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1 « BAPTIST AND BBFLBOTOll, DBO. 8, 1896.
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A Wonder fu l Cnre f o r Kidney Dii-e a i e and Bheuma t i im-A Fr«e Gift.
Tho Kava-kava Shrub as previous-ly stated Is proving: itoclf a wnndorful curat!v«) for diseases of tho Kidneys or other lualaOina causcd by Uric itutd in the blood. This new botanic dis-covery bids fair to change mcdical prautfue in tho«e dlieaies.aad its com-pound Alkavls is now regarded as a sure spooiflc cure for these maladies. Wo have many loiters on tho subject from buninfss men, doctoroand mlols-tcra of which tho followinsr fmm ilev. J . H. Watfon, of Sunset, Texas, a minister of the gospel of 30 years' atandlnif is an example. He writes:
"I wan middi nlT utrlckm down on JuncSJ with witb an acute attack of kldnoy truub e (urio ooldKr»vi l» For two irontlia I lay hoverInK on tbi* bt rdxr llu» of tifo, aui with the votatunt cart) of two e»ot llent pbjali Unn. I onl» re» crived temForarr relief. My family pby.lclan tnid tn«pla niT tho b<'at I oould bopoforwaaa tcmiHitnrjr rofiplie. I mlRbt rally oi-ly tjool-lap OKUUILRULYORNI'Klit linger * metlici-. liut ibe Uiiue «»H niitUe up, nad an I bad for yrarR warnoi) t'tbrm to bn roaily, no now more tbitD ever I inuBt neiil« put MY tion<e ID outer uaii eipect tbo erd. Ucaniimv I bud b»ard of Aluavlaanit wroie to »n atiny c inraoo (now prlnoipikl uf a ruIlcRC). wbo bi d trii-tl it. Ho wrote mil l>y all means to try It ai It had made a D< w niun uf b'm At the end of two moutb* tni th n only able to sit up a little, I d'omiiurd II y phy.lclavB ond boRan tho uaeof Alkavl* lotwowi-ikH I could ride out Intho onrrlage fcraHli ft t'mn. I'bti Improvvrn'Ot boo IxtuD • • • conntJiDtand Niotdjr. t hiii i nw abl<Mo lo-ik »'t r my ku«inta . I fei'l I owe what life undairenKlliIliitveto Alkavli. • • • lam66 vta'KOld. have bech a ml'lntcr ovrrW jwi'ii, hare tboUKsndii of acquKlntiinccK, and to every one tbein who mar btt uDlluied wlih any kind of kidry trouble, I.would «ay. try Alkavln."
Another most remarkable case ie that (if Ilov. Tbomas Smith, of Cob den, Illinois, who passed neirrly lOU frravel stones under two weeks' use of this Kreat remedy, Alkavts.
So far the Church Kidney C'uro Company, of No. 420 Fourth Avenue, New York are Its only Importers, and they are so anxious to prove Its value that for the sake of introduction they will send a free treatment of Alkavis prepaid by mail to every reader of the BAPTIST AND UEKLECTOR w h o i s a sufferer from any form of Kidney or Bladder dIsorJer, Brijrht's DUcaso. Uheumntism, Dropsy, UrAV<>l, I'ain in Bank, Female Cumplaiots, or uthoi aflllctlon duo tr» improper action of the KIdnevs or Urinary Orfrans We advlio all Sufferers to send their names and address to the company, and receive the Alkavls free. To prove Its wonderful curative powers it is sent to you entirely free.
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. Southern Baptist Convention.
J . BI. FU08T, Secretary.
Ita Ifoma Ilepnrtm.nt, It Is making an eltort to tntrcduee the
Home Department Into our Hunday-aobool work, by wh ch all tho plans for study and mlaslonary operation wbloh we have In tho Su'day-achool are car-ried Into the homo. Bend tor samples, of the Uoma Department ilttraturo.
Its lllbln »epartm.nt. It has a specino lllble Departmsnt,
out ot wbloh arants are made for the tree distribution of nib'es in dsstltuts plaees, and turnlshlnf HlbliM at oheap rates to tboss wlshlnit to purchase.
Its Appropr atlans. In less than nve yesrs. time It has oon-
tribated to denominational work, tram lu business oarolDcs, as tillows: seven thousand dollars' worttiof Ktorature and Blblrs to destltuts sohcolsi twelve Utousand dollars In easb to the Hons aiidrorelfn lloardsi nrsrly snvonteen thousand dollars In oasb to Bundsy
school missions tn the dlfferont States. over tlfte.n hundred dollars to other . deLomlnatlonal Interests. V Its nook and Tract Uepsftmtnt. M It has also esUbllsbsd a BMk and ^
Tract Department, out of which sppro^ ^ priatlons and sates wilt be msde In the ^ interest ot clrculatlni denominational m and other rell«lous lltsratnre.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
rrudldent Cleveland last week is-sued a pruuUmatlon restoring tonnage duties upon Gorman vessels. The (irees uf Germany makes a vigorous proUict. It Is not expected, however, that the t-ouble will lead to anything but a diplumatlc and newspaper war.
In liostOQ recently a spiritualist was Klvlnt; an exhibition. Just as a beautiful spirit appeared on the stage it was seUod by Qvemen and found, a i expected, to bo the spiritualist hlm-scll dressed simply in gauzy costume. And yet there are people, some of (hem people of intolligenca In other things, who will go'bn'lieUevlng In tbcso spiritualists.
Preslduut Diaz was inaugurated president of tho ll(spublio of MexiJO for hie Qdh term of oflico on Decem-btir I. II.j has made a thoroughly cipabld oRlcial, and has given a •lability to the government of the re-public, and at the same time a pros-IMirity to the country which had never before bten experienced there. May bo continuo long to blesi Mexico with bis benulicent administration.
Pr. Jamison, who will bo remem-Wed as having led the famous Mid Into the Transvaal llepubllc a }ear or more ago, and who was sentenc-ed by the English CourU to Imprison-•nant on that account, ha i recontly bejD reloafeJ from prlion became of lllhca'tli. As a matter of fact tho Kogllsh |)eople were all in lympatby with "Dr. J im," a i they familiarly call him, but tho offlaiali felt that the form of Juitioe muit bo carried out, and consequently sentenced him to Imprlsunment. Every one, how-"or, was hca-tlly glad a t hl i ro-lease.
AlTuIrs in Cuba are evidently ap-proaching a crisis. AI we noted last "wk Captain-general. Woyler ba i •Mln gone to the front. Report! a i w his whereabout! and a i to what he >• accomplishing are oonfliotlng. AO-cording to soae he h a i Macoo lur-founded, but according to otheri
has him lurrounded. Heavy "'loir was heard the other day In the uirectlon of Ouanabaooa, wbloh la not "o;-* far f r o m H a ^ n a . Weyler l i • "den t lyanx lon i to i t r l l t ea deolilve oiow 10 to have an Inlluenoe upon 08 wtlon o( Gongre^i now In Miilon,
o u u t tbo same time h e l l apparentiy • ^ I d to attaek Maoeo in h l i fartlfled •^nghold In the mountain!. I t l i •aid thak^iM-^M* a nnmber of dyn-
amlte mines arranged so that If Wey-ler's army should approach him he would set off the mines and blow tho army Into atoms.
Congress met on last Monday. The principal event of interest was tho message of the President, and the special point of interest in that was his reference to Cuban affairs. Tho message was quite conservative upon that point. It recognized tho cruelty of the war now raging in Cuba, and expressed a desire for Its cassation, but at the same time the President did not think that we could afford to recognize the insurgents as belliger-ents, nor that we oould afford to antagonize Spain needlessly. He suggested that the best solution of the matter would be that Spain should grant Cuba home rule, but that while preserving its autonomy at the same time it should ha recognized as a de-pendency bt Spain. This, he thought, would satisfy all parties. Wn con-fess, however, that wo rather doubt it. The war has prooeodedtosuch lengths, and such bitter feelings have been en-gendered by It that we doubt If Spain would be latliHed with anything short of the absolute submission of Cuba; and we doubt If Cuba would be satis-fied with anything short of complete Independence from the domination of Spain. This result, we believe, is the one most likely to be attained.
Henry Laboucbero, editor of the London TnUh, in commenting upon our recent election says: "America's wont product Is its dollarocracy, whose members have literally nothing to recommend them. The odds are that either they or their parents ac-quired huge fortunes by the most questionable moans. As a rule they are ignorant and vulgar, building big house! In order to dazzle by ostonta-tlou! ontortainmonts, and buying pictures, for which they only care be-oause they have boon acquired at high ptlioei, lolling their louls to any one who will enable them to hobnob with royalties and their daughters to any-one who will confer a titlo upon them, deipiilng their own country and Intti-tutioni, and regarding themselves as In every respect superior to others on account ot their dollars. If the Uni-ted Statos l i not to become a mere plutocratic and oligarchic power, these worthlei, who have incroaiod and are Iboreaslng must greatly diminish." While all thli may be true to a largo extent tho Ohicago Slandtint well re-p l l u : " I t might bo doubted whether tho landed arlitnoraoy of England, as a olai i , are, beneath the veneer of in* herlted polltenosi, any better citlxons than our pork packeri and oil klngi." fH}r our part, we believe that one of our honeit, tolling laborer!. If he be a true Chrlitlaa man, far outweigh! In Intrlnilc value luoh a man a i the Prinoe ot Walei, lornpulouily polite, but morally depraved. Burni wai rlgtatt
•Ths koasat man. Uio< s'sr so peer Is Us | 0* msn for a' tkst. Tks lank is bat tke BSISSS slawp Tbs nan 'I tbs coU lor a* Uut."
My Fr iend.
IIY DR. W. C. MARTIN.
Lord, wbon my splrlw arc dcpreuel, When temnpsts lUKe wlthlo my bresat, I look to 'i beo, tbuonly Krlend On whom I always candei^ad. Naught else can comfort in my Krlef, Nur I Ive my breaking heart relief: liut, JoAus Tnou art uty rotioati lu Tbee I Hod my cimfurt aweet. It robbed of friends, or faced by toes, To Jesus I my heart dUoliwe. In every strait to Tbeu I Uy, AulThou, my Vrleod, an ever nigh. Ho come what may ot troubles bere. Come wouud f heart, cum* scaldlnK tear, ToToe^ O o'hrlst, 1 KO ftr peato Aud at Tby feui my trouules.cease.
No«nk. uonn.
The Church and the College.
IIY I'lUNCIl'AL M A C V I C A K , U D , L L , U . ,
MONTUKAL,.
Tbo term church in what follows is used with considerable latitude, and without any nice discrimination as to tho claims advanced by contending re-ligious donominations. It is taken to include the body of believers who ac-cept the Bible as from God, Christ as their Lord aud Savior, and the minis-try of the Word and sacraments as or-dained by him.
It is to be rdmemborod at the outset that very many of tho colleges and universities of the Old and tho Now World originated with the church, and wore and are still, largely manned and managed by ecclesiastics. The church is Incontrovcrtibly "the pillar and ground of tho truth"—the conserver of religion and education. That she has often failed in her mission goes with-outsaying. Instances ot tbeunwiseand drastic efforts of her representatives in mediaeval times in opposing the progress of science are well known. The spirit of the Reformation has since correatod this error in a largo degree. Did space permit, abundant historical evidence in support of this position might hero be adduccd.
Among the Protestant denomina-tions tho fact Is now, however, fully recognized that the educational func-tions of the church and tbo college are not necessarily antagonistic. Tney are rather mutually helpful, tho one being In certain rcspocts tbo comple-ment of tbo other. Ilunce the Scottish rcfotmer, John Knox, wisely placed the parish church aud school side by side, and the results, as seen In the superior intelligence and godly rever-ence ot the peasantry of that little country and the larce number ot Its sons who receive oolkglato training, full]* justify his course.
Broadly speaking, both ohuroh and college underuke tho same task, name-ly, the development and oaro ot the physical and spiritual nature of man. Tho employment ot the most cffldlent means ot lecurlng tho vlgoroui health and symmotrloal growth of these two faotori ot our constitution liei within tho legitimate provlnoe of both, and the method! by wbloh titey leek these laudable ends have taiutdi In common. The ohuroh, without proving f a l i e t o her Head, oannot abandon the work of eduoatlon. Tha Founder of OttriiUaa*
Ity enjoined his followers to go Into all the world and teach all nations. This commission entrusted them with tbo prosecution of a vast oducatlonal ontorpriso, the scopo of which is not limited by national boundary lines nor tbo lapse of centuries, and which obvi-ously Implies tbeorganlzatlonand man-agement of school* and colleges. Ho himself set an examploln this respect In the seleotloh and tralningof tho twelve and tho teaching of multltudos. And wo cannot orr by following his exam-ple, for he was an unequaled master ot pedagogics. His skill and wisdom In the science and ar t of toanblng, I do not besltato to say, far surpassed that ot Socrates, Plato, Confucius and tbelr modern successors. He spake on all aubjccts which ho touchcd as never man spake; and he who would now ex-cel In the discharge of the duties of the class and lecture room cannot afford to be Ignorant of the methods of this great master.
It Is not possible hero to explain or analyze them, but it may be said in passing that he used questions, illus-trations, allegories and concrete ex-amples with a skill and wisdom pre-eminently his own. In stimulating and drawing out tho latent powers of the soul ho usually proceeded from the known to tho unknown, from the con-crete to the abstract, thus making truth plain, convincing and memorable—re-vealing the abstruse things ot his kingdom uato babes, while dollvcrlng also tho most profound and compre-hensive generalizations. There Is no prolixity, no superfluous words and phrases with him. The whole record of bis loisons would not make more tban a few chapters ot an octavo vol-ume; and yet what Is thero in tho di-vine nature, and in tbo compiax work-ings of the human heart and mind, and in the mu'titorm relations of men to one another, to their creator and to eternity, upon which he did not de-liver decisive pronouncemants? Hence the manifest folly ot excluding tho study of tho Bible, and ospoolally tho words of Jesus, from the literature which should mold and enrloh tho youthful mind. The book contains tbo thoughts of Ood, and wo are as-sured that as the beaveni are high abovo tbo earth, so are his thought! and wayi above ours. The begin-nings ot human history are within its pages and moral Initruollon of Incom-parable excellence. Its poetic beau-ties are uniurpaised, it <qualed, by anything that has come from the mind bt man. For purpoios of mental dis-cipline the writings of David, Isaiah, Ezeklel, Habakkuk and other Inipired men rank higher than thoie of Hotter, Virgil, MllUjn and Bhakeipear-'t and why Intelllgtnt eduaators, and be-liever! ID tiod'i exUtentv and In hli finite resources of knowliidge and wli* dom, should icek to deprive itudents ot theie treasure! seems Inoompnfbeo' slble. They are certainly most lllog* leal in doing lo ; for It they acknowl-edge that Ood li , to uio the wordi of Viotor Cousin, "The True, the Beauti-ful and the Good," then, to be ooo-•fifant, tiiey iliottld be eager to have
2 B A P T I S T A N D B E F 1 . B O T O B , D E C . 1 0 , 1 8 9 6 .
•11 partloipale tn the bencflu o( the reTcUtionbe bfts delivered to our race.
ThU much tbe ohurcb, ID her efforts to promote Intellectual ai» well aa •plrituftl culture, li eotitlod to expoot from tbe oolleffe. Doth ibould aim at-the development of tbe Dtrongcat pos-•ible character viewed from tbo men-tal and moral atandpoint; aud tbo church ibould remember that religion, in order to hold its proper placo and command tbe reipect du? to It, must show itself to be not only spiritual, but also thoroughly rational. The natural and tbe superoatural must be embraced In its cult and dogmas. The time Is happily past among enlighten-ed nations when mere eoctesiaslioal authority can force a religion upon men which flagrantly ignores and out-rages the deliverances of pure reason and the verilled conclusions of scion-tiflc research.
It should not bo necessary for tbe church to clamor for a monopoly of ethical education. The elements of such should find a place in every properly organized institution of learning; otherwise wo train Intellect-ual monsters but not true mon. These elements, in brief, are the doctrine of conscience, the faculty or capacity In man which discerns between right and wrong; the standard of right, which Is the divine nature. God is the supreme immutable right. But his nature, in order to ba the norm of human duty, must be known, and accordingly it is revealed in tbe laws of the physical uoiverse, in tbe Bible, and pre-emi-nently in the life and lessons of Jesus Christ, who is "the brightness of tbe Father's glory and the express image of his perMC."
Now, then, teachers of literature, of history and of science in all depart-menu should emphaticaliy acknowl-edge this revelation and make use of it as tbe backbone of the only true system of ethics. And the church does not exceed her right in urging this view. On the contrary, she has been often too remiss In doing so. She has been dduded Into the belief that mere intellectual development divorccd from thorough moral and religious culture Is not dangerous. But It is. We may thus get brilliant intelligence with ut-ter lack of truthfulness and integrity, which ar* the foundations of manly character and the safeguards of na-tional prosperity.
The education which ignores -vhat relates to duty, the obligations of man to Ood and his fellow creatures. Is to be reprobated as cruel and destruc-tive. ThU Is the emphatic testimony of history, especially that of France, both before and since the Revolution. It has become notorious here of late that criminals of the worst type are-found among young men who boast of their irrellglon and absolute atheism and are led to the guillotine •cofflog at Ood and eternity.
ThU U tbe legitimate outcome of an eduotUon from which Christianity U praotloally eliminated, and which makes men one-sldcd and completely unfit to attain their highest destiny; for what was beautifully said by BrlUin't late poet laureate is true: "And thninotoneo.bulolt in our fsmed lilud'ii
story. Tbs psiii of duty provsd Ihs way to Rlorr."
Man's moral nature U' more unde-niably distinctive of him than hU ablllly to think and InvesUgate, and ha ihotttd bt treated accordingly by churoh and college. The lower aol* maU reatember and reason la a lim-ited degree; but to man alone, among larnMtrlal oreaturet, U given tbo oa-paolty to worship his creator, and to undentandi formulate aad aot upon great moral prioolplet which bind to-gether tbe loolal fabric and the oom-munitjr of natloM.
Theohurah and college, therefbre,
in seeking the well-bolng of the world, should unitedly cultivate this capacity to the utmost. It is only thus that mon of the highest type are to bo pre-pared to till plaeos of public trust and power, and that the political and com-meniial life of the world is to be puri-fied. If Just dealings are to be cstab-lishud among men. If deceit and fraud are to bo abolished, if the conflict be-tween capital and labor is to bo ended, if strikes and Hocial discontent and secrct soolotloi which batch mischief and anarchy arc to pass away, it will not be solely by tho enforcement of coercive iwnal laws, but rather by emphasizing moral and true religious instruction in all educational institu-tions, elementary, collegiate and ecclo-(lastical. Masters and servants must bo taught more elTectually tbe thingi* that are true and honest and pure and lovely and of good report. They muut be made to boar tho voice of God say-ing with supreme authority: "Masters, give unto your scrvantu that which is just and cijual; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Servants, obey In all thioirs yovr masters ac-cording to tbei Mesh; not with oye-ser-vlco, as men-pleasors, but In single-DU88 of heart, fearing God ."
But if this sort of education Is to bo insisted upon and to become dominant, the curricula of our schools and col-leges must undergo considerable mod-ifications. The details of these must bo worked out and contended for by devout experts. Tbcy cannot be fully indiciited in a paper of this sort; but I do not hesitate to say that I would eliminate from an Arts course very much of the pagan philosophy and ethics hllberto insisted upon, or at least treat them historically and in a general way, so as to give the proper place and iwminenue to Biblical psy-chology and tbe ethics of Christ and his apostles. I would exclude all im-pure and Olthy heathen classics, and relieve tbe student of the corrupting task of mastering everything about tbo thefts, the trcachery, the debauchery and murders of fabulous pagan gods and heroes, and thus make room for the critical philological study of tbo Vulgate, the Septuagint and the Greek Now Testament, many portions of which are not inferior in propriety and beauty of diction to the Greek of Demosthenes.
Such training, along with a knowl edge of tho Hebrew and cognate languages, would be of inestimable advantage to candidates for tbe min-istry of the Gospel, and could but prove useful, with perhaps the excep-tion of Hebrew, to doctors, lawyers, legislators and scientists. There, should be, however, a lufliclent range of options in tho curriculum, a j ^ d a i l y a t the end of the second year , to enable studenU to select tho sub Jects which bear most beneficially upon their ulterior aims in life.
The adaptation of tbe training given In schools and college to the real ne-oesaltlos of all classes has not yet boon suHlolently oontldered. Some of tho universities of Canada, consplcu ously McGlll College, Montreal, and Toronto University, aro wisely mnv' ing in thU dlrectinn, and further re-f o m a aro sure to bo olTected. When theae take place gcnoraliy, the reta-tlona between ohurcb and college will become more and more harmonloua?
Parts, Franco.
The Whitiitt Oontention.
iiv uKo. A. tiOrroN, D. D.
I want to beg pardon for having written ao much; but I cannot tee how I oould have been ahorter with tho aubjeot in hand. I want to have i word in oonbluilon, and in general, bearing npon the whole matter of the oontention, and I wish to make a ftiw
observations upon thechnractcr of tbe controversy as to its Dcrsonalltlcsand as to itsconscfiuenecs upon tho Baptist position.
1. Tho Contention can't hurt tho Bap-tist position, as many apprehend, no matter what bu Us termination. If Dr. Whitsitl is right a s to the first Eogllsb Baptist cburches, or as to Kogcr Williams, ho only goes to prove what in my humble opinion is true, namely, that Baptist hUtory is a gradual ovolution buck to the apos-tolic churchcs from out of tho chaos of Uoinanism. The apostolic chunrhos themsolveii were lost in the gruat aiKistasy. Not one of them oxikts to-day; and what was truo of them was true of tbelr Immediate succcssors. Tho Anabaptist sects sprang up from time to time, bore and there, and some-times everywhere; but successively these scots share tho fate of the apos-tolic churchcs save as they planted the seed from which other sccts origi-nated and rose and lived on till tho K«formatlon of tbo KUh ccntury. Out of tho conflict with Uomu and iicr dauKhtcrs tho Baptists at last came full-fledged and immortal in tho ITth ccntury; and today, tho Baptist de-nomination is simply Israel returned from i\iptlvity with tho ark of Gcd and tho temple restored ami tho or-ganized goveramcut of Christ sot up as In tho days of the ai>ostlcs.
