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N A S H V I L L E , T E N N E S S E E , O C T O B E R i O , 1892. N O . I J .

Baptist M Convention. F U L L P R O C E E D I N G S .

li'iiiHT DAY—MuBNiNd S E S S I O N .

This body met in itA 18th annual BosHion with the I 'init Baptiiit Church, Kaoxvillo, October 12th, and was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by Dr. W. G. Ipman, moderator of lost

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Bonsion. After devotional exercises conduct-

ed by Dr. Inman, theosHociation pro-ceedetl to orgauizstioa by the election of olBcera. The following were elect-ed : President, J. T. Henderson; Vice-Presidents, W. L. Brown and W. C.

Golden; Secretary,O. L. Haileyj Sta-tistical Secretary, J. K. Pace; Treas-urer, \V. M. Woodcock.

Pending the report of the tellers, devotional exercises were held and very helpful talks were made by Drs. Frost, Ufton, Willingham and In-man.

After organization the Convention adjourned for dinner. Upon reassem-bling the president announited the committees.

Dr. K. J. Willinghnm read n Tme report on ministerial education. He foiloweil the report in an impressive H|)eech upon the subject. He thought it was better (or a young man to spend an hour sharpening his tools before going to his work. The lime has passed when it is only the sickly and the children that are to be given to the Lord. Is there a premium on igno-rancet We honor God by giving our best young men to him, such as Mo-ses and Paul were. We have about one hundred young ministera in our two State Colleges and the Seminary, but we ought to have more. There are many young ministers who would go to college If they were urged and helped. But you say, if you take him from the countiy and educate him he will not come back. He will go to the city. Suppose he doesT You have only enabled him to reach a larger number of people and save more aouls. Have you done him an injury T But you don't waul a school-made preach-er. I auppone not. But these schools don't make preachers. They take thooawho feel that Ood haa called them and try to help them, to devel-op them. Take two young ministers of equal advantages. Let one go to the Seminaiy three years and let the other remain at home and continue to preach. In aizyearathe one who goea to the Semlnaiy will be more aought after by the churohea and will be more auooemful than th« one who ataya at home. The Satnfnary gives doctrine, which ia like the bonea to the body, but It gives also muaclM and ainews. I t la as much Baptist doctrine to go into all the woiM and preach the gos«

pel to every creature as to baptise people. The good thing for a preach-er, however, is not to educate the mind, but the heart, which he can only get at the mercy seat.

Dr. Inman followed brioUy, saying: The minister is a teacher. He must draw upon all sources of knowledge. The masses are being educated and they demand that the ministry be educated BLM). He told of an igno-rant preacher who was preaching to a cultured audience, and who re-marked to them, " Brethren, we don't see spirit with our vocal organs." Ed-ucating preachers is the best invest-ment we can make. An old brother in Illinois hauled corn ten miles and sold it for twenty cents a bushel to educate J. E. Clough. Afterward he said he would not take $1,000,000 for it. We don't want men to preach who can't do anything else. If they must preach or starve, let them starve.

Dr. Frost thought the subject of ministerial education lies at the base of things. No man taketh the office of the ministry unto himself. He must hear the voice speaking to him and saying, Come this way. At the same time there is a human side to it, just as there is in the plan of salvation. When God called David he sent Sam-uel to him. Brethren, what are you doing to lead young men into the ministry T He referred feelingly to his experience and how he had been helped. Have you not a preacher in your homes, in your churehest The Leigh St. Church, Richmond, Va., has sent out seventeen young minis-ters since the war, and it was largely through the influence of one man. Then help them, after they are called, to secure an education, by your meana. When you die your life will be projected through them. The speech evidently made quite an im-pression upon the Convention, and we think did much good.

Dr. Savage, Chairman of the Board of Ministerial Education for the Southwestern Baptist Univeraity, re-ported that twenty-three young men were helped laat year, and there will likely be twenty-flve this year. Prof. Henderson submitted the report of the Board of Ministerial Education of Carson and Newman College. Thirteen students are being helped there this year, and $105.00 waa given for the purpose last year. The Con-vention adjourned until 7 p. m.

N I O H T S R S S I O N .

The annual sermon was preached bf Dr. G. A. Lofton, from the text, Mark xvi. 16. Subject, "The Univer-sal Commission." As we shall hava the pleasure of laying the diaoouiaa In full before our readers soon, we shall not attempt to give any aynop< sis of it now. SulBce It to say it WM thoughtful and eloquent, and f m

listened to with deep interest by the large audience. At the close a mo-tion was made and unanimously adopted to r<><]ii(>f)t the sermon for publication iu the B A P T I S T A N D H E

P L E C T O R .

S E C O N D D A T — M O B N I N C I S E 8 . S I O N .

Interesting devotional exen-ises were held, conducted by Rev. G S. Williams. The Journal was read and approved.

The question of State Missions was made the special order from 9:30 to 12:00. Treasurer Woodcock read his report, showing $8,712.80 givon for State Missions last year, $2,084 69 for Home Missions, and $1,880.01 for For-eign Missions, making a total of $12,-677.40, which passed through the Treasurer's hands for all missionary purpoees.

Secretary J. H. Anderson read the report of the State Mission Board. It was a most excellent report, showing 41 missionaries at work last year, 8,202 sermona preached, 5&0 conver-sions, 581 baptisms, 1,052 additions, and nine churches organized. The report also recommended a plan of systematic beneficence for adoption by the Convention.

Bro. Woodcock made the point that we should be careful to execute the contracts of our Boards-should feel that these contracts are our contracts. In the three sessions of this body pre-ceding this year our treasurer report-ed a gain in State Mission collections of about $1,000 each year over the preceding year. Taking that as a ba-sis the Board fell justified in making contracts for the year just closed approximating $10,000. By resigna-tion this amount is reduced to about $9,600. If we had felt this to be our contract instead of the Board's con-tract he thought the deficit would not be, as it is, nearly $2,000. We must either meet any contracts our Boanls make, or we must limit them in the sum which they may obligate us for.

The following missionaries of the State Board, in brief but interesting talks, told of the work in their re-spective iieldr: Brethren Early of Memphis, Qtiisenlierry of Nashville, Strother of West Nashville, Barrow of Athens, W. C. Grace of Harriman, J. D. Winchester of Rockwood, G. W. Brewer of Dayton, 8. M. Gupton of South Pittaburg, J. S. Grubb of Oliver Springs, 8. E. Jones of South Knoxville, W. L. Winfrey of Rogers-ville, J . H. Moore of Erwin, J. T. Kincannon of JB;iizabethton. The talks of these brethren showed that their fields are all prosperous. Sev-eral reported that in another year their field would be self-sustaining. Six points have become inlf sustoln-ing dur.'ng the last year. Dr. Lofton •poka of the work of the Board last j m , . I t has been wonderful. Than

is no Board which is doing more ac-cording to its means and opportuni-ties than this State Mission Board. He emphasized the idea of personal responsibility in an eloquent atrain. Kev. M. Vann (col.) spoke as a repre-sentative of the colored Baptists of Tennessee. There are 1«,000 negro Baptists in Tennessee, and 1,400,000 in the United States. We are Bap-Uststhrough and through. Where-ever a negro preaches the straight gospel somebody is going to be bap-tised. It takes all of the negroes and half of the white men to kerp ne-groes out of the water, and then they can't do it. Two thousand have been baptised in West Tennessee in the last three months. The negro is an inseparable factor in this religious problem. When our Savior came into the world and the white men wanted to kill him, he had to be sent down into Africa for the negroes to take care of. He told of the progress of the negro Baptisto recently. And yet they need instruction and they need your help. The speech was much enjoyed.

Bro. J. H. Anderson closed the dis-cussion in a short, earnest speech. On motion, the State Mission Board was instructed to apportion the $1,750 deficit to different churehee in the State and ask them to pay it off. The Convention adjourned until 2 JtO.

A F T E R K O O N SrtsioN. President Henderson called theCon-

vention to order promptly at 2:80. Dr. J. M. Frost read a fine report upon Sunday-schools. He followed in an ad-mirable speech, telling of the work of the Sunday-school Board. It was a re-markable showing the Board made last May at Atlanta, when it had not only paid all expenses, but had $4,000 surplus. This year the Board has made an appropriation of $8,000 to be used by the different States in the interest of Sunday-school work, in connection with the State organiza-tions. The plan is to give 10 per cent, of the cash patronage of these different States Imck to the States. So every onler for literature is a di-rect contribution to missions. We ask eomotimes how to get the Sun-day-schools interested in the Centen-nial. The way to do it is to get the Centennial into the Sunday-achooUi. This is to be done through the litera-ture of the Sunday-school Board, which discusses missions continually in all its phases. And remember in the Sunday-schools of to-day are the preaohors and missionaries and mam-benhip of our future denomination. He would not say that hts work was the most important of any. He some-Umea thought so. He thought, how-ever, that bis work was uul. Though

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B A P T I S T A N D B J C F L B O T O B , O C T . 2 0 , 1 8 » S 1 .

CONTRIBUTIONS.

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Acli. II. aH.-(No. 3).

1)V OEO. A. LOJTOS, I'.n.

I come now to iiulHh my Becond

proposition in my lout artiole, No. 2,

on Acta] ii. 38, namely, that tkio

passai^e of Scripture in no seuso re-

fers to the doctrine of regeneration

by the expression: " And thou shalt

receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

I have proven that this expression

evidently means the baptismal power,

not the regenerative life, of the Holy

Spirit, bestowed on the day of Pente

cost and characteristic of the apos-

tolic dispensation—objectively and

miraculously given both to intro<luce

and establish the gospel and the

church during that period—and not

permanently perpetuated upon the

churches, or the people of God.

More than this, I have shown that

this baptismal gift of the Spirit

bestowed sometimes before. was

sometimes after water bdptism, but

never in the act of baptism; and this

cuts Acts ii. 38 complflely out of all

connection with either the birth of

water or spirit, as claimed by the

ritualists. More than this, I prom-

ised to prove that this ritualistic

heresy is not found in any pass-

age of the Scriptures; and hav-

ing logically demonstrated that blood

and water can't remit sin, in the same

sense at the same time, I come now

to demonstate that there cannot be

two births of the soul at the same

lime and in the same sense, by water

and spirit. Still more, since, in the

new birth of the soul there must be

the personal agency of the Holy

Spirit and the instrumeatality of

(tod's word, water cannot be even an

iDstrumentality, much less an agency,

or else there are two like instrumental-

ities operating in the same way at the

same time and in the same sense,

which is also sbsurd.

Take John iii. 5, the assumed par-

allel of Acta ii. 38, in which it is

held that in order to enter God's

kingdom we must be " born of water

and spirit "—geunethee ex htulatott kai pneumatot. The literal transla-

tion ia, " bom of wcder and wind," there being no particle before pneu-matoM to indicate that the word ia

emphatic of the Holj Spirit, as ia

usually the case when the word ia

thus translated. Water and wind

are, respectively, the figures of God'a

word and spirit in the purifying and

(|uickening work of the new birth.

" T h e waahing of water by the word"

la the language of Paul (Eph. iii. 20)

wherein be apeaka of the cleansing

and aanctifying of the church; and

Peter himself declares, of regenera-

tion, that we are " born again, not of

corruptible aeed, but of incorrupti-

ble, bi/ the ward of Ood." 1 Pet. 1.28. So say Jamea, Jaa. i. 18, that God

"ofhiaown will begat ua with the word of truth." Ood'a apirit ia the

agent and Ood'a word ia the instru-

ment by which we are " born again,"

"begotten"ofGod; and m already

•hewn, there cannot be two inatru-

rnenta, water and word, by which, in

the Mine oenae, and at thn aame time,

we are begotten. Hence, water muat

be ft figure of the word, aa uaed in

Jno. iii. 6t and if it were uaed to ex-

proM • baptiaoul birth, at all, it could

onlj be ••flguratlfe birth—a mere

»lllienM" of birth, aa it ia a "itlw

nosH " of burial and reaurrection, in

Itom. vi. f).

Nothing is more blaaphemoualy

absurd than to say that we are be-

gotten of the Holy Spirit, our Father,

in the womb of the water, our Mother!

Water is a physical element and af-

fe<'ts nothing but the body even in

baptism; and being but an external

sign, water is nowhere used in the

Scriptures, exrapt as a symbol. It is

not a moans to anything, save the

washing or refreshing of the body;

and hence cannot be an instrument

by which to affect the soul. The

word of God is a spiritual means to

a spiritual end;and, employed by the

Holy Spirit, it is the instrument by

which he enlightens and purifies and

quickens the soul to eternal life the

power, and the only inHtruiiioutal

power, of Ood unto salvation, tloil

can make us alive by his word hci

can " sprinkle our hearts from au evil

conscience " by the blood of Jesus -

but only " our bodies " can be "wash-

ed in pure water." Heb. x. 22; and

it is either the figure of the word, or

else it is the symbol, and not the

factor of regeneration, in Jno. iii. 5.

Water as a physical element cannot

be a spiritual means to a spiritual

end.

Of the same nature is Titus iii. 5,

in which Paul declares that we are

not saved by our own works of right-

eousness, but according to God'a

mercy—by grace—howl " B y t h e tcaahing of regeneration and the re-neiiing of the Holy Uhoat." The Greek reads thus: Dia toutrou pal-ingenesias, kai anakainoaeo* pneu-matog hagioH. The Latin thus: I'er lafarrum reyenerativnis, et renova tionia Spiritiu sancti. If baptism is

meant, as all ritualists hold, by the

" washing (or laver) a t regeneration,"

then it means either literally, or fig-

uratively, that regeneration takes

place in the water, by the renew-

ing of the Holy Ghost. It means

more than this—it means by mean* of the water, as the preposition d i a or p e r , or b y , signifies. The water

does it just as much so as the Holy

Spirit; and since water, a physical

element, cannot be a spiritual means

to a spiritual end, it has here a fig-

urative, or symbolical, aenae—aetting

forth precisely, in aymbol, what the

Holy Spirit does in fact—that ia, if

baptiam ia meant. The " waahing of

regeneration " and the " renewing of

the ^oly Spirit" mean one and the

aame thing; and what ia literally ac-

compliahed by means of the Holy

Spirit, ia nymbolically accomplished

by meana of baptiam.

The "waahing of regeneration"

hern, aa " water " in Jno. iii. 5, refera,

more rationally, to thn inatrumental

work of the wonl which water aym-

bolizea; combmed with^ the " renew-

ing," or the efficient work of the Holy

Ohoat—the apirit being thn agent,

and the word being the aole instru-

ment by which the " new birth" ia

developed. Here ia the joint idea

again of the water and the wind—

cleanaing and quickening—the es-

sential conoeption of regeneration,

the aole work of the apirit and the

word, and impoMlble of tieing done

by water, either aa an instrument, or

a medium. Nor does is It get rid of

the difficulty by saying that regener-

ation ia the gift of the Holy Ghost in

the " act of obedience " in water, and

not ia the water itaelf. TheScript-

urM aay wa are " bom (ei) of water "

fi.-

—we arc saved ( lia) "by the washing

of regeneration "—that is, by moans

of; and "water" in Jno. ill. r>, and

" waahing " In Titus Iii. r>, mean one

of throe things:

1. God'a cleansing word as au in-

strumont in the now birth;

2. Or, if baptism is meant, a sym-

bol or likeuoss of the now birth;

3. Or, if not a symbol, llien the in-

btruiiient by which, and the medium

through which, regeneration is ef-

fotUetl by the Holy Spirit.

