ing fished out a dime." — Memphis
Scimitar.
A Bit? Snowfnll.
The heaviest fall of snow that ever
took place in England occurred in ICa^S.
The snow commenced falling on the
10th of January, 1G15, and eontinu--!
every day until the 12th of March foi
lowing. It covered the earth to such
a depth that passengers, both horse
and foot, passed over gates, hedges and
walls, which had been obliterated by
the white sheet. On the 12th of March
it began to decrease and so by little
and little consumed and wasted away
till the 28th of May, for then all the
heaps and drifts had disappeared ex-
cept one upon Kinder scout, which lay
until Whitsun week.
A heavy fall occurred in Scotland in
1020, the snow falling 13 days and
nights with little or no intermission.
One of the heaviest falls on a single
day occurred on the 21st-of February,
1T02, the snow in some places being
from 10 to 12 feet deep.
| a capital letter to hiin
M. Zola might have enforced his con- t
! tr.'.sts still farther by referring to the j
I Japanese, who realty have no word for j
i "I." In speaking of cm-self in Japa- j
| nese self depredatory terms are used,
such as "servant," "the awkward per-
son," "junior," while in speaking of or
Conrt and Wltnfn Agree.
An arr.^fing incident occurred La one
of the common courts the other
day. The lawyer for the defense waa
making a very lengthy cross exan na-
tion of an old lady when he was Inter-
rupted by the judge with the remt,rl:
"I think you have exhausted this wit
ness."
"Ye*, 1udge," she exclaimed, "I do
feel very much exhausted."—Philadel-
phia Call.
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