(Gospel people ami principles were never lost, aliliough tbo 'organic suc-cession of tho ^os|)«l churchcs cannot be historically provcd:and while there (ccms to be somo sort of baptismal succcsslon from t'oland to IToiiand, and from IIollaDd to England, and from bhigland to .America In the lino of the Baptists, it cannot bo traced back to tho apostles—although tbo lino may t)e unbroken all tiio way lack. Tho truth i s ' tha t most of tho Anabaptist sects adopted afTusion for boliovers* baptism at tbo Ituformation; sometimes some of them suspended baptism; and lung before tbe lleforma-tion somo of thom adopted the Consola-montuni for baptism, and did not bap-tizo at all. Tho English Baptis*. churchcs from whom we succccdcd wore evidently aspersionlsts and aot immcrsionists until 1U41, when they received Immersion, through Blunt, from Holland and transmitted it to tis.
Those l-:agli8h Baptist churches, oven now, are in disorder and on tho "downgrade," with the exception of tho orthodox Separatists whclsplltfrom them some yf ara ago. American Bap-tist today, couldnotfcllowshipthem as orderly Baptist churches. They are open communion and mixed in mem-berahip; and ' the i r affualon ft r bap-tlam W o r e 1041 is but a amall error beside their preient errors and Irregu-larities. During tho 18^h century, like the Monnonltes, tho General Bap-tuts becam) Boolt Ian; and the Pa r icu-lar Baptlsta, though calvlnlstio, have always beon "m'xod." Noverthoiosfi, like our Anabaptist kinsmen of old, wo claim succession through our En-glish brethren; and In our evolution out from the chaos of RomanUm (not f romRomanUm Itself) wo aro going on to eooloslaatlcal porfection as Bap-tists In thU country.
Now what of all thU? Did Chriat'a word or people over fail? Did tho gatea of hell over prevail against hU ohuroh? N6v(»t- In the personal and •pirltual aense. If ChrUt had meant literally hia organlo church, then Je-rusalem and Antiooh and Ephoaua and Corinth and Thyatlra would have been •landing today. The Maater never meant tbe Romiah idoa of apoatollo, organic, baptlamal auoooaalon. Or-ganism, offloe, or ceremony, is but the aooldentor extemalism of religion. Thtsshavo no saving effloaoy, and may lie lost luid restored wl ile God's truth and people sUU live; as in the
'Hi
case of old Jerusalem so in of the new Jerusalem.
B A I T I S T A N D K E F L B C T O U , D E C . 1 0 , 1 8 » t t . 3 the ease
The Anabap. tiats scorned the doctrine of " s u e ^ alon" aa a "mark of the beast;" and tbcy claimed that God'a people with God's trttth where the church and bap-tlsm had been crushed out, had the right to restore organism and ord|. nance, "anew" without any tuoceislos-and.tboy did It a thousand times In his-tory as In tho case of tho first English Baptist Churches. Baptlsta arc not tra-dltlonaUsts and ritualists; and organ-ic, or baptismal, or ofrioial, succes-sion of any kind, whether we have U or not, is not worth tbe least consid-eration, in tbe mind of an intelligent Baptist. Tho doctrine of succession may do for tho dead ritualism of Bom-anism and Episcopacy, but not for Baptists who havo a personal ud spiritual succcsslon from Uie days of the apostles till now through their Anabaptist ancestora;, and who bavs tho truth and tbe right at any time to restore tho organism, offices and o^ dinancos of God'a house—or improvs their administration—when needed.
2. Tho spirit of thia controversy with Dr. Whitsitt has developed ths cfToct, with somo of our brethren, of traditionalism and ritualism on tbe mind and character of those who plant them«elvca upon the "hlKb church" theory. Somo of us display the spirit of the Romanist, or of the i'.piscopalian, or of the Pedohaptlit; and it all comes from tho "suosession" theory which ongondars the Judaistie or i'harisaic prido and spirit of casts aud distinction above others. I fear there arc many Baptists who have oo love or charity for other {leople; aod who feel that thoy would be unclean If they touched tbe Podobaptist in tlw market place. The traditional or ritualistic theory of "succession" hM made among us tho boaster and tbe proud--the gamecock of professioul controversy and debate—Uie cold and flloty spirit of orthodoxy without Ion or practicability in many. Thoni-ands of Baptist hoarts are dried up with the discussion of our pecullarltUi and in the assertion of our denomios-tlonal caste to the exclusion of mil-sions and bcnevolenoe; and one-bsU our people today aro sitting back up-on the couch of do nothing, glva noth-ing and pray nothing under ths as-sumption that we aro God's people above all others and that God will take care of hU truth and his Bride. Tho only excitement which could be aroused with a multitude of our peopl* is to get up a debate about our dif tlnctive peculiarities; but you cry U vain, except to tbe few, about mis-sions, benevolence, education, meili-oda of work and the spiritual aod practical progress of the churobes. Atnong tho obstructive factora In lbs way of Baptist progress are some of our newspapers and editors who wrap themselves up In a few denomlna t loDki peouliaritles and who seek a followlag for patronage by playing upon \t» hardshell, orthehigh church, ideas of those who have followed the tradiUosi of mon rather Uian the truth of fh'W and history.
3. Another thing: wherever you Bnd the traditional, or the rltuallsUe, or tho high ohuroh theory among any people, you And the spirit of bigotry, Intolerance, persecution. Tbe d ^ trine of "suocossion," w h e r e v e r hel^ makes her persecutors. With regj" to Dr. Whltoltt himself this splrtthM been fearfully displayed by soos, u not many, of our brethren. Alhonf" a Christian gentieman and although he U ,a sound " every parUcular of our ConfassiOB or Paith-yetfor a "question" of d enoe In "Baptist History," I have heard some talk who, conditions, wonld hate burnt hUo" the staka. Some hare gone »<>»'•', to pronoonce hin a "Judas," ^
tor," who sold his people for the price of an editorial In a newspaporl I beard a number who said they would ootreadhif book if it were given to ibemi Others declared that, if he was right, he should havo kept hU secret or discovery to himself! Associa-tions and Conventions and churches with the furious zeal of pope aod council pronounced anathemas, so to speak, upon him and hU book; and some few would have torn the Semi-nary into tatters and plied it as fuel at the stake of ono they have otherwise tried to martyr. I don't blame Bap-UsM for vigilance and zeal In watch ing at tbe gates of /Ion—in keeping out heresy and in preserving purity but 1 hate to see the spirit of persecu-tion, especially born of ignoranee, which not only refuses to investigate a matter of history, but proposes to martyr a man for hU opinions. The boast of Baptists in all the ages is freedom of conscience and fearlessness of investigation; but the traditional spirit has unquestionably wrought among many of us the spirit of arro gapcy, pride and persecution. Well did the old Anabaptisto hold that "succession" was a "mark of the beast," and true it is that that theo.-y inwrought into the life and character of a people will imbue them with the spirit of excluslveness, bigotry and persecution. Dr. Whitsitt mado some mistakes as to tho manner of intro-ducing his history; but David and Peter and Jacob made mistakes, with-out the utter damnation of God and their brethren. Tho main thing at is-sue is this: Is Dr. Whitsltt's book true?
Finally, my brethren, we learn tho groat and important lesson that the book of the Baptists U the Bible, If we had no written history at ail. One of Dr. Whitaltt's critics wrote not long since that if you take away tbe baptismal succession theory he had just as soon join any of the other Protestant denominations as the Bap-tists. Alas! my brother, traditional-ism hath ruined thee! God's spiritual truth and people are above organism, office, or ordinance; and I belong to God's people who have witnessed in in every age, and I hold to God's truth which has never been lost to tho ages. Whatever the breaks in the eX' tcrnals of Christ's Kingdom through the dim mazes of the past, Baptlsta have the truth, the organism, ofHoes and ordinances of ChrUt again, in full force and operation; and all our boast is In God who has kept us and In hU truth which has restored us to the order of the Now Testament. We havo long slnoe returned from the captivity of Itomanism, of Babylon; and let us boast in the spirit and truth of the gospel, not in the accidenta and formalism of Jerusalem, which may be lost and restored at any time Ood sees fit to permit. The church in the wildomeess of the dark ages was antl-typioally what Jerusalem was in cap tlvity; and Rome was the antitype of Bal^lon.
Dr. WhitaiU's book brings a needed revolution -from the blight of tradi tlonalism and moss baokism to the new and greater advance of our de-nomination along the lines of Bible and missionary progress; in sound dootrine, spiritual development and in advanced methods of work. I-«t us educate, educate, educate, in tbe direction of the spirit, truth and praotioe of our religion; ahd let us rise up from the lethargy of our hard-sheillsm which, in spita of 100 years of niisionary eduoaUon, still holds our RtrMt body like m giant asleep and flat on Us back, wriffgilng with only his head, his hands and hU feet, see-ing with his eyes aad hearing with his «ura and beating at his heaH, In those «ha lead la education and effort, but
said thai Uaoal;V •nvlawithhU toft
every now and then against progress I.«t us tako care of our young people encourage our women, extend our mU siona, build up our schools and col leges, organize a Sunday-school every church, and Insist upon tbe New Testament plan of an elder or pastor in every church in town or country then we shall be Baptlsta taking tbo world for t'hrlst.
Aa to our relations with other de-nominations, let us, in love and kind ness, hold them to tho Bible not only for doctrine but for practice; and in whatsoever they do not agree with tbe word of God, let us not walk with them. Our "strict communion' tho bulwark of our New Testament ec cleslastlclsm; and so long as un scriptural forms of church government, or Infant baptism, or baptismal rogen-eration, or sprinkling and pouring, or falso doctrine, remain in any or all of them, let us hold them from our church fellowship and communion howover we may fellowship or work with them as Christians on tho outside of ucclcsiastlcai relations. Above all. let us not drive the entering wcdgo of alien immersion, or alien ordination any more than of alien communion Into our theory of Ne-v Testament ec cleslastlclsm, lest we lose it again.
The Middle Ages in the Nineteenth Century.
IIV MISS SARAH HALE.
When I was in the United States was surprised to leo nuns nearly everywhere I wont# In MemphU two nuns In ill fitting dresses and hideous white bonnets put some little girls on the train to go to Chattanooga; in the latter city two more of about the same description received them. I saw nuns in Nashville, perhaps in Knoxvllle: they swarmed In New Orleans, and saw some in San Antonio. They wero overywhc'e, on tho street cars. In the trains, on the steamboats, all of tbem in stilT white bonnets and ugly dress-es. As we approached tho boundary lino of Texas the two who were in the coach with ua went to the dressing room and presently emerged from It sans white bonnets and habits, and dressed as rcspoctable women should dress. According to tbo laws of Moxl CO thoy can't wear a distinctive dress in thU country; they dared not cross the Ulo Grande in that garb.
Those I saw from my hotel window In San Antonio reminded mo of some things that I know about them Somo tlmo ago several Mexican bishops and friends of the "cause" importuned the editor of El l\tmpo, a largo Catholic daily published in the city of Mexico, to give them somo information about the Order of tho Incarnate Word and the Most Holy Sacrament in Browns-ville, Texas. The editor requested one of the members of tho society In Brownsville, presumably tho lady superior, to write him some account of tho order. Her reply was publishod in Bl Tiempo. The hospital nuns of San Antonio aro a branch of tho same order. It seoms almost incredible that a document so full of superstition should have been written sinco the close of tho Middle Ages.
According to this letter tho order was organised In Franco in 1702 by a Madam Martei. It was almost ex-tinguished during tho Revolution; but In 1827 It was restored by a priest to whom it was revealed by the Incar-nate Word that it was his will to see It ro-esUblUhed In France. Says the letter:
"This order dedicates Itself with love to the worship of the MostHoljr Sacrament and it exerts itself to atone for the outrages which It (tho sacra-ment) rsoeivee from unbelievers. It does everything in Its power fbr the lionorof the Most Holy VIrfin Marji
and especially for thatof the Immaculate Conception, • • • The nuns (Itw religiimB)ot the Incarnate Word, be ing destined to imitate the humiliations of their husband, aro to seek tho glory of God and his personal merit by the perfection ofthe motives which animate them in their actions, rather than by the external appearance of their ac tions."
This is quite significant. Th» "ex ternal appearance" of their actions may be as bad as possible, judged the standard of people^ who have or-dinary conceptions of vice and virtue like ourselves; but if tbe motives which animate thom seem to their benumbed understandings and consciences to add "to tho personal merit" of God, what-ever that may mean, they are not bo called to account for them.
After describing the white dross, veil red scapulary and other things of the novlccs, the writer proooeds:
"Each part of tbo habit was shown and described by tbe Immaculate Word to tbo venerable Madam Mar' t«l. When ho deicrlbod tbe habit which he wishoi his daughters to wear our Lord said to her: 'Thou shalt give to my daughters a white dress that they may honor my purity and the humiliations which I received In tl>o court of Herod; a red girdle to honor tbo cords with which tbcy bound me; a red scapulary which is to re-mind them of tho preclons blood which I shod in ray crucifixion, and also of my cross Do as thou hast seen and lot all know that I wish to rest in tho bosom of my spouses and no longer say that I liiive not where to lay my head Thou shalt also give them a red mantle that they may know that I cover them with my blood and declare them to be my spouses.'"
After a year they must make vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and perseverance In the order. After tak-ing tbo vow of poverty "tho professed nun cannot possess anything, nor dis-pose of anything and if sho receives anything it Is to bo for the Community and immediately delivered to the Com munity. . . . The obedience and do pendence admit of no exception. . . , The retirement imposed by the con-stitution does not permit tho nuns to leave tho convent, nor admit Into It any person without tho permission of tho bishop; cases of necessity are ex ceptod. They recoive visita In tho loaUorio behind bars."
Young ladies who have in them any feollngs of self-respect aod indepen donee would do well to consider these paragraphs before resolving to take the veil.
The life of Madam Martei has been translated Into English by a Josult priest. Tho writer says:
"ThU work overflows with oeleatial favora, revelations and visions which have sustained the most rigid examl-nationa by competent theologlana with reapect to their dootrine and au-thenticity We nourUh tho hope
somo day seeing our V. Mother Martei plaoed on tho altars and re-ceiving the honors which her great virtues have merited."
This Is what these eminent ladles havo to say for themselves. In an-other letter I will tell you tbo experi-ences of somo young ladles who were In tho oonvon't of the Hospital nuns of San Antonio.
Our Field Editor's U t t e r .
t l B H A S ILKKN T O O O N O R K S B A N D
TKLLS WHAT HB TIIINK8 Or IT.
I used to go to Oongess in the long ago when Henry Clay and Danld Webster were members, and listen to the dlacussions of tho old statesman of that day. Seeinf it announced that the Baptist Natloi^al Congress woidd meet in Nashville .on November 8,19
Its 14th annual session, I decided to attend and see how such a Congress Is conducted.
I fotind It composed of some of our best men from both sides of Mason and Ulxon's line.
TheCongress la a voluntary organiza-tion, withnoauUiorlty from any ohurcb or body of men. With Bitj^at free-dom of speech, and liberty of con-science, they meet to discuaa any and every live Issue of tbo day that they think elTecta the welfare of the people. After the dUouaalons, they draide nothing by a vote, but publish tbe OH-aaya and apeeches In an annual vol-ume, for future reference. It U a fifth Sunday meeting on a bigger scale and wider range of aubjecta.
I was very much interested In the three days discussions and had my wlta abarpened and my Ideas enlarged. Tbo essays were well written and evinced culture and retearoh. Some of them contained wise suggestions and some not so wise, as I judged. But all wore provocative of thought and higher alms, and well calculated to remove narrow-minded prejudices. None of the essays were more logical In state-ment or clear In definition of points, than that of Prof. H. H. Harris' of our Theological Seminary at Louis-ville. But Rev. J. O. Rust of Nash-ville took the lead in striking thought, forceful presentation and brilliant rhetoric. It was Indeed a brilliant essay, and someone suggested that his name be changed to John Bright.
Somo good speeches followed the essays on each subject and then 10-minute free-for-all talks. Among the lO-mlnute talkers was a young broth-er from Louisville. As he walked to tho stand, a good old sister whisper-ed, "Why do they want to put that little beardless boy up there?" I was much amuaed at her feara Uiat he would spoil the fine impression made by tho former speaker, and had to in-form her that this iaoy was pastor of one of the large Baptist churchea in Louisville, and was considered a fine preacher. I had to remind her that
"Lairostresms rrom little fountslnl Mow, Great men from )ttU« IMJK (row." Wo had some strong men from the
North and West who presented able essays and made interesting and in-structive apoecbea. On the whole, I was much pleased with what I saw and heard, and felt proud of the intellect, culture and enlightened seal of this Baptist Congress. It evidently made a tine Impression on the people ol Nashville, who attended Ite three days' sittings. Some good ,Baptlsta have made strong objections to this Congress, saying so much freedom is allowed, that heresy may bo and even has been introduced in ite dlscuaaiona. I reply that hereay U introduced and discussed in our religious papers and is sometimes preached In our pulpite. It is certainly as wlise to discuss these things In an Irresponsible Congress, where tho heresy oan be refuted, and nobody responsible for it, but tbe speaker, as it is to preach it from a responsible pulpit, or in a representa-tive newspaper. Baptists are the last people to object to tho free disoussion of the truth or falsity of any subject. They would now do well to remember that, in former ages, thoy wore con-sidered tho worst sort of heretics for oontending for freedom of speech to discuss any subject concerning church or State. They wero told by their op-pocente, that freedom of speech led to hereay, that thev must hold their tongues or take the penalty of the law for denying the divine right of kings, and the divine authority for union of ohuroh and State, and for saying there was no seripture warrant for bapUtinf babies.
In those days, tbe Baptists wotUd have been delighted to have had the prlvUege of holdlnff Just such a free*
B A P T I S T A N D K E F L B C T O K , D E C . 1 0 ,
The Sunday-ichool Board.
I wish to lajr boforo tho Bnptlitii of
Tuoneiitco and otheri who may read
tbo BAPTIST A N D RKPLKCTOR eome
thloiTB concornlnir tLo work of tbo Sun-
day-ichool Board of tho Southern Bap*
tiDt Convention. It may ba consider-
ed either as a donominational policy
or a buainesB onterprleo, or an agency
for furthering the CoDvootion's pur-
poio.
Tho Convention has flvo atrenoioi
orcatcd for furtiioring and promotln^f
tt« intbrertu, namely, tho Foreign
Board, the Bomo Board, the Sunday-
Bchool Board, tho Bcminary and tbo
Woman'a Miatlunary Union, Those
Ove agoncics are one In the protocu-
tion of the lntero«ti of tho Convention,
and attain tho blichcat vmoiaooy In the
unity of their effort and tho solidarity
of their relation to each other. To
use Dr. John A. Broadus' itatemoat
oonorrnlog this same matter, *'We are
«U In the same boat.*' In oreatlnir the
Board at Nasbvlllo, thi Convention
wai amphastxlng its Bunday-sohnol
Intoreik, undertaking the betterment of
Its oondltlon and tho fostorlni; of its
power, two things ipvatly dcservlnff
the earnest atlontion of the denomina-
tion.
In tl B proioeutlon of ita diOloult task
u d b i fh trust, tb« Board puta out l u
dom of spooob in Congross as tho one
wo have Just clotted in Nasbvilio. By
thnir contontiun for frcdum of ^pccob
and dituu««lDg what the old oatab-
liahcd ohurciica devmed awful horosics,
tbo Bapiints havo btou the world's
bcnofttctorB and the great««t friends
tothoteuld foaalliz'd chuich organl-
zalions. We havo caused them to
ceuio pcrgvutint; u« for HO-cp,llcd bore-
ay and to glvu up some of their hereti-
cal notions, lbc.n9elveB. OaptUta
ought to bo hospitable to new truths,
now idea«, and any new liKht that may
be thrown u|>on ibtlr uearoh after tho
truth un any and all aubjccta. H po-
dally should they never bo afraid to
dlecuas, What is truth, either In ro- |
llglon or history. As Dr. Normau
Fox of New Jprsoy, well said, la hU
clOBtngreiimrkH In tbo ConRrcea, "Uo
la not al»a)» my best frlead, who
cornea up and anya to mc, "You know
It all, you are all right. That's no
information. 1 knew all that, bufori-.'
But he la my true friend, auU tells me
some thinga now, when bu aays, You
are entirely wroujf lu one of your
fctatemonta, and I can hbow you where
you have made a mlatake.' Then he
doea me a favor and takea the conceit
out of me, that I koew it a l l . "
Tnat la tho design of tbla Congreaa,
to give light that wllldUpel darkness,
that will conllrm us lu the truth and
correct our errors and prejudices in a
friendly Christian aplrlt. I say It aa
a good friend of D.'. Whlt^ltt and the
Seminary. Bappy would It havo been
for him and our beloved Inatltutlun,
if hia supposed dUcoveriea in church
history bad been first disuuaaed in this
Congress. I am sure some of hla ut-
terances would never havo boon In-
serted In an oncyclo|)cdla.
Dr. Norman Fox, 1 rcmem'fjer, dla-
cuaaod the same aubjcci on tho aamb
lino In the Ikligmu) Ikrnld soon after
the war; but our old war horse, Jo-
aeph Walker, of Virginia, met his ar-
gumuntf with rcbutiing testimony of
aucb strong and tolling force that Dr.
Fox'a views were not ai-cepied by our
|)coplo. Yet, tboy tumalned gooJ
friends. Thoy combated Ideas not
men, jusi as wc all ought to do now
In the historical controversy that baa
raised aueh a whirlwind among us. It
threatened the aafety Of our Seminary
when the atorm centre rcached Loula-
vllle and nearly lifted Bro. Sampoy
out of his boots.
A. B. CAHANI88.
energy through llvo departments, as
follows:
Tho Homo Department, for tlie en-
largement of tho Sunday-acbool
Bphoro and tho enllatmont of those not
engaged in its ranks.
Tho Bible Dopartmeot, tor elroulat-
Ing tho word of Gud In destitute
homes and neighborhoods.
