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N A S H V I L I ^ , T ^ S N N B S S E E , A P B I L 3 , 1 8 0 0 .

It would be well to define terms, but it were a difficult task Just now to define what ia known aa the " new theology." Suffioa it to say that the basal thought in the syateni b , that all creeds must go I We have reached an ago in which the great (?) minds of thia century will no longer bo bound by oreeds formulated in the past W e haro outgrown any and alt religious oreeds. No doubt many oreeds might be dispensed with to the great advantage of truth and those seeking it, but our revisers and our no-creed men are willing that the world shall have no particular crccd at all. W h y ? Well , the Bible is not a creed book. I t teaches nothing which can be suted just as a theorem or axiom. Wo can hold any sort of opinion, or no opin-ion, provided we follow out the chari-ties and example of Jesus. Jesus was a son of Ood. The New TesUment must bo relied on in so far only as it harmo-niaes with reason or the light o f " inner consciousness I " Ilenan, in his " Life of Jesus," disposes of the whole subject of miracles in a few words. When thoy were wrought (?), miracles were in the air. The people were looking for some-thing,of the kind just as the natural coward is expecting to see a ghost at midnight H is imagination bocoiucs fully overwrought till the illusion is sworn to OS a fact. Mary Magdalene was clearly under a hallucination. She had ereatcd a risen Christ, and evi-dently saw him. The disciplos per-suaded themselTes into much the saiuo belief 8o we see how rruton can dis-pose of all that is either preternatural or supernatural.

What could be a greater absurdity than the idea of the atonement as the orthodox teach! Jcsus was the greatest, the sublimest, the divinost man. Was put to death purely out of a bigoted hate and envy. There was no divine side to the transaction. The Apostle John is clearly out of harmony with the synoptics. He was a sort of pious fraud which, in the main, is sought to bo concealed by his profound meUphys-ioal talk. John can not bo relied on. Ofoourse, here and there, you find a aprinkling of fact and truth, but for the most part he must not be credited. He talks too much about " the begin-ning t " Ho writes of the pro-existent loffot, which admitted, is faUl to a purely human Christ, though of a divine type. Agaiu, It is John who u l k s of the voluntaryism in Jesus' death. It is he who aaya Jesua died for the sheep. That he laid down his life that ho might take it again. I t is John who cot^ured up the dootrine of election and sub* atlttttion, aad tbe great cardinal toMklng o f all the Boripturea that man muat ba bora aialn to leo tho kingdom o f O o d and (0 M t e f into it.

I l i l J o h a who oaea that word know •0 (reqaently and la a paoullar senao. I t ia John who laya th« ax of the pre-•xiitad Ohriat to all the rooU of moral

ution which is apart fromiin im-ted new life. Yes, John is despised thia book is a fraud, becau., in a

^ |e sentence he puts tho blasphemous ^ t h of pride into the duat and e x a l u • « ' t h e love and sovereignty of Ood. i t M the old triok of the oldest trick-ster. Under the name and color of truth men with something now seek to bury out of sight forever that whieh humiliates the creature and macnifi es God.

The God of tho Scripturea of the now thelogy is a duality, leas than man, be cause his creation. The personalities of this godhead are reason and con-sciousness. This God denies liberal things. It issues the license of a broad charity. Is for any thing but a creed. There is possibly but one creed in that God 's Bible. That all men who have decided convictions of Scripture truth and dare to express them are narrow and bigoted, wanting in aoientflo re-search and the broadest onltnre.

You must not believe in election, for that doctrine is an outrage of both reason and justice. Y o u must not be-lieve in vicarious atonement, for then yon make the Ood of the Bible an in-aatiate, bloody monster. Yon must not believe in regeneration, otherwise you teach man that he is a helpless being and that there is no spiritual good in him. You must teach that man, in this matter, can help himself; can de-velop that God-given nature implanted in him at birth, just as any faculty is developed in the use of natural means. Ill other words, man needs no nature newer than is born in him. As to ordi-nances, it is sheer folly to speak of thorn. Water, bread, and wine—what is in them ? Baptism is a mere form— a non-essential. The Lord s-supper amounts to but little, only as it servos to keep up a wall of partition—a feeling of bittornesH—among the soots. The two ordinances might well bo dis-pensed with, since thoy have boon a "bono of contention" for so man C" years. A truly Christian—that is, catholic spirit—a spirit of seicntiflo cu l ture- is always willing to relegate

delivered to them and by which they are moldod, end to see to it that this same gospel ia preached to every creature. L e t our missionary loal keep pace with our doctrinal fidelity and soon tho kingdoms of thia world will become the kingdoms of our bleased Kedeemor. 8. B . JoNls .

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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to oblivion any ordinance or practice which puts brethren at variance, or is tho oocasion of animosities—sectism.

As to church govornmont, that, too, need not divide or distract us. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

The now theology is simply tho broadway to know-nothingism, to ag-nosticism. It is tho now demon of tho ago in full dross. It frequently, and with eloquent tongue, proaohos only tho morality of Jesus, but all that can reach the helpless soul—put life and hopo and faith and love in I t - t h i a foul spirit of the nineteenth century mis-repreientH, beliea, and cruolfiea. I t is that demon transformed into an angel of light which is going to deeeivo tho elect i f poaaiblo.

The Baptlata have two groat mlsalona In thla world: to eontend earoeatly for that mold of dootrine whieh haa been

Of late the Epiaoopal priests and bishop make occasional vLiits to our town, and soom to labor to enlighten tho people as to " t h e ohuroh." To more efiectually remove the scales of blindness, they once circulated a little pamphlet—a copy of which is now be-fore me—entitled " The Church and Her Ways," published by the Board of Miaaions of tho Protestant Epiieopal ohuroh. On the third page of that punphlet, under the head, " Has tha Original Charoh Como Down to U s ? " it aaya: " M a n y in the British lalea had been longing for yeara to get away iVom this uncatholid subjection to the Biahop of Home and from the unoath-olio oustoma. Throe centuries ago, at the great Reformation, the Church of England aadeeeded in throwing off her allegiance to tho Pope of Rome, and be-came as catholic once more in doc-trine and worship as she had always been in constitution. This is the church which tho American ohuroh owns as her mother, and to whom she looks with pride. This is the church which the ignorant declare to have originated with tho wicked Henry V I I I . "

If the idea prevalent with every body that the Episcopal church originated with the " wickedHenry V I I I . , " be an indication of i^oranoo, cortainly the fault is not with tho people, but rather with those whom they have always re-garded as reliable historians. For in Gregory's and Rnter's Ohuroh His-tory (and both these authors were eo-elesiastios of tho Church of England) on pp. ICS to 409 inclusive, they do-olsre that Henry V I I I . was a bigoted papist; that ho held Luther " in tho warmest indignation and abhorrence," and for his pious teal toward the Romish church, and bitter op-position to Luther's teachings, he was awarded by the Pope with tho title of the "Defender of the Faith." Ho manifested no diaposltion or " l o n g i n g " to get away fVom the Bishop uf Rome until, " through real or fictitious scruplos," he desired to di-vorce and put away his wife, Catharine of Aragon, tho widow of hia deoeaaed brother, and to whom he had been mar rled under tho aanotlon of a papal dla pensation. He applied to tha ooart of Rome for permlarion thui to diroroe his wife, whloh, for aome roaaoa, iriui denied him. He baoame irritatad and diiguatad. and wa« violentbr anainoiad with the beautiftil and aooompllihed Anna Boleyn, whom ha« aHantljr wiihfld to eapoaaa. A t tho raggeititin

of S r . Craameri **ilia prinolpal B a r o M i i i itfy amine U i a l e n l M f h ^ elare It nnll and MA .»| 1 u « | l i t authority of t h a ^ o p i W h i l a tbalr da^ oiaion fkvorad " a 4tvoi«a, jMU Pope rehiaed a ratitaaOoa of U w i r ^ •entenoe. Aftannrd, '^ h o v w a r , " tlia M P o w , alarmad tka : pfttbahmt*'* of loriof B a i l a i i C ^ a i N d Haary thatnpoa hia retara to aplrlt ialoba-dioEoo, he woald s t i l l daaida la U i favor." Henry a o a e d a ^ ^ t U a a a i a a -apatohed an envoy to Borne (tite aama la not given) who, Aom tll« delajia ha aB> eonntered la bia Jonrafty, dUMI i j ^ ar>. rive there in the appolnCad tfliaV aa^i the Pope was led to attribnta Ida a b n ^ appearance as oontaauM]^ oa t U put o f Henry, and by papid diearaa his riage to Cathariaa v a i bald pairfadlly valid. Now. aaya tha ttlstoiriaia aiM-f tioned. " T h i a detanaiaad ahakeoff tha pajial yoka." A a d i t «aa then determined, both and eonvooation, tluil t S a l ^ i ^ jkm-aessed no power la B a g l a a l , and iba authority o f the king extaadad iiei Om regulation not only of a i i l l b a t aoisla-siaatloal ooneenM. B a auMrriad A a a a Boleyn, and the iMoMMlm to tba m throne wia, satilad a| lm t S t f i f i i M o f that marriaio, and. ** l i i ^ a i i B i i i i i e a * sion of 1934, an sat was pssMd 4««lar. ing Henry V l l t the saManM b«ad, on earth, of tbaChnreb of B a « l a i d . "

What would bava bean tba w n i a -quence if that envoy bad i D m l e t a i no deUys in bis Jonrnay. bad arrhral a t the appointed t ime? Woold Hiwlry' have found any eansa for sbakinf -bff the papal yoke ? or vonid (ba Obaiab of England have efen bad an axiatenoa at all ? I t certainly na?a« M bafora ' that time, and blstoty ( i i i f i no other apology or explanaUon ibr i lpMttl i iban ® than the facta atatad abovii,bad If that church did not oriilBata tba wicked Henry, aa elaltted, tbett wa aaa only aoconnt for its origin l a tba «MX> plained delays a n o o n n t i ^ by tbatan-voyon bis Jonrney. and wblla filaaiy V I I I , has reoeivad.all tba dlsliaetioB for originating that obnr«h; It i o m look as i f that Urdy envoy i»aii MtlOad to a part of the glory.

I t is sometiniea lamentabia (bat tba facts of the past ara n n « b a i ^ l a .

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i t Ptt ior a ClarksTilli. H a I l ls bis palplt a ta iy Sunday, and p a r f b s p i a l l p a M dades iritb yigbr. Sba. abK», Is ftgnlar la bar attendanea apoa th« i«,riaas o f tba sanotaaiy. Wbera aan tbara ba found amoraramarkabla doaplar M a y O a d oontintta bis .blessings npon t i a n .

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BMhUI neoMii ty o f ihe goupcl in the

work br oonv«n ioD. Tha t is, the crcat

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ratiBK tboagbta o f oar deDoniination

o l n ^ ^ . l i d M t h a t the goipel o f Chriiit

i» -God unto salvation to

eT<|rf tbi|( beUeToth, bu t that it in

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effioient dgenoy o f the Ho ly Hpirii

l ^ o e t ^ n all authori tat ive BapiiMt.>t.

w l tb tbe' conourrcDcy or unanimity ,

bo ld to the . ioatramental ncocsHiiy o f

the cospel in conversion, from whouvr

baa the eontrovcrsy hetwocn thv lidp

t i l ts and CAOspbetlitofl conoorniiig ilio

in l ia fnoe o f the Ho ly Spir i t in conver

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t ho f iU t i ve Campbeli itea, l iving or <lcad.

deny al l personal oontaot of tho l lu ly

Sp i r i t w i th the heart of tbo Minnor io

conTersiop. No t one of them believes

tha t the H o l y Sp i r i t enters into tho

sinner's heart in order to convert him

I sliall now introduce a uuuibcr of

Cunpbe l l i to aulhoriticK to show that

they do not believe that conversion i."

effected by the real impact of the Holy

Spiriji. s .

B e ^ Frank l i n , after 'juoting J ohn

xir,^ 17, says, " This is an end to all

idea^Qftbo Sp i r i t entering tho hearts ol

tb(B people o f the world at all for any

purpose." (Reynoldsbur^ Debate, page

106.) Dr . ^ R ichardson, Mr r a m p b c i r »

biographer, says. " T b e work of the

Ho ly Sp i r i t i n the salvation o f men

henoa natural ly divides itself into two i

chapters. First , the influence he exerts

from wi thou t in the product ion of

faith and eonversion ; and, second, tho

influence he exerts from wi th in , a^ the

Comforter, Helper , and Sanctif icr of

tbe obedient bel iever." (OfBoe of tlie

Ho ly Sp i r i t , page 322.)

D r . , T . ^W . Brents , speaking of the

reproof o f ^ tbe world by the Holy

8pw?t, , » y a . •• Then was the Holy

Sp i r i t giyen directly to the wicked that

i t (he) m i gh t enter their hearts and re

prove t l i e m f N o ; i t (he) was promised

.to the disciples." (Qospcl Plan o f Sal

VAtiop. page F i rs t edit ion.)

^ ^ J a m e a A . Hardingsays, " T b e Spir i t

never . .enters, a man 's soul t i l l it is

p u r e / ' (Nashv i l le Debate, page 370)

^ p l a r k j p r a den u y s , " H o (tho Holy

Sp i i j t ) given io^ direct contact or

i fnpaot . to the disbiples in inspirat ion,

r ^ j ^ ' t W r conversion. H o con-

I others through the words t poken *e:

hot by direct im . b y i J i M i

operate^ on their con-

ver,U. by jd rfot> impact t i l l ho was mi-

r loiiinusiy i^tren' in tho imposit ion of

(he apostles' hatk'dfs;" (Bradcn and

I l uchey Ddba t t , page 461 )

P^aaideat Mi)l lgao« says , " I t is a law

{ p^ t ibe ujaiVerw tha t like loves its like,

{.^^lare (wtf ,be no,eomuttn ion between

and concord be-

f , |ind BeliaV. . . A n i hence

o»)» npt a n d wi l l not

^ a|».it4 i n the b e a r t o f a n y

. Ch r i s t TU i . t hen

, fti^ a ; . ) . B n ( {t j r e s o m e l toanter

M>«l 9f ,b«li.«T«r oleapifia by the

thfi K^ttuqii i itk' ' (Sohaine, of

lanipaoii, page , l U v l u d adi-

g I®'J uvii aii'i fKi

ia

ited to t

on the

o f • f t r u t h

wb{^h they bcan l , and that i t I s hence

unjust and unfair to infer the presence

of any o ther . "

j J . W . Randal l says " H a (Pau l )

I dot's not say tho Sp i r i t s s i ^n t forth into

their hearts to make (hoiu sons, ba t it

j was something that was receivt^^d aftor

they bucame ^ono ' ( Itai idall and

81ceth Debate, p I'iJt I

Aloxandor Campbell says " .\ll tho

moral power of t Jo J or ol man in o i

hibitod iu the t i u th whiub tboy pro[K)iie

Therefore wo may say thut if tho light

or tho t ruth coiitainH all tho moral

IKiwer of ( lod, then the truth almio i*

all that is ueco.nsary to tho oonvorsioii

of men, lor we have before argued and

(irovcd that tho i-onvertinit power is

morn! (Kiw.T .Mill l lurh . vol •>. |.

.loliii T l'o«s »»M)Oiatc editor of the

i f f p i l I ./it,r,i/r, Hayn " T h e H^ly

S|iiru has one iiu.'»<ion to the worl<l and

another to tho church 'I'he mia.iiou of

the Holy ."^(lirit to the world wui done

when inNpiration eeai»ed. i h'uffirj Ai i

VK'iif. March I, Iss'i i

These 'luotation-s are dear eiponciilH

of ("ampboIli.sm on tlic influcnee of the

Holy .'Spirit In eonverNion

What then, I am constrained to ask.

do they mean when they aflirni that,

" In conversion the Holy ypir i t ope

rates through the truth " W i t h per

feet unanimity they ull deny that the

Holy Spir i t enters the sinner s heart in

order to his conversion W i t h perfect

accord they all deny all personal con-

tact of the Holy Spirit with the heart

of tbe sinner in the work of conversion

The controversy then between tbom

and n't concerning the influence of the

Holy Spir i t in convcr«ion does not in

volve the instrumental nccesNity of the

gopHfil, but relalOH to tho real personal

agency of the Divine Spirit in the great

work of regeneration Why , then, ha »

the real issue been so loii>{ an<l so efTeet

ui l ly obscured ' Simply liocaunc that

Mr. Campbell and his followers have

taken the current terms of ccclcsiastical

literature and placed upon them moan

ings ol their own. They do not, there

fore, use the term.n common to eeclcsi

astieal and polemic literature in the ac

ceptation in which they sire held by

evangelical denominations The mean

ings which they attach

to them are pe

culiar to Campbell ism.

This is a bold chariro and di'n;ands to

bo proven or rctracted. In my next it

shall havo due attention

Frankl in , Ky. A M a m i n e '

T h o D o v l l ' e P a l a c o .

(1) The

ou t from b u Bouse, (be man . H e baa

Koneout vo luntat i jy , b a a . u o t been ex-

pelled, and his home occupied by

another.

IIV KNOIMI WINDEH

" When tbo unclean spirit has gone

out of a man ho walketb through dry

places seeking rest and findcth none.

Then ho saith I wil l return unto my

house from whonao I enmo o u t , and

when ho is come ho findeth it empty,

swept, and garnished. Then bo gooth

and taketh with himself seven other

Spirits more wicked than himself , and

they enter in and dw( II there , and tho

last state o f that man is worse than tho

first. Even so shal l it bo also unto this

wicked generat ion." (Mat t . xi i . -Ivi-ir*.)

« This language pho t igraphs thogeno-

rat ipn that s ongh t a sign from Jesus al-

tflougb h o b a d given i nd i spuUb le evi-

,4enoeabf hia d iv in i ty in hea l ing a with*

efed band and oast out a dev i l , ,

I . ! fha heart o f the man who mends

h b l i f e w i t hoa t irabmissioa to God ia

thia " D e T l l ' i P a l a e o . "

m, ^ . w M

O rayiUp^ya. long, O so long, d i d

1 waif, for an oppoitoniiiy to you, bu t t be dear Lo r d has

never given m» an opportunity to do so , (2) The heart of tho msn is still the so to n ight , whi le all alone, t h ink ing o f

" u n c l e a n sp i r i t ' s " house. Ho says, ' t imes gone by, I thought o f you , and it

" I will return unto my bouse from oamo to me so forcibly that I should

. whence I came ou t . "

On his return to it bo 6nds it

" empty " — o f devil, Ootl. and any body

else. I t is in a negativo oottdition,

don't do any thing

Ho 6ndsi i "swept . Hut it contains

the devilM furniture a large and

highly polished mirror of self gratula

tion . a dressing case of self righteous

ucs<i, etc. Ha finds it garnished '

with sanctllied Kelfisbneiui , with gor

geous picturea of the world

I I When tbo 'unc lean spirit ro

occupies liiH palaco witii his company it

i.s an awful place Its h m slat.- i.«

Worse than the first

I j It IS a bouse full ol devils, dwell

mg there, allowing no respite from their

corrupting presence Tho oceujiant

generally gives character to the house

VS bat then mu.st bo the iniijuitous

character of this palaco of ."^atan '

AI'I'I.H ATIO.N.

1 I Are you Satan's palace ' 1 do n t

envy your distinction Is your soul

full of God and his works ' I hail you

a thousand times hlossed

('.'' I f you are Satan h palace, a para

disc o( virtues in you and in >i>ur life

will not av.-iil you before li.^d in the

great day ol tinal account.

(.'!) It you are full ut ( lod and hi.*

work, a thou.san 1 Uilme- will bo cov

ered l>y (jod's grace

I'aris. renn

L p t t o r f r o m an Ex C o i i v i . t

l or i (••» year« pu»i a liiil.- Iiiiid o(

( hristian women liave huen i-oiiduclinv

a deviitional iiieeiini; iii oiu' ot the

wings ot the peniteiHinr>, (rmn •> . l i to

7 iu the evininK of every Tliursda}

These meetings are held in the presence

of the deputy warden. ( ipta in ( ross.

one of tbo kindest and most generous

and accommodating of olTiccrs. Tho

warden. Captain re.nrcy. is present very

often, and ho is exceedingly kind and

ready to help in any thing tending to

the improvement of tho pri.«oners under

his charge. Those ladies hold a moot-

ing at tho Davidson county jail also

every Tuesday af icrn jon, and ibis is a

part ot tbo work of tbo Woman s

Christian Temperance I n i o n . Tho

prisoners in both places take deep

interest in the services, and some

of them at tbo penitentiary havo

bocomo Christians and have been

baptixcd. Tho following letter was

written by an ex convict, whose t ime

expired some months since, and who is

now in a distant State, and was sent to

one of tboso ladies to bo road in tho

Thursday ovoning meeting at tho State

iVison:

Dear Christ ian Krionds and Itroth

ren : Some of you no doubt remember

me, but , perhaps, there are some who do

not know me. B u t lot me greet you in

tho love of Chr is t as brethren, and may

I say to you, as the dear Lord has said,

" O u r c i t i tenship is in heaven." W e ,

or rather sin, has u k c n this great privi-

lege away from us in this world , b u t

yoa who know tbe dear L o r d Jesus

baa aUII a oit iaenship which no one

oao take away, nay, i no one, and yon

may r^joiee and be exoeeding glad tha t

write to yon a few lines of greetitix, and

to tboso who do not believe, a tetti

niony of t he power, mercy, and love of

Christ. W e l l do I remomb i r the lovely

little prayer meetings which we had in

that dear old prison (you will see fur

thcr on why I call it the dear old

prison) at times in a ccll, at times on

the walks, unt i l tho t ime for our big

prayer meeting came, and O how tbe

good gosi>el songs used to r ing, por

haps not sweet in music, but sweet to

the soul. And often I pray to the dear

Lord •' Lord, if I can not be happy

and I ontentrd , and follow you in all the

paths which thou hast shown m«, let

me rather b< in prison." Hut some

how the Lord is mighty good. l i e

gives me plenty, he makes mo do right,

he l(>vc< mo, he fill') my heart with

praise, and I am going happy on the

way with my Jesus all the day

Now, dear Ixjys who do r>ot believe

the dear Lord, may I say to you that

there is nothing like having a friend

who is better than a b ro t he r ' •> 1

know .lesuH I have tried the way ol

sin, but never found any th in* else

but death at the end unti l I wa>

launched in the prison for m)

crimes. Then I saw not only tbe

iron bars, but myself, so corrupt that

1 could not look at myself again. Help

less and forsaken lay I there, not a

friend, t) so lonely, in agony and de

ipair. Was there no help f o r m e ' t l

yes Vou know the dear Lord has

iiic.iscngcrs, and he sent two t.i the jail,

and I heard about J esus , and scenes

" f home, father and moth. r sister and

brother came In-fore nic, and in the

background I law .losus beckon to me

Me coming near me closer and closer

leaving a mo-st wonderful scenery be

hind, and I saw the promises of (iod

plainly. U once again my heart got

full of love and longed for a new exist

once, and so tho words out of tho Bible

came to me. " l>olight thyself, also, in the

Lord and be shall give thee tho desires

of thine heart. ' ( Psalm i i i v i i . J.) I

began to take delight in him. Humb ly

I said, " Lord, hero I am , if thou canst

make any good out ot mo, do i t , cleanse

mo for thy holy name's sake." For. I

openly must c< nfess, I was so bad that I

could not got any worse. A n d bo did

it. Ho took all tho filth away , a new

consoioneo ho gavo mo ; my hardened

heart got mollow , his spirit comfortcd

mo, and to-day I am a believer. Ho

my forgiver, I am h i s , ho my all , and

there is no one in th is wid^ world moro

happy and con 'cnted than I am, for all

tho way long it is my Jesus, J esus only.

