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SOUTHERN BAITIST CONVENTION. Tlio Mooting Of Sou the rn Baptist Hos ts at Cha t tanooga .

Report Of T h e Proceed ings .

Till' Southern iiaptiat Convention profier lutt on Friday at lU a. m., but theri' were several incidental mnetini;!! btilil io cunneotion with it un Hi-uount (it ihu convenlonc'o of meutini; witii oDu another at this titno. The llrat of the iiifctinga was the sorrilEItN IIAPT16T I'llESS

iHibOCJATION.

Tbo AHSOciatlon mot in ita first rvg-ular session In the FirHt Baptist Church, Chattanoof^a, on Wednesday, .May at'3 p. m., and was called to (irder by the president, Or. J. D. Craniiil. Uev. I. J. Van Ness led In prayer.

Thi) following brethren were pres-ent altoKOther during the tuceting: J. B. Cranllll of the 7'aciu Uapti»t Utand-(inl: A. J. S. Thomas of the ItapliM r,mrier, South Carolina; W. A. Clark of T/if HaptiM, Aricansas; W. 1'. lUrvoy o( the irwffru lUcunhr, I. J. Van .Vc«s of the VhriMiitn Jmkx, (ieorgii; 11. M. Boone of the Jiuplut C'ironirk, Louisiana; 8. W. Tlndell of Uio EiiM 'iVnnfjwf* UaptiKt: A. FJ. I>li'kln!ton of the llcliyunui Herald, Vir-i lQia; J. W. Bailey of the mhlinil llimnkr, North Carolina; C. K. Nash of the H<tpti»t Slandnnl, Kentuclcy; .1 H. Colo of the MiMionary HaptiM, TexaH; J. C. Gentry of the k<u>l Tejc<u n<il>tisf, U. J. Willingham of tho Mi»-limi Journal, Virginia; K. K. Folk of the ItAITIBT A N D URFLECTOR , Tennes-see. ilev. W. H. Sherman of the lliiptijit Sentinel, Oregon, was also present.

K. K. Folic, secretary, read tho min-utes of the last meeting.

Tho first subject on the program wan:

AUKNTS—How many should be em-ployed, and bow should they be paid?

There was quite an interesting dit-eusslon of the subject, participated in l>y Uratbren Harvey, Cla^k, Craiiflll, Folk, i nd Bonne. Some of the a})eak-crs wore in favor of agentt, others rather doubted tho practical wisdom of employing them.

Tho next question dlsqussed was: I'RKMIUMB—Their value In securing

now subteribert and renewali. Hretbren Thomas, Clark, Harvey,

cvanflll, and Folk diseussed the sub-ject.

The Asiociatlon then adjourned. At 8:30 Thursday morning it was

AKain called to order by Fretident t'ranflU. Uev. M. P. Matbeny of the SoiUhtm Batdinl led In prayer. Ilev. W. A. Clark of ITicBaptitl, Arkansas, disouiMid the very practical tubject:

T H B O A B B BABifi-It H desirable? Is it praotlcalP

There it no question, bo thought, of Its detlrabllity. The only quatUon it as to Itt praotloablllty, which he doubt-ed. j .

The old offloort of the Aiioolatlon' were rwlflotad, vU., J. B. Oranflll, pretldoal; A. J . 8. Thomai, vlee-presl-

I dout; K. li. Folk socroury; J. W. I Uailey, treasurer. Tho tliifU and

place of Doxt tiiceting were loft to tbo : declhlon of the Kxcvutlve Committee,

composed -of the president, secretary ' and trcasui-cr, and T. 1'. Bell and J. I M. FroKt. The Association then ad-

journed The meeting was quite a pleasant

one, thouffh it was greatly interfered with by tho fact that there were so many brethren In tho city whom the editors wanted tu sec. It is probable that the next meeting will be at a time separate from tho Southern Baptist Convention.

s(trTiiEi{.\ HAPTisr y<n\\(i

I'Kitl'LEs rSlOS <»ii 'I'hurmliiy, Mny 7. at 10:34 o'< l<K-k,

nl which time Her. I,. O. Ditwtiiu. of ruxcaltMisii, Aiii., bmuRht down the KIIV«-I <tilllii); thf YOUIIK I*(>»pl)''M Meot-tiiK to or<l*-r. iho nudltorluin of the rirMi llHpilHt Cliureh of Chattauoogn was w<>ll lllbMl. l'ray«?r wan ICMI liy itcv. W. It. Cnimpton. of Kentucky. .\l tli«- r(><|iii>8t of the chtilriiitin, tht.> i iiiiKrt'pnIon KiiiiK "How Firm a Foun-.liilloii." K. v. H. \V. Tribl.le. of Vlr Khiln. IihI lu pniyer.

.\ri«T Hom(« further devotional e.\»'r-< lws, tJie chnlriiiaii liitroduo-d Brother K. II. italHloU, who, ou iM'half of the HIIIIUHI YOUIIK roople of ClinttiimHiga, lu n timely iipeeeh, woK-otned tho lirethri'ii lo the city niid conniiuiilly.

At tho coneluHldU of thin 8p<>och, the chulrinnn anltl: "Wo an* so well pliiiHiM] with Ihln lK>y from Tenn<«»iBi«e that wp will (till on nnoUier Toiino«n»o lK)y. Dr. Uiflon will please respond to thin welcome."

AH a aiiille playtnl over the audience. Dr. l/>ftou eniiiw forwiinl ami ros|H)u«l-e«I tu lilR UHUal happy and foiveful way.

While the ntidleuw wuig "Conum-tloii," with n vita ehnmclorlstlc only of a Baptist Convention. Dr. B. II. (.'nrroli. of Texas, eiimo to the ntaml. The couKreKation waa iiiinost nervous with i'XiHH!tniiey, looking forward to Dr. Cnmill's Hiunwh an tho siwcial fenttm? of tho forenmui Roftslou. The speaker rend n few versoa from 1 Tim-othy, and then Biioke on "Ttie Hcri-tage of IteNponHililllty niid Opportunity Hc<|Uenth<Ml to BaptlHt YonnK IVople." l i e Mild:

"There are two ubllKntlonH ivsUug oil nil heirs. Cue to MM) tlutt tlie good haiidiMl down by thn fntliera in periiet-iiftvd anil the foi'i nd in M e t'uit thn bad In chocked. Another oblignllnn in to HM> tlint th( .,itond in ciilmncetl, nnd the Inat duty In to put tho good out nt usury. There ia an implied limitation.

"We are to tpeak of the heriUge giv-en by our fathert, which enables mo to go no further tMck than 184B. which will leave more margin than i can i .

diHcuHM to-day. I wish I had some |M>wer of HiMiecli that could make ine Khi>w y<»u your fathom. Thure nrif tlie ItrouduHeo, and Jeter, Toindexter ami Itoycu and othors. Th«?y have Klven UH itie lecncy of sound teach-hiK. I veiiture to my tJiat no sounder diH'triiie waH ever uttennl since the •XlMMiIcK tlian tauRlit liy Uieso men, wlioM> iiaiiieH have lieen called. It in not lo IH' ad<Ie«l to nor taken from.

"What obllKiilloii ri'Hte u|>on you, O yoiniK iH-ople of the Boutli, iu regard to tills truth? lA't not tlie spirit of hyper-crltlcism put a shadow on the dear (liKirhie tauKht by our sires. There come limes when it MHUIIK there will IM' left no witn(>9«ie8 for tlie I^rd, times when uien i-ouHlder themselvea <'om|ilimeute<i for it to l)c anld that iliey Itelleve imthlug certainly.

• The Bn«ate8t danRor to doctrine la not an o|K>n assault, but from seeming parallelism. Be not deceive*! by such.

"TIH! uoxt obllgaUon of which 1 shall s|K-ak Is that of Missions. Our fathers iHillevtHl In MIsslonn, and we ar«' unworthy sons If we do not care for this loRacy.

"Another thing they iK'queathed la a victory over factions In methodii. 1 wax n-HdlUR the old bookn the other <liiy ami wonderwl If they were not wroiiirly dntwl. The same arguments iicalust Conventlonn and Bonnls and Mls-sionary 8<H'letIea and tho sophisms tliftt wen> overcome by the logic of Uie fiillicrs have come to life ngaln. In tin Ir same gnrmonts, with the same llesh marks.

"Another legacy hnnclcl down Is co-o|)(*mtJon.

" Viioiher Is self-development. I do not know how to talk nl»out It, but will strike nt It anyway."

Here Dr. Carroll n>latod. In bis iulm-Itflblo way, the story of bin rending. In hiB iKiyhood, a l>ook showing how w<> depend u|wn foreign »ource» for supply, nnd said that any country that dot>« this must romain undevcloirfMl.

"Our fathers, nnd I speak of it very (lellcatoly. net some ba<l Influencen to work. t)ue Is sectional prejudice. So fdsas 1 it'i cnic.-ii cd, 1 would like IIm tmiiic l)ettcr if it wore The Ainerlcau ItnptiHt Convention, componed of rep-n-Bcntativon of tlie churchen.'

"Let tho iBBuen that have conio out of the smoke of battles l»e gone. But we must devel}>p otir own country and wliiciite our people, which we ittn 4lo iM'tter than anyone elst». If you <lo not do thin, the lionl will nend nomo-ono else to do It, whether you want It or not."

Ill n niont stirring way tlie siienker nppenltMl to IIIH audience to take hol'J of the mngiiincent opportuultltM of-fcrMl by niotluru iuTcntiont nnd make all of them a mcniiii of carrying thQ OostM'l to nil tlie world nnd taving the lost.

Dr. Onrmll naid bo lud had to speak from bin heart out. Ho would be will-ing to wind up Into one great, glowing

lioll all the rays of sunlight in the world, and then gild this ball by put-ting all the stars about It hurl it away backward into original chaos, to Ite left forever in material dark-ncMi, if only he could nee the Bap-tists of the South awakened to a aense of their rellgloua opportunity.

The closing, as. Indeed, wan the whole s|)ecch, wan a sublime effort, of which no report could give any ade-quate conception.

Dr. D. M. Ramsey, of South Caro-lina, led In an cameat prayer.

J. V D'cklnfon, H. W. Tritible and I. .T. Van Ne«s were announced as a Committee on Enrollment, and the meeting adjourned to 2 p. m., after benediction by Rev. Joseph Felix.

At 2:10 o'clock the President called the meeting to order and called on Dr. J. M. Front. Secretary of the Sun-day-school Board, of Nashville, to lead the opening prayer, after which all Joined in singing "I Need Thee Every Hour."

While the Committee on Enrollment wsa preparing Its report. Rev. O. L. Ilaik-y called for some one to tell what wan done at tbe Atlanta meeting at which the Southern Union was organ-ized. The Chair called on Dr. Frost, who. in turn, requested tbe Chairman to give tho Information. President Dawnon made a brief statement of what was done at that meeting, and of the purposes of the Soutbem Union.

Rev. H. W. Tribble, Obalrman of the Enrollment Committee, submitted the report, showing 177 dek^tea proa-ont representing fourteen States and IOC Young People's Societies. He also read a letter from Joseph B. Banker, of Muskegon, Mich., recommending Miss Johnson, who came to bear fra-ternal greetings from tbe Baptist Young People's Union of Michigan.

The Clmir Mtnounced that the mat-ter of |H>rmanent organlxation was In onler.

By Buccosnlve luoUona, Dr. J. B. ilawthome cast the ballot of the body for Rev. L. O. Dawson, of AUtbama, for President; W. W. Gaines, Secre-lar)-; Prof. P. H. Mell, of AUbama, First Vice-Prcsldent, and Rev. Onrtii IrfMS Ijtwn, of Marybind, Second Vice-President. .

Pronldent Dantwn promptly assumed the duties of his office and proceeded with busineus.

Tlie committee of ten appointed at the Atlanta meeting to report to this meeting: (1) An to a lirogramme for thin meeting, (2) on certain orerturct nmde to the Atlanta meeting, and (3) on nny dcirirablo changes In the eonati-tution, submitted its report through Rev. I. J. Van Netn, Secretary of the committee.

An the second {mint In that eom-mittoo's duties Is one about which oon-

iniderabte ditcutslon has been bad, that iwrtlon of tho report it glren. It in ns foHowt: ^

"I'o us were committed ccrtaln 0T•^

BAPTIST AND EEFLECTOB, MAY 14, 1896.

turn from the committee of tbe I>e-

(Hirtment of the Oroeii of the B. Y.

1'. U. A. aud the B. Y. P. U. of ATiiry-

land and Mtsaouri. The last two of

thuae related to mattei^ with the tint,

nud our efforts were directed BiHK'Inlly

to the papers of the eommlttee of the

lU'lMirttneut of the Ureou. lietug do-

KiruuH uf renchluK a luiriuoiilouH

ngrueineut, we met aud uui'hi>lvi>8

aKnH>d up«)u ivrtuiu rec«>uiuicudatloiM

to Ite luade to the Uuiuu wheu It uiet,

tn event of Buuh chaniieH beln^ aucupi-

uble to the committee of the Depart-

ment of tbe Greeu. It waa our Idea

that, by mutual ooufereuce, we miKht

reach a commou IUIHIH. The Uulou, nt

It8 Atlauta mi>etiUK, after aduptluK Its

cKUHtitutiuu, requested thl8 committee

to suKKcst to the auuual meetlUK at

Chattauuoira such chaugeti a« uilKht

be as retfardful as iH>Rslble of lUe

\vU)tet« eKpreseed lu tuese overtunn.

We desired. If possible, to discover If,

by certain chanKes iu our orgauizatlou,

we wuld meet the overtures of the

committee of the tJreeu, but thai com-

uiltii>e decliued to outer luto auy I IOKU

tlatlous with this L'liiuu. Their over-

tures. they chUmed, had l>eeu made

to brethren al>out to orKauize, aud they

ivuslderiHl them not lu fon-e afier we

IH-rfected our ori;aulauitiou. We eu

dcuvored to meet fully aud fairly the

pitiiKMltlOns lu the spirit of fraternit.v

tluit wiu> so chumcteristlu of our

moetlniic for orKaulzatlon. Sluce thea

we have presort-ed the same uubrokcu

spirit lu a silence an to auy public dls-

cusslou of the question Involved."

The committee, under the third iwlnt,

recommended two minor changes lu

the cvnstltutlou, the tir«t one giving

the "lloaril of Managers" power to

employ a secretary, and the second in

regard to amendments to the i-onsUtu-

tion.

After the adoption of the above re-

port, Brother Van Ness moved to ap

ptrfnt a committee of one from each

8tate represented at the meeting to

Dominate a Board of Managers, which

was done.

Dr. F. L. Wilklns, Corresponding

Swretary of the B. Y. T. U. A. and

editor of the "Baptist Union." was In-

vited to the platform and re<jueated to

addn>8« the meeting, which he did lu

a most fraternal and pertinent way.

After brief speeches from Dr. W. W.

l^ndrum and Dr. J. B. Hawthorne,

lUiv. J . V. Dieicldaon of Uadsden, Ala.,

who bad consented to take tbe place

of lie v. W. J. K. Cox on tne pn)-

gramme, Brother Cox being absent

was introduced and spolce on "De-

nominational Teaching iu the l/ocat

Church."

In subatance, be said there Is a re-

ligions lllwrty that docs not comc from

tbe Bible—tiie liberty of belleviug and

ttoching anything or nothing as one

chooees. We arc in danger of tbiutting

tiiat, Itecause We make a fuss nnd art!

whooping up, we arc doing somethine.

We are often doing worm than noth-

ing. "I preach tlie doctrine as we hold

it from my pulpit. We bare our young

|M<ople to study It in tbeir meeting; 1

loan them my books, and they write

IHipera on different doctrines." Tills

speech wna a strong pten for doctrinal

teaching. After the ainging of "On-

ward CbritUan Boldlen," Iter, B. U.

rollurd, of Virginia, who bad been re-

ciuested to take the place fif Itev. J. O.

Kust on "MlMioni In the I/>cal Union,"

ciibie forward. He wild; "We must

study the Bible In .our Ixical Unjlon

for the 'ikIlsaloDary idea, ahowing our

young people tbat,**lf we take away

tbe thought of Mlaalona from the

clwractor of Ood, we deatroy Ulm a*

we lore mm and wondilp Ulm, and

that the same la true of tbe Bible. "Take the lltM)k of Acts, the gi-eal

Missionary book of the Bible, and liavt! young people to study It thoroughly, and they will 1m! different young peo-ple. We must study not only the Bible for this Mlssionat^ idea, but also all thc> >:reat Missionary uiovenienis Hlnc«> Apiwlollc tlme«. Have Mis slouary lllimrl»«s. Tiie hen)l<- efforls of the missionary will Inspire IIH with n purpose to help ou Uiis groat work. Information brings Insplrallon."

The speech was*a flue effort, and

was well nt-eivwl. After the singing

of "I'liHs Me Not." Dr. W. 13. lliitchci'

of Virginia was lutrotiuced and i<iM>ke

on "Cimrity As a Working Principle."

Dr. IlatchtT sjtld he fountl hluiHcir

eniliarrassed as he was asked to de-

liver an addntw that he had deliv-

ered on another CH-caslon, aud now he

found sou»e parts of it were not np-

l>r(>prtinte hen*. He wntinuwl;

"The function of charily Is to detii

will) liuiiiiin luipcrfection. It must

deal with broken KIKHIS. if the famli.v

of .\dain cotihl always hit the line,

clinrlty would have to go out of busl

ness. Charity dwils not with the sin,

btit the sinner. Again, l would rc-

•iilnd you that charity dmti not an-

tagoulze Justlcc. If yon have thought

charity Indlwrlnilnatlng. you have

inlsuudci'stiMHl.

1. "Charity knows what to do with

the ol)Ji><tlona1)le iiiid offensive in hu-

inau nature. This world can never lie

wvn on the Idiiil. You must draw a

line for each Individual, putting what

Is obJtH'tlonable on tiie one «ldc and

what Is gtMMl on the other. TImt's the

only way you c-an get along. You

must make allowances even In your

faniillcs. You must do the same lu

your churches as pastors aud p»>opl>'.

Wherever you look thert> must lie that

principle that knows how to <leal with

and handle tlie offemUve.

a. "lA-t me say another thing: Charily

makes us iH'lieve in humanity. Tlie

same principle that eiuibles us to put

an ay aud hide the objectionable en-

ables us to see the tiest In tbe go«id.

Would you make a mlsanthmite un-

veil human luiture as It Is before the

I/)rd iu all Its sin and hideousness, and

tell one that theiv Is nothing that cat]

make It better? Would you make" a

IR'sslmlst let one sec human nature

as It Is, and let him try to make It bi-t-

ter liy wrong methods, or right meth-

fHls wrongly UB* !? Would you see a

philanthropist—a real genuine Chris-

tian philanthropist If I should like u >

have the pleasure of introducing bim

to you. I would transport you to the

banks of a lN>autiftd, historic stream,

ask you to look with me at two men

standing ou itii bank and hear one of

them say: 'Thou art 8imon, the son o*

.lonaii," (not much. Just the son of

)our fttlher and huve » nam i.) "But

thou S h a l t IMS called Cepbaa." True

lihliantliropy consists In Ijelleving

that Christianity can Ite planted in

meu'H hearts, and that men can thereby

be uplifted. Wo will bo philanthropic

as wc believu In the dignity of man's

origiu. I believe in a (Ibd-made man;

ami If I did nut I would not care much

what ndght Itecome of him—would not

care If tifo devil did get bini.

n, *'One more remark. Charity knows how to wait. Tbe aupreme tbing, tbe aubllme tbing in tbia world, and, witb moat people, the impooaible thing, la to know how to wait. Moat of ua cannot forgive a man for over bavlug l)ecn wrong. But If you will bnly wait, moD will get better nnd nonrer right. Our cburcbea Mklnnlab a little' with tbe children ana parade a little

over some moral people, but are large-ly against (lie pn>lligale nnd dehasiul-agalnsi them, not iiy pnmtmncemenl,' itut by practice in leaving them alone,

"You pniy, 'Increase <iur faltli.'

Your faith in wiiat? You iiave your

faith III (iml, aiul you bidleve in the

iilMc. I'll give you a prayer. 'I.or<l

liKii'ase oiir fatlh lu tmr luellin>n.'

We need faith ill men, and In the

IMisKlblllty of their luHiiiiiIng iietli-r

ihrougii Christ. Never say of ii man

tliiil he Is lH>youd lio|M> till he Is dead.

<ioil luiK Hei his Jiidgmeiil ihroiie iu

tlH> lieiivcli»; how uiis«>emly that wc

Nhoiihl pul ours here. You lu-ed falih

also III your own bivlhn'ii who may

(I1IT<t fl'oiii you those on the other

Nide of Ihe t|nesIlon.

"i'uKisliiK to s<iiiie practical i-eiiiark.4.

l(iit>tlHli«, ll KceliiH to me, can iiiaKe

till liiicsi une of charity of any people

III the world. I sjiy this for two reasons:

A (.'leal many iHMiple dmrt think we

deal III the article at all. This elves

yor a < haiice to mirprNe them. <'arry

iil(>ii« a H IHKI supply for this puriH.se.

Then Hiiiiietliui>8 oihcrs forget to have

chiirlly for us. So every Hapilsl

iiiiiU III lia <• a iliniiiii- Mi||>i> 1.1

chaiity, ci ougli fur hin^ncil ai.<i fm

the other fellow. We are In many re-

gards a very peculiar people. " Thin

was a grcfti ctTort.

Adjourued till 8 p. m.. after l>ene-

dh'tlon by Dr. D. B. Cray.

m-mhIoii wan railed ii>

onl.'r ill S o'cliH'k. .VHer the -»IIIK-

lug of the tiiK'Ulut; hymn, the (Chair-

man announced that the Six^ri'taiy

had I K V U called away liy a telegnmi,

which lu'ccMnltateii the election of a

te in iNt ra iy Secretary. itro. lieiid.'r

win iioliiiaii. of .Vtlanta. waHeleeteil to

till the place.

I'r.iyer was led by i»r. .1. I". Clirls-

ilaii. of Kentucky.

The !<|MM-lal <<omihltte<- to iiniiilniile

Ihe llouril of Mamigei-N re|Hiilt'il

throiiKh Itro, .1. W. Italley. Ihe re

pun recoiiimended that the Itoard tH>

liK-ateil at Itlriiilngham, and iioiut

iiated the following iirethreu to con-

stitute the Itoard:

II. D. Cray, !'. II. Mell. 1'. T. Halt, C. ••*. WlHi'iock, K. 1'. Hogan, W. H." I'hllillis, W. A. lloliHon, J. F. Uieilsoc, J. C. I'orter, J. J. WhItUeld, D. O. Wnltilnghiii, 11. Hari., it. VunUuvou-ter, O. F. tiregory, 0. H. Jones, E. J. Furester, T. .S. i'utts, (J. 1... iscashiiies, J. C. Moss, K. B. Pollard and K. G<s}k.

At tills |M>lnt the Kecretary read the

reslgimllon of tlie Hecond Vice I'resl-

deiit, Cunls L, I.aiws. The resignation

was acceptiHl, aud Itev. i. .1. Van

.Ness was eh>cted to till tlie place.

Dr. J. H Ilawthurno presented a res-olution expressliTg the conviction that it is imporinnt for the Board of Man-agers to <unploy a Heenitary, nnd re-iliiestiug tiie cliureiieM (o supply the netvssary funds ^or this. Kesoluilon adopted.

The Pnwldeiit intriKluced Dr. J. B.

Craniiil, of Texns, who sitoke on tiie

puriMwe of the Hoiitiient Union. Tak-

ing the constitution of the organlxa-

tiou, tiie s|ieaker eonnnenUHi ou each

point in It. Himnklng witii reference

to doctrine be mid: "I lioliuvo In tiio

doctrine. Wo neml to Indnctrliiato

our young iieople." Paiulug to the

MlMloimry object tiie s|ieaker said:

"Our do<>lriuo nmounia to tndlilng

unleaa we have Obriatiau licneflcence.