The Book and Tract Department,
for the Increased circulation of do-
numlnatloual and other religious lit-
erature.
Tho Mlaalofaary Department, for
emphasizing the miaslonary thought
In auoh ways as may be possible
in all the work and |>erlodlcals of tho
Sunday-school.
The Periodical Department, for pub-
lishing the porlodiuals owned by tbo
Southern Baptist Convention, and for
the better enulpment of our schools.
While u&ch of theso emphasl/.ca its
owu Idea and presses the work at Its
own point, they all center on tho ono
purpoao of tho Board's creation.
All tho other departments, of courso,
are carried on by the periodical de-
partment It stands for tho Board's
power and very life, and wbcever
strengthens this, strengthens tho Board
and Inercaaea Its power for uaefulnoss
and puts blmaelf into all tbo work
and Intereat of the Board.
Theao live years have justlQed the
action of tbo Convention in this un-
dertaking. Starting without any
money capital and running Aoven
months without any Income, oven go-
ing into bank to borrow money to
cover expontca, the Board came to
tho Couvcii'.lon with all Indebtedneas
paid and 81 (MX) balanco to Its credit.
During its accond year It began to
make appropriations out of Ita busi-
ncaa earnlnga, and since that time,
aomcthlng over four years, It has con-
tributed in caab over II,,'>00 to denomi-
national work other than its owu busi-
ness, over 117,000 in canh for Sunday-
school missions In tho dlfTcront States,
over $12,000 In cash to the Homo and
Foreign Board (aa the result of Mis-
sionary Day collcctlona), between
88,000 and «10,000 worth of BIbloa and
periodicals for mlaalon schools, ag-
gregating nearly $40,000 put Into our
dcDomlnational life In thotcfour years
of Its hUtory. It lias built up a busi-
ness which measured by Its Incomo-
maklng power Is easily worth nearly
9100,000. All this has been done
during a timoof groat money stringen-
cy and without tho investment of any
money capital, and without calling
upon tho churches for contributions,
except In the matter of Missionary
Day. And yet this la but the begin-
ning of its power for U6ofulneas. Theso
periodicals aro owned and controlled
by tho Convention, and Baptists of
thoSouthcan. doubiotbolr power If thoy
will. Their oduoational value is far
greater than their money value, and
in tbo course of a few years must nec-
ossarily toll greatly for tho upbuild-
ing of our people.
Our Bible Department, though oon-
dueled aa yet on roatrioted linost baa
novortbolesa already done a noblo
work in the distribution of tho Word
of Life, hftviDg sent hundreds of Bi-
bles and Testamenta into huodroda of
homos. What has bcoa done ao far
in tbla way baa beon done by funds
contributed from our buslocas depart*
ment for tho moit part. We with to
enlarge this work and oarneatiy hope
for tho help of (ho poopio In contribu-
tions for thia purpose. Within tbo
last 30 daya wo hava aont out nearly
l,e00 eoples of the Soripturos. *
Thn Southern Baptist Convention
has not hitherto undertaken anything
In this line, having In all Ita hiatoty
atrlctly avoided any alliauoe with any
and all Bible Booietiea, and having
by eipliolt rotn deollned to bo repra-
aentedlnthe "Saratoga Bible Oon*
vontlon." And now ono of Its own
Boards has undertaken tho great work
and asks for kindly consideration and
oo-oiieratlon. This appeal will not
bo made In vain; already responses
aro being made and theao will Inoreaso
more and more.
The Board some years ago created
Us Blblo Department by setting aside
9300 as a Bible fund, and has not hith-
erto called for contributions. Hero Is
a groat door fur usefulness which
Ood's hand has O|>oncd tu tho Baptists
of tho South. As In tho Bible Do-
partmcnt. so also in all tbo others,
tho periodical business has made It-
self felt in a most practical and elTcc-
tlvo way. It has proven itself an
agency of tremendous irlllciency, aud
Us success is hardly short of phenome-
nal In business circles. Indeed, a
prominent Boston publisher said ho
knew nothing comparable to it; and
yet its course of uscfulncas Is hardly
more than begun.
There aro three ways In which help
may bo given to tho Southern Baptist
Convontion In this undertaking: You
may give Uyour kindly consideration,
taking It Into your life as a thing on
whloh you will set your heart and
prayer; you may equip your Sunday-
school with literature by ordering the
|)erlodlcala of the Convention as pub-
lished by the Board at Nashville; and
you may help by contributions of
money. This pica has not been made
hitherto, and Is mado now nut as need-
ed In our business, but to enlarge the
sphere nf the Board's operations for
uaofulness. Wecaip use money very
etTectlvoly in our Blblo work and for
tbo distribution of tracts and denomi-
national literature, and not only shall
every dollar glvon go strictly to this
fund, but moreover wo will add dollar
for dollar for every sum sent us, and
so double its power for uaefulneas.
For example, a lady sent us V) for
our Blblo Fund, and wo havo sent 910
worth of Bibles and Testaments to tho
Sunday-school Board In her State U>
bo uaoil as U> may dcum proper. At
the same timo wo also sent between <10
and 71) volumes of excollont books as
an appropriation for the Board's use.
This will servo to lllustratu tho lino
upon which wc operate In our Bible
work and lu our Book and Tract
work. Wo will make our appropria-
tions hereafter for the moat part in
books and tracts and Bibles, instead
of in cash as heretofore, and will make
them through Stato organixatlons, de-
siring to keep In touch with those and
knowing also that they bavo a more
thorough acquaintance with tho noeds
of tho field. We want tho people to
help us to moot tho growing demand
for Bibles and Testaments, tho plant-
ing of which in some dostltuto nolgh-
borbood may bo but the beginning of
tho kingdom of Christ In some heart
and in somo homo.
If you cannot mako contributions of
monoy, by ail means lot your sobooi
havo tbo use of tho periodicals which
aro published by tho Board of the
Convention, sondlng all orders for
aupplica and satnplos to the Baptist
Sunday-aohool Board at Nashville,
and so Incroaso its power fpr useful-
ness, putting youraelf and your school
Into this great ciTort for tho advanoo-
mont of the Mia'cr'a kingdom.
Tho Sunday-Bobooi Board haa never
diverted tho funds from other denomi-
national Intorosti nnd will not do ao
now, and yet I am desirous of> bavlag
tho sympathy and oo-bperatlon uf the
people In tbla great work, and lay It
upon tbo hearta of tho Baptlat broth*
erhood of the South with tho earneat,
fervent prayer that Ood will touoh
them with hla power and cover them
with hia glory.
J . M . FROST.
Nashville, Tann^^ ^
Read tho BAPT IBT A N D Rs iu toro i i .
Tbero Was a Big Rain.
A fifth Sunday mooting had been
announced; programa had bien «unt
out; Mt, Herujon Church bad wiuie
largo preparations; larg«ex|HetatloDa
bad been awakonnd. The preauhei- in
charge had arranged everyihlti); to
give blmaelf loul and body to tho oc-
casion, but ibo rains descendtii, thu
floods came and beat upon everytlitrg
out of doors, Tho preacher aurvujcd
tho rain, tbo Hoods, the slluation (.'en.
erally, on Friday evening, uml con-
cluded to wait until Saturday tiuiru-
ing to start. Saturday nioruivK the
rain bad not finiabcd doacendintr, mir
had tbo floods iceascd their toatiog
upon everything in their wuy. Hut
the preachcr resolved to go, ami by
9 o'clock was In Murrrci^sburo wiihiu
flvo milos of Mt. Ilnruion ('lunch,
where ho found Bro. Price waliiri>; for
tho train to take him back to Na»h-
vlllo. Wi th him waa Brother Wright
helping blm wait. Thoy were lu very
comfortable quarters with I'tutor
Ualley. Bro. I'rico would go hack
home In spite of weather, wInO and
high water. But Brethren Wrl^rht
and U.illcy promUcd the preacher that
if be would wait until it quit rainln);
thoy would go wltbhlmouttotliechurch.
He waited, but it was late and tho
brethren solemnly backed out. Hal-
ley remained at homo and Wright wcot
home. So tho preacher went on ulor.e,
and by dint of drumming, etc , suc-
ceeded in getting by 11 o'clock oa
Sunday about '20 people to tho church.
He preached to them juat as if they
bad been 500. Thu* liegan, proccciled
and ended tho last fifth Sunday meet-
ing of Concord Asiociatlon. Ii was
devoutly and solemnly resolvcil by
Hallo), Wright and Windea In cun-
feronco asaomblod in Hailey's parlor
that tho next time tho almanac pro-
claimed a fifth Sunday,Concord Assoel-
atlon would havo u fifth Sunday inrd-
Ing just aa though ono bad never IHCO
rained and stormed out. If any one
is skeptical on tho subjcct let him call
on J . H. Wright, Nashville, for the
program and placc.
KNOCH WI.NKKS.
Laaeasaas, Tenn.
Somlnary Notes.
Dr. W . O. Carver read a pajHr on
"Mission schools and SimlnarioH lo
China," and also Bro. D. A. Solly on
"Life of Judaon" at recent meetings of
tbo Mission Band.
Missionary Day was ono of marked
Interest and deep spirituality. Hro.
J . B. Shelton read an oxcolient paper
on "Proportionato giving." In a
cloar and forceful way tho topic was
presented.
Then ROT. Joseph Aiden, our mis-
sionary to Macolo, Brazil, made an
intoroatlng talk of his field.
But how shall I describe the power-
ful apoeoh of Dr. W . D. Powell? Tlioao
prerontfeltaa if they had been brouttht
closer to tho Maater and that his work
appeared In a oicarer light. Dr Har-
ris remarked to tho writer, "How can
wo got beyond thia meeting noxttimo.'^
Dr. Powell gavo a bo* of blacking to
each student present at tho mrnting.
Thank you, Doctor, and wo havo
noticed mora shiny shoes.
Itooont visitors at the hall: Dr
D. Powoll, Rov. Joioph Aldcii, Pr.
W . H. Whitaitt.
Many of tho profoaaora nnd students
listened with great ploaauro to Or.
Oeargo O. Lorimer, of Trcmont Tern-
Elo, Boaton, who preached iii iroadway Baptlat Ohurob. , ,, , The Gay leoturoa will be delivered
tlila year by Dr. B. U. Carroll. " " / theeommnnoouent address uy , ' / ' ' ' } ? NoahK. DatU. ofthe UnlvBrsliy of Vlrglna. What better things could ba In atore for the boya? „ „
Ur Kerloot attwded the SouUi Car-olina Oottventlon at Charleaton.
j UONU.
B A I ' T I S T A N D J I E F L E C T O U , D E C . 1 0 , 1 8 » t t .
NEWS NOTES.
PASTORS' CONFERENCE REPORT.
NaUivitifl.
l.'ir»i-l'a*lor Hawthorne preached
at the inornlog hour to the V. M. C.
|)r. W, D. Powoll of Mexico
urea.'lii.l at night. Tho house w.is
full morning an i night. Two rccoivod
by leiU'r. Took a ofjllectlon at night
for iiii-lons. Mado a contribution
In ihn niorningto tho Franklin church.
i07 in .S S.
Third I'ine audloncea at bo'.h acr-
viocs. ' >rie rei'clved by letter, (iood
Voiiii>! I'oDple's mooting. 1«0 In S. S.
I'.i6l"r troes to Conway, Ark., for a
two wcckH' meeting. Dr. Holt fills tho
pu'pli liiiriiig pastors abacnco.
Oniriil-Two fine congregations.
. Ili-I in s S. .'•'ovon baptl/.od. Tlirec
fur biii tintii. One by letter. At night
two pn.fcMions and several inqulrloa.
Ituinaniicl—I'dHtor Hamscy preach-
tii iiioroing and evening. A dollght-
fal sesrioti of tho Sunday-eehool
I,'nii>n WHS held In tho afterroon.
(ii)O(l Bcrvicus.
North lOdgolleld—Paator Sherman
pnachol morning and nigl.t. Good
ecrvicih Protracted meeting begins.
Bro. T. T. Thompson COUCH today.
i:ui in S S. 70 at Barton Mission.
Ccri •niiial—Pastor Cleveland con-
ducted Hcrvlces morning and night.
Bap'IzoJ oni'.
Seventh -Pastor Wright preachod
morninir ami night. Two rwiolvcd by
letter, (iood services. 201 In S. S.
Klrsl KilgcHold—Pastor Kust con-
ducted wrvlcos both morning and
niirbt AsuUted in a funeral service
ID the afternoon.
Howell .Memorlal—PABtor Burns preacbcd morning and might. Uaual iorvleea.
Anaon .Nelson MWalon—Oft In S. 8. l!ro \V I). Powell, of Mexico, waa
prcoent llo made a capital siHsech.
Ilro. Jiirmon of Franklin waa proa-cnt.
rirst Kdgellold (col)—Pastor Van-dcrvali preached afternoon and night Bro II. II. Harding preached In the morning. A very profllablo service a', night.
nrmiHito.
Uowiifi—t;ood (orvlces; osficclally
*cll attended at night. Night subject:
"Sir, wo would see Jesus." K.V(!ollent
Sunday tchool. Cottage prayer meet-
Inga aro being blessed by tho Master.
Million work vory encouraging. Ar-
cadian Mission happy In prospect of
n llliio church. Ono camo forward for
Prayir at Uowan laat night. Three
»«kud for prayer at Hope Mission.
Wxoxvlllc
f'lrai-pastor Acroc prenobod. A crowded house In the morning. 417 In 8. s,
Second-Pastor .lefifrios preached
to crowded houses. Mooting closed
with 40 profoaslons. 25 received into
"10 church. 12 baptized. ;J32 In S. S.
Thlnl-Pastor MoPhemon proached »t boiti honra. Ono received by letter. 'W In H. 8.
(Jantcnnial-Pastor Snow preached
" both hours to fine audiences. Bo-
Mt) a nieoting. Pour added by letter. 8. 8.
% I^wisburg ohurob gove IIO.OO to « niMorlal Education last moetlng. '•""I t know (bo amount given by ^wyrnaehurBh, hu ta nice oolleutlon "ftjUkon for i ho an mo purposo. I
Mm plraiuro of preaching the 'luhkagUing aermori at our Union •orvKro held at the Methodist ehuroh
place. A largo crowd was '"•"ont nnd a colleotlon of 132.40 waa
taken for the poor of tho town and vicinity. All tho pastors of the city took part in tho aorvlco.
L|':ON W . SLOAN .
IjOwlsburg, Tenn.
Dr. G. A. Lofton of Naahvllle, pro-poaes to iw ono of .'WO others to give •10 each to the Orphana' Homo, in or-der to meet, tho proposition of Bro, Jesse French of St. lyjuU, who agrees lo give 9;i 000 to tho homo provided tho Baptists of Tcnnoascc will pay tho entire Indebtedness of 98,000 by Janu-ary i, 1W)7. The following havo re-ported:
'.I; A .l-o"on. NnHhvlllo VV. W Kni.jr,
K Y. KilloU, " A Prleii J A Krl»fM<l I.<cl>aiion Church
(10 O) .. IIMU
luou ,. lOU) . lu WJ . WW
Who will bo tho next? Send all con-trll jutionaatoncdto A. J . HOLT,
Financial Secretary. Nashville, Tonn.
We havo juat closed a meeting at
tho First lUptlat Church, lu which we
have l»een greatly blessed. While
thoro has Iteen a largo nuaibcr of con-
versions and an ingathering of many,
all feel that the preat revival of Chris-
tians has been n benefit to the church
which deserves special recognition In
our expressions of gratitude. The
first week of the meeting tho pastor
conducted tho services, and on No-
vember 17 Dr. J. L. White of Macon,
Ga., arrived and preached twice every
day. Ho proposed staying with us
only about 10 days, but at tho expira-
tion of that timo the conditions were
Buch that ho was constrained to stay
five or six days longer. His visit to
our church will long bo remembered
by our poopio, and his eloquent and
powerful gospel sormons and his man-
ifestly deep pluty will never bo forgot-
ten . E . V . BALUV.
Bowling Green, Ky.
I feel that tho advancement and suc-
cess of our church undor tho care of
Bro. W. I. Feazcll, of i.«xlngton, es-
tablisbed only two years ago with a
vory small memborship, should lie re-
ported. Our membership has grown
from 30 odd to nearly 100 in a vory
short time. Bro. Feazoll bold pro-
tracted corvlccB bore laat summer and
23 wore added to tbo church. Wo all
love him and feel that ho is tho man
for our town, ho being an excellent
revivalist and this having been con-
sidered a very hard place. Ho
draws a largo congregation.
With tbo oddity of his texts and tbo
profoundness of his argument tbla
church will certainly grow to such an
extent that tho Association will bo
proud of him. Wc havo bad our
church to erect and furnish, arid ithas
boon hard on us, but wo are now
about to got straight again.
8. W. PAUKKH.
Wlidcrsvilie, Tonn,
i^'astanaileo fifth Sunday meeting
convened at 10 a. m. with Ococo church,
near Benton. Dule,t<tloa*pre8ant from
nine churcbos: Rogers Creek, Now
Hopewell, Mt. Harmony, Walnut
Grove, Good Hopo, Bethsalda, Cal-
houn, Smyrna, 7Aon Hlli. Rov, Gran-
ville Loe preaohed tho introductory
sermon. It was able and Intorostlng.
Ho took tho position that 'born of
water' was an allusion to tho natural
birth. The program was ably dU-
ousBod. Wo antloipatod a great gath-
ering on Sunday and a good oolloo-
tlon for miaiions. A blttor cold rain
ail day kept the people at homo. Dr*
aplto tho woAthflr, a few gathered at
the ohurob, but deoldod tbnt home,
sweot homo was a good placo tu bo.
After a ride of lovoral houra through
a dlsagroeablo rain, wo were glad to
onjoy tho aomforta of our humhlo
oottagohomo. Though tbo meeting
aeoma lo bo without Immediate roiulta,
wc have faith to believe that we left
behind a sweet devotional spirit that
will yet bear fruita.
C. G. SAMUEL , Chairman.
From Knoxvllle.
Sccond Church haa just closed an
excel lent meeting In which about 40
souls professed faith In tho Savior.
The ehuroh In this meeting bad the as-
sistance of Rov. J . T. Hickman, of
Mossy Croek, who rendered a service
which was highly gratifying in every
way. Our people were dollghtol with
him. The men trained at Carson nnd
Newruan, as I bavo heard tbom, ex-
hibit marked ability in the uso of tho
Word, "which Is tho sv^ord of the
Spirit." Bro Hickman is a man of
power aa a proachor and as an ovan-
gel 1 at
Pastor Acrco spent last wock with
tho Joncsboro church lo a meeting, in
which Paator KImbrougb, after two
weeks toll alone, felt ho must havo
help. The results of the meeting Mcra
gratifying.
Bro. Snow bag baen absent for three
weeks on a vacation, trying to recover
the broken health of his noblo wife.
Tho tireless work done in connection
with the recent improvement of their
church house waa too much for her
and now she muat roat awhile. I am
sure many friends will pray for her
speedy recovery.
Bro. McPhcrson at Third ohurob is
sturdily holding the fort and bringing
things to pass, as shown In tho growth
of his prayer meeting and Sunday-
school, his successful revival efforts
and frequent accesslonB.
The East Knoxvilio Church under
Bro. Pike Powers la coming to tho
front rapidly, eaveclally since tboy
got into their new house.
The Sunday-school Aaaociation of
Knoxvllle and vicinity is thriving and
doing good beyond antieipatlon. The
body comes together with largo num-
bers once cacn mouth. Live ques-
tions aro discussed. For instance, at
our last meeting, "Tho proper way for
a Sunday-school to celebrate Christ-
mas." Tbo kernel in tho nut was
whether It was boat to havo tho ohil-
drcn expect candy or to try to get
them to get tholr Christmas Joy in
giving to others. Thesuperinteudents,
most of them, and somo other grown
folks favor tbo latter Idea, but I think
tho littio folks liked tiie former.
Tho Association does something be-
sides talk; It Is providing for tho
board of a ministerial student at Car
son and Newman. ^ M, D. J .
VUlt To Middle Tennessee.
tunltlea which wealthy and fond par*
enta provide, and aho had made good
uae of them. H. H. Horton la to bo
oongratulated on achieving tbla vic-
tory. He ImprosBos one as a young
man of finished education and high
culture, I believe honors await
blm in hia chosen profession, that of
tho law. His office is at Winchester,
Tonn, Ho la also a mtmbor of the
Baptist church tbcre. Few men have
been so happily situated as Bro. J . B.
Wilbolto, In all his relations. Hla
home is princely, bis lands rloh, hia
church noar by, and hia frlenda many.
R. W . Hale mot mo at tbo train at
Murfreesboro, and had mo to go to
dinner with him. Tbo many aplendid
things they surround their friends with
gavo the moro joy to mo on account
of tbo warm wotcomo I always meet
there.
I took Thanksgiving dlnnor with my
brother-in-law whom I love as a
brother, R. B. Williams,of Nashville.
Thoro are many attractions for me at
Nashvilio, and at all tho places named
in this communication. Friends and
loved ones aro the best of our earthly
poiscBsions.
G . M . SAVAOE .
Jackson, Tenn.
Fifth Sunday Meeting.
My visits to certain communities in
MIddIo Tennessoo rooently wore highly
enjoyable. The places at whloh I
stopped, and whero I mingled with tbo
lieoplo, wore Murfroosboro,'Eaglevllle,
Chapel Hill, Wllholte, and Nashville.
At Kaglovillo ODO night I preach-
ed. I t was in my old pulpit. The
house was densely crowded. Among
the first to meet mo at the close
of tbo servloo was tho mother of
a family, who aaid with Joy, " I
beliove tho Lord haa blossod mo to-
night." In a minute the nowa passed
ovor tho crowd that Mrs, Allen la oon*
vorted. She had been an object of
prayer In the community a long time.
I hope othora, too, were aaved that
night. The text waa, " I t la flniahod.*'
If wo ahould preach Ghritt and him
cruolfied moro oonatantiy and ear-
noitly, oonveralona would be more fre*
quent. There ia but one way of life
and a.ilvation.
