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EUFOLA, N. C., JANUARY, 19°5 �
No. II 
A NEW LEAF. 
He came to my desk with a quivering lip,— 
The lesson was done,— 
"Dear teacher, I want a new leaf," said he, 
"I have spoiled this one." 
In place of the leaf so stained and blotted 
gave him a new one all unspotted. 
And into his sad eves smiled,— 
"Do better now, my child." 
I went to the throne with a quivering soul,— 
The old year was done,— 
"Dear Father, hast thou a new leaf for me? 
I've spoiled this one." 
He took the old leaf, stained and blotted, 
And gave me a new one all unspotted, 
And into my sad heart smiled,— 
"Do better now, my child." �—Selected. 
THE DANGER OF ILL-ASSORTED 
MARRIAGE. 
"Be ye not unequally yoked to-
gether with unbelievers," is but 
the logical statement, in the im-
perative mood, of the great well-
recognized law of physics and 
mathematics that only like sub-
stances and sums can be united. 
It is Satan's studied plan to bring 
distraction and perplexity to the 
people of God, and constantly to 
break down the barrier erected 
between good and evil. In no 
way can he more successfully ac-
complish his purpose than by in-
ducing the children of God to 
form business or social alliances 
with the world, such that the 
principles of the heavenly king-
dom shall be first compromised, 
and then abandoned by those who 
otherwise would have stood stiffly 
for the faith. My heart has been 
stirred to a fearful anxiety as I 
have seen the children of our peo-
ple giving themselves up to the 
benumbing, paralyzing influence 
of worldly friendships and associa-
tions ; the more so as I have seen 
the parents either carelessly indif-
ferent or openly encouraging this 
fearful departure from the path-
way of safety. 
Fathers and mothers, of what 
can you be thinking to permit 
your sons and daughters thus to 
make shipwreck of their faith 
without a word of warning or re-
monstrance? Will there not be a 
fearful reckoning for the parents 
who thus permit inexperienced 
feet to slip into paths of danger, 
darkness, and despair ? I have 
seen a young Christian woman 
united to some young man of the 
world. Fair promises had been 
made. It had been fondly ex-
pected that the oil and water of 
opposite sentiment could be uni-
ted. I have seen the young wife 
wear a look of perplexed hope, 
then more perplexed fear, to be 
finally followed by stolid indiffer-
ence and eventual separating from 
the truth she had once loved, 
while her brethren stood by un-
able to do aught for her except to 
see with aching hearts these 
changes follow one another with 
fearful rapidity. 
A young man, strong in the 
faith of a soon coining Saviour, 
enthused with the desire to help 
bear the message to a dying world, 
is entrapped into a marriage with 
a young woman who has not the 
fear of God before her eyes. All 
his plans for helping to carry the 
message are soon swallowed up in 
the hopes, plans, and ambitions 
incident to having drunk at the 
fountain of worldly incentives 
and pleasures. The cause of God, 
once so dear to him, becomes an 
undesirable theme ; his brethren, 
whom he once greeted with cor-
dial warmth, are now met with 
ill-concealed indifference ; the 
prayer meeting becomes a burden; 
the house of God, an unfrequent-
ed spot ; the voice of prayer, a 
stranger to his lips. He is lost to 
the cause of truth, and his soul is 
in the highway of perdition. Satan 
looks on well satisfied, for all 
this has been accomplished in the 
name of conjugal love ; and 
parents, brethren, and friends, 
have stood looking indifferently 
on. Of course they may be much 
grieved at the result, but have 
winked at the cause. "Be not de-
ceived ; God is not mocked ; for 
whatsoever a man soweth, that 
shall he also reap." 
Dear boys, do not consent to 
compromise your faith for the 
apples of Sodom. Dear girls, re-
fuse absolutely the course that 
will bring you only sorrow and 
vexation of spirit, if not entire 
separation from God. Dear fath-
ers, look well to your duty to your 
children ; counsel and pray with 
them, and give them the benefit 
of your wider experience and ob-
servation. Dear mothers, give 
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yourselves no rest if one of your 
family is thus tampering with for-
bidden ground. It may mean 
sorrow of heart and bitterness of 
soul. But, says some anxious 
parent, what shall we do? We 
cannot now control the choice our 
children may make. Possibly 
true. Happy the father who has 
shaped all the years for this time, 
and to whose counsels the son and 
daughter now bend a willing ear. 
Happy the young man or maiden 
whose father has builded so wisely 
and well that now their minds 
are free to ask and receive coun-
sel from him. Happy the young 
man who has escaped the traps 
and snares laid for his feet, and 
has united his interests with one 
who will help instead of hinder 
him. 
Do not, I pray you, consider 
this a subject to be passed off 
with a smile ; nor yet imagine it 
a matter of such delicacy that it 
must not be mentioned. Life or 
death are in the issue. The time 
has fully come for some one to 
speak in no uncertain voice. In 
the next article will be discussed 