Ho does i . all. H e hoars prayers nnd

answers them according to his wisdom.

And now I can look btck with pleasure

and thankfulness tha t I ever came to

bo a convict, for I was convicted that

Jesus can save and keep: D > o ' t you

want to bo happy and contented?

W o u l d you l ike to go to heaven where

Jesus i s ? I f you do yoa ha re my

prayer, a nd ask the dear Lord to show

yon bow to pray a nd he will, do i t Now

may tbe dear Lo rd b l tM yoa a l l abun-

dant ly , and m i o r * great rer i ind eome

forth for J e a i u ' ,g lo i7 la m y prayer.

Yoora i n t be L o r d M d Haater .

• •

S a o t i r l t y o f B a l l e v e m ; o r 8 h e o p

W h o S b a U N e v e r P e r i s h .

C . H . SPCttOEON.

" M y s h o e p b e a r my voice, and I know them, and they follow m e ; and I give un to them eternal l i f e : and they shal l never Mr i sh , neither shal l any man p luck thorn ou t o f my hand. My Father which gave them me is greater than a l l : and no man is able to p luck them nut o f my Father 's hand . I and my Father aro o ne . "—John x. 27-;}f>.

Ano ther mark of tho Ixord's |>eoplc is

int imacy. " My iibcop hear my voice,

and I know t hem . " " I know them . "

Ves, tho Lord discerns ihcm. H o

singles them out , f o r " tbe Lord knowotb

tbem that are bis ." Sometimes wc do

•ot know them , but ho says, " I know

them. In cloudy times ihcy do not

know themselves, but ho says, " I know

them. When a chi ld o f t jod docs not

know whether he is a chi ld of God or

not, bis Father knows his own chi ldren,

and tbe great Shepherd knows bis own

sheep. His IS a di jcernmont which

never fails. The hypocrite can not get

into the true fold of (^hrist l i e may

get into the visible fold ; but not into

tbo real spiritual fold o f Chri.st. for

Christ does not know b im, and bids h im

depart, rbis ia tbo very seal upon the

founda t ion—" the Lord knowotb them

that aro his " H i s eyes discern between |

the righteous and tbe wicked, between '

him that fearetb ( lod and him that I

feareth him not . his is a knowledge of j

i|uick and certain di-sccrnment. ,

Hut this might make us tremble i f wo j

did not know that tbe expression, " I

know them, " means a knowledge of ap

probation. " I know them. " says the

Shepherd , " I take a delight in them

I know their secret sighs and" mourn

ings. I hear their private prayers 1

know their praises in the silence of

tbeir hearts I know their conseera

tion, and their aspirations alter pcrlcct

service. I know their longings and

their loving^ I know how they del ight

in me I know how they trust my

promise I know how they look to my

atoning blood I know bow in their

inmost souls they rejoice in my name

I know them, and approve their secret

thoughts. ' t) (.wcet word, understood

in tha t sense ! A n d this is one part of

the character of tbo Lord's peop le-

that ho did foreknow them in his sove-

reign grace; and now he personally

koows them by u k i n g a delight in

them.

This divine complacency leads to a

. very intense observation of them. " He

knowotb the way that I take." " The

Lord knowotb the way of the righteous. "

He has an eye upon them, and marks

their paths. H i s ears arc open to their

cry, and ho hears tbeir petitions.

Though there be all the world for bis

omniscience to consider, yet he looks

upon each one o f his saints as much as

i f there were only that ono person in

the oniverte. O . to th ink of t h i s !

" I know thom " sounds l ike music in

thia sense. H e t b a t knows the stars, and

knows the infinite mu l t i t ude of l iv ing

creatures in the universe, has a special

and peenl iar knowledge of his own

chosen. " I know t h em . " says h e ; and

be Jntenda thereby an intense ob-

•erration. ,

NoW| beloved, juat try a little here, to aee whether yoa come into this nam-bet^? I know them." Doea the Lord know yon aa hie own? Ilaa he had petMoal inurooane with yoa, and you with UmT. Or will be have toaay to yoa at the laat, ** I o em knew yoa 7 "

^^Magm, tut, mt^^mr^fiM^i jouMttrnt- ,.4 ..f ' " Onee a BtnMr near despair

Sought thy uo r cy seatby prayer;

Mercy heard, and set b i m free;

Lord , tha t meroy came to mo I "

W h e n thou didst he lp me ingread need,

when thou didst pass by my great sin,

then d idst thou know me, O my Lo rd I

" Dost thott ask me who I am 7 A h .

my L o r d ! thou knowest my name. "

J u s t as some men know right well the

importunate beggar who is often at

their door, so docs the Lord for certain

know some of you, for you go every day

begging at his gato, and you recoivo a

I constant alms at his hand. Besides that ,

I you go every day thank ing h im for tbo

! mercies you reccivo. H o koows your

name tho name of ono who is drowned

in debt to bis inGnito bounty. He can

never forget your groans and cries; and

! day by day your praises are a memorial

i to h im Hyb i s love, and pity, and com-

I passion, ho is sure to remember you.

j Sooner can a woman forget her sucking

child than your God forgot you.

We l l , hero aro things well worth the

noting—specialty, attent ion, and inti-

macy. A re these yours ?

Hut here is one more actual obe-

dience How does he pu t it'? " I

know them, and tboy follow me. " .Ml

tho Lord's sheep are marked in the foot,

as well as in tbo car. The foot and

car mark must be in every sheep of the

Lord's flock. " They follow me. " That

is to say, they openly avow b im as their

Shepherd. Other shepherds come, and

other sheep go after them , but these

sheep know tbe Lord Jesus, and they

follow bim. He alone is their Leader

They

are not ashamed to own it. They

take up tho cross, and follow the Cross-

bearer, and they bear his name.

Moro than that, they practically carry

out their open avowal, and they follow

him in daily life, copying hw example

They not only say, " He is my Leader,"

but they follow him. Christ 's sheep try

to follow in tho track that tho Shep-

herd marks for them. Christ's people

are never so happy as wh. n they can

put down their foot wboro Christ pu t

bis feet down The very marks that he

has left by his bleeding footjstops we

would desire to follow , all tbe day, and

every day Heloved, loo k you oarcfully

to this I Do what Jostw d id , according

to your measure and power. This is

what tbo people of t .od try to do. I f

you do not endeavor to be l ike Christ ,

you aro not his sheep ; for of his sheep it

is true, " I know thom, and they follow

mo. " And this is |>crsonally o|>crativo upon

them. I could not tell you cxaotly io

Knglish words, but tho Greek word

gives hero a k ind of personality to the

whole company. " My sheep hear my

voice,'• that is, tbo whole of tho flock o f

Ood. " I know them , " that is, again,

tho whole flock of them, altogether.

But " they follow me , " is in the plural

number. I t is as though it said,

" Tboy, oaoh ono, follow mo . " Wo . who

are tho Lord 's chosen, hear rn mnue,

and the Lord knows the whole ohuroh,

for. as a whole, i t is redeemed by Chr i s t ;

bu t wo ind iv idual ly fol low—each one

for himsolf, through grace. W e each

one follow h im. " They fol low mo . "

I l ike tha t singular personal pronoun.

I t is not wri t ten, " They fol low my com-

m a n d m e n u , " though tboy do. I t ia not

a a i d , " They follow the ronte t h a t I have

mapped for t h e m , " though they do tha t .

B u t , " they follow m e , " dlsUnetly. I n

tbe i r i nd iv i daa l peraonality they follow

their L o r d in b i a i n d i r i d a a l penona l i t y .

l i fo o f i l l e ^ t l o a m

C h r i a t »They f o % w M m . n o l hol inee^^

nor moral i ty , nor integritgr, apitrt finim

Chr ist , b u t they fol low the i r Lor i l . A

good l i fe ia giood i n any man . n W e ean

not speak evi l o f v i r tae , even when we

find i t in tbe ordinary mora l is t ; b u t

this is not t he complete m i r k of Chr ist 's

sheep. The virtues o f Christ 's sheep

are in eonnoetion wi th himself . The

Christ ian is holy, and all that , h u t t ha t

is because he follows his perfect Master,

and keeps close to h im . Th i s is one o f

the peculiar and unfa i l ing marks o f tbe

ch i ld of God.

I have run through, very briefly, the

description, and I now leave you to

meditate upon it when you aro alone.

Th is description of the sheep o f Chr is t

is worthy o f reading, marking, and in-

wardly digesting.

I I . Bu t my main object to-night is to

show you tho great privilege hero con-

ferred on the people of God . Chr is t

has seourcd to t hem the priceless boon

of eternal security in h im . N o sheep

of Christ shall ever be lost. None t ha t

be has purchased with his blood, and

made to be his own, shall ever wander

away so as to perish at last. Th i s is

tho doctrine of the verses now before

us. A t any rate, i f I wanted to ex-

press that doctrine, I could Inot find

words in which I could set it forth

more definitely, or more completely,

than is done by tho words before me.

The security of the people o f God

lies, first of a l l , in the character o f the

life which they have received. Listen

to this " A n d I give un to them eternal

l i fe ." A l l tbe spiritual l ifo which all

the sheep in the flock now possess has

been given to thom by their Shepherd .

Never was there another flock o f which

this could be said. No shepherd but

this ono can give life to bis shoop : h u t

ho gavo thom all the true lifo that they

havo. Nay, stop; ho not only gave

them life, but be sustains that life by a

constant gift. Observe, it is not writ-

ton, " I (/lice to them eternal l ife," bu t

' I t j ' ie unto thom eternal l i fe." They

aro always l iving by virtue of the life

which ho is always giving. They

aro consUntly recoiving lifo from

h im, according to that assurance, " Be-

cause I live, yo shall livo a lso." W h a t

ho always gives they must always re-

ceive, and, thorofore, i t can notecase.

Not ice tho nature of t ha t life. " I

givo unto my sheep eternal l i fe ." Now,

you all know what " e t e r n a l " moans:

or say, rather, none of you can form an

idea of eternity whioh cao grasp all its

length o f onduranoe. O n l y this, you

know it has no end, and can not, there-

fore, close. I f any body said tha t he

had eternal life and lost i t , he would

bo flatly contradict ing himself . I t

oould not bo eterni l or else he

must still have it. I f i t i i

eternal, it >» eternal, and there is no

end to it . and there is an end o f far ther

argument about it. I f t he life tha t

Christ gives us when we are born again

can die i t is not " eternal " l i fe , or olae

words have eeased to iiavo any meaning

at al l . I n its nature, as being tbe Work

o f the Holy Sp i r i t , and an emanat ion

from God , the life beatowed in regen-

eration is an undy ing one. I l a a not the

Ho l y Qhos t described aa aa .Vbei i i|

b o m again, not o f eo rmp t i b l e aeedy httt'-

o f inoorrapUble, by the wo r d o f O o d ,

wh ioh l i re th and^ ab ide th f o N i ^ f * '

T b e l i fe o f O o d imported by (ha H o l y

Oboe t moa t l ive fbrever. A a t h e g i f t ia f

eont inooaa, and i t ia ^waya b d n g g ivao,

l ^ t ^ o t m o i l i n g '

W t S S f e ;

p A uirvH t

•oraOr '-o iwi f^ : ; ' ^®; ! :

I t d B i l i ^ ' i i i d t b d d ' l l f '

M d i h « « > t a n H b ' t tw i i i m for, u d > l i « M 4 '

t h e re l i g i o t t aK f t i i iM t l i ^ mea ; "^Vb i t

l i f e w h l ^ ^ t a finbOoill I m l d ' ^

the flilaTdoiivetl how he oaoae I rkd It ^pioplt being (bo#D igaio^tal^ i S l t l M ^ read of their'beiog lwtni-tiplD, ' , again, and "acaiBi Mdf.^illiliii^'^ told that some. off ' ' ban had their txx^to. etilfllttt^ ^ bom r again ^aofw ilAoil t f i i f ; j canconntjatadl fa«Mrd t>t«*r*OiaMl k- | had been bom again at a certain meetiofi I the fact aaid t h n m H y H k a i f t f t ^ i was not done wellthtlMilWe. ' do not think it #ill «rm b c i ^ wdt la., that way. He that cording to 8eriptat«, faM'Madvad? eternal life; and thia la tbo^iHltjr worth receiving. > I would a^tpf* my very aonUway ia «rd<Mr b ] such a two penny, trttmprar» , salvation as thUj^^btft to pMadk lU^I Lord Jesus ai-litHng I f worth living' for u d yon, sirs, it ia thia ihat b c o n ^ i ^ l Christ. While I w M iefe' thinking oTer m4«tere^ifl^ that were brotighi i|>tpiiC -lent in cbiuraoter, to be apprentieed, i o d l ^ i temptatlona of the ^rid'^'OiioKwuoi^.,.^ them, and they w«Bl aatnqrrAiid U d BO religion at all Bat •hettX road tlial ^ Christ gave hU iaiefaal looked at it aa a kfad Of VMiil life ia-surance for my aool, Mid 1 «uno to Christ, and traHted bin to keep mo to the end. I shall tUffer t gritrOBI diiv^ appointment if I ever fiBd 6al thai4ht)| lifo of Ood in me ia iot elorttal, and^i that tbe new birth dooa nol ikiure fii#| perseverance. ''I did Hot gO ttp-to tl|e booking-offee aad tako ik- tiekei Ibr ' a quarter of the diatMoo'to bgayatt; but I took > my ftltf ^ ^

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D n r i i i (li« iMt f«w dtys nil boi innw in- XiOsiariU* baa bmn oompletoly PAnljricd. Tho ^ e l o n e t b i t swept over ft I»n^<Mi o f t i l t eitjr w u one o f the MV«irMk.«twr known. Liuit Thursdky n i fh l f tk ^ o'eloek the Urriblo tor-u ido bogtn ita work in ParkUud, in the Nothwettorb portion of tbo city, and in a few minutes the beautiful sttbnrb waa a baap of ruins. Then in a nortbeaaterljr. direotion the tornado hawedsottt a path right through tho heart of the eity, nnrooAng housea, do-molishiof mansiona and oottsgos, and

, almost srinding to powder some of the finest and stoutest brtok buildings. In (wenty*fiTe minutes its work was done. J Thousands o f houses were oompletely ' splintered to pieees, and many more i partially demolished. To add to the terrors of tbe storm fire broko out in eight or nine pUees in its track of dos- ! olatioa that baffled tbe skill and power o f the fire department. A few ininutc!) after tbe storm had done its work the skies were swept of every cloud and the moon was shining with a beautiful silrer light upon at leaat tcu tboui*an<l people rushing almost fraotie along the streets. Some looking for thoir lost loTed ones, others bearing tho recovered dead to sheltered places, and still others wringing their hands in be-wilderment as they gated upon their onoe beautiful homes, but now a pile of j briek and mortar and splintered tim- ! hers. A wild despair everywhere pre- I Tailed, and tbia was made more distress- | ing by tbe groans of tbe dying beneath j

the fallen buildings, while over their | head the flames leaped with wild fury j to deronr what tbe storm had left. Tbo i seene around Fal ls City Hall, beneath whose rains so many were buried, was appalling. l a the upper story was a lodge meeting, and- on the first floor was a dancing sehool. In the midst of tho whirl of delight there was a shivering crash, and all were buried beneath ita ruins. The groans of tbe dying, mingling with the roar ol the flames above them, and the shrieks and prayers of the distracted, seemed more horrible than the " Last Days of Pom-peii." The dead, in all, will be about one hundred and fifty, more than half of which were U k e u fVom Falls City Hall. Tbe wounded are about three hundred and fifty. A l l day yesterday the live

y t m burying tbe dead, and it was • oommou a i fht t o s e e as many as four ot: five funeral processions moving along aide by aide to the c i ty of the dead. I t Waa not possible to obtain carriages and hearses enough to bury tbe dead, and some few had to be borne by hand to their raating place. Dr. Fenner, pas-tor of tbe Seoond English Lutheran churob, bad ; on bis hands yesterdsy ninetoMi f iueraU. A l l day long, while funeral proceasiona ailently threaded their iMf t h r o o f b tbe atoeeta, the noise o f baMaer, anw, and trowel could be beard, Tigoroosly uaed by workmen eovering houses, rebuilding and sbel-taring the expoaed goods. T h e streets were AiU of wagona and drays removing tha debria and removing to abeltered quartan tbe merabanti^ goods. I i was tboaaddeatindbnaieBl Palm Sunday ItoniaviUa baa over aaen. T h e material loaaia aat laatad a l about 12,000,000. T h e oitlMnaof LoniaviUat and neigh-

, boring oitUa, bav4 Nipdbded with aid Mte f e n i p l ^ iwd iwOntptly.' T h e relief

ard mai f l i |H^ibt work watematioiliyi and doing U tboAngbly . ao that i l l want w i U ' ^ b a ' mat. and all auffiiringl apaMity alleviated. Wi ld mmora

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lin^lO papeta bav8(dv«b,m(Ltxl |F i lMiled reporti o f tbe dire Tbi) lose ia great, the dlstresa ia borri-fybi' i the wene o f desolation !« sick-ening. T o n d d t o a l l tbia suffering, to-day our olty is mantled with two inches of snow, and would have been six had it not melted as it fell, and it is cold and rainy. Tbe tornado after oroming tho river and demolishing nino wiuares of Joffersonviilo, recrossed tho river and doRtroyed tho sUnd-pipe of tho water-works, and we aro now threat-ened with a water famino, siuoo it can not bo repaired till tho river falls. There is only throe doys" water supply in tho reservoir, anil tho supply has

I boon cut off from all factories and tho I poopio prohibited from using water ex-' oept for oooking and drinkiiin purposes.

Calamities do not come single liantlcd. Friday morning about th i r ty of tht<

Seminary s tudents volunteered thoir ; services to Mayor Jacobs to help r(>s< uc tho people buried in Falls Ciiy Hall They were aoooptod and worked vigor ously all day .Thecyc lone took off tho cornice over the f ront cntranco of the Seminary building, and destroyed the beautiful Hrtillciai stono walk in front by dumping tho brick from the root upon it T h e damage will bo about Gfty d o l l a r s . . . Dr. ,J. M. Taylor, i-rosi dent of N'assar College, prcachcd at Broadway yesterday, l ie favored the s tudents of tho Seminary with a talk Saturday . . Ilov. J .J Taylor preached at McFerran Memorial church yestor day. l i e th inks he will acccpt the call extended Dr. Katon and wife have re turned from Florida Dr. Weaver was hur r ied homo from Missouri on ao count of tho cyclone. T W Vol s o

Louisville, Ky.

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Winter has at last left us, and windy March br ings up tho rear The .Mis souri, which has been looked with six teen inches of loo for several ninnths, is open again, and flows by a.i plaoidly as the Cumborland tha t wa.shew the walla of your city To Southern oye.s the breaking up of the ice in the river was a spectacle of great interest The bursting, cracking, grinding ico, as it heaved, rolled, and tumbled, now piling itaelf on a projecting point ot land or sand-bar, now swept resistlessly along by the mad cur ren t , freed from ita f e t t e r s ' Acres of ice blocks in a groat pack descending with irresistible force, tearing away tho huge piles of the winter railroad bridge, upon which rested only a week^ ago Jmjg t rains of f re ight cars loade ' j^ 'wl th" iron rails, make a p ic ture not soon forgotten. Wo have really enjoyed this , our 6rHt, win-ter. Tho the rmomete r has often regis tered ten and flftoen degrees bolow zero, and wo have had tho world around wrapped in snow. But I have often felt the eold as oppressive in Ten-nessee as bore in Sioux City. I sup-pose the rarity of t he a tmosphere makes tho differenoe. A rainfall is of rare oo-currence fkom tho first of October to April, and, of course, we have a world of sunshine nearly all tho year round The deep freo«cs in winter with the long sunny days in summer combine to make this the greatest corn producing section of the United Sutes . F lor ida has its oranges, Louisiana its sugar and molasses, Mississippi its cotton, but Iowa its corn. Home sUtistician af-firmed that the last crop measured tbreo hundred and thirty^aix million buihela, worth aoventy-fire million dol* U M | that i t would load a train of oars Ave hundred milea In length, and would inpply five bnabela t o ' every man, woman, and ohild in the United Butca .

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5- T b o both aiuoyea i ^ j i i o tho beginntngof tlie year. < CoiftmeDolog after tbe week of prayer we oon< tinued for a full mouth. A t inter-vals the cold wss inten<ie, but the at-tendance at eaob servioe was excel lent notwitbsUnding. It was an entirely now experienee with us to plunge through tho snow to ohuroh , but the people here took it all as a nnttor of course. The Master was with u» from the beginning, and there was an average of at least one conversion for each day tho mootings continuod. I had no assistance save tha t rendered by tho brothron and sistors of tho church , and wished for no other , not tha t I am in any sonso opposed to ovaogolists, bu t our ciroumstanccs were such, we thought it best to conduet our own serv-ices. By " we " I mean pastor and church. Several of the most del ightful and suceeasful meetings in other pas toratcs wore cotiductod in this manner . " notably,") a.i Dr. W P Jones would say, at Knoxvi l lc jand Nashville. Wi th tho Eealous co-operation of intelligent and pious bre thren those " family meet ings " aro surely tbo be.-'t Since J u l y one hundred aud thir ty one now oarnas have been added to our roll, aud the two churches show a net gain o^ about one hundred and sovnnfy-6vc But enough for this time. Wi th best wishes for tho continued prosperi ty of the BAI'TIHT A.\D UEH.EITOR,

Fraternally yourn, ('. 11. STKH K I \ Ml

Sioux ( ' i ty, Iowa.

