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CURRENT TOPICS.

It was stated in the iiepatchea sev> oral days a((o that the European pow-ers bad decided to back Spain in her prospective flffbt with tbe United States. This story, however, ba i been denied bo far aa most of tbe na-tions of Europe are concoroed. It is stated, tbouKb, that Austria would join Spain in such s war, because of tbe fact that tho Queen Regent of Spain is of an Austrian family. It is stated also that the sympathies of tbe pope are with Spain. Very likely. But fortunately for us ho has been shorn of his temporal power.

Tbe Washington correspondent of tho Nashville American says that while thlni^s are bad enough in the South, they are worse In the East. He says: "The masses are murmuring. In the larger elites they aro reeking in crime, dying in poverty and panting for re-venge. Their hearts are full of de-struction and their hands ready for blood. Each winter adding to their saflerlngs and to the number of their companions in misery, but serves to increase their restlessness and discon-tent. Surging like a mighty sea be-neath tho storm clouds, this army of the unemployed menaces lives and property in all tbe great cities of tbe East. Who knows but that just out thereupon tbe horizon is some great horrorV"

A newspaper reporter seems to think it quite a remarkable thing that a cer-tain senator neither smokes, nor chews, nor drinks, nor swears. But why should it be thought remarkable that a man in his position should have a character of that kind? Should not every United States Senator be a nan of high moral character? This is s Christian nation. The majority of its people are Christian people. Should oot tho id who are sent to represent us in tho halls of our national Congress bo Christian moo, or a t least be men who will not by their character and their daily conduct outrage every •60 .0 of decency and violate every ChrlKilan prlociplo? Alas, however, not all of our senators and congress-men do bear such high moral obarao-tor. For shamo that such should be the caso.

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It was announced on December 23 that tbe European powers had Anally bocome oonvlnoed that the Sultan's promises amounted to nothing, and Uiat they were determined to begin a policy of ooeroion. This announce* ment has been made so often as to have become a kind of standing Joke. The fact Is that the Turkish question his been botherinff the European pow-ers for the last several hundred years, and the reoent events In connection *lth It read very muchllkfl the events which have been oontlnually ooaurrlng over and over again during that pe* riod. 'I'be trouble Is that the European ^ w e r s are all Jealous one ot another. None o( them have any partlonlar

fondness for tho Turk, but at tbe same time none of them wants the other to get tbe immense advantage which tho possession of Constantinople and the Bosphorus would give. So Turkey has been kept as a king of a "bulTcr State," as they call it, between the countries of Europe, especially Eneland and Russia, the two leading countries, and tbe two whose interests would be tbe most subserved in secur-ing possession of Constantinople and tbe Bosphorus.

TborNasbvllle Avierican in its issue of DeGeml)er 26, takes occasion to condemn tbe habit of pistol carrying from the fact that so many people drew their pistols upon others on Christmas day. The American Is right in its condemnation. For our part we do not believe that any gen-tleman will carry a pistol. A gentle-man will not need it. He who carries a pistol lowers himself just to that ex-tent beneath the plane of a gentleman. But does not the wlnxricaii perceivo that the trouble lies bask of carrying pistols? I t Is In these accursed saloons standing upon overy corner and qften between corners, enticing people into them, pouring Intoxicating liquors down their throats, inlaming tbelr passions, and thus leading them to draw pistols to attackthelr fellowmcn, and to carry pistols so as to be pre-pared against tho attacks from others whose passions may be similarly in-flamed. If it were not for tbe saldon there would be no occasion for carry-ing pistols, and the anger of the peo-ple would have but little cause to be Inflamed. Stop your saloons, and you stop pistol carrying to a very large extent, as well as most other evils In tbe world. What does tbe .American say?

Do You Desire a Revival?

Tbe need for a national divorce law Is well illustrated by the following In-oident. A woman in New York wont to North Dakota and secured a di-vorce from her husband and married again out there. The first husband contested the Dakota divorco in tbe New York court and the judge held that it was not a legal divorce. Under the New York Judgels decision tbe woman is still tba lawful wife of her first husband, under Dakota law she Is the lawful wife of the second hus-band. Thus she is tho lawful wife of two man. A distinguished lawyer of this city, a friend of ours, says that the trouble about divorces does not lie •0 much with the laws as with tbe Judges, but it seems to us that Judges ought not to have such prlvllefos in the matter of granting divorcer as are given th'em under the laws. At any rate, It we had national divorce laws they would oeoessarily be uniform, which they aiv not now by a great deal. And then if we oould Just get baokto the Scriptural principle of granting dlvoroes for only one cause, there would be fewer dlvoroes, and in eonsequence the Amerloan home would be as a rule more stable and far happier.

BY REV. TIIKOUbRi: L. CUVLER, D.D.

The word "revival" is often used very inaccurately; as when tho public press announces tho commencement of a series of spoclal religious services by saying that Mr. A or Rev. Mr. B is about to ' 'commence a revival." • Tho word when properly used describes that condition of a church or of a whole community in which Christians are moro than ordi-narily active, and the conversions of tho impenitent are moro than ordina-rily numerous. Hoviving means a now life, and that comes from "on high." Whatever tho other charac-teristics of a genuine revival may be, two phenomena ai-o always essential and visible—the Holy Spirit quickens believers and tho Hoi) Spirit regen-erates sinners. Every pastor and every church that sincerely desires a new quickening must remember that it is not to be got by mere human power or human machinery, "but by my Spirit, saith thei Lord."

We are-always safe in going back to headquarters; what did the /irst Chris-tians do? They came together in an upfior room, and they "continued, with one accord. In prayer and sup-plication." The Orst revival began in a small prayer meeting. Had thoro I)een a daily paper in Jerusalem In those days, it would probably havo bestowed but scanty notice upon that gatborlog of lishe.'men and publicans and modest women who met to do honor to tho crucllled Nazarene; but tho seed of flro thoro kindled soon leaped in living flarae over tho civil-ized world. Tho Holy Spirit camo down upon them; whatthon? Thote •traightforward Christians gavo them-selves at once to proclaiming tho new Gospel, to tho consooration of their money to tho Lord's service and to the conversion of souls. Thoy set about a stylo of conduct which pro-duced such a prodigious impression upon "outsiders" that thoy "found favor with all tho people.'' Their con duct was a fair ropresontatlvo ot their Master's leaohings; it was tho beauty of holiness l i tho dow of its youth; it was full of good works and practioai pbliantbroples. Thoce early disciples followed worship with work; p ra j ing led to praoUoe; their liturgies became a life. Conversions of sinners came immediately, came abundantly; and every day moro or loss sou's were saved. The Holy Spirit was the mov ing powor through It all.

The chief features of that Pentecostal revival have boon the obaraoterlstios of every genuine revival from that day to this; and if you desire a true revival in your church or your com-munity, it hat got to be patterned after that model. Most revivals havo humble beginnings, and tho llro starts in a few warm hearts. Never despise the day of small things. During all my own long ministry, nearly every work of graoe had a similar bpginning; one commonced in a meeting gathered at a few houri ' notloe In a prlvat*

houio; another commenccd in a group gathered for Bible study by Mr. Moody in our mission chapel; still another, tbe most powerful of all, was kindled on a bitter January evening at a meeting of young Christians un-der my ovrn roof. Dr. Spencer, in his "Pastor 's Sketches," the most sug-gestive book of its kind T have ever read,tells us that a romarakble revival in bis church sprang from tbe fervent prayers of a godly old man who was confined to his room by lameness. That profound Christian, Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, of the Union Theological Seminary, once gave mo an account of a remarkable coming together of throe earnest men in bis study when he was tho pastor of tbe Arch Street Church in Philadelphia. Thoy llter-

lly wrestled in prayer. Thoy made a eiean breast in confession of sin, and bumbled tbemselves beforo God. One and another church officer oame In and joined tbem. Tbe boaven-kindled flame soon spread through the whole congregation in one of tho most pow-erful revivals over known In that oity. It was during that awakening that Dr. Lyman Beeoher • delU«c«d'i{ hie cele-brated discourse on the "Moral Gov-ornmentof God," and when became down from the pulpit he was asked, "Doctor, how long did it Uke you to prepare that sermon?" "About forty years," replied the veteran; he bad put into it the deep thought of a lifetimo. Great preaching and great praying may beexpcoted when souls are fused with the baptism of Ore.

Let no one dismiss these experi-ences of the masters in Israel by say-ing tLat tbe timci have changed, and mathods havo changed, and that new ideas must bo invented to meet now conditions. Human nature has not changed; tho divine promises have not changed; and any new methods which rely on human ingenuity and not on tho omnipo'.enoe of the Holy Spirit are doomed to ignominious failure. Tho Now Testament teaches us, and all history oonflrmi It, that the only two agents that are to bring this sin-smltton world baok to God are the Holy Spirit and the Christian Church; but tho church without the Spirit is as utterly powerless to move itself or move others as a locomotive Is to propel a train until a llamo Is kindled beneath its boiler. Not one of Christ's apostles converted a single soul until tho gift of the divine Spirit had been bestowed; but when Peter received the power from on high, ho brought three thousand to Christ by one dlsooursol Finnoy, the king of evangelists in his day, acknowledged that his sermons were but "sounding brass" when ho relied on himtelf; but when he beoams filled with the Spirit, the weight of his spear was as a weaver's beam, and his words wore clothed with thunder. Tbe command, not merely to Chris-tians eighteen oonturies ago, but to Christians in Amerioa today, is, "Be ye filled with the Spir i t ." When a minister Is Spirit-fllied ho bcoomes courageous to preach pungent, con-science-moving and heart-searoblng truths to arouse baoksUderi and eon*

B A P T I S T A N D B J G F l i E O T O B , D B O . 8 1 , 1 8 » 0 .

Tlol i lnner i . He empbailxct the ne-OMiUy of Immediato repenUDce, a •tiyle of prMobinir none too common iB thMO days. Wben bo ia Spirit-flllod be i i iniplred with tender tym-pathy, and with Intenic •olicitude for the talvatlon of soula. When church members a re filled with tbo Spirit , thejr do not need to bo icoldcd to a prayer-meetingr or to be baited to obttrch by some spcclal attraction in the pulpit or tbo music gallery. Their purses open at the touch of charity and their tongues are unloosed to speak for ChrUt. They are as anx-ious to win converts to Christ as the political "workers" were to win votes in the late Presidential election. In short, to bo filled with the Holy Spirit is to have the only genuine re Tival.

Can you have an outpouring of the Holy Spiri t? Yes, if you seek aright, and pray aright, and work aright. God never lies. In too many churches the Spirit is grieved away, and "quench-ed" by duty-neglecting, world-worship-ing members. "Ye do resist the Holy Ghost" is the tremendous in dictment against pastor and people who are content with utter barrenness. The only hope in such a church is a baptism of fire. It must be sought, not by sending off for some liuman agent, o r inaugurating some " t ak ing" novelty, but by going straight to God. A few persons may bring about a new state of things by putting them selves into the right attitude tu receive tke looked-for and longed-for blessing. Stereotyped prayers from formal Hps avail nothing. There must be a clear ing out before there can be an in-fill-ing; and a breaking down in penitence before there will be a building up in strength of faith, and holy zeal, and love fo r souls and Christly living. Do yon thirst for the Holy Spirit? Are you ready to work with him? Are yoa willing to pay the price of a gen uine revival, whatever dead limbs it may cut off o r false hopes it may blow down? Then you may have it, with a l l the joys and Immeaiurable blessings that it will bring. "Behold, I make al l things new;" when Christ 's promised Spirit comes that will be ful-filled.

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T h e C o m i n f f o f t b e K ing .

nVREV. A. B. MACCCRDY.

What glorioni grandeur marks the second coming of our Lord 1 It is not by the old Bethlehem route this time, appearing in a manger! For, "Be-hold I he cometh with the clouds," olonds of angels and saints, al l heaven attending him to Judgment. And "every eye shall see him, and they al-to that pierced him, and all tbo kind-reds of the earth shall wall because of him I" For, "the Lord himself •ball descend from heaven with a shout, with the Toloe of the ar«h-an-gel and the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first." Christ addresses Inanimate earth as In a liturgy of thunder, but who can •peak of the power of Jehovah's wrath, or Jehovah'^ trump? It seems to be the medium through which Omnipo-tence shakes the world, for the rising la^pokanofaa following thU voloe, perhaps la form something like the voloa of God on Mount Sinai.

It wazea louder, louder, till aeven thundars utteir their Toloea in one mlgh^ abbreviation! "Awake ye dead and ooma to Judgment." Storm howU t o a i o m , pole aoda to pole, warth heavaa, rookt quake under tha Al-mighty blast, erary aocont of whioh •anda a tnmor thraugh creation I Tha daadararlslngt All the regions ol ooOnad daath ara astir, • t ra ta of human duit a r a forming Into bodlaa. Ttaay wart aowB ia wMtkoM,

they a re raised in power. They were sown in corruption, they are raised in loeorruptlon. The sea and i u waves roar ing, heaving, swelling in its bil-lowy might, gives up her dead I Bil-lows roll and rlio mantled with im-mortal corpses, myriads of human bodies traveling up the roarlngsergo, going to judgment. Death gives up all, all ho held In bis mighty domin-ion. Tbo heavens dalled with sack-cloth of hair, darken Into nlghtl Tbo sun hangs rayless In his zeinth, and stars fall froni boaven like figs when shaken by an untimely wind.

Ob, the gathering for judgment! Earth and cna give up their doad, and even Paradise Is vacated of the spirits of tbo just. Hell sends up all her Imprisoned souls, and staggers with dismay, her«olf, before Jehovah Christ. Kvery knee In heaven and earth shall bow when with His own authority Ho shall throw open tbo gates of despair, grat ing judgment summons through tbo caverns of woe. The chains of darkness, link af ter link, give way. Tho eternal bolts, driven back by tho decree of God, and hell opens, upheaving its ruined souls; gnashing of teeth sets In as they crowd the yawning passage, bloated with blasphemies against God and the Lamb, their eyes dripping with night, and despair sits on their brows for-ever.

Here, with the risen dead, let us stand before the great white throuo, and, If possible, obtain a view of this awfully sublime scone. Tbo burning world Is cooling down! Thunders, these awful forms of wrath, arc sup-pressed In silence. I t is getting void and still In time's dominions, except here and there fragments of planets. Interrupted in his final crash by some wrecked empire, a re heard sliding down the chasms of night, rumbling a doleful echo through the solitudes of oblivion, which sends a shudder through the Immortal ranks. Then a a crumbling prop of creation gives way, the sides of the north fall in, and creation reels to her final fall . I t is getting still < nd lonely where once man abode.

The bells of eternity have rolled up their doleful chasms, muOtod in silence, as though waiting the command tq^toll the world's funeral. The trump of God in Its awful echo is retiring through the distant plains of eternity with a vibration which sends a tremor through the universe! All Is still be-fore the great white throne. Gnash-ing teeth and gnawing worms are par-alyzed. Emotion,, stagnated in its channel, lies trembling on the soul, and blasphemies a re choked in the throat of death. Naught is heard but tho boating pulse of eternity. Every eye U •et in iU socket, and creation holds its breath for " the books are opened."

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Oar Fleia Edltor' i Letter.

CONOERNINO THB HIOHBR CRITICa.

If my memory 1« oorreot, in Or. Cranflll's interview wltii Dr. Harper of the Chicago UnlveraUy, oonoerning Dr. Harper'a ballef that Mosea did not write all the PenUteuoh, and parta of It were not Inspired, Dr. Cranflll asked tho learned Doctor, If thia wens generally taught, would It not weaken tho faith of tha people In the Bible? He replied la aubstanoe:

"No, not If they underaUnd It oor-recUy. It will atrengthen their faith In the Bible, aa It haa mine. Before I underatood it in thIa light, I found It dinioult to reeoneile aume thlnga In the Bible, Now I hare no dlffloulty.*'

I rsad thIa in the I k n u JJapUtt Strata after |tStandard of acme time ago:

A abort time ainoe, I atopped with • Methodlat preaoker near Lynotabn^,

in Moore county, whore I picked up a book and read the story of an old t e a captain, who was an amateur thcolo glan and fond of showing his know-ledge of tho Scriptures. Though ho was Ignorant of tho fact, ho might be cUssed among tho higher critics. I was forcibly reminded of Dr. Ha rpe r ' s views of tho proper way to understand tho Scriptures, when I read this old t a r ' s comments on tho Qlblo.

Dut that you may ' judgo for your-self, hero U the talo told of him In tho book. In substanco, as woU as I can remember It.

Among his passengers was an in-telligent man with whom the captain was talking. Not knowing ho was » mlaUtcr, be asked of him. " D o you over road »ho Bible?"

"Yos . " "Well , I know you find somu dlBl-

cultles In It, and may think It a dull book, but if you understand It a r igh t It Is very Interesting. Some people aro troubled about the miracles. I havo no doubt you have been puzzled to understand them, and a t a loss how to explain them. For example, the case of the Lord ' s prophet, El i jah, and the prophets of Baal when thoj tried their strength a t bringing down fire to consumo tbo sacrifice. I know you havo bocn troubled to reconcllo that with your experloDCC. I used to bo troubled the same way. But now, I understand It as plain as A B C, and so will you when you tee It In tho right light.

The case was this: Tho prophets of Baal wore 450 and Tore having their own way at court, and loading the people off into abomioablo idolatry. Elijah, tho only prophet of the Lord , being a shrewd man determined to head them off and lessen tboir Influ-ence, so be proposed a prayer test to bring down fire and consume their sacrlScc, and thus show which was tho stronger. Wben ho mado this pro-posal to King Ahab, the king said 'All right, let us have the contest . ' When It was proposed to the other prophets, they being many, thought they could out pray that one little prophet and beat him easily.

" S o they gathered all the people to see the t r ial . Eli jah gavo tho proph-ets of Baal this first chance. They made ready tholr wood and sacrlfloo on the a l ta r and prayed and Jumped on tho a l ta r and besought their God to send down the fire. But their pray-ers were no good, and no fire oamo. Elijah mado fun of thorn, saying, 'Call louder, perhaps your God has walked out, or he may bo deaf, or asleep. You must wake him up. They prayed and out up al l sorts of antics till noon; but no fire yet. They repeated the same th ing till evening sacrlfioe, and no fire.

"E l i j ah told them to stand aside and let him try his hand. Ho fired u p hia a l t a r and put his bullook on It. Then he dug a trenoh around it, and told some boya to br ing four barrela of water and pour over the bullook and the wood. Then ho aald b>-lng four more barrela. Thinking tha t wasn ' t onough, ho said again, br ing four more. Thia made 12 barrela fu l l poured on till the wood was saturated and the ditoh was filled up. A t t h l a the prophota of Baa l winked a t each other and aald alyly. what a fool ho lal If hla God ahould hear him and •end down Are, hla wood wouldn ' t burn; it is too wetl

" B u t El i jah knew what be waa About wben he ordered that water poured on. He know It would burn . Bo be commenced eallibg on hla Ood to aend down Are and oonaume thia aaorlflce. But the people, acelng everything ao wet, oame to the eame eonoluaion that the heatben prophr le did, and paid no attention to bim, in faot aome Wdre prepar ing to go home, thinking hie prayere would prove no better t f iu i the otbera.

' • J i i s t a t t h i a Juncture Eli jah, slip, ped out a match and, striking It agains t tho lower end of his garment touched off the wood and it blazed up like a streak of lightning, till it burn-ed up everything and even burned the trenches dry . Tne heathen proph-ets and the whole multitude of people stood amazed a t this wonderful feat. So aro many people, who don ' t know how to interpret such things, puzzled at the present day, how to account for It. But sir , when you havo studied It as I havo, and learned how to Inter-pret the Bible, it Is plain enouiih. The truo secret in tha t contest wax coal oil, s ir . I t was coal o i l . "

Tbo preacher replied: "Why .CapUin , you don ' t say it was

coal oil, do you?" "Certainly sir, coal oil and a fric-

tion match carrlcd the day against those heathen prophets and made them hang their bead in shame. I ^ t m e advise you to read the Bible and study it till you get into Its merits. It will then be very Interesting read-ing and not so mysterious as some people Imagine."

Now tho reader, af ter a hearty laugh, Is ready to exclaim, "Wha t a burlesque on Scripture interpreta-t ion!" Yes, it is a burlesque, pure and unadulterated. But, Is It not about as good as some of the inter-pretations given by the higher critics?

A . B . CAIIANIKS.

From Browniv l l l e .

I will be one of tho 600 to unite with Bro. Lofton in his proposit ion to raise 15,000 for the Orphans 'Home. A lady member of our church aald to u e a few days ago, " I Intend to give 15 to this work if I have to do without the necessities of l i fe ." Thia la a grand work and it would be a ahame for the Baptists of Tennessee not tn rally to i u support.

Last Sunday waa our Sta te Mission day. Bro. Little bad previously sent out private rcquesU to the members, asking for oontrlbutlona to tbia work. As the contribution basket waa passed around 130 responded to hla call. The to ulcollection amounted to about 166, or an average of GO centa each for those contributing, or an average of about 30 cents for the ent i re member-ship. Now this was not a large col-lection and there waa no hardship oa anyone contributing, atlll if every Baptist in Tennessee would give 30 cents what a grand work Bro. Holt could do for the cause of State Mis-sions. Wo would aoon capture Ten-nessee for the Baptista.

Brethren, let ua atop grumbling about hard times and give more to God's cause.

S . P. THOHAB. Brownavllle, Tenuj

Bible In i t l tu te a t Jell ieo.

Tho Jellloo Bap t i i l church is ar-ranging for » Bible Institute to be held J a n u a r y 18-33. Every Baptist preacher within 100 or more miles in Tennessee, Kentucky »nd Virginia Is Invited to attend. Quite a number of brethren f rom a d i .Unoe have been InvlUd to take p a r t in the various dls-ouaslona, and some h a r e aooepted. A par t of each day will bo devoted to dIaouaalDg the work of the Holy Spirit, the aeeond coming of Obrlat, and gW-liig the world the goapel. A» leaat two booka in the Bible will be etpounded, verae by terae .

Jellloo will prOTlde enterUlnment for all preaohere who oome. Plow® make up yonr mind now to attend and write me !o that elTeot.

B A P T I S T A N D B S F L E O T O B , D U O . B l , 1 8 9 6 . 8

l i f t a u wno lovw »u» with me in p rayer that, thia n ^ w f may prove fo be » b l * » ng »o ou"* ««; tlMMOtlon, » b M » b e H o l » ; B p l r l » » V ^Tde ne and IIU

Jelllao. Tena.

I

THE FATHERHOOD OF OOD.

i l e r m o n Preached by Dr. George A Lofton a t the Central Baptist

Cburch, December 18.

••Our Father who a r t in heaven. (Matt. vl:9 )

It was assumed a t our lato Baptis t CODgress by one of tho apeakera tha t CbrUt, without distinction, gave the Lord's Prayer to the world and Uught all men to say, "Our Father who art In heaven." From this false prtmlse It Is Implied, in a spiri tual Ksie, ihat God ia tho father of al l oen. From this view I wish to dls MAt.