Tho Uomanist would hold to the

latter; and if baptism is meant by

John and Paul, then the Romanist is

right, or tho Baptist is right I pre-

fer the first interpretation as being

tho most rational. If, however, any

on© can prove horo that " water," or

" washing," means baptism, I am

still safe uj>on the symlralic theory,

since (1) there cannot be two Inatru-

niontal factors of the new birth, both

water and word—and we know the

word is tho instrumental factor; and

(2) since water, a physical element,

cannot be a spiritual means to a

spiritual end, then it must continue

to occupy its standing position in the

Bible—a symbol oniy and always.

In God's word water in any repre-

sentation whatever of truth, is never

used except aa a figure. In Rom.

vi. 5, baptism is the " likeness" of

our union, by faith, with Christ, as

set forth in our burial and resurrec-

tion with him. It also symbolizes

the remission of sin by the blood of

Chriat, in the act of juatification by

faith. It may symbolize the birth of

the spirit. It doee not, however,

create our union with Chriat; it does

not, literally, wash away sin; nor is it

a factor of God's grace, as a means

and a medium, through which he re-

generates the soul. This ia dire and

dreadful ritualism. 1 doubt if bap-

tism even symbolizes the new birth,

as already signified. Water as a sim-

ple element is the figure of the word;

but baptism aymbolizea the work of

Chriat, rather than of the Holy

Spirit. It ia the aymbol of justifica-

tion, rather than of regeneration;

of the cleanaing of blood from the

guilt of sin, rather than of the quick-

ening of apirit from the death of sin.

Finally, my position ia in perfect

agreement with the great current

teaching of Scripture upon regenera-

tion. Faith, involving repentance, ia

the sole medium of divine operation

on the soul; and all obedience ia the

expreaaion of the faot,whatever be the

form, or symbol, which declarm the

fact. " Therefore being juatified by

faith we have peace with Ood."

Itom. V. 1 " Every one who believee

that Jeaua is the Chriat haa been be-

gotten of God." 1 Jno. V. 1. Faith,

then, la the medium through which

regeneration ia manifested, first of

all; faith is the medium through

which juatification ia effected; and

faith is the medium through which

aanctificatlon ia continued. Bap-

tiam, after faith and repentance, does

not produce Juatification and regen-

eration; nor does the Lord'a Supper

and other sacraments keep them alive

aa ritualists hold. " T h e just shall

live by faith."

— H a d another good day atCk)n-

cord. Five more added by baptism.

Several out of the flfty-aeven addl-

tions in the last four weeka were from

the Pedobaptiatfl. S. 8 . HAti.

Mooqr Oreekt ( M . lOUi.

I'aul's Convenlon.

In your iaaue of September 22nd,

Bro. C. H . Wetherbe telb of Paul's

conversion, and speaks of the myn

tery connected with it. Waa Paul's

conversion any more a mystery than

that of CornelluHt

W e are left to infer, from the tone

of Bro. Wetherbe's letter, that hu

meana to aay, that Ood in hia own

good time took Paul by the throat

and yanked ain right out of him, ami

shook salvation iuto him whether or

no; and ho seems to Im surprised that

God did not do so much sooner.

Now I do not believe that God did

anything of the kind. I believe,

from the reading of the Scriptures,

that Paul was convicted of sin before

he started to Damascus with his lot

ters of authority to imprison tho dis-

ciples. In Acts vii. &-1, we read:

" When thay heard these things, they

were cut to the heart." And Paul

was one of them, one of the " they "

spoken of, and he was cut to the

heart. What does that m«an, but

conviction 1

I believe Paul tried to get rid of

the influences of tho Holy Spirit,

even as some do now.

So he went ami desired lutters to

Damascus, to bind men and women

and cast them into prison.

While he appeared to be very bold

in thia, there was a atruggle on hia

part; he was acting againat hia better

judgment, and it waa hard for him to

do so. For, listen: It ia hard for

thee to kick against the pricks. He

was " kicking," but it was hard to do

so; a great struggle. At last, when

ho was willing to surrender, a light

shone around him, and he fell to the

ground. So the Spirit waa impress-

ing him and he could stand it no

longer. The more he strove against

its power he sinned and stumbled

but the more, and at last gave it up,

and accepted Christ and waa aaved.

And he had to be willing to accept

Chriat and be aaved. For "|No man

can come to me exmpt the Father

which sent medraw him." John vi. 44.

" And ye will not come to me, that

ye might have life." John v. 40. I

do not believe the Scripturea teach

that God will aave a ainner without

the conaent of the ainner.

R. W . Smith.

Saulabury, Tenn. Oct. 0, 1892.

—Program of the fifth Sunday meeting of the third diatrict of Cum-berland Association, to be held with the Kirkwood Church, Montgomery CounU, near Hampton Station.

1. llie duty of Christiana to con-tribute to misaiona. Rev. E . 0 . Faulk-ner.

2. D o the Scripturea teach any-thing for baptism but immersion t Itov. A. U . Boone.

S. The importance of more conae-cratlon among the young men of our church, Edward B ^ h .

4. Bible doctrine of church disci-pline, Itov. E . E . Folk.

C. Exegesis of Malachl iii. 8, Rev. R. P. McPhersen.

SONOAT.

1. Btato and fato of the unevangel-ized, Rev. E . O . Faulkner.

2. Moral basis of missions, Dr. Ry-hind.

8. Beaulta of aoentuiy of miaslona, ItoT. E . B . Folk.

4. Condition of papal lands. Rev. T . T Tbompaon.

C. Needa of the home field, Rev. W . fl. Vaughn.

W e expect to have a Oentennial meeting and urae upon oreiy church

itM. toberepraaeni

B A P T I S T A N D S E J T I i B O T O B , O C T . 2 0 . 1 8 0 2 . 8

OUR PULPIT.

The ItoHurrectlon of Uur l.ord Jmur.

B» C. II. BI'OnUEON.

" ItimitMlllH)!' lllul JoHUH (.'liriHt (if llll) eic<Nl of David wuh raituMl friini llio douil u<H-or<ihi|{ to my k * " * ! * " ' - " — H t).

H . WniTniLDi Oh'm.

From long alckneas my mind ia

scarcely e<iual to the work before me.

Certainly, if I had ever sought after

brilliance of thought or langurge, I

should havo failed to-day, for I am

almost at the lowest stage of inca-

pacity. I have only t>eon comforted

in the thought of preaching to you

this morning by tho reflection that it

is the doctrine itself which Go<l

blesses, and not the way in which it

may lie spoken; for if God had the

power to depend upon the speaker and

his style, he would have chosen that

the resurrection, the grandest of all

truths, should have been proclaimed

by angels rather than by men. Yet

he set aaide the seraph for the hum-

bler creature. AftArangeU had spoken

a word or two to the women their

testimony ceased. The moat promi-

nent testimony to the resurrection of

the Lord was at the first that of holy

women, and afterwards that of each

one of the guileless men and women

who made up the live hundred or

more whose privilege it was to have

actually seen the risen Savior, and

who therefore could bear witness to

what they had seen, though they may

have been quite unable to describe

with eloquence what they had beheld.

Upon our Lord's rising 1 have noth-

ing to say. and God's ministers have

nothing to say, beyond bearing wit-

ness to the fact that Jesus Christ of

the seed of David was raised from the

dead. Put it in poetry, tell it out in

sublime Miltonic verse, it will come

to no more; tell it out in monosylla-

bles, and write it so that little chil •

dren may read it in their first spelling

books, and it will come to nothing

less. " The Lord is risen indeed " is

the sum and substance of our witness

when we speak of our risen Redeemer.

If we do but know the truth of this

resurrection, and feel the power of it,

our mode of utterance is of secondary

consequence, for the Holy Spirit wil

bear witness to the truth, and cau.e

it to produce fruit in the minds of our

hearars.

Our present text is found in Paul's

second letter to Timothy. The ven-

erable miniater ia anxloua about the

young man who haa preached with

remarkable suct^aa, and whom he re-

gards In aome mspe<^ts aa hia siic-

cesaor. The old man is about to put

off his tabernacle, and he is concerned

that hia son In the gospel should

preach the aame truth as hia father

has preached, and ahould by no meana

adulterate the gospel. A tendency

showed Itself in Timothy'a day, and

the aame tendency existe at this very

hour, to try to get away from the

almple matters of fact upon which our

reli^on ia built, to something more

philosophical and hard to be under-

atood. The word which the common

people heard gladly is not fine enough

for oultured sagea, and ao they mtut

needa aurround it with a miat of

hnman thought and apeoalaUoti.

Three or four phUn facta oodatltata

the goapd, eyen aa Fhnl putaitlAtlM

fifteenth ohaptmr of hia flnt Dpiatit

to til* Ooriiithiaiiai i ^JVirldaUvt^

unto yoo fiiat of >11 thai which I alao

received, how that Christ died for our

sins according to the Scriptures; and

that he waa buried, and that he rose

again the third day according to the

Scriptures." Upon the incarnation,

life, death and resurrection of Jeaua

our salvation hinges. H e who believea

theae trutha right bath believed the

goapel, and believing the gospel, he

shall without doubt find eternal aalva-

tion therein. But men want novelties;

they cannot endure that the trumpet

should give forth the same certain

sound, they crave some fresh fantasia

every day. " The goapel with varia

tlons" is the music for them. In-

tellect is progressive, they say: they

must, their forefathers. Incarnate

Deity, a holy life, an atoning death,

and a literal resurrection—having

heard these things now for nearly

nineteen centuries they are juat a

little atale, and the cultivated mind

hungers for a change from the old-

fashioned manna. Even In Paul's

day thia tendency waa manifrat, and

ao they aought to regard facta as

mysteries or Parables, and they labor

ed to find a spiritual meaning in

them till they went ao far aa to deny

them as actual facte. Seeking a re-

condite meaning, they overlooked the

fact itself, losing the aubstence in a

foolish preference for the ahadow.

While God aet before them glorioua

events which fill heaven with amaze-

ment they ahowed their fooliah wia-

dom by accepting the plain hiatorical

facte aa mytha to be interpeted or

riddlea to be aolved. H e who believed

as a little child waa puahed aaide as

a fool that had disputed and the

scribe might come in to mystify aim-

plicity, and hide the light of truth.

Hence there had ariaen a certein

Hymenaeus Philetua, " W h o concern-

ing the truth have erred, saying that

the resurrection is past already; and

overthrown the faith of aome." Turn

to verse seventeen and read for your-

selves. They spirited away the resur-

rection ; they made it to mean some-

thing very deep and mystical, and In

the process they took away the actual

resurrection altogether. Among them

there is still a craving after new mean-

ings, refinemento upon old doctrine,

and spiritualization of literal fails.

They tear out the bowels of the truth,

and give us the carcass stuffed with

hypotheaea, apeculationa, and larger

hopes. Thegoldenahielda of Solomon

are teken away, and ahielda of brasa

are hung up instead; will they not

anawer every purpose, and ia not the

metel more in favor with the ageT It

may be so, but we never admire

Rehoboam, and we are oldfaahioned

enough to prefer the original ahield

of gold. The apostle Paul was very

anxloua that Timothy at leaat should

stand firm to the old wltneaa, and

should understend in their plain

meaning his testimonies to the fact

that Jesus Chriat of the seed of David

raee again from the dead. Within

the compasa of thia verpe aevaral

facte are recorded; and, first, there ia

here the great truth Uiat Jeaua, Uia

Son of the Highest, waa anoint^ of

Oodt the apoatle oalla him Jaaua

Ohflst," that ia, the aocrfntad ena, th§

Meaaiah, the aent of GkkL H e oalla

him alao Jmus," whiohiaigtdilaB •

Savior, and It ia a grand truth t l ^ ha

who waa bom of Maiy, ha who Wia

laid in tho mangar^at BaUilahan, ha

who kn$& tod U n d aUd blid f i ^ M

doubt of the mission, oflici> and design

of our Lord Jeaua; In fact, wd hang

our aoul'a salvation upon lils being

anointed of the Lord to bo (hoSavior

of men.

This Jesus Chriat was really am

truly man; for Paul saj t he was " of

tho aeed of David." Truo he was

divine, and hia birth was not after the

ordinary manner of men, but still he

was in all respecte partu'iwr of our

human nature, and came of I ho stock

David. This aUra we do Ul.uvo. W e

are not among those who sfiiritualize

the incarnation, and siip;>oie that

God waa here a phantom, or that the

whole stoiy is but an Instructive

legend. Nay, in very flesh and blood

did the Son of Ood abide among men;

bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh

was he in tho days of his sojourn here

below. We know and believe that

Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.

W o love the incarnate Ood, and in

him we fix our trust.

It is implied, too, in the text that

Jesus died; for he could not be raised

from the dead if he had not firat gone

down among the dead, and been one

of them. Yes, Jesus died; the cruci-

fixion was DO delusion, the piurcing

of his side with a spear wai moat

clear and evident proof that he waa

dead; hia heart was pierced, and the

blood and water flowed therefrom.

Aa a dead man he waa teken down

from the croaa and carried by gentle

handa and laid in Joaeph's virgin

tomb. I think I aee that corpse, white

aa a lilly. Mark how it ia disteined

with the blood of his five wounda,

which make him red as the rose. See

how the holy women tenderly wrap

him in fine linen with sweet apices,

and leave him to spend his Sabbath

all alone in tho rock hewn sepulchre.

No man in this world was ever more

surely dead than he. " He made his

grave with the wicked and with tho

rich in his death." As dead they laid

him in the place of the dead, with

napkin and grave-clothes, and habili-

mente fit for a grave; then they rolled

the great atone at the grave'a mouth

and left him, knowing that he waa

dead.

Then cornea the grand truth, that

aa soon aa ever the third sun com-

menced hia ahlning circuit Jeaua rose

again. Hia body had not decayed,

for it waa not poaaible for that holy

thing to see corruption; but still it

had been dead; and by the power of

God—by hia own power, by the

Father'a power, by the power of the

Spirit—for it ia attributed to each of

these in turn, before the aun had risen

hia dead body waa quickened. The

ailent heart b ^ n again to beat, and

through the stagnant canals of the

veins the life-blood began to circulate.

The aoul of the Redeemer again took

poaaeaalon of the body, and it lived

once more. There waa within the

tomb as truly living as to all parte

of him as he had ever been. H e

literally and traly, in a material body,

came forth from the tomb to live

among men till the hour of his sscen-

alon Into heaven. Thhi Is the trath

which is still to be taught, refine it

who may, aplrltuallze it who dam.

Thia ia the historical fact which the

apoatba wltnaased) thia is the truth

tor which the confeasora bled and

dtodi^ Thla ia the doctrine which ia

Mm koy-atona of the arch of OiHa-

tiaaity, and thay that hold itnoi hava

tiwiiitdo th« aiaantlal tralhot M .

B o w can th^jr ttofit t o t aalviition for

their souls if they do not believe that

" the Lord is risen Indeedt"

Thia morning I wish to do three

things. First, let ua consider' the

bearings of the reaurrection of Christ

upon other great tmtha; s ^ n d l y , let

us consider the bearinga of this fact

upon the goapel, for It has auch bear-

ings, according to the text, "Jeaua

Christ of the aee<l of David waa raised

from the dead according to my gos-

pel;" thirdly, lot us consider ite bear-

ing on ourselves, which are all indi-

cat«d in the word " Redeemer."