I lioim to mie tbe time come wlion It

will lie a ahnme In tbe algbt of man

nnd disgmce before tbe Lord for a

Bopllat not to be engaged lu liarrylug

tbo Guapel to all tbe world, Wheu

ihia conies to be true wo aball bavo un debt on any Itoard. Wo nre growlug 10 Ih! a rlcii piH>ple; we do not neol money, we need u dis|K>sition to give. It is the next thing to sin to Inilhl line eiiureiies and leave tlie worlii in Ignorance UH to whetlier there lie an.» tJ.Ml."

Speaking 4if Ihe point of splrltuiil

development. Dr. t>atillll sini<i<

lieavy blows on tlie Habiiath i|uesiliin.

Ihe saloon (|uesllon, etc. ^ t.'ontliiuiiiK he Hiild:

"The last point Is. we ought> lo triilii our )oiing pisipie to depend on ilu-Holy Spirit. We are smart peopii but all our wls4h>in. all our nione.\, ail our line chureiKW and great orgaiiK with th(>lr HweliiiiK music, nre as line iliisl III the iialanc«>s utilesH we iin tilled with the Holy Chost. All Hint the iM'st man can do Is to iiNtk heavi ii ward and say: " I'm a clnner bavctl l>.v graw.'

"It hiu4 sometimeH Be(>mi>d to mr

thai i have caught gllmps<>s of iiu'

diiwti of a (:reat iiplirtiiig of iinlv

ClioHt iMiwer. May ll come: nia.v

have a ureal prayer meeting in tin

Soiiihi rn ItaiUlst fonvenllon. nnd mm

11 eatch llr\' from shore t«» shore."

After tli«> congregation had S I IHMI an*

KuiiK "ihe .Morning i.lglil is Urejil, I I I } ; . " Dr. I". Met'oniu'li, of Vlrninla, wan intrcHiiiced. The siieaker "peiuMi his talk liy relating lu a striking wii.t hir fi^'lings as he llrst hiokeil ii|<i.ii tlie Siiulherii ilaptlst ('omenllnii in IKTli. lie sjild: "Itaiilists luive I I IT I I

leaching Individuality along witii oliii-r ^'niit principh'S. of wliich (IIIK

Young i'«stpie's work is tlie oiiliiinii' i S I IHMI aliMif a long time as 1 saw tin' tidal wave rising, tearful I U H I it wouiu sweep away tbe churches. Winn you sweep away Baptist chunhe« j..ii will sw«>ep iu the mllleuniiiin. or I'oiirtw' all gn-at tilings must IH- CUU I lolled, nnd unless we kei'p In S< ri|< liiriil IH I I I I I I IM we Nhnll illtilKiiior <<<III

'I he work must IM' done iiy I I H I I M I I

H..1 c.illl illci. .Ill-, ll) lUC li;in» iliinl

memliors who foel tnuir ruspoti-slbiilty to tbeir children."

Fix)m here to tlie close tlie siH-akcr

iMS'aine so earnt.Ht and Hubllnie tliat

all ri'iHirters ,dmpped their |>cncii.><

aud JolniHl the audlemv In slitliiK

absolutely s|H<lilK>und.

Dr. Fnwt offeretl a nwoiullon pro

vldlng for six fraterimi delegates i"

the B. Y. P. U. A., which was adople<l.

Dr. I.oftou pnMcntiHl the foliowlu>;*

"U(*<d>ed. 'I'liat we cienrly and iiii

niistakabiy alllrin that we i>'c<>gnl/.i'

Ihe right of the IIHMI church as sover-

eign In delernilning and dinn'ting whni

ii-lalion the Young P»«ople"s HtM-iely oT

Us church shall suslain to tlie B, V.

P. U. A.. tiH> Christian Kndeavor move-

meni, or tiie Houtliern U. Y. P.

and that co-opernllon or atlilialiou wlili

tills iNKly does not In any way c«ini

mil any s<K'icly so doing to witlidraw

ing its Hiiegiancu lo ur cu uperu-

tion with cither of thcao great move-

uientM for the development ot the

young pwple of our churches." Pend-

ing a motion to ndopt. Dr. Folk, of

"The llaptist nnd Itellector," moved l^

amend by striking out "the Chrlsllan

Kmhinvor inovemenl." I>r, Ixifton ae-

eepuMl tiie nmendment nnd the iiiollori

to ndopt was unnuimounly carrle<l.

Afler Home routine business of

minor lmportnntH> nnd some nnnounce-

meiilM till) iMKly ndjoumoti witli the

singing of "(Iwl lie With You Till We

Meet Again" nnd benodlctioii by liev.

IC. V. Uikiuy, of Keuluuky.

Tbe vomnion opinion waa that this

had been n One WMolon of tbo U. Y. 1*.

U. Auxiliary to the B. D. 0., aettlng u>

high mark for all that follow I t

BAPTIST AND EBFLEOTOR. MAY 14, 1896. 8

THE CONVKNTION.

bing liefore U o'chiek on I'riihiy

May H, an imur Itefore time

f,ir ilie mi-etlng of tiie C^iuvention.

the cixiwds were seeking admittance to

Ihe cliiin'h imiiding. Stsm after tiie

iloors were tlirown u|H*n tlie spaciouS

iiiiiliiorliini was crowded lo Its utniosii

Hiill Is'liig unaid<> nearly lo acctunmo-

iliiie liie liiroug of eager Individuals.

I'loiiiplly al id o'clock President

,liiiiiitlian lianilson, L.i.. D., brought

(liiw ii I lie gavel wiiose stroke ealled

to i.nh r Ihe llfly-llrsi session of the

Sniiiiierii Kaplist Con\<-iition.

.\i liie rojiiest of the I'n'sldeiil,

In S. ii. i-'ord, of .Mlxsourl. h'd the

,l..\oiiiinal S«'rvlces. lie announced

•Auiike .My Soul. Slixich ICvery

Nerve," ai the upunlng hymn, reading

the song as In former years, Tlie

lxx.xiv. I'salm was road br Dr.

F(ird. who then led iu prayer.

riw st.<Tetary of tlie Coiiveutloii.

|ir i.niiHlng Iturn.ws, remi the iiamei<

i.f tlie <le|ej;a!«.H lliiil Were to he eli-

nillni an memlieis of the Imdy. The

list iiiiiiilN-re<l •XC on liiianciai ImKln

iiinl I I IH I I I I 'jts) associattonal, niaklug a

mini oi S4imeihlng over KMi.

I'crtiiiiiieni organization was an

iiiMini'ed as the order at this point.

The n*ult of the eUHtloii was alna.ly

a (iir<-i:<ine i-on<-lusloii. IJINIII moiiou

-if Itev. Ii. I", l\erf«iot, D. D„ of Ken-

Ill. k.\, the s '< n-laiy of tlie Couveiitloii

«n« liiHlructed to t-asl Ihe vote of the

IHHI.V I O I the former Pn.'sldeiit. .Iu(li;e

.hiiniiliaii lianilson, of Alaiiaiiia. With

Kiiiii uiinnliniiy this inotiou was ear

rieil.

I'rcMitleiit llaraistin on assuming tlie

.'liiiir r|Mike in ills usual terse, liappy

myie. ntnl iiiiniedinteiy proc-eedi-il to

illl ltles^ li.V aUIIOUIlclUg tile CoUlUlll-

tc .III III! Order of Busitu.«s. wlilcii

of Dr. II. II. Harris, of i\en-

Hi. kv. Mini tiie sei ri'iarles of the three

li.itKls. Drs, Wiiiingham, 'I'lciiemft

iinil I' I'iml.

Tlie iii|.iinlzatiou was coniplei<.<1 by

lieciintj lion, .loshiia lA'veriUK. of

.Mnrylalid; Drs. Kerfcsjt, of Kentucky,

ami i'lird. of .MlHSourt. and ex-(FO\.

W .1. .Northen, of tieorgia, Vlw Presi-

lieiiiN; and the re-eliH-tlon of Drs. Bur-

and tiregory, of Maryland, sec-

ll tnrles.

The Pn>sldent IntriMluctsI Hon.

<;<oige W. Ochs, Mayor of Chntiauoi>-

uii, who welcomed, in most timely

Miiy, liie Baptlat boats to tin* city. One

iliing making this addn>s8 all tiie more

ititenwiing Is Ihe fact that Mr, Ochs

a son of Abniiiam.

The s|K>nker, in courwj of ids «>-

irarks, calliHl fortii apphiuw despite

'In- iHifllllve l»y-inw and the statement

of the Pnwideiit forbidding It. The

tiling that did it was a magnlliceut

iHlmte U» Baptist |M>llly, when Mayor

Oi-hs said It was the lirst fulllllment

of the American conci ption of liberty.

Dr. It. B. (Inrrett ftdlowwl with n

heautlful welcome in lielinlf of the

llapliHts of tlio city.

Dr. l,nmlrum, of Virginia, at the re-

quest of the'cimlr, ably reapouded.

'I'ho chairman of the i-oimulttec on

order of bunineea made a pitrtiiil re-

IKirt.

Adjournetl until p. in., nfler

iK Uedlctlon by Dr, I.iofton.

Willi bla uaual promplnoaa. Presi-

dent Marolaon cnllod tbo Convention

«o oNlor, nnd cnllwl on K«v. W. B.

Carter, of AInbnnin, to lead In prayer.

At'thla iHiIni Hovernl dlstinRUiahed

vUltorifrom Cincinnati woroonrollod.

among them Rev. W. R . Donne, tbe

well known BnpUat hymn writer.

Hy apeclnl re<]ue«t of Dr. N. B. Go-

forth, a luotloo waa carried naking

Bro. DIai, of O n K to apeak nt the

Cumberland Preebytcrian Oburcb, a block away, to tiiose not able to got" liiti) ilie C<inventiou room. The Ctm-ventlon coneurre<l In tiie retjuest, aud when tlu> annouiicenient was made there was a rt'gnlar stanii»ede. AU were anxhtus to hear this great hero tell of ids late imprisonment and ro-leam>. and of the situathm in Culia. Hill by earnest pleading liie President was ttbiu u.> resujiv orilur ttiid pro-ceed with buoineiiit,

Tlie n»iK)rt of Ilie Fon'Ign Mission it<iard was pres4>nt<>ii iliniugh the Oir resimndlng Swreiary. Dr. it. J, Wii-iingham.

The re|K>rt was a very line one. show-ing as a result of the work the follow-ing:

in<Ti-as«": Baptism ";C>, letter 1(H). reNtoratioii 14.

iMrcaw: Dealli :{4. expulsion 143. letter i'.tl,

Tims it will apiM-ar that tliere is a

net gain of ."idl. Thi' w|Mirt shows

11 Kiiiil ehur<-h menilMTshlp In the for-

eign llelilH of Sunday-schiml

KclmlaiM. l,7i;i. with :iO houses of wor-

ship and :il day sciioolK having S.'.!

Mupli i )

Hiii alas, tliai with a report like this, of Hticii a work IU this, the Board should l>e (HunpeliiHl to rejxirt an in-etfase of <||.|it. Tiie total receipts for the y«iir are $l(C,(Ci<l,l,%, while Ihe ex-IH-ndilures were *iO.),iiH 5KI, thus excee<Ilng tbe Income not withstanding the expenses of the flelds have lieen di-t-reastHl by aisiut $.\0(M), The debt of Ihe lloani for Isirrowwl tuoney ii now $::(t,(i!i:.*.SU, which, add«.<i lo vvhHt Is due tho chapel fund, makes a Uital deiit of alHiiit $.32,000.

This reiiort was r«'ferre<l to the ustml coinnilil«"«'s on the dlffen-nt |mrts ot It Pending the motion to (ximmlt, n?. Hatcher sjmke iirielly but earnest-ly of the seriousness of the pn'seii? Iliianelal Hiiualion.

•V. .\i c.tii.e ihi-' report of the Home liuani, presented l>y its venerable Secretary, Dr. I. T, Tlehenor.

From the n'jwrt this Is taken:

SfM.M 4UV The summary ol work for the past

conventlunal year Is as f«>llowet: MlKniooarlrs I l l tVe«kii of U M r ia.»V Ohurobes knil stat ion* l.flSD 8«rmoDH •Dd sddieui'i) 6h,04| I 'rsT«r moetiDK* V.SCt Itoptiama* 6,«I7 ReiiolvMl by letter s.07il ' l o i s t sdd l i i oas Muodsy iohoolK o-trsDliiod I J i Tiachcrs SBd pup l u 19,Oft KGIIKIOIU v U l u «l,4tis Ctaurcbea oonKtltutod *u7 l i uuMS or wuritblp bulit K! I loutea ot worship Impruvrd 14A Amount M p e s d e d o n hou i r so l wo r «h l p t W,tMi l l lbles sod teeumi i i iM dUlr lbu ied t . m Trsote distr ibuted, pages TMST*

KINAN'CIAI. CONDfnON.

Tho Board began tbo year with a debt of $1,100 and ends the year with

The indebtedness incurred during the presonl year is $(i,850, Ot this amount $r.,lMt has lieen invosUd in property in New Orleans and Ki I'aeo, leaving tbo aetuai ex|>ondlturo for the present year above recclpta but $1,000.

How and that Southern Baptlsta

with Uieir w(«ilii will allow their

two gn>nt Mission Boards thus to ite

hnni|>cred by debt.

Afler Ihe r»'iHirt iiad litH>n referred

to tiie usual committee, Dr, .1. M

FrosI, the genial Secivtary of Ihe

Hunday-selKMil Board, prtwuted the

tlfili annual rciKirt of that Bonnl. In

the n>|>ort la tiie following:

KlNANC lA t . . CONUITIOiV,

Tho Convention began this work as « bualneaa venturu iu IBSU, with tbo Itaulng of tho Sunday-iehool period-lealR under the Home Mlaaion Board. Tbeao were tramrferred to the Sunday-•obool Board at the time of Ite area-tlon In tho aeailon of 1801, and form-ed tbe baala of Ite entire work. From tbe vary flrat ihe bualneai waa a aue-COM flnanolalljTi and made iteady ad-•anoetnent. a i may be aeon In the rol-lowing table, repreMoUng the groaa Intwme from 1801 to IWO:

Deoember 1,1801, to Apr i l M l t H Hay I . lHf3 to A p r i l « , ftiay I , iHva to Apri l au, i w i ^ May I, IWI to April ao, IS0) May I, ISM to AprU W, IHM NgM.M

These flguroa do not loclude the re- , oeipta from Mlaalonary Day collect- < lona, which for two yeara have enter-ed In aa a part of the volume ot our ! buaineia, though kept separate In the : Treaturer'a report, and which would j add ovor $4,000 to tho figures for this i year and also for last year.

A H IGN tK ICANT 8UMMAUY . '

When the Sunday-school Board wHs i froatod In imU It bkd practically no Income from May until Iwmnber, even ; Undlng It ncoessary to borrow over $1,200 out of bank to meet current ex-(lonsos; and yot It camo to the next . session of tbo Convention, one year after its creation, with lU debte can-celled and all expenses mot, and a ! clear balance of over $1,000. In Sep- : tcmber of its second year, 1802, it be-gan to make appropriations out of | its proilts, since whion time, a period < of loss than tour years, It baa made ; tbo following algnlficant record of what it has dono lo the way ot finan-cial help tor our 'denomlnauonal llto: <JltU of l iterature and Bibles to destl- '

lute schools. . tb,4»7.«: Oanb tor Home and Fore l fa Uoards,

MUwIonar* days V.au. i l ' Cash appropriat ions to B, 8 . missions 14 Ex'd for other decomtnat lonal lot 'r 'st I . ds KcaerTe, interest bearing Investment il.UO.(ki Uash balaoeu on hand I ,T7I,T« Other assetM 10,iS7M

Total •44.H5.ue

In addition to these flgures, we show a large and growing business, with ample ability to take care ot it-self, and also to furnish revenue to 1x3 expended for denominational Inter-ests. This result has been wrought In a period of torriflo financial stringen-cy, and without the denomination's putting one cent of money caplul Into the business, and without the taking of a single collection in all these years, save only the Missionary Day coilcciions, which have gone to the Homo and Forelra Boards. In record-ing this result of five years' work, we record also our gratefulness to God, and to tho churches and Sunday-echonls who have given us their gen-erous sympathy and support

Surely aa one reada tbIa be must feel that the Sontbem Baptist Conven-tion has. not a greater engine of use-ful mvth than this Board.

At the riKiuest of Dr. Frost the re-|K>rt was referred to three commit-leuit, un liusiuess ami Finance, on Young People's Work, and tbe Edu-cational value ot the Board.

Adjourned with benediction by Bro

(fivens.

The mght session was au hour of

iimisiial intt>rest. The order was the

C'unveniton sermon iiy Dr. C. A. Utake-

iy, of tbe First Gburcb, Washington.

I/mg tK'fure time for the services ;

to iK'gin, the auditorium wiui dooded j

aud huudrtHbi were vaini)- seeking

admlttnm>e, not being able to get even

standing room. |

At 7.^S Vice President Joehua l..ev- .

ering called tbe Coiiiventlon to order, |

and aunouuced tlie order of the even- I

lug. I

A eublegram fnim the Baptist Pil

gi Image comiioeed Of Dr. T. T. Katon

and party waa read by Hecretarj- Bur-

rotxs. Tiie miiHsage wna dated at

Luci^me, Bwltaeriand, nnd referred the

Conveullon to 1 Theti. ill. 11-12.

After nu anthem by the choir, Itev.

tUHirgo Cooiier, of Yirgiuia, rend

Psalm Ixxii nnd led in prayer. Dr.

Stakoly then caiiotl on tho congrega-

tion to stand nnd aing that stirring

old liynin, "From Ureonbind'a Icy

Mounulns," at tho eloso of which he

nnnounced aa hia text Mark xli:2a

Tlie aermon haa been aecured for puU

llmUon In "Tho Baptist and Uettoc-

tor," nud therefore no aynopala is given

iK'tt', Hufliclent to say that nil wlU

enjoy a fenat rich and mru when they

nad It.

After some nnuonnccmenta tbe Oon-

vention adjourned with benediction by

Dr. l>odge, of Texas.

A few momenta after 0 o'clock on

Satnrdny morning the President called

tbe Convention to order, tuid requested

Dr. W. B. Hatcher to eoodact th* de-votional exercises. Some routine btul-uess followed, during which George W. Nui lun was i-u uivckd Troasurer, and W. P. Harvoy, Auditor.

UETitOD or WOItK.

Tho reiKtrt of the Committee ou Methoda of Work and Mhialou Journals wan made by pr . J. B. Uumbrell, of Ueorgia, Ohalrimiu of tbe committee, which was iu aubatauce oa follows:

The committee note tbe following dltticttltleti iu tbe work:

1. Committee aay that mora than lou years our people have been mainly a rural people, with the aimple faith ot the New Testament, but without nuytns of extcnalve culture, and hence have clung to methods which were ef-fective enough at the beginning, but are not suited to tbe changed condl-tiomi that have come upon ua.

2. The Southern Baptists have been accustomed to magnify Baptlat Inde-tieudence, wholesome doctrine, when coupled with proper appreciation of the resjiouaiblllty for ita exercise. Our liberty in this respect bail been al-lowed, in too many Insiancee, to degen-erate into captiousness.

3. It is p^nfully evident that our great want is training. Southern Bap-tlsta have put more atresa ou numbers than training. Our work In ministerial iHlui'htlou iu the coUegea and semi-miries haa not kept pace with the needs of the denomination. A great majority of our worthy preachers have iiad no special training for their work.

4. ThU condition of things. It is clear, is fatal to progress. There can be no progress without enlarging the concep-tions of our people, and that means training.

In view of these conditions the com-mittee make the following suggestions:

1. That great stress be put upon the tnilning of Bsptlst young people in practical Christhin work. In the Stm-day-school and especially in Young People's Unions iu all the chnrcb.

2. That through tbe coUeges, min-isters' institutes and all other meana suitable to the varying.condltiona of our |H>ople and with persistent effort we set'k to reach the paators of tbe churches and help them to a better equipment for their work. Not another yuuug man called of God abould fall of preparation.

3. We suggest that all our scboohi, male, female and mixed, be made cra-ters of intelligent activity, and that young men, not ministers, and young ladies, should be trained to practice leadership in their churches.

4. We suggest that the Baptist presa of the South be requested to use all dil-igeuotf lo promote ttie co-opvrauon wl the brotherhood In work.

G. We request that tb^re be constant effort made to bring all our people to systematic giving.

tt. We suggest that tbe general and tiie State Boarda work together In clos-t>8t cooperation, aud that It. be borne lu mlud that in times of emergency, {•xtmordiuary efforts are neccssary.

Dr. Gambrell made a tine apcech, tak-ing up and emphasising ^ c h point of the report.

Dr. Ixtfton followed, saying: "Btip-tlsts are at fault hero largely from a fundamental standpoint They oppose thiugs unless there is a literal "thus rM.oji the Loid" on tho >ubjt.ol. Tao Convention, Woman'a -Work and tbe Sunday-school are opposed becatise they are not mentioned In the Bible. The brethren do what I did a louS tlm«, liiay the 'mosslMck.' A mossback Is a man who thinks methods as Importibt as principle. We pursue a policy that will destroy all that Is useful. The princiides of tho Now I'eetaiuont are iuflexible, but Chriat leaves us to de-cide ou the best methods. Paul waa tho most Inflexible man on principle that over lived or wrote, but he would be a Jew to a Jew and a Gentile to a Gcntlk) to save some.

"This mistake of supposing method as imitorinut as principle Is the great disease of the Baptist denomination."

Dr. N. B. Goforili spoko briefly to tbo ro|M>rt

Dr. J, B. Coleman presented a rew-lutlon providing for a committee to as-certain tbe exact relation between tbe OonvenUon and the Bunlnoiy u a

B A P T I S T A N D K E F L E O T O B , M A Y 14» 1 8 % .

what control the latter haa an It velatea to tbe teacher* and the teachluK of the laUur, UtM ooiuiuUtee to report at thla TCABlon. The reaolutlon waa uuiiiil-uioualy mluiitcd.

At the retiuoitt of the Ohiilr thi' Coii-veutluu HtiHHl aud 8nuK. "Aui I a Sol-dier »>f the Crww."

The report of the Cuuiiiiittee uu the Kluaueea of the Kurelgu ItuanI wuh L-alled for and, the i-oiutiilttee nut be-luK ready, the tiody saiig one verso, af-ter whii-h Dr. llutcher, by periultuiluu of the chulr. lutruduc<<d I'rof. II. 1'. Judiiou, Deuu of the ChlcaKu Uiilver-«lty, (ton of Adoulruui Judsuu, tho greiit nilsHlouary hero. Prof. Judiiuu ui>oku apiiroprlately.

At the tiugK««tt»u of SefnM4>vy Uur I-OW8 it wuH heartily agreed lo at«li all brelhreii who were at the orgiuilza-llun ol Uie c/uutuutiuu uujr-uue vettr« ago, to colue forward. Itrethreu Li. II. lliokuittii aud D. U. I'lunili, of Augnota, Oa., caiae aud wen' iutrwluitil to tht body. While ihey Hlood ou lliv plat loriu Uie outly bu/uU uuU Buog, »ua great spiritual feeliug prevailed.

These two veuenible brotlin-ii rt' 8|>ouded to this toiieu of riDpcot in brief 8p4XM.-he«i, relating souie rt'iuiuiH oeuetni of the Oouvuutlou.

l>r. Kerfoot pre«eui«d tbe r»-port for tbe commlitee un the debt uf the For elgn Mlasiun Board. Tbe report 8a}'8 three grave problems coufrout the Uuiu-d and OouveuUou: Cunulluieut, cbauge of iwilcy ou part of i-bun-bem aud tbf debt.

1. The report urged that no uiii<:iiou-ariea be retailed exeepi as tbe last aud inevitable tbiug. but suggesti-d that tbo«e now in tbis I'uuntry be kept here for awhile If It can be done without xeriouH injury to their work, aud iilito that these aa well as those lu the Held, reiiuest the churches knowing them best to take a special iutenvt iu their work.