Adam was called orcativoly, but not eiieDtially, the son of O o d . T o bo essentially tho son of a father one anit be of tho being, aubstanco or na ture of bis parent; but Adam did not emanate from tho being o r substance of God. He was only ao rca tu ro mado in the Image or likeness of God, and bad bo proceeded from tho essence of Ood he would havo been Incapable of sin. Likewise the angola who aro call-ed the sons of God a re only creaturcs u d are not par t of tbo divine essence, for while somo of God'a attributes of character a re communicable, such a s knowledge, holiness and love, his es-sence Is simple, uncompounded and In-communicable. Therefore the sonshlp accorded to Adam and angels Is used In the creative or secondary sense of dWIne authorship, not of essential off-spring or paternity. Adam and an-gels, In a flnlto degree, were mado in the nature and character of certain at-tributes, like God, but they did not emanate from the essenco of God, else PantbeUm, which claims everything a s of God's substance, la truo. In the creative or sroondary sense God is father of all nature^ animate and in-animate, rat ional o r i r rat ional , of which he is the au thor ; but man and angels sprang no more from his being or essenco than animals o r trees.

But Adam and angels were sailed tha sons of God by pre-eminence whioh ranked them above tho lower orders of creation. They wore rat ional and moral creatures made In God 's own likeness, Immortal and accountable spirits by the will of Ood, in the im-age of which nothing else waa created. As some of tho angela did, ao Adam sinned and lost tho moral Image of Ood which was the essential par t of his likeness, and in loalngthe moral image of God, he lost the pre-eminent feature of his sonshlp. Adam'a posterity has •lutred his fate; and thua b o m in the likeness of our progenitor wa aro by Biture without the moral likenosa of Ood. Wo are aUll in hla ra t ional Image, the offspring and oare of h i s woDomy In nature and providence as. other creatures are , but we a re not the ehildren of God af ter hla moral image or likenesa. We atlll have a feeble noral sense, • consolonoe, but it la oaly the dread reminder tha t the mor-tal llkeneaa ia gone; and It hold a us rnllty and doomed and ugly In the •l(ht of God who la now Judge Inatead offather. W e are disinherited orphans, by nataro tho children of wrath, b o m In aln and ooncetved in iniquity, and «ot one of ua by na ture can look up m cry, "Abba, F a t h e r . " In loaing •M pre eminent title t o moral aonablp ^ have loat the claim of Ood 'a moral wlierhoed. ^ e losa of God'e moral Image and

loss of our claim to apeolal aon-»Ip conalata In our alienation from •" l i fe and favor of Ood, baaed on ovi* total and inherent depravity *b ohia the llkeneaa of Adam, in

*i.H wWrenofwralh ." Paul repreeenta M M "dead in aln," "all dead" and

•W irollty before Ood," and the unl-W l penalty put tipon iln, i n h e m t Hfl Mtoal, le death natural and

spiritual, temporal and eternal. In proof of this state of alienation and death is tho fact thut the "carnal mind is enmity against God, and is not subject to tho law of God, neither in-deed can be ." By nature God and man are absolutely Irreconoilablo, W e are net simply fallen in part , tho children of God slteply astray and possessed of natural or moral suasion, a t will; nor has the moral Image of God in man boon simply marred and capa-ble of restoration by ethical • culture. This Is not the Blblo statement of the ease. Our moral constitution has been wrecked and ruined. Wo aro "without <;od and hope In tbo world" by nature. In tho spiritual sense wo aro no more God's children than the devils aro; and If on account of crea-tion tho sons of Adam aro specially the sons of God, then, for tho same reason, the devils aro the sons of God, becauso he created them.

Christ settled this question when he said to tho Jews: "If God were your fatlicr, ye would love me. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will d o . " In the para-ble of the tares he says again: "The tares aro tho children of tho wicked one, and tho enemy that sowed them is the devi l ." John says: "He thatcom-mltteth sin Is of the devi l ," and ho says again: "Whosoever Is born of God doth not commit s i n . " Several times does tho Bible speak of the " s o n s " and "daughters" of " B e l i a l , " the devil. Tho "children of l igh t" and the "children of da rkness" a re not of the same family, and with the scriptures before us we seo tha t tho sinner is the child of the devil and not of God. No man can havo two fath-ers. Morally, Adam was born of tho devil wben he sinned and lost God's moral Image, and all the human race has inherited the image of his black-ened father. Wo havo been like the devil ever since—done llko him and followed him to ruin; and in spite of counter influences up to dato three fourths of the world a r e serving tho devil today. Satan has joined somo of tho churches, and many of his cbildren belong to churches which a re but the glided synagogues of Satan.

The great proof of my position is that the work of Jesus Christ is to restore tbo sinner to the lost image and fath-erhood of God. He embodied the di-vine and human natures in person for tho purpote of an infinite atonement for sin and for the impartatlon of di-vine life to the sinner. He camo to justify from the guilt of sin and to quicken from the death of sin; not only to reinstate the lost Adam, but to l if t man to the estate of tho second Adam. In order to this stupendous consum-mation man must be "born a g a i n " of God, through faith in Christ; for we aro only tho children of God by faith In Christ Jesus . New birth and adop-tion into the family of Ood are abso-lutely essential to sonshlp with God; and without regeneration and adoption no man can aay, "Our father who a r t In heaven." I t la saorllegious to ory: "Abba, F a t h e r , " until the "bondage" of aln has been broken and we have "entered Into the marvelous light and liberty of the children of O o d . " The Lord ' s P rayer waa given alone to the disciples of Christ , and It la mockery for anyone to utter i t in aupplloatlon but a dlsolple of Christ . We have no aonshlp with Ood exoept by brother-hood with Obrlat, and we have no brotherhood with Obrlat, or with one another, exoept by fai th In Christ, by whioh we make Ood our father. Brotherhood In the flesh la brother* hood in aln, and brotherhood In aln la childhood In the devil.

Our aonablp in Obrlat la of higher rank khan our original aonablp In Adam. Sonahip In Adam wae natural and eould be loat under law) apnahlp in Christ ia anper-natnral, M d la ina*

llonable by grace. Adam'e moral Im-inortallty was conditioned upon obod-ionoe to law; eternal life through Christ Is a free gift, and without con-dition under grace. With Adam It was do or die; with us it is believe and live. By law Adam could not keep himself and live; by grace we aro kept as well as saved. God breathed Into Adam the breath of natural life and stamped his aoul with hla moral image; he breathes into us the spiri t of eternal life and stamps the soul with tho imago of Christ. This is tho seal of the Holy Spirit who Abides in the heart of the Christian, and by this seal God knows and keeps them that are his. The law brought spiritual death and physical corruption; grace brings spiritual regeneration and phy-sical resurrection, incorruptible. "Whosoever is born of Ood alnnetb not, but keepeth himself, and that evil one touuheth him n o t . " Tho devil de-stroyed tho sonshlp of Adam, but he cannot even touch sonshlp in Christ. Sonshlp in Adam was the old creation whoso immortality depended upon the fruit of an earthly tree. Sonship in Christ Is the "new creat ion," whose Immortality is fed upon the frui t of a heavenly tree. The first Adam was of the earth earthy; the second Adam is the Lord from heaven. The Eden of the first Adam was natural and earth-ly; the E^en of the second Adam is spiri tual and heavenly. Adam was possessed of the image and character of Ood under law, and died; tbo Christian Is made a "par taker of the divine na ture" and life of Ood, and can never die under grace.

If God ' s universal fatherhood has continued to tho sinner, then God has children in hell, o r else there ia no hell; o r if there is, it la temporal, and salvation is not of grace but of debt. If the sinner ia not a child of the devil, then he is the child of God, and If there is any moral basis In man upon which to base sonshlp, then sin ia not total depravity, man ia not wholly lost, but a ohlld of Ood strayed away, and restoration is a parental obliga-tion, a matter of justice rather than mercy. This la Pelaglanism, Soolnlan-Ism, Unlvorsalism, and this ia the logic of the popular fad of the popu-lar sentimentalist, that "God l a t h e father of all men." According to thia view, the sinner, so called, does not need salvation, but restoration; not regeneration, but reformation; not revplutlon, but evolution. Such a premise excludes Christ and the cross, except a s a matter of ethical culture and exemplary aaoriflco; and In no sense, under this theory,could tho sao-rifloe of Calvary be a judicial, satis-faotion for aln, the aole and only ground upon whioh Justiflcation by graco nan be predicated.

But the goapel declarea that salva-tion la wholly and only of grace. Ood disclaims any obligation of father-hood t o aave the alnnef, totally de-praved and loat. Justification la the act of a Judge; and It ia by the blood of Chrlat, through faith, to tho god-less. The atonement waa a voluntary offering for aln; and while love alone provided thia remedy for aln. Infinite hollneaa demanded the price of Judi-cial aatlsfactlon f o r aln. Though merciful aovereign, God was Inflexi-ble Judge, In tho vindication of hla law; and having given ua Chrlat, tho Redeemer, ho booame tho fa ther of every returning prodigal f rom the dep thaofa ln . Oul of Obrlat Ood can be no father to the alnner; and the alnner, out of fOhrlat, oan never be a aon of Ood. Out of Ohrlat aln la death eternal, and Ood a conaumlng flre^ and It la only through the Son of

Let ua rejoloe today, a s the aona of Ood in the fatherhood of Ood. "Be-hold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon ua tha t we ahould bo called the aona of G o d . " "Be-loved now a re we the aon" of Ood, and it doth not yet appear wUat we ahall be, but we know that , when he ahall appear, we ahall be like h i m . " W e ahall be in the expreaa Image of Ood, through the llkeneaa of Christ, com-pletely sanotifled and glorlfled, aonl and body; and thia will be better than the earthly Adam in the earthly Eden. Glory to God for auch a t ransforma-tion and for auch an exaltat ion) Though once tho ohildren of the devil, and the alavea of aln, Ood la not ashamed, for Chris t ' s sake, to call ua ohildren; and Christ la notaahamed to call ua brethren. "Helra. of Ood and joint helra with Jesus Christ to an inheritance Inoorraptible and unde-fiied and that fadeth n o t a w a y l " This la the heritage of the new birth whioh makes ua "pa r t ake r s of the divine na-t u r e " and of the divine glory; and thie is a heritage of which eon^hlp in Adam could never have dreamed. Sin brought the havoc of death, hell and ^ 0 grave; but Ood hae made aln to bo tho atepplng-stone t o aalvatlon by grace and exaltation to a life of glory, beside which Adamio righteous-nesa and Edenic bllas a r e but a fa in t prefiguration.

Sonday- ichool Institute a t Colum-bia.

Ood that we oan reach the loat father-hood of Ood. The croaa la not a matter of convenlrnoe or In order to reformation tnr oullure{ it ia an abaolute and eternal necesalty la order to aaltatlon by fraee.

Bro. George H. SImmona conducted a three days institute with ha Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday of laat week. This was the first of aeveral auch inatitutea to be held a t different places throughout the country under the auspices of the National Sunday-school Seminary, a department of the S. W . B. University, of Jaokson. There were three sessions each day and each was highly Interesting and instructive.

Tuesday morning was spent In de-votional exercises. In the afternoon Bro. S. M. Gupton read an excellent paper upon the subject: "Tho Sua-day-Khool teacher as a soul winner." The paper was fully discussed, and was heartily endorsed by requesting Bro. Gupton to have it publlahed In tho BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR. A t night Bro. SImmona preached a very interesting sermon on "Af r i ca ' s gift t o t h e woi ld ."

Wednesday morning was devoted to "Tho Bible books , " Illustrated with diagram on the board, by Bro. L. M. Sloan, and "How to atudy the Bible ," by Bro. SImmona. "The Bi-ble In the Sunday-achool" waa the aubject for the afternoon aeaslon, and waa introduced In a well prepared pa-per by Bro. H. F. Burna. I t waa fol-lowed bv a general diacuaalon. Bro . Simmons preached one of hlamaaterly aermons a t night on " T h e Chrlat of prophecv" from the texti " W h a t think ye of Christ? Whose Son la be?"

After devotional exerolaes on Thurs-day morning Bro. O. H. Crutcher ad-dressed tho Ins t i tu te on "How to gain the attention of your class and hold i t . " I t waa followed bv a number of short talks. In the afternoon Bro. SImmona conducted a Sunday-achool, taking the place of both aupsrintendent and teacher, and carrying ua through a SO m*nutoa atudv of the leaaon for laat Sunday. '

Bro. J . O. Ruat waa expected to preach for ua on Thuraday night, but

of alckt waa detained on account oi and Bro. SImmona gave ua another excellent aermon.

We are expecting to eend a good number from our Aaaoolatlon to the Seminary at Jackaon next June. I believe there la no greater work needed among our churchea than that which la unaw*taken by the Seminary, and If properly appreciated and aupported by our paatqra and cbnrahee only a abort time will be needed to prove the wiadom of Ite inatltution.

A. L. DATU. Oolombla, Tsan.

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BAPTIST A N D BEFLBC3TOB, DEO. TL, 1896.

OUJI COLLEOBli. Last week I spoke of our two ool<

letres for youn^ men and boys. I did not forget that we have in Ten-nessee schools for our youn^ women and K'rls- throe such sohools which are doinf; good work, OS far as they go. In West Tennes-see is the Brownsville female Col-lege; in Nashville is Boscobel, and in East Tennessee is the Sweet-water Seminary. These schools have done and are doing good work, but not what they might do if better supplied with means.

One of the greatest needs of Ten-nessee, and I might say of the South, isa first class, well-equipped, well-endowed Baptist Female Col-lege, one that shall be the best iu all respects, and fully under Bap-tist principles and control.

There are huudredsand hundreds of bright, intellectual, strong, am-bitious Baptist girls in Tennessee today who are longing for a thor-ough education, and thousands In the Soi/th, who would get It if there were such a school here in Tennes-see, one which was known to be first-class In all respcets, and so endowed that these poor girls might get the needed help.

Both of our male Colleges have some endowment, and many in the South are being endowed, but why neglect those for our sisters? A young woman without education is more dependent than a young man. She is less fit to enter the struggle unaided than her brothers. Then why leave her thus? Will anyone who thinks seriously question her ability to take an education or to use it wh^n gotten?

Whose life Is more full for good in a community than that of a thoroughly cultured, consecrated, Christian woman?

Whose life Is more far-reaching In the homo, in the Slate, in. the Na-tion than that of an educated Chris-tian mother? The women are the teachers of this country, and ahall not they have the highest and best education? Who are to mold or train those who are to comif after us? As I have gone up and down through Tennessee for the last three years my heart has been touched at the sight of so many bright, strong Baptist girls, who want and need an education, and are not able to get It because we have no such school to give them the needed help. J. believe that as Baptists we ought to supply this need. With a united, determined effort we oould do It. If when we have done our best we still need help it will come.

I do not mean in the least to re-flect on the good that has been done, and is bein-g done, by our former sohools In Tennessee. But what I should like to see in this suite is the first-class college of which I have sj^oken, one that would rival Vassar. Whore would be a belter place for such a College than In Nashville, the capital of this great State, which will be, if it is not DOW, the centre of higher edu-oatlon for the South? Tennessee Is the "Keystone State" (or the South-ern sisterhood of States. . A first-class, well-equipped, well-endow* ed Baptist Female College In Nash-ville would draw hundreds of i tu-dents from all par t i of the country.

NowMiheBapUstsolreadyownihe

beautiful and commodious grounds on which Boscobel stands, with new and suflicient buildings for the present, I suggest that all the Baptist pastors of the State, and there are nearly 1,000, take hold of it in dead earnest, and make of it what it ought toand can be made.

We oughtat once to endow it so that every Baptist girl who noeds help can get it. If this thing is done thousands yet unborn will rise up and call us blessed.

When would bo a better time to do this thing than the Centennial year on which we are about to en-ter? What say you, brethren? I olTer myself to the best of my abil-ity. What say you. Baptist men and women?

W . Y. QCISESBERRr.

David Lipscomb And Baptlit Com-mentaries.

In the UoKitel Advocate of December 10, "D. L. ," tbe Bonior editor, under-takes to onllghten hia brother, W. L. Shellnut of Feme, Ala., by asying:

I do n"t know a commentator, Bap-tist or Pedo-baptlst, that does not un-derstand the "new birth" to mean baptiam.

I am of the opinion tliat Dr. Lips-comb la guilty of ono of two thinifs: Ho is either grossly ignorant of com-mentaries or willfully aod knowingly misrepresents them. I have before me Matthow Henry's great Com-nier.tary, which is a Pedo-baptist work, and perhaps the most widely used commentary extant. Commontlng on John iii:5, ho says:

"I t is probablo that Christ had an eye to the ordinance of baptiam, which John had used and he him-elf had be-sun to use. 'Yo muat be born attain of tho Spirit,' which regeneration by the Spirit should besignined by wash-ing with water, as tho visible sign of that apirituai grace; not that all they, and they only, that are baptized are saved; but without that new birth, which is wrought by the Spirit, and slgoiSed by baptiom, none shall be looked 'Upon as tho protected privi-leged subjects of the kingdom of heav-en."

Any man with common understand-ing can see that Mr. Henry makes a distinction between the "new birth" and baptism. BIk v'»ition is that the "now birth" is br lUt Spij l and "sig-nlQed by baptism." It is folly to say that Mr. Henry says born by the Spirit means baptism, or that "new birth" means baptism. He does not say it, "D. L . " t o the contrary not-withstanding. W. C. Buck, a noted Baptist, commenting on the idea that baptism is the now birth, says, "A more unsoriptural and dangerous sen-timent was never committed to paper." (See notes on Titus iii:5.) I venture the assertion that tliere is not a Bap-tist commefatary In existenco which says "the new birth means baptism." If It can be found let Mr. Lipscomb produce It or retract his statement.

Mr. Lipscomb further sayi: " J . R. Graves says that no Bap-

tist ever doubted that it moans "be baptized."

Hero is a willful and knowing mis-representation of the views of Bro. (Jraves. Mr. Lipscomb knew when he wrote the above that the pronoun " i t " In Bro. Graves' statement did not re-fer to the "new birth," but to the moaning of the term "water" in John lli:6. J. R. Graves was Incapable of making iueh a Uomlsh blunder a l to •ay: "No Baptist ever doubted that the'new birth'means 'be baptised.* ** All who ever knew him or read the Tenntmi liaptUt, or heard or read his iormsns and books, know that no man on the oontlnsnt of Amerlea ever mora

faithfully and earnestly and serlptur-ally contended for "Salvation before baptism," "Itegeneratlon befor* works" and "Blood before water," than he. "Salvation by grace through faith" was his plea. It now remains for David Lipscomb to slan-der the memory of J. R. Graves by informing his Bro. Shellnut and the rfaders of the Oosptl Advocate that be said "No Baptist over doubted that the now birth means be baptized." J . R. Graves never said any such thing, and David Lipscomb knew it whsn he said it. -

Mr. Lipscomb further says: "The Baptists have recently published a series of commentaries on the New Testament. Alvah Hovey wrote the commentary on John. He says: " 'We may say that being 'born of water' (baptized) must signify being cleansed from sin, or forgiven.'"

This quotation from President Alvah Hovey is far from the statement of Mr. Lipscomb in the txiginning of his article where he says all Baptist commentators known to him "under-stand the 'new birth' to mean bap-tism." Alvah Hovey does not say that "the new birth means baptism," but that "born of water," which he understands to be baptism, "signifles being cleanied from kin,or forgiven." Alvah Hovey did not say that "born of water" was the "now birth." He believed with Graves, Pendlotoa. Day-ton, Spurgcon, Paul and Jesus Christ, that people are born from above; saved before they are scrip-tural subjects for baptism. It Is im-possible to construe the language, quoted by "D. L " from Hovey, to mean that he understood the "new birth to mean baptism." There are thousands of Baptist ministers and laymen who believe that water in John ili:5 is baptism, but not one of them understands that "born of water" is the ''new birth"of John iii:3 and 8. Hovey is certainly correct in his position that "baptism signifies being cleansed from sin,or forgiven," which is far from the idea that the "now birth means baptism."

It is strange that Mr. Lipscomh can-not SCO the inconsistency of his state-ment and the statement he quotes from Hovey to prove his. Lipscomb starts out with the statement that Hovey un-derstands the "new birth to mean bap-tism," but when you read Hovey'• statement the matter is completely re-versed and it is: "Baptism signi-fies being cleansed from sin." Lips-comb's position is that the new birth mens baptism; that is, that it is bap-tism, while Hovey, Graves and all Baptist commentators and eminent scholars understand baptism to sig-nify in a symbolic way the existence of a previous cleansing from sin by the blood of Christ, which Is reached at faith and appropriated "to ail and upon all who believe." "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith In his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of •ins that are past, through the for-bearance of God. To declare, I eay, at thl^ time his righteousness; that he might be Just, and the justifler of him which belioveth in Jesus." (Rom. ili:26.20.)

After all, Mr. Lipscomb Is mistaken about what Baptleta underatand. He la alao mistaken about the glorious gospel of Christ which !• the "power of God lsto((i«) •alvatlon to svery one that bellevoth." (Rom. l:ie.)

JOHN T . OAKLBY. Henderson'* X Roads, Tenn.

Dr. W. H. Felix recently resigned the charge of the First Baptist Ohuroh, Lsiington, Ky. I The churoh, however, recalled him at an,, Increaic^ •alary. He U ono of the bsat preaohsn In the South, and the Flr^t Churoh Is ona of the best ohurohs^.

BAPTIST A N D REFLECTOR, DEO. 51, 1896. Dootor For A Dime.

It !• interesting to note the siotivoB that move people in every-day lifo. Occasionally it is instructive and cor-rective a« well as interesting to ob-serve the motives that prompt tho great bulk of our own actions and nt-teranees.

I step Into a barber's shop. In-stantly I am greeted with a most hearty, "Take a chair. Doctor, by tho •toveand warm yourself." Instant-ly my reOective powers liegln to movo in electrio fashion. I have been In there just often enough for the pro-prietor to know that I have a faoo that once in a while needs shaving. I look around and see no one that looks more like a Doctor, either equine, or bovine, or swine, or anthroplne, or lexihe, or divine, than I do; so I con-clude that I am the Doctor addressed, and I prepare myself for comfort. As occasional remarks and questions aro fired at Dootor I answer with a degree of bashfuiness. But I improve on acquaintance with my "handling," and have more mental leisure to do-vote to the study of my suave tonao-rialist. By the time he has discharged his office with me and I am on the street wending my way to a clothing house I am Indulging some thoughts of a strictly private character. In company with these thoughts I enter the clothing house. The clothing man greets me most cordially, even defer-entially, and his manaer rather indi-cates to an "unsophisticated ever-green" that should I only express a desire for it he would deliver his en-tire stock to me "without money and without price." In a twinkling I am conscious of the secretest kind of a secret mental interrogatory: Have I suddenly turned oat to be somebody and come from somewhere? Says he:

"I certainly know you, your name Is, ah, you live at, out at-

NEWS HOTES.