1. First, then, beloved, as Ood

shall help us, let us consider the bear-

ings of the fact that Jesus rose from

the dead.

It is clear at the outset that the

resurrection of our Lord was a tengi-

ble proof that there is another life.

Have you not quoted a great many

times certein lines about" That undis-

covered country from whose bourne

no traveller returns T" It is not so.

There was once a traveller who said

that " I go to prepare a place for you,

and if I go away I will come again,

and receive you unto mysolf; that

where I am there ye may be alao."

H e aaid " A little time and ye shall

see me, and again a little time and ye

shall not see me, and because I go to

the Father." D o you not remember

these words of hist Our divine Lord

went to the undiscovered country and

be returned. H e said that at the third

day he would be back again, and he

waa true to hia word. There ia no

doubt that there'a another state for

human life, for Jeaus has been in it,

and has come back from it. W e have

no doubt as to a future existence, tor

for Jeaus existed after death. W e

have no doubt aa to a paradiae for

bliai, for Jesuo went to it and le-

turned. Though he has left uaagain,

yet that coming back to terry with

us forty days has given us a sure

pledge that he will return a second

time when the hour ia due, and then

will be with us for a thousand yeara

and reign on earth umongat hia

anciente glorioualy. Hia return from

among the dead ia a pledge to ua of

exiatence after death, and we rejoice

in It.

Hia resurrection is also a plod^ that

the body will surely live again and

rise to a superior condition ; for the

body of our bleaaed Maater waa no

phantom after death any n:ore than

before. " Handle me and see." Oh,

wonderoua proof I H e aaid, " Handle

me and a w , " and then to Thomas,

"Reach hither thy finger and behold

my handa; and reach hither thy hand

and thrust it Into my aide." What de-

ception Is pomible here? The risen

Jesua waa no mere apirit. H e prompt-

ly cried," A apirit hath not flesh and

bones as ye see me have." " Bring

me," aaid he, " something to eat;" and

aa if to ahow how real his body was,

though he did not need to eat, yet he

did eat, and a piece of broiled fish

and of an honeycomb were proofs of

the reality of the act. Now, the body

of our Lord in ite risen state did not

exhibit the whole of his glorifloationi

for otherwhm we ahould have aeen

John falling at h b feet as dead, and

we should have aeen all hia diclples

oreroome. with the gloiy of the vision t

but, atlU In a great measure, we may

call the forty days' aojoura—" The

Ufa of Jeaua In h k gloty upon earth."

B b waa no knigar,dwpiaad'anA^io-.~

M o d of mafi t but • gbiy jui

/M

It it

B A I T I S T A N D B B P L B U T O R , OCT. 20, 1892. B A P T I S T A N D B E F L B O T O B , OCT . 20 , 1808.

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B A I T I S T S T A T E C O N V E N T I O N

ICiilitllluitl friiui |tik|ri< 1 I

tiouo out of Hiffhl, it H-IIH at the

toni of other work niitl iiecoasitry to

that.

Col. T. II. UeevoN urffwl the iin portnneo of

using the Suiuiay HohtHil

literature at homo aud taking only

the Bible to the Sundoy-«>hool. Dr.

J . Wni. Jones aaked the conundrum,

Why in Sundny-sehool literature like

a watch dog! Auswor, Occause it is

a gootl thing to have at home, but a '

bad thing to take out with you.

Uev. M. D. Early einpha«ize<i the

importance of the misaionary feature

in connection with the Sunday-school

literature. The children of our

schools need to be developeii in this

line. He spoke of a visit to the Bap-

tist Young People's l uioii at Detroit

last June, aud thought that that

meeting illustrated the im|N)rtautM» of

the organization of our eh Idrou.

Itev. J . Pike Powers thought that

the children needed to bo taught to

read and study thelBibU<,and through

that learn to grow in t;race and in the

knowledge of our Lord and Savior

Jenus Christ.

Rev. B. G. Manard said that what

wax ueeiled was to have information

as how to do the Sunday-school work,

and then the Sunday-schools would

be organized and the children would

come.

Rev. J. E Wataon thought that if

we/fed the children in the school we

will bring them and hold them. You

can't get any more into other people

than you have in yourself.

Bro. Richards, an old Welsh broth-

er, in a very stirring speech said that

what we learn in childhood we re

member, and argued from that the

importance of children studying aud

learning the Bible

in their youth. He

was asked to quote some of the Bible

in Welsh, and did so to the interect

and amusement of the audience.

It was suggested that the Sunday-

school Superintendents heard

from. J. A. Cargille, of Johnson

City. J. K P Hall, of Greenville, T.

L. Moses, of Knoxville, responded in

brief, but interesting speeches. The

report was adopted and the Crnven-

(ioD adjourned to 7 p. m. TnrBSDAT-NionT Ses.sio.n.

The session was given up to a mass

meeting on Home Missions.

Re?. J. K. Pace rea<l the report. It

was a strong presentation of the work

of the Board. It called attention to

the fact that the cburcb io which wo

meet toKlay (the First Baptist

Church, Knoxville) was once a mis-

sion station of the Home Board, to-

gether with many others just as good.

Rev. M. D, Early, of Memphis, dis-

cussed the report, speaking especial-

ly of Memphis, showing its commer-

cial Importance, and telling of the

work of the Baptists there. In a city

of about HO,000 inhabitants, with some

CO,000 of them whites, we have ool j

two aelf sustaining white Baptist

churches, with a combined member-

ship of about 800, and two oiiwlon

ohurabee, of one of wblob (Trinity)

Bro.Earl j pastor. There have been

n a n j and peculiar dlfDoultlefl in*

Memphil^ but the time bos come to

•nlarg« the work there. Dr. Tlohe-

nor Mtd thftt there is no c l t j in the

•South whiob promifM greater re-

tanis fctf the numej uponded in it

In mlMloD work than Msmpbta. In

stood of $WK) from the Homo Bonrxl

w« ought to have $fi,000.

Rov. J C. Rockwell said ho did

Ik)( I s h o u l d have been

hoUm 't Mf to [>rocodo Dr. J . Wm. Jones

uul<«HH it was bet-auHo it was a desire

to proHoiit the length and breailth of

tho subject. (The speaker is six foot,

two inches tall nnd Dr. Jones weighs

22f) pounds.) Tho subject is oKJ, but

it comes from Christ himself. Oue

motive I have, said tho speaker, for

being interested in Homo Missions is

patriotism. I love my native land,

an<j ospocially this sunny Southland.

All the problems which vex our coun-

try aro to receive thoir solution

through the gosjwl of Jesus Christ.

That is what this nation mwls. Wo

invito people to come to our «-ountry

from tlie ends of the earth. They

come. Anil bow do wo motit theniT

Instead of mooting them with ud 0|)en Biblo. w^ do ii with an uncork

otl bottle. Another motive 1 have for

being a missionary is philanthropy,

aud another is Christianity.

The Convention having been in

vitetl as a body to attend a lecture

by Hon. Geo. R. Wendling, upon the

subject, "The Man of Galilee," on mo

tion theConvention adjourned for that

purpose. We aro not Mr. Wendling's

advertising agent, but we want to

say for the general good that this

lecture ts superb, matchless. Tho

whole audience, including the Con-

vention, was perfectly enthusiastic

over the lecture. It is worth a great

deal to a community to have such a

man come into it and deliver such a

I lecture. It is perfectly overwhelming

to infidelity, as well as strengthening

to Christians. If ever he comes in

your community be sure to go and

hear him.

Thjbd Dat—Mobniso Session.

Devotional exercises were held for

half an hour, beginning at R JJO. The

minutes were read and approved.

^ 1 . W. M. Woodcock offered a reso-

lution to the effect that, on account

of the debt upon the State Mission

Board, the Board be instructed to

make no further appropriations foi

new stations. The resolution created

a good deal of discussion. It was

thought that it would l>e unfortunate

for the Board to retrench at all. Bro.

Anderson took the floor and after a

short speech, proceeded to raise the

deficit. The brethren responded

promptly and liberally, and in a few

minutes ffi8027 was given in cash

and pledgee. The State Board is

asked to apportion the remaining

amount, about f1,000, to the churcb-

es. It is presumed that they will pay

that, and that the Board will not

have to retrench.

Dr. G. M. Savage read the report

upon education, giving factii about

ourdifTerent Baptist schools in Ten-

nessee. Er. Savage spoke upon the

report. He said the Baptists of this

countiy have more money Invented in

schools than any other denomination.

He argued that the BaptisUi of

Teonesseo ought to patronize their

own schools. We must respect the

Baptist conscience. I f that be igno-

rant, it will cause discord and strife.

But if it be educated, there wUl be

unity. The greater tlie ignorance the

greater the discord, and the more

perfect the knowledge the more per-

fect the unity.

Her. O. 8. Gardner spoke of the

importanoe of the education, of

0(|ual partner in a man's life, if not a

more than o<]ual partner. Let us

take more intonwit in our collogtw for

women. Thoso colleges ought to bo

eudowoil just us much as those of

men. It costs too much now to otlu-

cote girls. A boy with nmnhood iu

him can got an odu nation. But it is

not always true of a girl, ovon if

Hhn h..H noiimiihootl in her HhiIkmi

spoke osi)ecially of BohcoIm*! (;ii|lege.

Dr. Lofton also S|>oko highly of

Boscobel College. There oro two

great forces in this (viuntry lioys

and girls, and money. There are

many parents who turn thoir boys

aud girls into money instoati of

turning their money into btiys aud

girls. Itev. I. W. Bruner repre

sontetl Sweet»vater Seminary; Prof.

Sam D. Jouos the Southwest Vir

ginio Institute; E. E. Folk, by re

ijutwt, the Brownsville Female Col

lege, and Dr. T. T. Eaton the Semi

nary at lAHiisville. The Professors

of the Seminary, said he, have never

swervod a shadow of a shade of a

hair's breadth from Baptist priuci

pies. In Germauv whon a new Pro

fessor is electml to a chair of theol

ogy, he is ex(tected to invent a now

theory, which must be in antagonism

U) the theory of his predecessor. These

professors are often atheists and beor

drinkers. If a man drinks boor he

thinks beer. Beer drinking does not

l e ^ to clear thinking. There are

thirteen students from Tennessee in

the Seminary. They need to be sup

ported. A collection was taken for

the purpose, amounting to f72f>

Afternoon Se.ssion. Rev. S. E. Jones read the report of

tho Committee on Nominations. The

following were nametl as meniliers of

the different Boards:

Board of Missions-G A I^fton,

Chairman; W. P. Jones. E E. Folk,

W. C. Golden. W. M. Woodcock, T l '

Webb, J. E. Bailey. W. H. McNiel,

Juo. D. Anderson, T. T. Thompson,

W. F. Marsh, A. L. Purinton, A. P.

Bourland, G C. Savage, J . H. Andor

son, C. S. Gardner, A. Larcomlw, I.

N. Strother, I. J . Van Ness, Carter

Helm Jones, I. B. Merriam, M. D

Early. W. W. Woodrufr, M. F. Jordan,

Oscar Haywood, W. Y. Quisenberry,

F. S. Beaumont, C. G. Jones. C. E

Wright, W. C. Grace, T. H. Ileeves,

John McCoy, C. C. DeAnnond, J . M.

Senter, W. J . O'Conner, R. Q. Craig

T. E. Glass, M. B. Pilcher, VV. T.

Russell, R. W. Jones, W. 8. Cooper.

Board of Ministerial Education,

Jackson Division—H. W, Tribble,

Chairman; H. C. Irby, Secretary; g !

M. Savage, Treasurer; T. J . Dupree,

E, B. McNiel, J . A. Crook, W. H.'

Bruton.

Mossy Creek Divl«ion-S. S. Hale,

Chairman; R. A. Henderson, Secretary

and Troa^ttrer; Jesse Baker, R. H.

Dungnn, John McCoy, W . W, Wood-

ruff, C. G. Jones, Carter Helm Jones,'

8. E. Jones, Oscar Haywood, N. J .

Phillips^ L. W. Davis, J . C. Mathis,

W. A. Gate, J . H. Oruze, J . P. Hsynes,

O, L. Hailey, T. H. Reeves, J . C.

Rockwell, M. A. Adams, J . H. Snow

J. K. P. Hall, J . A. Oaigillo, C. d !

Fine, 8. A. Burnett, L . W . Cooper, E .

J. Booth, W. O. Grace, D . P. Manlej,

G. W. Brewer, J . D. Winchester, N.

B. Goforth.

Board of Ohuroh Eitension—W.W.

Woodruff, Ohatrmani W . B. Poid,

Seoretaiy and Trataurar,* J . K . Pace,

. Pike Ptowera, J . D , Aiid«nion, J , J .

Burnett, J . H . Trent, B . H.' Dungan,

T. E. Glass, J. M. Senter, E. C. Cox. It. Brett.

Boar»l of Ministerial Relref—I. P.

Trotter, T. E. Glass, A. M. Austin, D.

(). Thon>as, Thomas Smith, S. F.

Thomas, C. A. Folk, James A. Dupreo,

Wm. Thomas, VV. G. Inman, W. H.

Kyals, J. M. Sonter, H. W. Tribble,

S K. Tigrett, R. W. Norton, J . T.

Harrow, R. H. Dungan, W. J. Ely, J,

T. Oakley.

Board of Sunday-schools and Col

portagw, Chattonooga - C. G. Jones.

Chairman; R. D. Haymoro, C. E.

Wright, I. B. Merriam, Lewis Shop

ard, Stacy Lord, R. H. Woothvard, J.

J Brown, F. S. Yager, J . T. Burford.

G. W. Nelson, S. M. Guptou, R. G.

Craig, J. M. S«»oter. J. E. Bailey, T.

E. Glass. T. II. Koeves. Carter Helm

Jones. J . K. Pace. W. A. J. Moonv

A. J . Harris, J. T. Ileuderson, C. T.

Choek, W.C. Gnice. J. K. P. Hall, R.

B. Pegram, J . II. Snow, H. W. Trib

bio, W. C. Golden, J. D. Winchester.

Tho next meeting of tho Conveii

tiou will be held with the church at

Jackson. Iieginning Wednesday U.

fore the third Sunday in October, IWKI.

Dr. J . M. Frost is to preach the

annual sermon, Uev. T. T. Thompson

alternate.

The report on Foreign Missions was

read by R«,v. I . J . Van Sena. He also

spoke on the 8ubje«a. Southern Bap

tistsgaveonly a lit tie over $100,000 for

Foreign Missions last year, but they

are having remarkable success iu every

field in which thoy operate. God has

blessed us in the character of the men

whom he has given us as missionaries

and in the work he has placed upon

us. Here is opportunity. What are

we going to do about it in TeunesseeT

We have a debt on our State Mission

Board, but the grand purpose of our

work here is to .help thorn off there.

Wm. Carey preached a great mission

ary sermon, andjhe said. Expect great

things from Go«l, attempt great things

for God, but he preached a greater

sermon whan he incarnated those two

ideas in a human life and gave it to

India. He closed with a beautiful

illustration intended to show that

God will scon drive away the clouds

in the mirsion work.