The report vigorously i>re«euted tbe guesUon of our churches' preseut uiethod of holding buck their contribu-tious 'till near the close of tbe con-veutlouol yeur, slating that this year tbe Board received in tbe Urst eleven uiouths of the year only alK>ul 975,000, while duriug the lost lUMitb It received about |;aO,UUU, the larger part of which canie lu tbe last week of this ujontb. I'bls caused tbe Hoard to have to lior-ivw uioUey aud pay over |2,UUU in in-terest, which ought to have beeu paid to the inlsiilouarles. In view of this the report rccotumended that the Itoard make at ouce an enroUtueut of all lau vuuruites paying as much as (lUU annually, and of all Individuals paying

amiually; and that It enter luto correspondence at once with these churches and Individuals urging them lo make their coulributlotM early In the .year so as to save this extra and unneccsMiry expense.

il. That the Oouveatlon provide fur tho debt as early aa possible, so as not to enilmrnuK the Board In the next year's work.

Dr. Kerfoot simko to tho report, em-pliaslalug each jpolut lu the report.

Closing on tho tblrtl point the speaker grew elo(iueut. At the close of his H|M>ech Dr. Kerfoot requested Dr. Will-Inghnui to come forward and speak. As this great uuiu stood l>cfurc the Courentlott trembling with eiuoUoii, like a giant carrying a great burden and surcharged with a great purpose— yen, like a great spiritual giant sur-charged witli tho SiUrlt of Ood—the team atole unbidden down his cheeks. He said:

"liCt UM Join In prayer with Ilrotlior 1.arris." After tlw prayer the speaker by unusual efTortt suppressed bis amo-tlona and began dellbermtely. His words ns they came out, frelgbtcd with

suppressed feelings of his great if if. - - -

heart and filled with tbe power of tbe Spirit, wet an Immediate response, and tbe uiullence wiu< nt once suiriistHl witli tears. He said:

"We have 200 pnnichers lu the liome buid to <ine pnuu'her lu tho foreign laud. Do not do less for the bouio work, but uiortt for the fort'igii. We ought to lie willing to put our name luto Inuik and Iwrrow money rather than (.iiHl's causi' owe It and let thiH work Kuffer.

"Tbe hosts of Sntan are to-day l<H»k-ing ou this, the Kraiukwt Innly of men iu the world, stiyiug: 'We are going lo get tlii se sniulH to take a Ixick track; gt't them to n'treiich. A few yi'urs ago tliey i«il<l they were going forward for the Lord, but now tbey an' talking of going back.'

•'There wer«' 7.'ir> baptixmH reportiMl during tbe yeur: if you bad them lii'i-e lH>fon> yoti aiul owed for their i-ouvi-r-Hiou wouldn't you p«iy it?

"I WHH once u|K»u tbe weau and our 8btp Came upon an»tbi>r ship that wuh ou tln>. Tlumi* on iKianl plradtnl witii UH lu gniit auguiHb of soul tiiat we Ktop and asMixt thorn In extinguiHiiiug I be ilaui<>(*. SupiHKXe we liad turnetl a Ue if tar lo ibctr cries i»ud gouc on aa<t the news had come that tbe ship with her loud of life bad gone down! ou; 1 don't think I i-ouid have l<K>ked uiy IovihI ouch iu tbe fate, and bi-ard tbi-m say, "IHil you piu« by wiUiuut trying to lifip'/'

• aieihren, 1 don't know how we an- going to look our Lord In the fai-e utwl hour hliu unk why we did not trj to save the lost."

Following tbbs |Kiwerful apiM>ul Dr. Wiliiugbnm took a collection of casb, and ple<lgi>« to l»e paid by the tlrst of .luly, to the amount of something over $10,("OO, bt-sides a proniis«> from a great Hianj- bn'thrvu that tbey would lay it Ijefon- their cbun-hcw and Hcciin' whatever they could.

Adjourned with lM*ne<ti<-tlon by Dr. W. W. I^Audruni.

At 2:30 p. in. the Oouveution was called to order by Vice President Nortben, who called uu Dr. bpalUlug of Georgia, to lead In prayer.

The rei»ort left |>ending at the ad-journment of tbe foreiuion session was adopted.

At Uds iKtlnl u special committee,

prevlotisly ap|H)lnte<l to cx>tuiidcr cer-

tJilu suggestions made by tho Uome

and Foreign Boards In regard to the

'Mlsfdon Journal" as now publUhed,

stating that the present arrangeiueul

is not satisfactory to either Board,

made its reiwrt.

The c-ommlttee rejiortcd that they

found that tho pn«ent "Joumal" la

unratlsfactor}-, and recommended that

It 1h> NUspeudtHl and each Board nnike

Its own amingeiui'Jits iiimut isstilng

ItM own puhllcntlf>», nnd that the un-

expired subscriptions lie lllleil out

l)y Imth pubilcatloufi.

Dr. J. K. Sanifwy presonteil the n*-

|K>rt of the committee on the educu-

tiotml eirecta of the work of the 8un-

tlay-schooi Board. The rejwrt em-

phasixes tho educatioiuii cffect In ref-

erence to MlfMloiiH, which subject Is

always kept so pmmlnent.

Dr. Nanipcy spoke to the n>|iort "I

am glad to speak on tho Sunday-school

Board as an educational force. It

hail educated and developed nevenil

wrltors In. the expoeltlon of the lei>-

sons. Wirliave found ouraelron rich

In talent. It haa reached out its band

lo tlie flcveml State Boards and been

an e«inentionnl foroo tlieroln touching

tho iMHiple. It haa liecn sound, to the

mtv. I wish to oniphasise this fa«r..

"Tho Sunday-school Bonrd luui sot tv

self nut to be a helper to ororjr other

Interest oC the OoDTeatlon. Tbe t int

to etlucate iH>ople Is while they arn young. One «ither thought. I iwlleve thai ibo work of our Convention Is a unll, and when you stn-ngtheu any one Intrn'sl you help every other It tcrest."

i>r. I'ord. <»f MlHS4(uri. siMike tb<-n'lort. Ilf refernil to the article bv IM. VtHlder ret-ently ptd>llslio<l lu Uu-••Tea<-bcr" ami to Dr. Frimt's exi»biim-tion. which he wild was entin-ly sat-iMtai-tor}- to liiiu. "It Is tt gnind thing

10 lia\«' such a man In charge of the work-a mail liiat will corri'cl aiij iiilHtakt'."

Dr. W. K. L. Hmilb spoke, llesald: "It stfiim stninge to hear one ut

our iloiiriJe. ripi'Ti no U« bi liiiU i«'Vii-ail.v itiHii ill iiaiid, and still stniiigfr to buar ol a UoaiU oul> nvo yuam uiu actunily roaclilng out Its bunds aud giving III liH potir iiclgiilMirH. Hut <i<> not want tlit>N*> iin'tlirfii to Ih-puffiMi up iMM-auM' of tlu-ir liii-incial Hkii) i'liui'M ilio li'iiHt tiling about It.

•We honor this Hoard bci:au»e it's n tfacher and iH-cauiH' of Its teaching Tlicii' iin" two gn'at diK'trlUfN iii tlu* llililr. iiiii' <ii ••artiil.v tilings iiiid tbi' otbtT »>l licavcnlj tilings till' doi-trine oi° kIii aiui thi- dtMtriiii' of k U vatioii. you make little of mIii, you

11 ako little of Hulvutiun, llv woul«( aOvi^e ibc Uourii u a i<> tiiink niucti of iKianling the money nor of a dis-(•lay of its liciicvolcnt asHistancc ol otlior objcclx, iiiit to iuak<' tlii' iH' t |«'rio(ll«als iiudor the bluo canopy aim make tliem cneap, compete.

"You must do this. You can nink'-theiu better and you can moke them clun|H'r. Put out your money on tbein. Tbis Koanl iiegins nt tiii' basi' of tliiiigx. 1 like ti> think of our de iioniitiationai civilization as a pyra' mid with tbe Seminary at tlie api-7. aiul this Itoanl and Its work at tbe lia>n'. It gm-s Into the lioini'. Tin-.'^I'liilnaiy ti-afliorH tell iiu' liiat tboso iiieii wlio (tunc fnmi weli-taugUt Sun-day-s<'Iiih>In make iN-tter Htudi'nis lli:iii otiii'rH."

(Viiitiniiing. lb*' H(M-aki-r paid a iiu.st iM-aiiiiriii ami well ditii-rvcd trll»ut«? to Dr. Saiuiii-l Hoykln, editor of "Kind Words."

In cl'jsiiig. Dr. Smith iKK-aine poetIO and among other things said: "Ix't thU( Itoard sit like a (jueen un the bank of tlie Ciimlierland and continue her lienign work forever,"

(!ov. Nortben said: "The Sunday-

sclxml BoanI haa come, established

Itself, and by the grace of God It Is

going to stay," Advancing, the s|k>ak-

er dlwu88e«l In a strong and U'llln^

way tlie iHtwer of etlucatlng the cbll-

dn'ii, and tlie iM>wer of a little heart

and little life consecrated to the I<ord,

IteiMirt adopttHi unanimously,

Adjouniwl nft«>r li«ne<ilcllon by Bni.

A, M. Slius, of North Camllna.

At thu night sestlun iliviu was b mass mooting in tho intoresl of For-eign Missions, llov. J. K. Whit« spoke on Brsxll, saying:

"Bnull needs Christ that she may be-gin to elimb upwanl. Slu' iiwhIb not the CbrlHt of the crticlllx, but the tJhrlHl of tlK> cnms; luit the Christ of Catholicism, but the Christ of the Blblev She newls Christ Hint she niiiy have roven-nns that slu« may have n Snblmth: that sho mny have iiu open Bible, and that sho tnay know that n religious ilfo nuist lie a dally life. Besides nil Mils without Christ Brasll is lost,

"Citrlst nwMls Brnsll. Ho needs her

nmnoy, bor One oro and bor diamonds.

Because of bor geographli?nl sitimtlon

relotlvfr to ail tbe remainder of Soutli

America, tho religion tbot gota Brasll

wUlgetalltbutcouiitiT.

, mi

"If these facts l>o true, there r<>stM n great resiMmalblllty on us. If llni/.it is wrung from the Iron gnisp bf Hoiik

\lt must be done by Baptists. I do ikh know wbellier our suctvsslon will cvi i In> made evident or not, but am sin., if It ever is done It must lie douf b; erasing Hie bUMHly tnicks of ItaptlsiM as lliey have contiMU'<l with I{onii>."

llev. C, L, Seiisholes. of Texas, was the lu'xt H|>eaker. lie H|M>ke on Africn: "Whenevor I hear the nanie of Afrlni, be said, "many gn-at events and uobiv cliiinK'ters liasii iH'fon' inc. It is tlu ic tbiit we bnve tbe tlrst trail's of chill /.niion: tlien' sriciurt' had its blrili then' Moses was Isini. and tlu-rc our Savior was pniic^'ted fnuii ills eiicmli k nil <!od conimandi'^l tlial he Im> nilliti Uavk.

".Vfrlca In iioi iinliealtbfiil, as wo ai. l|l-(-IISloll|l'4l lo Slip|H>SI'. It Is llkl' >l|i

otbi-r eouiilrii'M In this n'gaiii liiu<

niilii'iiltlifni disliicts. Kcsiili's it is i

wcaltliy i-«iuiilry. (lossi'SHlng great mu

iinii ri'«oiire<'s.

"'i'lie work of llif Southern ltii|>il«:>

ill Afrli-a is liie same lis tiiat doiii' i>i

Deileon l'lilili|i. or wiioiii we read m

.\i-ls. liiiiiiely, expiailiilig the Serlptiin

to the negro. 1.4't US explain tile Serip

iiin'N to tlieS4' here among us. and sen.i

llieiii to their own |ieople.

"Then- ail' tlinx- ne<i>ssar>- In ilii>

work, a message, a man. ami ili.

iiH'niis. <;<mI has supplied us with ili<

llrst two, will we funilsb tlie last?

most Inten'stliig event was iIimi

wiiieli I'oliowetl tills kim' hIi. Dr. Wil

llligiiaiii re<|U<>st«Ml the audience i..

stand ami sing "Fmm (ire»>nl«nd s Icy

.Moiliituilis." and as be did so In-

bnxigbt forwanl a jim'.v of tbe lirM

e«llllon of it, which Is owned hy ii'

('tiattaii<H>ga g 'Utleman. .Never bc f.in

iM-rliaps did Itaptistn sing so iiixill.t

liiat Nilrring old iiynin.

Dr. ,1. S. Kirtley, of Missouri, ml

(Iresseil the IsMly on .lapan. lie s;iiil

" I hero is no other standpoint from

wbb'b it Is so Interesting as to view

.Inpiiii as an .\nierlcnn atui a liaptlKi

Tile iiiuw of tiie lives of these tv\i>

nations liave louchtHl en«'b oilier m

many phices. When (^.olunibus staricil

out to discover America he startcil

(or Japan «o lo'llrecHy Japan Im'

contributed thla country and our (s-

thcrs to tho world. We are Indebted to

Japan, and In turn Japan Is Indebtisl

to ns. for It was nt our hands that

the llrst Testament entered her i-oiin

try.

"There Is one danger to which I

desire to refer. Ja|ian has swallowed

W^ntern elvlll7.nllon wltlMiut haviim

Its nK>tH. Christ is the foundation of

our clvllisuitlon, and Japan cannot

k»H>p our civillxatlon without having

our Christ."

l»r. J, 11. linger, mlsslnnnrj- to Italy,

n'turned home for nwt, s|Kike, saying:

"I can sincerely say that I am In a

gmit sinill. I am anxious lo s|H>Mk

to tills Convention, nnd yet bnve

spoken S4I Utile lu Kiiglish In the last

sixtei'ii years that I f«>el emlmrrnssei?

to nnderiake It. When t iH'held tin-

IMirt of Ni'w York tlie <»ther day 1

iHiuld not kiH'p from weeping—weeping

for Joy to In< among my brcthn>n ngain.

But this Is not a lime lo w'ei>p! riilher

a lime to s|M>nk nnd work, I bring

grH'llngs lo you from nil the Baiillsis

of ltnl.v—not only from nil the Bap-

lists, but from all tho chtirclies In

Ilnly.

"Before speaking of otir work, let

UH romomlier that nrc owe Italy n'

•Ipbl. She lins given to tint world

tnnny of tlio world's greatest men.,

Danlo, MIebnol Angola, ItApbsel, Oarl-

Imldi, nnd innny oUiom bardly less

noted werw ttnllans.

"Ii«>t IU pay this debt. We btte now

B A P T l b T A N D B B F L E O T O B . M A Y 14 , l » » b .

kn

re encouragement in our work there

iliiin liltlierto. Tho chief sources of thlg

are!

"I. Till* lldellly of our menilMTs In

tl,i. hours of trial and persecution.

Some time since there was n Isiy of

j7 ycai-s ••onverteil. Ills family wero

liorrliied that he had detHirlwl the

,.|,iiieji and iMKronie a heretic, and did

nil ilii'y conid to Induce him to n'leni.

IIIn iiioiiier went so far ns to lake

lilx hcati betwM'U her hands and bump

it ;n.'iiltisl llic Willi, but still he wan

mil' This is only one of many mIiiiI-hir cases.

•J. Tliey hive their Bible.

••;i i he large nuiiiber of tracts tiiiii

inv being sold Is eiicouniglng. Tiiere is

one wealthy woman who has devoted

mil. h of In r meiins to iMh work, dls-

tiilMiiing as lilgb as IMMNM) iriicts In

n year, Tli«>se tracts have found their

wiij Into every scIkkiI iu Italy, of

whlcli there are -I'i.OOO Tho Kvnngcll-

nil llllile ami Tract Society puitllsbed

(Ciir mo.ooo collies of the Scrip-

liircH. of wlileh I'JO.INHI Were (ilslrlb

llli'd

M .\ conirast Ih-Iwimmi the past ami

|iii .ii'iit furnislies a ground for eiicoui-

iimMciit. ill IHtS tiien« was no pub-

lirally |>roiiotinci>d evangelical. He

fi.r>- l dd not an evangelical preacher.

I iri\ years ago men weiv iiiipHsidied

tor tlie crime Of n'adliig tbe HlbU'.

.\iiollii'r source of eiicouiaKemeirt

I he Iiicreas4>d iitteiidaiice on on;-

s. n No priest ever speaks to one

nil i>crf«iiial religion. When 1 sjH-ak

I" iiii) one on this subject be Instantly

".ly I mil II Protestant,

i iiii utldn now some of ibe liltllcul

Hi* I The K*'Ueral ignorance of the

I.e..pi. uf all the iMipulation In Italy

;ii |H'r li nt, cannot, n-ad; of tiie peas

iiiiiry. si |s'r cent, an- unable to rend.

II I'rejuiliiv against us, Tbe prii'sis

till. li (lie iHiiple this, ill A dcartli of

llll'l"' kiiowleilge, wiilcli always pro-

• lii.es KUpel-stition. In St. Peter's, at

Iti'iiic. Hie liN'of St. Peter's slaltle has

ii'^ti worn away by Hie jm-jijiIc's kiss-ini: It "

I'r l.'ager gave iiiniiy siicli lnstanci«

'I Itiillan ignorant stipei-stillon as the

ai.ove, ami Hien said: "Tlic spirit of

' aihollclsin Is "give iiie so mueh and

I II give .von so much."

"Hut," said he, "we an' not dlscour-

ilKiil."

Tiie Kpee4-h was a fearful arnilgn-

iiieiil of (Vitholleism, though iu very

line spirit.

.\fler the usual announceinenis the

I'oiiveiitlon udjoiirneil with beneilic'

lion by Dr. B. L. Whitman, Pn-sldenl

"f Colutiiblnii Wnlvcrally nt Washing-

ton,

Ou Hundiiy the usual pn>aclilng ser-

vi(.».s wen) held. All of the churches,

IdHi while and volorcd, had been tcn-

ilere<l to the IcM'al committee, with tho

KMluest that they, supply tho coiigre-

gatlons with preaching. This Included

even the Jewish Synngi>gun, a very un-

usual thing. It wn,< Hie pleasure of

this n>porier lo h«»nr In Hie morning a

very able m>rnion, embodying the liest

IKHwlblo thotrghl, ns woli ns spiritual

power, l»y Dr. B, L: Whitmnn, nnd ni

night to hear nnolher able sernion by

Dr. I^ituilng Btirniws nt Uie Jewish

Hymigngttc. Dr. Burniws seemed to

feel a little bit stmnge, ns did also

Home of his eougrogntlon, nt worslilp-

tug In a building when' Christ Is not

pn>n(<lic<l ordlnnrily.

In tlie afternoon there wore suverai

"••rvioes at dllToront pint?™, twrlmi'"

' Hio'ntost prominent being the Btindny-

xeluml mass-meotlni at tli(« fttull-

Uiriitm of the Vlmt 01iMH>li, Wlili*b ivaii'

nddi^sed liy several bratliten.

By the time for tbe tttMOluil of the

Monday morning session a goodly

niiiiilM'r of the delegat«>s had taken

Hie train liome, while a gowl many

nHicrs wei-e seeking pleasure hi Uio

Naiional Park, Chlckamauga. ou the

historic ^llssiouary Uidge, or ou tho

soiil-slliring liiMikont Mountain, and

yet, when the President bmught dowu

ills gavel, the auditorium was well

lllled, and simiu liecanie crowded, many

is-rsoiis not iM'iiig able lo get In.

Tiie t'onveniion sang "Am 1 a Sol-

iller or Hie Cnws." At tbe lequest of

Dr. Hatcher, a few momeuts' secivt

worbhip were bud Dr, Malcolm Mo-

«;rcgor closed Hk- iirayer.

Tlie n-adliig and approval of the

journal and other miscellaneous busi-

liess I'ollowud.

Dr. llatelier loniiully intiiMliiced Dr.

H. L, Wbltiiiaii, Pivsldcnt of Coluni-

lilaii Iniverslty, of Wasiiiiigton, who

II sjioDiliil gracitfully.

I'iie Presiiicnt announced us tiiu or-

der Id Hie iiour the inlcivsts of the

Seminiiry. Dr, Wiiltsitt sinike in be-

liair id the Institution, lie said he

lias more tronliie with iidjectives than

iiiiy oHier piiri or spercli. Couiluuing,

lie said;

"I want lo siKMik of tbe prosperity

itf liie huiiiunry, uuU If i lall ii

gratifying lliat does not expn-ss It. 1

think I shall call it uup|-eccdenic«l. NW-

iiiive itad during tlie year 'M~ stu-

lii Ills, wiiicii is -ill more limn previous

ciiiidimeiii. Wiicii I llrst entered tbe

Sciuliuiry we iiad -li stmients, and we

lhou}.'lil liiat we w'cix' doing well, for

Hie year previous we had ouiy seven,"

Passing on, he sisike of the gynina-

Hlum u< an aUvaucemciu; tbeu the

luirtiioiiy liiat lias i>ivvulleil among

piid'essors and sludciits, and also of

the eiitiiusiasni among Hie studeuts,

who iiave iH-eii more zealous and done

iicller work Hialj ever Urfon'.

Ill closing ills speech, Dr, Whitsitt

K|Hdve of Hie lUH'ds uf the Seminary to

support ail this large number of stu

dcnis and to pay Hie salary of liic

new professor, W, l». Carver, wiio liiis

Imvii eiect«Hl during Hie year, lie i-ou

liiiiieil. saying:

"HiiiiUsis are a iilH'ral pi'<iple aud

wi' have plenty of money. 1 ctnild get

plenty of money this morning if I

only had some one to tell me when 1

am 'cold and warm and hot us lire,' as

we used tti do wiieii we played hide

aud siH'k."

Csliig Ills niotlier as a beautiful lllus-

tnitlon, the siieaker made a strong

appeal to all old studeuts, urging them

to lj«' true lo Iheir "nlma mater,"

Hy special reiiuest. Dr. Kerfoot

s|Mike with siH'cial refenmce to the

gymnasium. During the speech he

nnuounccd thai lion. Joshua Leverlii|l[

had wntribuletl fl0,0(K» to the gyuiua-

slum. In couuectlon with which will be

all the necessary npiHiratus nnd a line

Imthing |)ool.

Dr. H. C. Dargaii siwlte In In-hnlf of

tbe Students' Fund. He said:

"The denominational |M»llcy for 100

ymrs or more has Iwen to assist lu tho

edticatioii of |Hior prenchers as bono-

llelnrii*. Are we going to rovers?

this iMillcyV There Is always some

loss lu every busluess, but tlieso losses

are always inoro than couutcrlialniiced

by the brilliant exceptions the other

wn.v. If some men whom we help do

not eoine up to our oxpectatlnn, let us

rememlM'r that tunny oHhu's go faf

nlHive them. So wo aro to work for

thu mindle ninti. W« haVo aidetl 174 out of tho 817 stiidenti enrolled, leav-

ing 14a who bavo nut asked lielp. I<ast

yenr wo lielpiMI 107. wbit;b innkoa ii

gnlii of ottly seven lu tbo numlter of

tliosd lUNilBtod. while tlie Intiremio In

attcnditncfl la tortjr-nlne. Nor are

thoHo iiBslstcd helped to any alarming extent.' Otlier seiuluaries help a larger |H>r ceut. of their studeuts, aud help theni more largely,"

At tho closo of tho siieech, Dr. Dar-gan stated tho f ^ d Is In debt, and took a collecUou, amounting to |1,S00.

Tlu« retiort of tho ComniltUm ou For-elgu Population, Including IndhuiS aad Cubans, was road by Dr. W.H.Fe-lix and was disouased by Itov. R. J. Iloguo, who for 40 years has bMn a missiouury to the Indiana. Brother Washburne, a convoried Indian, w-ho foi many years has lioen a missionary to the Territory also spoke. He spoke espec'lully wilii reference to tho ob-stacles to the work, saying:

"1. Tiie Ibiatlng white iKipulatlon cannot own laud, Imt must depend on n-ntlng or leasing. The Indian haS Is'cn well treated by this Convention.

'"J. Yet tbe Indlnu Is suspicious of the white man, or of tho Indian who can speak ICugllsh well, regarding him as a sort of white man's Indian.