the causes that lead to ill-assorted 
marriages. �
T. H. J. 
TITHES AND OFFERINGS. NO. 3. 
That the children of God were 
required to pay a second tithe 
under the law of Moses there can 
be no question. In the fourteenth 
chapter of Deuteronomy is found 
a record of this law of tithing. 
This tithe was used to defray the 
expenses of the annual feasts, for 
the poor, and for the Levite. (See 
Deut. 14:22-29.) It is the gen-
eral understanding of all Bible 
commentators that these script-
ures do not refer to the first tithe, 
which was set apart wholly for 
the Levites ; but was a second 
tithe, and was used by the ones 
who set it apart for the special 
purpose as stated in the scripture 
above referred to. Some take the 
position that every third year there 
was a third tithe paid. The writer 
thinks, however, that this tithe 
spoken of in the 28th verse prob-
ably refers to the disposition that 
should be made of the second 
tithe on the third year, rather 
than to a third tithe. 
Should there be any lingering 
doubt in the mind of any as to 
whether the second tithe was re-
quired of the Israel of God in the 
old dispensation, further proof can 
be found in the following words : 
"The consecration to God of a 
tithe of all increase, whether of 
the orchard and harvest field, the 
flocks and herds, or the labor of 
brain or hand ; the devotion of a 
second tithe for the relief of the 
poor, and other benevolent uses, 
tended to keep fresh before the 
people the truth of God's owner-
ship of all, and of their opportun-
ity to be channels of His bless-
ings. It was a training adapted 
to kill out all narrowing selfish-
ness, and to cultivate breadth and 
nobility of character."—Educa-
tion, page 
This system of tithing then was 
the Lord's plan to keep out all 
"narrowing selfishness" from the 
hearts of His people ; and if this 
plan would do such a wonderful 
work then, will it not do the same 
to-day ? And if this was needed 
then, how much more is it needed 
in this last generation, of which 
it is written that they " shall be 
lovers of self, lovers of money." 
Here are a few more statements 
taken from Testimony, Vol. 4 
"When we speak of the tithe as 
the standard of the Jewish contri-
butions to religious purposes, we 
do not speak understandingly. 
The Lord kept his claims para-
mount, and in almost every article 
they were reminded of the Giver 
by being required to make returns 
to Him." "A conscientious few 
made returns to God of about one-
third of all their income for the 
benefit of religious interests, and 
for the poor." "Of all our increase 
we should make the first appro-
priation to God ;" " for our work 
needs tenfold more means now 
than was needed by the Jews." 
"If the rich and poor were to give 
a sum proportionate to their prop-
erty in the Jewish economy, it is. 
doubly essential now." 
Why should we then halt any 
longer over the question of a sec-
ond tithe ? It was required of the 
Jews, and is " doubly essential 
now." It was needed then to sus-
tain the work of God and to care 
for the poor, and "ten-fold more" 
is needed now. May we not be-
gin to see wherein we have been 
robbing God in tithes and offer-. 
ings ? Here is the second tithe 
which God required of the Jews 
and which we have not been 
faithful to set apart. We have 
brought to God only one tithe,. 
and then have wondered why the 
promised blessing was not poured. 
out upon us. The Lord says, 
"Bring ye all the tithes into the 
storehouse, and prove me now." 
Let us do this, brethren, and 
prove the Word of God to be true,, 
and His promises yea and amen. 
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J. 0. JOHNSTON. 
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THE NORTH CAROLINA MESSENGER. 
WILMINGTON. 
The work here is progressing 
fairly well. We now have two 
Sabbath schools. While our num- 
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bers are few, yet the interest is 
good, and those who attend seem 
to be desiring a closer walk with 
God. As I become better ac- 
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quainted with the people they 
seem friendly to the cause, but 
have not yet taken their stand for 
the truth. The secretary of the 
Y. M. C. A. asked for my street 
address, stating that he wished 
me to speak for them some Sun-
day evening. We have many 
friends here. While this is pleas-
ing, we would much rather see 
them becoming firm friends of 
God. As I see the end drawing 
so near, my heart is more bur-
dened for souls. 0, that the bur- 
▪ den for souls would rest upon us 
as it did in 1844. If this were so, 
we might quickly finish the work; 
for the members of the churches 
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might carry it on here, while we 
could say to our brethren across 
the waters, We will come over 
and help you, and thus hasten the 
coming of our Saviour. This 
might have been. May it not yet 
be done ? Let us try. The wall 
was joined together when the 
people had a mind to work. May 
the blessing of the Lord rest upon 
His work. 
W. H. ARMSTRONG. 
NORWOOD. 
December 2, I went to Nor-
wood, and remained there ten 
days. Meetings were held each 
evening except one. The outside 