Dr. N. B. Goforth said that if every

Baptist in the State should give three

cints a piece a monthlt would be

f3C.OOO a year. The trouble with us

is that Baptists aie converted and

left lying around loose. Oue dollar

of Baptist money is worth $10 of

anybody else's money^

Dr. J . M. Frost spoke on the sub

ject of Foreign Missions at borne, or

holding the ropes. If you cannot go to

a foreign field, you have a work to do

right here at home. He bad been

thinking lately of another man iu con-

nection with Carey aud Judson. It

was Luther Rice who held the ro|ms

here for Judson in Bunnab. Tho

Foreign Mission work is growing.

The more it grows the heavier be-

comes the burden upon us at home.

We pray for God's blessings upon

our work and his veiy blessings are

an added burden. The preacbera are

largely responsible for their people.

If there are some members who can-

not be induced to do anything, let us

makeouroalculations. HeemphMleed

He power of littles. Let us lookout for

foreign miasionaries and see If we can

not lead some one to the foreign field.

And it majr be that we can find them

n our own fanUIy. Somebo^j's ohil-

t. Dungan, dren, when the miationariM out ion-

der lay down the banner, must step

to the front and take them up.

Dr. R. J . Wllliugham said that

while he loved these other missions,

ho bellovoil that SUte Missions and

Homo Missions can be worke<I up

better in no other way than through

our foreign work. When the devil

persecuted the church, it prospered.

Then he concluded to join the church

himself and get in with the members

and persuade them to do nothing in

the Foreign Mission work or iu any

other. While Caray did a big work

in India, he did a bigger one iu En-

gland and in America. Ho thought

the fault was not so much with the

preachers as with the peoplo. The

trouble is the lovo of money. He

eniphasizetl this (loint at some length.

Ho closed by calling upon Bro. J . H.

Andoniou Io load iu prayer for the

bl(«srings of God U|M)n this Foreign

Mission work, which iras done in an

earnest manner. Tho Convention

then adjourned until 7 p. m.

Fbidav - N ici i it Skssio.n. The Centennial of Missions was the

topic presentMl by Drs. J. William

Jones and T. T. Eaton. Dr. Jones

discussed the relation of Home Mis

sions to the Centennial movement,

ile expressed great satisfaction at the

increased contributions from Tonnes

son to Home Missions in tho past

year. The Centennial contributions

aro to be over and above the regular

contributions. The Southern Bap-

tist Convention has placed tho Home

Board in the Centennial movement.

The desire is to put 100 moie mis-

sionaries in the foreign field, also to

increase Home Mission work. We

not intruder!!, but are a part of are

the field. The committee made no

mistake in including the home field.

The work among foreign populations

is in great need of enlargement. The

Gonnan missionaries in Missouri are

pleading for more help. The cry for

help comes up from Louisiana, Tex-

as, and Arkansas. We aro to con-

sider the needs of the Irish, Polos,

Swedes, Chinese and Italians who

crowd our shores. This tide of im-

migration is sweeping down our

mountains and through our vallies.

The gosepi alono can solve the for-

eign question. The work among the

Indians needs enlargement. This

BoanI has for many years done a no

ble work among the Indians. I have

many touching appeals from faith-

ful Indian preachers begging for the

bread of life from us. We neml more

help for the negro population. The

negro is here, and is the best servant

to be found for Southern people.

What shall we do for these millions

of freedmen in our Southland T There

is no sort of propriety in sending the

gospel to Africa and refusing aid to

the negroes at our door. We should

spend several thousand dollars more

each year among them. I learn from

leading negro ministera that they are

anxious for us to aid them in the

evangelieation of their people. I re-

gard the negro mfawion field as the

most hopeful one we have. Cuba

needs mora workers. The Southern

Baptist Convention committed thk

field to us. Let our motto be: North

America for Christ. We are readjr to

send more missionaries to Cuba if

you will Just give us the money. e

need to enlaige the work among our

. own paople. I beli0Te in our South*

, em while people. May.God stir up

tho H m t U of Our peoplo to raise tho 'f *

©nap

neeiled money for all of our missions.

Wo are trying to do for tho wholo

South what you are trying to do for

Tennessee. Our policy is, not ob-

struction, but co-operation. All mis-

hIous are so intimately associated that

you cannot separate them only foi

distinction. Our Centennial move is

going to lie a grand success. Others

will join in with those twin brothers

in giving $5,000 each.

Dr. T. T. Eaton spoke on "Tho Mean

ing of the Centennial Movement."

Centennial means one hundred. One

hundred years ago Wm. Carey preach-

ed his memorable sermon " Expect

great things of God; attempt groat

things for God." Tho 8()eakor had

re««ntly been in the home of widow

Besby Wallisin Kettering, Eng.,whore

tho five men organi/,e<l the llrst For

oign Missionary Society. Tho Lord

Jesus said begin in Jerusalem, but

not tarry tliore till all the inhabitants

atrueptod salvation. One who does

not believe in Foreign Missions can

not sing tho Doxology or pray tho

Lord's prayer. " All creatures here

IjoIow " t-aunot praise Him till they

know him. His will can not bo done

on earth till tho people know what

his will is. It is the purpose of tho

Southern Baptist Convention to raise

$2ri0,000 above the I'^intributions for

the regular support. This fund will

be used for building chapels. No

such thing as endowment is con-

sidered. Two hundre<l and fifty thou

sand dollars amounts to about six

cents from each Baptist of the South

em Baptist Convention. About 100,

000 Sunday-schools have promised to

take collections for this purpose. The

TennoHsee Baptists will have theCon-

vention next year. Will you not feel

badly if you fail to raise your amount

ofthisfundT It is in the power ol

the Baptists of the I'uited Status to

evangelize the world in five years.

We are having different Centennial

meetings; one for the discovery of

America by Columbus. But Carey

discovered the world. We ought to

give this Centennial yoar all that we

are able, for we will not have another

such opportunity. Let us give ac

cording to our means. " The Morn-

ing Light is Breaking" was then

sung.

Bro. E. E. Folk, Chairman of the

Centennial Committee, presided over

the services and followed Dr. I<:kiton

with an earnest talk, in which he an-

nounced the purpose of the Centen-

nial Committee for Tennessee to hold

meetings in various parts of the State

during the winter. I f any church de-

sires such a meeting, please write the

committee, E. E. Folk, Nashville; O.

L. Halley, Knoxville; R. J . Willing-

ham, Memphis.

Sa t d r d a t —Fo u r t h Da t . Devotional exercises were conduct

ed at 8:a0 by Rev. B. G. Manard.

Tbe Convention was then called to

order at 0 by President Henderson.

The Orphanage was taken up at

0:80. Rev. T. T. Thompson read the

financial report. Tho property of

the Orphanage cost $15,000. There is

still a debt, however, of about $5,000

or $6,000 to be raised. There are at

present ninetton in the home. ^

The report on the Orphanage was

road by Ber. I . N. Strother. He made

an'earnest speech on the subject. He

explained that the ohlldren are sup-

twrted by voluctaiy contributions,

and uigsd that the putors 'see t l ^

the alsten look after these orphana/"

Rev. W. S. Splawn, of Lexington,

Ky., addressed the Convention upon

the subject and made quite a favor-

able inipressiun.

Rev. T. T. Thompson, agent of the

Home, made an earnest and feeling

speech, telling about some of the

children in tho Homo, after which an

informal collection was taken,

amounting to . During the

collection the hymn, " Alas and did

my Savior bleed," was sung. Bro.

Woodcock then led in an oarnest

fs '

prayer for the orphans.

Itev. W. Y. Quisenberry road the

report on Col portage. The report rec-

ommended that the State Convention

adopt a system of colportage, either

through a separate Board or under

the State Board. Bro. Cjuisonberry

told some of his experionco) as a col-

porteur in Virginia, which were inter-

esting and impressive. He urged

that the colporteur can go into homes

where others will not go, and carry

tho gospel and goo<l religious and

Baptist literature. Who can tell the

power of a godly mmister going into

a home and talking to tho peopleT

If you have tho right kind of a col-

porteur he will help all of our work.

He advocated the creation of a sepa-

rate Board of Colportage.

liov. O. L. Hailey stated that two

years ago the Tennesseo Association

elected him colporteur, and placed

$.'•0 in his hands. In addition to his

other work he has distributed $2,000

worth of literature. A question arose

as to the propriety of making the

Colportage Board a separate one.

After considerable discussion, it was

decided to create a separate Board.

A committee of nine, consisting of

three from each part of the State,

was appointed to take into considera-

tion the location and nomination of a

Board. Adjourned to 2:30 p. m.

A>-rERNooN Session. After the reading and adoption of

the minutes, the report on Religious

Literature was read by liev. J . T.

Barrow. Bro. Barrow made a good

speech, urging pastors to recommend

our denominational literature to their

people. Rev. A. U. Boone commended

the Bai -t ist and RerLEcmiR as the

best State paper of which he knew.

The editor said a few things on the

general question. Dr. J . Wm. Jones

spoke of the Home Field.

Rov. J . K. Pace read the report ol

the committee upon the location and

nomination of a Sunday -school Board.

The Board was named the Board ol

Sunday-schools and Colportage. It

was located at Chattanooga, with C.

G. Jones as Chairman. The election

of a Secretary Is left with that Board.

Rev. S. M. Gupton read the report

on Church Extension. It recommend-

ed the appointment of a Boord so

situated that it can get together.

Rev. M. D. Early read the report on

Woman's Work, showing whst the

Baptist women of Tennessee have

been doing this last year. They gave

altogether $10,700 80. Bro. Early

called attention to the fine showing

made by these women, which is cer-

tainly remarkable. He also told of

other work which the women are do'

ing, in making up boxes and sending

to the Indians. He stated that he

had made arrangements with the rail-

roads to carry boxes from Memphis

free.

Dr. J. Wm. Jones told of the work of the women of the Woman's His* •lonftry Union in Baltimore, and said

that he did not see how we could

carry on any of our missionary work

without these women. "Help those

women which labored with me in the

gospel." Those women have not only

labored, but have labored along the

lines laid down by Paul.

Dr. Lofton called attention to the

fact that the women of the South all

ard laboring /or nothing. He (laid

emphasis on tho fact that the women's

societies are axuciliarnio the churches

Ho thought they occupy the same re-

lation to a Convention they do to the

church.

Adjourned to 7 p. m.

N ioht Session. The delegates were rather slow in

gathering. It was evident also from

the many empty seats that a number

of the delegates had gone home.

After the adoption of the minutes

the report on Temperance was read

by Rev. H. E. Tniex. It was brief

and to the point. It recommends

that the wholesale and retail of

liquor and dmnkenuess and habitual

drinking be made a subject of church

discipline. Bro. Troex contended

that temperance should not be made

a political matter. Dr. Lofton of-

fered an amendment that we recom-

mend all efforts to prohibit the liquor

traffic by legislative action. The

amendment was accepted. Dr. Lof-

ton insisted that the principle of pro-

hibition has been adopted by all de-

nominations for many yean, and that

it is not a political question. He

thought if it was right to prohibit

whiskey inside the church it is right

to prohibit it outside. Bev. C. S.

Gardner said that when the world

gets thoroughly civilized some histo-

rian would write with astonishment

about these saloons, and call this a

barbaric age. He didn't want to hear

about the lUth century civilization

until we get rid of this barbarism.

Dr. Eaton spoke of the progress we

have been making in this direction.

There used to be preachers who

would hold revival meetings and sell

whiskey between sermons. Formerly

we had many wholesale whiskey deal-

ers in our churches. Now they are

few. He thought we ought to edu-

cate the people along the line of in-

temperance. Bro. Crutcher thought

that no church member should take

a drink at all. Other remarks were

made by Dr. N. B. Goforth, M. D.

Early and C. H. Jones.

On motion the report of the com-

n^lttee locating the Sunday-school

Board at Chattanooga was reconsid-

ered. A motion to substitute Knox-

ville for Chattanooga was debated at

length, and finally it was unanimous-

ly decided to leave the Boaid in

Chattanooga.

Rev. C. G. Jones submitted the

report of the committee upon loca-

ting the Board of Ministerial Relief.

Brownsville was named as the place,

with I . P. Trotter as Chairman of the

Board.

Resolutions of thanks to the Bap-

tists and citizens of Knoxville, the

railroads, etc., wero adopted.

The Convention then adjourned

i J

s^fio die.

— On the seoond Sunday in Novem-

ber the cburnh at Erin will be dedi-

cated. Rev. J . H . Anderson will

preach the sermon, and It is expected

also that the meeting will be pro-

raoted after tib» dedication, i

« . <?. A. B a W .

F i dnyn , Tonit, tr, ^ ,

6 B A P T I S T A H H B E V I i E O T O B , O C T . 20, 1892 .

MISSIONS.

MISSION DIRECTORY.

8TATB MISSIONS.

Bit. J. H. ANnRi<M>N, Mluloiiiirr Hecrciarjr AllcomDiunleatlnncdraiiriKHl for hlin tliuuld be MddrpMtt) to hliu at Naibvlllp. Tftin

W. M. Waoiirara. Trcafurcr. Bend all iiionry for 8talt>. Home and Kornlgn MiMlona lu bliii at Naahrllte. Tvno

KdllGKiN MIISSIONB

Bi». H. A. Ti-rPiK. U.D . t\irT«»iKmdln« B»H.>-rvUrjr. Ktcbinoiid. Va

Biv. H. J. WiujiauHitH. D.P.. MrmpblN.Irnn VIre I'mldcnt of the Kiirrlirn llcwnl for Tennraaef. to wbnm all lni|ulrlpa for tiifor-•nation nia» br a>tdrp«iu«1

HOME MISSIONS.

KIT. I.T Tiraaaua, D-l>.. C«irrf«iKindlnir See-retarr. Atlanta. (>a

KB*. <>. U M*ii.aT. Kmiivlllr. Trnn. Vice Prratdent t>f the Home lloanl for Tennesaf -, to whotoall Information or InMUlrlri alHiut work In tbe State mar tw addrt-CMd.

MINISTGIUAI. KDITATION.

^•da lor rounpr minipti'rv t«i ttie S. w II. TCriltjr should l>c Mnt to <1

t'nl M Savairi'. D D.

Jackfon. Tenn For rounit miniaieni at Taroon and Newman Collrre. to J T II. n.l. r»..i. M.iur fr«>k TVnn

Woman'* Mliuilaiiarr Union CSirTltAL COMMITTSC ruB TKNHKXHIS .

Mra. O. A. Lofton. I'realdeDl. 00 Souiti Sum mer Sir««t

MIm 8 K 8. Sbackland. Oorrmpondlng .' ecre » N Vine Street, rvtarr and Treanurer.

NaahTllle. Tenn

From (iMlsdn), Ala.

Many of your readers have already

made the acquaintaoi-e of the pastor

of your North Edgefield Church and

others will know him SOOD, for hia

works iotroduce him wherever he

goee. He was fortunate in having the

great State of Virginia as his birth

place (the writer is a Virginian), but

Providence has favored your State by

directing him to the pastorate of a

diiurdito your city. At the invita-

tioa <rf tbe writer this brother, whose

OMM jrou know is \V. Y. (juisenberry,

came to Gadsen, Ala., to aid me in a

seriee of meetings. He was with us

ten days, in which time he completely

won the hearts of the people of our

town. We had spent one year to-

gether in school at Itichmond Col-

lege, where I learned to love him for

his work's sake. It was a great pleas-

ure to me to have this friend of my

college days with me. But the great-

est joy of us both and the people of

our town was the honor which the

Lord bestowed OD hia Word as preach-

ed b j Bro. Quisenberry. Large and

attentiTe crowds listened to every ser-

mon which he preached. The hearts

of Christians were wanned, the minds

of many unconverted were turned to

Christ, eleven have been received for

baptism into the Baptist church, sev-

eral have joined churohea of other de-

nominations in our town, and there

are others who will join us and them.