".'{. 'i'lie Anglo-Haxon has a iieculiur

Halt, a <l(>sire to get poMk'ssiou of

eveo'Hilug arouml. This is so with

rerereni'c to land, and the Indian Is

[jl(«l«us alsiut the iillotuient of the

land, and thinks that we take an Inter-

est ill lilni iKfdtise we M»nt his land,

"Tiie Indian is nntui-.HIy a Baptist.

Some of tbe reasons for this:

"1. When he roads that ChrUt was

Imptizeil in the river Jordan, It takes

a greiit deal of explanation to make

him believe that this is not so, sjie-

clally s<i jf tbe explnnntlon conies from a white, man.

"2. Wiieii you tell lilm that faith in

Ciii'lst Siivw, he Is'lleves it,

Wiicii you tell him that one can

fall fmm grace, he wiys that tbe white

mnn may do so, but Hk> Indian can

not.

"'J'iicn' is a s<'ct going now among

Hie Indians, iM'tween whom and the

Hapilsts some of the untutored In-

dians can't tell Hie din'enMK'e. When

they ask nie the dlffen'uce lietween

Hapilsts nnd Cnmi*lK>llites, I say the

dirren'iiee Is that iH'tween reflglon and

no n'llgion,"

Hy inoHon. llev. A, J. Diaz, who so

lately has liei'ti releaswl from the Cu-

ban prison, spoke to the ConveiiHon

on the situation In Cnlm, He said:

"Baptists have Ihh'U lu no sense

to 1n' blnmiHl for tlH' lusurrectlon,

Hiuiin doe«i not Improve the Ishiiid, but

iiicrenses the taxiw. Some time since

It was stated that us schui as the waf

Is over Siialti Intends to send 30.(X)0

piiests to (,Uiba lo overcome the Bap-

tists. Mv male members carao

to me nnd wild that they did not want

the priests, nnd tlio best way to avoid

Imrlng them was lo Join the Insur-

gents. As I always have groat regard

for the opinion of men, I never said a

wonl. 'So they all go, and 1 thank do

I.iOrd fur dat.'

"The war has bmi conductiHi In the

most Inhuman wiiy. The whole Island

Is nothing but a lake of blood—thu

bliKNi of Innoceut women aud chlldn>n;

every tree nnd bush Is sprinkled w lth

liliNid. We establlslied forty White

CniHs Societies, nnd In tlicdo wo have

canMi for 'J,lK)fl Spanish soldiers and

1,000 lusiirgent soldiers. When ivo

pass the insurgent lines wltli a wonnd-

oti soldlor, whether ho bo Spanish ot

lnsurg(<nl, the men tako oil thoir bats.

But the Spanish soldioni would Itot

nllow us to pass thoir Hues with a

wounded insurgent. 8o wo biivo to be

cnroftil not to coino In contact with

them. That's tho way Spain pays all

who treat bor well

"Tho Baptists aro not nlono as to

ibis iteraccitUon. Others bare auf

fei«d. Fint , the filplacopaliaiui. and

then the lothodlsts, have suffered per-secution. One Methodist proachor was killed. But thu Baptista wore accused of lieing the leaders of the robelllon, because they ptvach liberty lu Christ. Weyler has received 115,000 from the Bishop of Havana to put down the war."

l.eavlng these statomentM uf gen-eral principles. Brother Dlas related at length, lu his quaint way, his late ex-liedeuM* of Imiirlsouineut and release. This story made tho Conveutlou laugh and cry. No ono could fail to think ot Paul and Silas as Dlax told how he aud his brother, thero lu prisou, sang and prayed. They were iu prison eight days, and the church was gath-ered together each day aud night, pray-ing for them. When they wero re-leased, at U i>. m„ they weut to the church, and they and the congregation remained there till after mldulgbt.

Tho si>eclal committee appointed to report on tbe relation between ths Con ventlou nnd the Seminary submitted their report, through Dr. B, H, Car-roll. The reiiort said that all the legal relations may be expressed In one sen-tence, but the committee deemed It wise to go more Into details:

1, The Seuiluary Is not, historically, a cn-atlou of the Conveutlou being cniited In 1858 by an educational con-vention, called siieclally for that pur-

IKISC.

2, The legal ivlatlou is expressed lu

the third fundnnicntal law of the Sem-

inary, which provides that the Cou-

\cntlon may nominate three iiersous

fiom whom each vacancy In the Board

shall be lllled. but provides also that,

ill case the Convention, for any reason,

fails to make such uonilnatlous, tho

HoanI may till the vacancies of its

own election. The Convention haS

never exenlsed this right. Thus It

appears that the Seminary Board Is

self-iH'rpetuatIng, and if this Con-

tlon were never to meet again, the

autonomy of the Seminar}' would not

Im.> affected. Also, that the Convention

has no iKiwer to elect or remove a

teacher. But the committee Is of the

opinion that, while this is all the legal

n'lation existing, there Is a strong

moral and denomlnatiouai relation.

Pending the motion to adopt. Dr.

Camdl siHike. Ho said the committee

thought a statement more elaborate

than this ought to be published lu the

denominational pn|iers. A great many

brethfcii have been qf the opinion that

In five minutes, by the simple process

of a resolution, It Is in tlw power 6f

this Convention to pull down and sot

up with n'feronce to tbo Seminary. l ie

n'gnrdeil it that tbo sanctity of our

dc'Ctrine Is safely guanled. This re-

lation IR not enough to enable tiie Con-

vention, in a moment of oxcltoment,

to lnjun< tho Seminar)-, but it Is

enough to enable us. In a little time,

iiy a faithful exerclsc of this charter

right, to correct any mistake that may

occur.

Ailjourned, witli benotllctJon by Dr.

K. 10. I'olk, of Tennessee.

At 2;.'l0 Monday aftemoou tbo Presi-

dent cnlle<1 the convention to order.

Hev. W. L. Brown 1«1 In prayer,

Dr. J. B. Cranfill road the roiwrt on

Woman's Work, which makes tho fine

showing of over |(10,000 ralsod for

Home nnd Foreign Missions, besides

liundrcils of lioxes, valued at thou-

sands of dollars, sent to frontier mis-

slenarlcs.

Dr. t'miillll spoke to tho roiwrt, say*

lug!

"1 hnvo calleil tbe Woinoii's Mlsslnu-

nry Union 'our Itnlon,* liecauMe I do

nnt regard it as n thing separate from

our Oonveutlott, Tlia women i t t ua

m

B A P T I S T A N D K E K L E O T U B , M A Y U .

nn example that we would do well tQ follow; they iin« ii eo-openitlve lM)dj. We criticise nud erofw one iinother. TIIOHP women RO quietly nlotiK, dolni; tJitIr work."

Pnfwlut; from UIIH, I>r. Cmiilill Hpoki-told In n striktUK wny of the work of the Mnrylnud linplUt MIMHIOU UtxiiiiH.

Dr. N. B. Ooforth followwl, wiylutj: "WImt our i)eoi)le wwd Is wnyn. The «"ouiitry churches Imvo not the wuyx thnt town and city churclicH Imvc. Thin HendUiK 1iox(*8 rurnli«h(>x our eirlH nud women RomethluK that they can do with their own iinndx. I doulit tlu> wlHiIom of semllm: our little jjiris out oti tiie Mtret ts. nud aiiowiiiK tlieiii. ntliiier fnflliloii. to nto|i ptuplf and de-irand that tlH»y deliver up. It i» down-ritriit l>ej!8ttr>', and puts our cauHo at n ureal dlwKlvnntase."

I>r. I/)fu>u wild that HaptlHiM an- the iiHiftt cenerouH and liosi)ltaWe pi^ople «|M>clally of tiie (jraciouH work of Bend inc the fnmtier ijoxes. "If nil ineii lit the Southern Baptiiit Oonventlou would Kive iiaif a« uitK-ii in pmiHirtion to their al>!iity an the«e women do. tliere would lie uo debt on our Koardx," he Ha id.

Bnrtlier Kmltli. of Miir.viaud. wild; "Tiie BUIHVSS of tiiiti work iui8 IH'CSI achieved by scatteriUK Ml»«louary lu formation," Kniarjrin*:. tiie upeiiker in all the world, hut they do not like to pari from their money, tlouiuui-iLK. he Miid:

"What our cimreiu tt UIMVI is lieltci orjfani/atlou. If tiie woiuvn in all uui churches were organized in this work the <HintritmtlonN would l>e mar.C times nmltlplied."

Pr. Ford sp<»ke iirleliy, an did also Dr Ciiiiifill.

The report was ndnptiHl. — A . .T. Uowiiuui, <ifneriii S4'crj.-

tary of tlie American llaptl8t i'ultlii ii-tlou SiM-lety, and l>r. H. (J. Seynmnr. till' MiwdiMiary ami Ulhle StM-rrUny "f the I'lllillciilliiii Society, were itilKi-(iu<»d. and s|Hikv of tlit ir wurk AIM. 1)1. 1' 1-. WIlklriH. ticiicnil SiM-r. iar.v nf tlie N. V. R. I' A., spoki- 'if tlic Vi.uiij; T'-OI'ICH work.

Hi'pnrt of tlie oimmltiec on ll,e Treanurer'n r«'iM)rt of the Home Itonni was read by Uev. S. >1. rmveiice. The re|K>rt wiiowed tin- Hoard to lie in <h'bi HomethiUK over f7,<MH), wltii n decvwise ill tlie ex|ii>nditunii of over !i>l.ri(j*i. While some of tin- Ktalen have jjlveii more than last year, many have fallen lielmv their colliributIOIIH of ftiriiicr >earH. Keftort adopt<>d. wltiioui diH cussioii.

|{e|K>rt on Work AIIKUII; tlie Colored I'wiple was read by Uev. M. .1. Break-er, of Missouri, who spoke to the re-port. Uo wnn r.ilUiAMi liy lt<'V ,I K While, of North Carollua. Dr. ,1. Wil-liam Jones s|H>ke. The thought in th«'He spee<'heB was co opunilloii In this work wllh the Amcrlcau Baptist Home MISHIOII Hoclety. Home other lireth-ren followed with Informal i-cmarks. iieiKirt iidopted.

IteiMirt of the committw on the re-l>orts of VleB-Presldeuts of the differ-ent Boards was preseiit«!d. '

.1, B. aambrell, J, .1. Taylof, A. .1. 8. Tbotuaa, It, A. Vennblo, J, W, Balluy, Alexander Marchand, I. J, Vau Ncaa and C. A. Ulakley wero cleotcd Fra* tornai MeKSdOKura Ui t h j Nuitheru an-niveruirles.

Ailjuiirned, Ilenedlctlon by Dr, J, II. Kllpntrlck.

Couvontlnti culled to t>rder nt T:4tr by I'lxwidcnl Ilnrnlsoti. I'riiyer by Bov. Kehnffcr.

Dr, Uboper olfored ii nwtlutlufi lii-structlnR Uio nlHecm to sond imfmuKea to Dr«. Krotit nnd Tupper, wlioso chl|. dMu ar> «ippoMd to Iw In » arlug

condition, nrd (o Hr. r'nlteii-vid, who himself Is quite low.

The re|H)rt ou the Work AIIIOIIK the Native White rotiulatioii was ri'ad liy llov, K. !•:. nomiir.

Itev. II. W. Battle, of Vlif,'liila," spoke to the reiwrt. He said: "You will aKree thnt we have been won-derfully bletBiHl in thlH Houthluud. The (ertllipv of it" »f>il. «'(|'<i»Bli'fiiin.u (if llH clliiialc and, alHive all. the charac-ter of iiM pe<i|ile, make It one o ' the IlloNt liieHHeti of lUlliollH. Mow liiii>; Mill It Ho iciiuiln? lllHlory rccoidrt tliMi nallom' arc In liie keeiiliiK of im-ii 'i'iie iiHiulplcH of liie ivUdon of tiie Lord tit luau for life. B<>lieviu(; thus, we rejoice In the Klorlous teuet that man mnn l'* ennol)led Ijy thcM' princlplcM. and that these are now. liowever, vitiated by sin, but tliat they are made Ijeitcr by thin n llt'lon We Hi-iiietiincH Ixiiisi iliat mir clvlll/.a'tnu can siiind anyhow. We are misiakei). Wc iKiasi of our maierliil wenlth. But, friends, these thluKs are temporal. If I could have my (5cd to reveni hU -vill nnd piirpoHO eoiieenilnc Ihln hind In Haered pli-ilp'. 1 would liiive liiiii will in repird to tliincH Immaterial." Adopted.

Motion to the Uejiorl <in \V f k amoii): the Foreign I'opnintion. ami to reiiiiest Home of llie Indian luellireii present to Mpeak. Hut upon tlils IH-IUI; eiilleti for. It was IIHcertJillli'il lll.'ll lliey Were not 111 the room. So. at rwjuest, l»r Tlelieiiov exjiliitlietl llic sllUHtl"li of our t'lilinii property in llavniia.

At llie elojK' of this utiltenielll. I»r. 'I'li'lii'iior rei)ui>s1ed I>r. iiatelier to lead I'oiiv*>ntlon In N|ie<-ltil prnytM' for Ciil'M nnd for our lin'thivii there The iniiycr unf taken n|> liv tlie i-oin;rei::i lion, and lienrty •'niiiens" eniiie in re-H|Minse,

l»in. .1. n. lOat'ei aiiii funis l.i-c Ijiwft MiKfke brietly.

Dr. Ifawthrrnc fald he ilm— tmt i..-Ileve Ih.'lt Hliy etlleraetii'V eilli lirlHe timi will wiirrsiiii ii* to i'H<Murii«e woiiMMi to ilo wli:it Cod iiii.M fiirliidileii tier lo i|ii. not only In his ItnoU. Imi nlso In tiie <'on8titutlttii of lier very physical bcin(r ThlH was said ia an-#wtrtoL5ro I)n.wn,»lio, wlien Dr.Tieh-enor fahl ibailtiewoincn of tliiSa WIMV ennllliniliu tiie work In llie nliNeliec of hrotlier IMax, a»-ked liow It is that tiiese women ci>uld do this, If we ihoiiKlii it wroni: for women to preju h'/ rnMeeiilnc, I»r. Iliiwilionii? palil the Home Itonrd a line trilmte, as he dlif also the veneraiiie Seeretniy. I»r. 'I lche nor. He said: ".No other man IIIIN dom for the ItaptlstN of the Sotilli so nnieh thinkiiiif. Thlnklmr Is ereatint:. A man Is to lie ctuiimlseraied who lan-not appro'lalc ii fresh, vlnon us tluuiKht. The creation <if a thouKht Is more lliati mountains of silver and itiM. The work of this Board Is the result of thouKht. <!od is liehind alf IKilltical nphenvalN. If was so with tiie American cohmies: It is s<i with refer-eiie«> to Cuba. Culm will he free, and all the bells of heaven will vm;, nnd all the (lajis of iilorj' will w;i\e. Then the Baptists will be in n po>ii...n lo do what no other donotniimtlon will •> tt\ IHisltloii lo do,"

Dr, Ilnleher spoke brielly, as did als.i two or thrw! other brothren.

At this point It was nnnouttced that the Indlnti brethren wero present, nnd Brotltpr Menotnli, cme of tlioni, tul-dressetl tlio Conreiitlon,

Benedlcflon by Dr. J, IT. HtiRer, When the time enme to call th-.

iMidv lo order on Tuesday tiinrnltiii, Hie crowd was consldentbly ihliiueff out,

The Ptrsldetil enlled tlie body to or-tler »it 0 o'clock, nnd nflflr (levolloiinl •urvlcwi, tho routine btulnsis, Buoh w

readint! tlie Journal, was disixised of. 'I'herc i-emalned only little busiiiess to lie traiiNacicd, and II was dispatched wltii llie liaHte <'iinracteriHtic of the CIOKIHK hours, when all arc tired by the eoiistaiil strain of work for several ilayK,

'i'he report of the Cllommittce on the BUSIUCHS ami Finance of tlie Hunday-si liool Board was KulmiltteU and adopt-ed wlllioul disenssion.

The one riillvelllllK iMclll of this InSl se^sloll was I hat wiileli oeeurred with lefei-eiiee lo II lenipenillre reNolUllon silliiiiilled l>,> l>l' .1. B. I'raillill. of Tex

The I'esolullon WilS a SlrolIK pro oil llie rum tiallie. cX-

lireNhiii;; ll ii.t llie opiiiioii of ihi' I'I'livenlloli I lull <-hlirelles oUkIiI to itlsi'i|i|llie iiieiiiliers wlni ai'e 111 illl.V \VII\ I'olillei'led with tills lil:siiie.>>s. ,Soint> lireliireli, while as slroiiu'iv of (his o|itiilou lis otiifi's lioiiliteii till' |iro|iriet.v of till- t'oiiveli' lion's e.\|ii'efisiim iiii\ o|iinloii as wiiom the elmrclies siioDld hold in llielr niem lierslii|i .Vfler eolisiderilhli' illseiis sjoii ti> iiiiin,\ liretiiren. nnd nfl<'i' sev erni iiiiieiiiliiieiils lind lu'eii olTereil. some 111 Wiijcli were lalded. llie pre vli.iis ijiii-siloii WHS moved nnd second

I I'll. Tlie resolution was iido|)ted. Tiiell eiiiiii' till' reiMirlH of tile t'oiil

I iMiiiii' nil Voiiihinlioiis. ami of Coin i mlllei- on rimi' nnd I'lnee. The inttiT

of Ihe.xe recoiiiliietided WiimlUKtoU. N. ( ' . (IS the |ilnr«' of the lii'Xt meeting. i''rliiii.\ liefore III)' seroiid •' lllldny In .\lny, JSltT. as tlie time, nnd Dr. U. A. Veiiiiiih' to pre.'icli the sermon, with I)>- W It i. Smith MS thi> nlt.-rnat.e.

l lie iismii resoluilons of tlinuks were ndo|iteil.

The very l:ist moments were spent iti n lieniitlliil lii'votlonnl service, iliirlii»: «hii-ii |ii;i.vifs were offereii. ".Sw'eet ••|iy.' nnd Bye" wns SUIIK. nnd preeiims l>:issji;;es of Serlptiire were reelii'it

.\t the i-losi' of the sunt; and tile ulv iiiL- of the pnrlliii.' hnnd. the I'resldent L'rn''efMll\ Ihiillkeil tiie I'oiivelilloli for lis klni,Ine.s.s to hliii. nud liroiiuhi down Mie civel dei'iiirliiu' the fifty llrst ses sioli of the Soiilhevn Bflptlst Conven tlon ndjouriied slue die.

So closed n most ttlorioiis s)>ssion of the Krcat Omventlon.

Back in Tennessee.

From "Plspah's top" of joy and blcssinK I make obolBiincu to Tennes-see IlaptlHts again. I am back lo TonncBBco, and "that 's enoHi;h for mo." Her people have been and arc yet bolDf; so good to me, that I can say of a truth, "my cup runnethovor," and tbU loiter Is Just tho ffladsomo flow and "sparklo" that West Ten-nnsBoe Baptists have thomsolvos creat-ed—tbo ovorllow of Uio cup which thoy thomsolvoR havo flllod.

My leoturo tour throufrh Kait Ten-nosseo last soason, and tho i^norous, choorlnK rocoption accorded me ovory-where, put me so much in lovo with anythlntr and evorythlnR boarlncr the mark of Tennessee upon it, that I havo l)oon loDfrinfT for my wandering feet to press her soil »((aln.

In res|)on8o to invltationa from our churches at Jackson and BrownsTllIe* I entered West TonnoBioe for tho first time ft few weeks ngo. I met a aerioi of lino crowds in Kast Tennesspn,

j drawn iargoiy, I know, by novelty, ^ and which I foared I might not equal ! aifuln in a ionf; time. But the OKuros

place West 'i'onnoaseo a little in the load. This has boon largely due, of course, to tho gratifyint; introduction which tho B A P T I S T A N D KTCFUTXITOH had given " Karnost Willie" ainoDi; thoBo noble Baptist pooplo. How many of us fail to approciato as wti

I should the real holpfuinoss gathered I from our religious papers! How they I draw us as a brothoriiood nearer to-I Kcthcr and thus loft us all nearer to I Uod! i Of my happy reception at Jackson I

ncod not B|>oak. A kind corrosfiond-I ent has told lu your columns about it. I I havo only to say of a people who I ATuuld puck Huch a largo auditorium

that of tho ^ irBt Baptist Church, urnlng many away, on a bleak, unowy light—well, as tho old darkey said, hoy must lio more generous than judgmatic." Anyway, I know the ccasion forms a very altitude, aland-)g alone In my amateur ex iter leoce on rie platform, and makini; a ions tirough which 1 will ever look back •n a big-hearted generosity and .'hrlstlan klDdness that will al<Pay« nimble and bless my heart. I wan he happy i^uest of liro. and Sister i. K. Conifer, and such people, such ,'lorlous Baptist people as they are:

i heard Uro. George Simmons, pa»-A)r of the I'lrst Church, preach a pro-oiind sermon on "What is Truths ' flu is a great worker, and under God is a |K>wer for good In Jackson.

The Sunday-school Seminary, which lie is moving to hold in Jack-son in June, is taking fine hold o( lie iMople in this section, and amy

(iod s|)eed this,*one of the most vital novements of tho age.

Hro. Sloan, the Ixdoved young pas-o r of Highland Avenue Church, un irr whoso auspices 1 lectured, holds n ustly warm place, and Is workinir In t Held that U "unto harvest wiiiiu."

Our Haptliif University at Jackson ouk hold of me at once as a school of ;lorlou8 present usefulness and grciii aturo promise. I heartily agree wllh

,'resident John T. Henderson at the rennessee Baptist t onventlon, thai If ivcr there was a name that was a nlsnomcr, It Is tho name of Dr. O. M.

Savago, the able, consecrated and popular president of this Southwestern Baptist University. Ue is as gentle and tender as a woman, yet stalwart, sober and strong, and is a groat bal-ance-whcol to all tho boys who are apt to mako too much nolae, sec too many visions and dream too many dreams. It was my pleasure to ad-dress tho assembled students at chatx;! —and what an inspiring company of boys and girls! - and also tho xoalous young men of the " J . H. Graves So-ciety." 1 felt now Bplrituai strength eoiiie into my soul as I touched the lives and purposes of these bright, sweet Chrictian youth.' I say "sweet," deliberataly, for it is a sweet picture to mo to see a bravo, bumble Chris-tian young man who iovea tho Lord Jesus bettor than anything or any-body else in the world, and who has started out in the morning of his life, determined to shrine every talent of head, every impulse of beart, and every opportunity of bis exiatonoe, at tho feet of Jesus, (or the uplifting of that humanity for whom our Itedoemer died.

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I was also tho fortunate guest of I'rtif. JamoBon of tho University, a warai-hearted Christian brother, whose ffttnily Bhowered upon mo every kind-ness.

(iruat Is tho Southwestern Baptist University at Jackson. Long may It «tand and grow as a light-liouso of lotellectual and spiritual blessing, calling the youth of West Tennessee and other sister Stat^is around up ou thai inounUtn of Truth, which, after all, held in its consistency and purity, 1B the power that shall vitalize tho world.

Fair and queenly Brownsville, yes, all of Browiisvllln in general, and the lirownsvllle Female College In par-ticniar. Somebody smiles aud says, "Behold! he grows enthusiastic when hf reaches tho girls." Well, If I did not, you ought to send me back to (ieorgla, where 1 came from. I ( you had been where i havo IMJCU, brother, anilil Hueh a rose-bud garden of girls, you would grow enthusiastic, too. Tbi! eulture<l. Christian president, I'rof Carey A. Folk, Is so modest that he has refrained fnmi saying anythlni; hardly concerning Ills college, In the B A I T I S T A N I I HKFLKCTOH, because,for-dooth.hls brother Isedltor of this paiMtr. Well, 1 am 21 years old, and without Ills knowledge I propose to say what I pleaite, or a part of it at least. Dur-ing' my travels sincc I began lecturing, I hiivo made a H|ieclalty of visiting female colleges; and with the full knowledge that these words will reach the eyes of many friends of these oth-er schools, I say delllierately that 1 saw in the management and manner of itiiitruetlon among the dllTerent teach-eri«. that i breathed in the very at-iiiusphere of tho Brownsville Female College an elevating, purifying, charming something that I have never found just like It anywhere else.