"My name Is Wlndes, I live " "I knew I couldn't lie mistaken, cer-

tainly I know you, you preach out there."

'I want to e«o a coat." "Right this way, Dootor, I have the

very ooat you want; what number, Doctor? What style? Heavy or light weight, Doctor? Try on this. Doctor. Never was a better fit. Take a look at yourself in that mirror,- Doctor, it couldn't fit any better. Doctor, If It had just grown On you. That'll give you satisfaction. Doctor."

I buy the coat and go out catcchis-Ing myself thusly: Have my senses beioome abnormal? Has that fellow Just escaped from the lunatic asylun? Or, has my "divinity" been afflicted with some terrible malady, and while I have slept hae •ome •ympathetic soul been dootorlng It? By the time I have finished my self-cateehising, those thoughts before mentioned "of a strictly private character" have grown to the •elf-ae^ertive eixs and ago, and they no longer ehrink back from the publie, but soamper about as conspic-uously and noisily as the riiT ralT of a town after a eirous atreet parade. So, I go home thinking, only thinking, a cuatomer was to be made and retained 1( possible. It wa^ only a caso of "Dootor for a Dime."

ENOCH WINOKS. La^ca^^a^, Tenn.

V o l . 1. N o 1 of Say'' -Oapliir* JM-tU Flag reaohe^ our table. It is pub-lished at Bk Louis. You may be auro that any flag unfurled by Ur. Bay wl" be a battla flag, and It Is pretty apt to be a Baptist battie flag. The contest bstween this paper and the American BapM Flag, from which Dr. Bsy olalms ha wa« unjustly excluded, wiWi wa Imagine, be quite Inlwreating. wo hope that 11 will always be conduotwi in the utmoat Ohrlstlaa spirit'

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PASTORS' CONFBBBNCB REPOBT.

Mubvili"-flrst-18fl in S. S. Centennial—Good services. Pastor

Cleveland preachf>d morning and even-ing. Tbo Christmaa entertainment last Friday night was a very pleasant affair.

First Kdgeflold—Pastor Rust preach-ed morning and evening. Received one by letter and one by baptism.

Impianuei-Pastor Ramsey preached morning and evening to good congre-jatlons.

North Edgefleld—Two good lervices and lino congregation*. Pastor preached at both hours. After even-ing lervices baptized eight. Last Wednesday evening baptized 13. 120 In 8. S.

Barton Mission—60 in S. 8. Howell Memorial—Pastor Burns

preachcd in the morning. At night had devotional services, then followed roll call and reading of church cove-nant Bro. Holt gave us a very profitable Ulk on tho church covenant Good congregations.

Anson Nelson Mission—140 in S. S. ncMphia.

Rowan—Most profitable services morning and night. Subject for both hours, "Personal Evidences of Regen-eration." God made tho sermon bear fruit before tho night service, in cloth-ing ccrtain unfortunate parties and s(curing their presence at churoh. The (ermon will bear fruit still further, for Tuesday a wagon load of things will be taken to them. Thank God, (or the moment I preach a sermon my chnrch puts it into practice. Four asked (or prayer at evening service. Three additions; one by experience and baptism. Prospects are continu-ally brightening. To God bo all the pralso. Excellent Sunday-school. Prayer mooting well attended. Mis-sion work goes on. Cballanoeaa.

First—Good congregations Onead-dltion atmorning servlceandeightbap-tized at night. Pastor Garrett says he received a tremendous pounding during Christmas week. All sorU of good things and aubstantiais were Included.

Central—Average aervloe. Good intsrest. pne addition.

Sccond—Uaual aervloe. Two addi-tions.

Beeoh Street—Uaual aervico. Hill City—Good aervioea. A good

deal of aiekneas In tho congregation.

KnoxTllle. Centennial—Pastor Snew preached

in tho morning. Bro. Jf. M. Anderson M night. Received three for baptiam. Baptized one, two by le t ter .

Third—Paator McPheraon preached. Good contrregations. 101 in 8, S.

Smithwood—Good S. 8. Paator absent.

Dearden-Paator Davia preached his last sermon before going to Ath-ens.

Sccond—Pastor Jeffries preached. ^Irteen received from mlaalon at Edgewood. Ohrlatmas dinner oolleo-tlons brought in and good sum real-ized for Orphans* Home. 852 in 8. 8.

Island Home—Pattor Hiokman preached to fine congregations. Col-lection for the Orphans' Home. 85 In

B. 8. Asaoolatlon In the after-noon.

Fh-at-Paator Aorae preached In we morning. ' No •ervloe at night, PMtor not being well.

Good day. Bro. Tharpeueoeeded <-osly la the ooUeotlon for the Orphan-

age. The debt will be paid if other churches do as well In proportion. The Ladies' Society, only nine months old, has raised 163. This is about t3 per capita.

J . D. AMDENSON. Macon, Tenn.

I am trembling at tho thought of the near approach of another pay day for the board of needy ministerial stu-dento. What am I to do about it? Is it rUht to place a man at such a post, and then not think of him at least once a year? Some few aro kindly remem-bering us. Next week will bo pub-lished another report.

G. M. SAVAQE. Jackson, Tenn.

I have just finished reading this week's BAITIBT AHD ITEFLECROR a n d before retiring to bed I feel that I want to writo and congratulate you on >our editorial on the Whiuitt matter. It is the best article I've seen on that subject. We have some great papers and great editors in Teras, but we're still proud of our TennMseo paper.

LUCIUS ROUKKTSON. Pittsburg, Tex.

Last Thursday Bro. E. S. Bryan and myself commenced a protracted meeting at this placc. At present the interest and attendance aro both good and on the Increase. We have people' In this community that have raised large families that have nover listened to a sermon on Christmas day locfore this year. This church is one of the best churches in this Association.

R . M. FAUHION. Lexie, Tenn.

I seeMn this week's issue of your usually accurate paper a statement that 10 were receivod by tho Walnut Street Churoh as tho result of recent meetings. Twenty-three had joined before I left and some 9 or 10 others before the close of the meeting. It is not in my interest that I make this sutement, but to show that the Wal-nut Street Church is not "dead."

D. I . PURSER. New Orleans, La.

We have just closed a meeting at Busong's Memorial, where eight souls were made happy in the love of Christ and six united with the church. Rev. Murrel did some faithful and earnest preaching. He is anxious to advance the cause of Christ, as all our people should be. May God bless him and his elTorts for the work, also all that strive to aid in the salvation of souls.

E . L . SHITB. Greenevllle, Tenn.

I this day •end to Bro. Wheeler fl0.20forthe Orphane' Home, col-lected ae Chriama^ offeringa from the brethren of Central Avenue Baptist Churoh. Bro. M. M. Biedaoe preach-ed hia farewell aermon to hia congre-gation today. He haa been our paa-tor for 15 montka, and the Lord has blessed him In hia labors. It is with a sad heart that we have to give him up, for he wae the Instrument inGod'e hand^ that led me to Christ, and wherever he may oast his lot may the Lord ble^^ him. Our church ha^ called Bro. Luek of Germantown. He will take charge next Sunday. We as a churoh will try to do more for the Home and more for the Lord, next year, than we have ever done be-fore. We can all do more work for the Lord If we only try.

ROUT. THOMPSON. Memphis.

Our people are under the vlclaaltudea of an epldemlo. It broko out some weeks ago by the marriage of Mr. H. B. MoAdoo and Mlaa H. B. Tennel. I t wae a quiet affair, only a few of the

hoaU of relatlvea and frlenda of the young couple l>elng preaent. Twenty-three yeara ago in the same parlor where I performed the marriage cere-mony for Miss Hannah Belle I mar-ried her mother and father. The oc-casion brought up memories of other days when I waa a l>oy preacher. Mrsr MoAdoo ia one of our Lascassas Bap-tists. Mr. MoAdoo Is a sturdy farmer and a Presbyterian. May their life together be all it promises. On De-cember 15, in our church, Mr. J. E. Word of Shelbyvllle and Miss Mat-tie Stanley, the ocly sister of my wife, were married. The same day they left for their future home In Shelby-ville. Prosperity, comfort, usefulness and happiness be thoirs. Today, De-cember 23, Mr. J. F. Lane of Marshall county and Miss Sallie Owen, one of our Lascassas Baptists, were married at the family residence. They left at once for their future home at Chapel Hill. We don't fancy parting from our Baptist girls, but Mrs. Lane and Bro. Lane doubtless will make them-selves useful as well as happy in their new sphere. They have the best wishes of a fond mother, the pastor and a great numlier of relatives and friends. Bro. Lane is a specimen of Tennessee's substantial sons.

ENOCU WINDES. Lascassas, Tenn.

I peached 18 days recently to the good people of the Second Church of Knoxvilie, the results of which have been given by Dr. M. D. Jeffries, the pastor. Dr. Jeffries has a noble peo-ple. They are spiritual, and very liberal. It was a great treat to me to be In the Sunda.-school throe Sundays. I was made to wonder where all the children came from. It Is only a quea-tlen of time aa to when the chureh will be finlahed, and may God haaten the day when Dr. Jeffries and hia 500 members shall meet to worship in the large auditorium of the new church. May heaven's richest blessings rest on pastor and people. Is the sense of my prayer. I have just closed a meeting of five days held with the Mill Springs Church, of which Bro. Pat Halo is pastor, resulting in seven conversions and several additions to ths ehurch. Bro. Hale is a good pastor, an ear-nest preacher, and is loved and fol-lowed by his people. My ehurch work Is p r o s p e r o u s . T h e BAPTIST AND REFLFCTOR is now more highly prized la my, home than ever Ijefore because your paper is continually growing better, and I might add that the same is said by its readers everywhere I go. I heard a preacher sometime ago apeak of aomo work he had done among hia churchea, and he Iwaated that it had not been reported in the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR e i the r . I t left me wondering whether tho man waa an enemy to our State paper, or whether he meant to-eritioise other pastors for reporting their work. Take either view of tho matter, and he Is an object of prayer.

J . T . HIOKMAN. Messy Creek, Tenn.

Jaokfon Items.

Dr. W. U. Powell started for Mex-ico on December 20. He had been In-disposed for 14 days, but under the ad-flee of his phyaician. Dr. Crook, be began hia long journey. He wrote from Memphia that afternoon that he felt well and no inconvenience from the travel.

Paator Simmona ofthoFirat Churoh haa been for several weeka preaching at the evening aervlce a series of ser-mons to the unoonverted. Much good has been aoeompllshed. One Joined by letter yesterday.

Bro. Simmons reported a good ses-sion of tho Sunday-aohool Seminary

at Columbia. The committee baa nearly completed the program for the next annual aeaaiontobeheld In June, and many schools are writing in re-gard to the matter.

Bro. A. J . Hall wlU preaek to the same churchea he did this year, viz: Zlon, Holly Grove in Haywood coun-ty, and Pleasant Hill In Madison eoun-ty. He is an excellent pastor and an able preacher and his churches are doing well In mission work.

Many studenU went home for the holidays and It looka a little lone-some on the campus, yet enough re-mained to keep the "camp Area" burn-ing. Several new pupila regiatered this morning, though the buildings were not open for aebool work and will not be until January 30. Several of the professors sought recreation by trips abroad. The others enjoyed rest an home. Ail will feel much re-freshed after (he few days of delight-ful Chriatmas weather.

The Unlveraity oxtenda to you, Mr. Editor, many thanka for the nice thinga you have said of ua and our new chapel. The chapel will be built; it muat be built. About t4,000 la atlll to bo found before tbe contract can be let, and our frlenda must come to our help.

M a y the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR continue to prosper and be as power-ful for good in the new year as It has been in the p a s t M ADISON.

Jackson, Tenn.

Seminary Notes.

The Christmas vacation still lingers in our minds as a pleasant memory. The students of New York Hall enter-tained the married students and their wives on Christmas Day. After an excellent dinner, a beautiful toilet set was presented to Miss Taylor, our kind and efllclent matron, as a re-minder of tho high esteem and grati-tude of the stiidenta for her graoioua care for them. Dr. Dargan in a fit-ting apeech delivered the present, and Dr. Carver responded in a happy way in behalf of Miss Taylor.

On December 24,at Hazlehurst,Mtsa., Rev. Robert L. Blvlna and Mlaa Mol-iie Purser wereunited In marriage. The happy couple returned to Louiavills.

Bro. n . P. Hurt haa returned from Winona, Mlaa., where he performed the marriage ceremony for two frlenda.

Bro. M. H. Maasey Of Georgia has accepted an Invitation to addreaa the annual congreaa of the Alpha Tan Omega fraternity which oonvenea at Cleveland, Ohio, on December 29.

At a recent meeting of the Mission Band, papers were read by G. F. Hambleton, subject, "Mackenzie, the medical missionary," and by H. C. Risnor, subject, "Maekay, tho me-ehanloal missionary."

Our genial busineaa manager, E. F. Wright, apent Chriatmaa In Georgia.

Dr. Robertaon took tea with ua on Monday and made an excellent speech, urging ua to persevere in our work, to strive after truth, to commune more with Christ, to seek true power, to bo bumble . BOND.

RQV.C.C. Hill hat recently moved from Wheeleraburg,0.,toChekter'aXRo^s, O. In a private letter he writes: " I have recently entered on my work aa paator here for full time. It Is a beautiful country. From elevated points good views of Lake Erie are obtoihed. CleveUnd is only 10 miles away, and wo can in a targe measure enjoy the advantages of both sibur-ban and oity life The ehuroh here Is a most encouraging field, and la eom-poaed of a ouitu.'od. truly refined and harmonious memberahlp." We wlah bim much sucoets In his new field.

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6 BAPTIST A N D JUBFLBOTOB, DEO. S I , 18»«.

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• IMION SIMEOTOUY. Mat* flllMlM«.-B«r. A. J. Hour, D.a,

MlMlOBMrBMNUrr- All eoBuniMlMUoiu OMliBtd fw hlaa ihouU M addrMMd w UM kt NMkilll*, Ttan. W. U. WOOD-

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•AM. D.O., OorrMpoBdlaf SMratonri R(»it-•MBd, VB. Bwr. J. B. Bikow, KnoxvUl*, Tmw.. VlM-PrMldcnt ot U>a rortlgo Bo«rd tor TmuMMM, to whom »U IntBlrtM lor In-lonutlOB may M •iWnmwl

U*ai« •ttaslraa.-RM. I. T. TionaoB, D. D., OorrMpoadlBf Saeratary, Atlaata. Qa. Bar. M. D. J i m u n , Vloa Praaldeat ot tka Home Board for TanntaaM. to whom all ittformaUoaortaanlrlaa about work iatha Steta mar ba addraaaad.

mialatarlal C«mca«l*M.-All funda for jonng mlalatan to tha 8. W. B. CniTaralty abould ba aant to O. U. Sataca. LI-D., JaekaoB, riniB. Tor yoonf mtnUtara at Caraon aad Mawmaa OoUaie, aend to J. T. Haadaraon, Moaay Oraak, Taaa.

OrrliMa* Uaaaaa—Sandallmonlaato A.J. Whaalar.Traaaurar, NaihTlUa. Tana. AU aappUea ahoald ba aant to 0. T. Obaak, NaahvUU, Taaa. AU anppltaa ahould ba prapatd.

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Vaaa. OOBBnpomnia BKnuRABT--HUa M. M. Clal-

bona, Maswall BOUM, NaahrlUe, Tean. RMOBOna SBCBITABT.—UUa Oertrade Hill.

NaahTlUe,Taaa. KonoB—Mra. J. O. Rut. NaihriUa, Tann.

Proffram for Monthly Mliiionary Meetlnff.

Subject—Colored people. 1. New Year pratae aervioe. 2. Scripture—OfferioKa. E«. xxxv:

20; 2 Sam. xxlr:24; 1 Cbroa. xiix:14; Matt. x:ft; Rom xli:l; 1 Pet. 11:5.

3. Hymn-"I Rare my life for thee." 4. In 1020, 20 Africans were brouKbt

to Amorloa; In 1806 there were between •even and el^ht million Africans in America, of which 1,351,700 were mem-bers of the Baptist church in the Southern SUtes.

5. Leaflet—*'Home influences amontr the colored people," by Booker T. Washlnffton.

8. Prayer. 7. Hymn—"We give thee but thine

own." 8. Short exercise answering three

questions: (1) What providential op> portunities have Southern Baptists for evangelization ot colored people? (2) In what way may women do this work? (2) What can I do?

0. Boloorduet. 10. Baslness—Reading reports, oto.

Christmas offering report. 11. Select society's motto for the

year. 12. Collection. Doxolgy.

Is It worth while to help the negro to help hlmselfr Let us see what these Afro-Americans bare acoom* pllshed during one generation.

It is estimated that negroes now own 5,000,000 acres ot land In the South. With the possession of land comes an Improvement In the home, and in many seotlooi the one-roomed cabin is giving plaoe to the oomforUble hoase with three or more rooms. There are more than <10,000 tax pay* e n in Beauton county, 8. 0., and tally two-thirds of them are ooiored persons. A negro ot Pino Bluff,Ark., 10 years ago a poor barber, nowowns 12 miles ot street railroad, valued, with the equipments, .at It50,000. In the city of Atlanta, negroes pay Uxes 0011,260,000; la Georgia on 112.332,-000, and in the United States on 1203-000,000, Such are the indications thai negroea have the industry and Intolllgmooto make money and the saffaoity to keep it when made. With betlermont ot material conditions uomes betterment of momlt. I ^ p l e herded together tea or twelve in one

small room have a poor opportunity to practice cleanliness or maintain self-respect. Those who have nothing to call their own can scarcely com-prehend the moral meaning of "mine and thine."

There are in the South 21,000 public free schools for the negroes supported by Uxatlon, and in them are gathered 1,357,000 children. In the largo num-ber of prlvaie schools, colleges, etc., are 30.445 students. Throe college presidents were once slaves. In many schools colored women give admirable instruction in cooking, housekeeping and laundry work, and In cutting, fit-ting and making clothes.

There are 750 colored physicians and 250 lawyers, some having a large practice; between 5,000 and 10,000 negro Inventors are on record In the United StatsB Patent Offlce; and 250 newspapers and magazines are owned, edited and published by negroes.

Dr. Haygood says, "The chapter that tells of the work and results of educating the negro In America is not matched In any history of any age."

"He who Ood'8 will baa borrosod done, ADd hia own reBtlna lourlnt* MiUed: VVIikt flUe be (lo«a. or ba - (orrRone, UUmlMioa bs bat well fulOlled.' On the threshold of what we hope

will prove to all "A Happy New Year, "shall we not 1 inger to pay trubute to the happy old year of 1806? Have we not been about our Matter's business, and has he not been with us all the way? When ho said "Go," went we not joyfully; when he bade "SUy," stayed wo not patiently? Did we not point that sinning soul to the Savior waiting to recelvc; did we not deny ourselves that we might send the mes-sage of salvation to those beyond our reach; did we not pray without ceas-ing, both by word and deed, "Thy will bo done in earth;" In times of suffering did we not catch glorious glimpses of our Father's face; and when he asked us to give back our loved ones, did wo not see, though through tear-dlmmed eyes, the gates ajar as they went Into the heavenly city, to rest, and safety and immortal Joy?

"If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days In prosperity, and their years In pleasures." ' O lovo the Lord, all ye his saints; for the Lord preserveth the faithful. Be ot good courage, and h*) shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."

We are glad to close the year with most encouraging news from Miss Buhlmaler concerning her work among German immigrants. She finds even Hebrews eager to receive copies of the New Testament. Pray for this great work, sisters, it means •o much for our country's future.

Miss Armstrong has sent to the several States, by request, 68,000 Christmas envelopes. This shows wide-spread interest in the Christmas offer-ing for China. Let us be awake to our privilege. Let Tennessee have a large share in this special gift.

Another Woman's Missionary So-ciety in that banner Assoeiation, the Holston. I t is the W. M. S. of Oak Dale Churoh, and Mrs. Jamee Rat-ollffe ot MalUberger, is president.

"In God's world, for those who are in earnest there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no saorlfloe freely made, was ever made In vain."

8s Bs 8s ' An Ini tano* of Longtvltjr.

I see Bro. Cabanlss and another person of Florida have already fur-Uished the Baptist and Rkixeotor with cases of iougevity and ohuroh memberthip to lead our Methodist sister of the CTrfsffan jiavooaff. I wilUfive a oase.tbal .will beat then,

though it will give the preeminence to our "Hard-shell" brethren. Then where is boasting?

My fraternal grandmother, who was a Miss East, was born in Virginia in the year 1747, was married to my grandfather, John Fltspatrlck, when she was somewhere in her twenties. She professed faltk in Christ and joined the Baptist churoh when she was about 20, which was about 1727, and lived a true and faithful member till her death, which occurred in 1855. So she lived 108 years, and was a member of the Baptlstchurch 88 years, and was moreover a Baptist before the Methodist church, was organized.

Her husband was a Revolutionary soldier under Washington, was wound-ed in battle, and died in service, for which she drew a pension till her death. My father's house was her home for a long time before she died. She never murmured at anything that she considered providential.

The lentlment of the lines ot Pope, "And.iplta of prldo, iaarrlog reuea'aaplta One truth la olaar, whaterer Is, 1* rigbt,"

seemed to stand as a truism with her. She walked to church (she couldn't

ride, it made her head swim,) about two miles, up a big hill at that, at every regular meeting (monthly) when the weather would admit, even in her 108th year. I well remember seeing her start early after breakfast so as to bo there on time, and the always was on time.

She gave most of her pcnaion money for charitable purposes. I don't think a preacher ever left our house during the time she was there, empty handed, yet she always tried to do her alms In secret. I believe what I saw of her when I was a child saved me from skepticltm when In after life I was a mrdlcal student and practi-tioner, She cever took medicine and she did not die from any disease; she fell and broke an arm a few weeks be-fore she died, took her bed and grad-ually grew weaker and weaker until at last the died.

"Ltka a dock woro out by eaUog tima The waanr wheelt ot lite atlastato d itlll." My father, her youngest son, also

fell asleep about four yrars ago, aged 03. Ho was a Baotlitt about 08 years. Tbey were not Missionary Baptists but called themselves Primitive Bap-tists. Dr. Lofton would call them Hard-sbells or Mossbacks, but Jesus called them home.

H. Fir/I'ATRICK. HarUvllle, Tenn.

Limeitone Chareb.

Rev. D. J. Hunt is pastor of Lime-stone Baptist Churoh. He Is an ener-getic, wide-awake, zealous minister of the gospel, and la much beloved by his church. He is doing good work as a pastor and shepherd, and ths church is beooming awakened on the line of Christian living and Christian giving. This ts the great.need of the churoh today. There are so many who do not seem to comprehend the true moaning of Christianity. Tbsy seem to think they wore created only to fill up a small vacuum In the world tor a short space, and thru pass away unobserved without having lived to any purpose. May the day not be far In the diatance when every member of the churoh shall understand the true meaning of Christianity, and shall be living witnesses, testifying dally to the world by a consecration to Christ the power ot the blessed gospel to save sinners. What Is wanted Is a living Christianity, then the world will hear and believe the gospel and the world would soon become Christianized.