There is nothing which we could say

in his praise as • pastor-evangelist

that would be over due him. He has

common sense and tact; he has zeal

and great patience; his sermons are

simple, direct and searching, appeal-

ing to both the heart and the head;

he guards against the " bulla-balloo"

which oommonlj characterizes tbe

protracted meeting, urging conviotion

instead of feeling as the motive which

should prompt a profession of trust

in Obrist. He seeks to do permanent

work. He tries to make the ohuroh

think more of their pastor Instead of

•budog the pastor in the presenon of

hi i pcopk for having to mil in an

^ •vugvUiii to balp Mve the town, as a

oartsia aottd •vangtllst ia in thehsb-

l i of doing, H« makes pastor wad peo^

pie glad together and glad that they

are together. His visit to our town

will bo reinembere<l by many grateful

liunrts for a loug time. He has a

warm plui*o iu the hearts of all Chris-

tian people of this town. We con-

gratulate Teanesstto on having him

within her iHirders. If he thinks as

much of IIS as we think of him, let

him toll it. \V. H. WILLIAMS.

Oadtden, Ala.

Nuiniuary of Work.

At the solicitation of Bro. Geo. W.

Sbermau of Mt. Pleasant, I came

from the S. B. T. Seminary on the

first of June to assist him in the Mas-

ter's work. In June there was no

more done than to view tbe ground

and lay out the work. On the secv

ond Sunday in July we began a series

of meetings at Mt. Zion Church, in

Giles County. We had a gooii meet-

ing—eight conversions and five bap-

tisms. On the fourth Sunday in July

I wont to a meeting in progress at

Pleasant Grove, Maury County. After

1 reached this place there were two

conversions. There had already been

several converts and five baptisms. I

was then two days in a meeting with

Brethren Bone and Sherman at Mars

Hill (Marshall County) Church. At

this church there were no visible re-

sults. On the second Sunday iA Au-

gust I began preaching for Bro. Vea-

ger at Kelley's Creek Church, Lin-

coln

County. There is nothing too

good to say of Bro. Y.'s people at

Kelley's Creek. W'e had there, in one

week, twenty-one converts and thirty

baptisms; eight added by letter and

one by restoration. Friendship was

the next point. I found Bro. Sher-

man working and a meeting started

off in good condition. Here we had

seventeen converts and twelve bap-

tisms. 1 left Bro. Sherman and went

on before to Pleasant Hill Church,

where we preached thirteen days and

had seventeen conversions and four-

teen baptisms. Dodson's Gap was

our lost point, and there we had thir-

teen {Xinversions and eight baptisms.

I have preached in all eighty-one ser-

mons. At meetings where I have as-

sisted there have l)een seventy-eight

converts. At meetings where I have

preached there have been seventy five

baptisms. Jos. P. RL'TLBINIB.

—There will be a fifth Sunday

meeting held with Zion Church,

Wayne County, Tenn., commencing

Friday, Oct. 28lh, at 11 o'clock a. m.

After refreshments will organize.

Criticise sermon, thirty minutes.

1. Duty of church to pastor. In-

troduced by Eld. C. 0. Lawrence.

2. Duty of pastor to church. Open-

ed by Eld. B. N. Martin.

8. Saturday moniing, 9 o'clock—

The duty of Christians in regard to

tbe liquor traffic. Introduced by

Bro. J . N. Davis. One hour to this

subject.

4. The best method to promote the missiop Interest. Opened by Eld. J . M. Moore. One hour.

6. The Centennial of Missions. In-

troduced by Eld. J . N. Bell. One

hour to this subject.

6. Education. Opened by Bro. Joe

Davis; followed by Eld. J . M. Moore.

One hour.

7. Saturdaj meetings. By Bro.

W. A. Vandlver. Thirtr minutae.

8. Sunday* 9 o'olock—The relation

of Sunday*Mshooia to tbe'oburohea.

By Eld. Qt S:. Buoktba<

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Treasurer*! Iteport.

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Oar C'aate at Wartlinrg.

Last March Brethren li. C. Medaris

and J. 0. Williams went to Wartburg,

Tenn., to bold a series of meetings.

They found only three Baptists in

the little village. But after laboring

one month their efforts resulted in

much good to our denomination and

the cause of Christ. They organized

a church of forty members. Bro. Me-

daris preached for them until June

Cth, when be resigned and your wri>

ter was called. I have been giving

them one-half of my time. On Sept.

loth the pastor began a series of

meetings which continued seventeen

days and resulted in a glorious reviv-

al. Thirty three professed conver-

sion, one of thai number being a Oath-

olio 48 yean old, who united with our

church and irai btptlied Sunday,

Sept. 26tb. W« bftd twenty additions

from the meeUng by exparianoe and

mora will follow., I Nipllaad sixteen

Sunday. Thli l i tb* flnt meeting I

over conductoil and my first church

I had the pleasure of baptising Sher-'

iff Hamby of Morgan County as the

first one.

Wartbiirg is the county seat of

Morgan County, a small village of

five or six hundred inhabitants, and

our cause has been greatly neglected

at this place. We. now have> mem-

bership of sixty, but we are |MX)r and

have so much to contend with. We

have no house of our own to worship

in, but we are making an earnest effort

to buihl, and we mean, God helping

us, to build now. But while we are

building we need help from outside

sourcwi lo assist us in paying our

church expenses, as wo cannot build

and support the church as we ought.

Coultl the State Board help ust This

is a great field and the Lord is won

derfully blessing our efforts. If we

could only secure help for two years

we believe we could complete our

house and bo self-sustaining. Breth-

ren, if you believe this to be a worthy

point, send any amount to W. Kreytag

Wartburg,Tenn., which will lie thank-

fully reiwived by the little struggling

band that is trying to wrench Wart-

burg out of the hands of the enemy.

We have much opposition, even the

churches of that place seem to l>e op-

posed to Baptist principles. There is

a Prasbyterian, German Lutheran,

and Catholic church in the town, and

a Methodist one near. May the Lonl

put it iu your hearts to help the neetly

in time of need.

J. N. HABTLET.

A Oatrllmtlon From Krer; C'burrh.

The Centennial Committee of the

Southern Baptist Convention at its

reiwut meeting at Louisville has de-

vised measures by which it is hoped

to reach every pastor antl every

trhurch, with the desire of obtaining

from every church, and as far as pos-

sible from every member, a special

contribution during this Centennial

year.

The committee is earnestly solic-

itous that State Committees and oth-

ers who may have been placed in

charge of Centennial work, will co-

operate with them in the attainment

of this end.

In some of our States brethren are

already perfetiting arrangements to

hold missionary meetings in every

important city and town. The com-

mittee will be greatly gratified if ev-

ery church shall be visited by some

brother whose heart is burning with

thedeslie for Obrisl'M triumph and

the world's salvation to enlist their

sympathy and their prayen,and stim-

ulate their contributions. We ap-

peal to you, dear brother, to do what

you can to promote this great end.

I . T. TionRNOR,

For the Committee.

—Oood meetings at all my churoh-

es, viz., Antioob, Smyrna, Oak Orove

and Island 87 of Upton County,

Tenn. Also Island Home of Sh«Iby

County, Total number of addiUons,

twenty-eight. To this add reviyalH

among the membenibip of all the

churches, and W0 call tbe meetings

Buocesiiful; but wo are not satiafled

with these results, therefore we oloM

the season with regrets, hoping for

better things In the future. ,

J . P. Litau. Cuba, Tenn.

—If you are • Cbriitito, Ood'i work ia your work. f

A N D B J B V L B O T O B , O C T . 2 0 . 1892 .

J. R. QRAVE8, LL.D.. - Bpoolal Editor

MEMPBia. TENN.

Paris, Tenn. Our Sabbath-school has just fin-

ished its celebration of the Centennial

of Modern Missions. I do not know

the result. That will lie reported by

our superintendent. The children o<-

joyed it. The last of this month we

expect to have a Centennial meeting

of three days at High Hill Church,

nine miles north of this place on the

P. T. & A. Road. Everybody is in-

vited. Does anybody want to know

why we didn't have it soonerT We

cmtldn't 1

This year wo have succeeded in

getting five mouths of missionary

work iu the destitute portions of our

Association, and wo stop with money

iu the treasury. Don't ask me why

we stopped. We are glad that we got

the five month's work done by a very

earnest and eflieient brother, J. W.

Self of Kentucky. He is a good preach-

er, well posted in the Scriptures,

which moans sound in the faith. He

made many friends during his stay

with us, and it is hoped that good

fruit will be gathered from his labors

in years to mme. He is a man of

considerable experience as a pastor,

and he has a special inclination to

evangolistio work. Churehes needing

a pastor should not suffer him to lie

idle. Associations needing mission-

arios might do well to communicate

with him.

()ur AsMwuatioii has an entirely new

IkiartI and possibly a now order of

missionary work may Iw inaugurated

during the preseut associational year.

KNtX'II WiMOES.

liitllan l'n>4>k AHsorlatloa.

The Indian Creek Association met

with l^therwood Church Sept. 24,

1KU2, and after listening to an able

sennon as introductory from Rev. xxi.

U, "Come hither, I will show thee the

bride, the Lamb's wife," by Eld. J.

M. Corbin, it proceeded further to

business by electing Eld J. H. Mc-

Corkle, Moderator, and Bro. J . E.

Lindsy, Clerk.

A gooA representation was present

and some good reports were beard

from the different churohea by listen-

ing to the lettera read. Sunday was

spent in tbe work for the Master.

One baptism was administered early

in the day, after which the congrega-

tion was entertained by delightful

music rendered by the Oreen River

Class, led by Frof. Joe Davis, who

made iwleotions from "Harreat Bells."

Eld. J . H. MoCorkle delivered a splen-

did sermon from John i. 17, and it

was listened to by a large audience.

According to tbe arrangements the

writer followed upon the subject of

Scriptural baptism, choosing for a

text Matt. xxTiU. 19, 20. Tbe nudi-

ence was well behaved and gnve good

attention all the while. Eld. Q. B.

Huoksbft gave » •pecial invltotlon to

tbe miniitan preMat^^o dlno with

him Sunday, and wbilli twdv* 6t u«

were laatMl at Uwu taWo wiM^bno

apofc* of thoWvolfaportlM, and tho

quortloa mM Joking^ atkadt who lOf

uawaiikoJrudM. Woliopo wa hiva

Ift

The w^k of this body was done In

good oder and all had a pleasant

time. I'he delegates all h ^ good

honi*" and the meeting was enjoyed

by« host of visitora. We did not

Har all the preaching and speeches

jiade during the Association, but

what we hoard was good and that we

heard of was reported to be the same.

The next session of this body will

lie held at New Harmony Church,

near Savannah, Hardin County, Tenn.

The missionary cause in our bounds

Boems to be encouraging, and as we

have been looking after that espoc-

ially here this year, we wish to give

your readers a part of the work that

God has blessed us iu doing here this

year. Churches visited, IK; other

points, 10; days of service, 2<X); ser-

mons delivered, 12ri; addresses, 56;

miles traveled, 1,910; conversions,

baptisms, 9; additions, 32; prayer-

meetings, 252; Sunday-schools organ-

ized, 3; number in Sunday-schools,

{K); pastoral visits, 42r>; number of

iMoks sold, 45; pages of tracts circu-

lated, 160; subscriptions to our pa-

per, 12; helped to ordain two deacons,

performed one marriage ceremony,

and made collections as follows: From

churches, 189.45; from other sources,

$52.95; from Green River Church,

paster's support, fGO; toUl, $20240.

J. M. Moose.

Waynesboro, Tenn., Oi't. 3rd.

Finb Hondsj Mcetlnirs.

Program of the fifth Sunday meet-

ing to be held with Rocky Point

Church, Hamblen County, Tennessee,

seven miles east of Morristown, Octo-

Iwras-m 1892.

rRIUAT.

10:.10 a. m.~ Organization.

11a. m.—Why are we hereT Pro-

miscuous discussion.

Recess.

2 p. m.—The tluty of Deacons. —T.

J. Cooper. Discussion.

3 p. m.—What should wo read! —

J. H. Trent. Discussion.

Recess'.

7 p. m.-Question Box.

SATl'RDAT.

8:30 a. ni.—Devotional exercisos.—

Thos. Gilliert.

9 a. m.-—Should pastors engage in

secular pursuits! —J. M.Walters. Dis-

cussion. '

10 a. m.—Are Baptists keeping pace

with other denominationsT — Oscar

Haywood. Discussion. 11 a. m.—Preaching.—J. B. Jones.

Reoeas for refreshments.

2 p. m.—The duty of East Tennes-

see Baptists to Carson and Newman

College.—J. T. Henderson. Discus-

sion.

8 p. m.—Report from cburcbee.

4 p. m.—Talks about this meeting.

Recess.

p. m.-Our Centennial Mis-

sions.—J. N. Eldridge, J . T. Hender-

son, J . B. Cox, W. R. Homer and P,

H. C. Hale.

BintDAT.

9 a. n|.rrSunday-acbool mua niMt>

ing and talki by various breUurui.

J a. m-~S«arn»n.--OsoM,, Hay-

HorriitQfni andl ^^^^

ttiffatttHy i c q u c i ^ ' •

l l M i l l

OomtniUot;

•iss

—Program of Centennial and mln-

istore' meeting commencing on Fri-

day before the fifth Sunday in Octo-

ber, 1892, at 10 a. m. at High Hill,

within two miles of Puryear, Tenn.

1. Is Christianity essentially mia-

sionaryT T. B. Spaulding.

2. The God of Mimions at work

500 and 800 years ago, Asa Cox.

8. The hand of God in Carey's call

to the Foreign Mission work, S. C.

Hearn.

4. Are the heathen at our door a

sufficient reason for refusing to extend

our efforts to foreign lands? S. C.

Hearn.

5. Diaz's conversion, his call and

work in Cuba, Ella Castleberry.

6. Our Southern country a field for

active missionary work, C. S. Truman.

7. Carrying the gospel to foreign

lands commends it to sinners at our

door, J . H. Lee.

8. God's demands of Baptists as

missionaiies, Wm. Mungle.

9. In what countries Baptists have

missionaries at work, and something

of their work, Asa Cox.

10. Judson, the American mission-

ary, Eld. Enoch Windes.

11. How to have something to give

to missions, J . R. Harding.

12. Can a child of God finally faU

away and be forever lostT Eld. P. L.

Summers.

Trains leave Paris at 7 a. m. and

arrive at Puryear at 8 a. m. There

will be conveyances for visitors to the

church. Brethren in the ministry are

especially invited. Come every one

that can and help us in our Centen-

al work. I.«t As have a boon commit-

tee. ASA Cox.