Thn objeotive point of my trip waa
Bro, J . B, Wllholle'a. Hia acoom*
pllahrd daughter* Addle, had put
tho honor on ma of nakinjt toe to offl*
oiato at her marriage. Mlaa Addle
had enjoyed the eddoatlonal oppor*
Tho Fifth Sunday mooting of tbo
Hoiston Aasoolation convened with
New I..obanon Church, November 27.
Rev. E. L. Smith preachod tho Intro-
ductory aormon. It waa full of com-
fort to tho Christian, and gavo tho
plan of salvation to tho ungodly.
By request, tho writer took thoobalr
and proceeded with the organization
of the body. This resulted In the elec-
tion of Bro. E. L. Smltb moderator,
and tho writer clerk.
Tbe program of the meeting'was an
unusually good ono; eliciting aa It
did a lively discussion of the different
topics, and calling forth many speech-
es which cannot fail to result In tho
advancement of Christ's earthly king-
dom.
Friday was a good day. A large
congregation was present. Among
those not mentioned already woro
Revs. R. M. Murroll, J . W . Ledbotter,
J. E. SmlUi, N. W. G. Baxter, E. H.
Yankee and E. Melear. Brethren J .
K, P. Hall, G, W, Basket, T, J . HIn*
klo, B. D. White, A . J . F.Hydor,Wblt-
iock and others woro proaent from a
dlstanoo. The alstors wero well repre-
sented by Mrs. £ . L. Smith, Mrs.
Florence White, Miss Mollie Templo-
ton and others,
Friday ovonlng was given to tbo
Woman's Miasion work. The con-
gregation waa largo and attentive. I t
was an excollont scrvlce.
The Inolemont weathctr reduced the
oongrogatlons on Saturday and Sun*
day, but both woro vory good daya.
Moat of Saturday was given to tbo
"Neceisity of oo-oporation in chnroh
work," and "How such co-operation
may be secured." Some good results
will surety follow such disousslon.
A aubacrlptlon of n«arly 100 waa
takon for tho newly organisied church
at Roaring Springs.
"Miaalons" was the talk of the sla-
tera throughout tho meeting) and aomo
of them mado good colleotlona.
On Sunday tho writer preached to a
oongregatlon of good llatencri, tho
majority of whom, i am glad to aay,
were Ohrlatlans.
Tho hospitality of the ehuroh and
the people waa unbounded; and their
oourieoua enlertalnmont waa a great
pieaaure. Ourtemporalnoceaaltleawere
well aupplled in every reipeet. We
shall not aoon forget the klndnosa ro-
oolved at tlielr hands. May heiven'a
blossinga be U|>on tbom, Tbo noxtmoeting will bu at Suaong'a
Momorial Ohurob in Groene county. Mar It be a warm meeting.
A. J . W A T K I N H , Clerk.
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n i M I O N DIHBCTOHV.
Mial* llIUal«na.-B«T. A. J. Bout, D.D., HlMlonarjrBMKUiT- All communlMtlona dMlCDSd (or Um should b« ftddroMtd to hlB NMhrUl*. Tens. W. M. WOOD-OOOK. TroMnrer, NMhrUle, Tenn.
F«r« lva »IU«i«n«.-R«r. B. J. WiLLno-•AM, D.D., OorrMpondInf 8«cr«Urr, Rlab-nond, V». Her. J. H. Snow, KnoivUle, Tenn., VlM-Preitdent o( tb« Forolfn Board (or TAnneMeo, to whom all InqulrtM lor In-formation may be addreiscd
HaMo RItaal*aa.-RaT. I. T. TinnHOB, D. D., CorrMpondloc S«er«Ury, AUanU. Oa. Ret. H. D. JirnuBS, Vto« Presidenl of the Home Board (or Tennesiee, to whom all Information or tnqalrlM about work In the Bute BftT be addresaed.
m i a l a t c r l a l EAncKtian.-All funda (or young mlaUtera to the 8. W. d. UnlTeratty •hould be aent to O. H. Sarace, LL.D., Jaokaon, Fean. For young mlnUUra at Careon and Newman College, send to J. T. BenderMn, Mouy Creek, Tenn.
Orphaaa^ llonie.—Send all monleato A.J. Wheeler, Treaeurer, NashTllla, Tenn. AU •upplles ibould be i«nt to C. T. Cheek, NaabTllle, Tenn. All lupplles ihoutd be prepaid.
W«M«n*B R f l a a i e n a r r I 'bIom. PBUiDBn.-Hrt. A.C. 8. Jaokaon, NaahTllle,
Tenn. OouusPoiiDiJiaSBaiuRAiiT-MlaiM.H Clai-
borne, Maxwell Bouae, NaahTllle, Tenn. RaOOBDWO 8B0RRART.—Hiss Gertrude Ulll.
Na8bTme,Tenn. EDITOK-Hra. J. O. Rust, NaahTllle, Tenn
Christmas OITerlDg.
One of tho rocomuiendatlona of the Forolgn Board 1B that the Cbrletmas offering from the women and children of the churchc*, should bu for China.
A summary of a numl)er of leadlDg facts respecting China, while they may sound like a twice told tale, can-not be inappropriate or unnocosiary In this article.
The population of China is placed a t 400,000,000 of people. It la hard to get an idea of this number, but a faint conception may IJC arrived at from tho following statement. A train traveling at the rate of 25 miles an hour, every hour in tho day, each day in tho year for 1838 years, will travel as many miles as there are lost souls In China.
The first missionary to this dark corner of the globe was Itobert Mor-rison, 1807, Ho was engaged as a bus-iness man, but he devoted his nights to mission work. He baptized his first convert whon ho had lived seven years in that country. When he died, 1834, after a residence of 27 years, there were three native Christians in Canton.
The increase in conversions, slow a t first, have been getting more and more rapid, until dur ing the last 36 years it has been 1800 per cent. If the increase In conversions Is a t the same rat io, during the next 100 years will bo wit-noised the Christianizing of 300,000,000 of the Chinese.
What might havo been the fato of tho great Anglo-Saxon race had not the gospel boon carried to England by early mlssionarios, the wildest con-Jccture can not divine; for it iS owing tn the principles of tiie religion of Jesus Christ, tha t the EngUsh-spoak-Ing people a re known through all the world as upholders of personal liber-ty and advocates of progress and en-lightenment.
China Is 20 times the s iz i of Eng-land, has 20 times her Nrualtb In gold, silver and preolous stones, with in-habitants which number one-third tho human family. At present' there a re 60,000 native converts whoso Christian-ity will compare favorably with the Christianity of our own country. CiWestern ideas, western progress, western oivilisation have landed upon h«r shores with the messengers of the gospel, and aaoh decad* will mark tho
rapid march of evonU, which will has-ten the coming of our Lord.
There is ono way in which can bo mot tho emergencies of the present, and that is, that while a t this Christ-mas tide, our womou and children a r c studying to give comforts and pleas-ure to those most loved, tho claims of our older brother shall take preco-denco. Let him not bo forgotten by ono of the poorest among us. Nunc so poor In this land but what a mlto can bo spared for Him.
There have been mailed by tho Cen-tral Committee tt.OtK) onvoloiws, with tho superscription "ChrUtmae 181MI Offoring for China . " They have been placed In tho bands of tho loaders of missionary societies and Sunbeam bands, and of pastors of churches whore no societies exist. Tho requests acoompaning these envolopes are first, that they shall In no way interfere with regular church collections, being de-signed as a froowill offering; and sec-ond, that those into whoso hands they have been committed should distribute every ono, that each cnvclo|)u may have an owner; thus allowing all an opiKirtunlty of excrcUIng' tho blessed privilege accorded.
Whilo tho midnight darkness of paganltm still bangs over China, the messengers of the Lord are appearing to her people as did tho angel In the long ago to the shepherds by night, telling the same sweet story of the birth of their Savior and I^ing.
Lot the rh r l s tmas offering of our women and children find Itb way to the help of these messengers, and they will be a s tho Heavenly Host, who appeared with the angel on the be-nighted plains ol Judea singing "Glory to God In the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men ."
M M. C, The week beginning with the first
Sunday ID January is our W. M. U week of prayer. The topics selected are :
Sunday, Tho iVomlso of the Spirit . Monday, China, Africa, Japan . Tuesday, Homo Missions. Wednesday, China. Ingathering of
Christmas Knvelopes. Thursday, Hoard* of S. B. C. Fr iday. Mexico, Brazil , l u l y . Saturday, Personal consecration. To gather on each of these days, in-
tent upon prayer for those objects and study of their noods, will prove a moans of cultivation unsurpassed.
It is not often that tho carefully-pre-pared matter coming from the Mis-sion Rooms contains mistakes. This time, however, tho dates on tho pro-grams a r c incorrect. Uemcmbor tha t our week of prayer always commences with the first Sunday, which in 18U7 will como on Janua ry 3.
Send money to W. M. Woodcock, t reasurer of Sta te Convention, Nash-Tllle s tat ing that it is your Christmas Offering for China. Than mention the amount whon .making out your quarter ly report for the Central Com-mittee.
Owing to failure in designating this offering, we cannot give accurate sta-tistics, but the amount a s 'reported las t yea r was 14,217.64. Of that amount, Tennesson contributed 1284.00. The Christmas offering since the Wo-man 's Missionary Union was o rgan-ized In 1888, has aggregated t S ^ w n 70.
In tho Fordyn Miaaion Journal f o r December will be found a very at tract-ive Christmas exercise for ehlldren.
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HOW TO SEND IT.
Home Miuions.
That is, the Christmas gift to tho Orphans ' Home a t Nashville. Let every homo and family In the eliurch U k e up a oolleatlon a t their own table and then have a mooting tho very next Sunday, and let all send It together (o A. JL B r i t , Oorrospondlng 8eorat«ry,
"Our hear ts a rc filled with thankful-ness when we remember how God has taken us as hU chosen Instru-ments, and so enabled us to move for-ward Into providential o|>onlngs and to seize tho golden opportunities; that wo havo not spent our stroogth for naught, but are a pa r t of a groat or-ganization that is today a powerful agency In tho salvation of our beloved land. * • •
" W e would relloot on no other be-nevolent enterprise; we would say nothing to dishearten anyone who with good motives seeks good ends, but our cpuvletlons, our faith, Is that the surest hope of mankind Is !n Amcrlca. We have pouring intoour shores dal ly, yes, I should say hourly, reproienta-tlviis of all tho races of mankind. If our eyes a re to bo gladdened by the sight of heathen lands rapidly becom-ing Christian, we must dircct our ef-forts and strain every norvo to pro-tect from heathenism our own land. If by reason of our neglect of homo work the stream of unchristian tendencies from abroad and tho Hood of Indiffer-ence and vice of our irountry shall overwhelm tho institutions of our fathers, tho missions of every Chris-tian church, both homo and foreign, will suffer alike iiy the common cal-amity. " '- .Mrs. \V. .M. Jo rdan in tho Muvxwtcr.
How We Help Foreign Hlssloni.
A correspondent of the Flor ida lUipthst liVfii/jM, alluding to the Firs t Baptist Church a t Jacksonvil le , says:
"On tho last Sunday In Uotober Bro. I 'arsons preached a strong ser-mon on foreign missions, af ter which a collection was taken, liliO -being tho amount rocelvod, tho largest foreign mission offering in the history of tho church. It U to bo rememborod that this Is the third collection for this pur-pose in six months, bringing tho nraount for the year up to a fact that speaks much for the spiri tual zeal and pract i ja l activity of tho church ."
Surely this will bo regarded as a credltabla showing for our brothron a t Jacksonvlllo. Thrco collections and 8200 for foreign missions dur ing six months. Kspcclally so In tho light of tho fact that they have recently been struggling to complete thoir house of worship. During the last two years, a t tho urgent appeal of those brethren, the Home Mission Board has appro-priated 12,000 to aid in tho completion of tbeir church. I t is a gra t i fy ing re-flection, therefore, that tho Home Board has boon a factor in rendering these foreign mission collections pos-sible.
During tho period of time alluded to, the Homo Board has not received any contribution from this church. Funds are needed, never mora than now, with which to pay the meager sa lar ies of fa i thful missionaries throughout the entire home field. At this time of the Board ' s greatest need, the suggestion, is kindly offered tha t It would bo a graceful thing for such ohurches as have been helped In the pas t by the Home Board , to make speolal efforts to aid it with prompt and liberal contributions.
Itoad tho BAPTIST ANU ILERLEOTOR,
Work of Frontier Mlulonariei.
The following extracts from letters written by the missionaries of the Homo Board indicate a measure of divine blessing on their labors that will rejoice the hearts of all who have a share In tho work.
The Board needs money with which to pay these fai thful proachers, our substitutes:
N. L. Pound, Wapanucka, Indian Terr i tory. " I am preaching all the time, visiting tho darkest corners of tho earth. I havo organized one church since I last wrote you, and there Is another to bo organized on the fourth Sunday in this month. I have had some wonderful moetlngi thli fall . Have recolvod 115 members, having baptized most of them—Dearly 100 conver t s . "
G. W. Evans, I 'oorla, Ark. "God has blessed my labors this year. I baptized 70 since our la^t Associa-tion, which was in Ootolwr."
Mrs. L. Mcintosh, Sea Side, Fit. "Our work with the spongers will be limited this winter, a s thoy go further for their work in winter. The water is clearer and they can see better. But we expect to go to Key West In De-cember to hold a sa i lo r ' s meetior. Wo are trying to ral ly our forces for the Association, so a s to havo a good mooting. There soems to be a growlig intorest in the work . "
W. D. Smith, Uavia, Ind. Tor. ' "Ai cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a fa r country.' (IVov. xxv:25.) Wo have had some good revival meetings. Many sculi havo been made happy in a Savior's love. I have baptized thrco young ladles since I wrote you last. I was at tho cioneral Association of West> ern Arkansas and Indian Territory. It was the grandest meeting that body ever held, (iod so wonderfully bles-sed his children. I wish I had room to toll you all about it. I also went to our Distriot Association. There wore 13 converts dur ing the four days' service of tha t body, so you can see the Lord is blessing his people In tbli poor Indian country. Our churchet had larger Increase this year than u s u a l . "
C. L. Alexander, Bokoshe,Ind. Ter. " I am in tho midst of a grand revival with my home church. P ray for ths salvat ion of s inners ."
J . F. McLeod, Potter, Ark. " I am happy to inform you that I have just closed a mooting of great Interest here near the ra i l road . I baptized 13 a t tho las t meeting and there are other converts we look for s j o n . I baptised three of my grand-children. Most all of tho converts a re young people."
8 . O. Lucas, Wlster , Ind. Tor. ''I have Just got back from my work, having had some glor ious mcotlni^ I found two of my children very sl<^ I am gone from home nearly all ths time, a s I put all my time in tho min-is try. I have baptized 64 this season. I have Just closed a meeting where there h a s n ' t been any preaching. 1 organized a church with four membert, and when I closed the meeting tw ohuroh numbered 23, Indians MA whites mixed. I baptized a sister 7» yeftrs old, one of 69 years and a ^ «2 years old. The Lord has wonderfully blessing my labors w this Indian country. There are rsry
Highest of all in Lcavcnmg P o w e r ^ L a t e s t U . 8. Gov't Report.
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liW homes In which to preach, so the work !• »n o ' doors pretty much. IMD nearly blind from having been out in tho heat so much this summer and having been up somuch a t n ight . "
A. L. I'owell, Barstow, Texas. "My field Is in extreme West Texas and Southwest New Mexico. God has blessed my work in tho past year. I travel by rail an average of 800 miles each month to and from my stations. I bsvo baptized In the past 12 months it persons. I only count as converted t h o s e who are willing to oljoy. My congregations a rc small, owing to the •parse population. This Is a dry cll-BUtte. Wo have about nine months ID the year without rain, but wo havo splendid Irrigating systoms. Our peo-ple aro In the f ront of every calling. I'ray for mo and my work."
Co-operative Worli.
Work under tho co-operative plan li now being conductod In four States. The,results of this work thus far have been eminently satisfactory.
Tho following extract from a letter written by Itcv. P . F. Maloy, district mlislnary at Greensboro, N. C., Is a (sir expression of tho manner In which the work Is regarded, not only in North Carolina, but also In other SUtei-
"I am glad to say to you In my fourth quarterly report that the work of co-operation In North Carol ina is no longer an experlmont, but a decid-ed success. Wo have, on account of the telling Inlluence over our churches sod preachers, more than doubled our contributions over any previous year, iiDd I have oven a two-fold brightor prospet-t before us for tho Convention-al year."
Storm Stricken Florida.
In a letter from Lake City, Fla. , ac-koowlodgiog tho receipt of an appro-priation from the Home Mission Board, the writer (,'lvos tho following picture of the destruction of church proiMjrty:
"Ten church houses In Beula^ As-sociation totally destroyed by the storm of September 211. The ptcopio cannot rebuild their houses and their church houses. Many of our citizens are yet camping under rudely provid-ed shelters bccause of tholi- property all having boon destroyed by storm and they have no means wl'h which to buy lumber and nai ls to rebui ld ."
"AU tho churches In this Associa-tion which were destroyed were noat frame buildings. '
"The distress cannot bo doscrllMsd with pen."'
German Work In Misiourl.
Itev. William Kroesoh, our German nlssionary a t Cal ifornia , Mo., writes from Bay, Mo.:
"I am here a t present helping Bro,
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Umback In a protracted meeting which tho Lord crowned with his richest blessing. FIvo souls arc converted, and seven a re deeply concerned about their soul's savatlon.
I«j our own mission field at Cali-fornia, Mo., the outlook is hopeful. Our regular moetlngs and Sunday-school aro well attended. I am glad that our young people take personal Interest In tho monthly missionary meetings, and so arc educated In iho cause of missions.."
L I T E R A R Y N O T E S .
Tho OlbconUr»," by Kuv. II. H. T»»lor. Cloth, 10 Dio ,cenu. UevlvulUl onicc, Cln-clonsll.Ohlo.
An allegory in which gracos, sins, and Inllrmltles are compared with Is-raelllcH to bo culvltatod, Cananltes to 1)0 destroyed and (ilbconites to bo re-pressed.
"ThoCornnat'on tlymcul, iind Arthur r i'lcrtion ilJccntit.
BY A. J. (iordnn Cliilh 75 i-onu, boari)
This is a choice selection of hymns and music. A few moro revisions of tho ({uanlty of hymns and prices will do much to bring about congregational singing.
One of the best of t h i numerous song Ixioks which have recently come to our tablo Is called Standard Songs, edited by Dr. U. H. Pitt and <;eorgo A Minor, o o e spcclal feature of it is the number of old hymns which it in-troduces. It Is published by Pitt \ Dlckinsun, itlchmond, Va. Tbc price Is not given.
I t Is said that tbc oxixinso of mak-i n g the Coni/i/iiiwn Art Calendar f o r 18!t7 was so groat that had it been published In tho usual ({uanity It could not be sold for loss than $1. Four beautiful fomalo figures are re-produced on four folding pages. Each figure Is lithographed In 12 colors, being a t rue reproduction of tho origi-nal wator-color painting, which was selected liccause of its cxcollonco of design and charm of color and tone. The HIZO of each of tho four folding pages is 10.} by 0 Inches. It is by far tho best piece of color work the Com-panion has ever offered. Both as a calendar and as a gem of tho litho-grapher ' s a r t , It Is so attractive that it becomcs a valuable addition to tho mantel or centre-table of any room. I t Is given free to all new subscribers sending 11.7i) for tho year 1807, who receive a l so tho paper free from tho time tho subscription is rooeived till J anua ry 1, 1807. Celebrating In 181)7 Its 7lBt birthday, tho Companion offers its readers many exceptionally bril-l iant foaturos. Fully 200 of tho most famous men and womou of both conti-nents havo contributed to the next year ' s volumo of tho pa|>cr. For tree Illustrated prospectus address the yoitth'f Companion,205 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass.
"Clow Commimlon Mftda l*lsln," by Kid. lUrvey Besuobsnp of Eurekn SpringH, Ark.
This Is a pamphlet of 44 pages. I t Is a most excellent treatment of the subjeet. In faot we do not know that we havo ever read anything which was simpler o r more lucid in Its discussion of the muoh mlsundorstood subject of olose communion. The author lays down five propositions:
1. "The Lord 's Supper must be set within the body of a t rue and legally constituted ohuroh of Christ; that is, It must bo administered to none but members, and only to them whon they a r e assembled together In ohuroh capacity. '
2. "Whatever were tho terms of membership in tho apostollo ohurohes, the samo wore, and are, the terms of admission to tho Lord ' s Bupper.
3. "Only the regenerated were oon-•Idered^qualifiod i to oome.tlnto the
apostolic churches, and to be admit-ted to the Lord ' s Supper. Ilonce, re-generation Is a term of admission to tho Lord's Supper.
4 "Only the baptized wore rocolved Into the Now Tcsiamont ehurches and admitted by them to the Lord ' s Sup-per. Honco, baptism Is a term of ad-mission to the I^ord's Supper.
0. "Only those who mainUined an orderly walk as followers of Christ were considered as qualified to remain in tho .New Testament ohurchcs and partake of tho Lord 's Supper. Hence, an orderly chunib walk Is prerequisite to partaking of the Lord's Supper . "
All of these propositions hoenforcos with passages of Scripture which seem to make them unanswerable. Ho also states and answers briefly but logical-ly five common objections to restricted communion. The price , of tho pam-phlet is 2i> cents per copy, $2 r>0 per dozen. It will do much good, wo think, and we should l>e glad to see It have a large sale.
Christianity, Civilization, Progresi, Reform.
Under each of these heads much Is being said, and yet tbore Is room for much moro that might lio commended as apuropriate to the thoughtful minds of tho present era of our world's his-tory. I do not assume leadership or originality of thought in any of the departments indicated. In religion and polities I have tried always to bo decided and firm, and In a sense, par-tisan In both, but never, as I trust, sectarian o r intolerant in either. In this article I simply wish to call at-tention by a few suggestions, without elaborate arguments, to one thing which scorns to obtain throughout our country by the permission and sanc-tion of our most renowned institutions of learning.