The Limestone Church has just given a Children's Day entertainment which was well attended and with marked success. The children did excetidlngly well, and the congrega-tion was well entertained, and we think a favorable improislon was made In behalf of missions. We had

{.a nice day and nice dinner prepared by the sisters,which seemed to be high-ly appreciated, after which we had

i an address on missions from Rev. J. E. Johnson of Mossy Creek. Then

I came the best of all, the Ingathering I of missions.

There are two features in this In-gathering I wish to mention as it may be helpful to others in the fature. The first was our superintendent last spring gave to 43 children a nickel apiece and inttructcd them to invest their nickel in anything they thought they could make the most money out of. As a result the 43 children brought In $17.70. The most that any one child made out of his nickel was 11 44; the least 10 cents. The average was a little better than 41 cents.

The srcond feature was the presi-dent ot the mission society put out 40 packets ot corn of 30 grains each and let the children plant it and make all they could out ot it. The result was

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13,35 lor 15 cents worth otoorn. Be-tide these there was a general col lec-tion Uken ot N.Ol. Oar mission tl^Dt had collected 90.70. Tho L. M. 8., contributed f l 25. Our mission eontrlbutlon all told wai 930.7 "0. Of lU( 130 was paid to Foreign Missions yil 16.75 to Home Missions. Now do jou not call this quite a success?

May the Lord bless those who gave the contribution, and may the Lord bless the contribution to the salvation of many souls.

J . J . Deakinb. Nellie, Tcnn.

From Atlanta.

Uow timot files I Nearly two months have pasted slnco I took my leave of tho noble little band of saints atClov^land, Tenn., and turned my face toward my new field ot labor. I have tried to call In my mind and heart from the floldt whore I have labored with so much joy and center them upon my work St tbU place; and, to a ;;roat extent, I have succeeded in doing so. But a native Virginian and an adopted Ten-netteaa may bo pardoned if he bo-comet a little home-sick sometlmos, sveo Id G«k>rgla. So far, however, I have escaped this disease, and, with mjr bands filled to overflowing with work, the probablltles are that I will escape It altogether.

AtUnui is a great city and the Bap-tists of Atlanta are a great people. It It said that the Baptists churches ot this city have never been as suitably supplied with pastors as at the present time, and that the protpect for our caute was never so flattering before. Be that at it may, I am sure it would be bard to find a nobler set of mon than those who compote tho Atlanta Baptist Pastors' Conference; and so Uur at I can learn all ot our churches are taking on renewed energy and aro moving forward with unusual rapidity. Jutt now, we are planning for a united effort to tecure a deep and wide spirit-ual revival in all tho Baptist churches in the city and suburbs, during tbo month ot January. Tbo Church Ex-tension Society, originated by Dr. Gwia, has made a fine beginning, and lends a most hopeful aspect to our oaate In AUanU.

My work at the Central church has been very encouraging from tho start. Our new house is a thing of beauty and convenience. It was dedicated on the second Sunday afternoon in No-vember, Dr. Landrum preaching tho dedicatory sermon. My first sermon as pastor was tho first sormon preach-ed in tho new building. Our congro-tlons have been uniformly largo and Intplring, We have bad from ono to Qve additions to the church evory Sun-day except one. Our Sunday-school, Yonng Peoples' Union and the vari-ous InteresU in the church are in a •noit fiourishing condition. As pas tor in a large city, I find myeelf con •tantly surrounded by duties arising not only in my own field of labor, which is an axteiive one, but also in other quarters, and I realize more than ever before the need of a clear bead and • warm, hopeful, trusUful heart, Happy Christmas greetings to my beloved brethren in Ttonessee!

R L. Motuey. Atlanta, Qa.

Tilt Unlvarslty Chapel.

in thinking whether you shall help ouUd the new chapel for the Unlver-

you will duly weigh certain facts:

1. It is m building for tho worship of God.

2. The entira oountry is allko Inter-Tha worshipera are Mms and

owihtars of homes North, South, Bmi and Wast.

>• While yonf looAi ohnrch houses

have In cities three meetings a week. In the oountry two a month; this chap-el will have six a woek. There Is therefore from this point ot compari-son with .ilty churches a two fold slg-niflcanco, with the oountry church, twelve times more Importance, attached to the building ot this chapel.

4. While the avorago congregation for both city and oountry will not be perhaps much ovor half as large as that in tho chapel, tho college congre-gation has the further advantage of being those who are to be leaders In the world in both city and country. Religious truth nover strikes tho mind at a happier period. With such a crowd, the inculcation of habits of faith and devotion is a mat-ter of supreme interest to the human family.

5. Tbo protent chapel Is entirely too small for tbo number already matric-ulated. After placing 60 chairs in the aisles, we have no seats for a number of tho students or any visitors. The Lord Is sending ua these bright boys and glrU; and wo who bellevo In ChrUtian education must make room for them.

6. Tbo building Is expected to com-mence when spring opens. Send the promises now, and the money by March 1 or April 1.

7. If you want a part of your money to be placed whero it will be doing good perpetually, send it here. There is nothing so permanent in human af' fairs as theso great public institutions of learning. Dynasties come and go, policies ot gover.7niont change, but Oxford and Cambridge continue. Brown University is much stronger to-day than when Adoniram Judson graduated ceirly a century ago. The Southwotern Baptist University stood the shock of war; and today as the is running her 50th year is strong or than over before, and gaining strength yearly.

G. M. Bavaoe. Jackton, Tenn.

Only Five Minutes to Live.

The »olemn hour will come to every ono of us when we shall only have five minutes to live. kWe may not know when that dread moment will ar rlvo, but It will come to each one. And then, at the end of flvo minutes, wo pass that mysterious boundary into the solemn world of spirits. Uow lit-tle think the multitude of that last five minutes! How urgently does it warn oach ono to prepare for it, wheth-er It may cume sooner or later. "You have only five minutes to live," said tho sheriff to a young man con-demned to die. Tho sheriff took out his watch, and said, "If you have any-thing to say speak now, for you have only five minutes to live." Tho young man burst into tears, and said, "I have to diel I had ono little brother. He had beautiful blue eyes and flaxen hair, and I loved him; but one day I got drunk, tor tho first time in my life, and coming home I tfound my lit-tle brother gathering borrlos in the garden, and I became angry without a cause, and killed him with one blow with a rake. I did not know anything about it until the next morning, when I awoke from sleep and found myself tied and guarded, and was told that when my liule brother was found his hair was clotted with blood and brains, and he was dead. Whiskey has done it. It has ruined me, I was nover drunk but once, I have only one more word to say, and then I am going to my final Judge, I say to all young people; nefer, never, never touch anything that can Intoxicate." As he pronounced these words ha •prang from tha box and was launch-ed into etarnity.

I was malted to tears at the reclUl and tha awfal spectaole. My heart

seemed as if it would burst and break away from my aching bosom, so in-tolerable were my toolings of grief. And there in that carriage, while on that cushioned seat, looking with streaming ayes on the body of that young man, as it hung writhing be-tween heaven and earth, as if unfit for either plaoc, there It was I took tho pledge never to touch the hurtful poison.

Long years have passed away, white hairs have thickened around these temples, then so ruddy and so young, but I have never forgotten the last words of that young man. When tho tempter has offeerd me the sparkling goblet tbo words of that young man have seemed to sound in my ears tLgeLla.—JCxdiatu/e.

LITERARY NOTES.

in addition to the books already an-nounced for publication before the end of the year, Messrs Harper & Bros will Include In their list a volume en-titled ' Engllth Society," comprising about 100 illustrations by George du Maurler, with an introduction by W. D. Howolls. "The humor which shono upon every rank, and every variety of character, never abashed tho lowly, never Insulted women, nover betrayed tho trust which reposed in its tradi-tions of decency and generosity," Is exemplified In these drawings, which were contributed to Harper't Magazine between December, 1886, and Decem-ber, 1804. Tbo charactcrization of Mr. Du Maurior's humor which has just been quoted is from Mr. Howell's Introduction.

"Tho Progress of Uie World." the editorial department of tho Beoiao of Revuu:$, touches In the December num-ber on a great variety of topics of national and international slgnifi-canco. After dovoting several para-graphs to a lucid and instructive an-alysis of the results ot the Presiden-tial election, the editor proceeds to re-view tho history of tbo efforto to ob-tain arbitration ot the Venezulan boundary dispute with Great Britain, which have finally resulted success-fully, explaining the attitude of the United SMtes in the controversy; dis-cusses the merits and demerits of the Cleveland administration now draw-ing to a olose, orltlclslpg with espec-ial vigor the president's Turkish pol-icy; describot tho latett phases of the European situation, with reference to >ho Eastern situation and the Franco-Russian alliance; comments on Lord Rotebery's resignation and the result-ing complications in English politics, making altogether a most interesting and valuable summary ot the world's Important doings for the month Just passed.

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The Lesson of SalTering.

I believe I have learned today the lesson which God t a s been trying for 13 years to teach me: Patience and submission under aflllcUons. My suf-fering wife has been almost helpless for 13 years. Eight days since I broughther home fromNashTllletodle. During the past dreary years and especially Uie last dark lonely days I have felt so sensibly the chastening rod. How often despair has entered our room and tiirown his cold ehllly arms around me, driving hope from my heart; sunshine from my home, all the while lowering thicker and darker the clouds ot .despondency. But through patience and prayer mercy has entered with loving, cheerful voice, lifting the veil, giving ns a glimpse of what is beyond. ' 'Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth," and "All things work together for good to them that love God. to them who are the called according to hia purpose." My wife's sufferings will soon end

10 day we 1 ' together.

. . . ngs and some day we will walk the golden streeU together. Praise the Lord. Rejnloo with us. for we have learned the lesson of eubmistton and patience.

W. I. FXAZBLL. Lexington, Tenn.

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POVEHTy AM) .V AII III AGE Dean Farr&T has a very intcrost-

Sng article in the Imhptwhitt of re cent (late upon the subjcct of "Young Men and JlarriaKe," in which he {(ives some reasons why some youDK men ought not to marry. One of his reasons is "hopeless poverty, or entire uncertainty of any continuous means of earning a livelihood." He says:

"If a man has no sufTieient means to support a wife and family, his marriage docs but kick ogainst the ordinance of bis destiny I Ills self-ishness will not dhly inevitably doom himself to grinding carc and crushing anxiety, but he will drag down his wife and children into the pitiless abyssof hunger and misery. Be he clergyman or layman the man who has no, suflicient means on which to marry commits a crime against society if he marries on the chance of somothing 'turning up.' To such persons nothing over does 'turnup.' They are like the old lady who felt sure that it was going to rain, but said 'that she would trust to providencis to send hor an umbrella.'"

On the other hand Dean Farrar forgets that oftentimes it a young man waits for somothing toiurn up before he gets married, ho Is not likely to do so, for quite a while at least. A wife, however. If she bo the right kind of a wife—and It all depends upon that—will help a man to turn something up. She will bo to him an inoentlve to work, a stimulus tocconomy, and an Inspira-tion to a better life. Wo think that young men too often make the mis-take of watting until they got rich to marry, or at least they say they want to walk until they are able to support a wlfo. Meanwhile, as a rule, they spend as. much money upofl a girl, or girls, oa it would

take to sufiiort a wife, and proba-bly more, too.

UosidcH, they forget that in the matriino'iioi arithinetio twice one is not two. Under themngiu influence of tbe murrioge ceremony twice one is one. aud NO it is even in the ilnan-ciul life of the couple. With the proper economy upon the partof tbe wife it will cost very llttlo, if any, moro for the two than It previous-ly cost for one to live. T»x) many young people, however, want to start whore their fathers left off. Lot them be content to start at the bottom and by industry and econo-my work uj) to the top, as tht i r fathers did. We believe they can do it better together than separate-ly-

As you see. we are un earnest ad-vocate of early marriages, and we do not believe that poverty should always bo allowed to stand in the way. This idea that youug men must be rich before they get mar-ried has, we believe, proven the banc of our modern society. I ts in-fluence has been felt in many direc tions, but always for evil. Wo are sorry to see it inculcated by so dis-tinguished a teachcr as Dean Far-rar.

It may be said, however, that be was talking only about "hopeless poverty." Of course if the poverty be utterly hopeless, so much so that the man has no possible pros-pect of being able to support a wife, Deau Furrar is right about it. The man ought not to marry. The ques-tion conies, however. What is home-less poverty? Wh3 can say when a man is hopeleiisly poor? Who knows but that under the inspira-tion of some sweet woman he may be stimulated to work all the harder, and his poverty may not be so hopeless after all?

But granting that his poverty is utterly hopeless, it may bo that he could find some girl in the same con-dition of ho])cless impacuniosity. Would it not bo better then for them to join, not their fortunes ex-actly, but their misfortunes, and to go through 'Ife together? Would they not bo happier thus than sep-arate? In nhcrt., wo believe that every man—we do not Kay every woman—ought to T.iarry if ho can, and he ought to marry as soon as he can. If thore is any young man who does not believe what wo have said about twice one being one, all wo have to say Is for him to try It and see.

GuiusTMAs AFTEimiouanra. Well, Christmas Is over. The

top of the hlli la past. Now wo be-gin to go down hill. Wo hope you had a pleasant time. Vfe presume that you both gave and received nice presents. Did you help the poor any on that day? Did you think of the orphans? Did you take up a collection for 'their benefit at your dinner table?

Wo trust that altogether you bad a happy Christmas—wo do not say a merry Christmas. Why should Christmas bo merry? We do not believe that the Idea of merrlmeat should bo associated with it, but rather that of a holy happiness. Why should eggnog bo consldured a neoensary aooompanlment of that day by many people? There aro not a few who would nover think

of taking Intoxicating liquors at any other time, who feel that they must have their cggnog on Christmas morning. The custom, we believe. Is a relic of the heathen Ooths and Vandals brought down to us by Catholic tradition. We are glad to know, howovor, that It Is constant-ly growing beautifully less, and we trust that the barbaric custom may soon disappear entirely from all our Christian homes. What possi-ble reason Is there for getting drunk on Christmas day moro than on any other day? Wo cannot to save our life understand how It is we honor our Savior by celebrating the day of his birth with a big spree.

The day after Christmas there were 67 persons brought up before the police court of this city, charged with drunkenness, and the papers stated that there were a number of other people on the streets drunk, but that the policemen wero dis-posed to be lenient with them, and did not arrest any but the worst cases, thn most of whom were drunk and disorderly. It was a shame on the fair name of our city, which claims to be a Christian city. Nay, it was a sad reflection upon our so-cial customs which made such a state of affairs possible.

Who was responsible for this drunkennflss? Those 07 poor un-fortunates? Yes, but who else? Tbe saloon keepers who sold them the whiskey? Yes, most emphat-ically, and the miserable scoundrels ail ought to have been brought up before the police courts themselves and flned and Imprisoned for the Injury which they had Inflicted up-on their fellowmen. But was any-body else responsible? Who gave those saloon keepers the authority to sell whiskey? The oflicers of this city who issued them the license? Yes, and the responsibil-ity rests upon them. But who gave to them tbe authority to Issue the license? The law? Who made the law? The legislature? Who elect-ed the legislature? The people--you, you and vou. And thus the re-sponsibility comes ultimately back to you. When you voted to elect your representative to the legisla-ture, did you consider whether he was a man whose sympathies were for or against these saloons? If you thought that his sympathies were for them, what did you do? Did you vote for him? If so, you are responsible for this drunkenness so fur as the Influence of your vote ex-tended. Will you continue to be responsible for It? Are you will-ing to carry such reHponslblllty be-fore the bar of your conscience and of your God?

But wo are getting a little off tbe •ubjeot—and not very far off either. Unfortunately,. Christmas and drunkenness are so closely con-nected that the mention of one naturally leads to the disousaion of the other. Hereafter, howover, let us use all of our influenoe to the end that Christmas may be not a holi-day, but a holy day; not a day for drunkentaeu, but a day for quiet enjoyment; not a day for fun and frolio, but a day for gratitudo and thanksgiving, for words of cheer and deeds of love and of renewed consecration to the lervice of the Master who Idved you and gave him-salf for you.

me~m7. By the time this paper roaches

many of our subscribers, IHIIU will have disappeared forovor Into the past, and 1807 will have been ushered In. 1896 will-go down In history as quite a remarkable vear, made so by several things:

1. The discovery of tho X rays by Dr. Roentgen, which Is one of tho greatest sclentlflo discoveries ever made In tho world.

2. The vogago of Dr. Nansen to the North polo. Though he failed to reach the pole, ho came nearer it than any other explorer bad ever done, and made It possible for others to roach It.

3. The experiments In aerial navi-gation made by many Inventors, prominent among them being Prof. Lillenthal of Germany, Maxim, Liangley and others of the United States.

4. The harnessing of Niagara Falls so OS to make it turn the wheels of factories and run the street cars In Buffalo.

5. Tho horseless carriage, which is run either by electricity or gaso-line.

6. The telectroscope which tele-phones sight as well as sound, en-abling talkers to see each other face to face, though separated by hun-dreds of miles. Besides those, there have been many other inven-tions too numerous to mention.

7. Tbe year, perhaps, has been made most notable, however, by tbe very remarkable political campaign waged during tho summ<-r and fall, and which resulted In tho elec-tion of Mr. McKlnloy as president of the United States. This will go down In history as the most memor-able campaign in our country since 1860.

8. Locally the year has quite a algnlflcance for us In Tennessee, from the fact that on June 1 there was celebrated with appropriate exercises the centennial of the ad-mission of Tennessee Into the Union as a State, and at the same time there was Inaugurated on that day the Centennial Exposition to be held during 18!>7, and which Is ex-pected to be extremely Interesting and Important, not only for Nanh-vllle, but for all Tennessee, and in-deed for all the world.

But 1896 is gone with all of Its suc-cesses and all of Its failures, all of its joys and all of Its sorrows, all of its hope and all of its de-spair. We can never expect to see its return. Farewell, 1890. Wel-come 1897. We turn from 1890 to thee. Thou art young and fall. We know not what thou hast In store for us. We can only hope and trust and pray and wait. God grant that during tbe year we may learn to be better men and better women than we have ever been before. May we grow in grace and in tbe knowledge of our Lord and S a v i o r Jesus Christ. May we live less for self and more for Cbriit, and may our lives be more thoroughly consecrated unto his service.

DN. HAWTIIOHNIS'B SSBMOM Much interest is being taken in

the publication of Dr. mwthorne s Bermona in the BAPTIST AND RE-rLWWoa next year. The first sermon will be publlnhed next week. You may look out for aomethlng good. Tell your friends about these ser-mona lo that they may have tbo privilege of rsading tbem^

FAITH JN CUTTLBT. The editor of tho GO$jHtl AdvtKate

c o m e s nearer hitting the truth in the following paragraph than we btve known him to do In a long time. Evidently he has been grow-iDg In grace and In knowlodgo un-der tbe instructions of the BAPTIST

ASP RBKi.fxrroii: ••Tboreforo being lustlfled by faith,

--hVveiicacowlthiJ od through our Z ^ J e Z Chrlit" (Rom.. v:lT._ This unoi justiflcallon by lalth without obedience, but luetlQcatlon by f a j ^ wauso, oa a living principle, fallh works by love, and makes a new crea-taro. Th« life is right, and the soul ii itTfd bccftuae faith is oorreot, or, per contra, the life is wrong and tbo soul li dsmncd bccauso faith Is erroneous. Tboie who are befowed by this error n e e d t o l e s r n the Bible doctrine of iDitification by faith as against the irroneouB Uieory of aslvatlon 'by works of rlgbtoousnosi whloh we have done.'"

There are still lurking, however, In the above paragraph the seeds of gross error. Evidently the faith to which the editor of tbo Advoaiie refers is a foraial, mechanical some-thing, a doctrinal faith, a faith In a thing, a faith in/aiVA; but tho faith of the New Testament, the faith which saves, is the living, spiritual faith in Christ as a personal Savior. It is one thing to believe in the doctrine of justification by faith, and another thing to believe In Christ, and so be ju-,llfled by faith. The faith which saves is tho faith In Christ, and not a cold, dry, external faith in doctrine. It is this latter kind of faith which loads to a formal, mcchanical religion llko that of Catholics and Campbellltes, and which leads ultimately to the In-quisition to compel people to adopt such faith.

For instance, Daniel Webst«r wrote: "I believe Jesus Christ to be tbe son of God, and I believe that there is no other way of salva-tion than through the merits of His atonement." But believing Jesus Christ to be the son of God, and ac-cepting him as your personal Sav-ior aro two different things. Be-lieving that there la no other way of salvation than through the merits of Ilis atonoment, and accepting those merits as the way of your salvation, aro also quite different. One Is historical faltb and the other is saving faltb.

A WISE BSPLY. During tho recent great revival

mratlngs hold by Mr. Moody in New York City he succeeded in stirring up the Infidels as well as the Christian people and sinners. During the last week of his meet-ings the Manhattan Liberal Club challenged bim to debate with two prominent secularists on the merits of Christianity, but he wrote In re-ply:

"Your latter of December 5 reached tto on Monday. I cannot aooopt your InvlutioB to debate with leading leoulsrlsta for many reasons, of which I shall only refer here to two. In the flrit place, my mln4 l i made up on ^ e question proposed, namely, the rela-tive morlu of Christianity and InDdel-H7i under whatever other name it ap* pears. Somebody onoe asked Charles Bumner to hear the other side of •lavery. •Hear the other side?' he re-plied) thtni i t no othtr side.' I would ai soon dlieusi the relative merits of Chrlstlanl^ and inlldellty. Nobody who Studies history need besltota in answering the question. And I know what Jesns Christ has dona for me daring tha last forty ysars sinoe I have trusted blm. Let the members of your club aonept Christ as Uielr per-•onal Bavlor, and they need not wast* law dltontilng snob a qusstioa. It I

had a remedy which never failed to cure dlaeaie for forty years, I should not stop to compare its merits with another remedy. My other reason Is ^ a t tbe times call for action, not for discussion, Hundreds and thousands of mon and women are dropping into drunkards' and harlots' yrraves every year right here in Now York. Now let us all Join hands and try to save them. 1 will try to reach them with tbe gospel. I will tell them of a Sav-ior who oame to seek that which was lost, who died a cruel death on tbe cross In order that their tins might be blotted out In his precious blood. If there Is any merit in infldellty, let your members llkowise put It Into

f iractlce. Let them reach out a help-ng band to those unfortunates who

are sunk In vice and mlaory. Then whon thoy are restored to purity of life, we shall have time to turn aside to dlsousslon. Yours very truly,

" D . L . MOODV."

This Is refreshing. In fact It is quite breezy, and tho breezes are evidently laden with spiritual ozone. Wo shall not weaken the letter by anyvatUfiopt to comment upon the points mtde by It, though wo feol tempted to do so.