—Our fifth Sunday meeting will be

held with the Baptist Church in Den-

mark beginning with a sermon Fri-

day night, preceding the fifth Sunday

in this month, by Bro. R. L. Bowman

of Ripley. The subjects to be dis-

cussed aie as follows:

1. Sinless perfection, I. P. Trotter.

2. How best to develop our church-

es in spirituality and benevolence,

Bro. Smith of Jackson.

3. Why do some of our churches

fail to give to benevolent causesT G.

M. Savage.

4. The Welch Baptists, H. C. Irby.

5. The heathen lost without the

gospel, W. H. McKinstry.

6. Our work in Cuba. C. A. Folk.

7. China as a mission field, Bro.

Wooten of Jackson.

8. Study of the missionary map of

the world, R. L. Bowman.

9. The outlook of missions, J. I.

Ayres.

Tbe Denmark people will gladly

entertain all who go. The meeting

will bold two days, Saturday and

Sunday. The aubjectaare given with-

out special reference to the time these

addresses are to be delivered. This

can be arranged by us when we get

on tbe ground. .We can appoint

praaohing aervio«s also if desirable.

I t is to be hoped that all the churoh-

ea £a the! A i^ ia t ion will be repre-

sented. ' I. P. TRorrn.

— -

- J S ^ fifth Sunday moating of the

Vidiif ^BSMiation maata withPloaa*

attiGhiOT^^unh on Prldny ulght,

Oct* ae, 1802.^ Visitoia doming by

w y of tho nnlols Oantnt SMfroad

wiU got tA fiiokoijr, VaU«iy4jnoM

m

-'^rDutisa of churoh mambara to

their pastors, Wm. Bray and W. F.

Dorris.

2. The duties of members to attend

their church meetings, Josiah Jordan

and Z. J. Amerson.

3. Missions. H. D. Franklin and B.

S. Wolverton.

5. The necessity for an educated

ministry.U. A.WestandG. M. Savage.

5. The Lord's Supper, should the

unbaptised partakoT C. C. McDaniei

and W. H Bruton.

Query Box.

Sabbath morning, Sunday school

mass-meeting.

The introductory sermon by Eld.

W. F. Dorris. Friday night.

Come, brethren, be with us, and let

us have a grand, good meeting.

R . W . SMITH,

R. B. SUALLBT,

Committee. •»«» ^—

— Please publish the following pro-

gram for the fifth Sabbath meeting

of the Wiseman Association, to be

held with the Zion Church, three

milee southeast of Hartsville, Tenn.

1. Introductory sermon by J. F.

Lambert.

2. Should we teach our children to

give to the cause of religionT J. S.

Pardue.

3. What means can be used to get

the delinquent members to attend

Saturday meetingst J . W. Stone.

4. Are the churohee responsible for

a support to the men they call from

their occupation, and ordain and send

out into the world to preach the gos-

pel t W. M. S. Wilkee.

5. Is salvation offered to the alien

sinner upon conditionsT C. N. Sim-

mon.

6. Ought all Baptists give to the cause of missionsT J . L. Hawkins.

7. Are the claims of Baptists to apostolic succession valid? I. M. Ash-lock.

8. Thirty minutes sermon each day

at 11 o'clock.

Let all who can attend this meet-

ing, which meets Friday. October

'28th, at 11 o'clock. ExEt-irrivK BOARD.

—Since last writing you I have held

two glorious meetings, one with the

Union Grove Churob in Meigs Coun-

ty. and the other with the Clear

Spring Chureb in the same county.

We had about forty convenionsin

the two meetings. The churches were

greatly edified and now have each a

flourishing Sunday-school. Slonere

seem anxious to hear the gospel and

accept its terms for salvation.

J . C . TOWNBEND.

EVRRYUUMOROrTHBBKINANDBOAtP of Infanor and tbUdliiNNl, whetber tortur-

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BAPTISTANDREFLEGTOR Nashville. Tenn., Ool. 20.1892.

CDOAR E. FOLK, 0. L. HAILEY, • n. B. FOLK. -

Editor. Anociate Editor,

Buaiuuu Manager.

A . B . C A D i l M S S ,

J. H. Grime, / FioUl R(iitora aud \ Oeueral AgeiitH.

( I F K I T K <' i in i i 'Tva I ' u l ) l IuuHC

n r n m - H i P T i o R r t i i Annry iw aktancb SiDclr »k>pjr I n iMuha of I r n o r m o r r M i n l K t p r i i

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t«<al,ion wnH calletl to it and tliwy tniidt< no H'ply or dufoiiHe."

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Anawor. Tliougli wo Bjient hov-enil yt'arH in tho Stnuinary, wo

j n»'vor hoanl any profosMor make |HU«-li a rj'coniiuondation, oitlior public ]y or privately.

PLEASE NOTICE.

work buforo it and noitlior i^rry-iiiK nor Hlij,'bting anything, ^ l y onco or Iwico ilid the diBcnHaion^f any subjoft cIobo until ovory oik who wislu'd had had an opi>ortu-nity to «xprt>8H hinmclf u|Kin it. Ho woll was tho ConvontionploaMod with this loisnroly niothod of i)rc)-ceodinf? that it decidod to m»<«t on WodncHday horeafter an<l f,'iv« four doya to the ineoting. Why not? It takoB that long to gt-t liirough in good stylo witli tho work before it, and wt« boliero every one who can go to the Convention ought to Ih' willing 1« remain a tlay longer to tranBttrt aright the busincsB of

—The weather behaved itoelf itplen didiy. Never have we aeeD a (iuer oontiuuod spoil uf weather for a meet lag of the kind. It woh almoat ab Holutely iwrfei't from l)e(fiuuing to >|id.

--Tho two Vice rreaidoutH, Breth ret Brown aud Golden, had little to <lo except to hold down the vieA pratidwutial chair on either aide of

PreiiidenU but they tlid that fflcefully.

-Tho following viHitom wore noted: Brethbu J. Wm. Jones, of Atlanta, T. T. Kmou. of LouiBvillo. O. S. Will ifuiiH, of nriBtoi, W. 8. Splawn. of Loxiugton, Ky . Thompson, of HuntBville. Ala , an<i perhaps otherB

Fourth <iii<'8tion. " Ih it not a fa«-t that a thorougii training of the Lord. I.et uh keep up the ,mib-

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i s a c l c a t i o n s to t bc r d l t o i n tnillT (I W e can »ent1 r w e l p t u I f d e n l r r d ... T h e l a l i e l ,

on f o u r pape r w i l l imttp a« a r p r r t p l . b o w c r e r I f«r lij.ii- i>,a,... .1. . . . I • i • I f t h a t t.; no t c h a n K « l In t w o w w k . a f t e r f o u r ImmjIvM Uiay l>e U l l l I B

nubHcr lp t toD haj< h e r n a r n t . d r o p un a ca r 4 I l i t i r n r v •boullt iionirv. A colU-gf courw' Ib im|x)rtant for

Wfu, beautiful. Only on one Bub | (ull a ivouu7"of^h«ir \u^Uug n e j J i f t . we b4-lieve. wfiH there mani-| tv«M)k.

any B,H. ial .liviHion of sen- j xbe attendants was very t.ment, «nd t h a t w a B o n . h e , u e s - Uiough not large. Ka-t Tennrsel:

, tion as to whether there should be hrnl a full reormwutntinn n.

i r z T' r"r".' ;«-•»""«• i»>--i.»<.i.! B J E r z , w j ; : : nessoe did not t ome up as well as wan ho|)ed,ou aot-ount of tho distnnt e to Kuoxville.

llint. lifHideB. we are under tin « M a k e a l l ^ i r k n . mone y onN-r . eu- pay impn shion that it takes a littU

ab le l o t he l l A r r i f T AND KKri.Ri-r<>i i

S A d d r e » » a l l Ifttrnt on buBlni-^i. an.1ali i«>r ] ' i "''I'mnw iwiiril o i r»IIIHIIiy-WnoolS -ny prem-her ami Col,x.rtage . reate.l or whether

N a . h v , l i e T e n n A d d r e « . o n l y ^ . . n a l c o m , to B U l v e t ^ l , U O matter where his ! the work shouhl Ih-,h,„e Ulldor the |.tliuationU.obtaine,l ami nomat-jdin^tion of the StaU- H<.ard of

1 T h e add re i i * o f D r J R ( i r a » e . In S47 M a i n i i t r e e t , MrraphU. T e r n T h a t o f Ke y O I , i . . _ " _ H a i i e j i»ai5North F o u r t h A r c n u e . K n o x T i i i e . 1 m i m s t « » r 8 literary education,

ft A d T e r t l n l n s rat/Mi l i b e r a l , and w i l l be f u r " '"^'"''"ary COUr tM- for llis th(>olog. ni.h«) on a pp l i c a t i o n ' i^ .a) ,.<huotion, but neither is nec-

essary. He may get along with-

MioaioiiB, and alHo the kimlred i|ue»tion as to the kication of the Itoanl when it was dec-ideil to cre-ate a si>parate one. On thew> « | u e B -

— Dr. W. O luuian ivoh just up from a severe s|iell of sicknesN, the lint he ever had in bis life, he said. He was tiuite sick also for a

tioiiBwe have this to say; Some of l''"^ Kao*ville. Wo trust UH dill not get what we wanted. '""tore.! to his But the majority of our brethren ! TUh' S'A'l//V \ HV ' -1 " " ^ — I . u o j i F i i i j r ui u i i r u r v i i i r e i i i

/ / / / . A i i . i i ^ w o . o„t either, and many of our no-j decided against us; and now let us,, -Kvery one regret te.1 that Bro. T Some t imeag t , Rev. W . h . Uo^ll.l.-Ht and most su.cesBfnl minis- a« true Baptiste and true T e n m ^ - , ' ' Assistant'Jorros,K,mli«g • V . r i e l u t d l t o r o f t h e / >V i i < / i . s / ; t e r s h a v e i l o i m A l l i i . . . . . i.' : ney. Field Editor of the Ilaphsl, ters have done ho. All lumor U)

(IIrinicr, 'ii\ t\w (Uraiirr: " I theni for i t But it was tenfohl tremble for a young man when he harder work an«l it took them

fa.iii nil*- AlTllllf-v-j ' • Bt-eans. yield gracefully U> t h e i r , F o r e i g n Mission will and lend all of our influenco ^itical t.. make the new lUmrd a grand i ' " " r" . " ' . ^ ^ SUCC-BS. a« we believe nnd.ir " «y"Pathy to him starta for the Seminary." We | probably four timw as long to ac- j Bu. c . ^ y a « ' " b e l i e 7 e T m r e r ' ' ( Z ' l I " ' ' '

plied that the Seminary was a .,Hire what they did without help a„d by the help of the brethn^i i t ' T • rrariil i ttaf i fr ii f i ri n irnatt^l ' n I a _ I. _ i i Illlll. j • J tt Kran.l institution, doing a grand i as it wonld have taken had they work in etlucating our young min-1 had euch helji as the College and isters and putting them upon a j the Seminary could give. higher plane of nsefalneBa; an«l that instead of trembling for one when he started for the .Seminary, we rather trembled for him when he failed to start Bro. Boney re-plies in a long article in the filr*in. rr of October 4th, in the course of which heasks ns the followingques-tioiuir which ho saya if wo will an-swer we will " remove some diffi-culties out of his way and do oth-ers good besides." With such a hope in view, we will undertake to answer them.

First question—"Is it not a fact that the profossoni in tho Semi-nary nrr, now Jillinff our jmlpih by dictating to them who they Bhall call?"

Answer. —It is not a fact Tho professors of tho Seminary do not "dictate" to churches whom they shall call as pastor. B a p t i s t churchefl, and espcciially Southetn Baptist churchcs, are not in tho habit of being "dictated" to by any one, and would not stand it for an hour. Will Bro. Boney please either prove his statement or take it back and apologiste for i t ?

Becond question.—"Is it not a fact that the Seminary ordained (?) A prmioher in Lonisvillo with-out) chnroh authofitiy? Thoir at .

We are not set f«ir the defenstt of the Seminary. It lu'eds no de-fense at oui hanchi. We do lieve, however, that it is one of the grantlest institutions upon the face of (io<rs green earth, aud one of which every Southern Baptist shouhl feel proud. We tremble, as we said, for any young minister who fails to attend it, simply be-cauB(> he misses so many golden opportunities which it offers to him.

i-an Im«. For ountelf we announce that hereafter we are for the Ikiard of Sunday-si-lHuds and C<»l,)ortage. and for the It.iard IfK atiil at Chat-taiiooga.

On the whole it wan a fine Con-vention, and will result, wo Ik*-lieve, in much goo«l to the denom-ination in our Stat(<.

CoDTcntlon Kotm.

THE CONVENT/ON. I t was a gooil meeting. Tho at-

tendance was not so largo as hac been expected. East Tennessee naturally turned out in full force, but Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee wore not as well repre-sented as they should have been, nor as well as they would have been, wo presume, but for the hard times. But while tho num bers were not largo tfnough to arouso enthusiasm, yet there were enough to maintain a high inter-est all tho way through. Tho speaking, wo thooght, was of an nnnsnally high order. There wore several as fine speeches as wo have over heard in a meeting of tho kind. The Oonventipn took it lois-urely, givipg four full days.to tho

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—President Henderson presided with ease and dignity. He was re-garded OS one of the best preaidents the CionventioD has ever bad.

—Bro. Carter Helm Joom was ud-ceaaing in bis attention to the wants of bis guests, and awakened tho grati-tude of all by his many kisdnesses.

—We were glad to see Bro, M. D, Early out again after his partia paralysis recently. His health is much better, but be has not fully recovered yet.

—In referring to some remark Dr. E«toD mads. Dr. Lofton said; "I don't know whether he meant it or not, bu t " - "No, I didn't mean It; what was Itl" spoke up Dr. Eaton.

—Bro. O. W. Brewer explained the presence of ten barrooms io Dayton by the siatement that they had to supply Ilarriman and other towns, which got the laugh on Bro. Grace.

Bro. J. D. WinohsBter, of Book-wood, Is a" rsoent odditioa to us 'rom the Methodists, and Is a man of >®rts. Hb seemed to enjoy this his

nnt Baptist CkmrenUoo very much.

The hospitaiity of Kno^villo was. of couriio. generous and abundant. Our own home was with Bro. C. I'. Allen aud wife, former friends in Kentucky, aud wo enjoyed very much being with them. We were glad also to have as our room mate Bro. J . C. Kockwell, of Newport

-Bro. O. L. Hailey makes an elli cieot Secretary. We enjoyetl taking tea at hia pretty home on Friday evening, upon the occasion of the 7th anniversary of his marriage. He has not yet decided where he will locate after leaving Kuoxville. May the Lord direct his footsteps.

—It was a Convention of young men. All of the olllcers-the Presi-dent, both Vioe-Fresidents, the Sec-reUry and the Htatistical Secretary-are all comparatively young men, and the Treasurer Is not yet an ootot^na-rian. In the Convention also were seen a number of young faces as well •s a gratifying sprinkling of gray haira.

—" Not a drop of human blood has ever been shed on the streets of Ilarriman," said Bro. W. 0. Qraoe. This fact may be appreciated when it !a remembered that Harriman is abeolutelj a prohibition town aud has »een from Its foundation. What an

argument against the saloon It oon-teins. Whiskey and muiders go to-gether.