On the afternoon of my arrival, the Saturday Club rendered a program on the "Southern Llteraturii," giving biographical data with some prose or poi'tlcgciii from some .Southern writers, iliat to my way of thinking, was the most splendid and helpful pro^rraiu thai 1 ever heard at any college. It Hits a literary feast and an Intellect iial Inspiration. Ilowy They have tho right kind of teacher in the truly aecompllBhcd Mrs. Carey Folk. Space forbids my mentioning tho names of all tho other teachers who stand like the vigilant "homo guard" of Napo-leon around this Idol of their lovo. I havo scon many larger schools, but positively, I havo never seen any oth-er school that has apiwaled to mo just as this one has, as an Ideal home school fot* girls.

I'arcntS, send your dauirhtcrs to Brownsville Female College, espe-eially as long as that gonial, lovable, princely man, Carey Folk, is a t / tho holm, and you will bo happy that her llfo has lioon kissed int^i beauteous symmetry by those glorious twin slBters, Culture and Iloligion.

Huch a timo such a time as I had in the homo of tho "old Folks at homo!" And, not demurring at all to Bro. A. J. Holt's beautiful poetic tributn, I must inoludo within tho compass of my grateful, happy thought, the win-some and lovely "young Folks at

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A Day with the Ooipel Wagon.

We started from tlie Seminary im-mediately after dinner, some 20 of us, In our now Gospel Wagon, with an organ and two cornels to load our singing. Our first point today was a street corner on the river front in northeast Louisville. A base-ball game was In progress a hundred yards or so distant, but wo planted our bat-ter/ near a saloon and with a few stir-ring songs soon had two or three huu'-drad people abont us. Boreral short

earnest talks were given, and when tho Invitation was made several bands went up for prayer. One poor drunken fellow stood near the wagon with three sweet little children. Ho asked for prayei s and knelt in the dusty street when wo prayed. Soverul women wore weeping and evidently deeply touched.

Wc moved on some eight blocks to the neighborhood of Bro. G. B Far-rar 's Point Mission which has been so blessed of God since Its establishment We pulle<l up opposite a saloon and for an hour and a half the crowd of at least :iOO stood listening to the story of tho Gospel, One man, a gamliler and hard fellow who had been cut to tlic heart hy what he heard at our llrst meellnf; and followed the wagon, was very an.xlous about himself. When wc left the place Bro. Farrar and other workers took him to the Mission and prayed with hliu and he was hap-pily converted, and at the night meet-ing at tho Mission he confessed his Savior publicly. A largo number of others had also asked for prayors nt our second meeting. , •

We rcturtied to the Seminary just in time for supper, and exchanging part of our band for fresh workers wo started for tho "chute," a short street in tho heart of the town, than which there is no darkor in darkest Louis-ville. Nearly every house la a house of shame. Wo sang and spoke the Gospel to probably 400 or 500 people. It was a touching occasion to see that motloy gathering of black and white, mon and womon, of all degrees of sin and shame, and to hoar them sing with us "What can wash away my stain?" They responded heartily in tho refrain, "Nothing but tho blood of Jesus." Twenty-four or .10 gave their hand for prayer, among them some of fallen womon who were in the crowd.

From tho "ohuto" wo wont a few blocks and again drew up by a saloon. In fact it is hard to stop at a street corner without having a saloon near us. In the districts where wo work. Here we stayed for an hour or so and reoehed probably DOO people. Thu barkeeper eame to tho door and laughed in our faces while we were talking, and when wo were to havo prayor, bo and several of bis minions brought glasses of beer to tho door and drank to our health wiille we prayed. Here, as at every meeting, a

1 nnmber asked for prayer, and I b m

wore indications of deep interest on many faces.

From this meeting we returned home, reaching the Seminary at 10.30. Fre-quently we stay out until 11 p. m.

Such was one day's work of Our Wagon. It Is largely repeated every Saturday and Sunday; nigbu are also devoted to the work. We reach prob-ably 3,000 people every week, and God is richly blessing our effort to reach those who seldom or never hear a gospel song or sermon

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A Bit of Experience.

I lind from experience that it is more satisfactory to those who aro helping me supply tho destitute in Tennessee to give the Sunday's eggs than to set apart one ben. Tho trouble is to keep one hen and her brood separate. Very many are giving me the eggs laid on Sunday., Some do not understand this plan bocause it looks so little be-fore it is tried. But read tho experi-once of a Sunday-school teacher in Middle Tennessee.

"I received tho tracts you sent mc nnd did not succeed in getting anyone to set apart a ben for your work, but in my little Sunday-school class I got

. tho children to get Uieir mothers to let them have the Sunday eggs, and wo went right to work in earnest. The moUiors realizing what a large .)(um it would soon make decided to divide it between your work, Bro. Holt's, and Mrs. Maynard's, which I like very well. I have 91.82 for you and will get more next Sunday."

Soo what this sister is doing for His glory bocause sho is willing to try and continue to do tlie work at hand. God bless her and her class. Who else will help?

W . Y . QUISBNIUERRV .

It was with joyful surprise that our earnest hearted corresponding secre-tary, from her sick room sent to Bal-timore the annual report of missionary contributions from women and children of Tennessee. To Foreign Missions, $934.03; Homo Missions, $2,401.90; SUte Missions, $599.70; other objei^, $4,-734.89. This, exclusive of thesplendld work of the "Young South."

In only two preceding years was the amount for Foreign Missions greater, one being the Centennial year; and never have we given so large a sum as this year to Home Missions. There has been a largo increase of interest in State Missions. Let us praise God for blessing our efforts and let us dil-igently continue to work along the lines wbieh are proving so wisely planned.

"nie oommeneement exercises of Boseobel College will begin Friday, May 22 and close May 25.

Orphani' Home.

At the special mooting of tho Board of managers held May 0, thu secretary was instructed to make ^ i s statement. We desire to ompbaslse that tlte money paid on the (tonditlonitl pledges Is be-ing kept in the bank. Some brethren are waiting about paying their pledges till the debt is paid. It the debt even was paid the Home would not be . In such special need of the money. Oth-ers having already eolleoted the money to pay their pledges are holding It

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The Tfnneutr Mrthixlitt o( March 19 had an editorial headed "Sad, ' ' which we copy in full:

"My mcmborM are not ready to be preached' to on »anctincat!on; they need retreneratloo. My leadlntr olticf-als do not cintm to be converted." Thew word* were tpokon to us by the pastor of one of our larire Methodist churches. He was in serious earnest-nes* and repeated the declaration to ut. We quoted last week u remark made by a member of a Nashville chun-h during: a rovi^'al in the city as follows: " I have been a member of the church 13 years and a Christian one day." Do not these statements, and many others like them, indicate a very sad condition of tblnfrs? The fnrclnf; our pastors into absorption with nia-teriaiities and "serrinfr tables" has had tbe most disastrous effects on both the pulpit and tbe pew. Mainly to this we attribute our deplorable apos-Usy. Discipline Is a dead letter. We have not beard of a member beini; expelled from the Methodist Church, South, in 20 years.

A secondary cause for our deplor-able condition has been irreed for members. Our pulpit has largely lost Its power. We have reached a point where discipline cannot be enforced. This tact sems to be generally recog-nized, and henoe. no attempt Is made to enforce it. A dead discipline and a dead churoh always go together. You can only administer the disoipllne in a live, spiritual church. Our lead-ers and legislators and church states-men have been vainly trying for years to remedy our sad conaition by aug-menting our maehinery. We are burdened today wIUi a cumbersome, complex, confused system of machin-ery, to run which exhausts the vital energies of a pastor and consumes his time, forcing neglect of the weightier matters. The church has thus too largely become a colossal and intri-cate mechanical contrivance for swell-ing tbe number of her adherents and the amount of her oolledtlons, but Im-potent to disoharge Its primary and fundamental and exclusive commis-sion, the salvation of souls.

Allow U8 to oal) attention to sev-eral things in tbo abovo editorial, whloh it Beema to UB la qulto a ro-markable confession, coming from a

, Methodist source. Does it not tend to oonflrm many things which wo BaptistshaTo been si^ringabout our Msthodlst brethren, their doctrines and their oburah policyT ^

1. l^f t atatenient by a-prcnninent

pastor that his "loading ofllcials do not c/iiim to bo converted," and by a member of a Noshvillo church that he had boon "a inombor of the church for 13 years ond a. Chris-tian one day . " Are not those de-plorable facts simply the ./VHIV* of the doctrines which Methodists so fre-quently t;each, thut u man has to work out his own salvation, and the accompaning idea that one way uf doing so is to join the church'.' Methodists too often put emphasis upon church membership as the necessary thing for a sinner to do, instead of insisting upon regenera-tion before church membership. For Instance the burden of the preaching of Soin Jones, who Is the leading Methodist evangelist In tlio country, ond one of the edittirs of the Teiinf»»te MrtJuHlisf, is, "(juit your meanness and join thechurch ," with the implication very strongly that if s inners resolve to do better and join the church they will be saved. Here in Nashville u short wh'iie ago, a Methodist preacher

uisked a lady to join his church. She said that she was not good enough. He replied-. "Join the. church, and it will help you to get gootl." Here was the idea of sal-vation through the church distinct-ly taught, which is the very essence of itomanism,and which leadsinovit ably to the state of ofTairs which the Triinnmr Mttlnxlist laments so deeply.

2. It is certainly quite a sad con-fession made by the MethnlUt when it says: "Discipline is adead letter. We have not heard of a member be-ing expelled from tlie Methodist Church, South, in 20 years. We have reached a point where disci-pline cannot be enforced. This fact seems to be generally recog-nized, and hence no attempt is made to enforce it ." The Mrthmlitt Is quite right in adding: "A dead dis-cipline and a deadchurchalways go together. You can only adminstcr the discipline in a live, spiritual church ." And wo may add: And you can only have a "live, spiritual church" when emphasis is put ui)on spiritual things, and especially when regeneration before church member-ship is earnestly and constantly in-sisted upon.

.H. The further confession of the Mtthoditt is again quite sad: "The church has thus too largely l>ecomo a colossal and Intricate mcchanical contrivance for swelling the num-ber of her adherents and the amount of her collections, but impotent to discbarge its primary and funda-mental and exclusivo commission, the salvation of souls." Out is not this result simply the legitimate outcome of the machinery of the Methodist Church, which they have made one of their most prominent and pronounced features, so much so that even their very name is taken from that fact? Wben emphasis is put upon the externals by the lead-ers of a people, will not the people come to put emphasis thcmselvos upon tbe same things? In fact, are not these things simply the natural and legitimatooutr^meor the Method-ist system? Aro they not only pro-ducts of the "great iron wheel?" Please understand that we are deal-ing with principles, not with per-•onalitles,

THE CaNVEKTlOH.

Wo eomo out a day late this week 10 as to got all of the OonTenUon re-port in oaa issus of>UM papw.

We believe it is customary to soy of each Convention that it was tbe l)est wo over had. But wo aro very strongly of the opinion that in many respects this tm» the best, and wo might as well say so. I t was not best, perhaps, in its attendance, as it fell a little below other Conven-tions in this respect, though not much. Nor was it best, probably, in its interest. We have had, per-haps, more e.xciting discussions than any which we had this year. Nor do we think that it was best in the character of its speo'jhes.

Itut it was best as an all-round, thoroughly satisfactory ('onvention. Inthe first place wo have never had

more generous or more cordial hos-pitality than was sliown us by the people of Chattanooga. They looked OS it they were really glad to have us with them, and it seemed to be u pleasure to them to show us any attention or courtesy in their power.

Then the press reijort-s. When did Baptists ever have their meet-ings reported so fully and at the same time so satisfactorily in the daily papers'/ Wben did they over have the r e i K i r t e r s of these papers catch and state the Haptlst i>osi-tion so clearly? You nia.v call it journalistic enterprise. It was that and more. It was a kindly disi)OHition thus shown the Uuptists which is all 4oo unusual from such sources, and which for this reason was all the more appreciated.

Then, t(M>, the attendance wus large and enthusiastic. The actual delegation was about KOU, but the visitors run up into the thousands. We said to a brother that wo believed every lirst class Baptist in Tennes-see was present. Ho said bethought there were a few left a t homo. We have never seen the attendance at the Convention so constant or the interest .so unflagging to the last.

And then the speaking was, taken altogether, of a high order. There wore no very great speeches made, but there were no very bad ones, 'while there were many most ex-cellent. ones. I t seems to us that the general average of 8|)eaking in tho Convention was never higher. The same is t rue with tho sermons, except in a greater degree. The Convention sermon by Dr. Stakeiy was one of the finest wo over heard delivered before tho Southern Bap-tist Convention. The sormons on Sunday wore sixjken of in most en-thusiastic terms by their audiences all around. Each person seemed to think tha t ho had certainly heard tho greatest sermon preached that day.

But the best part of the Conven-tion wos the harmony which pre-vailed. There were two or three questions which threatened to dis-turb tho councils of tbo Convention and'lead to considerable dlsousslon, and perhaps division, but fortunate-ly these wore settled by wise and prudent committees. Some ot the commutes, wo learn, bad a good deal of disouslilon upon those ques-tions, but tho dlsousaion of them there saved discussion* in the Con-vention and the consequent loss of time, and probably hard feeilnga. As It was. every questlou was paasod, wo believe, tinanlmoualy, with the exception ol the temper-anoa resolutiotaa on j Tuesday.« i t

was quite pleasant to see such harmony and brotherly love pre vailing in the Convention.

Altogether it was a great Conven-tion.

THE FOHEION MISSION DEBT.

As stated in our regular report, the debt of tho Foreign Mission

i Board amounted to about 9H2,(HHI. ' Tho Board has adopted a plan to

divide this In shares of IKHI each, and ask tho Baptists uf tho South

I to help pay tho debt in th i s way. Some 1«I0 or more of the shares were taken during the Convention. Thus was received about ?1(I,(HM». Thero are about 2(M» shares that re-main to bo taken. \Vo hope that some of our readers can take one share, or If not, probably thoy can make up one by tbe assistance of friends. "Bear yo one another s burdens, and so fulfil tho law of Christ.

Among tbo shares taken at the Convention the B A I ' I I S T . \M I iti: n.KiT<»R took one share. The editor did not mean to pay this himself. Ho has already made his personal contribution, as much as he felt able. Among tho many readers of t h e H . T I T I S T .\ .M> KK»I.K<T<»U w e

thought there wore some who would be ghid to render assistance to the .Mission cau.se in this way and wi> give them tho opjwrtunity of help-ing to i>ay one share. .\ny contri bution however small will be ac cepted and appreciated, from to m conts. A good many we suppose would like to give about #1, some perhap.s ih. Ix!t the contribuiion.s bo sent to us and wo will forwanl them to tho Board when the wholi* amount has been received. The money must be paid by July I. Wc will begin with a contribution. Who win follow? Kil»»r E Folk Mrn ICdcar K Kollc. Annln Wblte Kolk.

ISni i ni I ou

We hopo to hear from others soon.

CONVENTION NOTES.

"No i>rivst can preach Justification by faith. If ho did it would doMtroy tho Cathcillc Church."—Eager.

"Wo have SO Baptist churches in Now Orleans and they aro all white churches but . ^ " - D . I. I>urser.

"I believe that New Orleans Is more to us than Havana and Louisiana Is more to us t l iaj Cuba."—Tlchonor,

"Tho pur|>oso8 of God aro behind the promises of God, and his doctrines are tiehind his oonimandmonts. "— Btakely.

"Thinking is creating and creation Is worth InUnltely more to the world than mountains of sliver and gold."— Hawthorne.

Everything has been made to give way to the great Convention this week. Next week the paper will resume lU normal appearance.

Dr. WbiUitt said that his exporl-enoe during the war was that East Tennessee was the best place In the world to get a good square meal.

"The- priest never talks of ipbit-ual reltglon. Ho don'l know any-thlnk about it. He Ulks only of forms and oerettiontei."-^'Eager.

Tho speech of Dr. B. H. Carroll at the D. Y. p . u . on Thursday morn-ing was a very powerful on*, and avl-dwUy orMt«l a grMt Impmuloa.

BAPTIST AND BEFLEOTOB, MAY 14, 1896.

••) move that our present secre-laries be continued fur the next 100 years," said ^brother whon nominat-ing olHcers. 'X'worthy compliment.

It foreign missions are not true, then I btilievo tho Bible is not truo. If for-eign missions are not triiu, then I be-lieve Christ made a mistake. "—Kagor.

"If I wore running a college I would i;t> mIOW on the D.D. business, but I should establish a now dogroo, the B. 1).—Ilaptlst Backbone."—J. H. Crandll.

The very admirable report of tho Convention In this week's Issue wns mado by Bro. A. J . Barton. We'aro «un<U)atour readers will foel llkeofTer-Ing him a vote of tlianks.

Mr. F. L. Wllklns, secretary of the B. Y. r . U. A., delivered a most ad-mirable address before tho B. Y. P. U. <»f Chattanooga on Wednesday ni|;lil. It was hoard with much pleas-ure liy tho largo audience.

It was a mattor of regret to his many friends that Dr. J . M. Frost, tho gen-ial Dccrctary of tho Sunday-school BonnI, was callcil homo on Sunday nlftlit by the serious illness of his child. Wo aro glad to know tho chiki is eoine U'tter.

Tbe throe Eagers—Goorgo B. of Moni^omory, Ala., John H. of Flor-ence, luiy, and P. H. of Mississippi College- were conspicuous figures In tho Convention, though thoy took little part in Its proceedings. They are a noblu trio of brothers.

oni* of tho IxjHt speeches made Ixjforo the Convention was by Dr. G. A. Lof-ton. of thiH city, on Methods of Mis-sion Work. Ho says, though, that if b* bad been beforo tbo Tennossee Con-vention or the Concord Association ho oould have done better.

While the address of welcome of Mayor Ochs was eloquent, tho ro-s|K)nsc by Dr. W. W. Landrum was no less so. Both wore among the best iiddrcsses of welcome apd responses ever dellvorod beforo tho Convention, and were greatly enjoyed.

Wilmington N. C., whore tho Con-vention meeU next year is a city of about '25,000 population, s l tua t^ on tho seashore. It has about 700 Bap-tists, .'WO of whom are members of tho First Baptist Churoh, In which the Convention will be hold.

Tho re-election of Judge Haralson as president was a foregone conclusion. So other name was thought of for the liosltlon. He makes a splendid pre-siding oflloor, and also Is so courteous and so courtly In his manner that everyono loves him and delights to honor him.

It was a most delightful drive we had to Chloamauga Park, after the adjournment of the Convention on Tuesday. Dr. Hatcher was the leader of the party, which la asufllolentguaran-toe that/we had plenty of fun on the tr ipj If ever you go to Chattanooga be sure to see Chloamauga Park.

One uf the moat itrlklng figures In the Convention Is Bro. Will D. Up-•haw, "Earnest Willie" as ho Is fa-miliarly called. He Is usually the oenter of an Intererted group, as ba •Its In bis rolling chair and talks. We ^ r e glad to see also that he sold a large number of his books.

tt wai a great pleaiure to his old TaunMSM friends to meet Dr. W. It. L. Smith ot St. Loulf. Ho U one of the most genial and delightful com-paaioai to b« fpuad anywhera. Hit

speech on tho Sunday-school Board was strong and pointed, and evident-ly made a One Impression upon tho Convention.

Chattanooga Is beautiful for sit-uation. "As the mountains are round about Chattanooga, so the Lord is round about his people," we exciaimod more than once. Wo do not know of any city with a more iKsautiful situation, having at tbe same time most Interesting historical as-sociations.

Dr. T. T. ICaton, editor of tho Wat-ent Itewrder, who is now travelling with a party In Europe, was greatly missed at the Convention where ho is usually a prominent figure. By the way, one of tho Chattanooga papers speaking of the Ikconltr said of It that It Is "the paper f jrmerly edited by tho late Dr. Ed. A. Eaton." Alas! what is famoV"

His many friends were glad to see Dr. J. H. Eager of Florence. Italy. He was looking well. His speech on Saturday night was quite interesting, giving much valuable Information about Italy and also Roman Catholi-cism. We hope ho will come to Nash-ville and other points in Tennessee to speak and preaith for us before his return to Italy.

What a grand looking man is Dr. U. J . Wllllngham, corresponding secretary of the F. M. Board,—and he is- as grand a man as he looks to be. His speech on Saturday with reference to tho debt of the F M. Board touch-ed every heart and left few dry eyes in the house. The contribution of alx>ut tl0,000 which followed was a magnlfi-oent tribute to him an well as to the I..ord'B cause.

The Tennesseo delegation showed up well. Thero were about 70 delegates present, .'•1 of whom wero on tho money basis. They wero auiong the most In-telligent and Interested members of tho Convention, though they had little to say, as it Is a kind of unwritten law that the delegates from the State In which the Convention is held shall tako back seats and give others a chance to bo heard.

is half white and half Cherokee. He has been , a member of the Senate of Arkansas and Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of Arkansas. He said that whon the Indian reads In the Bible that Christ was baptized In the river Jordan It takes a good deal of expla-nation to make him think that It means something else, especially if a white man says so.

The annoiincenioDt was made that Hov. W. O. Carver of Tennessee has been elected as teacher In the Semina-ry. This is gratifying to Tennesseans. Bro. Carver Is the son of that staunch Baptist, A. J . Carver, of Hermitage, Tenn. Ho Is a graduate of Uiohmond College and of tho Seminary. He is a noble Christian man, a hard student, a fine preacher, and will make, wo be-lieve, a splendid teaqhor.

One of the distinguished visitors to tho Convention was W.' Howard Doane, the famous musical composer, of Cloolnoatl. Be was quite enthusi-astic about tbe personel of the Con-vention. He said It was the finest looking body of men he ever saw—and he was right. It would be hard to find a finer looking body of men than the 800 or 000 delegates composing the Convention, together with the visitors.

It was a great pleasure to meet Bro. John H. Anderson, the former be-loved missionary searetary ot Tennes-see, now the popular pastor at Owen-ton, Ky. It was oxoeedlngly gratify-ing to tbo editor to be told by Bro. Anderson that the name of his young-est son is Edgar Folk Anderson. May tbe life ot the boy be spared, and may he become a better man than his name-sake, and as good a preacher as his father.

One ol a u hmt spaaohei made was by Br*., Washlrani of Ar i i anm. Ha

Wo regret very much that Bro. J . O. Rust, pastor of the Edgefield Bap-tist Church In this city, was called homo soon after his arrival at Chatta-neoga by a telegram announcing tho critical Illness of one of his members, and thus could not be a t the Conven-tion. He was on the program for a speucit at the Young People's Mooting on Thursday, If he could have spok-en he would have electrified the peo-ple with his eloquence.

The speech of Hon. George W. Ochs, mayor of Chattanooga, wel-coming tho Convention to the city, was quite eloquent, and when he said that the Baptists In their beliefs as to soul liberty, separation of church and State, Independent church govern-ment, fulfilled the American Idea, President Haralson could not sup-press the applause, which was all the more hearty bocause It was known that Mr. Ochs is a Jew.

snowed under. The eonunlttee on the business of the Board shnply expressed approbation ot iU business methods and gratification at Its suooess and re-ferred back to the Board itself the question of its printing arrangemenU.

It was to be expected that tho report on temperanoe would stir up a broexe In tbe Convention. Dr. Gambrell once said that there are two questions which always cause a lively dlsous-slon in a Baptist Assoolation or Con-vention, one is the women, the other the negro. To these wo would add whisky and children, begging pardon for as-sociating all tlieso together. The personalities which cropped out in the discussion were muoh to be depre-ciated and were greatly regretted by every ona

Bro. George E. Stevens, business manager of the Jmtmal and Meuenger was present taking notes. In a brief but interesting speech on Monday morning he quoted Dr. J . M. King as saying recently In a lecture In Cincin-nati: "The redemption ot the Republic and the perpetuation of American Christian and political Institutions will ultimately come from and depend upon the population of the States south of Mason and Dixon's lino."