THE CIIAI'EL FUND. Wo suppose tbe brethren have

been too busy thinking of Christmas to pay much attention to the chapel of the Southwestern Baptist Uni-versity. Besides, many of them probably have spent about all of their money, buying presents for their children and friends, and have nothing left perhaps to give to causes like that. Well, wo arc sorry. Don't you think, though, that you ought to give some of your moans to othero, and not spend It all upon yourself, or upon your friends? Read tho article by Dr. Savage on page 7, and you will see In that the reasons for giving to this chapel fund. We would not, of course, have you to losson your con trlbutlons to our other denomina-tional objects In any respect, but we are anxious that tbe readers of the BAPTIST AND RHXECTOII contribute at least $230 towards this most worthy object. Let us hear from you at once.

Edgar B. Folk 110 W J . X Honderw>n, Mossy Creek f 00

P E R S O N A L A N D P R A C T I C A L .

The BuptiM News Is mistaken when it says: "Dr. Lansing Burrows of Augusta, Ga., Is to edit the Conven-' tlon Teacher for 1807." Dr. Burrows is to write the exposition of the lessons for the Teadter. Dr. J. M. Frost still remains the 'oxoellent editor of that periodical.

Rev. A. A. S c r u g g s of Amherst, Va., has recently moved to Pulaski, Tenn., and would be glad to serve any church as pastor or as supply which is with-in the reach of Pulaski. Ho was ed-ucated at Richmond College and at Crour Seminary, and has had about nine years' experlenoe in pastoral work.

A collection was taken at tbo Cen tennlal Baptist Church, this olty, last Sunday for the Orphans' Home, and the sum of 120 was raised. This is a remarkable showing, oonsidoring the numbers and flnaneial strength of the ehurob. If every church in Tennessee would do as well the Home would not only be paid for, but well endowed.

Dr. Zertueha, the physiolan of An tonlo Maoeo, tiirough whose treachery, it li oharg^, Maoeo oame to his death, hai writtnn a letter to the New York Herald denying lAoh a charge, and itatlng that Maoeo wai killed in battle after having oroiied the Irocha

on Deaember 4. The Cuban Junta In New York, however, denies the story, and Is still disposed to hold Dr. Zer-tuoha responsible for Maoeo'i death.

Dr. H. Allen Tupper hai been de-livering a series of lectures in Balti-more for nearly three months, de-scriptive of his recent travels around tbe world. According to the Balti-more Hun, these lectures have been largely attended and very greatly en-oyed. The readers of the BAITIST

AND REFLECTon can appreciate some-thlnir of their Interest froin tho fact that they bad the privilege of reading a s-rles of letters by Dr. Tupper while he was on his tour around the world.

claims that he is as good a Baptist as anyone. EvidcDtly there i i a differ-enoe of opinion between Brethren Crannil and Bacon a i to what oonsti-tatoi a good Baptlit. Both agree, however, it ihould be said, in oon-demnlog Dr. Whltiltt.

It was a pleasure to his many friends in this cUy to see Bro. S. A. David-son In tho city last week. He came down to spend Christmas with his daughter. He makes bis home with bis son in Rutherford county, and says he Is enjoying his quiet life, ex-cept that he does not have sufficient church privileges. Bro. Davidson, as our readers know, li an excellent writer, and li also something of a theologian. He has written a com-mentary on the Book of Revelation which he hopes to have published soon.

Dr. W. P. Harvey in making men-tion in last week's Becorder of a re cent visit to Maysvllle, Ky., has the following to say of a well-known ex Tennesiean: "Pastor Trotter is doing solid work and bis people love him. We beard many compliments on the Thanksgiving sermon he preached. Tbe church Is making steady advanc es in all lines of Christi tn activity and is growing in power and in fluence." Bro. Trotter's many friends In Tennesics will be delighted to know that be is getting along so nicely in Kentucky.

Quite a number of our exchanges are taking a holiday this week. The BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR, however, takes no holiday, but like Tennyson's brook goes on forever. Many of our exchanges give only 60 papers during tbe year. We give you 62, and where there are 63 Thursdays In a year as happens to be the case this year, we give you 63. Think of Itl Fifty-three papers of 16 pages each in one yearl Sixteen times 63 are 848 pages whloh we give you during this year, filled mostly with pure, wholesome reading matter, and all for 12. Where oould you get such a book for that price?

We mentioned recently the fact that a man down in Georgia bad sold his wife for 2fi cents. We saw an Item in the paper the other day to the effect that a man la Michigan had swapped his wife to his brother for a dog. It Is not stated, however, what kind of a dog it was, whether a St. Bernard dog, or a coon dog, or what Of course tho value whloh the man put on his wife would depend upon the kind of a dog which he got In exchange for her. Anyway, however, it showed hU dliposltlon in preferring a dog to a wife. A man with such a preference i i pr 'Uy apt to go to the dogi—literally and figuratively.

The Tteos Dapfift Standard in iti iiiue of last week oondemns very le-verely Rev. M. T. Martin, formerly of Itecai, now of Mliiiiiippi. It iayi that he li " a deadly enemy to Baptlit dootrine, Baptlit work and BaptUt unity." I t add i that "He hai Bev. E R. Can well, his chief lieutenant, with him." It alio calli Campheillim the "elder brother" of MarUnism. On the oUier hand Rev. N. W. P. Bacon of Hernando, Mlii., consi quite vlg-orouily to the defenie of Bro. Cariwell In the mpM Bttord of ImI week, and

Bayi the Texat BaptM Standard: "We will have made a long itrlde for-ward when all our preaoheri come to tbe point of notaooepting any favori ust because they are preachers, and

when thoy pay the full value for all they buy like other men." We have bad iomething to iay heretofore upon the subject of ministerial pauperism. This, we believe, is one of the great-est curses to the success of the minis-try. Why cannot ministers be iimply men and not mendlcanti, earning what they get and giving value re-ceived for everything? Of courie, whatever comei a i an evident exprei-ilon of affection ihould be received ai iuoh, just as we recclve a present from a friend. But that is very different from accepting favors from those who are under no obligations to us, and simply upon the grounds that we are ministers, thus making mlnliteri a kind of pauper class.

We had tbe pleasure of attending a ministers' Institute held with the Lo-cust Grove Church In Grainger county. East Tennessee, on December 23. The meeting lasted throe days, from De-cember 22 to 24. We regret that we could only be thiu-oiie day. Upon our arrival, we found the bouse full of people. The following ministers were in attendance upon the meeting: Brethren A. J . Holt, W. L. Winfrey, H. B. Clapp, J . M. O'ey, C. H. Otey, J. L. Heeler and perhaps others. Bro. H. B. Clapp was elecUd chairman. We learned that Uie meeting had been quite interesting the previous day, made so by excellent addresses by some of tbe above named brethren, and a fine sermon at night by Dr. Holt. The day we spent there was al-so quite enjoyable—with the exception of the part which we took in the pro-gram. Bro. H. B. Clapp is the popu-lar pastor of tbe church. Bro. W. L. Winfrey Is colporter of the Associa-tion, and has his home at Washburn not far from the church. These in-stitutes are both intereating and profit-able, and we hope that many more of them may be held in the SUte.

Dr. W. D. Powell Is quoted in the Seminary Magaxine as saying: ••Campbeliitei are Baptlsto boarding •ut. Let tbe wandereri return home.'' Evidently there must be no Campbell-ltes down in Mexico, or Dr. Powell would know them better than to con-sider them Baptists in any sense. The truth is that the doctrines of Baptists and Campbellltei are as far apart as thepoloi. T h e r e li absolutely only one point ot,agr(M»nent between them, and that i i 'with refeienoe to the form of the ordinance of baptlim. They dif-fer widely,however, on the very deilgn of that ordinance, while upon tho doo-trlnci of grace they are no more alike than light and darkneii. It i i Impoi-iible to imagine two denomlnatloni farther apart than BaptlsU and Camp-bellltei. Baptists and PresbyUrians are very much nearer together, while Oampbellitei and MethodlsU are much closer kin than Campbellltes and Bap-tlsU. Campbellltes and Cathollos are the nearest of kin of any other denom-lnatloni in their essential prinoUlM. Both are Pelagian or semi-Palaglan in their belief as to the dootrlnes of grace. Both hold to baptismal regen-eration. Both have a formal, external religion. It would be much n e ^ r the truth, Dr. Powell,, to jay that Campbellltes are Cathollos boarding out. You know all about Oattoolli^ but evidently you have onl» a limited aoquainunee with Oampbeililee.

10 B A P T I S T A N B B E F L E C T O K , JDEO. 8 1 , Itttftf.

THE HOME

Boyi and Mother*.

School outi Shout, soreaiu, jump, raoe, wreiUo—overythlnjj by which boys let out their joy at being no longer quletl

"Let'a go up tho hill fur nuta," w u the cry.

"Yes; let's." "You come too, OUR," as one boy

worked himself out of the small crowd just let loose from the coun-tiy school house and went out of the yard.

"No, I can't." "Why not? We'll have lots of

fun." "I 'd like to." Cliff cost a long-

ing look up the hill, shining with the B<Mirlet and gold of autumn. Very well he knew the fun o! hear-ing the brown nuts rattle down an accompaniment to the shouts of merry boys.

"Come on, then."

For a moment ClitT wavered, then braced up.

"No," he said. "My mother'Ii be looking out for mo. She always feels a little afraid about the bridge, and if I'm not at home just at the time, she gets frightened."

"Pshaw!"cried Tom Barnes, with a sniff. "As If I'd be tied to my mother as you are. I can't go up the hill'cause my foot hasn't got over the sprain and It hurts. But, if I could, I'd go, mother or no mother."

Cllflf was angry, and cast nbout for something sharp enough to say.

"Perhaps I would, if I had such a mother as yours."

"What's that?" cried Tom, flam ing up.

" I say," answered Cliff, delight-ed at seeing the effect of his words, "that, if I had such a mother as yours, I suppose I'd do just as you do. But I wouldn't have such a one. I wouldn't have a mother that wasn't worth minding."

Cliff had multiplied his words, flinging them out with more and more relish at Tom's anger. Ho now turned and ran away with a laugh.

With a shriek of rage, Tom start-ed-to follow him,but was soon forced by the pain In his foot to stop. As becontinued'to shout his anger af-ter the enemy, the teacher came from the school-house and wont towards him. The other boys were by this time beyond hearing.

"Did you hear him, Miss Morse? Did you hear what he said? I'll thrash him to-morrow"—doubling up his flsts—"till he takes every word of It back. And won't you punish him, too?"

''Well, I don't know," said Miss Morse, drawing the boy to a step and sitting down beside him. "What did he say?" "He said-why, he said," said Tom, in hii excitement not really remem-bering ezaotly what bad been said; "he said that my mother wasn't a good wonun."

" I didn't hear that, and I could hear it allthrough the open win-dow."

"Well, he said be wouldn't —wouldn't like to have a mother like mine."

"Not exactly that, either. I heard him say he wouldn't have a

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mother that was not worth mind-ing. And I don't know, Tom, but I agree with him. I shouldn't like that kind myself."

"And who says my mother Isn't worth minding?" said Tom, brist-ling again.

"Well, don't you?" "No: I never said such a thing in

my life."

"See here, Tom"—Miss Morse smoothed the boy's hair and fanned his hot face with his hat—"don't you ever stop to think that there are different waysofsaying things— that our actions speak as loudly as our words? More loudly, I should say; for wo can say what Is not true, but we do show really what wo are and what we think. Now, how does anybody know your mother Is worth obeying? Do they learn It from you?"

Tom stared for a moment at his teacher, then gave a low whistle. She sat In silence while one new thought after another crowded upon his mind.

How did anybody know it, any-how? Tom bad nfiyer really In tended to be undutiful to his gentle little mother, who iudulged him far more thon was good for him. Now he recalled the morning chores she asked of him. H he felt like doing them, they were dune, but more of-ten they were left for some one else. If there was nothing "up " among the boys after school, be heeded her mildly expressed wish that he should come home promptly; other-wise, he stayed out as long as he pleased. No, certainly, nobody would know from him that his mother was worth obeying.

" I don t know ClilT s mother," went on Miss Morse, "because I haven't been here very long, and it is quite a walk to their house. But I want to know her, for I feci sure, from what I have seen of Cliff, tbatshemustbe a itood woman. When you see a boy ready to think of his mother, anxious to keep her from anxiety, willing to give up a pleasure rather than run the risk of distressing her, I can give a pretty good gurss what she must be."

Tom colored deeply. "My moth-er's good," he growled, under his breath.

" I haven't a doubt of it, my boy. But how are people to know it through you, unless you are? Peo-ple will judge her by you. If you do not honor her by obedience, how can you wonder at their thinking that, as Cliff expressed it, she is not worth minding?"

"But she is!" exclaimed Tom, firing up again.

" I wish more boys would remem-ber," said Miss Morse, gently, af-ter another little pause, "what joy and comfort they can be to their mothers. If they will. And oh, that they would remember it while they have timet There must come a time, you know, when their voices Will Im hushed. Our words can never reach them when the sod is between them and us, no matter how we aohe and aohe to tell them how we did love, love them, Insplto of all our careless ways."

Tom sot his lips hard together as he choked down a lump in bis throat.

"And I think those of us whoso mothers are mild and quiet, not sharp and loud, but low-voioed in

their way of letting us know what they want of us—we ought to feel special tenderness for them; don't you?"

"Yes'ui, I do." said Tom, getting

up. "Good-by."

" Why, Tommy, you're homo so early," said his mother, looking up with a pleased smile as he entered the room at home. Tom liked tho smile; it was so different from tho troubled look with which she usual-ly met his home-ccmings.

"Yes—'cause," he began, in the emburrassment of tho new feeling, which he did not like to show, "my foot hurt—and— say, mother"—with a burst—"I'm coming homo when you want mo to. Every time."

"Are you, dear? Well, that will bo great comfort to mother."

She looked after him as he went about some small duties neglected for dnys, and there was a mist in her eyes along with the smile, ns she thought: "The dear boy will forget it all b rfore long. But it's good to have him think I t . "

ClitI, arriving home, found the house quiet and his mother away. It wus disappointing, and he growl-ed a little.

"There, now! I might have stayed with the boys just as well as not."

And the feelini,' stayed with him as the lonely evening dragged on and she did not come home until late. But the last of it went out of his heart when she said: "My good boy! I had to go to your aunt, who is ill. But I should not have had an easy moment, if I bad not felt sure you would be at home just when I expected you."

Tcm did not ofTer Cliff the threat-ened thrashing. Indeed, it seemed from that day on to take so much of his time and energy to show that bis mother was us well worth mind-ing as ClifT s mother as to leave lit-tle opportunity for quarrelling with anybody.

And ClilT never knew tho effect which his brave stand for duty to his mother had hud upon one of his mates. For sOnie of us is ordered the joy of seeing the blessing fol-lowing one good word or work; but for most is simply the faith, not to be changed to sight until we reach the great hereafter, that our good must surely reach Into the- lives ot those about us.—Sydney Jhii/rt, in Advance,

A Suggestive Anecdote.

Miss Muloeh has a pretty little anecdote in one of her stories, which sounds natural. LUtlo "King Ar-thur's" mother is obliged to plead ignorance as to the working of loco-motives, and to her excuse he re-sponded, gravely: "But, mamma, you ought to know." And this lit-tlo reproof sent his loving mother to books to repair her omission. Happy the ohlld whoso mother is so faithful! The moments we spend in acquiring knowledge to impart to our children are well employed; for a child shDuld be taught chiefly by conversation and seldom directly from tKwks.

The plea most mothers will make to this—that. they have not time-should bo translated into ono that, in many instanoes, would be more

candid—they have not inclination. The outhor recalls a little experi-ence which took place years ago, when she was pursuing a course of elocution in college. A young man who belonged to the class excused himself from rehearsal on the plea of "no time," when she had the Im-pulse to turn to him and say: "You mean you don't want to. People al-ways find time for whatever they really want to do." A few days afterward, the gentleman, who was a busy law student, came to hor and said, fronkly; ' Do you know what you said haunted me? I've been thinking about it, and I believe it is true. Half the time our excuses of 'lack of time' are petty evasions. We can do what we take a hearty interest in."

Who doubts that the utmost pains are none toomuch to bestow upon the development of a young mind? A mother should feci that her voca-tion is supreme. Civilized society is hard upon women in some ways. Women arc hard upon themselves. They want to be perfect in house-hold duties and in social duties, and to be mothers also. But to be a worthy mother, completely faith-ful to her duties, is a life-work for any woman. I^et her do what she can besides; that comes first. Suc-cess in every other way cannot com-pensate for the loss of Influence with our children. Mothers sometimes feel this bitterly when It Is too late. She who leads a little child toward light and knowledge gains an tm bounded influence over him. The history of all great men usually be-gins with a loving, earnest mother. The boy's eager questions are often keys he presents to unlock the mys-teries of nature.

Sir J . W. Daw'son, LI... D., F. H. S., sometime President of tho Brit-ish Association', and in the first rank of living scientists, was re-cently asked whether any real dis-crepancy existed between science and Uenesis. He replied: " In my judgment, none. I maintain that so far us Inspired record can be com-pared wltb what Is at best a record wo work out for ourselves, corres-pondence between the two is mar-vellouR. I have held that view Since 1856. and I think the proofs of its soundness are multiplying daily. To my mind, the first chap-ter of Genesis, in the way which it has anticipated discovery and still holds the ground as something that cannot fairly be cavilled at, is itself a remarkable proof of the inspln^ tlbn of the Bible. Those whoattack Genesis either do not understand it or wilfully misrepresent it.' — Wate/iman.

Awarded

HighMt Hooora—World'* Fair.

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nyoNfi , NWIBI

MOST PBRFBCT MADB.

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B A P T I S T A l ^ D JEUBBFUSOTOB, D B G . 8 1 , 18tftt.

My Baby.

What «taBlt I Okil tor when we meeir Hbt katm no oilier nkme on Mftta TluD ib»t which m'lthtni Bod m sweet; Tbuufb worda be eold ana iHtle wmb, "Our beby" eeemed • BMn* oomploto.

But 01W, so toKDT ye»r» htve Bowo Since from njr tearful gtte ebe pat, Bow iball I. In the (re«t luknown, Wbere kU le new. snd •trange, aad «Mt-How lb*!! I tbere reclaim my owur

Wbtt eweet, rare title doca ebe bearr For when I meet her on that shore, UrowB wise and great as she Is fair, "My babjr," I oan say no more, For I sbaU be the lotant tbere.

TOUHG SOUTH.

Kit. UUBA OATTOI EAQ I , Editor. m Bast SeeoBd Street, Ohattonooffa, Tenn., lowborn commaaleatlonafor thisdeMrtaeat ihottld be addresaed.—Younc South Motto i NslU VeaUKlaBevorsum. Oar alsaloaarjr's address: Mrs. Bessie Hay-

oant. a Sakal Macbl, Kokura, Japan, via Ban moelsoo. Cat

"Where your treasure It, there will your heart be aUo."—Mattuew.

Mission Subject for December: Home and State Missloni.

Yonng Soath Correspondence.

A Happy New Year to tho Youni; South. This number will come to moil of you when 1806 hat been put away with the years that have passed up their records and gone forever. I want you to think the whole year over i«r|ously, prayerfully. Have you done your beat in the home circle, in school, In business, in the Sunday-Kbool, in the church? Let us all, old and young, question our inmost souls this day, and if we see our short-corn-in^s, it we recall our mistakes, oh! let ut make a firm resolte that by the holp ot God we wiU not have so much to mourn over at the close of 1807. We are eoing to study the Acu of the Apostles next quarter, the acts mind you, not the resolutions, and I hope you will make this year full of your good acts, and not watte Ut precious d«yt with retolvet not carried to ful-flllment. It U to tad to me that we do not realize the value of opportu-nities until we lot to many tlip by us. They say, you know, that wo grow pbysically our first 20 years, mentally the next 20, and iplrltually from 40 years until we reach three-score, but that ought not to be. We ought to icrow in grace and in tho knowledKO of Christ Jetut, all the time. Let us make 1807 an exception and by pru-dence and care of your bodlet, hard study in tchool and reading only good bookt, and worihiping God in •pirit and in truth contlDually, grow in all three dlreotloni. Will not that he welly Who promited to make this effort?

But I mutt not keep you from the oharmiog letters with which we close the year.

Our irood friend, the Clerk and Mai-ler of Sullivan county, the one I tried to make a preaoher of onoe upon a time, it hero again:

"Mrt. N. J . Philllpt hat toldehlck-ent and eggi and tends 60 oenU for the Orphanage, and 03 oant* for Ja-pan. Charlie J . Phlllipi was very •iok la«t summer and tends to the Orphanage what he received for Uk-Idr hit mediolne. Ethel Kate Philllpt made her money by helping her mam-Ba tweep, and dry the dUbet, and

Ii only 6 years old. Mrs. Jane Cruiiell, » widowed friend of tho or-Phant, ieads 6 eentt .out of a very •mall fund. I tnid 00 ccnU for tho Orphanags, and 02 oenti for Japan."

N. J . PHIUJPB. Ah I but it not this a nobis "home

baad?*' so fsiUiful, to oonttant in iw •ffortt to astist ttas Yoong Bonth?

the Mw ywur b« a bleMsd on* for

them all. Wo thall depend upon them In the future, as they have taught ut to In the:patt. Such frlendt brlKht-on thit work and make it a brnedio-tlon. For the whole year't work we thank them.

I was fearful we would not hear from our Stanton Band again, be-cause wo bad so much trouble over that post-office order, that . wat burned up In a railroad wreck, but they are nut easily dUcouraged, and wo aro HO glad! .

"Ploase find enclosed 13 from our 'Willing Workers.' Of this amount, we wish Mrs. Maynard to get 11.76, and the OrphanaKO $1.25. We all feel a very deep interoit in this institution. It is certainly a noble cause, and ono for which wo aro willing to make sacrifices. Oar pastor has requested overy family in our church to oommcniorato tho 'First Christ-mas gift,' by takintr a Christmas dinner coileetlon for the Orphans' Qomo in Nasbviilo, and wo hope all will do so. There is also a warm placo In our hearU for Mrs. May-nard. 1 have known Mr. Maynard for several years and I mot Mrs. May-nard's father, Mr. Harlowe, last sum-mer at tho Big Hatchio Association. I wi«h the Young South A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

IIAVRY L Martin. Thank you, very much, both for tho

good wishes and the generous offer-ing. Abide with us through 1807. We aro so glad to count such earnest workers in our ranks. I know Mr. and Mrs. Maynard will recall the leader pleasantly as they read this good report in their far-way home.

Mrs. Herd of our Antioch Band writes to correct the mistake I al-luded to last woek. The CO cents al-ready credited will bo forthcoming with their Christmas offering. Wo were not tho least bit uneasy about it.