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Tht. b o d y will at <mM b e org la l tad and ready for business, Tho first blUinesg then in order might be the appointment of the committcc on oredentiab, who could retire and act upou eredeutials not theretofore presented. Th i s mode of procedure would eertainly enable the body to proceed in order, and would ex|)edito tho business, avoiding much confusion. Tho suggestion is at least worthy of oonsidotation.

It would seem to be tbe proper course to bo pursued by a del iberat ive body tha t tho oommittoo on credent ia ls should be the first appointed, iti order tha t it might take action and report to tho body who are ent i t led to seats, before any other buidness shall be entered u|)on. But a different course has been pursued, snd it is insisted tha t no harm has resulted there f rom.

\ 'cry t ruly yours, 1' T (ii.ASS. Kipiey, Tenn.

G o o d N o w d f r o m O h a t l a D O O f f a

Uev l.ansinL' Burrows, I ' D , , \ i i ; gusta, (ia Dear Sir iiiid Brother I Your cflioieiicy as do rk of the .South

ern Biipti.>.t Con* oniion induces met / ) call your at tent ion to one source of trouble tha t might lie avoided in tbe iinnutti i<rgani/.ilion ol the body Those who were iiri'senl at llic lute convention of the body ,ii .Mcnipliis will remember the conluslon at tendant U|>iin its or gani/.alioii, unci the delay cau.sed to tlic businc<H thereot It occurs t.. nic that thlM trouble and .ielay might all be ob viated by udoptint.' a business nimle of |proeeduro. prior to and iil the ii|ieninK of the Convention

The lower h()U.He of Congre.is, and mo.*t, if iiol nil, of the .Slate legisla tures have the fullowing rule for the i r action :

Tho credent ials of ini-mbors claiming soats aro sent to tbo clerk of the body, who, upon examination and finding them to bo in accordance with the law, enrolls tho name of the person pre-senting them, and so on as far as they are adjudged to be correct to tho end. And those who fail to present oroden-tinls, and others , if any, presenting in-formal or illegal credentials are not en rolled unti l favorably passed upon by a committeo appointed by tho body for tho purpose.

When tho hour arrives fixod for the oanvoning of such legislative bodies, tho clerk, there being no organization of tbo body, calls i t to order , and reads off the names of all who have presented legal oertiflcates of olcotion, oto.

Now, in ease of tho Houthorn Baptist Convention, the president as well as tho clerk holds over till the organisa-tion is complctod.

Acting under a similar rule, suppose tbo clerk, under tbo order of tho body, rc<|uiros eaob delegate to forward to him, at least ton days prior to tho date of the assembling of tho Convontion, his cre-dentials, so that bis name may be en* rolled, Then, upon the assembling o f the Convention, the president will take

I 1 am happy to say the Central is tak ing on new life. .Since luy coming to thi in every step has been in the right direction. A good, warm hear ted, lealous people Wo have ju s t pur cha.sed a beaut i ful lot in tho most de sirable part of tho city, and some day we will bo found ensconced up»n our own «oil. J u s t now wo are holding services nightly preparatory to the com ing of Ilov W. K. I 'enn the last of the week. The spir i tual i ty of the church increases perceptibly and we are confidently anticipating a glorious ro freshing. Bro ther I 'enn s coming is looked forward to with great interest , not only by ourselves, bu t many who have been in bis meet ings at other places. Let ters of inquiry as to tbe time of his coming, aeeommodationn, cte , are coming in for fifty milofl out in the dilforent directions, and all wo fear IS that we will not find a house large ••niiugh to aeeommodatr his congrega-tions We trust his coming, and Dr Whar ton who is to follow, will give I hatturi loga a genuine Bip t i s t boom With new houses at the Fi rs t and Seeond, and tho t.'entral moving in thai direction, preaching every Sabbath at Mill City, and a oow house going up at St. Klmo we eertainly have much to feel proud of, and merit the congratula tions of our bre thren abroad. But best of all good-will and fellowship exiata bo twcon us all. Wo have bur ied tbe past and aro living for the fu tu r e . Of course (Jod is going to bless us abun-dantly. D. M. MI^RKVNOI.DS

Chattanooga, Tenn

T h o PlrBt O h u r o h

In response to Ilov. W. IIufTsin-i|uiry concerning tb first Baptist church in America, etc., I will say that Dr. Ford's " Origin of tho Baptists " is my authority for the aisertion that Iloger Williams was not the founder of the Baptist denomination in this coun-try, but that Dr. John Clark esUblished the first ohuroh. I find that I was slightly in error, and that Clark's church was probably established in tbo year iri3H,and Iloger Wil lbms' in 1680.

The Iloger Williams ehurch eatab-lisbed in Providenee did not prosper, but crumblcd to pieces four months after it was gathered. .

I have not aocMS to the antboritics on this subject to outer upon an elab* orate discussion o f this quoitloa, and will loavo it to those who bavo Urge librarjea at their command, Y; 1 eonaldar the question aa settled^ agalnat < the Provioonce ohuroh, Youra truly,

LATMAN.

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I f in Snnday aebooS^ - ? i m t Lofton preMb<d to fine e o n g r ^ t i o u s morning and eyeniog. Four rcoeived into the church—one baptiaed. Sunday-school, three hun-dred and fifty-five. T h e Sunday night doctrinal lectures illustrated by the blackboard are very largely attended.

. . . E a s t Nashville—Pastor Gardner preached morning and evening to good congregations aa usual. The pastor has been agis t ing Brother Goldsmith in a meeting at Versailles, Kentuoky. Good meeting Heventh ohuroh—raster Kllia at Etglevil lo Sunday morning, rreached to a good congregation at tho Seventh ohuroh at night Spruee St r ee t—Bro the r Gi lber t baptized th i r -ty-two yesterday. T h e revival has closed with ono hundred and fifteen ad-ditions to tho church . Tho meeting has been a great success.

CLIATTANOODA. Firs t c h u r c h — I I I tho morning on

Sabbath Brother II. T. Bonsull, of Cin-cinnati , t he great Sunday school worker, »|>oko. IIis address was very much enjoyed. . \ t night a Sunday school mass meeting, in the interest of the .Sabbath-school, was held, and inter eating u l k s made by Bre th ren Wood-ward. Lcavit t , (Jrayson, and Vcagcr Two accessions dur ing tho week by let ter . . . . C e n t r a l . - T h e meetings jon t inue with increased interest , and tho bre thren look for Brother I 'enn dur ing the lat ter pa r t of this week. An inter eating chi ldren ' s service was held Sab bath af ternoon. largo number ro.sc for prayer . . . H i l l C i t y — T h e pastor was away at t he .'ith Sunday meeting. Otjly Sabbath school services held

on S u n d a y . . . . Brother Hiram Horn , pastor at Oak Grove , reported a

good sorvicc yesterday morning, and a Sabbath school organized in tho af ter noon with over fifty present Second church —Brother A. .Mcllan preached in the morning, and I 'as tor Wrigh t at night. Tho Sabbath school decided to give tho collection of each first Sabbath for Brother Thomas ' work

KNOX VII, i,K. F i rs t c h u r c h — T h e fifth Sunday meet

ing of tho Tennessee Association, which met with tho First church on last Fri day, was not very well a t tended, bu t tho discussion of the cxoollont programme was spirited and of much interest to those present , and tha t of Ilov. O L. Hailey on t h e subject ; " W h a t r ight has a Bapt i s t ebureb to e x i s t ' " was requested for publicat ion. On Sunday morning the pastor and people of tho Firs t ohuroh uni ted with those of tho Second ohuroh in their commemorat ive oervices, which

were a brilliant suo-ecM. Brother Jones preached one of his eharactcristie sermons on tho " Glo-rious Gospel." (I Tim. i. 11.) The day is one which will ever be remem-bered with gratitude by pastor and people, and, in fact, by all who partici-pated. This serviec demands a more elaborate report than

can here be given. Brother J . P ike Powers preaohed a spccial sermon of great power and sweetneas of spirit from Phil. Hi. 8 . . . . No aervices at tho Second c h u r c h . . . . N o aervices a t the Third church, ex-oept'Bnnday-sohool, and prayer-mooting at n i g h t Tho pastor wss absent at the fifth Sunday meeting of the Chil-bowoe AMooiation, whioh met with the Mot^diau''ohtiroh, of whicb Brother Brewer i i paator. Tbia neot lng w u a peribot nuooeaa and left ao impreaslon on the eoomtinity for f o o d . , f Q r Q t b 9 r

-j^rto tbouembara . Brotbeir Ji, K , Lovo, o f the Toon(«ijMr1«ABiooiaaoo. alao oaue Into the me«etogf"'and gave and received a hearty greeting from the members. This is the first time these brethren have given the' pleasure of their presence.

MEMI'HIH. First ohuroh—-There was a large

congregation at tho morning service. Deacon 11. G. Craig discussed at some length the importance of and plans for the completion of the ohuroh front. The pastor followed Brother Craig, empha-sizing tho same matter. The pastor preaohed at night Tho Central church pastor preaohed at both services. There was a eolleotion for Foreign Mis-sions in tho morning. Two were bap-tized at night. . . Pastor Karly began a series of meeting at Trinity church. Two professions of faith. IIo will bo assisted by Brother Giboney, of Mis-souri . . Brother B. N. Ilatoh is con-ducting a series of meetings at Rowan Memorial. A fine in t ere s t . . . . Ilcv. W. II. Barksdale preachod at LaGrange. Kxcellont congregations. Brother J . P. Kiocaid was present, and reported that there was a good fifth Sunday meeting held at Gal loway. . . .Tabor oaole c h u r c h - R . N Counteo, pastor. Ho spoke morning and evening. Two accessions by letter Seven mission schools of this church took part in the •luarterly review. Four hundred and eighty were present. The fifth Sun day mooting at Now Hope was well at tended and in every way profitable.

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i f S i iren, togetbor v i t b tbo pastor, aet-

i o g a s preabyteiy:-'''1illdara A . j ; ^ . toa, A . L. Davis, R . D.,^Wilson, 3. Ametaon. 'Brother Boaemau ia 'astQ-dent at the South western Baptist U o U versity, and at present is pastor of the ohuroh at Bolivar, Tennessee. H e ia a young man of more than ordinary ability, and gives promise of becoming an efficient minister of tbe gospel.

R. P . MAIION, PfUtor.

MANCIIEHTEB.—We bad our regular services yesterday, the fifth Sunday. Good congregations morning and night. Ileeeivcd four by letter at evening serv-ice, making an aggregate of members received during this associational year to date, fourteen. W e began last year's work the first of March, 1880, with about twenty. I think I can see a steady growth both in interest and numbers. Sunday-school prosperous— having set apart the sooond Sunday in each mouth for tho State Sunday-school collection from the first of this year. Pray for us.

W. B. RUTLEIXIE.

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— Dr W, K L. Smi th has acceptod an invitat ion to preach tho commenoe-mont sermon at tho South-wei te rn Bap-ti.st Cnivorsity.

— Dr. (; A Lofton is to deliver the li terary address at tho Commencement of Bethel College, Bussellvillc, Ky., and, also, is to deliver two of his il lustratcd lectures at Monteaglo this summer.

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RIPI.RV, TENN O n e addit ion, lost Sunday, by let ter , at the morning servioe, and one baptism at night serv-ice. At Woodlawn ono addit ion by let ter at tho last meeting , o ther addit ions cxpoeted at the next regular mooting

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— Dr. .1. B. Hawthorne , of the F i r s t ohuroh, At lan ta , repor ts twenty-one baptisms and two await ing baptism as the result of tho special meet ings hold in his ohuroh recently, in which he was assisted by Rev. Car ter Helm Jones , of Knoxvil le .

— I desire to say through tho BAP-TIHT AWD IlKKKEtrroR that Mouth of Riohland church will appropriately eel-ebrate her centennial at her next meet-ing, the seeond Sunday in April. Tbo meeting will begin on Friday, April 11th, with a sermon from Rev. C. H. Ilamstead on " Formative and Cor-rective Churob Discipline." On Satur-day. sermon by Rev. Carter Helm Jones, on " Communion." On Sunday, sermon by Rev. W. A . Montgomery on " Tho Distinctive Principles of the Baptistj."

Either Saturday or Sunday morning tho pastor will read a short historical skctch of tbe church. We hope to make this a grand meeting. Let every body eomo. Tho church extends a cor-dial invitation.

JKSBE BAKER, I'AGFOR.

—MANCIIESTEII, TENN.—Wo had preaching to-day at the Baptist ebureb by our pastor Brother Rutledgo. He preaohed us an excellent sermon on the priesthood of Christ. W e have a good Sunday-school, and also prayer-meeting every Friday night.

8 A CtllTWOOK.

Coi.ttMiiiA.—I am now engaged in a meeting with my church. Tried to get help outside but failed so I concluded to do what it is said some pastor (Dr. Hawthorne I bolievo it was) advised Dr. Eaton to do when ho wanted to have a meeting and wan easting all about for help, " Go into partnership with tho Lord," wss tho advice. I have dono that and we arc having a good meeting. Ono conversion yesterday. Others aro deeply interested. Congre-gatioits goot] qnd attentive.

It, B MAHUNY.

INKORMATION WANTED.—I wish to obuin all tho information possible con-cerning the division of the Baptists into the sccts known as Missionary and A nti-Missionary, or " H a r d - s h e l l " Baptists. The incidents connooted with this division are remembered by some aged persons who were either spectators or participants, and of such I most earnestly and respectfully ask such information on this subject as they can give. Will tho pastors of the difierent churches in Tennesseo ant Kentuoky inquire shout this, and bo so kind as to send mo what information they can obtain ? This split commcnoei about tbe year 1832, and in many in-stances was attended with violenoo ant probably lawsuits. Information from any source and of any character that is reliable will bo most thankfully re oeived. Address,

B. C. SiUHONB, Curvo, Tenn.

This me Creek churob, D. B. Vance Tho following sented: D r y C r Cooper's Chapel, 8B , Woodbury, S y c a m o n ^ were in attendanoe. were animated and attendance waa v e r y . The hospitality of! neighborhood was o f 1 Stewart, the good credit for his efforta good a choroh in ao Brother Oakley preaeb< on Saturday, whieb publication in the FtKcToB. Profaaaor of Smithvil le , waa , great intereat by bia fiii missionary addreaa of E U on B u n d ^ morning, good. Quite a n u a b a r _ fine speeches daring tba I next meeting will ba b f l

—Rev. J . 8, Thomas—Dear Brother ': I nclosed find ohcck for ono dollar and seventy-nine cents, Sunday-school col-lection for November, December, Jan? uary, February, and March for State Sunday-school Missions. . . T f a ^ collcotions would bavo been forwarded promptly but the amount waa so a u a l l that I felt almost ashamed to aend i t in. , . Gome to ace na.

Soviorville, Tenn., J . J . BLLJa^^' J u s t aa I expaoted. A n d t h e r e * a f t

many otbera who feel aabamad of t h e . small amonnta., Brethren Dleaae Jiinr deraUnd now, onoo for i j l , t b i t wo litTo

B l p l e y , T d i m a ^ ^

Since my roaigoailob Inqt coming in as to what k i i d church wania, what i i J i i pay, etc. F o r t h e b i N M f i t 6 f i _ I will state that the I h i i ^ i no stepa toward aeoarfn | tW| i will appoint • o o n pose at the n e x . will probably look t o the Be man.

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dMt •( IM iur T«dim««w. to whom •IMttfehBkUoBorllHtdlric* about work In the iNat« our ta addnuMd.

MINNRRENIAL EDUCATIOM.

I in<l* (or roonc mlaUton lo th« H. W. R llnlwr l i i f liivttid U* wnt ilo U. W. JumoB, Jkikun, TMkB<

For TonM MlBlrtm •! Cknna Cnllnie, to Trol J T. HwOMwm, Momjt Cmk. T«no.

Th® i a r i y BU i to ry o f TonneasBo

' " iBsptiBte. • >-• I- •

. (Conoloded. )

As i t WM our parpoM maiDly to show

th«t BaptisUi were 00 the (Oil of Ton

neaMO in the e*rly sotttemcnt of the

eonntrjr—before the 8t*t« linos were

determined; When the country was a

TtiA wildemeaa; when the Indian toma-

hawk loilpiDl-kiure were a terror

to the'people; ' when the drum and fife

and bugle ealled them from their cabin

homes to drive'back the lurking, mur-

derous Ibe, and have been an imporunt

faotor in the history of the Bute up to

the present time, we will only briefly

refer to the wr iy history of Biptist* in

West Tennessee.

The first Assoeiatioa formed was the

Forked D^r 'Assoeiat ion, in 1825, with

fifteen ehnrehes and about five hundred

members^ I t afterward underwent

many changes and finally dissolved.

I n 1828 the Big Hatchie Association

was formed with fifteen ohurohes

most of whom were dismissed from tho

Forked Deer fraternity. I t embraces a

large territory, has been for years a

leading AssMii^tion, and is now the

largest in l ^e Bute .

The Obion, Association bears date

from Uha,Central from 1822.

There have been so many changes

and snqh renurkable progress in the

denoo^nftJ^« |hat; I t would not be

profitable^ to follow iTttrther their his-

tory of early days.

W e Hlatory of Tennessee Bap

t k t i f l ^ n i qommencement in the

8tiU« ^fUli! .i^i present. - time, and

adapted to, ihe, ,ma8a ,o( our people.

W « 01^ i ^ t roly OD others to write our

biftoi j ; fojf I t is somewhat remark-

a b b tbfai Uie H i l a r y of Tennessee,"

writtoa >]r • f p ^ f i Phelan in 1888, of

four h t w J ^ d . jwjk; se»enty:pight pages,

does not Mi n ia^f i 'm m^ t i pn . t l i e name

o f B s j ^ i

, ikor andtltfarlk

ftifiof first year Lambert r«tarne4,

DXTY MEMBERS.. ' K '

" I n 1787 the Ilolstein circuit waii di-

vided into two—the I loUton aud Nol>

laehueky. The next year two more

were added. Beiuamtn 0{(don went to

Nashville, which was a small station

struggling to preserve its exiatence."

Up to this time no Tennossco Confer-

cnce. Now i t will bo scon that in

1783 the first oirouit ridor came to the

Ilolston cirouit, which enibracod Kast

Tonncssoe and a part of Virginia. This

makes one Mslhodist preaohcr. In

178(1, three years before, there wore on

tho ground Wil l iam Murphy, James

Keel, Thomas Murrcll, Tidonce Lane,

Isaac Barton, Jonah Kelly and John

Chastain. Kight Baptist prcaohors. At

tho end of the first' year Ijarabort re-

turned sixty memberH.

In 178(J the Ilolston AHuooiaiion was

formed of seven churches and nine hiin

ilrcd members. And yet, aooorJing to

this historian, Methodist cirouit riders

" led the way and other denominations

followed ill the wake of civilization "

" The Sunday of to-<!ay i.s tho Subhath

which wo inherit from him. " Kight

Baptist pruachers waitiii); in iillenoHH,

and then following one circuit ndor '

The thing never happened.

Wo are willing for Mr I'helan, or

any body else, to give the early Mcth

odist ministers credit for much zeal,

self sacrifice, hardships, exposure to

danger, and an influence in fnvor of

civilization and Christianity, but a

man professing to write a history should

not suffer his prejudices to lead hini to

such palpiable injustice and nuch uti

founded conclusions.

REn.Ei TIOS>

In looking back and Htudying the

history of the Baptists in Tennessee

wo may learn some very iinportant les

sons.

1. \Ve might well imitate tho devo-

tion to truth, the znal, and self sacrifice

of many of tho noble men who toiled

on this broad field when it was both a

physical and moral waste. These were

trying times. They laid the foundation,

others built thereon They sowed the

seed, and others entered in to reap the

harvest. They have gone up to heaven

" through great tribulatiun, and their

works follow them. " From our stand

point wo may think we could have done

better; from theirs it is doubtful if

wo would have done half so well.

2. Wo may learn to avoid strife and

divisions among ourselves. When Bap

tists do have a difficulty, it is no small

affair. I t is generally carricd forward

on strictly independent, democratic, ex-

terminating principles. Somebody is

sure to bo hurt, truth paralyzed, and

tho cause of Christ dishonored.

Ood and angels may know to tho con-

trary, but it has always seemed to mo

that i f there had been continued union

and activc co-operation among the Bap-

tists of this S u t e it might to-day bo

almost entirely Baptist ground. They

wore in the wilderness in time to run

, the lines, pre-empt the territory, and

set up tho land-marks. In many places

this was' done, but for the lack of vigi-

lance and activity the territory was suf-

fered to drop into other hands and the

old land-marks neglected. There are

io-diy scattered over the State do-

osylng'evidences of territory surren-

d e r titrough strifo, divisions, and in-

aoilvity. This deadly strife, those un-

bappy divisions, howthey^ do paralyse

thevpower Af ^ t h and impede the

eauin o f Ohrisl l ^ iHdeptiiideuoe hss

b M b c i m r l M t l l i a i t ^ t i t i s ? There has

mifl l i l i i i^^r ia i i t t f^^nlt fn ^to

th^ work Bl^. Oltttot i of influenoo were

h s a d i i

. Wiiit.|iAii H o f r .

Soo toh Bapt tn ts .

Kev. A . tT. I lo l t , of Texas, has boon

traveling in Kurope and has mingled

somewhat with tho Baptists ofScotjand,

uspocially those of Glasgow, where he

attended some of their nieotiugs and

learned of their ways of doing things.