One of tho most Interesting events connected with tbe Convention was the reception to the Woman's Missionary Union by the Baptist ladles of Chat-tanooga. I t was held on Friday after-noon in the KnlghU of Pythias hall. There was a largo attendance of la-dles, with a few gentlemen. Refresh-ments were served. The time was spent most pleasantly In getting ac-quainted with one another and In so-cial' Intercourse. It was a delightful affair.

The tribute of Dr. WhltsiU to his mother who died 24 years ago on the day ho was appointed a professor In the Seminary wai quite a touching one. Ho made a beautiful application of tills referencu by saying that the Seminary is the abiiti maltr of those who are students there, and he hopes In 25 years from now, when he and others shall bo In their graves, these students will rise up to call them blessed and pay a tribute to their memory.

The lion of the Convention was A. J . DIac, tho hero of Cuba. Where-ver he went he was the centre of attrac-tion and whenever he spoke he was listened to with deepest Interest and by a crowded house. The story of his imprisonment and his release, which he told with inuoh slmpIloUy, made a powerful Impression on everyone. I t sounded almost like the lOth chapter ot Acts, which gives an ac-count ot the imprisooment and release of Paul and Silas.

Our home during the Convention was with Bro. John S. Martin who Is a brother to Mrs. Dr. O. A. Lofton of this city. Unfortunately he has strayed off to the Methodist ranks, in which he Is quite prominent, and is now a mem-ber of Centenary Churoh In Chatta-no 3ga. We enjoyed very much ^ e cor-dialandabundanthospltalltyothlmseif and family, together with their many ohaming courtesies. It was a pleas-ure also to have for our roommate Dr. A. V. Rowe, secretary of the State Mission Board of Mississippi.

Dr. W. E. Hatcher, pastor of Graoe-streetChuroh, Ricbmond,Is perhaps the most popular man in the Convention, as he Is also the wittiest. At the same time he is one ot the best known men in the Convention. After be had made a little talk, expressing his apprecia-tion of the generous hospitality ex-tended to ns by tho people ot Chatta-nooga, a brother rose in the back ot the audience and said: " I endorse every word that good old brother has said." "That good old brother," as applied to Dr. Hatcher, was too muoh for the Convention, and It exploded In laughter at Dr. Hatcher's expense.

Among the many welcome visitors to the Convention was Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, Dean of the Uni-versity of Chicago. On Saturday ho gave a dinner a t Lookout Inn. Xhe following wore the Invited guests: Drs. W. E. and E. B. Hatcher, W. H. WhltoiU, £ . C. Dargan, H. McDonald, W W. Landnun and C. 8. Blackwell, Judges Haralson and Brown, Gov. W. J . Northon, Prof.C. H. Winston, Hons. J . T. Kllyson and Joshua Levering, and the editor of the BAI>TIST AND REFLKCTOR. TWO or three of these wore unable to be present. After din-ner brief but pleasant speeohes wero made." The occasion was qulto a do-Ilghtful one and was much enjoyed by tho guests. The genial host mado a happy impression by his affable and courteous manners upon all who had the privilege of meeting him.

As we liad anticipated, o one was so rash a t to introduce resolutions In the Convention favoring the consol-idation of ttie l l teratun ot tho Suo-daysobool Board with that of (he Pub> iioatlon Sootety. Had ha done so wo think ha would have found himself

Never before, so far as wo know, has the Convention been more hospit-ably entertained—we had almost said so hospitably. Tbe Baptists of Chat-tanooga seemed really glad to have the Convention with them, and they made every preparation poealble for our entertainment. The committee on entertainment labored with tho greatest assiduity to make every one comfortable, and seldom have the labors of such a cotamiittee met with more universal commendation. This committee was ooaapoied of some ot the best business men in Chattanooga, It will not Iw making any invidious distinction, however, to say that the •oul of the eommlttee was Dr. R. B. Oarrett, the popular and abla pastor of the First Baptist Churoh.

(Olmf^nKA} oti pai/t ji.) '''

10 B A P T I S T AJND K E F L J U O T O K , M A Y U , l b » b .

THE HOHE. A Marriage Made In Heaven.

I taw one day two atreamleU, R«d with the riling dawn, Meet in the lun, and flow aloDfl:, Commlngllnir Into one; Smooth was their glide through gladoB of K'eeui While •lanting •unboams Bmiled be-tween. I saw two Ilring ourrenta, Thus sweetly run together; Through all their life as man and wife, Each lovLog well the other; I think this stream of life was smooth Because it ran where God approved.

W . D. Tu i iNL i ry . Clarksville, Tenn. FIreitde Fairies.

BY !irl>»«V DATRS "If there's one thing I hate to do,

it is to sew," said Margie. "That 's a pity," said grandma,

"sMing you're likely tohaveagreat d i a i o f i t t o d o in your life."

"And if there'soue part of itworso than another," went on the little girl, "it 's mending."

"A pity again, my dearie, for it looks as though that part of it would belong to you for a good while.."

She smiled as she looked at the three or four bits of perpetual mo-tion which kept the door-yard of the farm from ever being a quiet or dull place. Margie's eyes followed her s, and with her the smile became a laugh; for, as every one knew, the little maiden's complaints never came from very deep.

"But the thing I bate worst and most of all is mending stockings."

"You don't have so much of it to do this time of year," said grandma.

"No," admitted Margie, with a glance at three or four pairs of bare active feet, "not stockings; byt when you come to tearing round over the pastures, and going berrying, and climbing trees and wood-piles, it about evens up. And father's sum-mer stockings are—just dreadful!"

She held up a heel, and laughed again as her whole hand went easily through the great gap.

" I t ' s a g o ^ deal of work for a pair of little hands;"—grandma pat-ted them affectionately. "But how much for feet, tool Just think of the steps father must take to wear such holesi"

"Sure enough," said Margie. "Deor father,—and all for usIOrand-ma, I am glad to do it for him."

• 'I'm sure you are, little girl. And if you think it out, you'll And many and many things to be glad of in yourstockingdarnlng. Buthaven't you a darner, dear?"

"No, grandma." " I must send you one,—it'll hlep

to make your work a little pleasant-er, I hope."

That was the last day of grand-ma's Tiiit, and Margie missed her sadly as ahe sat at her mending In the back poroh,—a delightful place with ita shading of vines and trees. Mother's eyes were poor, which led to her being obliged to take more of the aotive work, leaving the mend-ing to Margie.,

Saturday waa her "big day," as she called It, when, after an hour or two spent in helping mother about the house, ahe settled down for all the morning and a good part of the afternoon to her mending, baakei On other days, an hour or two aerved to keep down the rips and renta, unleaa Tom and Kittle and Moaea took an extra bwrrylng-frollo,

or baby Jack took it into his head to creep through the hedge.

Grandma's help to darning came in a few days—the first thing which had ever come to Margie by mail. She was delighted with it, u largo egg-shaped lump of flnoly polished wood, big enough to 1111 oven the holes in father's heels. I t slipped in smoothly, and really was a great help in holding the work tight and even under her hand.

Margie was always glad of the days when she could bring her mending to the porch. It was su plearant to feel the cool air on hor chcek, and to hear the song of the birds. By raising her eyes she caught a glance at the glow of tLo popples and marigolds along the border, and the hollyhouks which skirted the fence. Little Jack tod-dled about within easy range, giv-ing her many a healthful run to pull him out of some mischief, and she could always see father as he came from his work in the field.

Winter or summer, there was plenty of time for the little girl to "think it out." Grandma, in the dear hours in which she had sat beside her, and shared the duties of the mending-basket, had let full little Ideas of which Margie now made pegs on which to hang many a web of thought.

It pleased hor to build up in hei little mind a fancy of how she was working with all her will ogainst a teasing, spiteful, mischievous little demon, who was always plunrning destruction, who, with his brethren was responsible for wear and tear, and general disorder.

"Yes, I know," she would say to herself, with a wise nod of her head; "you shall all go over the world, and do all the mischief you can You wear all the holes, and you make all the rents. You're glad, I do believe; when Tom comes home with his coat-tall about off, and Moses with both knees out. But I get ahead of you,"-^wlth a little stamp as she arose to shake out a freshly mended, much-darned gar-ment,—'yes I do. You send 'em in to me looking for all the world like old-clothes men, and I send 'em out again looking—well, decent, if they are all patches. There comes father. Poor father, he looks tired. I'm going to leave this long enough to bring him a drink of the coldest water ever found In the well."

There wos not a bit of spite-work In the stitches put Into father's mending. In the heart of the little needle-woman grew up very tender thoughts of the toiling feet which moved potlently In behalf of so many dependent on them.

"Up and down the furrows all doy. No wonder his stockings wear into holes I How many fur-rows? How many steps? Oh dear! I sometimes think there are so many, many stitches, but If I took a stitoh for every stop, how mony more there would be!"

Stitoh, stitoh, stitch,—more and more deftly, with the hours of prac-tloe, went the brlgLt needle through and through the meshoa as she wove now strength Into Woilrtng out fabrios, atlll weaving in also her own fanolea, making work lighter and houra ahorter.

The orlap October days sent her' Into the houae, and there, seated by tbalamp during tha long avaalngl

hours, the needle Hew, If possible, more swiftly than ever, thatachance might be hod at dearly loved stud-ios. Study might go. If it must, but the mending novor. She now had dIfToront enemies with whom to wogo vigorous fight.

"Well, old Jack Frost," holding up a well-worn mltton, "I'm begin-ning my season's tussle with you again; and I'll keep the bettor of you,—you see If I don't! Ah, yes! you're watching for a bite at fingers and a pinch at toes, but 1 'm ready for you."

The patient little seamstress was far too busy with study and fancy to give much thought to the swoet and gracious dlsclpllno worked out by hours of faithful, lowly service, still less to dream of hor woll-llllod place among the bravo tollers against the world's dlsordur and confusion.

Undo Thomas, at whose house grandma lived, came on a visit. Ho sat one day beside the little maiden as sho wove a new heel into one of father's thick winter hose, always knit by mother, who needed no eye-sight for it as she Mit beside the crackling woodllre in the great tire-place. As the darnlng-egg dropped out of the stocking. Undo Thomas took it in his hand.

"1 was with grandma when she bought that last summer," ho said. "Sho was anxious to get a good big OQO, for she said you'd need It big."

"Yes," said Marglo, laughing as she picked up the other stocking of the pair, and showed the heel—or, rather, the place where the heel should have been, but was not, "she knew I'd want it big."

"And then she said a big one would hold more," wont on Uncle Thomas. "Did the thimble lit?"

"What thimble?" asked Margie, a little pu7y.lcd, looking at the brass one on hor finger.

And then u wonderful thing took place—almost as much so as if a good little fairy In bodily shape had suddenly appeared to give help In Margie's light ngolnst the mischief-makers which made hor days such busyoncs.

Uncle Thomas was twisting his hands about the polished darnlng-egg, hard, then harder.

"Did It come all In good shape?" ho was saying. "Grandma had mo scrow It up tight, so It would be sure to travel all right."

There, under his strong hands, was the egg In two pieces. And be"-holdl Whot were those dainty things shining In their red velvet casing?

Thimble, scissors, stiletto, bodkin, penknife, a variety of needles, even a tiny pin-box, all smiling upather, OS If trying to soy, "Take us, use us, we'll give good and faithful use In such faithful little fingers."

"Oh, oh, ohi" Margie gaied at her troasuro-box in a bewilderment of delight. "I 've often wondered why that crack was there, but I thought they had to make 'em so."

" I knew they used to be that way," sold mother, coming to look; "but I tried It, and It wouldn't un-screw for mo."

"I t ' a luokyl oame," said Unole Thomaa, "to show you how grandma tried to make your work pleasanter lor you, little girl. That's what>he said 'twas for."

And the little nald darns on, al-most,. In tha carrying out of ha?

sweet fancies. Imagining that each little shining Implement Is Indeed u good fairy, glad and hoppyln giving help In keeping In order the small corner of the world which has been placed In Margie's c a r o . — . V , Timfu.

Trained Babies. ur J uuLDHUijitr.

I have boon greatly Interested in your llttlo artlcloson trained babies, and I should—like a fool thata father usually Is In that respect be -tempted to tell of my own trained babies, fur I claim no unusual wisdom, only that I have recently hod in my house a wonderful example of the trained baby, such as would delight Mrs. Sehnoll and Jesslo T. Boyle.

First, it could "go to sleep all lonely hissolf." But, by the way, his mother never talked baby Uill< to him, but |>laln Kngllsh in fow words, and ho seemed to understand every word. Then, to see a busy, active baby, ten months or u year old, sit at the tablo and never "mus.s the Uiblocloth," or meddle with the dishes, ot tip over the glass of water or sauce, all within roach; although so active he hod oil the time to jump or perform harmless athletics, prob ably In training for football or base ball. As ho hod his proper luiidi before the first course, he rarely asked for anything at the table, and, If he did, he knew that "No, I.iee," mount no.

Then, did you ever think a t 'n months-old baby could be truined to help mother, rather than bo "ulwuy.s a bother" and hindrance? Christ went about doing good, and why should no^ his little ones bo trained to follow him in that respect, and be made to feci that thoy ore ini|K)rtunt factors In tho household, and thus grow ui» to be helpful dtizcns, in stead or anarchists or those for whom "Satan finds some mi^ichief still," or some still mischief to do? TjCO was- encouraged to help mother, and though Mrs. Jones was perfectly able to Keep a nurse girl to wait on buby, sho had trained him before ho was a year old so that when she hod swept, he wonted on his dusting cop, and, with his llttlo dust-ing cloth, would crcep around and dust the dmirs, etc., as high us ho could reach.

Now, this is no fancy sketch, but is just what almost any mother can bring about; and such a baby, when a boy, will not be a nuisance every-whore, and o criminal when grown up, but will beo useful citizen, while those who arc brought up to be served ond waited on may moke such citizens OS one now In joll In our city, whose record for gambling and murder has made this city of Minn-eapolis famous through tho whole land.—yAe Advance.

Awarded Highest Honora.-World'« Fair,

D R ; Mm ^ CREAM niKiNfi i w n m MOST PERFECT MADE. A purs Crap* Cnitm ot T irui Puwdei. Fia* *om Ammonfi, Alum m my olhw «diiHirti< 40 VIAM rwt ST^NftAaA.

B A F l T « r A N D K E F L K O T O K , M A Y 14, 11

TOUHO SOUTH. Mrs. LAUM DATTOI EAXH, Editor. KM KMt BMond BtiMt. OhMIUOOO. Tsno., lb whom communTMUoBR for this dnartaaeni Kould »•• •<Wr«w«l.-Vottnf BonlSllotioi Null* VMtlKlBBsirorsuai.

our BlMtowjIiwWMM! Mrs. DeMlo May. nird. X Bakal Msohl, Kokurs, Jspko. vis Bin PrsnolMo, Osl. Anywhere.

Any Utile corner. Ix»rd, In the vineyard wide. Where thou bldd'at me work for Tlico, Tboro I would abide; Miracles of saving grace That Thou givest mo a place Anywhere. Whoro wo pitch our nlRhUy tont surely matters not; K for iBoe the day Is spent, mossed Is the spot; Quickly wo the tent may fold, Cheerful march through storm and culd. With Thy care.

" thsl In (sithlul In tbtt which li leaitt 1h ritUbtuI bIiio Id much; Bnd hn that In uoju't In the leMt la unjuat alao In inuoh."-JMCN. MIsiionary Catechism.

Mission subject for May, Italy. 1 How is Italy governed? i. What power has Uie Pope? :i. What Is thoi condition ot tho |>co-

plcV Answer by M a y U>. Young South Correipondenee. I Iwlieve that there arc no llUle

ihlnifB with (Sod. I dare say that when wo "puf on Immortality," tho things we havo countcd great hero In this world will seem too trivial to remoml»er, and some little mattors will loom up before us because we shall SCO that they shaped our destiny for eternity. At any rate, If wo are faith-ful In little things we shall be In great. I( w.> are unjust In small affairs, we 8hail bo In greater ones. Life Is made up of a succession of unimportant du-ties. It Is our business to do thom well. Tho making of your bed, the Hwooplng of your room, tho learning uf a lesson- oach Is just as much a duty to be faithfully done as tho rcad-Inif of your Bible or your nightly prayers. So many are willing to do eroat things. I^ t us take care of the little ones.

Wo ar« In a quiver of expectancy hero In Chattanooga tolay. Wo are putting the finishing touches to our homes and our churches, and one boars little else but tho Convention. When you road this It will bo all over, and I trust wo hero at homo will have rooolvod a groat blesslnj(, and that our (Tuosts will boar away with them only happy memories. I shall listen for the Young South, and I hope to gather Kome Interesting items for you. Look out for them next week.

There aro 11 pooplerblg and llttlo. waiting to speak to you. Lot's hear from them.

Tho first message Is written In a fair, beautiful hand, I think I've seen before, and bears date "Spring (y'reek," and quotesthesosolemn words: "Bring ye all the tithes Into the store-house, that there may be meat In mine house, and prove mo now herewith, salth the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not bo room enough to reoelva" (Mai. iU:10.)

I give the offering to Japan. May Ood bless these words of his to every heart.

The next is from one'of our most faithful workers. It oomos from Up-ton villa:

"Ifelt very muoh disappointed when I road tho last report and saw no men' tlun or my letter. I sent ftft cents which I had oulleoted in my pyramid. I wiU try to collect someimore as soon as I mm." fitiVAMUa Gubmn.

I fool almost ready to cry over suoh letters as this, and I have had sevoral, more than in all the two years before. Tha postman tolls me that there wore two wrecks in March, on two different railroads. In both of which mall was destroyed. Uur missing letters must have boon In those ill-fated bags. I am so glad this friend will not be discouraged, and I feel quite sure this will not happen soon again.

Harry Martin of Stanton has sent mo a duplicate of a post office order for $2.40 lost about the same time. I have not >et boon able to go to tho post onioe about It, but I hope to give htm credit for It next time. I am so sorry he had to have so muoh extra trouble, and I hopo to boar soon again from his noble band.

Didn't you think it was about time to hoar again from our Parisian Nel-lie? Hero she is:

"Hnolosod find my offorlng for Ja-pan and the Orphanage. I trnst ore this la grippe has sot tho editor free I know from experience it is not a de-sirable companion."

N E L U E POWELt . Thanks. I am not yet quite strong,

but I hopo soon to lose even that me-mento of my struggle with what Tal-magecalls the "International plague." We are all to glad of such a constant friend as Paris gives us in Nellie.

Then we havo a brief note from no loss a personage than W. M. Wood-cock of Nashville, enclosing II from Hickory Grove Sunday-school, Class No. 5. We are so gri^ful to him and to the band of cheerful givers. As I am not instructed what to do with this offering, I help the weaker of our two main oausen.

"Here's another unfortunate: "J will try again, although I sent

you some money two months ago and have not hoard from it. I am 7 years old, and with my brothers, John Oil-Ham and Herbert, want to join the Young South. I send 91 for the Or-phanage this time. I go with papa to Nashville sometlmos, and I am going out to see the orphans when I can."

K t h e l H c q h e s . How rejoiced 1 am that you wore

not too much oast down to go on in your good work. Thank you very muoh. Come again soon.

Sweetwater brings us a pleasant greeting:

"We send 10 cents for tho Orphan-age, and wo hopo It will do some good. Our father Is a preacher, and he says ho knows Mrs. Kakln. Ho used to carry mall In Chattanooga a long time ago. Our little brother Frank will send some money next time. We hope to work with you all this year."

L i l u a n a n d J o e B l a n k e n b u i i ' . Oh I yes. I remember Mr. Blanken-

ship very well. He was such an ao-commodatlng carrier, and I know he will be as faithful in the greater work he has chosen. It doesn't seem so long ago. We are so glad to weloomo these little ones.

Cottonport brings another sufferer from tho lost mail:

" I write to know what beoame of my letter of March 12. I enclosed 26 cento for the Orphanage, but have heard nothing from it. I made this small beginning wishing to join your band."

S a m D a v i s . I can only say what I have said be-

fore, but I hops Sam will not be utter-ly discouraged. We count him one of us from this time. Surely such a mis-fortune will not be repeated.

Here is Thula back again: " I oome onoe mora with my Sunday

eggs. Put my offering whoro it is most needed."

R o d b u t L. MuniiAY. It does my heart good to number

the boys and keep them in uur band. Thanks.

Now listen to Chlpman: "Hsrs I soma again, bringing my

At all grocery stores east of the Rocky Mountains two sixes of Ivory Soap are sold; one that costs five cenU a cake, snd a larger site. The larger cakc IS the more convenient and economical for laundry and general household use. If your grocer is out of it, insist on hU getUng it for you.

Thi Paoctta 4 OMiau Go., CmTt. brother David and my nephew with me. We all want to help the Young South. 1 have decided to write onoo a month this year. Mamma has given us a hen with 12 little chicks. We havo had eight cases of measles in the family, or I should have written bo-fora. God bless tho Younir South."

Auiiua) B y r n . Hurrah for you I That's tho kind we

want, one who brings in others and works steadily and regularly.

Oak Grove comes next: "I send my first offering, and I want

to join your band. I am 11 years old, and I made my money by gathering Sunday eggs. Use the money whera It is most needed. I hopo to havo more the next time."

J e s s i e S w a n n . You are so welcome, and we aro

most grateful. liOt us hear soon again from Oak Grove.

That's all. I do hope sincerely all whose letters are lost have reported, and there will be no more break in our work after this. I try to be ex-ceedingly caraful, but of course I am liable to make mistakes, and I am al-ways so glad for you to report prompt-ly the least thing that goes wrong.

I always have prided myself that I wrote a plain hand, but the Mitgion Journal credito our last contribution to "Young Smith by L. D. E." l am sure I could not have been so un-buslness-like as to sign my initials to a formal business letter, but if you all understand, it will not make, any dlf-ferenoe.

I know you enjoyed oitr Japan let-tor last week. Prove your interest In our missionary's work by working yourself with all your might. Don't let May fall behind April.

Were you not delighted to know that Dr. Diaz was free? I believe that his liberation was in direct answer to the effectual, earnest prayers that were offered for him all over the South-land. We are so charmed to have him in Chattanooga at the Convention. God can use him hera as successfully as in Cuba^poor war-blasted Cuba. Pray on for him and those he has left behind him. Send in your offer-ings, if you want to help him while he is a refugee from home and friends.

Come to my help this month with the mission subject. Wo aro to havo Mrs. F^ger from Italy In the Women's Missionary Union meetings. Our own Miss Hale will bo here, too. How I wish all of you could be privileged to meet these earnest workers face to face.

Let me havo a score ot letters before May goes. Don't delay it you have anything to say to us, or any offering to send. With gratitude to all,

L a u r a D a y t o n E a k i n .

The Cowboy's Idea of Religion. Loto of folks that would really like

to dp right, think that sorvln' the Lord means shoutin' themselves hoarse pralsin' his name. Now I'll tell you how I look at that. I'm workln' for Jim hero< Now, if I'd sit around the house hero tellin' what a good follow Jim is, and singin* songs to him. and gettin' up in the night to serenadehim, I'd bo doln* Just like loU of Chris-tians doi'but it wonldn't'Snlt^Jlmr.ana

I'd get tired mighty quick. But whon I buckle on my straps, and hustlo among the bills, and see that Jim's herd is all right, an' not sufferin' tor wator an' feed, or bein' off the range an' branded by osw thieves, then I'm servln' Jim as ho wanto to be served.

When Peter said, "Lord, Uiou knowest all things; thou knowestthat I love thee," Jesus only answered, "Tend my sheep, tend my lambs."

The Dolls of Japan. The dolls ot Japan are quite an in-

stitution, and are the funniest things imaginable. They look so like real babies and children that I havo often been deceived when I have seen them in the arms carried about the streeU. Besides playing with dolls at New Year's time, and any other whon they choose, there aro two days set apart in April for what is called a "Dolls' Festival," and all the girls, and even big women, mako a great time of it. They Uke them out to walk and visit, and get new dresses for them, and treat them just as tenderly as if they were live children. You may think it funny for women to do this, but the poor Japanese women have a very aimless life, and I think that playing with dolls is about as harmless a way for them to get pleasure as they coud find.