One of our "Shut-in-Band" is hero once more:

" I t has been some time since I havo chatted with you; my heart it ever with the Young South. I was growing quite anxious to hear from our beloved missionary and was so glad to read that last charming letter. Uow I wish she could have a good warm house this winter, and enjoy a big log fire as I do. Somehow wo do not seem to be reading as we formerly did. During November I read 'Gov. Bob Taylor's Talet,' 'Black Beauty' and Janet't Uopentance.' 'David Copperfleld' it to be my Christmas book. I am al-most fogrtting my offering for Japan. Here is 25centt."

Bettiu Matueb.

We are so glad to have you come again. Bottle. Our "Shut-ins" have neglected ut of late. I think it would be very tweet in some of you to tend your papert or magazlnei to thit dear member of our Band, who mutt tpend to many dreary dayt in her room. Addrett "Mitt Settle MatLev, Caint-vllle, Tenn." Won't you do thit In Christ's name? May she reaiice that God't graco it tuffloient for each of ut. and alwayt lean hard on that •weet promise.

Hero't our little Trczevant friend. She it seldom long away, and it al-wayt to weleomo:

••I have told my Sunday eggi for 70 cenU, and I tend it to Mrt. May-nard. My mother it my Sunday-tohool teachor and the will take up a oollecllon from the elati on Chrlitmat day for our Orphanage. We have moved into our now home although it it not all built yet. We hope to finish it next tummor. I have read *Up Hill' slnee I latl wrote you. May Ood blett tho Young Southl"

F a u b t i k a WLNOO.

And here't another of the "tried and true" from Humboldt! " I bavs made SO eentt, ainoe yon last heard from me. I tend lOosnU tOrniyDs-

[VORY 5OAP IT FLOATS

There is only one soap that is kept by

all grocers, that is Ivory Soap. THI PiweTU a OAKtU Co. CtK'TL

comber offering to the James C. War-ner, Jr., fund, and tho rest to tho Orphanage as you tro best."

Carmen E. Jaues. Let's give it to the support fund.

Thank you! May you find lots of work to do in 1807.

There are other frlendt in Antioch to end the year with us:

"Enclosed you will find CO cenU which my Missionary hen enables mo to send you for Mrs. Maynard't work in Japan."

Deua Smith. And this also: " I send 60 cents to the Orphanage

at Nashville. My heart is filled with joy that I can help in tnis noblo work. I hope to do more next year."

Lydia Hays. Thank you. Wo hope to know you

as well as we do the Herd children this new year.

Then Carthago has a pleasant word for us:

"Our Sunday-school teacher gave osch ot us a pyramid, asking us it we did not want to try to get some money to help Santa Glaus buy nico Christ-mas pro!*onts for our orphans in Nash-ville. or coui-se we did it, and hero is tho result, 15.20. Please «end it to Santa immediately. We are being good so he will not forget us, and we aro most anxious for him not to over-look those little onfs In the Orphan-age. All our class will send some money next time."

ANNIE LBE MYER, Joe Myer, W i l l Pickering, Harrison Lke, David Lee.

Mrs. Lee tells me that thoso children are all under 0 years of age. Tbey are beginning life most beauti-fully, loving their neighbors as them-selves. I thall tend this money by the next mail to Mrt. Kannon who knowt the Orphanage Santa Claut well, and on Christmat morning tbere will bo bright eyet and happy smilfls among the tiny ones under tho good matron's care. God blett the Carthage Bard and tend them many happy Christmas tidei.

And now I beliove you will say I have kept tho best and tweo^esttldlngt for the last. It comet from New Lon-don, Maryland, and I think it is the first letter the Young f<outb ever re-ceived from that honored State, of which we tang In the war-timei with tad enthusiasm, "Maryland, my Maryland." You do not remember that at I do. But listen:

"Through the klndnest of a friend. I have been receiving the Baptist and Rrtlbotor for tome montbt pait, and to I have become acquainted with the Young South, and itt ways and meant of aiding many good and noble eauset, the chief of which wat the lupport of Mrt. Maynard in Ja-pan. I have grown moit deeply in-teretted in thit work, and at I find that even grown-up folkt of rlpor yean find a welcome in itt rankt, I come to aik it I too may claim a place. I herewith tend a eheok for 911.80 at a Chriatmat offering from kindred and frlendt at Slnganore far our mlitionary. Ood bleat her, and yott, her ttaunob friendti"

(MiiB) AXTSvaTA OBMvrnx.

It that not a grand et'iing for thit good v«ar? I have not wordt to tell how very grateful wo are to this new friend and those whom she hat Inter-ested in our work. There will be tears in our miisionary't dark eyet when the readt this closing message. We feel so honored in being thiu used In the work for her. I want you all to put her work first next year. Ob, I do so long to tend the whole 1600 to Dr. Wllllngham for her tupport. Wo havo no,right to call her "ourt" until we do that. So far wo are not paying half her talary. A few more, such generous gifts at thit from Maryland will makebor "ours" indeed. Put it away In some corner of your heart that sho mu*t bo supported what-ever happens, and as you work, think of hor toiling in heat and cold, to far from home and frlendt, to represent us, tbo Young South. In that remote corner of God's groat world, that he. bade each one of us "disolple" in hit name.

And now good bye. I thank you from my heart for the help you have given me since 1800 dawned. We have bad some happy hourt together. We have sorrowed, too, in common. loan do nothing without you Let ut begin the new year, so full ot glorlout pot-slbllltles, as grandly as we end thit ono. Who will writA first? Shall we make this year tho best of all? What do you say, and you, and you? Ask your heart, and then go forward. Gratefully yours,

Laura Dayton Eakin. p. S. Three of my Sunday-school

class send in their birthday (ffi>rlngs for Japan. Ethel Park 13 cents, Blanch Woodward 12 cenU, Anita Hopwood 10 cents. They pray with me that God will bless their pennies to the saving nf souls throiigb our mit-tionary't efforts. I-- D. E.

Receipts.

RecelYfd from April I, to October I ISM St o ••••• J; 2 Norewber.... First week la December i" • a 2 Tb'rd " " ' m

JArAM. Mldd Aujo'Uriblswfll, Maorland II » Deil* •»inUb, Antioch JJ raunMna Wingn Tmi'V«rt JO Bet le Ma- hen. namwville „••••••„•• • «» ata ton "WIllU* Workers," by H. I* Unpt. n «-»•*••«•* 1 TV

BUnche Woolwara. Ola-s No. II Flnt ^ Aniw fiipwS^^Cliui No. II ririt BipUii

a N rbst..... . . . . . . 10 Eth'lPark.nass No. II First Baptist

8.tt. •'bst... oMPHAMAoa cnnisniAS oint.

Aone Lee Myer, CarthaRS I Joe " , " ! ?? WllPlfkerlo* , ..... } » Usrtlson and Pavld Lee. Csrthace I tl

oHPBAMAGt soprom, Obsriv J. Phillips, liioBnttllls 10

5 'r 'and Mrs. If J' •»» IIU^, Blounuifte.: I g

S i i p W ® WksrV' B. L. Msii , ^

Lrdiallais. AnUoeh w JAMBS a WAMBV, JB., nwB.

Mrs Alex I Qyndf, DandTldte, by Mrs. Kannnn. 'J?

Carmen B Jamea •• For posw«e J;

Xotal....... .............*.....*•••*.• num

BInoiAprlll. Jspaa.... '?fl u ** L*itts Hods. »w -Irkrom..... OolpnrtMie. Hums Board sH Msaleo w • s PmlaOT Oiphanacs (xusa lUti.)

TotiU,.

12 B A J f T l S T AJMD U i f i F L K O T O J I , D E O . 3 1 , ! » » « . B A l ' T l b T AJND U E I T L E O T O U , D E O . 3 1 , 18!>«. 18

Have You Read It?

- l l l E H D D i ^ O T h e BOW'." y

"TRBPAJ^ f tDISBOFFOOL^r

"Gov, Bob Taylor's Ta le s ," I i tk« UtMot the most iDMreitIng book on the m r k e l . I t ooatalmi ibe tbrre lecturei which bBTt nude OoT, Bob Tkylor Umous M • D1»I-t o n orator—"Th« Piddle and the Uow." "The ParkdUe of ••rooti and "VUlons and Drtams " The lectoiei are given in full, Includlnc all an-eodatM and tongi ]ui t a i dellrcrod by Uov. Taylor ihroogbout the oountry. The liook 1* o w t l j published and c o n u l n i V) ll luetrailoni

Pa r iale a t book atorfla and new« a'andii, price iOoeBla. Bpeelal price* made to book dealers.

I ^ N T E D . AQSMTS Addreu,

BECBNT EVENTS.

Th« A r k a n i a t B a p t i i t says : " W i t h December 1 Elder J . H. Peay took the field a i M i o c l a t e edi tor of tbe Arkan-tat Baptist. Henceforth he will devote »11 b i t t ime to the Interest of the paper . He will h a v e cbarire of the doct r ina l depar tment and will t ravel In the intereet of Ita c i r c u l a t i o n . " Bro . P e a y ' e many friendu in Tennessee will wi th him much success in his rsew work.

Monarch and Mud River Coal , 215 N . Cherry 84. Telephone 1190. Ha l l & Mor r i son . Best a t lowest prices.

Mention this paper.

P H Y S I C I A N S l / A P O l I M E T P R E S C R I B E I V U r f ^ l . i n L

B u y y o u r S tap le and Fanoy Grocer-iea f rom J O H N M. OZANNB, A n n t , B r o a d atreet, nea r Spruce. Delivery wagODS t o a l l pa r t s of the city. Tele> phone 676.

A typewri ter fo r 19 cash t h a t does nloe work. See the advert isement in th is issue. Only a few of them a t SO, and you can r e t no more a t a cu t price. 1897 will be a ' s h o r t , y ea r and work l ight with one of these typo-wri ter ! .

J O H N M. OZANNE, Ajfont, Broad street, near , Spruce, del ivers S t a p l e and Fancy Grocer ies a l l over the c i ty . Telephone 676.

G E O R G E Z I C K L E R & CO., sell Grooerlee. Cal l .

S H O E S A N D T R U N K S Beat eustom-made Shoes and a nioe seleoUon of T R U N K S can be had a lowest prlees. C. B . H O R N & CO., 206 Union street, n e a r Marke t s treet .

B A P T I S T S I W e sell Grocer ies . You ea t Groceries .

GEORGE Z I C K L E R & CO.

T h e Seminary Magntine f o r Decem-ber i t qui te interesting. T h e f ron t i i -plecfl Is a picture of Dr . Whl t s l t t . T h e leading ar t ic le Is a paper read by D r . H. H . H a r r l a before the recent Bap-t is t Oongre i s in t h i s city upon the •ubjeot, " H o w P a r H a s Now Tee-U m e n t Precedent the Author i ty of Dl-Tine C o m m a n f l f " Mr . Edward S . IteevMi b M a n interest ing account of " T h e Oriffia and His to ry 6f the S a m a r i -U n e . " n « v . J . O. R u i t telle In h i s s t r ik ing way of the Bap t i s t C o n g r e s t . D r . P l e k a r d k a s a fine sermon upon tha " M i u i o n of the Ohuroh , " a a d d i m a n o ther ar t ic les of interfli t . SubMrlp t lon 11 a year , s ingle copies 16 OMI*.

Dr , G. A. LofU»n of Nashvl l lo pro-poicii to bo ono of TtOO othorn to (;ive flO cach to the Orphanu ' Homo, in or-der to moot tbo propo»it ion of Uro. Jesae Frvnuh of S',, Louia, v/Iiu nijrouH to give t:>,00() to the ll')mo, iirovidinl the Dapti i tu of Tci]tiu«i)oe will pay thn ent i re indcbtcduoss of $8,()0<) by J a n u -ary 1, IJIDT. Tho followitiK have ro-portcd: O. A. I.oftoii NuHhTille W. W. Kiiax, Nashvillo Mm. K. Y. li:illutt,.N'»!<bvlll<i . . A FrlBud. A hYleuU Lebitnoil Church

DeLONG RICE & CO. 206 N o r t h College Street ,

Nashvi l le - - T e n n e s s e e .

Ill) 00 . . . . |1) (W

10 uo . ... Ill (10

10 00 10 ()()

llctbel iind Cuncord chiirclipn I'.' i o U. H. Vanco * IBM L. M Society, KilKoncU lluptlHt Church

iierMTH JS. K KolU. irisw ircr 10 0,) Laili).'MUHloukry Alil Hocli-ty, (.'hnsluii

tlaptlKlChurcU b.v Mrs. A U Collharp. 4 12 Carrie (iuliii'ii, I'tirl Kiivtl .1 21 Corum itNlllOhurcbhy J J Carr I oU UU'kory (irorot'biircbanil SuDiliiv-ncbuol

by J. W Ji-uoii. . . I'.' ei I>ula«kl lUcllHt Hunflu.v «chi>ol. Infant

clai'ii l>v Mm Urvi-n 1 10 Mm. A. PlV HCltaii, Trentoa S S . A OU MorRantoon Ml.s-loii H. H. A. I'. Hays,

Hui>cr nicodoat . t! 00 John 1. NViil. Corafrnvllo ChrUluiiin gift I C. C. Durbum Hit-ptoe. \Vn»!i Tt r iio "A Frli-ml," llnkur'H U»i> . . . h oil Collection by Mr» A.N. UrooUs. Motwcy 21 lO Trrnton a . H. by L. W JOIK'H Rs I* O H SliuRhlifr. Ht. HethMiPiii 10 00 Mils Wlll'ti Kilnnrdii, Hlicibyvi'li' I DO Hithol ami uonctii'il Cb» . C nti. As.'o . r j 00 Bpcvnd Church. Knojvlllc, (llrl'ii Aid So

cletf Bocond Church. Sutubvam SoMely MlwMayHrown.NaihvillP

HILL TKUNK CO, Uitnurnsturers and Wholeaald Oealera In

TRUNKS. VALISES And Trave l ing Bags.

TritnUn In Ureat Variety. Stock alwayj fm, and conipleio.

A full Hue of Trovellnit lla?*, Ladle*' Bstohclii UrtKHSuit CaWM and Telescope Cunea,

I'rioea Reduced to Suit ihu i lmc«. Spccli l Attention to Mill Ordira. Ilepalr.

lug u Specialty

2 0 0 C O U R T S Q U A R E , NASHVILLF, TENNESSEE.

A L T I : Y O U A B L E T O M A I U C I T 1 M ; U 1 ' I ; C T L Y C L I C A U W H Y B A I T I S T S

P K A C T I C K C L O S K C O M . M U N I O N ?

I I ' ' N O T , S K X L ) T O U S A N D G K T

ly -Aduni'iTrUe IlaptUt H S. A T. Uowigg, KoKonivllle t*ra<'e Polndfxter PayettcrUIo J« in Poltidrxter, FAyctlcvllle Mr* W. L. .\<ely, Fayettuvlllo J P. Dw IgKlns, Lttnoamiaii Z T. Hcrron, I.4i<cas>a>i K. H. Murtin, Lascansin (1. W llurkc, Laica'stts W. A, Jorirs, Uitcaima* Httlllc K. Mrown, Kiickwowl Mallidle I»rc lace Guests of Jordan Hotel, Mur.'rcc»b<>ni. New Ma'ki't Ctmrch Pine iirthard S H New HopnCburch Conconl AMwrUllon Meridian Church, Coatr.U A(ii<oclallon . Pulaski a . H Msxwell Church, by »< nry Poitt<>r. . . . Uscasnaii Church, byC L:. MarJn Hannah'* (iip, per J . t! »<irr(>llii W. W. Ciaut, per J . C. Sorr fllK Srcond l l i p t u t Cburch, Ciialtanooni

I I! I Oil 'J (1)1 n Sf, b iv

.y» fill

1 00 H Kl 2 00 I <0 I (io

111 1.1} (0 s.

8 |iO 1 17

K) 12 01 2 III I (lO

IT (M 10 1)4 2S « h nil

11

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HIckorirValleyandMlddlcfiboroChu chps «7 20 Kl'st Church, Memphis, per J . M S sith . S.S OU

Whltevllle B*ptl»ii Church, per J M Smith 2 oo

Halem KaptlMt Church and 8 8 , Diiyton . 2 17 New Union Church and S. B., »*yi. n. . . . 5 i.7 Lebanon 8. S w Klcerlllo f;hurch, N. ll O.. 5 oo LlmestoBi' 8 .8 . MIHH . per J J. I) rt WsHhlogton Church, p t r J 1. tl I .w Clear (irohard Chunh . por K f. n . a r t ' Dy»r»bur(rllapllsl Church, II K W . . . Brighton llspll^t Church, K (J J 12 70

Total to date, Dcccniber 31 lO

W h o will bo the next? Send all con-tributiooB a t onco to A. J. HOLT.

Financia l Secre tary . Naahvillo, Tenn.

KOFSLINE eurcscoufihs,c'o1dH and croup. Ask Urugglat for It.

Close Communion Made Plain," I I Y U . B K A U C I I A M I ' .

You will not only (iiM.v uiid'r»lii-.d II v iur«o'.f but you will bo ablet to explain It porfeclly to othcrtt uii l iiii.'w«jr all obj<ioilon« r,»l»t'd to the practlco.

I ' I ^ I I C J M i : tov.T« ull t ' jc Itr.iuiid and contulod a ch i r t I U>; thoso usually c o t l u g l l , ifhlch fully l l luttrj t

cit tlin «iihj.'ct Tuosc who bav.. read It bavo spoken of 11 tlius; "llnli |ue " " T h o r e i y b e s book OU ihc I have ever rcail •• "TLIE inoUconvincing " 'Cleirest " "StrongCNt." "Palnsst . ' • M i i s u n l y " •Taking." "l?u»nRW.-r*bl« " "OiiKbt lo !«• clrculalc-d."

T H I S I S W H A T Y O U L I A V R , H K I - I N I A K » K I N G R ) K I ' O I L Y I : A U 3 .

A d d r e s s I J A P T I S T A N D R K F L K C T O K , N a s h v i l l e , T e n n .

W o n e o r f u l C u r e f o r K i d n e y Dis-o a s o a n d R h e u m a t i s m . — A

F r e e G i f t .

Bttjf y o u r S tap le and Fanqjr Grocer -I * f rom J O H N M. 0 Z A N N £ A m n i , B r o i ^ a t ^ nea r Bpruee. ^ I f v e r y

t o Ail par te of t he olky Jwone 070,

JVery

A HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN

Is better qualtHed to cn roy ju r private ailments of the blood and skin than onn who hasu't had that kind o ^ r a l n l n g ; Ur. Cork <k Co, have

been long In hospital tiraclloe and have kept pace with tbe iiiudorn treatment of all delicate dlNcasca of the blou<l and skin. They will pos-Itlvelycuroynu with-

^ out loss of t lmstroin your work. ; Uo to them at once and end your aeony, whpther l tbnab load or skin disease, ner-v o u s w o n k n e n s , stricture, bladder or k i d n e y t r o u b l e ,

rkeumatlim, catarrh or prlviite diseases of men or women, vutt o«a be eiired.

YUUNU A HU MIUDLB-AnKU MANKIND —Hemarkable results have fuliowel our treat-ment. Years or varied aad suaoossful ojiperl* enea in tbe use of ouratlve methods that we

Slona own and control tot all disorders of man-Ind leAd us to guarantee a cure to alt pa-

tients. RRMBMUBR-Tha t there Is hope tor you.

i n s u l t Do other, a s you may waste valuable " P l - ^ n ? ' * ' " trontmsnt m OBOO.

LADIKS-Whnaro Suffer,ng from dlseasos peculiar to yaur sos should ce ru ln ly try our BMv method of t reatment, whioh surr

whether It

The Ivava-kava S h r u b as previous-ly stated is provhiK llxclf a wooUcrful cura t ive fi)r diKoasoa of tho Kldne.ve or other iiiainilies caused by Uric acid in the blood. Thin new bo tan ic dlH-covery lilds f a i r to chaneo mcdleal practice lu these diseases, and Its com-pound Alkavli) Is now regarded as a sure K|>ccinc cure for these roaladles. We have many letters ou tho subject f rom business men, doc tors and iniiils-ters of which the fol lowing f rom llcv. J . n . W a t s o n , of Suneet , Texas , a minister of the (JOSIHJI of .'10 yea r s ' s tanding Is an example. Ho writes:

"I was suddenly stricken (town on June22 wllb with an acute H<taok Jf kidney trouble (uric a'^lil Krkveli For two moniliN I lay hovering on the bcrder lln« of life, an J with tbe constant curu of two oxcfllent pbyslflanii, I only re -celrcd tcnicorary relief. My family phyilclan tolil m« plafnly the bi'st I could hope for was a temporary ri>M'tte. I mi*ht rally only to col-la|).<o suddenly or might linger s imc tioie. Hut the ii-Hue was maUo up. nhcl m I had for years warDo<1 btheni to bn ready, so now more than tver I must necdx put my bou 'e in order and

Meantime I had heard of to an army comrade (now

princiiwl o f a <oll<-i(e). who bad tried it. He wrote me by all means to try It a« l l had made a new mon of him At tuo end of two months end tb>n only able to sit up u little, I dismissed my phyNluiaos and began the use of Alkavls. In two weeks I could ride out In tho carriage for n short time. Tho impraviim'nt bos been • • * constant and s te jdy. l a m r o w a b l - t o look •H'-r my tm«lnfKi'. 1 feel I owe what life ands i reng th l have to Alkavls. • • • I a m U years old. have becii a mlil«ter over 80 years, liavo thousands of acijuaintanccs, and to every one them who niav he afflicted with any kind of hidey trouble, I would s ty , t ry Alkavls."

Another moat r e m a r k a b l e case is tha t of Uov. T h o m a s Smith, of Cob-den, I I I I D O I R , who paRicd near ly 100 fi^ravul BtonoR under two wceka' use of this f^reat remedy, Alkavig.

S o f a r tbo Ciiuroh Kidr Company , of No, 420 F o u r t h Avenue,

expect the e r d . Alkavls and wrote

Cure

old methods. ill

sses the j ju win — Try our troalmest »i

beaatlsned ULopp POI80M-Thl» terrible dUoase Is

t reaty br us with the latest methods and our Mpsrlenie at Hjt Nprlnn and BaiiUrn hot-P IUla m b i M us to eiltlrAy erodleats Ihls tor-rtbte polion Irum the system. The most rapid, polion Mfe and effeotlre remedy. RuaraBtead, A eomplete ouro

MAIL TtlRATMBNT. Dr.Oook's home treatroeni Is on the same high

itandai^ nt bis vmne work. On appi leatlon an nterosting Mmphlet, wbloh will prove of value

t««U ebroMie sufferers, and to yotiuiaBd old men ooliteiatilatlnii matrimony, wlTr be sent ^ t o a n y address, Tjueatlon llsbaii all diaeauM tent 00 rteelpt of stamp.

Mall tr«Ktmeni givsn by sending for Symp. torn Blank No, 1 for Men, Mo. I lur Woneu.