I t is not probable that any Baptist

church in tho South would rcluso to

recoivo a person coming with a letter

from a Baptist church in Scotland, and

yet, according to tho theory of most of

the Southern churches, none of the

Scotch Baptistji have really been bap-

tized. I'or example, Mr. Holt says

" They Jo not ordain their ministers '

. " Tho general manager of the

.North western lUilway, a member of

Urother .lonkiiKs' church, preachos

regularly for a suburban congregation

To him I expressed surprise that he

should prcach without having been set

forth to do HO by the church nf which

he is meuiber, and from him 1 learned

that such i.s never Jonf They do not

license nor ordain their ministerx .\

church invites a meinbcr to become

^heir pastor, and if be aocopt.i he is

their pastor and that is all. I lo may

never have preached before, or be may

have been known as de-tirous of entering

this work."

Brother Holt was surprised lo liod

that they get all their members to work

Tliey have few or no do nothings among

them He soys " They cxccI us far in

the general good character and piety of

their members, in the system and

abundance of their contributions, and

in the activity and efBoiency of the

mass ol their membership " But on

the other hand, they are very careful

a.«i to whom they receive to lupmber

ship. Instead of " opening tho doors "

of the church at any time, not knowing

who may propose himself or herself for

•icmbership, " they have a committee

to pass judgment on applicant.'' for mom

bernbip They inquire rigidly into tho

character of all those who propose

membership with them. A relation of

experience before tho whole church is

not practiced.' lirother Holt does not

seem to see that the sccret of the good

charaetor and activity and usefulness of

the membership is duo, largely, to the

fact that they do not receive all who

come, or think that thoy arc doing a

great work becausc of tho number of

baptisms. Among other things peculiar,

be noted tho following:

" I . Thoy celcbratc tho Lords-supper

every Sabbath day. In doing this they

claim apostolic precedent. Thoy re-

strict tho ordinanco to baptized be

lievcrs. They pass the bread, and tho

outside person next to the aisle takes

tho eltco, breaks a small picce, and with

his hand passes it to the person next to

hint, and so to all on the same bench.

I t did not occur to me that thoy en-

tered BO deeply into tho sanctity of tho

ordinanco as do we who observe it

monthly or quarterly.

",2. Thoy do not hurry through their

Bcrvices as tho haste-loving Americans

do. Thoy rarely ever cut a hymn short,

but sing every verse. They sing psalms

in meter. They use the organ and

have a ohoir, but the congregation Joins

in. Seats are free, easy, and convenient.

"3 , After the benediction is pro-

nounced, instead o f hurrying out, they

•I I resume their seats, and seem as i f

theywero engaged in meditation and

secret prayer, and then they began'

slowly to depart. They all bring theii^

Bibles, and read silently with tho minis-

ter the lesson.

w

Ittend, w d o f

teenalons'^i itrn^naiixtra^ti . I found

that the whole olty is divided off,and each '

ohureh (there are itbdut^ ten Baptist

churehes in Glasgow) oo'eupies a dis-

tr ic t This distriot is then subdivided,

and regular workers are appointed to

these Rmaller districts. Some distribute

tracts at stated times, others vitit the

sick, others go to tho hotels, yet others

look aflcr tho needy, and particular

ones visit the public houses, as the

saloons arc called. Thoy have excel-

lent organization. . Bat aside

from tho points mentioned, our Sootoh

brethren are very much like their co

laborers across the water. The dootrines

of graeo, churoh independence, the

atonement, inspiration of the Scriptures,

and belief and practice of rhe ordi

nanoes, arc about as wc hold ond prac

two

Bupl lnu i i i l H y m n

Chnut who oanir my soul to Have,

Matt, viii 11 , Tim viii l.'i

Kntf-rcd .lordan s yielding wave.

Matt. iii. i:t , Mark 1

ItoMc Irom out the crystal flood.

Matt, iii ll. , Mark i ]<>

I twn*'(l and scaled the of fiod,

Mark i l l , I.ukc iii. SI

My the I'ather's voice of love,

Matt viii. 17 Mark i 11

Uy the heaven-descending dove .

Luke iii 22, John i rj

.•^avior, Pattern, (tuide for me,

John j i i 2(; , 1 I'otcr ii 21,

I. like him, baptized would be.

Matt. iii. IT), Acts viii .'IH-.I.M.

In the isarden, o'er his miul,

John *viii. 1 , .Matt xxvi

Sorrow s whelming waves did roll ,

Luke xii. .'iti, Luke ix i i ((.

Ah ' on Calvary's cruel tree,

Luke xxiii ;C{, 1 I'eter ii _'t

.lesu.t bowed in death for me ,

•lohn nix .'Ml, llomans v '

I with hini am crucified ,

• Jal ii. i d , Romans VI i.

.\ll my hope is—he hath died,

1 I'cl^r i, :i, 1 Thcss. V. m

At hii* f'cft my place I take,

Luke * ;i!t . Malt, xi -ti

Hear tlio cross for his dear sake.

Matt. xvi. 2 f , Luke xiv l.T

In the new made tomb he lay.

Matt, xxvii. , John xix 12.

Taking all its dread away,

1 Cor. XV, .')5, 1 Thess. iv. 1».

Hurst he through tho rock bound door,

Luke xxiv. 2, , Ma t t xxiii. f>.

<ilorious now and evermore !

Mark xvi. 10 ; llev. i. l^.

I with Christ would buried be,

Bomans vi. 4 ; Col. ii. 12.

In this rite required of mo.

Ma t t xxviii. 1S»,20; AcU ii. 38.

Rising from tho mystic flood.

AeU viii. 49; Col. ii. 12.

Living bonce anew to Ood.

Romans vi. 4 ; Romans xiv. 7,9.

— L. I I . C, in Chriitian Index.

A n English paper puts the liquor

problem in this form: "Twenty five

snakes running through the streets—

that ' s free whisky. Twenty-five snakes

gathered into a box, in which twenty-

five holes are made by authority of the

court—that is low lloense. Ten of tho

holes are closed and the snakes get out

through tho other fifteen—that ii liiffb ,,

lieense. Drive all the i n akw over Xo i .

the next village—that ia looal option.

K i l l all the; s n a k e « - ( ^ t , i i ^ p n U b i - t '

"on-" • ' ^• i i iV. ' i r iv . t '-.

itilSfi'ir.-lj

~ N o t tO'ettloy lifo, b a t to Oinplb;^

lira, b m h t to b« owr idin 4nd

—'Macduff'

J. R. Ud Spteiai

these new l u t M HftshTiUe, TeniL, A p r i l 3, 1990.

W H A T 18 Q O I N a O N 9

The O ld School PreabytorianK,

.Vorth, through all tboir pi-osby-

torios iiro i n t en t l y ini|niritig wha t

thoy should in the future boliovo

c oiKHJrnitig ' elect u?ul non-oloct tn-

fiiiitH," iind otornul ly saved nnd

iincoimcioiislv diirnncd adults, and

wholl ior or no (mkI did crrato tho

• ivorwholmini, ' tnajoritv of tho human

nice damn thom for the ^hiry of

Ins juHlieo, and iIiIn otiior doclri i io

iibhorront lo llu) ^onu i s of tho fjos

|i<'l, • the r/,i. oH.v, salvation and

diinination u( tho ra'<• Thoir

u'l-oill liadcfH Ha\ they will neither

(iroacli nor dofcnd tlii-so do( tririos

loii^'cr Tbe iiitellij^'cnl reader i-an |

see I be drfciisoM i.C inlant baptiMin

arc I n i r nb lmg i h u I . t I Ii<< blow h of

llioN,. Irorn with in and Ibcv tniiNl

tro

r i i f rarMiil.cllii.-j., (ailintr to a^'rcc

upon a nam.' aro in llu> fiiil heal oC ^

the diNcusNioti wl io lhcr they aro a

i h i i n h or not, and if noi a i d i an h

what arc w i - ' A nd lhc\ . a n n u l

lell. Horo are a tow extracfN (pom

their leailinj; jouri ialu

Some weeks ago tho Ch, ;,i„i,k St,i„,i •inl said those who aro cnmged in the currcnt rcfornaation and commonly two thousand . . . Brother Smith of

make up or constitute the church of 1 »»ct of the new books, and wc

• • • thank him. Wc much need one hundred

more from Tcnnc.sscc to bring them out

this spring. Where are our old friends,

the " guards " old and now ? There are

only fifteen days more until the .list for

' you to get the reduction. Oar friends

, are the bank on which wo draw for aid

I in our work. Aro you not a stock-

holder? Wo return especial thanks

I to Brother Fuller, of Friar's I'oint,

.Miss., for his five dollars (making his

ton dollar.-i) for the " S ilf helpers " at

Jackson, where it is so much needed

We will send it to them by this mail,

.March iHth. Kighty dollars more will

carry them to tho closo of this session.

There arc a few more friends who have

never failed to help us in this mission,

who, wc trust, will not forget us now.

A good brother

in Kentucky always

follows Brother Fuller with his ton or

twelve dollars (one month's board), and

shall wo not thank him next week? . . . .

Churehes in Tennessee wisbtng the

" Chair Talks " this spring should write

to us at once. Twenty-five subscribers

will satisfy us.

i D D i a a A H S .

Klder J . A . Reynolds, of Florence,

Texas, pre-orders for three scti of the

new books, and writes: " I t is with

groat interest and profound gratitude

that I learn you aro about to publish

two new books. These books will fill

a long-felt want The oft-repeated and

utterly false sUtcment that Roger WiH-

iams was tho founder of tho First Bap-

I tist church in America, has done groat

harm. The great body of our |>eoplo

have not always had the means at hand

I to disprove tho statements so fwrsist-

cntly made by podobaptists, and they

are often troubled and porploxcl. May

1 the Lord help you to complete your

self imposed task " .\rc there not one

hundred other pastors in Texas who

,1 will do likewise? Oo the.'llntof March

wc will need tl'rft, " spot cash," to bring

them to tho light. Wc are reading tho

proofs of the first book and it will bo a I

beauty . " When will you put your {

one thousand Answers to (Questions' |

, into book form? It is a necessity, and i

i hope you will do it, and soon," writes

Brother N. Ketchum, of San Saba,

Texas. W o hove reserved that prom- !

ised work until we get some heavier

work worked off, and more questions,

and perhaps more important ones, aro

answered. Wo purpose to make a so- i

lection of the choicest ones out of tho {

two thousand Brother Smith, of (

^ d be;

qt i i te ika Hurpr iMd ,we w m d . f W e

have b a d o u r oar« tOlohtb ly opon

fbr s ix ty years a nd h ave never

hoard a profossod CbriHtian, whotbor

Method is t or Cnmpboll i tf l , d e n y tho

HovoroSgnty o f God . Tho horr id

doctr ino of tho damna t i on o f non^

eloet infants no more follows from

tho boliof in tho sovereignty o f

(ifld t han does i n f an t bapt ism. W o

a lways have boliovod tha t thoro

wcro Homo Bapt i f t « whobe l iovod in

tho Hovoreignty of t iod Hftoon years

before Ca lv in was born. Therefore

this doctr ino is no part of tho ism

ot Ca lv in , is it Brother W i l l i am s ?

iqMnIlm

. w^vt,. 11 iv iw M^v ff^ wav WBi •BrlBBbo'Mf MAUI-

for-"-^

Doos P roh i b i t i o n P roh i b i t ?

Af lcr tho ado]»lion of p roh ib i t i on

in Kansas and Iowa , bolbro tho law

had t ime to get i n to operat ion, wo

hoard the cry heralded far and near

that " Proh ib i t ion dooM not pro-

h i b i t " I f it docs not proh ib i t , w h y

are the saloon keepers so anx ious to

keep tho proh ib i tory amondmon t

from go i ng into cflect ? Thoy k n o w

it ilocs proh ib i t .

We read that tho conwumption o f

intoxicants has doeronsed wonder-

ful ly . Tho est imate is pu t at 90

per cen t I t can not bo less than 75

per cent., and that shows that pro-

liibition must bo do ing some good

( h n s t I t is marvelous what a great commotion such an innocent looking little sUtement has produced The usually cloar-headcd editor of tho Texas dcpirtment of the Aj^,$iol„-(,iiulf repudiates the Stuudanl, and seriously asks whrit nrr we nnyUmr if not tho church of Christ'/ Ttio (7»f.« unn I^ndfT rants over about all tho frouDd between Campbell's baptism and trabriel's trumpet, pounding every thing that will make a fuss, hv way of op-posing the Stand,, rd on this question. True, the Lmdn- docs not in so many words, say wo aro tho church of Christ, but It .'iiy.s enough to show it has a small opinion of any man wh.) says wc aro no t

The (io.fprl Adr-r.itr, .\aNlivillo,

tavH of the above

As to tho question, tho Shuulnrd holds, subsUntially, that all who have been senpturally baptized, and arc liv iij g godly lives, arc members of tho church of Chr ist There are many who have been soriptusally baptized, and are hying godiv lives, who arc not counted with us. There aro such per-sons in the Baptist church, the Meth-odist ohureh, and in many other churches. Therefore tho Standard ^ne ludes toe are not the church of CAri$t. The reasoning is good, the uefioitiQns seem correct, and the Stand-ard, I th ink, is right

A n d tho ondowmoh t of our Uni-

versity is go i ng on under onorgetie

" p u s h " of Brother J o h n Hosa-

mon.

Th i s ia tho last uttorantje o f tho

IVeatern Recorder on tho rjuoBtion

t ha t t ho Heligious Herald will any

wo w a i t to BOO:

The ^ligibut Herald oomes at us in quite a hMtorinx spirit. Bu t the next thing we want from tho, Herald is the senteitoe whioh teaehes bsptismal re-generation aajr more olearly and posi>

»>»«» i W ieotenpe to whieh we o N s e t ^ In th« Mvanetd Qunrlerly. W d liave leveral t imet offered a rewaH

t £ t " f f d fi '

to stfnd tho i f f r a U iopoorBspt lAtpNaoh' ipoorBsptlAtprsaoh'

Calvinism I How some people do re-coil at the very mention of the system of truth designated by this word. Ask one of them, " A r e you a Ca lv in is t?" and with a look of astonishment, he will ^ive you an emphatic, " No . " Ask him if he believes in the soverelmty of God ? " Why , certainly," will t o the reply Now, Calvinism, as we under-stand it, has as its foundation-stone this sovereignty o f Jehovah. A l l o f its doctriocs are based upon this truth. I t seems to us that i f many of the peo-ple whoso heartily denounce Calvinism would oply u k o time to study i t more carefully, they would find out that there are some things about which they have been misUken.—(>n/ni / BaptuL

I f a bol iof in t ho aovoro ignty o f

God oonstl tutos Ca l v i n i sm wo con-

foss t ha t we havo boon g r o p i n g in

a raietako. a l l our lifo. W o could

no t bavo boon moro aurpr isod on

read ing tho above t h an o u r oatoomod

prominen t ant i • proh ib i t ion

j ourna l lately sent a roprosontativo

to KanHOM to learn the pro8p«jpt for

ro-8ubinis8ion and repeal. The an-

swer ho roceivod wa« not very on

cou rag i ng—" The law as now con-

st! tn led hafi closed every saloon in

Kansas, ki l led tho power o f rum

over politics, and made o f this a

, comparat ive ly moral common-

wealth "

I Tho saloon keepers, and those in

' favor of saloons, say, well, if mon

I want to d r i nk , they wi l l got it somo

I way, prohifiition or no prohibition.

I O f course thoy wi l l , but tho boys

just s tar t ing out in life may bo

j saved if there are no saloons, be-

cause thoy may never bo led in to

the temptat ion . Hero is an anec-

dote, taken from a tomperancc

journa l , tha t shows that proh ib i t ion

doos some good in Kansas :

" Not l o ng ago nn e ight year-old

boy. tho son of n p rom inen t ofllcial

in Kansas, paid a vis i t to relatives

in i ' i t t sburg , I 'a. Seon after his

arr ival , on go i ng out to wa lk and

passing the lifjuor saloons w i th

thoir scroonod yvlndows and Othor

characteristic appo in tments , ho in-

f|uirod, wi th much curiosi ty, o f his

unele, ' W h a t k i nd o f shops aro

t hese? ' H e had novor soon a

l iquor m\oon."—Exchange.

CHRISTIAN science is about to be

eclipsed by the newer science o f oc-

cultism. James Frai ier , an ooeult

scientist, is working wondrous cures at

Onset Bay to the dismay of the Faith

Healers. H is theory is that all human

ills are due to the prosenee o f ovil

spirits, whom he scares away By ^ e ex-

plosion of fire-oraekera. H e doMs l i i i

patients with tnagnetised t« i , and ftir-f

nishea them with nanaor i ied promo,

nades. Ha also suppliea lila dupe* wl tb

reelpet for oharmlpf tho aontetttfno

apir i tswlth wlilflli '* •

air is filled. The . .

better look to their laaft l^^;

--Only be Who baa the tpfr i l o f <

can do the will o f "

. W i l l yon p l M i f t i s i i ^ ^ I t l t T O n s t r u e d b y « i g o # nleation in partioiUar i l f ^

Rome, Ga. ' - J l l ^ ;

An swe r I 08G . J ; I t yf ^

I>hom6us 4 o odn«trt|«

pnsHago 80 a« i o inwt t l ^ '

exp l ic i t ly condqmn l9d| f ^

pla in passages.

mont a n d BoVo Ia l l t f ^ , ) ^ ,

who lo chaptor attontiy,<}|f|

Borders, I n viow;

t ions impend i n g u p o t t ^ p .

Pau l u dv iHosaga iQS t Jm j ^ ^ l l

a fami ly would n i a l t i j | ^ > ^ |

anxiet ies, diBtre((8W|/|

t h a t wou ld , ariaoJui

t imes t h a t woro .to^^pttii<l» A ™

would bo ftir bo l t e r ' f o r

Chr is t ian man a nd b i a b o t ^

defer the i r .innrriag©.-..iS||ini,|^

W08 wrong i ng hor lo t

ho w i l l — w h a t ho docidag o f , .

whole is best. L o t t b o m

HufTer t ho incroasod t f O t t W ^ ^ M " "

don t to t he relat ion, b n t

not believe in fomicatioHt

Is there conolusive apostles were Iwptii before the day. o f Fv. important question wi ing our best to refVit* ings of pedobaptialMMm. by whom we are aiMMii ter lyanugoni ied

Answer 1087.—tVo

aware of tbo fact •

sects deny tho Ch i ,

of J ohn ' s bapt ism a m

for tho best o f roasonaP'

of thoir au tho r i t y ia

against tho false a n d

teachings of e ach—tha t

tism o f u n r e g o n e r a t ^ ' p

practico is ut ter ly s u ^

whole foundat ion a n d '

ui o o f Chr i s t i an i ty a n d _ .

church. W o t h i n k t h » i

o f tho bapt ism,"and,

generation of tbo apoal

w b o l m i n g l y conclui i i^e

1. Thoro 18 n o ovideA^

wcro regonoratod a p o i

Pontccost o r a t ^ a q y

quon t to tbatdni;^.

2. Thoyroceivedi;

promisbd b ap t i sm ^

Sp i r i t , w h i c h uo J a u

afterward^ roceived.

bapt ism on a prohu

: in

orat ion io bap t i sm , if

John.:-..

Parlor, ^

l . ' M l f i O O T m

•m

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K AmwKUiAW Mmtmwm, ••'FRR'I

b IM •»•«•«.. WBhrlwfc...^^,

I I JK f lM t .

..ji.ja.

P U U 8 B N o n c i .

llMbaillMM^MI r*w MMVsl wltbeul wifUof wMwinMMt

t. If a ( I n m •( rtaiM)flo* •ddraa.

6»Tk#0au* to wiibh rM witk ih* cLmc* m*4«.

.iJiyMwtjW rttwl. KaoiYlIU, -ftna fc Mmtialw lilwnl. and will b« fur-

U m aniMaUM.

-Wtpablbk «bita*I7 BOIIM ire* Iiamr4mm% taum* ivmir linn. After ih«t MiHkfr w» mut chuf* for IIWB »t tbi> r«(« of i n MBit far tfMf Hiit OT«r th* tvaoly liDe&

THB N B O R O P R O B L E M

I t is a problom— tho hardcHt

problem of the ages. Xho negro IN

her®. H o is hero 7,000,000 strong.

He did not como of hiH own froo

will. H o found himHolf horo before

he know i t For a contury or inoro

ho was onr slave. W o could work

him, w h i p h im, sol! him. Now he

is froo. H o is equal with us boforo

tho law. W o havo no more pollt I ical r ights than ho. J l is voto is

worth as much as ours. I Io still

tills car fields, hews our wood, and

draws our water, but with growing

indilTorenco and roluctanco. In

stead o f tho harmoniouH and conti

dential relations which nhould

. . . . ,iWQ or throe a h l u g *

_ i l ^ t o d o ! ..-.•••iS

V Treat h im k ind ly . This does

not .moan treat h i m ns a social

eqaal. lUoo prejudice is too strong

for t h a t Whether r ight or not, it

exia($, and wo may as woll tuko it

into calculation. Hutnohow tho

whito man fools hitnHolf Niiporior to

tho nogro, and ho will novor ue-

knowlodgo an oquality, But treat

him UH a follow human being, troat

him as ono who noodN voiir help

treat him ns a brother. Kxtond to

him tho hand of Hym|>atliy an<l a« i

HlHtance. Bo kind in your doalin),'H

with hi tn N'othinf^ will lie gained ,

hy harsh troatineot Such ir<»at

mont will only ian»c irritation, re

Hontment. and Iron Me I\Iii<Ii)onh

win«, hut harslincHs ro|)els

2. K(liicat«him Thechiefdift). ulty

with hiri has boon the dcnso H,MI.>

ranoe which ban onvoloj>od him in

ignorance inherited fnun Ion); jxone-

rationH of ance-stors In the wildw o(

.\frica, or in the cotton licld« .•( iho

South . an ignorance w hi( li wa.-t the

prolific mother of nu|>erstitiini \ uo,

and crime Tho head being un< ul

tivated the mental naliiro WUN noi

sntliciently stroiif; to hold tlio mas-

tery over the phynical, an<l MO nil

the animal in him came to ihe -.ur- !