I allude to such athlotic sports or games as baso ball, foot ball, etc., especially to the latter. Scarcely a sceular paper tha t Is not teeming with notices of contests of " t eams" bear-ing tho names of distinguishod col-leges and universities. In addi-tion to this wo moro frequently see numerous chronicles In tho same papers, of painful and serious injuries, often doath, as the result of the coarte, if not brutal, exorcises characteristic of such sjiorts. I can-not speak knowingly as to foot ball, for I nover witnessed a game, but such thlnira aro, and cannot bo de-fended under the plea for "athlotio ex-ercise" for physical education. Proper training, in all schools with an eye to bodily he|alth is admitted as desirable, but is there ono father and mother in a thousand who sends a son to college or to a university who does so with the wish to have the son trained in such oxoroisesy The pulpit and the religious press, two of the most po-tent iqfiuenoes in the world for good, a re not slow to ooademn social olub games, parties, balls, etc., bocause of their worldly nature or tendencies, but when and where havo their bat-teries been leveled a t tho brutalities, evidences of which are often seen in newspaper specials or paragraphs? Dp college and university presidents or trustees approve such education? Or Is It t rue tha t they a re a f ra id to oppose these games? Suqh sports cannot be Justified, until they aro free o f t h o s o features which make them "mentally damoralUlng and physl* oally dangerous . "
In my humblo Judgment they aro In-compatible with true principles of Christianity, and obstructive to en-lightened olvlHsatlon and true prog* ro«a. W h a t a re tho outgivings of " r a fo rmers" such as Dr. Parkhurs t , and Dr. Talmaga, or, nearer a t home, Dra. Vanoo, Hawthorne, Hose and others? I am told In my readings
Fifty Year* Ago. Preiident Polk In the White House chair. While In Lowell wai Doctor Ayer;
nolh were buty (or numaii weal One to Kovero and one to heal.
And, at a preddrnt's power of will Bometlnie* depend* on a Ilver-plll,
Ur. rolk took Ayer-i ritU I trow For hli liver, SO years ••«.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills were deslffned to supply a model pui-gative to people who bad so long injured themselves with griping medicines. Being carefully prepared and their in-gredients adjusted to the exact necessities of the bowels and liver, their popularity was in> stantaneotis. That this popu-larity has been maintained is well marked in the medal awarded those pills a t the World's Pair 1893.
50 Years of Cures.
about those games, tha t "There soems to be no more sympathy felt when a crippled player Is carried o& the field than was felt when a wounded gladia-tor was removed from the arena. 'Where fell the doad, the living stepped, and the game goes o n . ' "
In the foot ball line we now aro hav-ing " t eams" honored with the names of the most distinguished colleges and universities of the United States, Yale, Harvard , Princeton, Vander-bilt, e-.c. Notwithstanding this, if there wjro collegos where foot ball is prohibited, parents would very soon decide where to 'send (their boys for education. " A i u c u s . "
TALK ABOUT IT .
The Christmas gift to the Orphan 's Homo, I mean. If you were a helf
• 1 yoi "Then go
less orphan child, how wouldjrou for people to t reat you? and do thou likewise."
There a re times when s tanding still is a greater tost of faith than going to tho l ion 's den.
Gold Is not a good In Itself, aa mis-ers erroneously suppose, but It is a moans of procuring things good or evil.
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B A I T I S T A « D B E F L B C T O B , D E O . 1 0 , 1 8 9 6 . B A P T I S T A H J} B B F L B O T O K , D E O . 1 0 , 1 8 9 6 .
Baptist and Kellector.
Haihvme.Tenii..Dec. 10,1808.
E I X I A R R . R O L K EDITOR.
W . Y . g U I S E N i i l C K K Y , AWOOIATB EDITOR,
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THE MAS WITH TWO TALESTS.
We have always bad coilsiJerablc
sympathy for the man with two
talents id the parable. He was a
reprc.senfative, we believe, a
larj{e class, to which most of us be-
loDK—the middlu class of people, the
ordinary men, those who are neither
very rich nor very i>oor, neither
very learned nor very iijnorant, oo-
cupyinjr neither very hijih nor very
low stations in life. There are com-
parative!}' few of us who have five
ta'ents Riven to us. Wo do not have
either very laryo wealth or very
jjreat learning entrusted to us, nor
do we occupy very hl>;h positions,
or have vast opportunities present-
ed to us. Nor on the other hand are
there very many of us who have
simply one talent ^iven to us. Wo
arc neither very poor nor very ig-
norant, nor do we occupy the very
humblest positions. We belonff,
most of us, in the middle. In fact
we mi>{ht be termed, "middle of the
readers," If you choose. We are
just ordinary people. We have had
two talents given to us, and not flvo,
or one. Now notice several things
about the man with the two talents:
1. Ho received as much as ho was
eapoble of using. Tho record soys
the Lord gave "to every man ac-
cording to his scvcrol ability." A
better translation would be "accord-
ing to his individual capacity." Tho
word translated ability bore Is tho
word ilnnnmU, whloh means powor.
I t Is the word from which our word
dynatnlto In tokon. Transferring
thin word back to tho time of Christ,
If wo may bo allowed the onttchro-
nlnm, tho literal translation of tho ox-
presalon would be, "aooordlngtotho
amount of dynamite which each ono
bud in him"—that is, oocordlng to
the amount of DaiumI ability whloh
he possessed. ,/^'ho oapaolty, we
thloj(| fflajr be compared to 1)19 bore
of a gun, tho talents to tho load. I t
would be foolish to put a rillo load in
n cannon, and Impassible to put a
cannon load In a rifle, or, if possible,
it would probably explode the rillo.
A Spurgeon in a villa^^o pastorate
would bo quite a mlstlt, while some
preachers In Spurgeon's pulpit
would bo equally so. It is well for
every man to recognize his limita-
tions, and then try to lixe within
them.
i. He used what ho had. He did
not hide It away liko tho man with
one talent. He used it as diligently
as the man with the five talents used
what was given to him. He did not
gain as much as that man, but ho
did the best he could. Holatively,
however, he made as much as tho
other. E.tch made 100 per cent.
lie used if for the liord's glory.
It was not for any selfish purpose,
lie seemed to recognize the pro-
prietorship of his Ix)rd over these
talents, and when tho Ix)rd came he
returned to him both what he had
first received and also what he had
made, without kecfiing back any.
He acknowledged tbat it all belong-
ed to the liOrd, and none to himself.
He did not even t-harge for his time.
He recognized that both he and all
that he had made belonged to his
Iy)rd. This, we believe, is the
spirit of the true Christian. He
comes and says to his Master;
"lyird. all I am, all I have, all I can
ever hope to be or have, 1 ow e to
Thee, and I lay all at Thy feet."
4 He was rewarded for it. Ho
heard the gracious wordsof the Mas-
ter: "Welldone,goodand faithful.ser-
vant. Thou hast been faithful over
a few things, I will make thee ruler
over many things. Enter thou Into
the joy of thy Lird, ' and as those
words fell upon his ears, and
thrilled his very heartstrings, we
are sure that he felt they were suffi-
cient reward for all his toil and sac-
rifice. It Is always so. Nothing
that we do for the Master is lost or
forgotten. Nothing is unheeded or
unrewarded.
.'». But not only was he rewarded,
ho received far more than he gavo.
He was faithful In a few things; ho
was made ruler over many things.
So it Is in this world. Large oppor-
tunities come to him who uses small
opportunities. Tho world is look-
ing for the man who uses his talents,
whether they be flvo or two or only
ono, and if ho uses them aright, be
will bo invited to occupy higher
stations with greater opportunities.
JIo will not only Increase his origi-
nal talents one-hundred fold, but ho
will recolvo a reword far out of pro-
|)Orllon to what he bos done. At
least this will be truo in the spirit-
ual realm. In Christ's economy it
is tho geometrical progression whloh
Is used. A porson may think that
ho is unappreciated. So bo may be.
But he is very apt to be appreciated
up to tho full measuroof his talents,
and according to the use which bo
has made of them. That he is not
more appreciated is probably his
own fault. "Tbe fault ia not in our
stars, but in ourselven that we are
undorlinga." As a rule, all thingB
oonsidored, wo reoeive full justice
from tho world, while from a Chria-
tlan standpoint we rccoivo "good
mcaauire, pressed down, and ahaken
together and running ovor." We
talk about things being little some-
tltnoB, and feel tbat some things ars
too small to justify our attention,
but who can tell what are littlo
things? Oftontlmos tho grcat«st
matters are made to turn upon the
smallest thliigs. Destiny depends
upon our doing our diity even in the
minutest things of life.
(I. Just one more thought. This
man with two talents received ap-
parently tho same reward finally as
the man with five. Tbe same words
exactly which were spoken to the
man with five tulonts were spoken
to him. He did not gain as much
absolutely in this world as the man
with five, though he did relatively,
but the ultimate reward seems to
have been just as great. At any
rate It was certainly as great ac-
cording to his capacity. Wo do not
believe that thoro will bo tho same
degree of reward in heaven for each
one. There will bo different degrees
there, but each one will be reward-
ed uptotbe full limit of his capac-
ity. Some may have larger cups
than others, but the cup of each one
shall ba full.
A SIGMFICAST J AVI DENT.
It is sometimes said that Home
does not object to people reading
the Bible. Here Is an Interesting
fact, however, throwing some light
upon tho subject: A Frenchman, M.
Lisserre, who is a fine writer, a
man of influence, and at the same
time a devout Romanist, recently
translated the four gospels into
elegant French for tbe benefit of
the common people. The book ob-
tained a largo sale and ran through
many editions, and though no ob-
jection had been made to it by tho
I)opo and bishops at first, it is now
listed in the Imlrjr Kxpurgaloriiu as
both dangerous and unfit Tor read-
ing by tho faithful.
M. I.<a9serro, as adutlful son of the
church, immediately withdrew it
from salo, and appealed to the pope
for a hearing of bis side of the case,
and asked especially that the sen-
tence of personal disapproval should
bo removed. His application ro-
celved no answer, and both ho and
his book now rest under the ban
of tho chureh. I t is said by many in
this country that Catholics aro not
opposed to people reading the Bi-
ble. Remember, however, that it
is distinotly claimod by Romo that
she is always and everywhere the
same. If then she is opposed to the
people of Franco reading the Bible,
she must bo also to tho people cf
America doing so, though her op-
position IQ the lattur case may bo
concealed for prudential reasons.
The tiger's claws may sometimes be
clothed in volvot, but they are there
all the same, ready for use wben tbe
occasion may require. Commenting
upon tbe above incident a Frencb
writer said:
Ilomodoei not wish the laity to •tudjr the Holy Horlpturea, lo ihe doei not run the risk of giving them bettor tmnalatloni than tboie made by the dootora of the oburoh, even although those tranilatiooa are of undoubted orthodoxy from a papist point of view. If li ahould bo reoogniied that a layman oan underitaod the Holy Sorlpturea by himnlf, what would be-come of tbe authority of the clergy?
Ah, Indeed, what? There la tbe
point. Tbls writer has touched tbe
•ore spot.
Rer, 8. P. Lindaey, paitor of the Baptist oburoh ak Oaorglana, Ala., hat resigned to aooept a call to Bvef ffrtflo. Ala.
DR. IIENSON'8 NEHiiOMi.
Complaint has beon made tlmt wo
have not publisbod tbe series of ser-
monsby Dr. Henson, as promised!
Tn justice to ourselves wo should
state tbat it Is not our fauU. We
arranged for the publication of the
series In good faith. Wo agrotd to
pay the price askod for the bcrmoDs
by Dr. Henson, and afUrwards
wben we learned that he was liavltjg
so much trouble with them on ac-
count of the fact thathisstODo^Tuplier
had failed lo report them accuratr-
ly,wo voluntarily offered to incrtase
the price. At this increasi-d price,
wo have paid for half of the sories.
Wo state thoso things simply be-
cause wo think it is but justice to
ourselves that they should |)e
known.
At tho same timo wo should gay
wo can appreciate Dr. Hunson's
position. His stenographer Imtch-
ored him so bad'y tbat he found it
necessary to re-writo tho sormons.
The last ono which ho sent us was
written entirely in his own h.-iad-
wrltlng. Oil account of tho tre-
mendous pressure of duties upm
him in his busy pastorate, wo {re-
sume that ho has found it aimnst iin-
po.sslblo to re-write tho sormons,
especially after they have ^fouen
cold. S9. tho fault really at lost
rests upon tbe stenogra))her. We
still hope to rccoivo tho other ser-
mons, but wo cannot promise them.
If there is any one who subscribed
for the paper in order-to got this
scries of sermons, as a number did,
and if he does not feel that he has
got tbe worth of his money from the
sormons already published, and
from the other things in th» |)a|i.>r,
we will refund him his monoy if he
will write to us and make the re-
quest. This is the bost wc can do.
Wo regret tho circumstances very
much, but we have dono everything'
in our'power.
Our Colleges.
North Carolioa is one of tho f;real-est Baptist Sutcs In the Union, bhe has furnished one-sixth of nil our for-eign misslooaries apiiointcd by tie Foreign Mission Board si Iticlnnond. Many of her sons aro filling the lilKh-est places among us atbomo. It l i said that in the recontiy elcotcd ICRII-lature there are 100 Baptists. No otber State among us can make such a show-ing. Now why is thlsV Oifr aosner Is Wake Forest. This colk'«o bai been striving to give thorough Ctirlit-Ian education. Tho Baptist pcoplo all over the Old North State bavo stood by her with their prayors and tboir money.
Nearly every pastor In the State has felt proud of Wake Forest CulloRe. They have prayed for It, and worked for It, and now they arc roacblni; out and tbe harvest Is but begun.' It wss a Joy to my heart in the rccflnl Con-vention at Morganton to sco and feel tbe lovo whloh Is bestowed upon tbe BapUst college of North Carolina. Aa I sat there and saw its dliiplay. and thought of ita far-reaching rofults, my heart yearned to foo Tcnncises wako up to her prlTllege and opportu-nity. Tennessee baa hundreds of at bright boya and glrla as live In any other State. Many of thrm aro Hap-tiata, but they will never bo. for the Baptlata, for their country and th^f God what they ooght and nilRht be, unleaa tboy are educated In Uapt>» aoboola and prinolplos.
We b a n In Tinnesaro two Hap»« eollegea wblob aro fully worthy of our prayera and money. Oh, If every D»P'
t(»t [.nsior In Tounossco would only lend lilH full Ifilluonce to Carson and KowmA" Colloifo and to tho South-watern Haptlsl University, what a ohanifo for good thoro would bo with-in tho noxt few years!
lirctlivrn, in tho name of tbe Manlor and Uii' Uaptlut eauso lot mo ask that ,ou will think and then pray over this nuiior. Will jou do llV There are nmny boys who ouKhl to bo In thc«i hi liooU thiH aossloii, and your piiBtor- ••itn get ibom in If you wUI but try. Will you do ItV If you will, thohf lu'vx will blosa your^ memory wliffii .\">' K""®' many yet ui;-boi-n will c.ill JOU blciscd. Some godly Hcinan who road« this can -rcfttiy •"•'i; ^ w . V. g.
. PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL.
\V«> ttoro ulad to sou Prof. A. J. nrivnilcn, .Jr., of Wartrace. tn our of-di'i! Itttit I'uofidtty. Prof. Hrandun Is otH! (if I'H'linoHt IcKohcrB wo have in tho Sutii' iiu was n'«o raudcritlur of 111.) ( o ico>-il Associa'.ion at ltn laal (CKtioii, rtiid mi\do a good ono.
Tlio iiriiolo by Dr L >ftnn tn this wdik x cnda thu Mortei* by h!m oit the Wh utu Contcnilon. Noxi week iho etiii ir will hiivo Bomolhlnif to fay upon ttiL- Hiihj'jct by way uf summin); u|) llit< whole CAiic Aflor tbat wu promiuu our roadcra that thoy Hhall have a root upon Uio sutiject.
Dr a A. Nunnally, formerly pan-tor of ihi) Contral Raptl^t Church, .MemptiU, 1b doing a fine work at La-GranKf, (>a., a« preoidoat of tbo Southern Komalo Collofro and patitor of tbo lliiptiit church, lie is (jroatly beloved and tho school Is largely patronlzoil.
lUv. J. S. Curpnnintr, who naa pas-tor for suvisral j cars at Union City, tills Stat", ha« rocontly nooofitod H e»il to iho church at Marlon, N. C. lira. Coriii-nlng is a motit exuollont Iiroaohi r and a lino patitor. We are eorry to hftvo him leave TennceHoo. Wo »ii«h h!m much succesn, however. ID hU n>.-W Held.
tJrcenvlllo, S C, Tho trustees of Furman University conferred upon him tho tltt!o of D I),, at their recent session in conncetlon with tbo meeting of tho Stato Convention at Charleston Wo saluto you. Dr. Gardner.
The Ihiiitiil lAiifinitH announced that Ur. /.. T. l..oav«ll has r«>»lgned tho pa toraU) of tho Baptlutt church at Clinton, .Mian. Dr. Loavoll was for a while pantor at Murfruosboro In tbls Statu where ho Is ploa««ntly reinom-lisrcd Wo shall bo glad to have hlra back In this Stato.
Mr. KJUon has been cx|ierimcntlng to net' If ho could not restore tilirhl to the blind by means of tho X-rays. Ho
partially successful lu tbo ease of ono jrlrl whoso sight had been lost on aw »unt of a blor on the bead. Mr. Tosla thinks, however, that to hold out any hopes to the blind will lead to but cruel disappointment.
A man near Camilla, 0 » „ sold his wife tho other day for 2r» cents. Ue evidently valued her vory cheaply. Ai a matter of fact we doubt If she was •orth that much. A wifo Is like oar-wn-olther she is a diamond, spark-"n«r and Klltterlng and of inostimablo »ftluo, or sho Is a pleoo of coal, black •nd dirty, and only fit to be burned.
T'no Dailjf Telcflraph ot London re-startoil a subsorlptton to buy a
l^iriiilraa* pretont for Mr. Bayard, American Ambassador, to tho
Court of Enifliind, and who has made n'msalf extremely popular among the J-ncHsh people 1Q ihm capaolty. Mr. ""yard, howoTOr, baa had tbo good «nie to rofuao tho IntQiidod proacnt.
nis many old frlonda in thla State . « «'»«»»•» know of the honor be-•wwod upon Her. O. B. Gardner of
Our good friend, Hov. J. H. Ander-son, formerly the bolovod mUslonary secretary of thU .State, now the popu-lar pasU»r of tho Haptlgt Church at Owor.U)n, Ky., ha« done a fine work at OwcnU)n—aH wan expoctod of him. Under tho loadorshlp of Bro. Ander-s<in the churoh has eroctod ahandsomo houfo of worship whloh i« no«f almost ready for dedication. This Is quite noteworthy durin;,' thoFo hardttlmoa
The ('liriMli'lu Olmrvef has a long od-Itorlttl in which It labors to prove "tho Idontlfleatlon of clroumoUInn of tho < »ld Tostiimont with baptism of tho Now." Wo have not th<i time or spaoo to answer tho Ohnen-cr'n aricumontB, nor do wo oonoidor It nee-oHHHry to do so, as thoy have bcon an-Bweroil over and ovor ajfaln. Wo have just ono quaatlon to ask; If bap-tUm came In thu pla'M of olroiimalslon, why do you baptize females?
We tender to our friend, Dr T. I. Webb, of this city, our doo|ic«t sympa-thloH upon the death of bis wife, which sad ovont ocourrod on December 1. Bhe was a noble ChrlHtlan woman, cultured and oonseuratod, and be-loved by all who know her. Sho will be greatly missed tn tho wide circle of friends which she had drawn around her both In Brownsville, her old home, and in Nashville where she has re-sided for some 10 or 12 years. Be-iildcs her huitband she leaves four lovely children to mourn hor death.
The ronrringo of MUs Charlotte Belle Bailey to Mr. Innis Brown for December 2:(rU at the Central Baptist Church, this city. MISH Lottie, as 8hu is familiarly called by hor friends, is the daughter of Prof. J. K. Bailey, io well and favorably known by the liapiUtH of TeunosBoe and of the Con-cord Association esi>«clally. MlsS Lott'o Is herself a young lady of many charms and irracos uf iMjrson and character. Mr. Brown Is an Indus-trious young butlne«s man In the city. We extend to them our hearti-est congratulations and very bosi wUbos for bapplnoAS and pro«|>orlty.
Thodoathof Mr. (J. W. Nelson Im-mediately after the Thanksittvlng cor-vleos In tbo First Baptist Church, Chattanooga, was peculiarly sad. He had long beon a member of tho choir of that church, and had just taken part In tho last song when thu death ani;el called hlin. At tbo same time, how-evor, that faut added a tlngo of beauty and of glory to his death. Wo im-aiiflno that If ho bad been consulted about bis death ho would havo pre-ferred going In tho manner ho did than lu any other way. Ho died lit-erally with tho barnojs on. Wo ten-der to tho bereaved widow our dropost sympathies In her greatnsorrow.
Dr. .I. T. Christian, pastor of the Rust Baptist Churoh, T^oulsvlllo, IH preaching a series of sermons upon tho "Story of Gonosla " Tho follow-Ing la a list of his subjooti.' "Moses, the author, lawgivor, statesman and general;'* "The creation of the world In six days; or, tho story of geology;" "Tbo creation of man; or tho beitln-nlnga of the human race;" " iho crea-tion of woman; or, the first trace of the family;" "Paradlso lost and paradise rrgalnod;" "Thostory of McthUBolab; or tho lonf^evUy of man;" "The giants; or, tho miyhty men of oarth;" "A universal flood," We Imagine that these sermons will bo both quite helpful and Intflroatlng.
Dr. J, B. Oambrell baa reconsider-ed his declination to accept tbo posi-tion as superintendent of tho mission work In Texas, to whloh bo was re-cently oalled, and has now decided to accept. His reconsideration was due to the pressure brought to bear upon him. Wo IMHOVO that be will be able to come nearer uniting tho BaptUt brotherhood of Texas than any otber man could do. We regret, however, that his acceptance of the position will necessitate his retirement from tho editorship of tho Texan ItuptUA Stand-ard. Wo shall miss bis bright and pithy articles from that paper. We wlvh blm, however, most abundant success In bis new position. It is one of great responsibility and of immense opportunities for good.