D R . t l O O K A C O . , r«Mi«»M« BalMlav , Maalivllle, Ttmm,

V.'IfUIJI'ftUy, Ul l l l l , tdAr VUUlkU /IVOUUD, NOW York a ro it« only impor t e r i , and thoy a ro «o anx ious to prove i t i va lue tl iat for the sake of Int roduct ion they will Bond A frco t rea tment of A lkav l s prepaid by mall to ovory r e a d e r of tho I3APTI8T ANU UKPLKOTOR w h o i s a tulTerur f rom .any form of Kidney o r B ladder d i sorder , Brifrht 's Disease, I lheumat ism, Dropsy, Grave l , Pa in In Bank, Female Complaints , o r other adllction duo to improper act ion of tho Kidneys o r Ur ina ry Orirans W e ad vivo a l l SulTor<>rs to send the i r names and add re s s t o the company , and rcoeive tlie A lk av l s free. T o p rove its wonderful oura t lve powers It is sent to you entirely freo.

Leading dealers everj'where sell

FERRY'S SEEI PoDttlsk the loss of time, Isbor tnd troead

B 0 R C I N I 8 & C 0 . . Manufacturers of

U M B I t K I X A S , P A R A S O L S

A N D CANKS. Recovering and repairing

neatly and promptly. Christmas Umbrellas a

Bpociolty. HeimllAge and lluttlelleld Canes.

ta N. Summer Bt. NASHVILLE, TENN

SCHOOL CATALOGUES BOOK PRINTING JOB PRINTING

F o r

Write Jas . J . AMBROSE TELEPHONE 616.

329 Church St., NashvilSo, Tenn.

P o r t o n a l .

Or. W. n, Ilrown. dentist. Is thoroui liable and decidedly bompeteot. Ills

lie, and " " " Bpeei

oughly prices

Isfantloih streot. tance.

re-are

IIIVMI HRA H* WO, BOW N. Bummor price* to parties from a dls-

very reasonable, and hs aever fails to glvn sat-• " Ills offloes are at Ni

eaial

— S t o p ' a t J o h n s o n ' s and get the flnesl m e n u In tho ci ty , o r te lephone L O C A f o r y o u r dsh, oys te r s a n d Kamo.

Whnn you dn b l a " QBSOUOQ ZIOKLISR A CO., you a ro a l w a y s t rea ted Justly a n d lionor> a b l y . Ca l l and soe u i .

EDUCATIONAL. The IsMllBC School and TsMbsrs Barsaaot

tbe Soutli and Sontbwsst Is ths

National Bnroan of Idnoatlos. MISS OBOsrawAix and J W. B u i a , Prop'ri

Wllltoi Bnlldlag, NssltTUIs,TsoD. Band s u m p for intormatloa

Do You Need

PRINTING? I F 8 0 , C A L L ON OR A D D R E S S

W . A . T . KRAMER. BOOK A N D J O B P R I N T E R .

166 N . Che r ry S t . , Nashvi l le , Tenn.

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Poland ChlHU. nsrdo«mtiosedoflie<i*>)loodiBV.S. If you «ss t

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Tbv lesson rxpos i t i uns for t)iu Teiic/ttr ID tho Souii iorn B a p t i s t Con-veDtion Borles a r e to bo furolsheil next j c a r by D r . Lansinir Bur rows of Auffusin, GH., and those for tiio Ad-vanced yua r lo r ly by Dr. C. K W . Dobbs of Ind ianopol i s , Ind. There arc no two men among us, purbat>s, who arc belter lilted for tbcso f p t c l a l duties.

Estlnp is a necessity. T o the faeal'hy, it is H pleasure; to tiio dyg-lieptlc.a tor ture. Uy tbo tmo of A y r r ' s SsrsnparillH, the woaicest and nio»t disordered stoinaoh is restorod to it4 natural oonf^ition, and food is onco more partaiccn of with y o u t h f u l rel ish abd sat isfaction.

JOHN M. OZANNK, Acent , Broad itrect. near Spruco, del ivers t i taplo and Fancy Groct^rios a i : over tho city. Telephono 07(1.

THE GKNUINK " B K O W N ' S BROK-ciiiAL THOCIIKS" a ro sold only in boxis They a ro wonderful ly rlTectlvo for Coughs and T h r o a t T roub le s .

The Baiitiiit Courier ha* secured Uev. V. 1 Masters a s genera l agen t und correspondent. B e will truvol througL-out South C a r o l i n a in tbe Interest of the paiicr.

HALL'S Vegetable Sicilian

HAIR RENEWER Beautifies and restore) G r a y Hair to its 'original color and vitality; prevents baldness ; euros itcliing and dandruff. A fino hair dressing. I! r . Hall «c Co., I'rotis.. Nnslma, N. 11.

H.ild hy all I>ru8glsts.

Buy j o u r S tap le and Fancy Grocer-io^ from J O H N M. O Z A N N E . Agent, Broad stroot. nea r Spruco. Delivery wagons to a l l pa r t s of the city. Tele-phone e7().

KOFSLINE""' K O F F S .

Mud River, Monarch , Joi l ico and Anthracite Coa l ; Crushed Colro. Ha l l & Morrison. 214 N. Cher ry St . Tele-plione IIUO Best a t lowest prices,

sfenilon this patter.

Tbo C. 8 . Bell Co. , of H U h b o r o , Ohio, a r e sel l ing thoir S eel Alloy Holls to oburohf« and schools fo r a limited timo a t h%lf tho l is t prio^. Churches and l e h o i l s in need o f bolls will iind It t o tiieir a d v a n t a g e to send for catalogue and spooial pr ices .

a . I.. ATKIHI, •otM ahMlNg.ar au Slads KMktlr Do««,

M. ahMmr ail ltaih«lll«. fma.

It is rcporled tiiat Dr. U, L. W a y -land, edi tor of tho Now Yorif Jixiimi-iier, is very ill witii pneumonia, and tha t his condit ion is iiuito Borioue, so much so a s tu causo g ravo approhon-siuns among his f r iends a s to bis ro-covery. W o hope, bowtvor , tha t bo may soon bo restoicd to lioaiih and strength.

For Weak Women. Horsford's Acid Phosphate .

It eorttboi and feeds thnnorves, helps diKojtion and l inp i f i s hrrorgth.

KOF&LINE riire.i cuilKll", olds »nU crow Ask d ii 'Klf't for it. '

J . W . .lohiieon's cold s torage meat inat knt, iOSl'ublic Bquaro. Tolcplione I05t) for tho lincst meals.

CLOTHING Our stock Is not the larg-est, but one of the most desirable We keep up to date gar-ments for Mon and Boys.

Underwear, Neckwear, Shirts, Etc.

H U N T I N G T O N . THE CLOTHIER,

409 Church Breet, NASl lV i l .LK.

BLINDNESS PREVENTED J'hoAliiioriillon Tri 'ntiin*nt n Hiicri>i<!t, lliiii-

re<l« •UI'"I.«<fiillr triMlcil lur nil III««;<»H. <IF tliD eyft orlliU wUlmnt kiillv or rUk at IhHr lioim-t Slid Ht Iiiir 8iiiill«rluiii,tlio Inrueit aiiil IIIIMI Hue. rr>«riinii<tltullf>ii III AiiiorU'a. Iion'l vnl loit Ihuit." rHni | ihli- t F r w . BEM18 VYX SANITARIUM. Glen rai ls , N. Y.

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»»ll. (rtVi' Ibr moat CHUrtCHi "rHmK's R i l ^ S I ^ , rliil, .«nr . l . H E F L E C T O P S R H . I . , . . « I RIHI B . . I IlL'hl liip.wn f..r 1 liiiThi'..hiill'<«inl iiuli'lr inill'.lnyB. 'cii l f i f I't r..i,m. Il,>,ilt < r lliflil Ji 'I miiiiuilc fm'. Jh ij'l U lifivliril t'lfihiajt imittf-

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BUSINESS i W GOlleOG.

»l flnnr ruiiiN'tl.iiil rrcji'vlprbii I'uli. ll.ju.i-, N A S H V I L L E , T L ' N N .

A prartlMlwliorl oi tnul.rnli'i( ni'l:i»ii"n X<>r(tt. lii4.niir r.ii'thc'l.. Jlniiit.".9 I ifll n.(...|ti. IMon'l till.''MMi'g**. U'tiU* for r,M-itUr». >fcil' tloil till. A ' B. VV. JJ.S.ttNT?, I ' . i .rif»I.

Nnshv l l i o P o u l t r y S u p p l y C o . Soiiih<irn Ifi's'liinsrlrrt fur I'mlrle 8t*l«

Inculiston, Mstin'* ll inn Cuituri, Wlliuiit llune Mlllii, Cii[HiiiUln|r timla, Mr* prico.

I.>nK«litn fnwlt atul Kimlliiti MMtlff ptpn. t'rttc for prirM. N a s h v l l i o T o n n .

l a k e s Lle« tcrmliislor kills, ihe s (fsllon.

OPIUM anil ,WIII«KKY. I M n i T S •Mireu at liniiifwllliout iimln. Hook »r imrlliuiliirs F f t i r ft. ii. Wwii.&.!>., ihM «n. Aiiuu.

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m Y M Y E R ^ !

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Morph ine ^'"isif.r'ssr^'ji borne, nemedjr t5. C u r e susrsmeed. En dorsea by phTslolsns, minlswrs Md others H^k of psTtfeulsrs. testlmonUls, ete., r r ^ Tobseooll'e, the tnhseeo cure, . . K s s l « « O. WILSON OHKMIOAL 0 Lublin, le ias

JAMES T. CAMP,

PRINTER & PURLISHER. 117 Cnlon Bt.. IfMbvUis, Tean.

'O lii ENEM> STOLE

An tne-iiiy dole' Info yoof !iot:8e one

ia<l v/a ' Mlcl louciici ) oti lightly in' p-.c/ng. i."* You 'lOi.^litliitUoflhc

.riiUr p.i ths tiine.l ! ciiciny w-is only a vagrant cur-rent o{ air. But m w yoj.-.rc bcgin-nin;; lu Larn what !nls',iii„i tlis little inli i.icr did, for , ourl. •cki-idiffand ;n'nlul. Voiirlicad .\cl;.s, and at liine»| you feel dizzy.

IN . w h s t

b a s h s p -pencdr .

. S i m p l y t the coU settled on

our k idncyi Art over

wltIibloo( [and Inflamtd. In ftead of puilng tlit waste nutter out o! Use body they an danunine it up in (lie blood. Every minute, yes, every heart beat adds to the potion in you.

Normal act ion lof t h e k i d n e v s Iwl l i p u r i f y t h e

blood. Noth ing e lse wi l l .

i» tlic frleml In need. It will reducethe Inflam-tiiatiun.so Hint the Krip on the tissues ol the lilootl'vesicls U relaxed, and the uric add Is svnt on Itn way out o( the body.

iThuiifciu Dvercome Your Enemy Tji.o lAjit!^"" iww 'ijlf. imallej out tl r«« <l»ug»iitt.

Renil ing: I n h a l e r s .

Send us y o u r Inbalor and 20 cents in Ktamps und wo will refill "it and re-turn .t p rompt ly . I t will then bo a s (rood RS new. W e use the best menthol, ibHt which is imported f rom J a p a n . We till them fu l le r than tho manu-fitclures do. So, thoy will be s t ronger and will l a s t lonKer. Let them oome In by tbo t housands .

B A I T I S T AND UKFLKCTOR, Nashvi l le , Tenn.

KOFSLINE curt^scouKbs, colds uDd croup. Ask druK^l t s f o r l t .

Buy your Groceries from Gl-XX ZICKLEU & CO.

A Preacher's Discovery.

Itev. J . W . Blosser , M. D., of At-lanta , Oa. , h a s discovered a remedy tha t cures tho worst caeos of C a t a r r h , i3ronchiti8, As thma , etc. I t is pioas-nnl to use ( b y inha la t ion ) reaches di-rectly and eiTcctualiy every alTooted spot , des t roys tho microbes of the dis-ease, heals the mucus membrane and makoB a pormanont euro Any reader of t h e B A I T I S T ANU REPT.ECTDR w h o will adilross Dr . J . W . Bosser & Son , G r a n t Bui ld ing, At lan ta . Ga . , will re-ceive pos tpa id , a freo t r i a l sample, r r loo , a f t e r the sample, for ono month ' s t rea tment , postpaid .

WHO'S SHELIABER6EB ?

PBBMIVMB.

We niake tbe following new pre-mlutn offers:

1. To any old subscriber who will send us the name of a new sub-Roriber and $2, or ll.KO U a minis-ter, we will send a copy of either of the following books: "The Minis-try of tho Spirit," by Dr. A. J. Gordon; "How Christ Game to Church," by Dr. A. J. Gordon! "Beautiful Joe," by Marshall Saun-ders; "Pilgrim's Protrress," by John Bunyan. "Wit and Wisdom of C. H. Spurtfeon," whioh includes his famous John Ploughman's Talks; "What Baptists Believe," by Dr. J. L. Burrows; "Remarkable Answers to Prayer.'* The two books by Dr. Gordon have been published since ho died, but have had a wide sale. They are both exceedingly helpful and stimulating. "Beauti-ful Joe" has had quite a run. Two hundred and fifty thousand copies have already been sold. Of "Pil-grim's Progress," it is simply nec-essary to say that it has had the largest sale of any book next to the Bible. The other bcoks also are well known and hi^ejiieen quite pop-ular. All of these birnks are neat-ly bound in cloth, well printed, and would make a valuable addition to any librory.

2. If the old subscriber wishes one of these books for himself, or to give as a Christmas present, if be will renew his subscription and pay 12.15, or $1.65 if a minister, we will give him his choice of either one of them. Or if he will send $2.35 he may have any two, or any three for 12.55, or any four for $2.75. If a minister, takeoff KOcents from these prices. These are remarkably low offers. We expcct quite a number to jump at them.

3. We are still ofTering the Bag-ster's Bible, together with a year's subscription to the BAimsTAND Ri-KLECTOR, for $3. This applies either to an old or a new subscriber. Wo have given awaj a great many of these Bibiea as premiums in the last f t months, and so far as wo have ..eard they have given universal satisfaction. We have recently received another large lot which are going rapidly.

4. To any old subscriber who will send us two new subscribers and $4, wo will give a copy of the Bible. All you have to do is to get the two new subscribers,and you secure the Bible without any cost to your-self.

You Needn't Look immediately for the damage t^t dangerous washing compounds do. It's there, and it's going on all the time, but you won t see its eJlects, probably, for several months. It wouldn t do, you know, to have

them too dangerous. The best way is to take no risk.

You needn't worry about damage to your clothes, if you keep to the

original washing compound—Pearline; first made and fully proved. What can you gain by using the imitations of it?

•Prize pacTcages, cheaper priccs, or whatever ^ may by urged for them, wouldn't pay you

for one ruined garment. Beware yen sn imitation, be

1 4 B A F T I S T A N D B E F L B O T O B , D E O . 8 1 , 1 8 » 6 .

WHITE WASHING

r O i l

WHITE PEOPLE

McEWEN'S STEAM LAUNDRY

DEAD FINISHED COLLARS AND CUPP8

WILL N O T CRACK ON THE EDGES.

Tolephono Telephone 648

' T M B J "

Morton-Scott-Robertson Go DEALERS IN

Furniture, • Carpets, • Mattings, on Cloths, Lace Curtains, Etc.

We make a specialty of church (urnlshin|{s.

Before purchasing write to or call on

The Morton-Seott-Robertson Co., 215 N. Summer-Street. Naahvllle, T:

© C A L C E S & W A I ^ I ^ E R ,

Manufacturora of

Fine Carriages & Baggies, Spring and Platform Wagons,

219 8. Cherry Street, near Demonbreun, Naibvllle, Tenn.

Slop and hare your tlrei let in 20 minutei.

Write us before you buy or order any kind of rehlcle. Priees and par-

tletilara furniihed on applloatlon.

Boscobel College For Young Ladies, the

>T»I1 BUustfdlnabemn'tralKroT«otl0Mreao(BatWaiioo4IUndODUi emla no« OTwloeklu

etti at NMbTtile. H M ( I » me bulldinn; stMm best: tarn and cold wkter. Eioellent M' UIM tn Art Md Uudo. Native WMbert o( Frrocb and Uennaa TwentT-tbree offleera and MMbera. PtftMB mlaatea from tbe center ot tbe city by eleotrie car. Addreaa for eaUlougua

REV. J . O. RUST, Reifcnt, or MISS CROSTHWAIT, Principal, 47 yr. NASHVILLE, TENN.

EDITORS AND

MINISTERS. WE HAVE A SMALL LOT OP

TYPEWRITERS RE(«UL<^R PRICE 120,

TO BE CLOSED OUT AT ONLY

$9 EACH, IP TAKEN AT ONCE.

TheM trpewTiteia bare metal tyi^. writes 7t obarMiors, small letter*, oapllals, Bftirrs puaeiaat'on and other marka a&d do eseeilen work. They are alasple in oiaitruetior.and caaB«<t rei oat of order, and will lact for yea'S. Maanaerlpt and letter* written upon tbeae t< pe wri fr>btTeeT»r} aptoiiianca of tbe writlus ofaiiaomaebme Tbousan'a of them bafe bee. aoia avd are VIT BR aatia'a- tlon. It y^u want* *tO tyFewTlier at l«-a tban one bait pr'ce, nwratODce, •• we cannot aeoore an-other lot at I ho low nr>r«'

BRANDON PillNTINO C O , 228 N. Marker Street, NASHVILLE.

X t T ^ want your trade* ••• WW 6 euatomers are car (rlsnda * * ^andwedeTotsoar best efforts and

M hoam a day ot our time to aartrlaf their in-tsrsst*. EVERY rn lNC

IN T H E DRUG LINE AND OF T H E B E t f

BURCE,

Edeleo't Transfer & Storage Compaoy, PACU. ITOKn • MUVm

•TBMBUUT'S aoous IN TOWIT, Also aU klads ot BArxs moTsd aaywhsrs.

TsleiitaoBs 041. Hy OMM aad Warahoase. ait M. Oollac* It.,

Mat to Wsbb. •UTsasoa, PhUUpa * Oo.

DR. J. P. GRAY, DENTIST.

N o l i 24 & 2 6 B e n y B l o c k ,

C!onMr<Charoh'4 Cherry Bte.,

NARHVILLB, TBNNB88BB.

Bro. Holt visited us and delivered tbe literary address at the closing ex-ercises of our High School on Decern ber 18. It was a grand and inspirincr effort. On the night of the 17th he de-livered a iccture at our church on "Venice, beautiful Venice by the sea." It was most pleasing and instructive. Afterwards a collection was given him for the Orphanage. We are glad this object teems have the right-of-way now. We cannot afford to lose the generous offer ot Bro. French or lose what wo have already paid on the Home. Wt) hope every family will respond to the appeal for a collection around the Christmas dinner table, and many ministers accept Bro. Lof-ton's proposition. After this burden is lifted may our energies be centered on the "Great Commission." May richest blessings bo upon our editor, and a Joyous Christmas and happy New Year to him.

A FRIEND AT WATKRTOWN.

IT IS KXyUlSlTE PLEASURE To wwir « n •» ««•• Bonnrt sold lyr

on COLLEGE STREET, BARNES.

K0F8LIN 'druggist for It.

IT IS ECONOMY

o^tl IZ BARNES^ on College street.

JOHN M. OZANNB, Agent, Broad street, near ^RUOE, delivers Staple •od Fancy Oroonrles all over city. Telephone 070.

Don't fail t o buy (from Goorg* Ziok-L«r FT Oo., hyour OROOiailgg.

. Hall FT Morrison will fill your orden

H6 N. eyowert prioM.

SAMPLES OF SILKS AND DRESS GOODS FREE

O F e O E D R F ^ F i O M T H B D

TIMOTHY DRY GOODS AND CARPET

COMPANY O F ^ T B 5 I M 1 M .

DRESS GOODS" Biacic, All-wool Serges, 20, 60 and OOc per yard. All-wool Black Cheviots, W), 65 and 76c per yard. French Henriettas, 40 inches wide, 40 and M) cenU. Finont Henrietta*. 40 inches wide. 05 ft 76c, formerly I I & 11.20. Biacic Mohairs, 60 to 76c. Blacic Crepons, OOc to I I . Silic warp Bombazines, 76c to I I 25.

We iceep a full line of BLACK DRESS GOODS.

SILK BARGAINS' All-siiic Black Brocadcs, 11.25 quality, at 76o. Ali-silit Extra Heavy Black Brocades, 11.76 quality, at 11.26. All colors In Changeable Taffeta Silk. OS, 76 and 85c. Fancy Silks in livht effects, stripes and chocks. 30o, were 76. Fancy Taffeta Silk, for waists and dresses, I t & I I 25 per yard. Elegant line of Black Satin Ducbese from 05 to 11.25 per yard.

We can supply ANY KIND OF SILK ordered.

COLORED DRESS GOODS-Forty-inch. Ail-wool Flannels, 2.jc. 64-inch, fine, GOc. All colors. Flftv-four-incb Broadcloths, all colors and black, 75c, I I ft 11.25. Fancy Dress Goods for wrappers, part cotton, 124 and I6o. Printed Fabrics, Canton Flannel back, 10c. Elegant line of all-wool Dress Patterns in Fancy Styles 15 each. French and German Noveltv Dress Patterns, M 60, 17.60 ft 18 60. Trimmings, linings and findings complete for each dress pattern, 12 tol2.50

Goods sent on orders can bo returned at our expense If not entirely satisfactory and money will bo refunded. We try to tell vou how well we can serve you; and if you tell us what you want and about the prii pay, we ran do business pleasantly. Don't order a "Full line of samplM of winter Dress Goods." Rather say: " I want samples of Fancy Dress

Ice vou Want to if samplM 0

Goods, garnets, navy and

pleasantly. Di lUther say: " I

(or black) at about 75o per yard. I prefer browns and greens," and you will got them by return mail.

TIMOTHY DRY GOODS & CARPET GO. I s T J S L S H T T - I X j X J E .

OUR BIBLE T h e tame book but A dlirerent UluetraUoii.

eil6ST[ll'S l l [W COMPREHENSIVE TEACHERS' SIILE, Sl ie SLXSIXU Inohoi. Floejpaper. Handtonwly bound.

W « will Bond thii paper for ono'yoar, and thla BIblo, to althei an old or now aubtorlber who will aand ua 98.

Sam* offar to mlnlatara. Anyona may aaoura thla BIbIa by aanding ona naw aubaorlbar and $8.

f ^ l t i i tha Bait Blbla w t flTtr m w f o r thf M m u f * ' ^

B A F T I B T A N D R B F L E C T O I l , D E O . 8 1 , 1 8 9 6 . 1 5

OBITVAItV.

Noncs-Obituary notless not uoM^ltnc 9(0 will bo insortod frss ot ohants. but ons

be ohantod for aaoh suooa«41n« word ^ikoaMbepaiatn advanoo.Oonnttbs word Ml yon will know exaotlywhat Us ohargo vlilM.

COLUNS.