Hut education ilevel()|.s Inm.

slrengthcnn him, onnhlc.t Inm lu

con<|uer hi.s lower sell and makes a

bettor and trner man out of Inm

We <la,iiot believe thai the educated

negro it* only the Khari)cr ra.M-al,

that in educating him you are only

putt ing a dangerous ttjol into hin

rwij i tei lW tlfi>3if:b»ve,Sever^

theless, gone forward, ovon in their

poverty and b the fhco of tho most

discouraging oiroumstancoH, to do

thoir du ty toward tho education of

thoHo thus strangely thruHt by

Provitlonco upon thoir hands. And

tboHo Hchools are doing muidi to-

ward working out the negro prob-

lem.

Rut they can not do all, even if

j thoy were porfoot. Thoro nhould

I be one step more and higher

I -i ChriHtiani/.e him The j,niNpol

of Chri.st iM, after all, tho only true

I solution ol the no(,'t o |)rol>lom I hat

gospel which knoWH neither .Jew i

nor (ireek, bond nor free that

pel which teaclioM us to hear ono

another H burdetiN and m. fulfill the

law ol Chri.st. that ;,'oRpel who.^c

foundation Ntoiie in love und one of

whoso cardinal principles, in lo love

our nei;;hhor a« ournelf, that i,'onpel '

whii h iiiNtilN every \ irtue. uproot.-,

every vice, ami HiHpiren to lusher

and truer lives that gospel IN the

only n>al wilveiil of the hard jiroh-

ieni I.et mn try tti reach tli<-in with

that t;ospel I.et IIN who are rniii-

iMtern tak(- every opportunil\- lo

[•reach to them I,el us encouratro

thcolofrical Hchool.s for the train 1111;

of iheir miniNtry I.et iif. a.s .S.ulh

ern HaptistH come Ktrontfly to the

HUpport of our Homo .Vlis.sion Hoard

in ItH elTort« lo ovanfjeli/.e them

^'SftHM^iit

tonoh tbo farrowed fboo of AKO, and

they al l oatne. • , ^ '

Saturday n ight just boforo tho

turn of tho Sabbath ( b y grace of

"S t andard T i m e " ) the glazloni

hung tho last windows. As tho

Snbbath duwnod many a br ight eyo

turnod with unwonted brightnoHH

to 8oe tho new ebtireh whuro wo

j wore to moot to-day. Tho curl ing

smoke from the furnnco stack WAH

tho Nignal that all was ready. Win

' down in, carpets down, chairs ar-

ranged, all these since thoHunHOt ol

Saturday evening;, and every ta< l:

was driven with a grateful throb of

earnest hearts, (or each one was

, another step toward the goal of

our loiigiiif,' (» it looked magnifi

cent an It Ntood in mawsive granilotir

fur U|I the lull. It s|)read its am

pie roof and hade the homoloRs

cliui< h to enter, and they came

Kvers thing WUH done on a large

iilc The delt firigerM of the sis-

ter-. had ilei-orated the room with

tlowers iiriij potted plants, whiie

olher hands liiii«lie<l the room, and

all was read\ .\nd whence the

«ear\ went at mul night lo sleep

l ln lhcr gathered llieSiinda\ school

al iiiiu' o ( lock This .Sun<lay-

icliool with A .1 .Moore, went

mt.i till- liitlo ( hapel down the

street, and oruani/.ed with twenty

two on l''ol)ruary I, 1 H r o t h o r

Moore has never left his desk, and

1 ho problem i.s II|)on iho people of yestenluy there wore six of tho

exist between twopoople.s so closely I hands It mav ho so ,n some cases

identified by tics of locality an<l ^ espetially it von start out with a

commnni ty of interest, there has rascal, and so'it will ho with a white

come tn some quarters a feeling of rascal But we holieve that ordi

distrust Of each other, hatred, and ; narily education o.xerts the same ,n

Ls-s

sometimes bloodshed. Uosigning

politicians excite race prejudices

and urge an equality which God

never intended and man will never

a d m i t

A n d the nogro is horo to sta\.

Despite all these things the whito

man does n ' t want h im to go. I Io

is the on ly labor wo have, tho only

lalwr wo could easily got, tho only

lalwr wh ich seems suited to our

Southern sun and soil. H o is too

OIOMIJ ibterwoven with our indus-

t i ^ l life, and wo havo become too

depeDdent upon h im, for us to bo

deprived o f his services all at once.

.Nor does the negro want to go.

a ny more than the whito man wants

b i m t o g o . ^ H e has taken root in

the South . ' H e Is attached to the

old piIaniatloD. The corn and cot-

ton " f i e l d i are his home. Tho

Northern oo l doh i l h h im . Though

a l l y iogh imNl l iw i i t i ca l l y wi th those

o f o t be r Motions, he still l o v e a ^ d

maater and missi«,andgoeB to them

for ^ v i f w Krberi t roab iM come. A

t h ( ^ t i a M o r M h im to

( tbo U n d ^ f ilia bfr tb ,and be does n ' t

want to'^^ tMv^e I t . H e fs aod

bo ta ^ r e t^ . slay. .. Emigrat ion

. MbemM may take Mine away, ba t

> , 4 , tbe groat iMdy of . n t g t o w wi l l ro.

main iw lon| i ia t b i ^ fiio find • roof

t o abo l t « r t b «m . ' y « r « n t i y a i wall

^ f aooeiit on our

boMfk fio«i)etbiDf( j n i| i t % don t

fluonco upon the nef,'ro that it iloes

on the whito man.a retininj;, olevat

iug. ennobling inllin-nce. .Nor is it

true necessaril\ .as some sa\ thiit in

eiluealin>,i; a ne>;ro you spoil a ^'ood ^

c.irn field hand True, you lit him j

for an occupation above that of a '

cornfield hand,hut it is not true, as !

implied, that all a negro is of use '

for is to bo acorn field hand. There

aro difTerenecs among them as

among tho whites, and while most

of tbom, as moHt of tbo whilea, must

bo but manual laborers, some of

tbom, as well as some of tbo whites,

aro capable of higher things. (Jive

him an opportunity to work out the

poHsibilitics within him. Lot thoro

bo not a partial, but a gono-

rol diffusion o f education. And

if many aro compolled bj' force

of circumstances and for want

of room in other positions, Rtlll to

be corn field hands, ns will alwoys

be the cnso, it will bo found that

they are .bottor corn field hands,

more intel l igent, more capable, and

accomplishing more. To the credit

of the Southern people bo itsaid that

they are recogniaing those facts,and

are providing schools fbr the nogro

aa well as fbr their own children, sido

by' aide, thongb separate.. Tho

"wbitoa pay n m r l y all the taxes, but

give of tbe Mbool fund i n equal

proportion to bolp tbe ubildren o f

"-f^^bliMjkii, , Mimmioratood, mn-

the South. (Jod has placed them

at our doors. Those away from

hero understand neither the negro

nor us, and their zeal is often with

out knowledtre .Sometimes they

do more harm than ir'">d In tho

end Ihe South must solve h<T

own prohlem- with iho a.ssist

ance o| others, n may he, l>ut the

j hurden of ihe solution nni>.| rest

mainly upon ln'r shoiilderN .\ ml

n|.nn S.mtheru li.ipti^ts tho hurden

lies heaviest of all The ne^jro is

not on I) in the South, hut he is

naturally a Baptist l ie has not got

sense enough to take the Bible ex-

cej.t in a plain, straightforward

way. Whenever ho takes it any

otber way, as an intelligent negro

said in our Stato Convention at

I lu inboldt , you may know some

whito man has boon interpreting

his Bible for bim. O f the sovon

million negroes now in tho South

one million or more of tbom aro

members of Baptist cburclios, rop-

rosonting a population of somo four

or fixo milllonH. Thus has God

thrust tbo problem upon ux. And

may bo give us graco and strongtb

and wisdom and moans to solve it

for bis glory. Amon.

S B O O N D C H U R O H K N O X V I L L B .

I t was a grand occasion. I Iow it

buoyed us up t We blessed God for

tho day and all its nccompanimojlja.

The day was royal. Tho sun shone

in his beooty. the skj- Imd a peace-

ful g l o w ; the breeees kissed tbo

rosy obeeks of the boys and girls,

toyed with tho ribbons and o'urls of

tho rolsMM, gent ly stroked the

ailken muitDobo o f tba ^on tb , pnd

twenty-two stood up with him.

j Last Sunday the school—two hun

drod and forty left the chapel with

| .tll.'(»M contribution, a thank offor-

I in;,' made without appeal. Yester-

j day we numbered two hundred and

ninety, and gave .fli .-t.') without a

' word (d" e.xhortation

.M 10 20 the people began throng

iiif; in The new ushers seated

them without hustle or confusion.

I'ver seven hundred were soon

<|uietly seated, ready for worship,

in our new basement—as splendid a

lecture room as we over saw. And

when thoy stood up and sang,

' I'raise (Jod from whom all bless

ings flow," it was soul-stirring and

devotional.

Then Hov Carter Holm .lonos,

pastor of tho First Baptist church,

proacbod tho gospol as it is givon to

few men to preach. " Tho glorious

gospol o f tho blcssod (happy) God "

was both text and thomo, and with

skill and grace, true graco, ho

proanhod us a soul-stirring sermon.

W i th argument , scripture, and logic

interwoven with apt i l lustration,

ho told us tho gospol.

Tho sermon could not bo written.

Tho body migh t bo shown you, bu t

tho life would not be in i t Tha t

vast audionco scarcely stirred for

more than an hour.

Tho pastor arose and announced

that no appeal to any body had been

made. That four years and four

months ago a t that bour wo wero

organized,. w i t h fifty tbreo mem*

bors. Since then he bad bapt i iod

seventy into t b o . fellowabip o f tbe

obnroh. I n v a l l , tbero bod been

tbroo hundred and seven names on

the obqrob book, and (wo bandred

t a Id ' "it'r^'

other $7,600 wo mWr&pt^v f i t oW.

Brother Jones sprang to his fbet,

and said i t must not bo, and in

thirty minutos raised over $7,500 in

cosh and pledges, mostly from tho

Second church, but much of it from

friends and inombors of tho First

and Th i n l churchos. Ho who has

dono most for this ontorpriso from

tbo first was thoro to glvo tho last

gr>0(».

The iSeeond church felt liko

shouting lor joy that tJod is so good

to 118. () it was grand —the house,

tho day, tho Sunday school, the

audience, tho serinon, tho giving,

and, above all. the threat frrace of

liod that was upon ii.s

Now tor work fVir this frpoat

house is a Haptist workshop where

we prepare lively stones for Ihe

lemple of <iod.

, overy tbtftg reqiiirad o f God

bjk5«Mary to salvation—fbr in-

stance tbe Ten Commandments ,

virtue, knowledge, temperance, pa-

tienco, godliness, brotherly kind-

ness, charity, etc. ? W h o then can bo

saved ? Can you f

4. Wo explained in our issuo of

February 13th our reiison for s-iy-

ing Campbollite. Why did you not

quote that and attempt to answer

it ? Vou c|noted from tho same ar-

ticle, biU Htu.iiouHly avoided that

part of it. I f you will settle upon

some name, and ono not insulting

to UN, wo will ;r|„(J|y call you t h a t

I 'nt i l then you will be known the

world around as Campbell!ten

•') Wo have nothing more to .saj

I T E M S .

THB F A Y B T T B V I L L B O H U R O H .

Onoof the saddest cfTects of the

great storm was the destruction of

tho new Bajitist church at I'ayolte

ville. It has just recently been

com |deted after years of struggle and

sacrifice. Now the brelhron are

iinablo to rebuild Shall our cause

there suiror, as suiror it must even if

it does not die, if tho house is not

rebuilt? We heliovo the Baptists of

Tennessee ought to rally to tho

help of tho littio hand whose house

now lies a heap of ruins.

I'nsolicitod, without the knowl-

edge of tho Fayottevillo brethren,

we |)ropoHo that wo raise a subseri))

tion to rebuild the house Let each

ono give as he is able, whether a

large or small amount Lot pastors

present the matter to thoir churches.

I>o it ncrt Sumiiy, jiloaso. Send all

" ontributions either It) us or to ("ol.

.1 II. Burnam, Fayottoville, Tenn

Bear ye one another s hunlens,

and so fulfill tho law ol Christ '

All Hubscri|)ti(ms will be ac

know lodged in tho HAI-TIST .\NI)

UEKi.Enoii.

BAI'TIHT and REKt.ElToa $ 5 (N)

To Tim first-pago editor of tho

(roxpeJ Advoeaie Several things

I. To answer your question. A

man who " doliboratoly and por-

Hlstontly refuses to bo baptized aftor

ho is fully informed as to tbo teach-

ing of tho Scriptures concerning

that ordinance," can not bo a Chris-

t ian—any more than ono who would

thus refuse to givo to missions after

being ful ly informed as to tho

teaching of the Scriptures concern-

ing that duty. W h y ? Not bo-

cause baptism, any moro than

g iv ing to missions, is nocossary to

salvation, bu t bccauso such roftisal

shows that his heart is not r ight ,

his faith is not genuine. I f he wero

ft Christian he would want to do

the things bo finds God has com-

manded. B u t those th ings are the

eJBtecti, tbo fVult, the outcome of his

salvation, a nd not i ts« i t /w. Here

i« where your oonf^iaion arises.

a. L e t ua a«k ' a qneatiori.

W h a t kbout thd " p i o u s unim-

mened , " who not (hl ly informed

M to tho toKobing o f ScHpturo poR.

" V " •

— At Sunday Hchool last Sunday aft-

ernoon wo were askod whether tho

paralytic of tho losBon had his moral

dins forKivon ua well aA his physical.

Wo thought ho .lid. Then wo wore

asked what proportion of those who

were physically boncfited hy tho Savior

wero forgiven of their sins. We did

not know, and aro of tho impression

that it is very poor teaching that would

HjMnd much time in such speculations

with aa rich and full a ICSSOD as we had

last Sunday.

— Another questiou was whether the

paralytic had ronfidnire in Jesus before

ho came, or whether ho had faith.

Tho question was a discriminating ono,

as it deals with a real question of

present practical niomont. Wil l the

reader answer for himself, and then

think what is tho difforenoo between

confidonco and tho scriptural faith that

saves ? Wo seriously Ulirve that many

people aro relying upon " conftdt nce"

as though it wore "fnith " Hero aro

the three words nntlulenrt, hdievt, and

fiiith in this item, and they arc not

exact synonyms. Will you discrioiinato

between them as used in this item

Who will?

— Evangelist Dixon Williams is to be

in Knozville soon to hold a series of

meetings. Ho seems to do a groat deal

of gojd wherever he goes. We hope

this shall be no exception to the rule.

" The Devil's Mission of Amuaoment

—A Protest"—by Archibald Brown, of

Kngland, is a stirring littio tract of .'JO

pages. Introduction by C. IL Spur-

gcon. Wo wish all thcso churohos that

indulge in fairs, " grab bags," amuso-

menu, oto., could read i t I t hta tho

ring of a gonuinc ooiu, and tho impress

of a valitbt soldier of tho Cross upon it.

Bclioviog it ought to bo oiroulatcd

slong with " The Upas Tree " of Major

Ponn, wo havo ordered a supply for our

Book Depository. Wo will send post-

paid for 5 cents, three for 10 coots.

" The Upas Tree," 10 coots. Send for

it sod you will oevcr bo sorry.

—A brother Baptist ht d been i oared

under Methodist iofluoooo, but he was

ono of those positive eharaeters whose

oloar head must see the truth for hiqi-

self sod not he led by tho dietum of

other men. He was oenverted and he-

oame eonoerned on tbe subjoot of bap-

tism. He eould not be fhlly satisfied

with hearing that he had been sprinkled

when he was a baby. He decided to

read the Bible for himself. I t was all

on the otber aide. He aat alone in hla

room thinking about the quation of

duly. Heaoliloquhied thus: " I am a

p k b , oomnon man, and am not eda>'

oat«l,ai i4 l know how to lis H

M

fl«ei-ov«r

^ tuM

•ay to tbo t

i t Ploaljy . . „ , ^ ^ ^

to show bim hia dntiy, and be fal^,

" Lord, show me my duty." " 'Pshaw I "

burnt from hia lips as ho realised what

he was doing. That prayer ended Just

there u he arose with those words on

his lips: " The idea of asking Ood such

a question I Have I not just been

reading what Ood says about it. I

know what is ray duty, and I am going

to do it." Straightway tho Baptuts

had a valuable acccasion, who gives tho

Mothodisto in his sootion no peace with

their pretensions, "teaching for the

doctrines of God tho commandments ol'

men."

—Another story, a true ono is sug

gested by tho above. In Kootueky there

was a community whcro thfero were

Methodists, Prosbytoriaos and Baptists.

A great revival swept over tho commu-

nity. There was a man soon aflor con-

verted, and ho was exercised about

what church to join. He, too, con-

cluded to pray over tho matter, and he

prayed thus: " 0 Lord, do show me

which ohuroh to join, but I pray thee

keep mo from these littio dirty Bap-

tists." Verily. I say unto you, the

other man went down to his houso

blessed rather than this one.

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

-Drs . Whitfield and Landrum ex

changed pulpits on Sunday morning, to

tho great delight of both congroga

txons.—Religiou* Iltrald. That seot-

onco is susoeptiblo of a double inter

pretation—that oach coogrogation was

delighted at tho prcsonoo of tho other

man or at tho absence of their own pas-

tor. Which did you mean ?

—The 5th Sunday meeting of the

Concord Association at Eaglevillo is

said to havo been tho finest in tho his-

tory of that Association, which is cer-

tainly saying a groat deal. Our inform-

ant seemed specially pleased with two

sermons, one by Professor 0 M. Savage,

the other by Bev 8. E Jones. Wo

presume we shall havo a fuller report

next week.

—We understand that at tho 5th-

Sunday mooting of tho Salem Associa-

tion, after a sermon on missions Sunday

morning by Rev. J . H. Anderson, thoy

had a regular and literal shouting timo.

Wo are not informed, though, whether

tho shouting was boforo. or during, or

after the collection. As thoy gotagooc

collection, we presumo tho shoutiog

came after i t Wo never hoard of any

body shouting during a collection.

— Wo do not know who " J u n i u s "

of tho Bihlical Recorder is. Wo think,

however, we do know at whom his shafts

of satire are aimed, and we must say

that it seems to us he la guilty of some

very low flinga at an honored brother,

aod we think the editor of tbe tie-

corder should have heaitated long be-

fore admitting to hia oolumna artielea so

unworthy of Christian Journalism.

—Tho tornado which swept orer the

country en last Thursday night, earry-

iog death and destmetion in ita wake,

was terrible. But what waa that eom*

pared to what will be the destrnetion

when the wn t h of the Lamb shall be

unloosed and the tornado of hla jury ahall aweep over tbo earth? , O n i v

yon have a ahelter in that time of atorm.'

—There baa roeaatly .been a nlteion*

ary revival at Riehmond Collecv. tin*

der the infliieneii of lome ybnnil nU ' "

rionariet fimm the Nortbwaal, on thdr

waj to tbo 9Q«4tn, tom^ tVD or IwfIte

, . . .Othdi .

thiip

laeo.

—Tbetoti ,,,

moat ftarfuMii

it has ever wjK, . , , ; . , ^

Ky., there wero a l^W;

o f property d

persons killed

others aevereljf^ fi^Oj^-'ll

around OallatiD," Teftji^ ^

was done and a namWr"ol>»

while Kaye t tev i l l e„ ,y^^ ; f

completely demellahedf n '

finest buildinga being b t o i-

oluding the new Baptist o |

other ohurebea. iH^tfe^

in the smaller towDi'll^,,,

great ahH), bouaea. fe9Mi|.

blown away, and aotao )Iv_

seems an awfbl ealatnlty.j^,^

remember that all thin|i w o %

for good for them who lovo

that he maketh even th i l

elements as well as

praise bim.

- O n e of the fineat

kind we ever attended w$

Sunday meeting of tba ^ow

sooiation at Grant. The 00

wore good, the hoapitalHjy

and the speaking g e u a r ^ ' o f i t ^

order. Some of the beat ^ B e l

have heard in a long ttino woiV) JVr,'

J . W . Bowen and Brothif t . Jr. on temperance, and byBnt i l lMn

Grime and Eaatea on "^ ' t foni

brethren, as W . H . 8«iUh.ir:

horn, M. W . Buaaell, and -

made excellent apeeehee, alao.^

W. A. Rushing presidM,aaddi^it '

The meeting seemed to Ieavp a{l|o i

glow of satisfketion. Ono onti^oalisdto

brother said It waa the raeM^o( j fc j ^ ^ ^

—A good many peopU Mam to

that editing a religioua papw | ^

cnterpriae, and so th^y do ftol M ^

doing any thing to help th«

They propose to let him at toh i l o ^

own business. Permit a fSiir n n u ^ f M

thereon. j ^U . ^ t Jb ' ^-^ 'MT ' ^

L This paper u a ,

in the senie of being

persons. But in the

io the interest of the

pnblie enterprise,

not know of the

aro making in your

2. The editor's

I t ia not h i i bual;

around over tho oonni

seriberaoreoUeot _

work fereed npon bit

legitimately beloag to

paper anfFen wh im

proper dutiea to do

That should b« done.

So itahould, but every

be an agent, not on

aubaeription, bntj to

aeribon. Aind

ir b o u onBlhlHlD

•geot in tvaqr^ iowi

Tbeio o*B naoh l

l i t U e « f l b r « , w y i i |

editor N V u » I y e M « i

Moevoiy body t ha l l

fendintbMoaaiho

baet|«;it. Now, I f two w i U i U a i ' H - ^

g tMnu

to bo Men,

Id aotboodltor, 4

iton,irUlgroa Boiliot all ig te l laBd boIpL

lict

•U

t o i

iiDnfy O f ' SobobMJ fb .

. ' Tli« |trlji,bf4^ g»ther^ in tho rftoita-

tioa rMa's^fsif ininalM boforo time fur

thft lawpili t o l b ^ n . A gay crowd ihay

wen; tfi|\y<) in Bt;imber »nd aetrio^ the

middlo of iiieir t««ni. I n tho midst of

tb«|r AOtiW Klld IftOfHtAf ono spoko of a

iVimd wlfo^itd di(^ recently, and tho

littlo' oomixny grg,wtt suddenly solemn'

b«s»a ulkinc^'of doatb, of (Is horror

and oiyitory and the terror it hold«

for the mortal not oloanscd with tho

blood of Christ,

Mamie Danlap, usually the

jnokl eomioal, and oarelens of all the

.number, .was,very serious, and Loal

Divine, bisr best friend, had novor scon

her so, d^^piy in earnest.