—"Any man can be Superintendent of a SuDday-sohool who oan hold Tamily pn^ers, aod one who -otmiot

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hold family prayers is not flt to bo a Superintendent of a Sunday-school." - J. K. P. Hall. "Suppose ho has no family f" said some one. " Well, if he hasn't a family he ought to have," responded Brother Hall, and brought down tho house.

—The Joneses were out in full force —J. Wm., Carter Helm, 8. E. and C. O. These were all among the liest memlMrs of the Convention. Strange to say tho Smiths did not show up. Bro. A. P. Smith, wo belinve, was prosont, but felt lonoaomo, wo sup-(>0R0, and bad nothing to say. Uro. Catt. Smith was on the floor once or twice for a minute only. Tbny soem-e<l to retire in favor of the Jonemn.

are Presbyterians, and wondered why it should be so. " I don't know," re-plied Bro. Van Ness, " unless it is a matter of election." Is it not rather a matter of nomination, or at least of denomination?

—Itev. O. L. Ellis preached hii farewell sermon at the Seventh Bap-tist Church last Sunday night and has gone to his new home in Hunting-don. He left his church acd congre-gation here in team. He is a fine preacher and a noble Christian man aud his place will be hard to fill. We pray God's bleBsingn upon him in his new field of labor.

— We learned with surprise and sorrow of tho death at her homo in

—Tho pulpits of tho various ^ Albany, Ga., October (!th, of Mrs. W. churchoH of the city woro TiIImI on ^ P. Burks. Active in the Baptist Sunday by tho Baptist preachors. Church at that place, leader of the Being o(»Mipie<l ourself, wu did not | choir, cultivated and popular, she will hovo tho pleasure of hearing l>e groatly niissod l>y tho church and any of those sermons, but wo people of Albany. We tender to her hoard sovoral of them very highly Iwroavoil hiiHbaiid and his three

motherloM children our deep sym-pathj. May God comfort and sustain thoiii.

spoken of. Tho Baptists did not IIockI tho city with water, but they did flood it with elo(|uence and ivith m,und doctrine, and wo trust with tho | Holy hpint history of missions and at the solicita-

The types of the Knoxvillo pa- J tion of friends, Bro. T. W. Young, of l>ors got considerably miso<l when , Louisville, has written the lifeof Wm. thoy caiiio lo the names of Baptist, Carey, condensed into a tract of about preachers. Kor instance. Bro. S. M. twenty pages, which is now in press (iupton.of South Pittsburg,appearetl I at the Baptist Book Concern. Tho as A. M. I.upton; Dr. G. M. Savage price will be 10cents per copy. It is as J. M., I. W. Bruner as J. \V., E. E., comprehensive and complete, and is Folk as E. C., J. M. Frost as T. H . ^ put into a cheap form so as to come Bostrobel College as Broscobel; I. J. | within reach of all who feel an interest Van Noes was transformed into J. J . j in Foreign Missions, especially the McNohs. The following, however, | poor and busy. When it is published was the crowning elTort of tho typo-; we will give a further notice of it. grapher • Uev. D. D. ICaton, of Som I ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ersvillo, Ky., roso and addresiwl tho (^^^ g^ ^o^j^ on October convention alwut the .Southern Bap-! „ „ j gj^ tist Institute, of Somerville, Ky. 'i^j,,,, She was burie.1 at Clarksville. Alas! whatisfaniet In tho same pa | ^ ,H,r it was gravely announcotl that "A | t,,e ^ Rorvitros. She was a .•ontribution was taken for tho P«r Christian woman, gentle, cul pose of raising enough money to pay ^

who wore deeply atl8<;hod to her. To the oxponses of ten young men at the Southern Baptist Seminary, which resulted in raising $0.50." The amount should have been $7'jr>.

I ' E K N O K A L AN IR I ' LLALT ICAL , .

— It is not so much tr/ierr a man is as ir/ia/ he is; not so much the station he occupies as how he fills it.

—Both our news and editorial space gives way this week to the account of the Convention, in which every one will be eepecially interested.

—Dr. Henry McDonald, according to an engagement made before Dr. Smith left, is to be in Nashville this week to help in a meeting at the First Church. Many hearts are praying for a blessing upon the meeting.

—Rev. T. J. Shipman, of Midway, Ky., has been called to the Duffy Street Church, Savannah, Ga., recent-ly resigned by Rev. E. Pendleton Jonee, who goes to Brazil as a mis-sionaiy. He is a good preacher and a One pastor ,, - t ' ^ i l '

—We sympathise with filo. Mahoo«]r/ o f ^ t M f o i d , Uti death of hia roQMHontluH^ b a b o k d weak. Uta g«atitMigrmpa%ivo(M^ . extmid to « to how U ^ _ aufl^ irfth J i ^ ^ ^ l i r O ^ p U t e o f ibe

—A sensation was crsated in • con-vention of Catholic societiee at New-ark, N. J., last Sunday. The ques-tion of the carrying of flags in the oomingColumbus celebration on Oo-tober 21st came up. A motion had been made to allow societies to cany any national flag they desired if they preueded it by an American flag. An ex-alderman arose to his feet and said impressively: " We should have the Papal flog flrst. We are Catho-lics first and Americans afterwards." He was right. He but voiced the sentiment of every Catholic io the remark: Catholics first and Ameri-cans afterwards.

—Itecently a Catholic priest," Bro. Maurelian," called at a Chicago hotel to inquire if Bishop Spalding had ar-rived. By mistake he was sent to a room occupied byCoI. RobtlngersoII and a party of friends. Bro. Maure-lian asked if Bishop Spalding was io the room, and was told no, but before be could loave Mr. Ingersoll spoke up and said: " But I am a Bishop; I am a Pope; 1 am Colonel Robert Inger-soll; don't you see the danger into which you have fallen f" And this was said in a loud tone, with all the em-phasis and sarcasm possible, and pro-voked a laugh among the ladies and gentlemen present Bro. Maurelian simply begged pardon for bis mistake, and politely bowed himself out This we presume is an evidence of the politeness and gentlemanly ethics of Col. Ingersoll and others of his school. For this be would have us give up our Christian religion with its culture and refinement, and which at least teaches a man to be a gentleman.

BECEST ETKHTS.

•aa auatoin the'lMrawri^ paiwnia. '^—SoawwiaoaUadrt t o l h a

(bom. and especially to her grief stricken husband and daughter, we extend our heartfelt sympathies. May God bless them, and grant that His grace may be suflicient for them.

-Gov. W. J. Sorihon, the Baptist Governor of Georgia, was recently re-elected, as is known, by a majority of 70,000. Despite the fatigue of a long and hard campaign, on the Sunday succeeding his election, in connection with Dr. J. Wm. Jones he ran up to Itome and spent the day in Christian work, making several speeches. After his inauguration as Governor the first reception he gave was to the minie-ters of Atlanta, the eecond to the chil-dren, and the third to the Legisla-ture. No wonder the administntiiHi of such a man baa been a suocees. How could It have been othendaef

—The SemtMorif JUagMiut of tlie Southent Baptist T^eolegical 8emi-aaiy le published under tlw auspkM of theiiideqta. TteMMBOfaoon-ti ibtt t^^OinAitoitfala^W mao 61. a i t s ^ M o i ^ i t l d i i l U; ghm- In* M l l l i ^ a l i p i i M d i ^ b e g o ^ fat o t l i r l ^ ^ I t Is • p a M o a l o f nial vidue lo iw^tttili-

le ttNiti^ ft •or ,Dr.B.d.

D a r i ^ ^ l U i a i i M ^ t of Us III* py tUt. J; A. Bfotidui; #ew subaorilNHn

faottbsltl ia iw^ oUIdiditfla f o i ' J M A of m m to tieglii i H j IdattiftiidVloe-Prtaldiotot^l^^^

.Oa^iibonUo thla iseiie. AddAes Arthur WlUett, BapUat tkmldiiif. Loulivim Ky.

— Rev. S. 6 . Mullens, pastor in Covington, Ky.. has resigned the care of his church with a view of going West.

—The General Association of Ken-tucky Baptists will meet with the First Baptist Church in Covington, Nov. 12,1892.

—Dr. T. H. Pritchard, of Wilming-ton, N. C., has received a unanimous call to the pastonte of Tiyon Street Baptist Church, Charkitte, N. C.

—Up to August 1, 1892, the En-glish Baptists bad raised (400.000 to-wards half a milUon of dollars as a Centennial Missionaiy fund propos-ed to be raised this year.

—The Executive Committee of the International Sunday-school Conven-tion propose to erect a model Sun-day-school building in connection with the World'e Fair at Chicago, to cost $60,000.

- B e r . Wm. H. Cooper has bsen eallad from Sugar Valley, Oa., to the eluuga of the Baptist ohureh at Oe-j^rtmni. where a fine f 1 6 ^ tiota^ ol w o r ^ p and • splendid pae-toi^i^ swaii him.

^Mk^ J . P. Eagle and wife, of Ar-kamaa* have remoir^ to Loabvllle, K^., whare he idll akii«r Ow Norton 8|uiiit|o«inn|i for mora alliMUina traat-tiwQt of dliMai^ witli he

ee in KW toilet KaiirJ OkMh naeUout, and to au]^) preadiMs with organoid IttNawTt

wood. South Dakota, which had Just been completed, and was valued at S12/K)0, was recently deetroyed by fire, the work of an incendiary, it is supposed.

—The Tar River Association of North Carolina was held this year in Louisburg. Bro. J. H. Mills pre-sented the chUms of the B a ^ t Orphanage, when there was overtGOO pledged to be paid by Jan. 1,1892.

—The French writer and infidel, Emeet Renan, formerly prefeesor In the College of France, died in Paris, October 2ad, at the age of sixty-nine. He studied for the prieethood in early life, but abandoned that purpoee be-cause a sceptic and infidel. He wrote against the social impurities of the priests.

Rev. Dr. S. S. McBride, who re-signed a prominent pastwate in a Baptist Church, some monUis ago, to enter upon an effort for the evangeli-zation of Ireland, recently received a check for $5,500 from a merchant in New York City, a native of the North of Ireland, to aid in carrying forward the good work.

—The Centennial Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention have secured the services of Rev. W. D. Powell, missionary to Mexico, to aid in raising the Centennial fund of $260,-000. His headquarters will be Louis-ville. Ky. He will also be charged to stimulste missuinaiy zeal along the Baptist Unes.

—Rev. F. C. David, who left the pastorateof theCleveland,Tenn., Bap-tist Church about thrse yean ago, to serve the Second Baptist Church, Galveston, Tex., has been recalled to his former charge, and will enter at once upon his woik there. Cor-respondents will please note the change io his address.

—The estimated number of Chi-nese in New York City is 5,000. They live in aeection of the dty called Chinatown, near the old live FOinte. Mise Helen F. Clark has founded .a mission in their quarter, and she is aided by Rev. Jue Hawk, an able Chinese minister. The outlook ie said to be encouraging. The entire work is under the general manage-mentoftheAmnrican Baptist Home Mission Society.

—The Eleventh Convention of the Wtnnan'a Christhw Temperanoe Un-ion is at this writing in aseeion in the Edgefield Baptist Chnreh, Naeh-ville, Tenn. There is a large nnm-berofdelegateepreeent of fine look-ing, noble, coneecrated, eameetCSiris-tian women. The Convention iepre-sided over by Mrs. Lide Merriwether, of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Mollis Mo-Gee S n ^ of Columbus, Miss., dellv-ered an able and exhauitive argument In the pleasing style of an experienc-ed platform apeaker to a'packed house<mtheaubJwAof the "Unjust Judge." She is a wonwn of magnill-eent presepoe, and held hai audiraoe spell-hound' for more than an> hour

her burnhigeloquMioa and llaabee of humor and wit^ Tha addraaa of weh3omeh]rMin.LanftD*via,olKaali-v i m waa of iwia ba l i i ty ,^^ liar d ^ UfM7 waa iaaUlMM. TiMMa' noble woAia#«i« dai|il(r4 Ilk • u i M ^ •>m1 iM^^ and work for t ^ p i o h M

.Thara ai»

hadga^tka-Whtta&ihboQ."

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B A P T I S T A N D E B i n : i l B 0 T O B . O C T . 2 0 , 1 8 9 2 . B A P T I S T JLIHD B B F L E O T O B , O C T . 2 0 , 1 8 9 2 .

THE HOME. ONK 8TIT« II.

Dno Btltch dnn»|K««t m the weaver ilr«»vc lilt nimble shuttle to mul (ro.

Ill and out. beneath, alK»ve, Tin the p»tt«rn keoms U» luul and Ri ow

As If the fairies hAtl liolplng been. And the one stitch droi»|»lnK pulle.! the

next stiteh out. And a weak j)la«t> grow In the ful«ri«

KtOUt, And the |M'rf«vl jiatterii was niarrwl for

aye. Hy the oneHHialt stlti-hlhal wasdri>|>iH>«l

that day One itiuall life In Ooil'ii (jreat plan.

How futile it Koeuis on the agtss roll. IK> what it may. <»r strive how it i an.

To alter the sweeji of the Inthilte whole A single §tlt«'h in an endless web; A drt»p In the tx-ean't* flow and ebl> But the pattern i» rent where the stitt h

Is llMt. Or marred whore the launlwl ihreatis

have crusMxl; And each life that fails of the true intent Mars the |>erfct t plan that its Master

meant. —Susan ("oolidjjtv

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BT FBAMCES tX>WE. ADd » lltUe child abitn lead tbrm

"Cotm, WftUy, dMr, make hu te , or we be Uto," called LUj Malcolm one Sanday morning as she stood wait ing at the head of the stain, holding her little Bible in her hand.

' T m all ready, Lily; I'm coming right now," and a chubby-faced boy of fire years came running from the bedroom, putting a cap on his head as he spoke.

"Oo^-bye , mamma," called both the children, as hand in hand they went down stairs and tapped on the door that separated their home from the saloon which their father owned.

In response to their knock, John Malcolm looked through the glass slide, and seeing who it was, came out.

"Well, chickens," he said good na tursdlj, "I suppose your'e come to get some pennies for ohuroh," and putting his hand in his pocket, their father draw out some small change. "Now, that's for church and this is for younelf." he continued, giving them each two bright nickels.

"Kiss me good-bya, pata, and run off. Boaincsa la brisk thia morning so I cao'taUy away; the more nickels I take in the more you'll have for chuich."

"Don't yon want to bear me say the goldan trat, papa, you always do, and don't you reoMinber at Christmas you said if I knair it avary Sunday you would put tan oenta in my misdonary box," Lily nil>bad her soft cheek agidnat har father'a hand.

"Wall, a o l did, let ma hear it," skid Jdin Malcolm, gadngwith pride at tlia Uny figure before him.

" Wina is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoaoerer ia deceived thereby ia not wise," repeated Lily, mrareot^.

Quito Iraa," murmured her fath' ar, dMUHK hia haad, but fortttnati»-ly, Lily, i h i j m nol all wise or you wouldn't haw thia fine draaa."