0, L Collins, Sr., was born in Ilen-dtnon county, Tenn., February 4, 1838. He profeiBcd faith in Christ daring tbe time Bro. J . B. Moody «M pastor of this church, and was baptized into its fellowship by Bro. Moody. He died August U, 18iMV. His wife, Bettie Collins, died about a jeu *go. He leaves four children to mourn his loss. Wo as a church tcn-dsr bU children and relatives our deepest heartfelt sympathy and condo-Inoe in tblx time of sore distress. We rt<|ue«t that a copy of the foregoing be spread upon our church records, s copy of the same bo sent tJ his eUldren, and copies bo sent to tiio BAPTIST AND UEt'LKCTOR and to the

Wuttni Jltiitrder for publication.

T. R. WiNtJO. W . A- NKWUIIX, K. HUDSON,

Committee.

GOODWYN.

The subject of this sketch. Deacon It. D. Gpodwyn, has for many years been one of tlie leading citizens of West Tennessoc, and a bright and •Lining light in the Baptist denomioa-tlon. Bro. Goodwin came to Mem-phis about half a century ago. In De-cember, IBo.*), he joined the First Bap-tist Cburcb. In the following year ho married Miss Bailie Buntyn, who was s.tqpber of a prominent Baptist fam-ily tnd who from young womanhood to three-score years has been a model Oirlttlan wife; a wise, faithful and loving mother.

On account of failing health Bro. Goodwyn moved to the country, locat-ing on a beautiful farm in Shelby county, whore he has lived a happy and successful life. All the time he has been an active church member, serving as deacon, treasurer, Sunday-Kbool superintendent and teacher. He made Kudora, his country church, tiM most liberal church per capita in the Association. He was a man of deeds rather tban words; a man of deep thought and general intelligence, Tet as reticent and mild as a woman.

For about a year before his death, which occured on December 2, he suf-fered greatly from heart complaint. Bs told the doctor he did not ask to be oared, only to be eased from pain. He (aid he did not mind dying. Ho literally fell asleep in death. His no-ble wife and excellent daughters, Mrs. f^nnie Heard, Mrs. Aanle Perkins,

daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ida Ooodwyn, sons and soni-in-law vied with 'each other in making his last !>•?• hadpy and peaoefnl. We laid Wi body to rest In Eimwooi on De-

4, In the 09th year of his ago, wlOi-s many mournors oonsistlog of Wiatlves and friends from our richest ^ our poorest oitlsens. He w a s ad* nlred by men In every stage In life.

J . D . ANDERSON.

*ONR Groceries from the o l d re-"•WE GFSORGE ZIOKLER ft CO.

NN'O.HNSOO, the meat man, haniles WLD storam meat* exolualvely. Beef,

and lamb, the finest that Mid-^^NNESSEE afforde. Call and see «JM and you will find them nice, ten-JWMD luojr. Goods doUvared prompt-

IT IB WISDOM

^ ^ on Oollega street.

. i J JOR SHOES* AND TRUNKS B. HORN ft OO., SCO Union

aear Markat, aoall.

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Don't Fall to Come at Onco and Secure Some of the Great Bargalna In GRO-CERIES AND PRODUCE That are Offered at

THE PEOPLE'S CASH GROCERY •BRIDGE AVENUE AND T H E 8QUARE1

i2 Orsnulaled 8uftar....ll dO a Iba. b«iit Uovtoo UranoUted 8u-

(tar I m WhlWCIaridod Suitar I 00

2 5* K'-'wCropN o. »n*»r I uo SUIb* Pure Uraf Lard.,,? | no »>lbi. Dry Holt Iltonn ! | oo »>BC]rUaOnDStrl|MCDlT 07 Ueiit augnr-furoo Sbouldrm ft All|«u. tbe lliiiw Patent Flour..... B 10 IIOKt •oier Ri out d Heal per puatael W I'OHrl M04|, p> r peck, unly 16 CfiOeo bui cnms down. A good ar-

ticio, roa'-ted. per lb. only 5 Ibn Arbuckle a fam.>U8 paekace

Code-, only n gut »eryV»i llran Chicken Fmd mixed, p.<r bushel.. New p ekicil bos's 'o.-i,per dox. only ^e• pickled hoff'- feet In klu 5 rnlluDfi Head lirbl f)ll nnly 3 nl kle lo»eii of bread only HtKl French Haccan ni, prr lb. only lie • t Full Cream bei xe only. . . . . «lb«. oew nice, clean, white 10 lb«. Kolicd Gala, tbe modem

brcakfa»t flUh 30 lbs. Klin Dried Hominy (or only I lb uncol-ired J4pi)n Te», put up

In a grnulne souTenlr JapnnRne basket at ItNB thao hall price, only S5

15 lbs. IltSni celebrated Mince Meat.. J 00

15

M I in

80 n a OS M 10 SB

26 £5

8 Spools best Maeblno Thread oniy 96 3Iba.Levertnt'sold reU.bIs Ooffos.... 8S Mocha and Java, worth Ko » 8 bars German Soap IS 7 Mb. bam Saxon Soap, a boauty ts lu bars of White Soap, aa food aa Ivory,

If not be ter, only, Si 8 lb«. large Lump Suroh, only IB New Caromel Drips, fancy K) New Sorghun only IB Pickling vaegar, per gallon IB Bc«t Pleklea, kmall site, per gallon.... W Mixed Spices.for pickling. Mb. 10 3 poxra American Sardines at 10 8 boxea 201 Drulon'aor Oarrett's SnuB IB 1 lb. Famous Battle Aie Tobacco 90 5 nickle Clgari-jatt think of It-for.... 6 Con, per bushel 85 Onts, per bnshel 18 German Millet Hay, large bale 4) Finest Clover Bay obtainable. 80 10 bars American Soap, a beauty IB 2 Iba. beat fuil|Cream Cheese » Northern Navy Beans, per gal 80 Black-eyed Peaa, per gal 15 Fnilt JeUles, ttrst quality, SO lb. palls 80

OarlBchura, famoua New Albany. Ind., Grab Cider j»er gallon. 40

ScantearlviuuePM H 4 o«BS Burar Cora. IB 4 can* brat S-lb. T'inatoea » 4 eaa< California Peaehe*. U 4oanaOaiilforslaApileata tO PruU JelUea. Brat quaUty, U-Ilk

palla.... ... 40 Pure P'ult Prrserves, SO lb. palla I TB Pore Pmlt Preservea, lO-lb. palla I (0 Pure Fralt P e-ervea, IHb. paUa I 00 Shit, all slsed. per Ik. . .. .. U

We have a large atoek of great va-riety of Ha alas, Oarreau. rigs, and 0 tron, ualiforaia Evaporated Aprleois, Piacho', Peai.a and Hranca. tuui, Green Appira, Or-aagea and Coeoaouia. all of wnlch we wlU »ell, at very low Pilots.. Slba beat Loodon Layer Balalas, ^

i"ta'caUlWui^'for'.'..'I.'!!'.!! » llbs.Oa.lfornla Evaporated Peara

fur. B 4 large and Jaley-Ralales oaly.. n 3 Iba. beat Leehom CliroB only. .. » 8 Iba. mixed Nnta, esot lleot qnallty » 4 lbs Ua.lfoml» Evaporated Aprf-

co's 80 Fifteen pack* Bra erachers. only » Twodos aball BomsoCandles.... » One dox. lO-ball Koman Oaadlea, only*aeaaa•«•«••••••«•••••••easss* ss 18

AND DON'T YOU FORGET TBE BOYS. FOR WE HAVE FIRE CRACKRR8, CANNON CRACKERS,

»10MAN CANDLES AND SKY ROCKETS. IC packs Fire Crackcrs only 25o. 2 doz 8-ball Roman Candles, 25o. 1 dos 10-ball Roman Candles only 18o.

Our stock is the largest, our prices the lowest, and our goods the freshest. Housekeepers will please bear mind that everv dollar's worth purchased of us will be a saving of not less than 25 centii.

Mail orders given our personal attention. All goods boxed and delivered to railway stetions free of chaage.

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S. LEAHY & SONS, PEOPLE'S 6A8H GROCERS, LEADUUi 0» POrDLAB PBICEH

BBIDGB AVBNUF. » PV'BLIC BQOaBB. TBL. 4S«.

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AKKN.

MisH Katie Aken, a very devout member of the Germantown Baptist Church, died November 0 in tho G2d year of her ago. She has been a con-sistent Christian and an exemplary church member from early life. She was quiet, modest, slncerc and de-vout. Ilor relatives loved her tender-ly, and all who knew her entertained the litKrhust respect for her. The old home is a lonely place since she went to hbr homo on high.

J . D . ANDERROK.

JOHN .M. OZANNE, Agent, Broad street, near Siiruro, delivers Staple and Fancy Groceries all over the city. Telephone 070.

For Coal and Coke send your orders to Ball ft Morrison. Telephone ILO. 215 N. Cherry St. Best at lowest pric

Met -aenUon this paper.

B. H. Stief Jewelry Co., 208-2i0 Union Street, Nashyillv.

HEADQUARTERS FOR

AND GOODS SUITABLE FOR ANNIVERSARIES ft WEDDINGS.

- ^ S O L E AGENTS F O R ^ - ^ - ^ -

LIbby Cut C aaa and Corham'a Sterling Silverware. ^ r - D I R E C T IMPORTERS OF a

O I A M O N D C i A N D X V A T C H J a ; * ® .

Send for Illustrated CaUlogue. Orders by Mail Promptly Attended To.

1 0 , 0 0 0 A G E M " S J V A N T E and B E M A B K A B L B A N S W E R S T O P E A Y E R and the C H I L D R E N ' S E D I T I O N O P T H E S A M E . During tho throo yoars thoso books have boon ciroulatod.

|A QUARTER MILLION H A T E B E E N S O L D O R C U V E N A W A Y . Theao books ore dollinir foster and doing mote gcotl tbnn any other roligious bool<8 on Lhe niOTlcot. Tho ChUdron's Edition has 188 pages fully illustrated

Iwith 4 8 largo now cul», siiso 6 x 8 inohes. Arico in heavy boord ovors, 86cts. Cloth, OOots. Morocco, $ 1 . 0 0 Large Edition,

^ . . . doth, 3 8 0 pages, price, f l . O O . Morocco, ®1.50. B This sat owH.UilHlaet«alala». ^ ^ mmmmm, mmtmmmmt*

AGENTS ARE MAKING FROM $20.00 TO $30.00 PER WEEK. A ^ m^^ a a. A BA ^^^ Ji M a MjailaABt Aiiiiia«irl M»earsold.madoa».BOInonod»y. Acrlpplsboy msdea4O.O0lntwoweeks. Araanmsds|l»30lnonedsr. Anotlisr

. . I ' ^ ^ n wsSrTnotl^^^S^^^ e^ht daya Another nado fltVJ)0 In fltt«>n daya and ntber agmU hava bad equal sueeSM It

. •riM nnioa Mnak oncan of the W. O. T. V.t j^hM.oook Is

fi w S w ^ S d s d f i S g S ^ { f 6 ^ f » V a s t n m i laltlf tcwlo anS auTaspttation l o pra-

Jlrti "Many Of the Incidents arsetcMd-luRly patbotlo, and cannot tall to stir any twdsr heart to tMrs."

Mlohlcaw Ohr l a ^ f d v M t s ^ .

as ate isalfli I are vstj p»

Issnei

iSsiruotohlWrsn. M s I n S d a i i t a a i » _

I K K n i t o n y t o r toySSnt*^8. B^

w a SH IP BOOKS FROM OlNOlNKATL

16 B A P T I S T A N D B B F L B C T O B , D E O . 3 1 , 1896 .

SttffcrNoLongcr! I 8MdUMDUlqrB*U(il joai 'drocfUl doM oat Imp U), ior • But*, Bitf« ud PalBlM* Bmi-•dr (or Oon*. Ww«« and Bu-iou NOPOIMB. WsrraatMl toOar*. TabBoethw. I . X. lOTCHlIX, Snnu t .

tmumuM, Kt.

WALL ^ FREEMAN

PAPER CO. 4n UDIOD nireel. Pbone 440.

NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

A z N A y s rt /<v ^ x s /N itiiiiitiiililitill Ilifiiitllliiiiiltl iliiititltiilfillil STEEL WEB PICKET UWN FENCE

On fliMi ud lUU, lUndtnoMM, RtronRni, ooM Diinblr mod Chniml, Air Vaid, Crmtleir mo<3 Onn IXMii B«« Fnultrr ud Utrdrn F<a« In raM«n<«: •Iw «Itwcl*! Horw, Clilllr uvl Itog Frnc«. W* Pat K. t . SMElXABERaBR. ATLANTA. QA.

HARVEST BELLS. BY M A J O K W . E, I'ENN,

I i regarded by all UaptUta In the Bouth a« tbti b;!tt boog book publUhcd. Round and Shaped notes. Prices have been reduced. Sample copy 50 centt. Addre»« MHS. W . K' PFCNN, Eureka Sprlnirs, Ark., or BAPTIST A N D UE-FLECTOR, Nashville, Tenn.

TD C L E R K S o r ASSOCIATIONS: We desire to secure a copy of last

year's minutes of each Association In Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky, and will appreciate it It the clerks will mall us a copy of their last Minutes. This request is made with the view of submitting to them a busi-ness proposition, liespecttully,

P A U L & BO\XIN8, Printers & Publishers, 309 N. Mar-

ket Street, NashTilie, Tenn.

B E L L S AtloyCburchftSclinoiKfili. MrHeBdfor cat otM. The0.fl.QELLCU.,Hllliibaro.0.

Dr. Maiev Henry Kollock, Bsgalw OnduM u d Rsflstsrsd Ptaysietsa. Formsrly AsaUUnt Sarteos O. 8. N»TT ,S(v 1 Post Samoa tJ. S. Armr. anOLiiMr BiltUta Itartn* Serrioe, With Two _ip«»1enoe sa PbjrtlelaD at Hot SprlBfit, Ark.1 Will Waleome the Siek and Afflictcd at vm.. niii nstwws HIS OIOK ana Amitwa ai Rls OfflM, Wbet« Coosulutton With One otths

*rsanaraot««dlD BvsivOass DnderUksa. DB. MATTHEW HEMBT KOLLOCI

Tnata HioMalUIy AU Cktmle u d IiMC*8tMiiaf DiMuet.

WANTED. Ladles to Inspect

my Medloated Va-por Bath for Facial e iemlshes , Rheu-matism, e tc . One months t rea tment

. f r ee . Agents Wanted, Kidney and Urinary. SSSTgrSrU-W.?,' Si'rJS! ''' L a d l e s «»->^tv**P««lalandMretnltr8at-I-WUOB Bsnt (orall Aclrmany allmsLuT Private Diseases. TsodsrM, WMkom of Orcans. 'PUes, Flatol i n f i f ' i y withoutpalnordstsnUoB from

Nervous Debility. u s h o l r ^ i l M , Loss of •oemr and Oonn-daaoftipn^^saMUoj early va%rhlehhf1n« Is WartBsss na-fltUiut ens for btislas^

OB •samU.-„ yoetts, • ropy s^UnsBt wifTofisB b« fouodTand aoBMtLB«a aaariparUeleaoralbnB<aB wllf an-pwr. or theeolor will bs of a thla, mllklib

tts S S MM atigeof SamlDal Waaknras. tits dos^ will (ua-aBtat a MrfMt nra in ail svSh saMBBd a hfalthy rsitorattoB ot thsgsalto-oaMSiBBd urburronraa*.

faSlMaf nire Imi Si obaarrBtTnn. TaatimoDli' Irasi obaarrBUiin. TaatimoDtels ef pa-is an BstNR- pnbllibad. VnS&mi-

mvmr pni is lam?. ' '

DR. KOLLOCK, ' •11 Ohnroh 8I.« NA8HVILLB. TENN.

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The SverlMtlng Arms.

One great purpose in all aflllotlon is to bring UB down to the Everlasting Arms. What new strength and peaoo it gves us to feel them underneath us! Wo kno>* that, far as we may have sunk, we cannot go any further. Those mighty arms cannot only hold us; they can lift us; they can carry us along. Faith, in its es sence, is sim-ply a resting on the Everlasting Arm». It is trusting them, and not our own weakness. The sublime act of Jesus as our Redeemer was to descend to the lowest depths of human depravity and guilt, and to bring up his redeomrd ones from that horrible pit in his lov-ing arms. Faith is Just the clinging to those arms, and nothing more.— PrtubvKtian limner.

DEATH FROM USE UP TOBACCO. Tbe Tobacco |)oliK>Dod heart itops wUbout

warolnir, ofieaoDtbeaireot. BURKgUlT, an antidote ebnwlDK (UiB, ovrrcomrs tbe cravl't. No stckDciiii. DO a'arTlnc, allordloR sate and pr ropt relier. Trjr It tnday. t5c. a box. •II druRgUu. Booklet free. Co., Detroit. Hlob.

Dearly Eureka Cbemlcu

K O F S L I N E KURES

KOFFS. Call 1058, Johnson's cold storage

meat maricet, for theoflnest fish, re-ceived dailey. Anything from the small sun perch to the mountain trout.

George Zfckler & Co., pay for this space in order to state that they de-sire you to call at their Staple and Fancy Grocery Store.

The Orphans' Home.

Dr. A. J . Holt, Dear Brother: I will be one of the 500 to contribute 110 to the Tennessee BaptUt Orphanage on Dr. Lofton's proposition, and I will beone of lOOto contributefSO each to make up the 5 000 necessary to make Bro. French's gift available. This pro-position Is good for 12 months. I wish that I was in condition to do more than this now, for I fully appreciate tbe importance of complying with Bro. French's generous proposition and thus lifting the debt upon the Home. I sincerely trust that he can be in-duced to extend the time beyond Jan-uary 1, and I coDfldently believe that he will do so, as he Is deeply interest-ed in the Home.

C. T. CuEEk. Nashville.

Beware-of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercary.

as mercury will aurely destroy the aeose of smell and completely deraoge the whole ays-

' ' " muooua aur-iraoge the whole ays-f It through the muooua aur-faeea. Buchartleleaabouldnaverbe Died ex-

tern when ebterlog It thro oepton pre-cTlptloaa from reputeble pbist-elaos. as ibedamage they will do Is tea fold to the rood you can poaslbly derive from them. Hall's Caurrh Cuie, manufactured by F. J. Cheney * Co.. Toledo, O., conulna no mercury, and la Ukeu Internally, acting directly upon the blo-jd and mncouii lurfacea of the ayst«m. In buylosJEIall's Catarrh Curs be sure you get tbetenulun. It Is taken Internally, and made In Toledo, Oiilo, by P. J. Cheney * Co Teatl-monlala free. BTSold by Druggists, price Tic per bottlo.

K OFFLINE URES KOFFS.

It has been demonstrated beyond doubt that Catarrhal Deafness can be and It bolng fwrmanently cured in thousands of oaaes by the use of the new discover/ and InvenUon known as Aerial Modloatlon. Thli treatment li based on purely solentlflo princi-ples and has reoelved tbe hlgest en-dorsement of tbe uedloal profession, and has been used with phenonlnal sucoess In over 12,000 oases In this country alone. Those of our readers who know persens afflicted with deaf-DMS are urged to send the names and ^ d r e s s of lueh persons to Dr. J . H. Moo«, Clnqlnnatl, Ohio, a reputable physician of the highest professional

h" will send f d l partbralars and nedlelnes for three nonthi trMtawm free.

T U C K E R & D O V O L A S S , CARPETS, RUGS AND MATTINGS

Shades and Upholstering Goods. 4 r < > U n i o n H t i - e o t , N A S I I V I L 1 - . I Q , X I C N N .

ESTABLISHED 1854.-

W . T - G A T E S , JEWELER ^ OPTICIAN ^ SILVERSMITH

W A T C H M A K E R . M y Goods a re Re l iab le ; M y Pr ices Are

Reasonable . M y W o r k m e n a re t he Best in Nashvi l le .

oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo I do N o t Deal in C a t c h - p e n n y Goods, nor

A s k Ex to r t i ona te Pr ices . W i l l be g lad to have y o u ca l l .

N O . 6 0 4

C H U R C H S T R E E T . W.T.CATES.

A C i F S E C A T

REMEDY FOUND

Palmer's Magnetic Inhaler. C O L D S C A T A R R H , L A G U I I ' I ' K ,

H A Y F E V E R , H O A R S E N E S S .

H E A D A C H E , A S T H M A , B R O N C H I T I S

S O R E T H R O A T , A N D

A L L D I S E A S E S O F T H E H E A D ,

N O S E , T H R O A T & L U N G S .

A SURE P R E V E N T A T I V E

O F A L L C O N T A C I O U S

G E R M DISEASES-P R O M P T A N D SURE RESULTS

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OD» minute's use will convince you that it Is an absolute necessity for every one in every family.

KV-rRIGB 80 ORNTfl, POSTPAID^

B N t > O U S B I ) B V O V E l t ; i 0 , 0 0 0 C L B U G Y M E N . O 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

REV, W. C GOLDEN, Fantor of the Third Baptist Church. Nash-ville, says: • pHlmer'B Magnetic Inhaler Is the simplest and best things for colds I over tried."

REV. A. J . HOLT, Corresponding Secretary of the State Mis-sion Board, NashvUie, says: " I have found Palmer's Mairnetlo In-haler to bo tbo most simple, safe and speedy r e m e d y f o r headache that I ever tried. It Is surely harmless and certainly helpfull.

REV. J . H. WRIGHT, Pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church, Nashville, says: " I have been using one of Palmer's Maimetta In-halers for some time, and it has ^ n very helpful to me In oaicB oi headache, sore throat and catarrh. I would not be without one.

T1I0UHAIID8 OP OTllEB 8TROK0 HUMB BIDORHEMENTN.

A - O - E S t t s LIBEBAL INDUCEMENTS AND BEST TERMS.

BAPTIST ^ REFLECTOR. N ASHVILLB,-TBNN.

n s BAFTMI,. TBS UAPTIST i Consolidated An

Old SeriM,'

CDRI

The 87th bi^ William E. ail at Uawarden enjoying cxcef Rtonc Is still i:nglan<l, and Diarkable men cvor produccdj

The last nrsHPd qui te the banks o f ! of thrm h a v e ! tlonn, especl^ South. Pro® those banks, other In 8elr olilp.

Judge Cooij di termlned ta Ing on Sun charged the indict every violation whc (nn be found has also give lire will Court In s n i breaking.

About a yc (his city she his saloon Kun. Sever <|iilttcd of til and on last him for t h e j was dismii WAS surpr i i heard of a victed for

The legislj vone<l last ber of good of it—Just now. T h e M. C. F i t s t ber of t h e ville. T h e Mr. Reau One of the I (he speakc L. T. M.

The VV«*] Vatican org n recent s i ity thus : Joyed heallj ngo, saylnt Rolf OB a prolong tli vlgnifled hii •lied, whi l This IB of which was ever this is ths Indeed!

A sens Incident Is a lettsr I recent datj the dll rpondent^ charges rsianr dlii