" n i tell you truthfully, girU.'

Mamie said, spealcing each word with

measured distinotness, " t&cre is noth

ing in all ^ the wide world so fearful, HO

perfeetly awful to mo as death. I do n't

allow .mytelf to think of it often , my

life would be spoiled if I did. l iut if I

should die to-day, young, and hopeful,

and tender hearted, no worao, perhaps,

than muiy of you around ma, my soul,

unclean, anshriven, would sink into

eternal despair. Is n't tho thought ter

rible?'

soul,alone with its load of sin, A soul;' uncrowned, with no orown to

w i i . " " .

The entrance of the professor put an

end to the^ conversation, but tho KII* I's

worda were' not without effect. They

fell eMshbgly, like so many lumps of

leadiQpon poor Leal Divine's aching

beart,^fbr was she not a Christian and

in daily, hourly intercourio with sweet,

impnlaive Mamie Dnnlap ?

A Christian! but what was she doing

for the Master she loved? A Chris-

tian I and Mamie, her dearest friend,

cut in the darkness with no one to

guide to the shining way. Iler blue

eyes were t«ar-fllled, and it was hard to

put her iidnd on the lemon with sneh

distraoUng thoughts witbin.

Later ttt the day Leal was promenad-

ing up and down the cedar bordered

walk in the college inclosure with her

musie teacher, doar, consecratod Sliss

Sallie, irhose loving eounsol was so

pracious to the mwygirhi who oame

nnder her influence. She had been tell-

ing her of their conversation in tho

olaM-room;^ and of Mamie's awful

words that filled her with snob pain

M d d i i f lSK "

" H ^ ' i S ^ i w a B posiUvcly gloomy,

MiM fi^mte^ i f the felt already the

jda^liiSiiSr M despair, and I had

a i i lM^ lH l l i o ^ i her ao indifferent, so

i n i m l H i f ' ^ M ^ t t tl^^nS p»rtain-

^ ' i ^ 'n twaya know oven our

Miss Sallie said

l lMt'^o^B'^thoi ight much

Fd«i>th of'eharMter lay

i btU^hW Hreleiw ways.

iTMIetaii liot quite

i'ftHf yon to' an'

iJBfild yoafbllowed

i g l ^ ' t h l f

o f i i i i t ^ ^ n i d under'

to Mamia of i fKidl o J. 'iij.

i t all Inter'

I'l Mra to

V

DEKRTIORDI*

« r l a m of t h l

I % trying ''

" O f floiftwi, I know yoo'ir^ not,' dear,

but what do, you auppose Mamie thinks

of i t? I f you were standing in the

presence o( some imminent danger and

your best friend knew it, yot gave you

no warning, you wouldn't valuo her

fVieiidship very highly afterward, would

you ? "

" No," lical answeroii slowly.

" Well, little girl," hnr teacher op Ac

tho word.s very tenderly, " your duty in

tho ease is quite plain Would that I

could always soe mine just an clearly "

" 0 but, Miss Sallie, I can t talk to

' Mamie on tho Buhjoct of religion , I

I do n't know what to Ray, iintl evon if I

' did it would be hardor to lJ»ik to IUT

' than any onu I know

Vou do n't oipoot 1(1 win tho crown

I without oarryiiiK ih« cron (i.> ynu,

' girlie ' "

No, no, hut how i jn I d'j ii wlicii I

I dread it so ' '

I " I think I know ol a dear Helper,

I Miss Saliio answcrnd softly nnd rpv

' erently, " who has protiii«icd LTHO-.-

suflicient for evory trial Takn

tho oa.se to him, little maid,

leal hearted, he will jfivo youw .<d)tn

and strength, and the work will nit

Hoem hard if you are doing ii for hin

dear sake. I wish wc oould talk lon?nr,

but tho boll 8 ringing and I mast ro in

1 feel sure you will have somothin*

good to tell 111 ' to morr.iw, niavour

neon."

Miss iSallio stoopod ami kis.scd the

sweet, troubled face an J left her to

fight tho battle alone Vi-t, not alone,

for she know Ono wis near who would

willingly take the cross from I.oil h

slender shoulders, leivinK but the '

beauty of peace in its stead

Leal and Mimie wera Uii- noin^;

homo that afternoon. They loitered

along the wiy talking of many things of

littlo importance, a4 school girls will,

until when they caaio to the little orcek

near the outskirts of the village, whero

their paths separated. Tho last sun

rays had disappeared and the twilight

shadows were creeping down tho dis-

tant mountain. It was not so hard to

talk in the summer gloaming;, while tho

beautiful day slipped away on tho

night-tides and tho poaeo ol .Toliovah

seemed to hallow the hour .\lmost

unconsciously Ijcal began speaking ol

tho subject lying nearest her heart, and

in language that grew oloi]ucnt as her

earnestness increased, she begged

Mamio to seok the dear Lord, who is so

willing and anxious to save. It was

strange to tho timid little Christian to

find how easily words

camo after having

yielded to tho Spirit's ploading, and

stranger still to noto how gladly morry

Mamie listened.

A very humble littlo girl knelt longer

than usual in prayor by tho side of her

snowy couoh that night, and hor simple

petition was a-tbrill and afire with

praise and gratitude that tho groat

eternal Ood should so bless hor first

effort to guide a soul to his throno of

grace. Mamio had promised, with di-

vine help, to load a hotter and holler

life, and had said :

' " B a t for you, Leal, I should have

given up trying. Tho way was so dark

and the Savior seemed so far off with

^no Mrthly friend to lead mo to him,

ahd t h a d «b often wondered why you

in your happiness oared not that I

wabderad ont in tho gloom."

I Tho'rebuke" io gently given was

n i r i t«d i nd did L m I gbod. Her daily

pinyiiif ftt the yeitfi t h t l fbllowod was

winsome- Haitao woiid«r# watching with

peculiar tendoruew the upward growth

of the shy, loving J]riend who Was ever

near to cdunstl and help till Mamio

found and gladly accepted tho love

that glorifioB lifo and robs death of

every terror. J . L M.

Chattanooga, Tonn

Lot Yountr Po jp le Have Rocroa-

tlon

«b6 itatght itei^er i6feb u i oiip<)rta

iBUlnit

IfAl

1

! ih

Mi

I!* llimi'KN CAMI'IIKI I

.\ lady dcolurod to a (rieiid of mine

not lonn! since that her dauKbtrr, tunc

loon yc.irs of BKO, bad novtr read a

novel, and that this was thu way to

brini? up daughters in this fast and

wickr.l am'c Iler Iriend disagreed with

hor Two or ihreo days later that same

Kill a briRht, wide awake creature—

oatnc to the friend's house. She snun

tcred up to the largo and well filled

book ease, and, as she glanced over tho

litlfN of the liookH, Haid " 1 vc never

read one of Dickens' or Thacteruy'H, or

Cooper H, or llnwtborni'» - no nor . liH l

Mulock s, or (icorgo Kliott'n works"

• The frtcnd said oho sup|>osod she [ire

fcrrcd histories and biographies ' ( )

no, indeed, not that dry .stuff, whi ii 1

can get out of it," she replied, laughing,

and ibon naniod over a list of French

novels she bad read books any pood or

modest woman oupht to blush to peep

into.

.Vnolht r innt^nco canio to my knowl

edge of an eminent Methodist divine

bringing his .son to a crrtain college

The pupils boarded around town inst !ad

' o( in tho college buildings In much

evident anxiety, the father begged a

Mr. Ii to take the boy into his own

family, odding " I want you to promise

never to lose sight of him Ho has ab

solutely no knowledge of the world or

its evil w.iyfi Tom has been kept re

markahly free from nil contact with

other boys. We havo had private

tutors for him, and he has always been

carefully watched." Mr H reminded

the gentleman that he had daily busi

ness of his own which demanded his

attention, and could not promise to

undertake such a difficult and responsi

ble task, l ie also remon.^itrtted with

the clergyman upon bringing up a boy

in this way, who must meet the world

and mingle with all kinds of men

They differed decidedly, and the father

left Tom with a Jieavy hc.ir' And no

wonder—it was like tii, n ng loose

a young eolt which had hcretoforo been

tied up. Before a month was over, the

boy had been sharply reprimanded by

tho fteulty, then a second timo, and

when tho iOdstcr holidays arrived, ho

was sent home as incorrigible. Some

kind littlo woman sighed over him and

said; " i'oor boy, it was wiekod com-

panions who lod him Ofctray. What a

pity ho had not boon kept at home! "

What a pity, rather, that when at homo

ho had not been allowed moro liberty

with wiso and sympathctio suporvision,

sent to Rohool with othor boys, and,

with his father's approbation and help,

had wise and proper entertainment

Young people must havo amusement

and recrcation; it is natural, and when

nature is thwarted, it will revenge itself

by branching out dwarfed and disflg-

ured. No, mothers and fathers, mingle

with your girls, and esp«oially your

boys; enter into their games; win their

lovo'afld' ponfldenod; and the'reanlt-

will richly Wp*y you. Rdad their bodkfi

and 'th«y wi l l ' be moro likel/'fo rMd

yoqn, u d talk With them ibottt their

r«adln^:^ I t Ukea wmo t t^ t t lo und

tlinA, btit' It if tImo welfipebt,^ frb-

wer* i s ^ i m to

us to •h i i kand tnnii«ff)OC tonl tnn-

derstund and rale with an iroo fhijDd.

I t is » grievous mistake to indul|^ and

pamper our obildren, but is it not as

great a ono to roHiso to remomber our

own youthful days, and insiat on our

gay, merry youth turning into old men

and women in a flssh ? I t is not tho

novels, cards, and danoiog that bring

boys to destruction; it is the want of

control, tho wrong way of using inno-

cent and healthful rooreations ' Teaoh

children, lino upon line,thoduty of aelf-

government and ro»traint. Boys can

not be kept in a glass eano forover

There must come a timo when they will

meet temptation and evil Tho prac

tioally religious way is to prepare them

to resist it, not by keeping every thing

from them that might lead to evil, but

by a wise and modorate use of tho gifts

sent to UN.

l>o wo not wish our children to look

upon UN as their friends and best ad

viscrii, and is u natural for them to do

so if we arc unsympathetic and forbid

thoni amusements which are their lo-

gitimate right ' Depend upon it, thej

will either deceive us, or, if loo con

scientious for that, barriers will arise

between us, and their youthful ilays

will bo embittered and filled with a

sense of ipiustice and wrong

OtrlB anil Tholr PhotORraphn

I,earn to say no when asked for jour

photograph by some one not especially

dear to you There is in that little

word much that will protect you from

evil tongucF Learn to think that your

face is too sacred to decorate tho apart

mont of Tom, Dick or Harry, no

matter if each ono of the three

is one of tho pleasantest fellows

in the world. When tho sun im

printed in black and white, just how

sweet and how dainty you look, it did

not mean that the picture should havo

incense in the shape of tobacoo smoke,

or dubious praise in the form of a dis-

cussion of your points rendered to it

I live awoy your picture with discretion

Ikiucmber that some day will come

along I'rinco Charming, who will have

a right, the right owned by the mai ter

of the heart, to ask for tho oounterfeit

presentment ol yourself after ho knows

that ho is going to havo tho real girl for

his own Think how mortified you

wuuM tic il he should discover that the

giving away of your photograph has

boon almost as general as tho invitations

to your Mow Year's par y. Think how

bo will feci if he sees y ur la -e looking

ovor the mantol-shcif in Uuk s room-

Dick whom he knows t be a braggart,

and a man for whom he has the utmost

oontempt! Then just learn to say no.

Do n't display your photographs to your

men friends, and you will not have this

pleasant task ; but if yon should do it,

and havo not tho courage to say tho

littlo monosjilablo, bo wise and refer

thorn to papa —/>««/('«•»' I/ome Journal.

COMFORT, INDEEH.—Not many days

ago a gontloman had taken affeotionato

loavo of his wife atid daughter for a

throe months' trip abroad. The child,

a lovely girl of tw6 and a half'^ears,

stood by a chair with her thamb in'her

mouth—a favorite paatimc, and td' her

a panacea for all her childish ill*. She

watched her mother for a ftnw momoita.

saw the teara filling the lovely'iByu and

droppinji. one by one from her cheeks,

then went to h«r '«ide,,andj with a com-,

foritng tone, looking pltlftilty iip,to'her

AMl ' sa l d : " Mititma, itiek 'ob (bin 1

1

J

m Y O U l

No. UT-¥ .JUi may,

P 0 8 T . 0 F W C B .

DKAK Ciiiu.)aKN :

After the first Sunday of April

I'nolo Orren, littlo James, and I , ox-

puct to go to Memphis, whero little

.lames and I plan to stay until after tho

•Southern Baptist Oonvenlion in May,

so 1 do not give you a Ilible Queer i

.Story this woek and will not give I another for several weeks, because I (

will not havo tho time to give to the

anHwers while in Memphis. Wu are ;

having a very interesting time with

ihcm, and I hope you will all bo ready |

to go to work again on them when I j

return. You are getting along nicely

in your funds too. 1 havo HO («r re

rtoivcd fully twelve dollars a month this

year, and now only look what a big '

fund wo havo for March It is true the

large majority of tho donations are

nickels and dimes, but they make dol

lurs and we may have our twelve dol

lurs again. Let us determine not to

raise less than twelve dollars a month

ihis year. That will make only one

hundred and forty-four dollars, and two

hundred is our goal We have not

raised less than two hundred dollars

(or several years—at least five—and we

must not fall back this year with this

host of new cousins that are joining i

(Mirband. But I mnst not take room from '

I hem to say more for there aro about I fifty waiting at the door. While in i

Memphis I hope to be able to write

you a littlo letter each week telling of '

the many pleasant things I see and

hear. Bat for this timo, good- bye.

Lov i ng l y , AUNT N O R A .

Now a few more words about our

last Queer 8tory-Tho Seven Fisher-

men. I havo roceivod several more an-

swors, but from thorn all I can only add

tho name of Krnost Rushing to tho

pcrfcot ones. 1 am sorry to soo so

many of them stumble over tho last

word of the Story, " brake." This is a

stumbling-block I guess wo will havo

to break, so get your dictionaries, chil

dren, and go to work on it.

Beulah Conwoll—Your letters and

Htories have been received, and I guess

ere this you have seen them noticed,

for I know they have been. So send on

your money and whateverel.se you have

for us.

Answers to Bible Queer Story-

liaising of Lazarus from tho dead.

Get out your dictionaries, my young

friends, and let us clear away another

SIumbling block (which is, of oourso, a

little verb), for wo havo thirty nine an

swers to this story, and twenty three of

them would havo been perfect had thoy

not tripped ovor this verb in my

"entenco, " where their brother W e . "

The mistake was first made by the omis-

sion of " was " before it. Several oor-

rectod it by supplying " was " and

others by changing it to the active verb,

lay," and I think they should have

credit for it, hcnco I make a division

among you.

When you open your dictionaries

look at tho two verbs " lay " and " lie, "

and you will sco t h a t " lio " is an active

verb, and " lay" a passive verb. So it

must be that their brother either lay

thcro or was laid there. I f you do not

understand ask some ono who can ex-

plain. I havo not spaoo to say moro

about it.

Pcrfcot onos—Thonms McGregor,

I'illa Vann, Hallio Garrott, Mallio

•lohns, Kattia Moses, Florrio Hushing,

Katie and Louisa Bracket, Bcttio

Mathes, Callio Caino, Ernest Hushing,

Beulah Greefa, Ora Green, llobbio

Longmircj Tishie and Lela Cadwoll,

Hattie Jones, Maud MoKinstry.

Perfect, except " l a i d E s t h e r

Wingo, Nora, Nance, Ella Wallace, Li-

MtU Short. Bobert,. Sullivan, James

Mrytlo Williamson, AnnleCo*. ,

Tho«o htving only one misspelled

word-Lllllo Shlpe, MaUio Blackwood.

Annie and Bttth Laak. Isaac TIgrett,

Sweet MWM. NMI BlntflUr, Archie

Binning, Olga Mtoore. ? Some o f t h * t ;*on»ot*d the verb

At NT NORA Did you receive my

correction to " .Sham,*{ar." I do n't

think I missed any of the words you

mentioned as " stumbling-blocks," hut

I may have missed some other

K.STI1EH WINDO

1 do not remember. K,ther It may

have come too late. .My time and

spaoo do not always allow mo U) give

mention of those who gel their answers

in tardy

AI NT .NOIIA Last week I had so

much writing U) do that I pointed out

the mistakes and got brother to write it

off I havo started to school and iuj

busy all the time, and I am afraid that

' I will havo to .|uit writing off the Bible

I Stories, but I will try my best to keep

" P TI IOMAH M H J R E O O B .

Sorry to hear you talk of leaving us,

Thomas, we shall hardly know how to

( get along without you. Your last

" Story " had only one mistake, " mor

sil."

D K A B A I N T N O R A Y O U asked

where did we get all that about Solo-

mon and the cup fow Sundays after

the (juestion was asked in the Young

South wo heard our pastor toll it in a

sermon on tho " Wisdom of Solomon. "

A friend asked him where he read it,

and ho said in ancient history. Wo

knew it was not found in the Bible, for

we had studied all about Solomon in

our old Bible Portraits," but we i

thought if it was not true he would not '

preach it. With love to you, I'nele '

Orren, and littlo James, wo will dofo.

T IHI I IK AND LEI .A CAt>« ER.L.

I t is always proper, dear girls, to say

a thing of this kind is legendary when

it is (as, no doubt, your pastor did) for

fear some ono should think yon found

it in tho Biblo. That is all.

D K A H AUNT N O R A : May I join

your corner ? I like to road tho cousins'

letters. I corrected tho Biblo Story

the best I oould. Father took tho

BAVTIHT AND LLBFLISCTON whon J . M.

Robertson was editor. Ho took it a

long timo. Ho quit Uking it. Along

in Ootohor bo oommoncod again. Aunt

Nora, I saw Mr, K. K. Folk in March

at tho fifth Sunday meeting. • ! havo

an unolo in Now Mexico. His name Is

ilov. J . T. Lightfoot. The Biblo Story

is in Judges. Samson killed them with

the jawbone of an ass. I will send a

two-oent stomp for Brother Diss's

picture and five oonta for Cuba. Good-

night. IlANNiDAr. LioiiTrooT.

Jersey, Tenn,

D B A B Auirr NonA: I wrote to you

about three weeks ago and have never

seen my letter in print; so I guess It

h u I w n lost, so I will write to you

again. I ^11 try to eormt the Bible

yonr

' © f l o ^ m

with a Jawbone of an tm, ( M W Q

sand at oco time., So I will d o i k ' ! '

Jersey, T«nn. Jonw LwHtlrobK

Next time copy my story, John , and correct it.

D E A B A U N T N O R A : I t has been so

long since 1 have written to you I ex-

l>cot you have forgotten mo. But I

havo not forgotten you. Aunt Nora, I

expect to go to Boonvillo tho first Sun-

doy in March and stay a week with our

pastor, Brother Archer. And I expect

to go to Memphia to soe my cousin, too,

before long. Well, I will not write any

more as it is getting loto and I will

havo to help mamma. F will send a

stamp for Brother Diaz's picture. I

will not send any money this timo. I

will

correct tho Biblo Queer Story as

best I can, and I hope I will bo among

tho perlcct ones. So I will close with

love to you, I'nele Orron. and tho

cousins, M A M I K BUOWNINO.

Wenasoga, Miss.

You do not seem to understand how

I want my stories corrected, Mamie. I

want the story I give you corrected in

I every particular, and then eopicd and

I sent to mo. Try them again. Littlo

I James and I expect to spend the month

of A pril in Memphis. Brother Dial's

I pictures have at last arrived, and I

think I sent joiirs last week. Did I

not ?

i D E A U A I NT NOIIA I have been

j reading the Young South, and thought

! I would

join the cousins. My father

I takes t h e BAPTIST AND ITEN.ECROR. I

like tho Bible Queer Stories, and I

have correetcd three. I am going to

school, and I

am in the sixth grade.

Our school will bo out in two moro

weeks. I am fourteen years old. I

will send two cents for Brother Diaz's

picture. L I I , I . IE SH IPE .

Adair's ("reek.

.\ll right, Lillie. Come and be ono

of us. Your stories came just a little

too late for notice, and as [ write this

your answer to tho ono this week is

handed me and the one for next week.

Send tliom in as promptly as yon can.

D E A R AI;NT .NORA : Will you allow

another little cousin to join your happy

band? My papa takes tho BA I ' T I 8 T

AND BEFI-KCTOR, and I enjoy reading

tho cousins' letters very much. I am a

littlo girl ton years old. I belong to

tho Sunday-school at Rutland. My

tcachcr is name Miss Sophia Mark-

ham. I liko her very much. I

will send five cents for Cuba, and I

send a sUmp for Brother Diaz's pioturo.

I will closo for fear of tho wasto-bosket

LILMR G. JACKHON.

Beckwith, Tenn.

luivo rotttfaod'faoiM

health. Tboy^o re aelf.

visiting tho a* A l p o m

hardahipa aBd^lMvttionti ^

in preparing for tht ir gmjk

one can batadmiro i l i i i IIISBI

their consecrated i«ai '>jto

I regret that I havo no KOD«y tat for the Atrtheranoo of

heart is in the work. I

and oonatontly that God WEQ^,

effort<i of our miationariea pltiti

ant success. , W a u i l f ^ Q i

Jackson, Tenn. „

Wc are very glad indood to got tbia .

word from Jackson, Willio, a a d ' y dw^

testimony as to the eoBMcmt^ aM l o f

tho 'self-helpers." Wr i fowig i lk i .

D « A B A U S T N O B A : I thDOghi. i

would write to yon, as I havf aWrTv^

written to you before. l a a «

gir: tw^ve years old. I

two dead and four living, and BIM tw» ^

brothers. One of thwaia ' J

Wo have a Sunday sehoil i o X S J U f V

a mile from our home, at HioknuUM ^

church. I attend

Sunday. My papa iavsaperintendmi

Papa takes the

FLECTOR, and I • « j o y ^

Young South

you will find ten cenU for the T o a a t "

South Chapel, and alw^a^j i twip f ^

Brother Diax's picture. '^f ft^J^'f'.