attendance was not large. I was 
pleased with the successful effort 
being made there to hold up the 
present truth. Sister Allen has 
been teaching the church school, 
with an attendance of twenty-five, 
mostly from the outside. Brother 
and Sister Allen are proving that 
it is possible for "consecrated fam-
ilies to move into the South, and, 
while making a living for them-
selves, to teach the truth to their 
friends." Quarterly meeting ser-
vices were held, and officers elect-
ed for the year. Three new mem-
bers were received. Bro. E. R. 
Allen was re-elected elder, and at 
our closing meeting Bro. Oscar 
Steed was ordained to the office of 
deacon. The good spirit came 
near, and we parted with good 
cheer. The church there is small ; 
but if the members are faithful, 
God will add to their numbers. 
T. H. J. 
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OBITUARY. 
Mary (Wild Schmitt) Wagner 
was born in Bavaria, Germany, 
October 29, 1834 ; and died in 
Hildebran, N. C., December 8, 
1904, aged 70 yrs., r mo., and to 
days. She came to America in 
1851 with her parents, and was 
married in 1852 to T. W. Knohl, 
with whom she lived in Wilming-
ton, N. C , till his death in 1866. 
Three children by this marriage 
now sleep with their father in 
Wilmington, N. C., and one, Mary 
A. Knohl, a member of the Hil-
debran church, is left alone to 
mourn her mother's death. In 
1867 she was married to Dr. Her-
man Wagner, of New York City. 
Sixteen years later she was again 
left a widow ; and in the spring 
of this year she came with her 
daughter to Hildebran, N. C., 
seek ing a milder climate. She 
died of an acute attack of bron-
chial catarrh, of which she had 
suffered for 25 years. She found 
the truths of the message about 
eight years ago. She fell sweetly 
asleep. in Jesus, and her friends 
and darghter look forward to the 
resurrection with fond hopes of 
the glad reunion. Sevices by the 
writer. �
ALBERT CAREY. 
COVE CREEK. 
Our day school is larger this 
month, numbering nearly two 
dozen. When I came back last 
summer the people requLsted me 
to open a Sunday school. I con-
sented to do so providing it be not 
my school, but that all take part. 
One Baptist minister and his fam-
ily stand faithfully by it. We 
have from twenty to thirty in 
regular attendance, many of whom 
are attending the day school. I 
take some time during the week 
to study the lesson with the chil-
dren. We use the International 
Sunday School Lessons. They 
give me the privilege of using our 
literature, and we would have no 
trouble in getting the money to 
pay for it ; but I thought best not 
to do so at present, as it contains 
too strong meat for babes. I have 
succeeded in getting two families 
to subscribe for Our Little Friend, 
and expect to get more subscrip-
tions soon. I shall then use the 
lessons found in them for the 
youth. I believe that a good 
foundation is being laid here for 
the work, and that we are hold 
ing every inch of ground gained. 
We hope to see some Sabbath 
keepers here some day. 
GEORGE CRAWFORD. 
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NEWS AND NOTES. 
A CARD OF THANKS. 
THE SEGOND-11441-E. 
We wish to acknowledge the 
receipt of one hundred and fifty 
pounds of choice prunes from the 
farm of Mrs. E. G. White. This 
was a personal donation by Sister 
White, to the Hildebran School 
and Sanitarium. 
J. 0. JOHNSTON. 
LET US DO THE SAME 
They tell us that when the peo-
ple of Burma take hold of the 
truth, they do what they can to 
give it to others. If we who live 
in the United States would do 
the same, how long would it take 
to let the people know that the 
kingdom of God is at hand ? This 
message would go through every 
city, town, and country almost as 
fast as the news of the re-election 
of Roosevelt as President. Let 
us do what we can, and what we 
can do is more than we are doing. 
J. S. KILLEN. 
Tacoma Park, D. C. 
SUNDAY BILLS• NOW BEFORE 
CONGRESS. 
you know what to do to avert or 
stay the present threatening con-
dition? Are you willing to do 
what you can in the matter of 
helping? There are some things 
that you can and should do with-
out delay. First, inform yourself 
thoroughly as to the real issue. 
Second, send for blank peti-
tions, and sign, and secure the sig-
natures of others, and then send 
to the Religious Liberty Bureau, 
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. 
This is a matter that calls for im-
mediate action. Some other time 
will not do just as well. Leaflets 
giving the text of the Bills, with 
a short discussion of the princi-
ples involved, will accompany the 
petition blanks. Please give this 
matter prompt attention. 
T. H. J. 
TO THE. CANVASSERS. 
Dear Workers: I am glad to 
be able to report that the canvass-
ing work is rising, so let us all 
be of good cheer. I have received 
good reports from Bro. Robert 
Underwood and Sister Brensinger, 
and they are of good courage. 
Bro. and Sister J. S. Killen will 
without doubt join us again and 
take up the work, and let us hope 
for still others. I am very busy, 
and of good courage in the Lord. 
H. G: MILLER. 
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Tithe Receipts for December. 1904. 
Archdale. �
 