We referred recently to tbo fact tbat Proildent Harper and tho othor mem-barit of the faculty of the University of Cbicaffo wore in a good deal of trouble over the fact tbat the attend-ance at the chapel exerolsea by tho studentH of the University was so small, and were considering the ad-visability of making the attendance compulsory. Announcement is now made that all undergraduates shall be required to attond chapol services once a week. Onco a week is not very often, but It Is better than not at all. Vol-untary attendance upon religious ex-ercises may bo all right lu a school wbero thero is pionty of religion, but wo are not surprined tbat it should be a failure at the University of Chicago, wbero thero does not seem to be a vory great surplus of tbat commodity.
berahip by three, we can aafely eatl-mato the number of people In the coun-try who have Baptiat afBllatlona to be 12,000,000. Tbe annual growth for the paat ten yeara baa been 102,000. On an average, two mlnlstera are reoolved Into our denomination every day in the year." At tbe ratio of Inoreaae atatwl above, how long will It Ukethe Baptists to own this oountryf We sometimes expreaa fear of the growth of Catholicism in America, but tbe Catholics are not growing aa faat as the Baptists, neither are there as many of them by probably one-third aa thero aro Baptlata at preaent Tbe Catholics count all of their adherent*, children and all, and they have only about 8,000,000. Counting tbe aame way, as Dr. MacArthur- aaya, there are about 12,000,000 Baptlata. We ahall trust to those 12,000,000 Baptlata to be an antidote for the 8,000,000 Catbolloa. If any people can be auoh It la the Baptists, whose prinolplea are dlamotrlcally opposed in almoat overy respect to those of the Catbo-Ilea.
Tho Baptists particularly and alorg with them many leaders of othcrdenom-Inatlons are beginning a campaign in South Carolina against hlgh< r educa-tion by the State. It seems that the Stato colleges admit students without requiring them to pay tuition fees. Tnis is In violation of atatuto law, which provides that these schools shall charge tuition feus. In this way the donomlnatlonal colleger and prlvato institutions of learning that havo their ohitif Mouroe of revonuo In tuition foes are made to tuffer great Injustice. Those institutions aro feeling the hurt of thla unjust discrimination, as they understand It to be, and are committed to the ontorpriso of bringing about a correction of tbe State system of pub-lic Instruotlon Tho aim scorns to be, not to put an end to State schools of a higher order but to put them on the samo fooling with denominational and private oollo/ea.
Wo learn with vory doop regret of tho death of Dr. J. Morgan Wolls, pastor of the First Baptiat Church, Ft. Worth, Tox. Thla sad event oc-curred at bis homo In Fort Worth on Do« ember 1, due to a stroke of paral-yals. He bad accomplished a mag-nlfleont work In Port Worth, where he had boon pastor for about 10 years. Tho church had grown from a small and struggling band to a largo and onthuslastlo momborsblp, and a beau-tiful house of worship had been ereot-cd. Largo audiences continually filled the house to bear his oloquent aermona. He was perhaps tho most popular man in Ft. Worth. Tho Ft. Worth Mail-Teltgraph said tbat the throng whloh attended tho funerabaorvlcoa waa prob-ably Iho largeat In tho hiatory of Ft. Worth. It waa made up of all olaaaea of people, rich and poor alike. We can only bow In humble aubmlaalon and isy: "U la tho Lerd. L^t htm do what soemeth to him good."
Dr. U, S. Mo Arthur aaya: 'In 1674 there waa 1 Baiitlat In tho country to every 04 of the population; In 1812, 1 for every 42; lo 1840, 1 for every 30; In 1800, 1 for every 23; in 1800, 1 for •very 22. MuUlplylni the total mem'-
Dr. Boyet In tbo B A P T I S T A N D R E -
F L R C T O A of last week expressed doubt whether tbo vermons now bolng pub-lished as Spurgeon's wore really ever preached by that great preacher. We think, however, that thoy are really genuine. It should be remembered that his ministry In London lasted nearly 40 years, and that he preached from two to throe or four aermona each week, all of which were reported. This would make some 4,000 or 6,000 sermona altogether. Mr. W. Wllliama one of hla students, who baa written a book called "Perional Reminlacen-ces otSpurgeon,"saysof bla aermona, "Tlio publUhera had sufficient of tiieae sermons in manuscript when Mr. Spurgeon died to continue the publi-cation of the weekly number for 10 yeara at least, ao that if life be apared wo may yet beeome the posessora of 60 volumes or more of C. H. Spurgeon'a sermons printed week by week through half a century." Thero aro already forty volumes of these »ermona in print. Tbls !s a remarkable record, tbe most remarkable of any preacher in tbe history of tbo world as to the number of sormons preached and pub-lUbod. Chrysostom had previously held tbo record for such an achieve-ment boforo Spurgeon. We doubt if any ono will ovor equal Spurgeon'a.
In a recent artiote In tho Jndtpe>idmt, Dr, James L. Hill gives the statlatioa of 1,400 Congregational churches in this country, and 1,760 Presbyterian churches which report for 1895 not a single accession on confession of faith. In the ludepemknt of last week Mr, Moody makes this itatement Ihe basis for an earnest ap^a l for more evangellsllo preaching, and to.- the Sunday night servloea to bo devoted to preaching the gospel Instead of holding "temperance meetlnga and Sunday-school concerts andjEndeavor rallies and all *.that kind df thing." Mr. Moody Vaya: " I wlah aomeolyou odltora of Influential papera, who are In cloae touch with the minlatera and ohurchea, would tell ua what the mat-ter la. Ia thla the result of what they call the 'Modern Critloiam' of the Bible? Ia thla a apoolmon of the bet-tor tlmea, whon we would get rid of tho atorlea of Moaoa writing the Penta-teuch, and the aun aud the moon stand-ing atlll, and the fiah awallowing JonahY Bow much of all thla ia ow-ing to the politics our mlnlalera bavo been proaohlag lately, and tbe Ulka on tho labor queatlon, and tho atere-optloon abowa on Sunday evenlnga, and all theae otber tbinga that bava lieen driving out the b'essed Goapni ofJesua Chrlat? When minlatera go Into prebidoa on current tonlos, how oan they expect any afterludea of oon-•aralona?" We leave othera tn an-
I aw«r thaaa very pertinent quaallona.
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10 B A P T I S T A N D K B F L J f i C T O B , D E C . 1 0 , 1 8 » « .
TOUHO SOUTH. Mn. LAURA DATTOI EAUH, Editor. KM SHt SMond BtrMl, OluktUDom, TMUL. to whom coiaBini»l0»il0B»l0r i b U d i M ^ a i •bould b« •ddrMMd.-Yonnc Boutfi Mottoi Mnlto VMtlcUBatroniun.
Our BlMlonary'tkddrcM: Mra. UeMte May-nant. «t Bstal Hikohl, Kokura, JtpMU Tlk Ban Pranotaeo. OaL
For the drunkard and the glutton Bhall come to poverty. "—Solomon.
Misalon aubject for December, .State MiH>i008.
From 1700-1800 the population in the United States Increased from 4,000,000 to <(4,000,000; Daptlsti Increased from 05,000 to 3,700,000. Tlio nation In-creased 10 fold; the Baptlste, M fold. A hundred years ago we were only one to 01 of the population; now we are one in 17. With growing numbers and increasing ability, are we grow-ing in liberality and consecration? I'ray for it.
Young South Correspondence.
As I read that emphatic declaration of the wisest of men at*the top of this column, I was reminded of a family that I once knew in the Southland. They bore an honored name, and one of them had been governor of bis State. For many generations wealth and the culture It brings bad been theirs in large measure. They lived in elegant homes, and of course ranked high in what we call "society." I remember a grand entertainment which the head of the family gave to a fair young bride. It was said to have cost •1,500, and I suppose that was true. The chief feature was the costly sup-per that was served at midnight to the 500 guests. At the ciorc of each course wines were served, and there were tearful stories abroad the next week of dreadful happenings in the dressing-rooms where lovely young girls were drunk. That was soon after the late war, and in the last 10 years that family has almost bogged for bread. Their money wont long ago, and their credit was lost when mortgages bad eaten up their fine b mea and planta-tions. The bride died, after a vain struggle to make a living by taking boarders, separated from her husband, fed by charitable people who had known her In her youth. Oh, Sol-omon is right. Beware of drunken-nest and gluttony, as you fear pov-erty.
We had a sad and awful and yet a glorious ending to our Thanksgiving •enrioe In this city. All the Christian people gathered In the First Baptist Church to give public thanks to God for the mercies of the year, and listened with full heart« to the psalms of thanksgiving read and sung, to the words of the minister as be told why we should be so deeply grateful.
In the choir-gallery there was one who for more than 20 years had delighted to sing God'ii praises there. We marked his voice that day as he •ang sweet and clear, "Bleii the Lord, O my soul!" No one noticed that he was nearlng the end of life's journey. Oar eyes were taolden and we saw not the convoys of angels as they waited for the anthem to close. We beard not their echo of the last "amen," but our ears are dull.
"I t wae the Now Jerusaltjm that passeth not away," sang ono of our sweetest slngon, standing right by this pilgrim who was even then at the threshold of Ita gates. At tlio close of the benediction, the congregation saw anxioiu faces about a prostrate body In the choir, and a strange thrill that wai not all sorrow went through the throng of worshipers, when It was known that Deacon O. W. Nelson had gone Joyfully Into the preaenoe of hie
God. The words of the last anthem were his last. You can read them in the 117th I'salm. Was It not a grand way to die?
At.hls home there was a Thanks-glvlng-feast spread. His devoted wife had been kept from the service by the Illness of her mother, but that was well over, and the whole family were to celebrate the day with him and her. I cannot speak of the coming of the dreaded guest to the homo, because I feel as If that is holy ground. Many who know Mrs. Nelson will not be sur-prised to bear that she Is bearing the great trial bravely, and that the dear old mother. In her 80ih year, hits no word of murmuring upon her lips. May we all be as ready as this ser-vant of God! We shall be if we pos-sess his simple unaffected piety, his childlike faith, his anxiety to do his duty. Peace to bis ashes! I think he would have chosen to go out of the world In just this way, at his post. I close my eyes sometimes and fiincy I bear his tenor still as they sing. Who knows but the "choir invisible" where be sings now may not be above the place he loved so well in his earth home? We shall miss him in the Sun-day school, in the prayer-meeting, in all the services, in every work of the First Church. He rosU from his la-bors and his works follow bim.
I was sorry to "cut" you so un-mercifully last week. Was it not a noble list of writers and contributors, though? There are still more for to-day that I know you will road with pleasure.
The first I open comes from a new little friend who lives at Uartsville:
"You will find enclosed 10 cents for the Orphanage. I am 8 years old and I want to join your band of workers. I hope to send more money some time soon." B e s s i e L o w e
We are ao glad to welcome you. Come often, now that you are one of us.
The next did my heart good and I am sure it will yours. It comes from the dear llUle Band at Dyersburg which never weary in well-doing:
"We send C5 from our class for the James C. Warner, Jr. room. We are so glad to help take care of God's lit-tle sick children. We are going to send 'St. Nicholas' to tbo Home for another year."
Infant Class, First BapUst S. S. B y M r s . J e n n u s D. W a l k e r ,
teacher. Isn't that a lovely letter? Happy
is that teacher, happy those dear little souls she Is training and most happy are we of the Young South and those good ladles In Nashville who are get-ting the siok-room ready for the win-ter Invalids. God bless this ' noble band! The magazine will do much to brighter the lives of the Orphanage children. The matron Is glad to have even the old papers you have done reading. How she will prize the fresh new books as they come month after month. The little ones will blest the Dyertburg children at the reads to them. That wat a happy thought.
Far-off Wett Virginia brlngt ut pleasant greeting next:
" I enclose 12, trusting that the Lord will direct you where to ute it that it may do the mott good."
E. M. Heck. I give it unhesitatingly to Japan, a t
we are mott b^ ind there. We are deeply grateful for to generous aa offering.
Here's •one of our reading circle from Locke. • "The Intermediate Olatt tend yon 6fi centt for Mn. Maynard. I read the dally homo readings in the Bible, at given In our Quarterllet, the BAp* TIBT AND IlMrLB(mm,and the I b r ^ lIMmJoumal, Since June I have road *Boatttlfal Joe, ' by Marthal Baundert; 'Our Home,' by O. B. Bar-
IVORY 5OAP The frequent use of a good soap like the Ivory will
purify the complexion as no cosmetic can. Tmi Pnociin A OMitni Co . Ci«'ti.
gent; 'The Fisherman't DHUghtor,'by Anne Kendrlck Benedict; Dr. Tal-mage's 'Around the Tea-table;' and Helmburg's 'Martha, the Parson's Daughter; ' and 'Under the Muse's B a n . ' " I.,AUUA L e i o h .
I was fearful we had stopped read-ing. I do not know all the books in this list, but most of them are well wortli your time and thoughtful atten-tion. 1 shall have something to say to you of some new books farther on to which I hope you will give good heed. Thank you, i..aura, for both the money and the list of books. Come again soon.
Hero are our Tennessee friends who live over the Kentucky line, once more:
'Our baby boy, Joe Sanford, has been quite sick this fall, but now ho is well, and as fat and sweet as ever, and I send $1 to the James C. War-ner, Jr. fund as my thank offering. We have agreed to a Christmas din-ner collection for the Orphanage. Our little 5-year-old girl, Jessie Dean, will put in 11, if she has it, and as I have promised her 91 to help me at-tend to the baby this month, she feels sure of It. Shall we send It to you or Dr. Holt? ( M r s ) H. S. T a y l o r .
I would like very much to have your collection go tlirough the Young South channel. So fend It to me, and I'll forward all we gather at ooce to Dr. Holt. We hope to hear from many Christmas dinners. My own will not be omitted, if we are spared to cat it together. We are so glad the baby is well again. Thanks for your offering.
The last one is from one of our "tried and true," at Chestnut Bluff.
"Grandma sends the Young South $1.40. Give II toour missionary and the rest to the sick-room. Grandma was 75 years old yesterday. My mis-tlorary hen got drowned, but I will get another, and I hope to send more money toon."
W i l u e B e t t i s . How thankful we are to thlt aged
laintl May God tparo her patt the four-tcore. Then the will go on living In her descendants, to whom she gives such beautiful examples. Have you thought that we are In^the last month of 1800? Let us make H a great and glorious one for the Young South. We shall have to do well to surpass our November record. Think of our dear mlttlonary shivering In these bitter winds! Let ut do all we can foi* her. I with we could add a number of little bed! to the one little Emily Gar-rett hat given to the tickroom. Bear in mind that Chrlttmat gathering for the Orphanage. Send me In a tcore or more of letters before thlt old year dies. Afrectionately,
L a u r a d a y t o k E a k i n .
R«eeipti.
lartnl Class, Djersburg Sunday HTbool FIrit llapiut
Mr*. Taylor, Kjr Willie liett a, (or bor Qrandmdther . Albert Euklo, Ubatuinooea Ueiwlo " . "
Tolal Sloce April I. Japan Orphanage Jamoa 0. Warner, Jr., fund Liitle lied i Colportaffo Home Uoard Meiico Pottage
Total
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Some New Books.
"Dully French's Household," by Jennie M. Drinkwater. Cloth, 11.25 postpaid.
' The gulet King," by CArolina At-water Mason. Cloth 91.50 post paid.
"For the Other Boy's Sake," by Miss Marshall Saunders, author of "Beautiful Joe." Cloth II po«t paid.
The Young South is in receipt of these three now volumes from the new prcisos of the restored American Bap-tist Publication Society, Philadelphia. They are all charming books that I can heartily recommend to our Read-ing Circle. The first is not a temper-ance Htory as you would gather per-haps from the author's name, but It Inculcates all the Christian graces in Its :i00 bright pages. You will cnjo; it from first to last and be better for Its reading.
"Tbo Quiot King" is a story of Christ's times, and my little ones and I are taking It a chaptor or two at a time in addition to the Bible reading with which we close tbu day. 1 com-mend it to other mothers or to the big boys and girls. There are 10 engrav-ings, copies of celebrated pictures, which alone aro worth the price of the book. A sweet spirit of earnest devo-tion breathes throughout lu beauti-fully written chapters. It will make a lovely Christmas-gift for mother or grandmother.
And if you aro try J g to dcclde what you will give Brother Tom or Cousin Fred, just sit right down and send II for the "Other Boy's Sake." It It » collection of the breeziest, wholesom-est ttorlei I've teon for many a long day. They have a quaint Canadian flavor, the sceno of many, If being laid In Now Brunswick. The little girls aro such "cute" little creat-ures. and the boyt tuch noble, manly, blundering fellowt,.and the cati and birdt aro alaioit human. My la t t bat 'beguiled a number of dreary hourt reading of them to her broker and mc,aadw-^iayof e a c h i t o r y , "That it certainly tpo b«st." I J*" " ' J you no better fortune than for Santa Olaut to bring you this beautiful vol-ume.
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cents 0 year (formerly 9 cents), in clubs of iive copies or more.
THE INTERNEDIATE QUARTERLY lin.i been reduced lo 2 cents a quar-•ef. « y " " " (formerly 9 cents), in clubs of five copies or more.
THE PRIMARY QUARTERLY h a t l>een reduced to 2 cents a ({uarter,
cents a year (formerly 9 cents), in CIUIM of five copies or more.
THE PICTURE LESSONS are 3 cents a (|uarter, la cents a year, in seU of five and its multiples.
BIBLE LESSONSf one cent a quarter, 4 cents a year, In clubs of five or more.
BIBLE LESSON PiaURBS, « i .oo a quarter, ^ . 0 0 a year. II. Illuatrated Paperg
OUR LITTLB ORES, 1 5 centa a year, in clulw of five or more.
THE YOUNG REAPER, mcmtlily isjue has liren rrilucrd to 2 cent* a <{uar-tcr, 8 cents a year (formrrly 10 crnts), in clubs of five or more. 'Hie scmi-niontlily itnur ha . Iieen reiluccd to 4 cents a quarter, 16 ccnls a year (formerly to cents), in clul»» of five copies or more.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. Hiis is a new juvenile weekly, anil takes the place of Suii/igA/, which is disron-tinurd. It will consist of four pages, weekly, the di/c of the VouHx A'taffr, but with several features not |)raclirable in that paper.
The price will lie K cents a nuar-Icr, 30 cents a year, in clulis of five «ir more copies.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE will hcrr.ficr t)e issued weekly at what is reall a very ureal reduction in price, will lie rnler|{e<l in size from eight to sixteen pARes, will lie maintained by an able cor|» of contributors, and will Ih! well illustraled. W't intend this for a wide-awake up to dale paper for the young |trople of Dniitist rliurches.
The price will Iks 1.1 cents a quarter, 50 cents a year, in club* of four copies or more. Single copies, Oo cents a year.
THE COLPORTER is for everyl>ody. published monthly, lllustrat^l, al the marvehmsly low price uf 5 cents a year, in clubs of twenty or more.
TIMOTHY DRY GOODS & CARPEt GO. The perlodlcale of ttie Society are the beat ORADBD,
the beet MADS, the beet CIRCULATED, and now the CHBAPSBT denofflliMtlonal l i terature In the world.
Send for aample copies, which will be mailed free.
12 B A I ' T I S T A N J > l l E F L K O T O l t , D E C . 1 0 , I 8 » « .
Have You Read It? n«iv. T. U. I^gcU roceutly clotted u
BucceaHful nicutlni^ iit hU oliurc-ti iu
Port Lavacn, Texfts. Ho was ttH«l»U'd
by Hov, S O. Mltohcll iind Viilloy
Hart, the bwuct Hini^cr of G!ilvtifiU)ii.
Ilov. G. W. Dray, recently of Port
Koyal, lia« loi'ntiHl at Blilloh, Tenu ,
three mile* from Piilmyra, iind would
be ((lad to ifct two oburctict> for bulf
of bin time. IIo Ih aa cxcellcnt
preaehcr.
" lhBPAIV«)ISB OF FOOLS."
" G o v , B o b T a y l o r ' s T a l e s , "
U the title ol the moiitlDterciitlnc book on the •wrket. It ooouloi tbe tbrre lecture* which hav* made O o t . Bob Tailor (»mouii ai • pisi-form orator—'-Tlie Fiddle and the llow." "The ParadiMof "rooU and "Vl«loti!iand Dream*." The leewie^ are glTeo In full, looludlne all >q-'datMaadcoMe In** ae dellrerifi by Uor.
Khout -• • Taylor throughout the oonotr;. The i>ook !• aeatly publltbed and eonulns to lllURtratloni.
For lale at book etoroe and newnKiandii. price 10 oeat*. Special i^eea made to b<k)k doalen. AOKNT8 WANTED. Addren,
DeLONG RfCE & C 0 . 208 North Collefro Street,
N a s h v i l l e - - T e n n e s s e e .
BECENT EVENTS.
The Emperor of China la eald to bo
oDKaged In a ayBtomatlc study of the
New Teatoment.
ROT . W m . 31&te, a well known Bap-
tist mlniater of Virgiala, died rcccntly
at South Boston.
Ilev L. Ci. Drouj»ton, Il-juiioWo, Vu ,
1« aiifiUtlnt; Hov. C. C!. Jonos In rcvl
val services at tlio Firtit UuplUt
Churi;h, Covlni;lon, Ky. Mr. Jones'
many Tcnonfl^ce frUindu will l«. i;liul
to know tbnt bo 1h dolnt; a i,'!('rloin
work in old Iveutueky.
Beware of Olntmonts for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.
as mTcurj will iiu ely tl'iitroy iho HPtiiii) <if mnt'll and cuuiplct-iiv diwaiiK')' tlic whulo ti'Ui wbinvniitrlDK It throuirli tlid nMii't>"H fiir face*. Hiii'h artlnlva Khuiilti nrrer )>(• u>f<l i copt on pre "TlpllDDH trnni ii-p'iiatiii- plnsi cl»DH. tt» In; lUitmgii they will dn 1» loii f.'l-l tu the rood you cao poHKtli'y it(!rlv« fr<<iii tt;i-iii Hull'* Ciiturrb Ciitp, iii;nmf*cti)rfd by K J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. <>.. coiilaliiw no m-rtury and iH tiiki'D luternally, aclitiit direcny upon th9 bloud and miiooiu vurfaccH nf the in In liuylOE llair» Catarrh I'ure liu euro >(iii k>'1 thecrnuTne It Is t»l« ulnicrualiy and m ule in Toledo. Ohio, by r J. l.'licnoy A tVj Tistl mnnlale free. |3P"8pld by I)rusKl(ii». prl:»7V' jier bottle.