A little girl had been rummaging in her mother's trunk, and found a "church letter," which hor mother had neglected to present to the churoh Into ,whose neighborhood she had moved. The llttlo explorer rushed into her mother's presence, shouting, "Oh, mother! I've found your religion in your trunk."—Jfo.

Reeelpts. April oSerings. t n m JAPAK. Jessie Bwasa. Oak (IroT* M II., D . and A. ByrnJDhlpnan s) Robert L. Murray, Tbula U Class No. ». Hlokory Or«TS S. 8., by Mr. Woodcock. 100 Nellie Powell, Paria M> spriof Creek.... tO onPHANAua. NelUe Powell E , J. , O.. and H. Hufbes, Cater BluO.. U. and J . lliankensbTp, Sweetwater.... Japan Wr SI Orphanace ss SI Oolrortace to Postass 0« Dr. Dlax I SO

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12 BAPTIST A N D KEFLKCTOK, M A Y 14,1»»6.

•a COItVBIITIOM NOTES.

(Conlinued /rom page 9.) "You mnat do to much in order to

have to muoh, i i the toMbing of the Honuuilat.Eaxer.

'•Our motto is. 'Chrlat for luly. ' Homanlun hM had iU millonnlum io lu ly , and iii lUle."—Eager.

"When I am asked what is the dtf-ferenoe between Baptists and Camp-bellltes I reply all the difference b^ tween religion and no religion."— Washburn (Indian)

I^ev. O. L. Bailey, formerly asso-ciate editor of the BAPTIST AND RE-

IXECTOR, and now pastor of the Bap-

tist Church at Fort Smith, Arlc., was present He seemed to be delighted with his pastorate at Fort Smith.

" I hare been a member of the Bap-tist Church for 55 years." said Dea' eon H. H. Hickman of AugusU, Ga., "and I tiiink that a man who has been a member of one Baptist church for so many years without being turned out can show a pretty good record for respectobllity."

The weather behaved Itself beauti fully, though the tbemometer persisted In climbing protty high. Still we had no rain during the meeting, as is us-ual during lu session, and indeed whenever you get a large number of Baptists together. Nor was there a eold spell such as generally comes during the Convention.

The B. Y. P. U. was fully launched, and it is expected that it wUl be quite suooessful. At the same time, how-ever, it is understood that the Con-vention will not be asked to endorse it, but everyone will be left free to do as he pleases—to co-operate with the Southern Union or the B. Y. P. U. A., or to refuse to co-operate with any. just as he likes, as, of course, he had the privilege to do anyhow.

Diaz stated In his speech that when he was in jail he sent for his Bible to read. At first they refused to let him have It, saying that It was not a good book for liim to read. After a while they agreed to let him have It, and it gave muoh pleMure and comfort to him. This Bible, he sUted, was the one given him at the Southern Bap-tist Convention In Nashville. If we remember correctly, Bro. L. B. Jar-mon of Franklin got up the money for It and presented It to him. •

The location of the Board of the B. Y. P. U. at Birmingham was nat-ural. In fact, Birmingham was the logical place for i t The FoKlgn Mission Board Is at Richmond, the Home Mission Board at Atlanta, the Sunday-school Board at Nashville, and the Seminary at Louisville. It was not thought best to put the B. Y. P. U.3oard at one of thee* places. Blmtngluun WM suggested probably by the fact that the organisation of the Union was first proposed by Dr. B. D. Gray, pastor of the First Baptist Churohof Birmingliam. It is expect-ed thai the Birmingham brethren will push the Union to great sueoess.

The speech of Rev. 0. L. Seasholes of Dallas on Saturdajr night was one of the brigbteat delivered before the Convention. HU subjeot was Africa. Among the bright things said were the following: ••Onoe there waa a Baptist deacon travelllag aldng and he mot a negro, who, nagro-llke asked him to explain tiw SertpturM to him. Bap-tlst-lik* the deaooB did w . Metro-Ilka the n ^ then asked to bo bap-Used. BajpUst-Uln t ^ dtaeon wwit

THAT sallow, Rhaslly complexion, cuvervil uitli uiisiKhily pimpk-s nnd enipiions, bwuiiies cltar

- i aiii liy the use of

Dr. Dearie's

Dyspepsia Pills. tn.IiKCMiim niid conMipalioii urir llie rlnrf ctu>c» of an ashy f.ice .mil ii(>ly lilolilit s IlifiC |»IU will cure llicni. Svnd for a Irce N-1III|>||.<.

t>R. J. A. DKAXK CO., K iiipiUHi, Nrw Y»ik.

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down with him Into the water and camo up out of the water." "There Is plenty of water In Africa, with iU rivers and lakes, to baptize all the people there. Was this an accident? I don't believe I t Nor do I believe that It was nn accident that from three-fourths to seven-eighths of the world's surface Is water."

Dr. W. R. L. Smith of St Louis, la his speech before the Convention on our Sunday-school publications, paid the following well deserved compli-ment to Dr. Samuel Boykln: "There U one man yet among us, on whose brow I would gladly set a chaplet of praise. During long years, through physical Infirmity he has been shut up In social solitude. But there arc eomponsa-tlons in all distresses. It has drawn hlin nearer to the eternal harmonies: It has sharpened his spiritual Insight and put a tender beauty on his manly spirit In the days of small things be cherished the Kind HVmfa paper, and did a service for his brethren that calls for loving, grateful Cognition. We share his joy today In beholding the onoe delicate vine taking on a full and luety life, and throwing Its branch-es over the wall."

The Chatunooga papers, both the 2Vw(m and the Etxnimj Sctcn, gave most excellent accounts of the Con-vention. In fact, we do not know that the Convention has ever received more generous treatment by the papers In any city where It has met than by the papers of Chattanooga. The mam-moth Convention Issue of the I'itiMi was simply "immense," and was quite a stroke of journalistic enterprise. It had about 24 pages devoted to Bap-Ust affairs, which included a histo-ry of BaptlsU from the year :tO to the present; a number of articles by members of the Convention upon the subject, "Why I am a Baptist;" to-gether with the pictures of about 100 prominent Baptists living or dead. It was a magnificent Issue, and many of the delegates showed their apprecia-tion of It by buying copies to preserve as souvenirs.

On account of the crowded condition of the Convention the order was given that no one but delegates should be admitted. Ushers were sUtloned at the doors to see that this order was carefully carried out Dr. W. E. Hatoher and Judge Haralson, the president of the Convention, wore en-tering by a side door. The usher promptly stopped them and asked Dr. Hatoher. who was In front, if he was a delegate. Dr. Hatoher replied that he was, but he added: "That man with me is not entitled to a seat on the floor, and I would not admit him," and passed on. The usher stopp^ Judge Haralson. The Judge insisted upon being allowed to enter, but the usher was firm. Finally some one who knew Judge Haralson, and whomi the usher knew, came up and vouched' for the Judge as a member of the Oonvantlon, when the usher admitted him. -

—J. W. Johnaon*a ookl storage meat market, 108 Public Sqaare. Tel-•phone, 1088 ton tha flneM mwiU.

Fifth Sunday at LaaoMsaa.

The Fifth Sunday meeting of the Concord Association will be held at Lascnisas Baptist Church beginning Friday evening before the Fifth Sun-day in May. We ex|)oct to have an interesting program; All the churches uf the Association should be represent-ed as It will be our last meeting before tlio Association. Letts' stir up on all our mission linos and lot this year bo our best

Parties going by rail will bo mot at Murfroosboro. Come one; como all.

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J . H. WUKJIIT,

Card From a Distinguished JurlM. Ilr'Wrile* Hlranalr.

Judge H. 11. Hast, Hx-Cbancellor, NaBhvillo, says: " I have known I'rof. K. W. Jennlngv, I'rincipnl of Jen-nings' BUBIDOSS College, (or many years, both itersonnlly and profession-ally, and know that he has a large and varied cxperlercc in all matters per-taining to book-keeping, partnership disputes, detecting forged slgnatiiros, etc. 1 have eonsultod with lilm and have had him employed by my clients In tho settlement of tho books of com-plicated partnership accounts. Ho Is an expert In tbo comparison of hand-writing, dotcrtliig tho genuine from tho spuriou*. Ills nnslncBS College stands at the head, and in its manage-ment he Is now mainly engaged."

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l.ast Sunday was tho occasion of tlir annual sermon of the Madison Acail emy of Rutledge. I preached It In our church and received 14.77 for Stau-Missions. Bro. Holt, having so many demands for his servlcos, cannot come and tho church made a unanimous re-quest at tho pastors suggestion, tor Prof. S. K. Jones of Carson and New wan College to preach tho dedicatory sermon on tho fifth Sunday in May, beginning at 10::t0 oclock. Ho hai agreed to do so. S. S. UAI.R.

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RECENT EVENTS

The UapiiHts of Valdosta, Ga., have decided to build a church costing 115,-000. This is a i;ood move.

liev. A. I) Campbell haM roslKnod the care of tboTatnall Square Church, Mscoo, Ga., and aci-eplod a call to tho church at Troy, Ala. We sympathize with Goortfia. We conjfratulato Al-shsma.

Dr. .1. J. Taylor ut Mobile, Ala., will prcach the commcncemont sermon St Kiehmond Collego In Juno. This means that the people of Itlchmond may expt.'ct an eloquent sermon upon that ot vasion.

I'rof. Haily of Cornell llnlverslty •tys that by using electric light dur-ing tho daytime, lilies can be produced fully two weeks earlier than undor natural conditions. The same efTecU are produced by electricity upon let-tuce, but It Is positively Injurious to peat.

at tho Seminary, Wo are sorry to havo him go so far away from us, but wo commend him most cordially to our brethren in California as an able and true minister of God.

Dr, J. H. Follx has lieen holding a meeting at tbo First Baptist Church, Greenville, S. C., in which all of the other Baptist Churches In the city joined. There wore only about 10 pro-fessions of faith, but Christians wore revived In their spiritual life and many unanillatcd iiaptlslH in the city were aroused to a SODBO of their duty. The people of Greenvillu showed their ap-preciation of Dr. Felix by Inviting hint back to preach tho commonooment sermon Ijoforo tho (•rconvllle Female College in Junu.

••Dr. J, o. Bow who has for some years boon the popular pastor of the Baptist Church at Eufaula, Ala., has •ooeptcd a call to tho I'embroke, Ky., Baptisi Church, made vacant by the "•ignatlon of Dr. J . M. Phillips U» •«»pi the pastorate of the Mossy

Baptist Church in this Bute.

Is an excellent ohuroh. only a won distance across the line between TwDcsiioe and Kentucky. Wo are «'»d lo have Bro, Bow come back Bearer to us.

BROWNSVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE, BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE. ~ ^

Ustablishea Is IB8| by the BAPTIBTS of WBST TBNKBSSBE tor ths blKhsr aduettloD of Women. Bttusted ID A dellfhtful town ot •,00» psopls; bssaUlnl frousds; the porsist or artesian water. No locsl ««iis whatever (or slcknsss. A foil (acuity of ths most conipetent instruetors. Hpsclal sdvMitsKSS in Mt7aiO and ABT. Laognsiiss actuslly •turned. LATIH, rHENOH, OBBMAN, BMOUBH, QBBBK, BPAHIBH.

For oataiofue address C; A . FOLK, President

T. B, TAYUOR k SON.

For ICE

Tho Salisbury Kovomment In Eng-land has just brought forward a most inquiU>us appropriation of £.'i00,000 for elementary oducatlon, and tho wording of the bill Is so specious that while It seems to bring long delayed justice to tbo masses, It .novortholess, when close-ly analyzed Is found to provide for the appropriation of more than 90 per <-ont of tho entire sum set aside to sectarian schools—schools of tho es-tablished church of course* It is be-Hovod thatpublic Indignation will pre-vent a sc<.-ond reading of the bill.

FRANK RIGALDO, Supt.

C R E A M SSM visitors at all times welcome to visit any part of our estaWlshment.

Wo manufacture, and sell at Wholesale Sweet Cream, Sherbet, Butter, Etc. BOOK 0IT7 SAI&7 CO..

y .aa ly loe S. Hl«h atreet

The International Arbitration Con-vention which met In Washington last w e e k was perhaps one of the most learned and illgnlfled bodies that ever assembled on tho American continent. It did not decree the Immediate Insti-tution of the Millennium by the ab-olition of all armies and navies, but took a firm sUnd in favor of their re-duction to proportions which would comport better with our boasted civ-ilization, and of tho adoption of ar-bitration as a means of nettling inter-national disputes whenever practica-ble.

discussing in a friendly way this oft discussed question, agreed to test the matter by a competitive examination, Tho lioys and girls of a certain corre-sponding grade had studied Professor NoahK. Davis, "ElemenUof Phsyohol-ogy," one of the profoundest treatises on this subject that has ever been writ-ten. Sceptical President Wallace was allowed to conduct the examlnaUon. The resulto were a revelation to him! The girls won a decided victory, and somo of their papers being aent to Prof. Davis himself for examination, were pronounced by him equal to the demands of the University of Virginia.

,llSV' oomoMmo i i OCBBD.

An old pbysteUn.reUrsdfrm - .

i s t r i h s s w ' s f ' . t o t e s rsnsdy tor the sps^T s ^ psmwsat i m ot OonsttmptloB.Bronebltls. Os&irb. As t l ^ all throat and Lung AffsstloBiLaJ*aps^v* and rsdieal ooie for Ne/vous mbUtty Md W Nervous Complaints, atur tavlnc tMM IU wonderful curative Mwers to .thoMsads of eases, has felt it bU duty to make It known to MssttBeHncfellows. A^ tad b v ^ . n w ^ SdTdSlrs to relieve kuyiM sujwlnf, I jrtU smd tree of oharsj. to M ^ redpe, in Oennan.Twneh or BngU^ US'.'Si dlre^ns for preparlna and SSIBC. Bsnt by £rU^sddr«wdnf irith stamp, aMQu this pa Mr W. A. Kojm. m Powsn' Block. Boshss Cr.M.V.

Rov. B. A. Copass, pastor of the Btptlst Church at Clinton, Ky., has •ocepUsd a call to the Central Baptist

Church, Los Angeles, Cal. Bro.,Co-PMi Is a Tennosiee boy, born and ^"^d , we believe, in Maoon oounty. ^ Rraduated at Bethel College with OKtlogulshed honon, and afterwards

FLOUR. jiy'T^StH

According to tho report of Secretary Gibson at tho Georgia Baptist Con-vention there are .'UiO Baptist Churches In Georgia which are classed as mis-sionary, with a membership of 22,0(15, which give nothing to the cause of missions. There are 170 churches with a membership of 11,112 which give less than $2 per church. There are 23(1 churches with a membership of 19,024 which gave last year the aggregate amount of •733.81—loss than fo each. There are 60,000 Baptists In Georgia who give a total amount of about 1900,

A Georgia letter In the Examiner of recent date. In speaking of tho call of the First Church, this city, to Dr. Hawthorne to booome Its pastor, and the strong objection on the part of the First Church, Atlanta ,to release him, says: "So eager are the people to hear Dr. Hawthorne that they have joined his Sunday-school In order to be sure of Hoats when tho hour for preaehlng arrives. It 1« "nW about as many people are turned away from tho doors as got In. A building with a seating capacity of 3,600 Is contemplated." This fact will give the Baptists of Nashvllleand Tennes-see a still greater appreciation of tho prize which they have captured. Wo feel sorry for our Atlanta brethren Their loss, however. Is our gain.

A recont competitive examination UflvwB new light on the old question of tho relative monUl eapaotlos of the •exes. President Wallace of King ColloOT for boys, and President Jones of the Southwestern Institute for girls, boUi schools located at Bristol, Va.,

WHO'S SHELUBERBER ?

Dr. B, F. Riley In an interesting letter In the SUuidard of Chicago, April 25, says: "Howard College, the Baptist school of Alabama, seems to be toppling on the edge of a fearful downfall. The college has^held out against odds for many years, but iU end seems near. It mortgaged lU land for buildings, and falling to meet the debt incurred, the college seems destined to die. It has had a glorious history, but lU work as a denominational school seems to be nearlng a close. It has a handsome property near Birmingham, Ala., but that seems to avail nothing In the Im-pending crisis. If t40,000 could be raised the denominational school could be saved. Unlike all other southern colleges It has received no aid whatever since the close of the war." We hope that the Baptists of Alabama wlir yet rise up and rescue this noble Institution from Its threatened destruc-tion.

over Exertlen ol Brain ar WMlj Take ll«r«f*r««B AeU Phoapk«t«.

It Is a wholesome tonlo for body, brain and nerves. Wonderfully quick In IU action.

Coniolldation in Tenneuee.

Call 1058, Johnson's cold storage meat maraet, for the finest fish, w celved dalley. Anything from the small sun perch to the mountain trout.

I make the statement of my opinion conoeming the eonsolidatfon of -the Convention work in Tennessee with hesitancy. I did hope that someone would present the matter at Mossy Creek, but It was not done. I am fully and solemnly persuaded that all of the seven interesU fostered by the Ten-enssee Baptist Convention should be and can be handled under one finan-cial agent. The time has oomewlim-something must be done, U seems to me, In cutting down the maobioery of our operation and the expense of work. Now my word to the brethren is this: I propose at the next Conven-tion at Paris to present a resolution looking to the consolidation of all Interests In Tennessee under one agent. W . C. GOLDBN

Ayer's Pills are recommanded by leading physicians and drufffflstt aa the most prompt and efflolent remedy for biliousness, nausea, costlveness, indigestion, slngfishness of the Uvar, jaundice, and sick headache; also, to relieve colda, fevers, neuralgia, and rheumatism.

—Johnson, the meat man, handlea

die Tennessee affords. Call Md see them and you will find them nice, ten-der and Juey. Goods delivered prompt-ly.

there'

For washing Dishes, s nothing like'Pcarline. Why don t you begin the use of it in that way, if you're one of the timid

sisters who still think that Pcarline "eats the

clothes?" Then you can soak things in it for a

year or two, and test it in

every way, until you become convinced tliat Pcarline can t do any harm. But it won't eat your dishes, that's sure. It

you wash it with Pcarline.

Send '' MUlsn and some unseim|Hi]| or "tha same m P s s rW .1

as soap does. And noticed on cut glass

that won't be therb if

SIS will UU you ••tUtisai good gfoosis Will isu yon " t u T'S FALBE-Iisarltas Is

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I I B A F t l t f T A M D B & F L B G T O K , M A Y 1 4 , 1896 .

k nmin. T h e Tes t imon ia l s Below

Speak f o r Themse lves .

Anil rarthar ttabaUntlata tli« Claim Mada for tba Klarlroiioliia,

I got an EleL'trottolso from Mr. Joo FoaMr, of Carterr* Creek. Am suro I waH benetlted by l u uto.

MI<8. W . H . ItoniNBON. WilliamBport, Tenn., April it, 'Ml.

The Bloinropolse has been quilo a blestlDK In my family. It baa proven all we expectra from it.

L. B. HAKWtXI.. Friendihip, Tenn., April 7, 'IHI.

We arc rery well pleased with the Eloc'tropoise and induced our daughter to buy one. We recommend it to all our friends who are afllicted.

MK8. J . K. T. LELANU. Knoxvllle, Tenn., April 5, 'Wi.

I cheerfully rei^ommend the Electro-poise to all persons suffering with in-difrestion. W. L. Nocx.

Huntingdon, Tenn., Sept., 1, 'U5.

A book of complete information, to-getlier with reduced rental rates on the Pocket Klectropoise, will be mailed free to any address.

D U B O I S & W E B ^ .

Chamber of Commerce Building, Nashville, Tenn.

Edelin's Iiansfer & Sioiage Companji, HAOKH, STUKKN • dIUVIM

ItVKKYlfUUV'* U0008 IN TUWN. AUo sll kinds ot SAFES moved ao]where.

Telapbona »41. » j U«ca aad Warabousa. al l N. Collasa kt.,

Next to Webb. Bteraiuoii, Phllllpa A Co.

OMITirAHV.

NoTicR-Ob tuary ootloes not exoMdlnji iWO words will b« tnsartad (r«« o( ohaiK*. but ona sant will IM oharmd foraaoh soooaadinir word •ndshouldba|»ldln adTaiuM.Oounttb* words and you will know oxaotlywkat tha obaiva will ba

HANNIND. Lula Manning fell asleep in Jesus

Man-h IH, 180(1. Though she has left the loved ones heart-broken and her homo desolate, yet wo realize that If wo will only follow her example in that she was an obedient Christian,'we may soon see her where inside the pearly gates she is waiting and watching for the dear ones who are left behind.

To the grief strlcken.husband with the little rosebud she has entrusted to him, wo would say, trust in the Lord; though It may seem hard, he has taken the loved one to draw our hearts heav-enward. The fond parents whose pil-grimage is almost over; the brothers and sisters left behind—these all have one more strong tie to bind them to the Father of all the rodoemud. The sister whose life has gone out here on earth is looking in tenderness and love from the blissful abode upon the sorrowing ones here. A FKIEND.

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will tell you to use Pure White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil. They make the best and most durable paint. To be sure of gettinjr

Pure White Lead <'.\amine the brand (sec list genuine brand.s). I'or colors use the N A T I O N A I , L K A D CO.'S I'urt; White Lead Tinting Colors. No troubl. t«) inak<- or match a shaiie.

p«m|.hlri (ivinK valiiaMe Informaiiim an.l mrd .ho»ln» .«iti,,|„. ..f . ..lor. Irrr Cjt.l. .howitid iu,« ..f iwclve hoiiw, „( ,lilTrn,„ .li-.iiti.. pjiiitctl HI varu.io >ivle> ..t .<,iii).in>ii.>n. U ihadti fi«T»ur,i„i ui».n uiipliijihiii I.I ih.»c mi«ii<|ii,,t I,, ,,.,,„, ™

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EGG HOUSE Highest market price paid tor ship-

menta. Returns made same day goods are re-

ceived. Let 'em come.

ODIL A CO. iVAIso headquarters (or cases and

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PATRONIZE

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Practical Tailors. tor VnlwM St., NMlivllla, TaiiM.

In T h e s e Days OF CHEAP GOODS

Don't allow yowaaif to ba b>lt«d by ehsap Bssdlslsss. TBB BEIT Is sans tea good. BURQE,

lellt only THE ^ B T .

in memory of our dear mother who (ell asleep in the arms o( our blessed Jesus in the •Mih year ot her aire, b'ar away (rom us is mother,

In that home of bliss and love, Where she waits to greet her children,

In that heaven of Joy and Iqvo. Yes, God saw best to take our moth-

er from us. She had loni; fought the battlci) of life. At last the conQlct ended and her spirit took iu flight from this earthly habitation to dwell through ceaseless ages of eternity with that Oud who has been her guide dur-ing her long life. She had the spirit of her Savior, ever patient, loving and kind. She was the Joy uf home, the light of her family, the comforter and friend of all the needy and dis-tressed. Her homo was always tho preachers'. home.

Now home Is dark, so sad and lone-ly, no Joy to mo since mother's gone. She was ever ready .with a bright smile and a cheerful word to greet all who came to her homo. Her words of instruction and admonition will ever echo in the oars of her boys. Though her spirit has been (reed, her life lives on; her influence is (elt, her advice cherished.

She was a model wife, a tender and devoted mother, a devoted sister and an obedient child to the will of Uod.

W . S . HENDEKSON.

HILL. Died at her residence on Nolensvllle

pike, 10 miles (rom Nashville, on the morning o( February 19, 180U, Sister Bettie Hill, beloved wi(e o( John B. Hill.

She was born and roared in David-son county, and was 43 years ot ago. She professed faith in Christ in 1801, and joined the Missionary Baptist Church at Concord the same year. Just before she died she bad her fami-ly brought to her and told thorn all good by, and asked them and her friends to meet her in Heaven.

She was a good Christian wife, mother, and neighbor. She was ever ready to rescue the perishing and to oare for the dying. No bettor woman ever lived than she: It was my good pleasure to be associated with her In church work for the past two years. She wai always a Arm friend to her pastor, and loved her ohuroh devoted-IT. Mother will be missed. In the home there is a vacant chair; lo the ohuroh, an empty mw, (rom the oommunUy a kind friend li gone.