Hickman, Tenn. J « M l i SMmfcSf ^

I want my story copied and BiM t i n *

one in the Bible, Jelsie. T i ya i ^n . ' ^ '

Your ten cents went to Caha as i t waa^

too lato for Mexico. I suppose yoo aro

willing.

HU V V

4 td 1 -U. <

Por 00 -. ( I

" l i i M " so n t M i r r r i 7 T / • : t . < S r • corr«dt the Blb e .warmly dlaotuied thli f^fd l o n l c l y l hated not to bo able! Story. I find twenty-ilx. mistake, in ' i h r I o d J S T 3

D E A R AI ;NT N O B A : I can't an-

swer all the fiucstions you asked, so

will only answer ono. I think this story

tcaohcs us to pray to God, and to Hlieve

ho will answer tho prayors of tho faith-

ful. Do you care for us using dictiona-

ries'Z H A T T I X B . G A B B I T T .

By all moans uso yonr dictionariea

when you are not certoin about the

spelling of a word. But be euro to

take it now and look at " layod " as (ho

past tense of the verb lay. Yon spellod

it so in tho sentence." Lado him on ^ e

bod." (• , I'ft'-jf./

D I A B A U K T N O I I A : I bBveJuatro*'

turned fVoro a aearion in tho 'J.' ft. O .

Society' of "Kollglom * Inqtiliy.

question. " Do the S^lptiirttr"tMo1i

tho^ posolbllKy ' i f

,warmly d ^ t u i e d thlitai^^^

March—1890, ^

Mr. Longmire,40e«nt«: CUIiiC 20cents: C a « e i e O a i n « . l d S ^ nio McDowell, 10 oenta: ohard, 10 cents: Bertha, eonta, Ltllte Jackaon. 6 COB Norvoll. 10 oont»: Orvol «

Lilhe Barksdale. 10cental ner, 4 cenra; Myrtle » cents; Beth Snsnng, lOoea Ilessio Susong, 10 o«nt«: 10 cents; R a f a e l Flinn, <10 Rutlcdge. 5 oent«; Bob 10 cents; Charile B ^ , It, Arnwine, 10cent*; FlaviaaI ^ n t e : Isaac Tigrett 10 oe^t Vaughan, 10 oenta; Merti i ^ eenU; .Birdio Bay, 10 oeatfl Banner. 10 mbU ; Not* J Maud MoKiii EfiBe Stottii ojnta; Ha t t i o Jo Mathea, 10 oe oenta; Aubrio Oakley, 5 oentij cento: Walter, Stoke y and Stokely, l . o w t r 6 oenta; iMde I Kaatea, lOfioenfil] p cento

Sndio ^ r d n e r . l O M i t i t oento;Noti NBBOBi id i ' Cor -

WB liroBi

StathBia /•BBlBgl and f u i

S A T S ' .

10 MBt*.

m >-••.':• •'"(J

I fe-:

k o w e l t

l l o m e E v i d e n c e b » woo m m * M

bMM aqttkl to Uood'a taiMiwrtll*. la IMMB, IfaM., wbero II la mad*. It i i now, aa It baa |M«a for jrtan. Uio leaOlug nwdlcUM for p«nQtW UW Mood, ana tonlnf aua •tnngtlwnliig tha ajmtcm. Tblt" gaod nnme It kMDO" ia "a tower «f ctirngtli abma«."

. M w t M lequlw » Mluma r M p I O t« print all Lowell r«o|>)e

. r luf« aaM lit favor of Iluod'a Or ftortainiltla. Mr. Albert

B*t«*, ItvlDg at!» East t'lue 8(rt«t, ioWell, t(ir 15 fean

«mpto]r«l aj bota carpanter hy J. W. ncimeti, prnMaat of tbo Brie Telepliono Compuny, bad ft larfti rtinninc aora come tm liis Irg. wbkli troubled hUn a year, wlun lie iirgan in take Hood'aSanaiviirllla. Tliv «orc «o<>ii cicw l«aa la aUe. and In a abort time dJsaMH-an i

Jea. Dnti^y,3i4CtD-tral Html. LoWeU. bad P r a i SO awalUnta awl Inmpj on bla face and n«rk. " O O a B

HHH'" S a r s a p a r l l l a

rllla rompletely cun cl. Mia. C. vr. Marriott, wKc •>( iix' rir>i A<<-

aiftant fire EDglnc«r o( l^iwcll. iiiat (or tc jreara abe vra* troutiicd with lUimacb disorder and aiek beiMUcbp. wiitrh uotiiin)) relieved. The attacka came i>ii cvrry fi)rt-nlgbt. When abe waa obllcnl (•> uko her twd. and «aa unable to endure any nnup. 8hn took Uood'a Baraap»rtUa, aiiu aCcr a tiiiio the attacka ccawd entirely

Many more mlfbt be Riven bad wp rnnm. Ontlie recommendation nt p«oi>ie ur Urwrii, wb«kiiowiu.weaskruutotry •

Hood '8 Sarsap&rilla eoMbr*lldnin|UU. »l;tl»for|U rr,-par.-.l ..Ml, byO. L ROOD* tx>.. ApcMbm-anrt. I^wclt. Mua.

l O O Doses O n e D o l l a r UCH

CANE MILLS Mm^lndaand dim of Mitbi and Empomtor*

f^rSoigbitmandP^rtW.are roa<le br The

ttan b» aar other workii In the wnrlrt. They «r» "^J of the fWor. tfrmt nWrm .n j

E^pomtnr. ami lh» C ^ «Wporaft(r. Send for Caulr.<nio.

PrioM, and Ttie 8ot(ham Uand Boiik for isw.

astowy.

S r .

CHICAGO

ENGRAVERS SCHOOL

XJHURCH ~W0RK A

^ p e c i a l ^ .

Send for ^icultrs and

ffiMt. •

.Ml*-IcowH

I CURE FITS! tbedfaiMM ICKHESfla to rare the tiled fai DO

• e«ra. Send at , ^ ettleof mrlnfal. a».IPo»*Offli» » r M i n M . , i i

>j>' mmmnrntm

mmsssr^ J L E

CtmiOiM ImMi

MOtABytmrni

- I U t , 0 . a Ftr i i i ,<»fHI«h Point;^

H. 0. , bM m m p M tha of tli«

«haroh »t Orliodo, FU. H« iHli prove

qaita an Mquiiition to our Florid*

brethren, u d we eoDgrntuUte them.

—nr . J . S. Felix, it ia Mud. it Ukinit

hold TigoroTuly at Lynchburg, Va.

Crowda flook to hear him. Frwjdontly

pomona in large oumbora havo to be

turned away for lack of room.

~llev. 11. M. Rabb. of Milloniburg.

Ky., waa reoontly aiuiatcd in a inocting

by Ilcv. II A. Hagby, of Cynthiana, in

which fifteen were added to the church

by baptism, and one by IctUr—a good

report for the Millcrsburg church. Wo

rojoico in their prosperity. —^— ^ » —

Ar t Exhib i t ion.

Some of the moat uiagnifiocui paint-

ings over exhibited in thi» city are at

preaent at the Art Kxhibition, on ISroaii

street. The placo ia visited daily by

hundred)) of people, not only from our

city, but from the Rurrouoding country,

and noighboring towns. It will prove

beneficial to all thouc who attend and

Hludy the eharactcra rrpresentcd by the

ditferent pictures.

Groonovillo Baptist Ohurt-h

Whereas, our beloved pantor, Uov.

Will H Osborne, having received a

hearty and unanimous call for all his

time from the church at Jonesboro, j

Tennessee, to which ho has heretofore j

been g iving half his time, and |

Whereas, he, deeming it the will of j

the Lord to accept said call, presents '

his resignation to thit< church, to tnlie !

effect immediately, therefore,

Rinflcfil, 1. That wo accept in broth-

erly love his resignation.

2. That we, the Haptist church, arc

deeply imprc.iscd with a sense of our

obligation to him for his faithful, un

tiring and efficient work as our pastor

.'{. That wc arc deeply impressed with

his sterling character as a Christian

gentleman and minister, his highly

cultured and unexcelled qualities of

mind and heart, his scholarly and even

distinj^iisbed attainments as a preacher,

and his energy and faithfulness as a

pastor.

Whereas, we desire logive exproaaion

to the high estimation in which ho is

held by this church and congregation,

be it further

llf$t>lvfil. That a copy of these reso

Intions bo furnished him, and also that

copies bo sent to the Baptint and He-KI-ECTOR and the Biblical Recorder

with request for publication, and that

the olerk be directed to spread tbem

npon the records of the church.

J . K. P. Hali,, J . L . DRtrMMom), Geo B. Lyon.

Driic))ii».

Urecneville, Tenn.

r b i a k l P l i ^ alMMr , .

Alfow p o W ^ i i f m it will tandfli* the

prfMhittf of tlilf .^Mur hrotber that I

WM eD<iOBrag«d to VHmreM aa u y

Savior, and put on tho badfe of Ohri«-

tianity by being baptised at hla handi

in the ycMtr 18G0, when I was a lad of

fifVeen yean. Though separated soon

after by the war, and have been together

only one year since, we have always

been as father and son, as preceptor and

student, and in Christ brethren beloved.

Posaoiuod of a classical education, a

<lovout Christian, an earnest student of

tho word, profound in thought, ripe in

years and varied experience, Dr. Swin-

dall stands to-day a giant in Israel; a

wise expounder of tho word, sound

in doctrine, a faithful and fearless

proaohcr ol tho truth as it is in .Josus

Chrisl 1 love such nion for their

works' sake. (Jod bless their labors

and give them " souls for their hire."

.>lolville, La ( aM Siikhroi sr. I Tho "luostion was put in by tho

Knoxvillo editor, who did not have ao

ccss to the lists. We arc glad Itrother

Hherrouse turns up all right M.iy he

continue to prosper—-Kn |

J. o Polndoxtor.

—Whore is Brother C. M. Sherrouse, of Louisiana? His brother, D. D. Swindall, of Dardanelle, Ark., wishes to know. Who can tell him ? Not us. •^BaptiU and Reflector, FVh. 27fA.

. Having been a regular subscriber to

the BaptUt ainee 1H72, by reference to

your list yon might have located him in

answer to the request. But inasmneh

as yon did not, please permit me to say,

** Hera am I , " sUll in rank upon the

field aa a hnmble soldier of the erosa.

Following the axample set mo for more

than twenty yean by my good brother,

t have within the laat five yean been

moving t mjr waahing" ocoasionally,

not, towever, withont noUfying him of

tii« oungii. I oonfaM to the fpidt of not

lilKvfng written to him for qnita ntrhile,

m m tluui«jrear pnhajia. > Not beoause

Al a session of tho Bethel H^piist

church of Mornstown, Tennessee, I'ri

day, thel Uh of March, 1S!MI. the (oj

lowing was adopted

Whereas, our much csteeiuod pastor,

•I. (>. Puindcxter, who has gone in and

nut before us for the last six years,

faithfully and fearlessly breaking unto

us tho bread of eternal life, and pro-

claiming tho glad tidings of salvation,

has recently been appointed Colporteur

.Missionary of the American Baptist

Publication Society and tho Gonoral

Aa<«ooiation of Kast Tonnossee, to labor

among our peoplo in our own Kait

Tenncssoo, and has resigned his pastor-

torship of this church bo it therefore

R imlnd , 1. That in severing tho

connootion of pastor and peoplo, which

has bt'on so pleasant and profitable to

us, wc want to give public e.xpression

to the high esteem in which we hold

our late pastor, and our high appreoia

tion of his labors of lovo while among

us, profoundly regretting that oircum-

stancei have made his retirement nec-

essary

'1 We most heartily commend our

Brother Poindextor to our peoplo, and

all peoplo, whorovor in tho providence

of (>od ho may bo called ; and in parting

with him we earnestly invoko tho

richost blessings of God to rost upon

him, and earnestly hoping that his

labors may bo crowned with abundant

success. Gerard Miller, aerli

—Wo have bcon asked to publish tho

following: " T o correct n misappre-

hension prevalent in some quarters that

tho Christian Endeavor Societies are

not as closely related to tho local

church as a society that exists simply

in one denomination might be, the

trustees of the United Society of Chris-

tian Endeavor desire to have it pub-

lished broadcast that it is one of tho

fundamental principles of tho move-

ment that no Christian Endeavor So-

ciety owes allegiance to any other or-

ganiaation except ita own local ehuroh.

No taxes are levied and no authority is

exercised by the United Soeiety, which

exists simply to give information.

There is no hoard of control, no gov-

erning body that dictates or directs, or

in any way preaortbearnlea or regulations

eioept the ohnroh to whioh the Soeiety

belongs. I n thia respeet the Soeiety is

on Iheaamo hasia aa the Sunday aehool.

C I « M prilolp^M Ilia

noratwfktl, I j to tiw pladgo fo?^. the

'oolUNMnlio* Mi«et-

iog,sadlhiii^l|-qat oamnOlitM Th«i«,

being ladipMl i OonsCiCtilB * Ct ir ia^n

Endeavor Society, and laoh'^ aootety

doea ita own work (br its own ehnreh in

ita own way.

Every society of Ohristian Hndeavor,

like every Bunday-school, must of

couno necessarily and always be of the'

same denomination aa the ehuroh to

which it belongs, and be subject only to

its discipline. At the same timo, each

organisation has tho great advantage

and spiritual stimulus of belonging to a

great interdenominational movement,

with its oonvontions and its broad

Christian followship.

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R . A . W l L S O N " S

Arrri-DVil.i e r r c

" U H l ^ H f rOH HI ADACHEI * U PjiUOQll^ J I U THgM.

B-i^Mi i i i l

b l f i h V E R i l F U G E

I t a e e ^ t o t a e that mnehof tha dla.

eusaion (hat hat been foinf on in yonr

paiwr oo lh ia inbjeetis foraign to the

real qnwUon. W ,

In the l l ra t place, the "Univeraily "

advocated has, long ago.beeh diseussed,

and the ueeessity of anch an inatUu-

tion to the denomination understood

by the Baptiste of Tennessee, so

that as far back as 1874 they met and

rMolved to do the very thing some of

the brethren are now asking the Bap-

tisU to do, as evidenced by the follow-

ing extract from tho minutes.

" A t a general convention composed

of Baptists from the throe divisions of

the Sute-Kast, Middle, and West

renncssce—hold in tho city of Mur-

froesboro, April 10. m i . by delegates

representing tho olaims and wishes of

the different Associations, it was re

solved to loeato and csUblish a grand

university for tho Suto and Southwest,

and bring to tho support of tho same

the entire strength of the Baptists

throuKhout tho State and Southwest

by uniOoation in co-operation and sen-

timent, and make it the pride and boast

of the denomination."

At said convention a list of brethren,

not now neces-sary to mention, were

appointed as a locating oommitteo,

which comniitteo mot and after tho

discussion of various places located

said University at .Jackson, Ten

ncsBce, and reported tho same to tho

Tennessee Baptist Convention, asaem

bled in Trezevant. Tonnessee, August

I-, IH7I, when tho Convention adopted

said report, locatcd said University ap-

pointed a Board of Trustees, who

surtcd said i niversity and are now en

deavoring to carry out the aims and ob-

jects of the State Convention, which are

the very same as those advocated by

Charles B. Burke, now.

Then what is the use of discussing

the propriety of estal.lishing and locat-

ing such an institution at this late day ?

Tho Suto Convention can not do more

than it has already done. It has pledged

its honor to endow this institution, and

It seems to mo that every Baptist in the

State who loves the honor and fairnamo

of tho denomination and the Tenneiisee

Baptist Convention ought to bo ready

and willing to try to save the honor of

the same and make good its promises

and pledges. We owe t his to our csuse

and tho cause of our Master.

The only thing that I have been able

to see wherein these new writers differ

from what has already been done is in

the name, they proposing tho name

•Southern," while the original name is

Southwestern Baptist University. Bat.

if it will be more satisfactory to our

brethren, I suppose the Board of

Trustees will willingly strike out the

word "west," so that it will read

"Southern Baptist University." A

committee is already appointed looking

to a shorter name.

Now, what more do these advocates,

C. B. Burke, r/ al., want the BaptisU

of tho State to do ? They have done all

that he asks. In the charter, all the

powers and provisions are granted oven

to the CO operation of the various

Southern States, and the appointment

of trustees from the same, so there is

now only one thing to bo done—go to

work and work on till tho aims, ohjecta,

and needs of the denomination are

carried ont-that ia, raising the endow-

ment promised and pledged. My young

Brother Bnrke aajra (his will never be

done. Wel l . i f theTenneHMaBaptlata

will not carry out one ptumiae and

pladffa of honor, will thejr oany oat

another of the aame and for oxaotly the

same pnrpoae 7 Who or what oommn-

iii*r would, t n u i them l i ^ o o V S

. '^^JfoF.I whh ' t o aajrUiat . n r n M

j * ««I4 aaonriof hn t td l r ^

of OoDar^ alnoat daily to aaidendb#<

wen^ and the outlook'^ror, ahrgo en^

doinaont was never ao flattering aa at

thia tine.

The "great wealthy Baptist iit the

North, ' that my young brother likes so

much to apeak of, thinks our prospects

for endowment are good, hence he is

paying the salary of our financial agent.

And as my good young brother is ready

to go to work and help with his energy

and will to establish and endow this

grand university, I will a«k Colonel

Kosamon to send him a few bonds,

hoping ho may be able to raise en-

dowment enough in bis section to os-

Ublish a professorship by the timo tho

Sute Convention meets in ChatUnooga.

If I can get timo. and it is wanted by

your readers, I would liko to write one

more article for the information of our

brethren up there, on :

1. What wo have already done and accomplished.

U. The amount of actual endowment we have and tho investment of tbo same.

•J Tho progress tho school is making

and has made in the last four years

since my connection with the Board of

Trustees, that thoso brethren may know

tho real facts and sUtus of this instilu

tion. I am. hastily,

Seoiietakv Bo.\iid Of Tri steks .lackson, Tenn.

and eartala

BILE «

jfak«»'of

Mr. O. H. Spursreon On Hold ing Forth tho W o r d of Llfo.

In his magazine for February, 1,S!K(, M r. Spurgoon says :

A great doctrine, if it be never

preached or written upon, will bo for-

gotten. . There may bo suoh a

wide rej.^otion of sound teaching that

no faith in it may remain among tho

masses of the peoplo. Does any man

bclievo that a doctrine will win be-

lievers if it is never Uught?

I f our people never hear a word about

ProtesUnt principles, and aro daily

made familiar with Popish ceremonies

and teachings, they will return to

Komanism as surely as fancy pigeons

revert to tho old stock. Shut our eyes

as wo m»y to so groat a danger, it is a

grim reality. . . . I f the funda-

monul doctrines of the gospel are kept

b a c k , . . . our young people will bo-

eome unitarians first, and infidels after-

ward, as surely as eggs are eggs, . . .

False doetrinc flourishes in tho unre-

newed heart aa a weed indigenous to

the soil. . . . Not only ia the gos-

pel powerless without men's voices, it

is also powerless with them unless the

Holy Spirit applies the word with

power to the hearts of those who hear It.

But the divine Spirit goes forth with

surroundings of prayer, faith, and leal.

. . . Henee the need of those who

hold forth the word of life with earnest

ploatiing, generous giving, intelligent

obodienoe, and aoalous effort. , . .

Wo must preach the doetrinca of grace

more distinctly and more in Qetail.

. . . We must go over the element-

ary truths, for tho bulk of the popula-

tion do not know. Wo need not fear

repetition ; we ought to aim at it. . . .

The doctrines of grace must he taught

as carefhlly as if they were quite new.

for new they will ho to most minds now>

adaya. They have heard them -qarica-

tured and willfully belied, hot they have

never heard them expounded In their

aimplloily. • ^ t"®

Mle S ' a i ' m f f i J K ' i l f b ^ J i ®

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•(•mtornii <he Nnia... of Tna««

n»cl Ninoll.

m thTcurb.___ A particle |a applted tate'^b

a»r«.al)le. Price 80 cte. at OrogiUU i Utered. aOcenU.

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" f e s s » rinMre M d devptod

„ vr iMr of thU Qotioa ir f b r th i rUen 7wr8,aDd ttllyiMf tb»t ho oever, in

,«f o w tortjr ywiw. worked m o r a ooiiieertted Uhriatitn

th« church of which i n k m l0T«a tuembor mKoy y««r«, on

k b m h (l» the InteroBt of our 'Hilhool work) he missed her ever

•anny Dioe and her wsrm grasp of the bMid, and then on Monday bo visitod her .SAW denolate bome only to find hor Uro'Jo^elf daaghter* and bereaved hus-b t n f a t l t l o n e , trying like t rue Chris t iaa t to bear their sad IOHS. May Heaven heal up these broken hoarl«. T h e writer tried to be obeerrul while with t h e n , be«aa»e one of those lovoly l^rla waa quif.^ feeble, having been Rick e m s i n e e ber mother 's d'^ath. Biiiior €Hrt(ii waa b o m Angust 13,1837; wa» married to Brother W. W. Onifi« ()o tpb«r 2 .1853; Joined the Haptii«t church at the Mars Kill meetinit houdoin lH5t, died December 23 1889. 8bo lived the life of the rtMhteous, and so her last end was like his, a pesoeful and happy death. She wan buried near by the pew ohurcb bouse, and hur foneral aervices wore conduetod by bur present paator. Brother J . K. Bone, ID the presence of a largo and deeply moved assemblage of weeping friendB May we all ao live as that we may with her hMr the welcome, " Come ye blessed of my Father ," cto., is the wish o f h e r o l d p a s t o r , S. C. K v I N S

! M I S S N A N N I E G I L L . t i k e . smbjeet of this notice waa born io A n ^ t , 1864, was converted to the OhristTan religion, and joined the Bap-t i a t o h a r o h a t Charity, Moore county, Teno., in 18S2, and cloaod her earth y l i f t on the morning of tho laat day of the year 1889.