Tbe work will bi trlu hoon on tbc
now Tatnall Sciuare HapilBl Chun-.b at
Macon, Ga. Tbo building wM be
Gothic in design and com-truptid of
brick, Btono and terra colta. Ii will
have a seatlnjT capacity of (iOO ami U
to bo a handsome structure.
An Ordination.
Homo of your readers may bo inter-ci'tcd in tbe followint,':
In Manblield, Mats., Noviniljor 27 an cucleeiagtleal council nu.t lo con-
Hidurtho proprlelyof ordalnluuf h^rtc,
Itunuey l-VtetuHU to the work of tbu
ifonpil mlnintry. The modeiator, I{«v.
.1. V Oiitcrboui I'rovldoncc, U I.;
clerk, licv. P. I). Ulnkoof Auliiwro,
Ma»H. 'i'bu churciifs were n proHnUd
by delptiateo, «» follown: WunMl.jld,
Foxboro, Attlcboro, North Aiti, i,(iro'
iiaioii,First,l-'.illilivcr, and llr,;,,jwHy,'
rmvldtiiu u. Hy unanlmouB vi.:,. ,,f tbo
council, tlic ordination wait recoin-
J . V I . Johnson's cold storam meat market, 103 Publlo Square. Telephone 1068 for the finest meats.
Mud River, Monarch, JelUco and Anthracite Coal; Crushed Coke. Hall & Morrison. 214 N. Cherry St. Tele-phone 1190. Best at lowest prices,
ifentlon this paper.
The Mountain Grove Baptist Churcli
h u been organized at South Pitts-
barff, with 81 members, and has li-
censed S. M. Sherill to preach.
Rev. Mr. Crane who does evangel is-tle work under Dr. H. M. Wharton, Is holdlncr a meeting at the Pendleton Street Baptist Church, Grconville, S. C.
Dr. Matthew Henry Kollock, •sgvlar Otadnauand Bsflatsred Physlelan.
^AMUUat Barf Ml D. 8. Navy, att-
nsHsaes aa Pbyslolan at Hot Bpriom, A r t j ^ un i ^ coms ttas Siek and Afflicted a{ His MUs, IN^r* OoaraltoUoa With One of Us jtatSnsMi^DoetorsofthePrc^ ta
Will R«>slv« Kladsnd ItoMnbls TrsatmMt, aad Permanent Cures AreOiMraatssdtD EvsryOsss Uodertaksa.
D S . HATTHBW HEHBT EOLLOCK Ttwt i BMeenflUlr All C h m l e u d
IiMt>8tiii4laff Dbeue*.
Prof. Thomas II. Hume, I). D , of
tbe State Unlvcr«ity will supply for
the Plrgt BaptUt Church, IturlingtoD,
N. C., two Sundays, monthly, until
a rejfitlar psntor Is called to Kucceid
Kev. 11. Van Doventcr, who recently
acceptcd a call to Uarncivllle, Oa.
If you cannot Sleep
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Dr. C. 11. Daice, iJcllcvlllo, III.,
says: ' 'I have found it, (ind it'ihmc, to be capable of producinjr a swccl
natural sleep in cucos of Inioninla
from overwork of the brain."
Now Cure for Kidney and Bladder
DIsoitses, Rhoumntisin. Etc.—
Froo to our Readers.
Our naJern will bo jiliid lo know thill llu' new bolaiileal di«covt;ry Al-kavln, from the wonderful Kavii Hiiva (tliriili liiif provtd an ii!.*urt.d curi' ftn-all iiltii,'ii!<(<H caufcd liy Uric acid In thci liltKitl, or by ilUortli iv d luilliiii of Ui.' Kldimytt or iirltiiiry or^'iinn. Ii U a wontlurfiil dl»(.'Ovt<ry, witii a rn)i)rd of ll*<Kl l\r.>«<pital curuii In 1(1 dayn. it iielj (Ilr.'i'll> iijinu Iho blood uiul kld-n<iyi» ami U a Iruo spi cillc, jucUiH cjiiinliii' in tiialiiria We have tlio t<ir(Mi)j;i*Mt teMiimoiiy of many 'nlnii-ii i'd of liii' t'Ohpel, w,!ll-known iloctor* and hu-ilnHK men eared by AUmvIm, when all iiUii-r ii-uieilleH hud faili il.
Ill 111.'Ni'« v.irli Ulv WiirM i>l " rpli-iii tiM 10 til.' le III|1..|1( <>( Uov II. Mimii, . H. Dieildeii, lllld the followiDi.' nn.k'nim fif IJ . <.( W u<!i II^III. It. C, wa., tn,,,! Ili..rl,) , , , , k'umoi luKiiisv ir» ..r «t>(iuilfiK frniii K .111. y .11 . J. .' pulille t'.terolbfrt wn« eiirrinl out; «I411 Ii'i iiniiitI~II1. 1111.1 li H r ||||I 11 e by ,MK> \ if 1'i tiai •' tii I li. 1 &li<.|i.iillsl iiiiiri. ter til ( i.Mfn. IK, I;;ism..i lie.triv l>4k . f fcA' I nii.r.e^ II t. r l»o iiK Mif AlkiivU I'.t v J. till II rt .In..II ..( !<1IU . . Tin.i". II I|l|.it.(li'r <ij Ih.' ol Jl jear. mtvI.,.. » iii. ii iltiivn at li t* jKinV of iliitj |,V Ki ney iili n.ue Afli'.' lOV'-rlli.: bitrtieil Ife lU (1 ii'iltli (nr Iivii nirnlfi . 1>! tl I'U 111!- cU.d r> .inlnjf f.il! il lie t.K'ii Iu H. iid -i.M ei.»iii!ei*'iy <• inr»*il to hritltli uihI Hireo.'ili iiii I K f'.iliritiK li'i* lUitlt'H tt<i iitii Nt r 1 f il.i- Kt.-p' l It r eoil. a pnin l !• I uit.iriny <>1 i <)»i'li, Imliiiiii. mi c rej «.( Ui.e ;iii,ii sill Kidii.y .ii.l l|.;ni .i f <11* etnr <jt Hi \.iir< fiaiidlii;, AlUinU. .Mr. VVontI ul-i'i-iiMrt liiiti .-if I., inij !n f< n. t.irit It:l"0ry oil'-, eoi p. Ill .1 lo r t. lotifiir-ilirrlnt; til''nU'lit iMi a<e'.nint uT u'cikn' .*H «•' ilie li a-i iler. lie irrul il liv nil hifl hnint: piy.il-i iiit!« Willi' lit the |. a.)l i.er>-tlt ttiiil Mil» iv i- III plftrly eun-il In a f. «• ne.'li.- I>v .Mk-vh i i.o I-stiii.oiiy s ur.il.eiliteil ami r. oily wi.n.l'rriil. .Mrs .Unics Yi.iiin; u( Ketl. Ohio, niiiei. ihn Kill- liaJ irl.-il fix I octrrn In v » ii, tti:i -Iki wu :ibnut to ifl\r up in (1i4.pa'r. H lieii nl e fiiuiitl Alk tvlM Hbil wan |irti|ii|it y > ur<.'tl uf trnlni v cil.., eun" all I r. ^n r il ii. Ii. a 111
.Many othrr laJles ali^o toHlify t.> the wciiderfiil eiiriilive iiontrs of Al-kavlr, ill tluv variotiB diitorik-ra |iie;i-livtr til woni.-i'ihi.od. S'l f.\r the Church Kidney t uro Company, No. r2<» I'ourlh A Veil lie. New York, are thfi only Iinportf'in of ihiM new lemady, a'ld Ihey are go aii.vlous In prove Iti va'.uo that fur the cuke of intriiduc-Hon they will send a fr.-e treatmont of Alk.\vl« prepaid tiy mail to < verv render of iho IS.MTisr and IIki 'Mx t on who In a H iiren-r from any furm of Kldieyi ir UluiMer ilUonJer, rtrit.;hl'ii IM'jente. UheumaUmn. l>ro|i>.y, • iravel, I'.iin In Maek, reinale (;oul• plalnln, or other nniictlon duo to Im-liro|»er aetlou <if th<5 Kidnjey» or Urinary Organn. ndvi.c nil fuf-firerii to wend thnir namos and ad-dri'tiH to the eoniji iny, and reeijive the .\lk>ivU fru' 11 U n?nt lo you eiitli c-ly free, tn prove llu wonderful cura-tive poKorf.
The Protestant lulnisU-rBof New York
State bavo entered viporoiis protcDt
against the buildinjr of a Ilomam Cath-
olic chapel at the WeMtl'oint Military
Academy. Dr. U S. MacArthur U at
the head of the movement to put a
atop to this encroachment on public
property.
Uarvest Uells.
Bro. Penn's great long book U still
In the lead, and will remain so as long
as the people love to sing tbo gOBjiel
sound in doctrine, endorsed by thou»-
ands. Lovers of muBio say it is the
best of all for all purpoRcs. Vonal
Kidney and Urinary. tow^ors say the rudiments are good.
S S S f t S S S - M S ^ s f i l ^ ^ and 3 aro tbo three combined
tAdtf iS wmf^rtvssjsseJalaadoartfultmt- APPondU of 47 l)oautiful songs.
•*^*"»«sattor»UflieUn»BjraUmshts. Round and Shape notes, and words
Private Diseases Vanoo. only, send for price list. Hooks ^rom St. LouU, Mo., or Nash-
Tenn. Add r t n Mrs. W. E. nafasss. Penn, Eureka Springs, Ark., or B a p -Nervous Debility. L^nS-'fi'SI:
Buy vour C;roeerlc» from lh(! old rc-llablo GKoUtJK /,ICIv IJ:U .V U >.
P.ev .1. \V. I.ym-h, of Danvlllo, Ky.,
has Icen calle.l to Walnut Hill
Chui-i'li, Ciiielnuati
Dr. r. S. Ilcnnon will preneh the
annual gcrinon for tlu) IllinfiU Hh|i-tltftH at their Convention In H'»7.
roan, cturaaa oprinf^s, ArK., or li TMT a n dRk t l r o t o r , Nashvlllo, p.nn
Uev, C. F. J. Ta!o »t Cape (iirar-
deaii, Mo., bai bo/n called to the pas-
torate of the Flrirt Chuirh, Pino Bluff,
Ark. Ho la a ifoo l man.
A mlnlstor or cilltor can fecurc a a bargain in a TypewrlU'r. (jooU tvpowriter for »i) caih., regular price
.Simple, aud will do your work for years. iJest for tlio inoiioy evor olTored. Sto advortldCMioni in this Usno. ITow about Cbrlslmasy
was
Iteaillnj; of Serlpttircii amj |,r.i),r by
Uev. .laeoli I.1»> of the eonj;!e^'ai.oiirtl
<-liiireh, Machlleld; ^ermon by i;,.v. ,I.
\ . <» l(rrl,out. I'rovldi iioe, i;. j .
prayer rif orOiniition by lU-v. Wiiiinin
11. Stewart, F.aHt )n; fiand of fell.m>li|p
by ll.iv. F. I) liiuke, Attl.boro;
eiiarjre I ) candldalo by the iKM-.or,
Ilev Ho.'ell 11 Sweet, ManHfh-ld : |«.ne.
clietliin by tbc (.'andtuat>>, I!iv c
Freeman.
Mr. Freeman wun horn In .Milton,
•Nova Scotia; but ban been a nu tnlicr
of the Uaptlfct Church In .Manftli iil for
several year*. l!o Rraduated from
Carbon and Newman College, Musiiy
Crrek, Tenn., last Juno. Ife ex|HK;li
to servo In tbo mliilHtry In that State
one year, and Iben to complete tii«
sludlen at the Southern The'ildcleal
b«em!..at^y, r . , o u l » v l l ! e .
K. II. SWFKT. .ManulWld, Mass.
FREE TO BALD HEADS.
Wn «1|| niKll |.|| n(.fl|. r«lli.ii, liiturmaii n b..<« I.. IIM.W t,„|, „p.,„ » I.«M lif*,l. «i..i, uili.iij »i«lr nil.) r,.m...r aii, <ll«'lt««. A.llr.-M IIIIMb ar4.
IVM. I>.A a.i L'liiclaniiti, ubiit.
J : I ) U C A T I O N A L .
rbc loading School and Tearhcru IwrttuH ihe South and Soulbwent In tbe
National Bttroan of Sducation.
M ins CiiorrnWAIT and J W. «i,ai«. I'rop m WlllDux Kulldlns, Na«hv1IIn,T<-nc
Send stamp (or Icroriratloo
.On •isBtniu tn* nrlaary d*. i f »»• foudd'and UMs saaU partloles of albnagan Will »»•
psw. or tliseotor will M of a thla, mllklih liM, agalB n d o f to a dark and turbid ap {b&TinSi
. Tkers ara May mea who die of BlcnUv, Iffssraat of the cause, whteh la
ths escoad stiRS of Bemlaal WsakofM. Ths doctor win fca^tss a iNrfsot mrs In all neb ess^ asd a h«altS* rss-tersttoa at tts gwlto-nrmarr omas.
Writsyourlroubira inivlni away from ths elty. You eaS
, ^ Ibis, aad jnedietDts ajat as-eb*rralUn. Tsstlmoaials of pa-
BaJSaTsiamfr' ^
^ D R . K O L L O C K , Oia^^UtBll 81., ,NASHVILLE, TENN.,
•t, L. ATRINS, Hors* MhneliiK of all Hlatli Ketitly Diina,
, «H» W. Cherry St.. Masli*lll«. T«h«.
It is often a my«U»ry bow a cold has
brcn "caught." Tlid fiint in, howv^r,
that when tbo blood U poor and the
system depressed, one bccinnes po-
cwlliirly liable to dUoases. When tlio
I appetite or the Hlrcngth fall*, Ayer's
Sarsapnrilla should bo taken wJthoul
delay.
Al the rccnat IfiOtb annlvcrnnry coJo-
bratlon at Princeton, tho honorary de-
gree of D. n , wttH givon Presldont A,
n . Strong, of llotilnstor Tlioologlual
Seminary, and tbo dogroo of L.L li.i
lo IVof. H. I. Wbouler, of Cornnll
Univorslly, and Prof. William Oanl-
utr Ilalo, Univorslly of Chicago.
Tiie Baptlstclmrch alClivrkuvilie ha«
decided tobuya Hoc plpo organ, and It
will b * put in plaeo by tho middle of
.January. Thoy want a pood ortran-
i«t and arc willing; to pay HtJch a per-
i«on. They preatly prefer a MaptUt.
A good music tyacber could work up a
music class thfi-u In addition lo what
tho chiireb would pay b h orpiinlat.
Let whoever may bo Interested In iliU
matter address Organ Commltlte. earo
K. Parker, Clarksvlllo, Tenn. Wo
may simply add tbal Clarksvllle U
OIKS Of tho most delightful cUIoh In thli
Slato, and tbo Bapllat people there
arc among the finest to be found
anywhere. Whoever n'ciirc* the pohI-tlon may Vo considtrrd quita fortu-
nale.
" B r o w n ' h Bi ionoi i ia i . Tkoc i i iW are of groat sorvlce In subduing
IToariunets and Coughs. Sold only
in boxo*. Avoid imitations.
DHATII FltOM Uai5 OF TOUAOCO. Tlin I'alMiNio pnlannrd hrart nlona witttoiil
warnloe,•ir oaunlhoitiruft HtlKHQIIlT, att antidote ehe<itnirKUm,nvr'rMniis the oravkir. Nd sIflWMdfS. no S'artmif, MforillBB iwfA and pmmpt relief. Trflttoilay. itte, abot, nrarly "II dru(|j{Ms. Iiooklst free. KurakuOhemleal
Whfn voii deal with tho "old relia-ble" Gl!:6tU3K ZtCKLIifl iV CO., you are alv/ays troat«d justly and honor-ably. Call and see us.
Clharlos N. CrIUonlon, mllllonalro
evangollHl, who has founded thirty-
ilro bomoi In the United Stales for
fallen women. In memory of bis llUlo
daughter Ploronco who died M y f f '
ago,Is holding v e r y Interesting revival services In thn p i n t Bttpfit Chureli
at Houston, Texas. A Hoscuc Iloniu
Is lo bo eaUbllshod lo Ifoui^loii
through his cIToris.
liny your Orooarlei from _ , OrOO. 7JCKLKU A CXK
l i A I ' T i S T A ^ U U E F L E C T U l l , D E O . 1 0 , 18»«> . 18
. j., ,,i I,,[).'• " p e a r l •
..l.ni. 'h - n n "
.iipl
l,ij. I'.llll'^S. M a c b e t h " i:i
fh„l, . ih. ' in all , if you i ih'-
chiiniiry m a d e lor y o u r la.i i i),
1,,. lis slmkI you a n liuN-:;.
( i c o M a c b e t h (. o
I'm .ill.-.
Ml .. S.irah F. D. Conway, of .Sraith-
tiela, \ ik , In now W) ycari. old. She
rrltcH Uie Fnlvcrslly of Virginia
JIulhliir • I 11'*-'
lecture i-. ll lhat was ever run? at the
i;niver..l'y, and saw Mr. Jelleriton
plaelnj.' the HrHt books of tbc pavilion
called tLe old library. 1 wan an In-
([uisiiiv,' little girl passing by, and
pteped iiit" the window. —~ - ^ • » ' — *
<;cors;e /.iokltr & Co., ]«ay for this (paiT ;ii i.rder to htato that Ihey de-sire \.i I to call at their Staple and I'ttiiry i..oeery Store.
Personal.
D- W H Itrown. ilcntM W t»i(>rf.U(fhly re lUiiif all • d.- Medly comp-tent lIl^ piii eo uru very ie.i»'.iiiible. hihI 1i« never la.I- u. nSve kh |,U.:iloi. Hln omi>« are ut Sti. 3"i' N suiiin.er »uw. t-i.tciHl iiflceit to jiarlleii truiu u tll. UiK-.
Semi yinir nickel platlup to W. W. Kaunoii. -44 Bummer St., Nabhvil'--
Hlll!>-i.\ bird HUpplies. W W Kan non, 211 .•summer St., Nanhvllle, 'J'eiin
A', tlu lant raeeiing of the board of
vl,tlors of the University of Vlrninla,
Col. ChrtrliB S. Venable rt-iilgned the
iirtite«tur(,hip of Mathematlcii In that
inniltuUon. after an uninterrupted
t.jnuroonu years. Col- Venable ban
U'ln cno of the truest friends of the
Unlvcr»ity, and as teacher, author
and fhftirman of tho faculty al two
liKTerenl l ine', be has pliieid himttelf
at tSie f.irefront amoni; tbe ureatcst ed-
ucuUirc ;i!id unlvcrhliy adininletralors
In I lie land.
GOOD POSITIONS.
Something Worth Considering.
Read the Extracts, FoIIowIug: This
Article, Frum Business Firms.
U'u ciill gprclal attention to the an-nounediient of Draut'hon's I'ractical UunlnciH CollcRo. NashvlHo, Tenn.. and T./Xarkana, Texas, wbich appears in HUdiher column of this Imsuc.
This i« not only one of tbo Iwot in-•tltuiionM in the South, but In .tbo *holi) country, and tho advantages of-fered are i rd ic i exceptional.
Tho president, Prof. J. P Draugbon, U (inu of the leading educators of tbu day, and is thn author of several val-imnlu works on bookkeeping nud busi-ne»s. for ht»me study.
iliilow we elvc a few extracts cllpptMl froai IVof Draugbon's late circular. Head them through aud scud for free catalog ue.
tatTRACTB. "Wo Ijollevo that Draughon's Pran-
llcnl lluHlncits CoIIoko Is doiug a le-Cltlniiite business, making no claims iliat 11 cannot sustain.
"It receives almost daily, written apiilicaUons from busiaess men for Hi irraduales.
"In our opinion, It only remains for t« Bill lent) to do tliclr part In order l3iii(;cocd." (Hlgnetl.)
A. 8. WiLtlAMB, Caehier City Savings Bank.
ft«Mivlllu. Tenn. "VVo regard Draugbon's Prtt'3tlcal
nuibiess COIIOBO thornuKb and rolla-pie. and a credit to Texarknna. Wo '»avo recontly examined Us letter flics •nd (ind It reeolves calls from busl-iMs inon almost dally, for bookkeop-ofs and (Henograiihors. (Signed.)
B. ^'.EHTKH. 'WsldenlTcxarkanaNat' l Bank.
K. F. FIUBDRU.. County Court Judge. , , W . O. Hardin, Mayor,
And others. lioad Prof, UratiRhon's ad elsewhere,
"len send for h l i free catalogue. Ad-urosp, J p. Dbauoiiom, PfBsldoflt, at ollher plaoa.
The lately published lepnrt of tbo
relli iiij! pretldeiil, D.ivld .1. lllll, of
till) I^iivernily of. Itoehcster, tibowa
that InblUull.jn to be In a prosiieroub
eoDdiUoij. Tiiinj waii a s,ll«ht re-
tiuellon in it'.leudai.cc for ihc year
IWU.'j W, but thin WitD on uceounl of ibe
inforcemcnt of more rl^ld wuidltions
of adinirftion lo mul of contlriuanco In
U.e Unlverrlly. .\ii unubually bi«h
htaiulard of morality prevaiU aroonj,'
the NtudeiilH, to iilirh that punlahmeut
of any uorl bus In in (itmot unknown
for the Inot el|.'lil yoarH IVcitidei.t
IIiII'b rei»l;,'i.ii'.ioii look ell. el al the
elos.' ot tlie lii-l. _\ear'« work. Hie
BUeoe«>>or h.vn imt yet ljo.'n seeurtd.
i;i;iM:(.i; /.n K m ; .v < 0 . neii
(iroe. ries. C,ili.