Bar funeral was preached by her pastor In the presence of a large oon* course of friends. One by one he calls his saints.

n. r. PAKKKII, i>ra«ldeut. W. W. WINULK, Hnpt. KUW. 8CUUKNPrLVU,liae>

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ATID F A T H E R L A N D HTH.

The Baptist and For i896.

Reflector

Una, l^enn. J . H. PIBKOB.

-^^Our readers have noticed, we auppose, the i m p r o v e mente which have been made in the Baptist and Re-flector during the past few years, and especially laHt year. We may say that we hope to be able to make still greater improvements in 1896.

H n n ' l y m i want to continue with us for at least IIQn 1 I Oil another year ? As a further induce-

ment to you to do 80, we offer the following premiums. 1. To any one now on our list who will pay up to date

and in addition will pay us |(2.10, or $1.60 if a minister we will advance his subscription one year and besides will send him either a volume of Spurgeon's Twelve Greatest Sermons or a copy of Remarkable Answers to Prayer.

2. To any one who will send UB the name of one new subscriber and $2.00, or $1.50 if a minister, we will send a copy of either of the above books, besides crediting the new Bubscriber one year on the paper.

8. To any old subscriber who will send us in the name of one new subscriber and $2.10, or $1.60 if a minister, we will send a copy either of " ^ m e or America, Which?" by J. T-Christian, or of the "Soul-winner," by C. H. Spurgeoii. Both of these books are Just published.

4. To any old Bubscriber who will send U B the names of two new Bubscribers and $4, or $8 if ministerB, we will give any two of the above books.

5. To any old Bubscriber who will send us his renewal and $2.25, or $1.75 if a minister, we will Bend a copy either of Dr. Christian's ''Rome or America, Which?" or of Spur geon'B '•Soul-winner."

6. To any one, whether now on our list or a new Bub-scriber, who will send UB $8.60, we will Bend him the paper for one year and beBides will send a copy of

Holman's Self-Pronouneing Bible, flexible back, gilt edges, ailk-sewed, containing concord* anoe, mapB, refertooee, etc. Thia Bible retails for $8.hO, 00 that yon will virtually be getting tiie paper free; or, to pot it in another way, you will be getting a $8.60 Bible for $1.60. Mow, can yon not take odvanta^ of one of these oflera I Let ni hear from yon soon.

B A P T l S t a n d K l E F L B O t O B , M A V U , LTT9B. i s

"Ye FAIR. 40 lirldsa Avanae, MOUIIII dour

from rirat It., NHtb*llla.

I. ••YBFAIR"U tbe D»NA of tbo grooory, not tue owner.

t. "YB PAIR" hM ooDTentent looatlon tor all ibo iravol ovar tbebridco.

}. "Va FAIH" aatU tor oaah In band only. 4 "YR PAIR" U the oboapoat atore In Nanh

«nie. In fmall quaBtlilea. 5. "Yi PAIIl'' deal! oorroctly witb all alike,

•Dd mskeii penny obanga. « "VR KAIR" b»s "Downey'a Patent RIgbt'

trraiiKcmont and display ot Rtook, and nothing tike It In tho world.

7. "YR PAIR" la tbe only beadquartera (or •'Uowney'i Old Gold Butter," warranted to ilckia tbe cultivated and mo«t taatldloua palate. H. Itcmrmber "YB PAIR." 49 Bridge Ave.,

two door* from PIrat St.. Is tbo obeapeat house In SuMbvlllo. Come and aee.

Some Kind Words. Tho DAPTIST AND L ^ L B O T O R

^rowB botlor with ovory iB»uo. I am proud o( it as our SUto denomination-al papor. It has the right ringi and it always clear out on all doctrinal quostloni. Tho Baptigtn of Tennea-800 should patronize It Ilborally be-cause of its clear and unequivocal ul-torancca in tho defence of our denomi-national vlows. It is eminently sound and implicitly safe upon all contro-vortod points of duutrino.

I am trying to put tbo paper into every family in my churches, because I tlnd it helpful to me in my pastoral work. Those of my members who read tho paper regularly aro always ready to co-oporato with tho pastor along all linos of donominational en-

ilsfn.fflR THROAT. ' USED FORHEAa CATARRH,

MAY f-KVKH, ANTUMA, CATAKKHAI. UKAPNIWH and HBUMOklTIH PKKMA. NKNTLY cured wltb tbe UHIVAUO MKOI-I'tttU'" "KW meth-od. FUMIOATIUN. Why pay •100, when you can Kft a poiiUlve cure tor SaT it will pay »ou to Inrestlgata. Hrlee I t Write tor cirou-tsr K. K. CAMP, So. tlS-*IR LASalla Rt.. Cbleajro. III.

Ouirinle* PotlUon. fort.iii«i.«..»J'i~it In UU |>MlU*K t« -imnd. C.t.i.«iH « »ldr.M

KMhvlllt.Tsnn. I.ibn«l V antrn. Mmh.iil.. •wiMhT* |t,>..kkM-|.iii». rmniMwhlp, Hliniilmii'l. TTf»wrfllnit, T»l.«iii(.l.t. I» l»iKh.f». 4 wr.l<. In

BUSINESS College.

»l (l.ior rtunbffUiiil ri««brt»rl«n foh. Ili.iwo, N A S H V I L L E . T E N N .

A pr»rtlo«l»«l>0"l or MKblhlHNl ivpnutl.m. S.I mtrhmntiT ini>iht»l«. I>ni>ln»»« liirti iw.m. m«i<t Ihli <'cll.|(». Wt1l*f<>» oin-alu*. M»u. lion Ibit M|»R. A'Mi»m It. W, JEVSIMOf), I'liioirtL.

ATTEND THE Southern Coiiege of Penmansiiip. The only School of tbe kind In the South Penmanablp thoroughly Uvgbt In i l ot lu branches. If you are anxloua to tacome a good writer in a abort time, you should receive Indlrldual Instruction In Buslneaa Writing Terms reaaonable. Hours, 8 to 10a. m.,»to 4

** Urancbes Taugbt-Plaln. and OrnamenUI Writing, Lettering, DaalgniM, Pen Drawls nourishing, Nawspapar llTustntioBs, eto. Any of tha abo»a mention^ branchea succaita-fully uught by mall. Ponman'a supplies a upeolalty. Bend for cli;cular.,Add|^

K. UAVIS, Principal. Vandarbllt Building. Naabvllle, Tenn

a'40U OU IN 410I.U (IIVKN.

or Hperlal intercut tu Htudents and Taacliirs.

JI.U. Woodward Company. otBaltiiMre.Hd., are making a most liberal oBer ot l«0.00 lO any. 0D« who will sell WO copies ot "uems ot ^ll-[lou* Thought." a new book by Talmig*. This .s une or the most popular books ever published Three editions sold In W dairs. Agents sell 10

terprisos. If one-tenth of the Baptlata of Tennessee were to road tbe BAP-TIST AND REPucbTOR regularly, I am satisfied that none of our Boards of Missions, Sunday-sobool and Colport-age, Orphan's Home, Ministerial Education or Itellef would lack for the neoessary means to keep them in easy running order.

What our Baptist people In Tennes-soo need more than anything else Is Intelllgonco oonoerning these different objects of tho denomination; and I know of no better method of dissemi-nating this Intelllgenoe among them than through the circulation of one of tho best Baptist papers publlsbod in t h e S o u t h , t h e BAPTIST ANO RESXEOT-OR. I am partial to It because It Is a Tennessee paper; Its editor Is a Ten-nesean, and It Is largely devoted to Uio Baptist cause In Tennessee.

Such a paper deserves the hearty support of every Baptist In tbe State. It should have the syn^athy and co-operation of all the Boards of our State and Southern Baptist Conven-tions, for It Is a helpful, friend to all of them. W. G. INHAN.

Humboldt, Tenn.

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•f us eurad at borne. Bend «wo «

SufferNoLoniser! , Bsnd went. Ismail at »o»r dnsflit do» nol kwp It). »<>' a Bin. Bate and PalBl«« •dr fdr Ooran, Warts and BUB-lona. Borolmn. W»rr»ntad «aO«ra. Taksnoolbn. B. X. m T c n u , itnntist,

nuMBUX,

B E L L S fissar w ^ i i s j ' r v a i ' V i ' B M a r

3 monuui. A 1100 Dlcyelo given tor selung m copies In'.' months. A itoid watch for setHng flu coplts In one month Tnls premium In ad-dition tocomml'sloi. Complete outatUte. ts. Pralebt paid. Credit Riven Ago .ts wanted also to- * Talk8 to Ohlldren about Jesus " I6U,-<100 copies sold, and It Is now aolilng faster than evsr, Samu terms and oondltlons as oh • Uems of K.IIkIouh 'moiiKUt." Uther popular books and Ulblea also. They offer special and most liberal rates to aiuden's and toacbei* oanvasHed 6or their bo k« AmosK the list there wore 23 wbo madu i.ver KM). &7 who won th4 {"."OO premium, and Tfl mad« over tlHl for their summer work Write them Immedlato-ly. nSHOt.

For the International Christian Kn-doavor Convention, which will be bold in Washington, on Jnly 7—13, tho Southern lUliway will sell tIckeU at tho rate of ono limited flrst-elass fiire for tbo round trip. Tickets will 1)0 sold July 5—7, and limited to con-tinuous passage In cacb direction, witb ,Tuly 21 as extreme limit for re-urn. From points In Tcnnesseo tbo Southern Hallway is tho scenic route to Washington, via ICnoxvillo, Hot .Springs and Ashevlllo, through tbe "Land of tho Sky." For further In-formation in regard to rates, oebcd-ules, otc., call on any agent of tbo company or W. H. Doll, Chattanoo-ga, J. L. Mcok, Knoxvllle, and C. A. lionscotor, A. G. 1\ A., Chattanooga.

Money Made In a Minute.

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The Blue Cross.

Soni<> of our Bubacrlbcni will find on

iiMir |ui|M>rM HKatii tlilH week a blur

i roMM. Thla Ih Intonileil na a rt^mliidor

III till-Ill of the fnet tlint tbcir HulMcrlp-

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CUBR£NT TOPICS.

\Vi' iiiciitlontH]. II wwk or two np

till' fiii t tluit till' Nortlicni Mt'tbiHllMiH

III their <iuiii1r«'nulnl ( i fucni l Conffr-

Ill C'lerrlnnd were di-biitliiK the

iliKNiloii ii«t to wlu'tbcT tlii'y Hlioiild

mil.lit womt'ii iiH d«*le|{uli'H to Uiitlr

iKidy, In view of the fact tbiit tho

prii|Mwlilon to rvoelvu tliciu had failed

twforc the Annual Conferencea for Uio

Ini'k of n coiMtltuttonnl thtve-fourtha

iimjorlty. The motion to ndrait llio

uiiiiKMi whw <iiiiii> aH dt>lt>Kat(>H to tin*

< ii-ni'iiil wnH ndopt<>d by

M •iiiisldirablc majority, and tlu> iiial-

Ut yntit ihi>§ referred back to the An

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riiif niiprcmi' (%iurt of ilii> 1 niicil

Siiiif.ji on hiHi Monthly di><lilt>il Hint

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• ••liinMl |H>rN4>iiK. IH coUHtltutloiial. af-

llriiilnK the «I<>4>IhIOU of tlii> i-oiirt Im>-

TbiM dtH-lHloii will alToct other

State*. Oalv one .liiuice diaaontcd,

.liiHiltN' Harlan, who wo IH>II*'V)> IK N

Keniiickhin. On tho Kann« day tln'

''oiirt innd*> nnoih<*r declHlon of i-on-

Nlih'nibli' IntercHt. HUHtalnlni; the

vnllillty nnd cfmHtlttitloiialUy of the

Sunday real law of Uraritin, forbld-

•lliiK tho ntnnln;; of frolKht ttiilim on

the Hablmth day. Thta IH qtiHo n

craiiryhiK doclalort, and wp ho|M> that

II will havo a far n>aohlnK orroof.

The (>.ar and ('MirUia of UiiHHia have

uono to Moai-ow to Im* crownotl, ae-

• ordluK (o tho anclvnl cuatoni of the

IIUHHlan rtilora. Tht> pn'paratlouH ftir

the corountloii <roroiuonl«>H aro of the

iiHwt olalHirate ohanu'tor. The train

III which thtfl'Knr aud Oitarlna IrtivoltHl

rroin Ht. IVIeraburK (o Mom-ow was

Mild to b« tho tlnoHt over on whoola.

A iiromiiieut niirPHOUtntlvo of tho

prinoliml couiitrloa uf the- world will

IH* prewnit to take part In tb« euro-

inonlpH, nnd to lend diKUlty to the oc-

oaainH. Meaiiwhtlo, liowovor, alMive

all of the |H)iiip nnd aploiidor whlcli

aurroand the cercmoniet^ a dark

Hhndnw luiiiKa. nnd Hint la'the fonr of

aHwiwilimllon of the Ouir by wniie

M I I I I I M I . Kxtrenie prtH>iiiitloiM have

lH-«m tnkeii to prrvput mioh n catiiM*

Iropo, nnd it la to lie hoped l l inf^hoy

>vlll lie elTecUve. Am tn wbnt kind of

n nikir the pnminit Oanr i«ill mnko ro<

ninlna to IN> determined, na lie Ima hod

tory little npimrtiinity yet for n dia-

lilny of hiN cliBmcter nnd the tiollcy of

Ilia i*lini. -

THE THEOLOGY OP THE SAVIOR

The Convention Sermon Preached

By Dr. C. A. Stakeley. of

Washington, D. C.

"And ono of tho acrllioH cnme, and

• • • • BHkod lilni. Which l8 the

lli'HI rHininiaiidinont of all? Aud JOHUH

niiKworod hliii, Tho tirHt coiiiuiniidinout

of all l«. Hoar. O Inraol, tho Tx)rd our

Coil IH olio Lord; and thou ahalt love

the Uird thy Gml with all thy heart,

nnd with nil thy KOUI, nnd with nil thy

iiiind nnd with all thy strouKth."—

Mark sll. 2S-30.

With thlx paywii:<> of Scrlpturo for n

toxl. It IH pro]K>fiod on thin occaHloii

to liiHtitnto a brief Inquiry Into the

doi'tiinal iMHiltlun of tho Savior, in ao

far at leiiHt uh It can Iw inndo out

from hiK own worda and acta. Theo-

logical dtteuaaion la gathering more

and morauloaely every yoay around the

hiNlorie Christ. It la bolloved by many

that aftor all .Teaua biniaolf la Itoth tbe

anal.vNla and tho t<>Ht of tho rollslon

which ho cniuo to OHtabllah. The

worda of the Savior, an dlHtinfrulahiHl

friini tlKWe of tlio ovaneollHtit-^ind tbo

apoHlloK, aro Ih-Iiij: HUbjo<-t«-<I to a bow

Hciutlny. and his acta arc HCIUUUHI

nfroHh for any now light which they

iiiny throw ti|M)u IIIH iNWilllon an n

tcachcr. To thoao of na who ar<> hia

dlHclploH tlilH tcHt HIIOUIII not bo un-

welc<niio, thoiiKh wo may Im* coiiwloua

of tho fact thai It IH not alwayH inado

with an uninlxod inotlvo and ban soino-

tlinoH le<l to an nndoroHtlniato of tho

npoatloH and all IIIOHO ]Mtrilona of tho

Hiicrod ScrlpturcH whli-li aro not di-

rectly Involved. Hut If tho ap|>onl tii

the Savior liluiHi'lf IK* Invltml, to. the

Savior lot ua iro. If wo cannot Join

with thoae who WIHII to conatruct a

now thi-idoBy on tlio IMIHIH of the aor-

nion on tho nionnt, wo cannot IM> nn-

willing to Htriko tho truth at tbo foun-

tain Infld and to receive from him

nho apako aa novor man apnko bid

own vIowH, an far aa ho waa willing

to oxpreaa tbeni, of tho roilKiou wliU-h

ho caiiio to eHlabliab.

Dr. Kroadua, In hia oxcelloiit little

work on .loaiia of NaKaroth. Iiaa In

throi' loci urea proaontod our Ix)n1 in bla

|H>rHonal pbnraoter, hla othlcnl teaoii-

Intra nnd IIIH au|H>riiatuml Worka. It

would have Ihhmi of incalculable value

to our miniatr)' tbrouKliout the coun-

try if the dIatliiKulahed nnd Inniented

prof«>aaor hnd nddiMl n foiirtb lfH<tiire,

prownllUit Joaiia of Naiuirctb In bla

doptrinni boiief. That our Ixinl wni* n

theological, no leaa than an othioal,

(pflolipr could go witliuut anyliig. In

tile rnnge of hia itiNtnictlon he wrtalii-

ly covered iniuiy of thoae innltimi Hint

nre ttaimliy enibmi'ml in l|i(Hilo|tlcai

dlai'ttaaloii. I l ia etiilcni toarliUiR wna

tile otilpnitte of hla tlimdoKlcnl liellef.

It wna ppeciaeiy bi«ontia«» |ie bolleviHl

Ha he did with referenpo to Ood and

nihil, nnd tbe relntlonii iH'tween them,

Hint he taught na lie did with rere^

enee to linmRn diaelpline and duly. I t

hla theology had been difTerent be

would have preeented to the world a

dliroreut ayatem of ethica.

In considering the theology of our

Savior let ua noUce (1) ita aourcea, (2)

Ita wonderful content, nnd (3) tho

nii'tluNl of Ita preaontatlon.

ITS SOUnCBS.

Tho acrlbe who npproochod our Lord

with hla queation touching the groat-

oat of the coinmnudmentH waa pnib-

ably not aurprlaod at the action of our

I.<jrd In (luotliiff from one of the Imoka

of the Old Toatnmont. The Savior had

Hoiircea of liollof. There were grounda

upon which lie roatod hla teaching.

Tliont wore n»thorltli>a tp which he np-

IKuIed ill vindication of hla clalma.

A careful atiidy of hla worda and acta

will ahow that the aourcea of hla tlie-

«>loKy wore natural, blatorlcal and dl-

nn-t. It ia evident from aome of bla

allualona that he lieheld In created ob-

Jccta, in providence and in the human

mind and conaclonce-tho throe divla-

lona Into which tlK- iKiok of nature

falia- not only aonio aubordlnate loa-

Koua of truth and duty, but tbe foot-

priuta of an orlgliintlnK and directing

power. W'lion lie apoko of tho aun

i-InIiik on tho ovll and on the K'^'d.

the rain falllUK on tho Juat and on the

nnJUHt; when ho Nfioko of the day nnd

niKbt, of beat and cnid, of moist and

dry. of aood time aud harvi-at, of the

clothiHl gniaa of the field and tho fed

ItlrdH of the ii i^ it waa to iutimato

that In hla Iwlief all tlH-ae aro Inatlnct

with a divine Idea. Our I.,ord may lio

roKurdod aa a brother to all who in

tho aplrit of revoroiico "look throiiKh

nature up to iiature'a OimI."

Hut he riH.-ogiilKi>d a higher a«iure<>

than the laiok of nutum. He n>a|Hmdcd

to the thought that Uo<l liiia a|iokeii

to the world by revelation aud Inapl-

ration. Ho lookeil upon tbe caiHinical

Hcrlpturt>a of hia countrymen aa the

oracloa of (iod. In the wildorneaa he

vnni|Ulabed the devil with qiiotntloua

from Deuteronomy. Standing up in

Ilia own aynoKOKUe at Nniuiroth ho

road from the aixty-tlrat chapter of

laaiali. ' Ho aald repruvlngiy to Uie

Pbarlaeoa: "Ye make void the law of

tJtMl by your traditioua," ami to the

SaddticiHia: "Ye do err. not knowlug

tlio acrliituroa." H»t apiMMiled to Mai-

achi In vindication of .lohn tho Iln|>-

tlat, and foretold n part of the de-

atrucUou of .leniaaleni tn the hiiiKiiage

of "Daulel the prophet." Hla fOnrtb

aayiUR ou the cnma waa a piercing

aeiitence from the twentyHiecMiid

Panlni, nnd after the n«aurrectlon, "be-

ginning from Moaoa nnd all tlie proph-

eta lie ex|ienndiMl tiiito them in nil

the Scripturea the thinga concerning

liliilaeif." l»y quntntion and nfferwnce

lie covered more than two-tliirda of

the an iMNika of the Old Tealnineiitt

nnd thlH In nil the divlaloiia of the Old

Teatniueut which were <Himmou nt the

time. He refemnl to the law nnd

tlie propbela, &Iow!a nnd tlio prophetii,

the law, the propbeta nnd the writ-

ingii of the holy fletrlpturea, the Hcrlp-

turea. Stil l further, be accepted tbeie

four thinga which conatitnte tlie body

and life of theae Scdpturea—their

hiatory, their code of lawa, whlcii he

rocogulzetl na incomplete, their aya-

tem of aacrlficea nnd prophe<-y and

thoir Meaalanic Idea. With reference

to tbe hiatory of the Old Teatameiit

ho ap|M>ara to have aiuKlod out for apo-

da l reference moat of thoae well

known parta which have made the

greiUMt draft upon human credullt}-,

the atory of Adam and Eve, of Cain

and Abel, of Noah and tbe tlood, of

Sodom and Ooniornih, of Moaiw and

tlie burning buab, of Klljah nnd the

cloaed up hcavena, of .Touah and tho

Breat tlah. He made hla ap|M>nlH to the

Script urea. He clalmcd to eX|>ound

them nnd to live and die and rlae ag.lin

nc<ordIuK to their tvachiuK. They

wore jiort aud luircol of bin theology,

and 'Hotweon the Old Teatament and

hintaelf bImhI the mlHKlon and miubitr}-

of John the Kaptlat, which ho In-

doi-aiHl nnd to which ho ap|M>aIed In

\indlcatioa of certain of hia clainm.

Hut Jeaua clnlmml alao to Im In di-

iii -t conimunlcatioii with heaven. Said

ho: ".No man haa aoen God at any time;

the only ln'K'>tton f«on, which IH In the

IK>8OIII of the Father, lie hatb declared

him." And ap i in : "No man hath aa-

conded up to heaven but be whlcH

caiiio down from beavon, even the

Son of man. which is In benven."

While he n i i d with intoreat In the

l.(H>k of nature nnd appealiMl with c(m-

tldonco and aaanrance to tbe Old Tea-

tament Scrlpturea and tho mlulairy

of Jolin the Itaptiat, ho waa alao in .

audi peraonai r«>lntlon to the mind and

iioart of Owl that ho could claim to

lie tbe hlKbeat and directeat Intorprot-

or of tlH^ aamo.

ITS WONDKHP l ' L CONTHXT.

Tiie aourcea of .Tirana' Iwlief iM'ing

aacortaliKHl, wo may take up with a ,,

iKtter IntelllRrnce nn InvoatlKatlon of

tlie iM'liof Itaolf. The quoatloulng

acrilH- muat have natherwl from Ijotli

parta of the reply which ho recelvwl

that our l4>id outertalncd a thiMilogl-

cal Indlef. In <!onaldering Iliia we are

at once brought fai-e to fa<i' with n

<>onti4i: aa eomprebeiiHivo na It ia rich,

nnd, under tho cln'umalaiH'oa. w»' wIM

have to lie aatiafloil with only n luiro

auiiimary of Ita loading inilnta. Tho

lh«*«>lngy of Jeaua uppeara to havo

KatheriHl around two coiuvptlona,

which omatltuted 'IIK«' ataple of hia

ininiatry, Uio kliiKdom of heaven nnd

the future life; and in bla expoal-

tloii of tlieae he dealt uion' or leaa

aiwcillcnlly wHIi audi aubj«'cla na tlio

Divine Ik'ing, creation and providence, .

tlie kingdom of evil, man nnd anlva*

tlou, the church nnd rcllgloua worahip,

dentil, reaurreetlon and the Judgment,

nnd iienven and bell.

To begin Willi, liio SnvUir Imd li

doctrine of OIHI, nnd, na wna nn lumi

in HIP cnats it deterinine<l Hie geniua

nnd cimracler of Ida tenehing. Our

Ixird wna not nthelaUcal nor ngnoa-

tic. He did no^ deny tlw being of