$71.10 
Eufola • �
 
65.36 
Greensboro No 1 
13.79 
Hildebran �
 
93.41 
Hickory �
 
5.68 
Salisbury �
 
9.25 
Waynesville �
 
7.30 
Winston-Salem �
 
36.98 
Individuals �
 
185.00 
Total, �
 
$480.87 
JEssth V. BoswoRTH, Treasurer. 
A Happy New Year to all. 
Brother Burton Church reports 
that the school at Hickory is 
growing. He now has twenty-
two enrolled. 
Bro. H. G. Miller visited Nor-
wood in the interests of the book-
work, during the meetings held 
there by Eld. Jeys. 
The Sabbath schools not al-
ready supplied with lesson quar- 
terlies for the present quarter 
should send their orders in to this 
office at once. 
We hope to be able to report 
the amount of the week-of-prayer 
offerings received from each 
church, also from the isolated 
members, in our next issue. 
Eld. T. H. Jeys is in attendance 
at the Council Meeting of the 
Southern Union Conference which 
opened at Nashville the second 
week of this month. He visited 
Hildebran and Asheville on his 
way. 
Bro. and Sister H. G. Miller 
write that they are pleasantly lo-
cated at Mooresville, and are very 
busy. The latter part of the week 
of prayer they spent at the home 
of Bro. H. H. Stillwell. They 
visited among the people of that 
vicinity holding some meetings. 
Twenty-five were present at the 
last meeting, Sunday evening. 
Such is the title of an article 
in a recent Review. As I read it 
two thoughts came forcibly to my 
mind. First, How many of my 
brethren in North Carolina are 
taking the Review, so that they 
may read this stirring article and 
be stirred even as I have been ? 
Those who do not have the bene-
fit of the Review are suffering a 
loss, how great they surely cannot 
conceive ; for if they did, they 
surely would at once make ar-
rangements to have its weekly 
visits. Second, How many of us 
are ready for the issue that is just 
before us ? Are you fully inform-
ed, my brethren, as to the mean-
ing of the present situation ? Do