The Habit of Being Beady.
ll;ti fori.'.
i A MorrlMin will 111! your ordem ill .ind Coke. Tclepborie llsn).
.V Cherry .St. Ilerl a', lowciil priei n Ml till.Hi llil.N ,ta()i-r
I'Oi: SIIOI'.S AND TIIUNKS t;lvi;t M IIOiiN .'i CO , ::<.ii Union
Hlreet, nu.ir .\UrKel, ae i i i .
^le^ident Ce jrtrc T. Wlnsl.jn. who
lia» I I'en eonnei'lt.'d s lt)l Johiiii llop-
kiiiH t'liiveirily, with Cornell, and
with the I'niieraiiy of .Norlh t.'iiroliua,
and who has only la ely bet'iin his
work In the i'nivcrjily ol Te.xa.', says:
''i'lie ftudenu of the Uclvtr-ity of
are tii.jre i.irL'e-l, in purinire,
more cri'lful aii'l Independeni In In-
t<;lltet, freer from irlintllrthrej.fl, rowdy-
l.^m, Intiubordinallon, an.l rustle boor-
Ifbueiiii than lhtiiin I km'.v in tho older
S'.aten." There v.Ar a lime wlicti peo-
p!>5 well Inforni-'d in olhi'r maltcrs itii-
a;,'lned that every Tr.\au wore boot.*
ami ftpurn and a licll full of pU'.olo,
and ihtie were some who v.iautly lui-
a>.'lned that coine of tho i-owbo>s bad
hornii. 'I'ne fact ie that Te.vas is rich
In educational resources and Texans
aro not clow- In niakln;; uso of tbctn.
lleuolulions of IJieknian ohurcb on
the retiring of Itjv. .M. W. iliiBuell.
Since In the providence of Ood, our
formi r aud bjloved pallor, Uev. M.
W. Uuseell, kcrvud u b paitor four
yearK, and in all bl» relations was
faUhful and e:vrnet.t. He it therefore,
lonolml, Tnat we, the Baptist cburcb
at lliekmaR, 'iVnn., commend Uro.
Ilu-bell lo any ehtirch that may bo
whliout a patlor, a.« a man of God,
faithful and /..jalous for tbo .Masur s
eaujio. Uc It further,
Ut.tiilml, Tha'. he is held In I i IrI i os-t -em not only by hH brethren, but
also hts a nood tcjiort with them that
at o wlibout, and bis In 11 nonce in any
community Id a benediclloii. Wc aH a
church and commuDity will follow him
with our lovo and prayers in whatever
field he may bo called to labor. He it
further,
Ikxolicd, Tiiat a copy of tl eso rcao-
lutlons l>e sproitd on tho minutes, nnd
a copy bo furnished ibd H a i t i h t asu UKri-KCTou and tho Ihiptifl Jhlin f for
publication,
Done in Confercnuj Decnnlwr 0, 1800. 11 Uhk i t, moderator.
li e GWAI.TNKV.el-.rk.
Ill jilut Idfactorllv or no charge. Try inc? W. W. KANNON, Nashville, Tonn.
eat-
Rtf i l l lng Inhalers.
Send us your Inbalor and 20 cents In stamps and wo will relUl It anil re-turn .t promptly. It will tlien bo as good as new. Wouse thobnstmcritbol, thai which is Imported from Japan. We fill tbcm fuller than tbu manu-factures do. So, thoy will bo stronger and will last longer. Let tbein come In by tho thouaands.
UAI'TIBT ANU HBFLKrWII, Nashville, Tenn.
WHO'S SHELLABERlitB ? (t Mts U'l ff KVliee Man.
v.Ji»HKiUi«taii( iw atl 0>ir|lO«M
r KViiiw Man.pf Af' l " '*:?* jliSi
You may call It what you like—pres-
ence of mind, a cool bead, quick think-
ing, (.1- an Instinct to do what is right
the ilrat time-lho fact remains that .It
I h a habit aequircd by experience, of
being ready always to uie one's Imus-
cles aud brains at a moment's notice—
the habit of l>cing ready.
When you aro on your wheel and a
tangle Is ahead what do you do?
Wliat I h a natural thing to do? Get
oil and walk aside. When you aro In
a boat and a Maw comes against tbe
sail, what do you do? What Is a rea-
sonable thlntr to do? I ^ t the sheet
and sail po where tbo Haw cannot come
aL'aiusi It. When you are slipping on
tho sidewalk, what do you do? Thrust
tic other fool under you or turn your-
Hulf on a pivot and come to tho ground
on your bands. What do you do when
a man stops you for tbo purpose of
robb lie you or for one thing or an-
ti'.hery Do tbc reasonable thing; walk
up i j him and show him that you are
'|iiite al your uase aud that he is at-
tacklnj; tho wrong person. What do
jou do ill the room of a burning
houteV Do tbe rcisonable thing;
crawl ou the Uoor, because smoke al-
ways rises and you can breathe fnr
iHjiier. If you must k o through
flumes, pour water over yourself^be-
foro starting. If tho undertow In the
8U1 f catches you and carries you out,
do ihe reasonable thing; float—swim-
n iog is useless. Ily floating you will
keep above water, and in a moment
bomebody will como in a boat. Year
ufier je.ir women and children drown
within twenty yards of a hundred peo-
ple. Why? Because tho average un-
pracllced person Is paralyucd quite
long enough U) allow tbo struggling
to drown. Then every one does the
rlcbt thing, and rushes for tbe life-
boat ten feet away—too late. So we
mlijbt go on for a week The particu-
lar is unimportant. It sulllccs you
not if you know what to do and do
not have the power to do It. Acquire
tbe habit of responsibility and prompt
action by putting yourself In sltua-
PI l lVATE DISPKNSAUY,
(ii:H Cl lUUCH STKKKT. For the sclent flc troalmcnt. pr«mpt relief
n'd pt rin'.inf nt cure fcf Clronlo. nervous and I'rlTBt." I> !»••«»««. . ,
VOfNdMKN whp MilTer from the fearful rlTi'cia or dflf abUHo-ttnavtrHlcn to toe society ut ladlOB, de'potdeaoy, I0X1 of tn rffy, (sIIIdk memory, neivou»'i««». palpitation of the hrart, we«k back, (tunted development, lnorraalnir liervoun oxhauHilo-, and wretched or laaclvloua dniimM-Tou may In the Ilrat (•tuces, but you nrn fast upvroachlDii Ibelant. lio not lut 'f»l>i> pilde or ehani niodvsty prcToot you from
At^KU^lBN who aru prematurely c.lvtnxureiiuUor youthful IniilscrctlonR or i>i-rcs!« * of lulor yuurj, who ure troubUd with loo fKHpient svtt'uatloos of the bladder, aid by nncilnBaiBlll<»orroiiyit«llmeni In the urlno; iinil t n ui cotmt of thin ULuat jral waale and litfworvlittllty are until for bUKlnew or mar-rliiKe—yo'J can iKwlllvely be restored to manly
* '8lTl> MICN who. aH a result of overwork, busl-ne»< eai«4iir Impruilenco in former years, now Witter from piirilal or wunplete Impoiency. or o.iiiie oimriKnUitJ bUddfr trouble. All may nml iiiimedlaterellef-many may be radloally
"^"sVl'IIII.IS.wUb fdllowlnufymppim*: Full iiiifof MiPhalr. aoro ibniot, BWollea «nd «up-piiriitlu.1 ultnda. ruption*. pmtulea anil ulcers lit tlioak Mi sllftnemot the Joliu,_de«irue,jpo of tiiK biincii. ol tho nose with olfcniilro itlS' cliiirffe from thn nos-tril*. nnd' other fvl-dnnoes of blocd din-CiiHea-forever driv-en Iroiit the i.y«te i nlthout Iho lue of uii r< ury.
UltNUtlRIIOIl.V Kicet, strloturv. In* llamHtliiD of tbn pruHlAtn »nl blad <ler. ft il orchitis In . staotly lelleied and pcrma I'y cured by trniHdloi teated In many ycara' fpeclal pfBoilui. Rooaulla-lion Btrlct'y eonil-dentlal.
MAIL TUBATMKNT.
nr.Cook'e home treatment Is on tho same high stiMi'inrd ns hla offlt^ work. On sp||i|eatlon an
'iloh w'H pMvoof va'us to all ehron. itrn enntsm ficotoany
iiiirmtTng mphlet, Whroh lis sultirarN, and mpli
,Jddr( .. , sent on remlpt Of stamp
la fduUfBd oil I r, will smplatlns matrimony r: wlir to
addrsss. IJuiMlbin llstsoo all d' imlptof sump. Call on or »t
be seot
addrsss.
o n . (TOOK * r o . ,
VontliMnn llalldlnar. Hiwlivllla. Tann.
OPIUM
N rv >T< VT< yr( VT< ^ T ' > 7 ^
is a dlaeaaa which alBlels ovmt n ^ r cent, of lh« American psopls. 11 ia a dancerous dlaeoas bseause It not only polasna the blood but causss hcavlasas. oppreasloa^nddaUathsiotaUscL Tbsn fallaw chroale headachs, losa of apfw-tlte, alow dicestloa, MtvonsasM, bad breath, dingy compieitOB aod low splriu. It will avsatually Mag on liver and kidney diSMao In SOOM loeur> able form. But sulbrers from this dreaded malady are apcedlly
Warner>a 8APB Cure and Warner's SAFE Pills. . Leadloj|^:^klaos ths world over, have acl fact, and thouaaada of
t the out land have teat >f peopls U lUHed to It.
icsd this through*
8AFB Cure puu a atop to backachea. headaehea, conatlpatloo. loss of appe-tite, dyapepsia, tired feellm and alsep-leaaneaa. It bullda up tha eshauiUd ayatem. It la a aure cun tor liver aad kidney complaint in any form, and the only remedy that haa aver been able to cure Bright'a diaeaae.
If yoti are feellnR the need of auch a remedy, you cannot do better than try thla king of rsmcdiea, the graat
mmm^iifmmm lions that require thU, and when yon
have acquired the habit ofi ;belnc
ready, you are pretty lure to do •one-
thing thatru reasonable In an enwr*
gency when It arises, even If you are
not primed with all the knowledge ot
this particular case.—JEToiyer'a Baxar. BAPTISTS! We sell Orooerlei.
You eat Orocerleg. GEORGE ZICKLER & CO.
—Stop at Johnson's and get the. flnest meats In the city, or telephone 1 0 0 8 for your dsh, oysters and game.
NEW HONEY MAKING INVENTIOII.
CawM mrt InOMltuclikl*, will iaft i fonmandaaksa bwuUful aiilMraDe* on any monuMBt. Aayoaena am il on in s miuiitw. I wlds ItoSrrt r . Hv*tM. In » d»i mr smlli* war*M. BTtnrbodr ie fUdel a rhioc* 10 buy. a* Ibn are basdaoM* and H.ee cbea». BUi*r mwi* St* lut wwk (tlllas elesul AluBlaaa boor »UIM and booM nnabtn for.the MUM Sim AajanecanduaaveifUitjrinr. Jo«b07B—
I have closed my work near Good«
Icttavllle, where I have been located
for the past two years. Have moved
back to Nashville where I will make
my headquarters for the next year.
I would be pleased to correspond wltti
any church needing a pastor, or with
any pastor deslrluf to hold a meeting.
My address Is 17.Tr AlherU Avenue,
Nashville. A. RODB8T8ON.
CoDiumptlon Cared.
mraalonary the formula ot a stokpls vsgsiabw -
fsH Ubis to'naks'UkMWB (fsllows hisiiutta^ng fsilows. ..
and a destrs to rsUove b
Don't fall -to buy (from Zlok-ler & Co.,) your GltoOERIEB.
Call 1068, Johnson'i oold Montg* meat maritel, for .the flBMt^, n»-oelved dalley. Anythtair ^Om the small sun perch to ttie mottnMtiB.tront.
HOW TO BEND IT.
That Is. theOhrlstow j t l f t W tto
e v ^ home and family In', the e h w ^ Uke up » oolUcUon>l their o m table and then have • meeUnc the W g l o n t Sunday, and-lefall sena U tg i t i f ly to A. J . BoU, OorreepondlHf Beoralarjr, NashTllle.
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B A i r i ' l t t T A U D l U f i F l i J f i C T U U , D E C . 1 0 , I b t f t t .
Edelen's liansfei & Stoiage Company, PAUKM. 8TUKBM « ItUVKH
KVKRTUOUVB tiOOUS IN TOWN. AIM ftU kind* of 8APES moved knywber*.
TclfiphoD* U4I. Wy Ufflna anil WaraliouM. a i l N. r o l U v a Mt
Nei l to Webb. Btereotoo, I'bllllpa it Co.
s f s ^ ' s ^ SuffcrNoLonncr! I B«ndl(MnUb|rBWll(U]raw 'dracfUt doM Dol kMp It), (or • Ban, Baft u d P«IBUM iUa-•df (or Coraa, W«rt« Md Bna-loM. NaPoUai>.WBrraat«d (O C a r * . Take as other. •.x.iniGiiix,i>niniit.
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D o n ' t Fai l t o C o m e a t O n c e a n d S e c u r e S o m e of t h e G r e a t B a r s a l n s In GRO-C E R I E S A N D P R O D U C E T h a t a r e O f f e r e d a t
THE PEOPLE'S CASH GROCERY •BRIDGE AVENUE AND THE SQUAREI
If lb* coaiaoUrsnulated Sugar... II iJO n Iba. beat Uoaton Uranulated Su-
gar I tM 26ib< White Olariaed Sugar I UI 30 Iba. New Crop N. U. Sugar I u) *) lb*. Pure L,ear Lard 130 IW Iba. Dry Salt Uaoon I u) Kuooy llaoon Strip* cnlT m Heat Sugar-cured sboufdeni rd AlllRta, the UoMt Patent Flour i l iu Ueat wnter-grouiid Heal per puabcl 4U I'aarl Meal, per peek, only Coffee baa come down. A good ar-
ticle, roasted, per lb. only Blba. Arbuckle'a famjua package
Coffee, only II<got very Mat llrsn. New pickled bog'a leet.per doz. only Hew pickled bog a feetln kits 5 gallons Head Igbt CHI only a Btokle love* of bread only Beat Krencb MaccaronI, per lb. only lle.t Pull Cream UbecMi only 0 Iba. new Mice, clean, white 10 Iba. Boiled Uulw, tbe modern
breakfast dUb SO lb*. Klln-Drled Hominy (or only 1 lb. uDcoIored Japan Tea, put up
In a genuine aouvenir Jajianese tasket at lens than ball price, only
I& lbs. II Inz celebrated MIDC« Meat.
15 15 40
I 11) W M 45 (JA 05 10 ss
t»
S5
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8 Spools best Maoblnu Ttireud oniy 95 : lbs. Leverlng'a old rrlUblu ColTne . . . S5 Mocha and Java, worth 35<,' Sb H barH Uermitn Soup £5 7 l-lb. bara Saiuh Soup, u b<iaiity 10 bars of Whlto Soap, sh good as Ivory,
If not baiter, only K H lbs. large Lump Starch, only <5 New Caroroel Drips, luncy s) New SorgbuiE only . . . . il5 Pickling Vliicgur, per gallon 15 UoHt Pickles, BiiiallMite, p<-r gallon . . . 9U Mixed 8plcea,tor pickMng, l ib W SpoxrKAmrrlcanSaiUloesat 10 11 ooxesXoz llruton'Hor Uarrett'n Snuff 15 I lb. Famous llattle Axe Tobacco .. .. UU 5 iilckle Clgiirj-Jurt think of l l - f o r . . . 5 Corn, per buxbel » Outs, per bushel 2* Uerman Millet Hay, large bate U I'tneiit Clover Hay obtatcable (M to bars Aiurrtcan Stiup. a beauty .
lbs best fUll|Cn-im Cheese S5 Norlliern Navy IleabK. i>rr gal iiO Ulack-eyed Pcsi. p<>r gal ifi Fruit Jellies, Uint quality, DO lb palls flU
M a » a to M
Carl Soburz, famous New Albany lod., Urab Cider, per gallon .
3 cans early June Peas i cans Sugar Corn 4 eans best S-lb. Tomatoes . . . . * can. California Peacbei 4 cans Canlfornla Apricots Fni l i Jellies, Brat quality, It-ib!
palls . 4« Pure Fruit Preserves, SO lb. palis I « Pure Frutt Preserve*, » l b . palls I TO Purt> Fruit Piuaerves, IHb. palls 1 00 Shot, all klzed. per lb TT... S
We bave a large stock of great va-ilety of HB'SIOS, Currents, Figs, and Citron, California Kvaporatcd Apricots, P( aches, I'ears and Prunts , Nuts, (Jreen Apples. Or-anges and Cuooanuts, all of which we will sell, at very low prices. ;< lbs. best uindon Layer Kalslns,
only 3ibs California Figs for » lbs. California Evaporated Pean.
for. * lbs large and Juicy Kalsies only . -V IKM KAU. I
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2 lbs. best Leghorn Citron only •1 Iba. mixed Ntits. exctllent cjuallty 4 lb!i. Caltlnrnia Kvaporated Apri-
cots Fifteen packs lliti erackera. only Twodoz tt^twll KomanCaDdlea ... ime iloz. 10-ball homan Candlen,
only
ti a a a 'A a to t6 a
AXD DON'T YOU FOUGEF TBK BOYS. FOU WK HAVE FIMK CIlACKKItS, CANNON CKACKEKS, .{OMAN CANDLES AND SKY IU)CKETS.
15 packs Fire Crackers only 2,jo. 2 doz 8-ball Kunian < andlcii. 250. 1 do/ 10-ball Roman Candles only l«c.
^ I C A U Y 9. c n i i c CASH GROCERS, L C M l l I 0 6 u U l l W - l-KAUKKH O F P O ' U L A B PltlCKH
" IIKIUtiK A V S M K • P I UI.M- KUirAIlB TKI . 430
10,000 AGENTS WANTED (No oxpcricncw required) To supply tho prcat and grow-
ing demand for that Wonderful Book. TOIICHINO INCIDENTS and 1{£3IAUKAI{LE ANSWEK8 TO PRAYEK and the CHILDREN'S EDITION OF THE 8A3IE. During tlic three years thcso books have been circulatcd.
|A QUARTER MILLION SN AWAY. These book? are lan any other religious books on has 1228 pages fully illustrated
inches. Price in heavy board
IHAVE BEEN SOLD OR GIVEN AWAY. These book? are selling fas.'fir and doing more good than the market. The Children's Edition ha with 42 largo new cul», size 0 x 8 inches, ^rice in heavy bovers, 36 ci.s. Cloth, OOcts, Morocco, 1?1.0« Largo Edition, 'cloth, 320 pages, pi-ice, 9 1 . 0 0 . Morocco, 81.50.
AGENTS ARE MAKING FROM $20.00 TO $30.00 PER WEEK. A l i t t le f i r l , 13 y e a n old, made 91.iO In one d n j . A crippio Ijoy mndo • 4 0 , 0 0 In two week*. A man mado t l94 IO in one day. Anotbe*
•St ,OOinoneweek. Another $40.00 In ulght days. Another mtt.lc $191.00 In n f t w n days, and other B)?ents h a w had equal succes* It l v « « b p d y w I h cxpcritnco us an uBcut or not. Fairly presented. t h « « e b o o k * Wil l • • ! ! t h e m s e l v M .
Froml l iS m u l t l t u ^ ol tvstlmonlals wo quote Just a few t m * V ^ o p SlgiiBl. organ of tho W. O. T. V.i "This booU U
neither d t ^ r l o a l nor denominational, yet distinctly Christian. I t s i l lS ' J ! ? "? ' ' ' " ' JBsclnatlng tpf r l t and thol i lai i rank of Its M t r i h u t o r a make i t a strong ta l th tonic B;id an inspCatlou to pro-
l l i l a c a t O M ^ I r d ac tua l ala»
Central Comtrvgatloiiallst: "Many of the Incidents are cxcjed-Ingly pathetic, and canniit (all t o st ir any tender hear t to tears."
Mlrhlaau Christian Advocatei "The larger Issue of tbU work has hjvn widely clr<:ulat«d and read. This cheaper edition (llln* tratml) contnlns such seloctlons a« ar« c a l c u l a t e to Interest Bad Instruct children. The Incidents arc very pathotlc." " ^ " . y " ' ^ . instructciuKiren, The Incidents aro very pathotlc."
Wri t e a t once for te rms to agents. S. B. Shaw, PubllHher, Grand Rapids, Mich. •••aNaaaMatlaatUspapurwIitaytiawrlt*. W«canfmUlitli«VliUdrfa'sJBdlttoaiaa«maa. OfOMaaOaMlstoMC
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Grace, infant dauffhtor of W. B, and Eliza Stroud, waa born February 27, and died August 18, 1800, While it ii verjr sad to have to Klve up a loved one, yet we know "lie doeth all thinRB well," and we can only bow in humble aubmisBion to the chaatenlng rod. Tbe llule onea oome into Our homea and sO trrap tLemielvea around our very heart Btrlnga that U aeema, when they are Uken from ua, the light •nd joy Of life are gone forever.
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J. W. R. Mcintosh was born and reared about a mile from Barren Plains, RoberUon county. Ho was born May 10, IS-'M, professed faith in Cbrltt and Joined Uethesda Baptist Church about 1851. He was clerk for about 10 years, or until the church disbanded. Ho married Sarah J. Fu-qua on December 14, 1800. In 184U bo seulod on Rod river and bccame a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. Be soon bccame a deacon and filled the oitice until he died September 14, IHiM. Tho remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground after ap-propriate services by i'astor A. H. lUthec. A wife and five children sur-vive Bro. Mcintosh.
While we as a church fcoi sadly be reft, wc weep not as those without hope. Wo remember Hro. McIntoBh's efforts in the Sunday-school and his earocstocBB in prayer meetings, and while he is sadly missed, we feel that our loss will bo his eternal gain, and we meekly submit to tiie will of Him who doeth all things well. Wo com-mend to tho bereaved family that Sav-ior who has promised to be a husband to tbe widow and a father to orphans, it will not bo long until you will be able to join him in that land where •Ickness, sorrow and death never come.
E. W. LUNSFORD. For tho Church at Hopewell.
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