No*^ lanxnage can fully express the depth of Inuman sorroW over the death of^ loved ones, whether thoy are called

lorthe morning, at noon, or in tho J d f l i f t . We mourn for tho do

Ir* of the old and infirm, when the i n idi^tiea of life are past and thoir

i r e ended. Wo weep over tho t o I d % r m oi the little infant, torn from (Rearms of love and consigned to the

'ibraoe of death. We lament over tho okeo forms of childboad, as, in their

l U l M parity and sweetness, wo phoo Im.ia their last and silent abodoH of

B a t more deeply than all do we BTAom t h e fkte of the young, sum-

tioflea m the flush and bloom oi lito to W9rld when i t is Just uniold-

ibg to their vision its rich charma and invitin|t proapeets, and with all it^ bright hopes anreali ied and promises nnfalfllled. These reflections tnti nsify o ^ ^ n a w a t the death of Miss Nannie, wM-.had^ Just reached the full fl >wer and perfection of young womanhood, aoA'Whoae fu tu re promised a largo niMMire of nsefnlness and happiness. Bii%Maa!

. ' T Was decreed on tha t day. I n the oooboils of love,

3 JI«Kh's ties of affeotion to sever: # Aad ' they bore her away

T o the i rwona above, ;;iTa dwell there forever and over.

Aqic ionaj t i t opened

WiMted its m i r a n c e and bloom. Bo b e r f b r m in i u fallnesa A n d beauty we laid

To molder to dost in the tomb.

B e r sbnl has h o # flown ^ X o i t i h o i l n o i n t h ^ i k l r B ;

-Where comes never parting nor pain, WJieb the t r a m p ah t l lhavo blown, A M the.dsad shall arise,

' D then we will meet her again.

T I I K B I M M V N ' S .

Hniuii h iH u fill ifirlH Ellxl 1{<>S> aii'1 lii'iiilt(> itM-1 Lull filf iintH*'. I'lii'V iin- i.prliflitly iii u.nk iiii.l lirtt lK al llii Ir I AtiJ iin' .,.tt<ii I'vr Nmiirtn«.«H itixl wjl mul llrown n litaltliy. IIIN wifu IN fiitr. AnJ th.tr fm-rn lu**' fn**' trrnn wrlnkli-f) iirxl i-ur Till V «|» ni| nci m.iii. y (nr puwiliTx HIKI IHIIN. Am! iicvi-r 11 ildltar for iluctnrti I I I I I h .

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Till' i-i .I.-. t)V :in ixTiiM. iii.-il k.< ill. 11 llllM.ll

\<'m|il fiiirn sn km -s is IIm- l:»rl tliul I'II IH-'H (ioKli'n Mcilioal Discovery lliry liMiiilaiii of lifo ami Nlrcnf,'tli, juiri' .iiui

ilii' lir. iW Ti's in I iMiixc iif I )r. wliii'li i>i fho

ih h III llib. \v;iy tlicir syst. iiis an- furtili i i! tn w,ir<i off a l lm ks'ol fi vcr, . i i i i j i i l l i c r i l . ' i i i t r c r i M i s l i i x c i i ^ f x .

I'lii'si- iiiil s.i |>!ii(|cnt, wliii liiivi' Ixiiiiiic sdfTrrci-v fibril torpiil liver, iMli'iiism s.s, III " I.iviT ('<>iii|>laint,"'or fn im .my nf the inimnicralilc iIIH-i ;i>. s c.nisi-.l l,y iiM|«iir(< hlcxxl, will liiul tiir "<;(>l.l, n .Mi.(iio.il I)i»coviTy " ,i |MiMii\<' ii'iiifiiv for such <Us»'aso».

Ks|nTi:illy lia» tin- " Discovt ry " proiliK cil ilio most marvelous m r c s of all iiiaiin.T nf .Skin .mil Scalp .liKcasen, .Sail rli.-iim, Tot lcr , Ki'z.-iiia, Kr\ •.ilichiH, anil kimlrcd (lisoaN<'H. Nut lt• M wdnderfiil , have liccii iho ruivs i lTcclc.j l.y it in ca«<"H of " Kcvcr-sorcN," " W h i t e Swc-lliiijTH," " | I i | ) . joint ni-'caM'." aiiil oM Hopes or uIcitn. It aroiiNen all the excretory orijaiiM into ai t ivi ty, tliereliy cleansiiiiT and iiiirifyinf^ the system, freein(( il fniMi :ill manner nf lilooil-jioisiuis, im mat ter f rom what source they liave arisen.

"( ; . . l i len Me.lical Disi-overv " is the only Moo.l ami liver meilicino, u.lii l.y 'lru;,rgists, iiniler a |K>.slUv(> );unmiliiH> f i " m its maniifactiirers] of its l.«>nctiiin}r or cur ing in every case, or money paid for it will lie returne.l . Woid. i . ' s D I S P K N - S A K Y >iKr.i. AI, A.SWM I A T I O N , ManiifiK-turers, ilii:) .Main Street , liiiffalo, N. Y.

I i x r T B O E J 3 E 3 3 g A X >

septic soathiD, imd h.,llnK pn>pertle.of Dr. C ^ t J ^ i T l S r ' o U ' b ^ ^ ' M

^ " f J .1^1 . " .'in -- './// ' (, '

jpiH Ko MfistliiKMii do ioatioetottiiiudqiis aafl p ^ MbMtttjrottDlinvaiTMintlin. luiministiUnfai nnpletair itaddad with h«lU offlowtn on* foot In reumftmieii, whoM p«tel( cnrra gn id which m tnm rtaltadwiibKt>*< lOwth, th« wbol* nmlDbllnib more

_ M mkiiM of HOT-THin OSim HUMI lM«in to form wma Ida* of th« bmnlr 01

'. Tonr|pud«n«m not ba compute •MDoteMtain tha"Osmci niwranTi

laaabaantjrot oompletalr sti olreumftmie*, whoaa patela cnrra gneafail/Inward, •nd which m tnm ua rtoltadwiibaipMUlUrbairr-IIko CMwth, tha wbola ramtDblln|b mora thM anjrUilas •laa, mluwM of HOT-THITIOSTUOIHUMB, and f ou thon

of tha bmnlr Of thla rojal flowar. Tonr Rardan will not ba eoimiMa this aMuon uitdoaanoteMtain tha"osmci r inranmniii i im."

tPtaln and fnU iiwtmoUoiu/oroultur* wlUi aaoh ordor.) mot,—for fiM planti, nrtaln to Horn, 40e. oaeh,

, tkr—pliiitifor St I ttvtn planU/or^Si twtliu plauU \tor$a. rr*tbtmall.

.With vftrir otdar for • atnufla plant otr moM will

T P E i r a F C H R Y S A N T H E M U M

mntAlthtmHuHii).

P E T E R H E N D £ R S O N ^ C O * 4 N E W Y O R K

baaantaraiUnuranparbOatalognaof'ITnnilia rat m Oiun ''<tha prtoa of which la » oanti). on oon-diUoQ that you will aajr In mhatpaptr gou «u* thliad-MrtlumtHt. Olab nidata tor TlUlt IITtI or TVIITI

ia oaa hava the OaUlo||ttaaaDt,wban daalrad. to tha kn itSUB of aaoli inombar eomprlaltm thaaas^ pro^idiidtfwiV*ti>atthopaparUnamad. wHA

J . R . Q I I A V P S a c S O N . PROr'itttnpfliii^

Ho. 347 Mala t l , IIBllPBtir«Binr.,

WiU Keep a M M o All tlie Standard I t ^ Baptist puhli

uations. , All the best Baptist Sunday 80I100I

IwkB, helps and Utrarles. All the best books needed for MiniH-

tera' Ubrariee and helps for Ute pulpit and etudy.

All the Standard Church Manuals and Baptist histories.

All the best Hymn and Song books for d iorcbes , Revivals and Sunday Schools, in both roond and shaped notak

Will be made an especial feature of tho House. All the veiy best and •cheapest styles of Biblee and Testaments in all versions published in America wilj bo (ounJ here. Tho Double or Parallel Bible, the very best for tlie family and die pulpit, will be • specialty, and also, a rare and splendid line 01 books for children and young people.

Our purpose is to mi&e the House a Bible and Book Supply for agenta an<l canvassers where they can get easy t«rmfl, largo discounts, and Save Freight. An agent wanted in every ansotjiation In the South. Address

I . R . C R A V E S & S O N . M e m p h i s , T o n n

D A N C I N G . T h o u s a n d s havo q u i t on reud

i " g " T H E U P A S T E E E . "

Send ton c e n t s t o

W . E . P E N H , Eureka Springs. Ark.,

O r B A P T I S T B O O K H O C B I ,

Noflhvillo, Tonnossco.

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THEOHLTLIRE RDHHIRG SOLID TRAIHS

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L O m s V I L L E - " I M E M P H I S with PULLMAN BUFrKT SLEEPtMO

OAItS n t O H luid TO

L O D I S V I L L B , H E H P H N , V I 0 I 8 B U B 0 A N D

H E W O R L B A H S , T I T • E L P M S . Thla lloa la (horoufbly aqnippad, aad in flm-

olaaa oondltloo and (•roridaa Utwaan I/oulitllit and Mainphia a O O U S L A D A U T Sasvica WITH PAaboaUAsa on Dar Tralnaaad oil^raan axnl-lant arran|«want of llaa and tknMih aan.

^ A featora la tha tlmaind sdvanUfM iWttrwl br thf ImlM axpraatialBa i, Tha "llmliad" laaflng al 10,oe a. OI.I Iraa at Mamphli

laarlai" ' •t B p. m,., dallr, wntaa LouUrlUa at «7w a. ni.-paiy a Blght'a rld^and altaa aa aatira d n (or

oilnaaa or PIMMUN la « 1 I M aitv MTK •ALY «»• TnoawM.

and ihd vole to M ^ la Ea*t«"> t aMlu i rEa t . Oopnw-a a t f a i a t f i m Mad* ID

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L H i n i w t l t t l u

proportionate ^ ^ . i jeod TOOR Q O N T R L ^ T I ^ E U H E R ; & A S & B O

VV, .^fdiaw; % k « Q n . Teiin. , fcr t h e Sdutb.WBslero^ Baptist XJnivewity, oi-Prot. . JohoT . Henderson, Mossy Creek, Te^n,, for Carson and Newnjan College.] tfovm W E 8 T K M B A P T I S T U N I V I B S I T Y .

S A W ! " * A H D R L I J L I I ' J T O l l T F) (M)

Mill Creek oburoh 5 (X) MM. K . M lUteliff, Orango, Cal. 1 00

Hooper. Wall Hill , M i s i . . . . . . f^) (Quite

a number of brethren gave to thiscauNoat the Convention, We do not remember their names.)

C A R S O N ANI> N E W M A N C O I . I , K ( J E .

f>F' Ww. Smith . Mossy Creek , . . 10 OO ^ 'J ' i t tanooKa, . . , . . 15 (.7

iliKMMO Asmnation. .v. I.** 00 T. J . Allison I'iney, i INI French llrosd Church 4 INI Second Cliuroh, Knoxville, l.-> INI Mouth of Rlohland Church .R, INI Third Creek, by W. S. I>uDcan o i , lennessee A'sociation IHI ' Mrs. Ju l i a T. .Johns, Jefferson, j

Tenn 1 00 r ' t i ^ t^rofon .-i 00 J . i H . Ua»ter, Cliandomville, 111. IH (HJ •'ol'Mon !ty Church 01 N . J . P h U h p s . tvi t b- ?»«etwator 1.00 J . K. P. I l a l U r M i M v i l l e 17.00 1 wp churches, llolston Association 7 (M) ' Ladies Missionary Society l»t Uap-

t ist eharob, Nashville 15.00 l>f. M o n ^ m e i w , Alossy C r e e k . . . . 1 00 Friend of Missions, Salem Asso'n. .2..W N. J PbUlips and wife, Blount-

villc f 00 r^"?! A- Blountvillo " 50

•1. H. Anderson, Nashville 5 (K) B A P T I S T A N D U E P I . E F T O R 5 (K) l)andrldte ehurcb 3 50 I' rencb liruad church »; 50 Mouth of Rlohland oh oreb <> 17

WoHsy Creek. 2 M D. ( . Maples and wife. Mossy

C r e e k . . . . \ lexandor Morimn, .Mossy Creek J . II. Baxter, Illinois

KA9I.EVIU.E S<!HO«l. Mill Crook church J . V. Akin, Shelhyville Mrs Putman. Walter Hill 2 00 n ^ iw^ ' "? ' lo !t.r,

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RNITURE, MATTRESSES, Elc. No. 2 2 8 North College Street,

Telephone 020. NASHVILLE, TENN.

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uwp. lAVa vtih eouranMn '^dli^t jrewi rt wholoMle prtm tbM btte no tfento. ' of tk«a , and u their

itwl, m d ftll g o ^ . to •pproval (they If not ijtiarMtory),

no ritk« Their aixtj-o*t»logii« wilt be

J to My tddreos. Send for it. 2Soam-12t ^

BM^lMm'i Pills oare alok headache. 3

brMtli of » ehronio catarrh p«ti«nt i l often M offeniive that he be-

(tH oWoot of dbgnrt; After a ' t i i ^ n l o m t t o n nets in. the apoqgy bon«| are nttaoked and frequently en-Ureljr deatvoyed. A oonsUni touroe of lUmmfoirt it the dripping of the paru-lent^eeretiona into the t h ^ t . s o m e -timefe t r a c i n g inveterate bronohitis, vUidk in ita torn baa been the oxoiting o»»e of palmonary diieaae. The brill-i*nt i«ntlta whioh hate attended iu nae i b r yean neat properly dwignato S l j ' e Oream Balm aa by far the boat and (M^

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A letter sigued James M. Whiton was pnWishod on February (], defend-ing tho CougregationalisU oftho United Sutes who believe " that tho a t o D n m e o t is UDiversal, and that every man will have an opportunity to reoetvo its blessings" after death, if not bsfore. He oontenda that they sre moro con-sistent than those who bold "New Calvinism," and says, " The prominent, thoaeh not tho only point, about whioh thia five years' heresy hunt has turned is thifl: The carrying out by the Andover men of tho doctrine of universal atone-ment, aaaerted in tho Seminary oreed, to ito logical conclusion. Old Calvin-ism msserted a limited atonement and consistently applied it to the elect only. Now Calvinism affirmed a universal atonement, but inconsistently held to a partial application of i t The Andover position is that Ood will, at some time, and in some way. be Christ to every man." "They admit tho hypothesis that the redemptive work of Christ may extend into the middle state and up to the final judgment."

W ^ t Sir. Whiton calls Now Calvin ism is the view of atonement and re-demption which was advocat«d by Andrew Fuller in his later years, and which was opposed by Abraham Booth as at variance with tho tcaehinj? of Scripture. Fuller hold that rodemp tion is "doliveranoc itself" (Works, vol. ii , p. 524), but that atonement docs not relate to sonic moro than to others, that sole result is that it bos j removed every thing whioh " hindered j any alDner from returning to God," (p. , 521.) that men are saved not by the efficaoy of atonement made for them persoaally; but by the " sovereign pleas-ure of Ood," as to who arc brought by the Holy tipirit to trust in an atone-ment made for sinners in general. Ful-ler suted his view thus ; " The par-ticularity of redemption consists in tho sovereign pleasure of Ood with regard to the persons to whom the atonement shall be sppHed." (Works, vol. ii., p. sao)

To this tlew Mr. Booth objected that redemption and atonement do not differ in sztent; that " both are tho imme-diate effeets of Christ's death viewed in different points of light" (p. 621;) that Mr. Fuller's definition of atonement " retained litUe if any thing more than the ume of atonement" (p. ft24), and thftt though atonement does manifest God'a hatrtdtoisin, yet its prinoi ; derign is not, as'Mr. Fuller said, <o •bow 7 Mabatrad to sin. but his lo e

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by the Holy Spirit; " that atonement is » work " without us, its application a work within UA." 2. He objects that this view denies to tho desth of Christ the glory of being, as Scripture says it is, the greatest expression of divine love, and makes the work of the Spirit who saves men a greater expression of divine lovo than the work of Christ, whioh Mr. Fuller said saves no one; but, aa to itself, leaves luen " to final perdition " (p. 85). 3. That this view is utterly inconsistent with the efficacy ascribed to the atonement as a " se-curity against the final condemna-tion " of those for whom ho died. (Rom. viii. , v. 8, 9 (p. 83). 4. That this view denies that those for whom atonemect is made are the same persons who are declared just, as it is said, " Who was made sin for us, that we might be made the right-eousness of God in him." (2 Cor. v. 21.) " Delivered from our offenses, raised again that we might bo declared right-eous." (Rom. iv. 25.) Then, accord-ing to this view, " there u no ceruin connection between atonement and jus-tification." With regard to atonement it puts, " Popes and Judas on a perfeot level." (p. 8a.) 5. He objects that this view makes the principal design of the death of Christ—tho showing of God's hatred instead of his love; his hatred against sin. instead of his love for sin-ners. ti. He objects that no manifesta-tion of hatred against sin can make " tho exercise of saving more consistent with the claims of justice; " that all the pains of hell have no such ten-dency. (p. 92.)

From what Mr. Whiton says, it ap-pears that belief in the universality of atonement, combined with belief in its efficacy, has led to (Jniversalism, so that Now Calvinism has bocome re-sponsible for leading on to this per-nicious error. Fuller seems to have feared that efficacious atonement would be inconsistent with tho proclamation of tho gospel to all; as if it were possi-ble for Ood to promise salvation to some for whom no salvation is provided. Old Calvinism, doomed by the Synod of Dort. is that tho death of Christ is of " life giving and saving efficacy; whioh asserU itself in all the elect; to endue thom with justifying faith, and thereby infallibly bring thom to salvation."

W M . N O R T O N .

the froit that grows on i t Christ is the propheey, and Christianity is the fnlflU-ment—the history. Christ is the text, and Christianity is the sermon that legitimately grows out of it. Christ is the head, and Christianity the body, fitly jointed in all its parts, and work-ing to the inerease of itself in lore. Christ is tho husband, and Christianity is the frugal, chaste, prolific wife, that reveres sod loves her Lord. Christ is the master, and we are his obedient, trustful, diligent slaves. Christ aUnds for his people, and his people sUnd for him. Christ and his people are one. He is touched with every feeling of thvir infirmities, and the man that neg lects the least of his brethren, offers an insult to him, while the man that favors the least of his brethren, honors him. As the husband and the wife are one, so Christ and his church are one.

If all thia be true, what manner of men ought we to be in all holy oonver-sation and life ? How can we consent so to enshroud our light as to hide the fsce of our Lord ? How can we join a trnce with sin and give ear servioe to the enemy of our ^ T i o r ? And yet many who profess^ lore him do just that thing. If you were to serntinise their lives and words never so closely, you would scarcely find a trace of the life of the Safior reproduced by them. They seem wedded to tho world, and it may be that tho lovo of the Father is not in them. If we may judge a tree by its fruiU. what judgment would be moot for thoso who " wear the livery of heaven to servo tho devil in? " What is the judgment of the worid ? What is the judgment of tho brethren ? What is tho judgment of jour own heart, my dear brother? Do you reproduoe Christ in your life ? Is he honored by your profession of regard for him? What is your relation to him? Can you say, " For mo to live is Chris t?" If not, repent, do your first works, and live to honor him. J . N. H a l i ^

head of tha ebnreh. l ^ c prinoipla smaoka too- . f CVoperatioo {a vii^t^^^pnrftal^jiai^ religions work, bX ters eomiption. sciences of Christ's a l l w h o do u o t m m M W f ^ ^ t m ^ take snuff. by Ch^ for bit ebwpbfilp pKHfe?^^ of snob evils, bow «ai m btU re ^ Ood is not tba author ' of peace in the obnrebes. ButftariAerii on in bii artiole " Lajnoao t i t ? with all the, diaadv|sts§ip sttwdMiti.'? upon the oongregiMtional Ibf^ of t?f * - -emment, an tbe absenos vt wtSit m tical power ezeept tb«t ii" in the individaal jbuMt^^ bafa !• our associated flhttrob^ fiMiijljr.doaai^^'^^^^ a most wondarM io^^ topwt; Cbristianisinf tba , woflt?^ ?Cb» logisoal infereaee ia tbat . gards tbe Episoopal iit^i mentuore effsotttal is work tbaa tb« one adopM il^l Obi^ for bis ebvobet. I ditng t l ^ asf oUi than tba eongrefatioma h m U m n r i ment would oat the par* posea of God in tlit aebs^i oi nimD-^. Uon. Wbo wiU any that arai] bimselfortheMoat jMnt^ of doing bia work? better for bunuut o i f a n i a ^ i ! ^ bat . for tbe eburebea of Obrisi ^ w n n i ^ strength in Ssmaoa*^ dueed Gidew's a m y two thousand to/thtM b a a d ^ j ' l f o , sees in tba local obafuli power to witbsUod tba arts*: of haU^ and to preaeb the^ coqiai, (o\«vanr ' creature for the ofaMettdog, asd not ^ for tba Obristianiainc of tlw w M Later sUll in bis arttole that the f rat Baptiat obuwh of ioa wu establbibed ia ywtf but the eorreet dato Is 1838 ii yoaiatl tb^ave of twtb, ^ Ji,cmni.{ i

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Christ and HIB Pooplo.

A church of Christ is expected to he a light to the world. If it does not serve this purpose then the world would he as woll off without it. Paul said that for him to live was Christ. His life reproduaed tho life of Christ When men saw the life of Paul they nw the life of Christ. Paul oom> manded us to be followerf of btili, aa be was of Ohrist. If we do tbi« w«. too, can say that Christ lives agidii la our livaa. Obristiaaity repraawiti Ohrist Obrjlal la tha lounUin and ObriatiMllir ia thiftnaM that flows out thsnAvn. Christ ia tba trea *nd Christianity is

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Maroh 20th, on tho first page, there ap-pears an artiole by a " Layman." Now, who " Layman " is I do n't know, but kindly ask spano in your columns to offer a few thoughts concerning some things whioh be hao said.

In tho first place he says, "While the absonoo of a central power of final jurisdiction in our denomination oftan leads to unseemly eontontions, destroy-ing unity and retording the spre^ of our principles and dootrinss." J!fo« I would ask, Wbo ia responsible fbr ^a abaenoe of this oentral po#ar in our da-nomination? From whom ^d we da-rive oburob government f Waa itaot from tha Lord Jesus Christ r If so, to say that tbe abaonea of • oantral powar effeetuaily leada to soah hnrtlU sebisnia, and kaapa baofc our be bvad dootrinia iW>nt aptaadlng om i Uia world, ia to. r«fleot upon tha wi^n of Christ, who k tba

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