"Kor ma. oaiUMr, pap*," pi|wd Waltw'a bdiy'ttnbla. i

"No, nor atUiar, young it'a the drink th i i M o g i us (be mon flj atid giirw you •!! jroar pretty

Everyboily said that John Malcolm was a model husband and father. His home, which was above his saloon, was (urniBked with every comfort and ooDvenience, and he himself used to say "thai no child on Fifth avenue had finer clothes than his little Lily." John Malcolm loved his wife and boy, but i iily was his idol. She was a rare-ly beautiful child, with deep, earnest, blue eyes, and a face so spiritual it seemed to leUect the purity of her aoul. He stood at the window watch-ing the children aa they went down the street, aud his heart swelled with-in him. It was more than father love he had for Lily. In infancy when pain racked her tiny form, she would turn from her mother to him, stretching out her baby hands, and in his strong arms she would be sootlied and fall into a gentle sleep.

Lily reached ehurch just a few min-utes late, and after seeing Walter safely settled in the infant class, she slipped quietly to her own place. Miss Allison, her teacher, gave her a lov-ing smile of welcome, and then Lily bowed her head for the opening prayer. All the week good Miss Alli-son had been in sore distress in pre-paring the Sabbath leeson; she saw that the subject was " Temperance," and not only was Lily in her class, but owing to the child's peculiar sur roundings, Miss Allison had always taken a deep interest in her, and she felt that sooner than wound the shy, sensitive spirit, it would be better to take a review. Bui each time she elt impelled to return to it, and

at last, almost in despair, she fell on her knees asking for guidance, and straightway the answer seemed to come from heaven: " Not thy will but mine." Still, as the children rose from their knees. Miss Allison glanced at Lily, and drawing her to a seat next to herself, she held the little hand in hers while she spoke. Somehow the words of that lesson worried Lily, and the low, tender tonee of Miss Allison as she dwelt on the evils of intemperance, seemed to echo and re-echo in her heart, and as she started homeward, she repeated the words of the text over and over.

She had almost reached home when she saw a miserably dressed girl standing at the comer of the street. Lily went over to her, and handing her one of her new nickels, said: "Here is something for you,Sally, and you ought to mend your drem. Why doesn't your mamma get you a new one, and send you to Sunday-schoolT"

"And it's you that asks me that question; well then 111 answer it since you want to know. It Is because your father keepa a gin mill, and all the money my faUter makes ia spent

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given her so much pleasure in the morning, she hung it in the darkest comer of the closet. Her father could not understand why. When became into dinner she threw her arms around his neck kissing him again and again, and then burst into convulsive sobs. She would give no explanation, her grief was too deep for utterauue, and fearing she was ill, they undresaod her, and then, as in olden days, her father held her in his arms. A new and deeper love seemed to come into Lily's heart for him, aud knowing that until she slept bo would not leave her, she closed her eyes. When he had laid her in her bed and had gone back to the saloon, Lily burst into tears again. Oh: thoee awful words! Lily wondered if they could be true, her father cursed. " No, no, no," she screamed in agony; he was too good. In her trouble she did not know what to do-, first, she thought of her mother i she would tell her and beg her father to stop, but Lily knew that would be of no use. Then Miss Allison came into her mind; but Lily remembered how one day, when she had come to try to persuade her parents to go to church, John Malcolm had only laughed. Per haps, Lily shuddered at the thought, if she asked Ood every day, he wou'd let her bear the curse i n s t ^ of her father. Then it was as if a ray of light came into her soul; no earthly friend could help her, but Ood could. Day and night she would plead with him to save her father, and almost comforted, Lily fell asleep.

The next morning, as soon as she awoke, she jumped out of bed and dressed herself. Then going over to the crib where Walter slept, she shook him gently: " Wake up, Wally, dear; I want to speak to you.

Walter opened his eyes and sat up in bed, while Lily continued:" Wally, I'm going to dress you, and then we'll go downstairs, I've got something to tell you."

" I s it a new game, LilyT" asked

there, and we freeze and starve, while you go to ohuroh in your fine silk dresaea. Shame on you, shame on you, but that money won't bring you no luck; my motlier says as how Ood'll ourae your father for wrecking so many homea with the old gin mill.

Lika a stooe^ the girl's worda fell on Lily'a heart She looked at her for a moment but oouH aty nothing. It seemed aa though a yail had been torn frotn har'aifefl andihasawand undaiitood. All tha light and glad neaa want out of her life, and a ahadow fall upon thnt ttM, tJ^t only Ood's hnnd oould i«iiiiO|t.

Lily almoet flow homa, and taking off the a«int7::Mlh. draaa that had

Wally, who was now thorotighly awake.

"No, WaUy," said Lily, seriously, " It isn't play, but real earnest. Yes-terday you know was temperance les-son, and Miss Allison told us it was wrong for people to drink, because it made them very wicked, and their lit-tle boys and g i rb never had shoes and warm ooats, and sometimes they were hungry, and the money they spent in the saloon they ought to take home to their families, and O, Wally, if papa didn't sell them the drink they wouldn't buy it," and Lily burst into tears.

"Don' tcry, Lily," said Wall j kiss ing her.

"And, Wally, they'll never g o t o heaven and see Jesus, the Bible says so. I read all about it last night, and. Wally, I'm going to prey every day that papa will atop selling drink to the men. I wouldn't have made you

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get up, only Jesus says when two of us ask anything together he'll give it sure.'^''You don't mind,do you,deart"

No, Lily, I don't, and I'll help you too. Shall we pray now!"

Lily shook her head. "I think we'd better go down to the saloon behind the bar; somebody might see us up here, and I want it to IM kept secret till Jesus answers."

As the two children passed their father's room, he saw them,and won-dering what they could bo doing at HO early an hour, he threw on hiu dressing gown and followed theiu. Ho wondered still more when they opened the door of the saloon, went behind the bar and fell on their knees. He crept softly to get as close to them as he could so that he could boar what they were going to say.

Now, Wally," said Lily, "we've got to pray awful hard; I'll begin, and when 1 say amen, it will be your turn." Folding her hands roverently, Lily began: " Dear Jesus, I'm Lily, and my papa keeps a big saloon and sells drink to the mon that makes them bad, so that they have no money, and their little boys aud girls is hungry, and, Jesus, me and Wally want you to make him to stop; you said you would if two of us asked; so please do, dear Jesus. Amen. Now Wally."

Dear Jesus," piped Wally in a high, clear voice, " I'm Wally, and 1 make two, and please make papa stop keeping a saloon, 'cause it makes Lily cry and poor peoples cold. Amen."

John Malrolm stole away as softly as he had come. The children never knew he biwl been listening, but morning after morning as the patter of their little feet sounded past his door, he followetl them. Instinctively too, he would kneel as they said their little prayer. (>ue morning, as it was nearly a month from the day Lily had begun to pray, as the children knelttogether, Wally said: "Isn't it most time we finished, Lilyf"

All Lily said was," Ub,Wally," aud lifting up her face she poured out her anguish saying: "() Jesus! we're get-ting awful tired, Wally and me, it doesn't seem to me as though you heard us pray; perhaps we're too lit-tle and two of us isn't enough, but, dear Jestis, we don't know who else to ask." Here she broke completely, and the tears streamed down her face. This was more than John Malcolm could bear; he opened the door, and lifting the child to his arms strained her to his heart saying: "Yes, Lily, two are enough. Jesus has heard your prayer and answered it too. From thia day, the doors of John Maloolm's saloon are closed forever. The same Ood who has. answered the prayers of a little child, will hear thoee of her father."—

—A mother's love is the same kind of love as Ood's love.

Used in MflUonf of Homc«--4o Yetn t])6 Stand >ird. -fi'

YOUNG SOUTH. Mn. 0. L. HAILET, Editor.

No.lllR N. Fourth Arenue, Hno»vlllo, Tonn., lo whom all communlcatlona for thU dopartinunl UBT ba adi)r«HH0d

F O N T - O F F I C E .

Dear Children: — The TeunosHee State Convention is with us aud 1 hope next week to be ablo to toll you something about it that will interest you. But at present 1 kavo loo much to see aud hear to take time to write, so you must excuse me till another time. Lovingly, A C N T N O R A .

O E N T E N N U L BUILDING FUND.

Enid Freeman, fO.OO; Roy Craw-ford, Knoxville, Tonn., f5.00; Mrs. A. Montague, Tennessee, 1^.00; Maggie Feizer, Tennesson $5.00; Fortie Love-lace, t l : Katie F^rd, |r>; Aunie Bell Swan, $1; Eve May Crawford, f l ; Josio Talley, $ l ; Central Avenue Bap-tist Sunday-school class, Memphis, Tonn., $5; May Blankingship, f l ; Winnie IJradshaw, f l : Annie, Troy, Birdie and Mamie Holland, f t ; Carrie and Mabel Fuller, S2; Sallie Feather ston, f l ; O a i t h e r O t ^ 8 o n , f l ; Mabel Askew, f l ; Burt Cunningham, f5 ; Josie Janeway, ffi; Esther Wingo, fr>.13; Spurgeon Wingo, f l ; Emma Cooper, f5; Mary Emma Isbel l , f l ; M. O. Hafford,fri; Minnie Scarbrough, fl.60; Howard Thomas, f t ; Nettie and Herl)ert Young, Mattie Windes, f l ; Jessie Sinith, f l ; Lucy Tucker, f 1; Sarah Curtiss Deupree, f l ; Emma Lee Deupree, f l : William Kingdom, f l ; Lucile PoWell.fl; Mrs. Edenton and Sunday-school class, Jackson, Tenn., fr>; Fannie Itowland, f l ; Dr. Jno. B.Carrin,f5;Cailie Leak, f2 ; Orace and Helen Tins l^ , f l ; Harry L. Martin, f l ; Mamie Lovett, f l ; VVill Roberts, f l ; Eliza Fairfield, ri.2»; Willie Mason, f l ; Johnnie Mason, f l ; Myrtle Bowling, fLST); Oarfield Boyd, f l ; Lula Hopkins, f l ; Dudley Shannon,fl.87; Robert Shan-non, f l . l 6 ; Alice Henderson, f l ; Frank DeCourcy, Jr., f l ; Martha Orondstair, f6.00; Birdie Carter, f 1.00; JesseS.Carruth, f l ;KethaCallaway, f l ; Kitie Bell Forrest , f l ; Willie Rob-erts, f 1; Addie Deadrick,f 1; Woman's H a r m o ^ Missiona^ Society, Eure-katon, TTenn., f5; &Iaig»rat Pridgen, fr>;Mrs.W. R. Lasater,f6;May Hamil-ton, f l ; Mr. A. Montague, f6; Minnie Patton, f l ; Mrs. Fannie Dozier, f l ; Ora Lillian Dunn, f 1; Beulah Brown, f2 ; Mollie White, f2.0i>: Maud Ford, no cts.; J . N. Page, 1; Infant 8. 8. class at Shop Springs, per Maggie Rushing, f.3.r>r).

« « »• Frsyer and BreakniRt.

Some years ago, when the country around Cincinnati was newer than it is now, a pious farmer was busy clear-ing hia land. Ho had a number of hands employed, and was anxious to accomplish a large amount of work while the weather was favorable. He called them early, and went out with them before breakfast was ready. A hom was blown, and they came and ate, and returned again to their work.

'Tlie farmer had been accustomed to have prayer every morning in his family. But to keep so many men from chopping and log-roUing while he read and prayed waa more than he could afford; aoSatan suggested, and the good man yielded. His pious wife saw with grief thit the family altar waa negleoted, and her hua-band, in haste to get rich, was depart-ing from Ood. She talked to him, pleaded with him, boi In viUn. . At last aha datormlnad to t iy nttothdr experimenti'^. .

Thanekt morning the farmer nnd hia m*ii WMt out Ml t i m m U o t l i ^ w o t L ' ^ t h o i t tp .b igM to the «hjr, but n b t m ^ M horn ww

heard. They grew hungry, and look ed anxiously toward the house; they listeued, but still the expected sum-mons did not come. After waiting an hour or two beyond the usual lime, they went into the house. No table was set, no coffee boiling on the fire, no cook over or before it. The good wife was knitting quietly, with (he Bible on her lap.

" What does this meant" cried the husband; "why isn't our breakfast ready T"

" I thought you were in such* a hurry about your work that you hadn't time to eat it!"

" Haven't time to eat it! Do you think we can live without oatingT"

You can live without eating as wull as without praying. The spirit neoils the bread of heaven as much as the body needs the bread of earth."

Well, woll," said the farmer, "get us some breakfast, and we will have prayer every morning, no matter how busy we are, or how many workmen

have." She got iho breakfast, and be kept

his word. The lesson was a good one, and never forgotten.—^'e/ec/ed.

his work. He himwlf said that word " Look I" heard for the first time up-on that stormy evening, in that ob-scure chapel, was the spring which moved the great sources of his pow-er,—VoufA's Companion.

• »• Common ThlerM.

How NpurKeon Won Converted.

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About fifty years ago, on a sno'vy December evening, a homely \rjy found himself standing befons n chapel in Colchester, England. AI though ho was very young, there was a great burden of distress upon bis mind. He had committed no crime but ho bad been searching for months, as he said, for " salvation."

He was like Luther on his return rom Rome, anxiously crying out, ' What is righteousnessT And bow

shall 1 obtain itT" Tired with his search, the boy

stepped into the chapel, and sat down in an obreure seat. In the pulpit a preacher confronted him, pale as death. He was as thin as skeleton, and his deep-sot eyes seem-ed to fix themstlves upon the young atranger. He gave out his text, " Look unto me, and be ye saved."

" Why, that's just what I'm after," thought the boy.

Then the preacher turned and gazed upon him, and his piercing eyes seemed to penetrate his heart.

" Young man," he cried in a loud voice, "you are in trouble!"

" Sura enough, I am. How did he know itT" murmured the boy to him-self.

" You will never get out of it unless you look to Christ," ratumed the preacher. And then, lifting up his hands in a most impressive way, he cried out, as only a Primitive Metho-dist oould do, " Look, look, look! I t is only look!"

This phrase, which might have meant little or nothing to some one else, was everything to that troubled boy. Hia heart bounded. Ha had been waiting for a difliouU way out of his spiritual diatrflss. Theaimplioitj of the direotion took him ofT hia feet.

He hid been ready to go anj^vhen out of hia way, or do anythinir out ot the oommoni or. like Faul, to see via-lona and haro atnui|ta «kp«iM>oea) but tha aingla thought and magio word thattookpoiiMonof him, and tfto^Wiid oontiollid hia lifal^' Jit telr^ lodk to Ohiistt that aUl Onlif to tarn hta headland aeetha

ofUfbandpeaoof '

There are other things of which people can be robbed which ara of fully as much value as those that at-tract street thieves or burgiara; and there is one kind of robber whose thefts are are never ceasing, and yet do not bring him before a judge.

This thief ia the one who steals people's satisfaction and comfort and pleasure at every turn by giving free play lo bis sarcastic, grumbling, or slighting spirit, on all occasions. To be sure, he is his own worst enemy, but so are all thieves for that matter.

" What a good concert that was I" says some onthusiastic music lover who has just had a—to her—rare treat.

"Did you think soT" asks thief, scornfully. " Why, there wss hardly a diflioult piece on the program, and all those things have been played by fine pianists as mere bagatelles. I wonder that the audience sat so pa-tiently."

Then Mie enthusiast feels her ar-dor dampened, and is perhaps even a little ashamed of it.

"Isn ' t this a pretty g inghamf" says another girl. " And it was such a bargain! You know I have to be economical, and I got this for only twenty cents a yard."

"They are selling them for fifteen cents a yard now," remarks the thief, diyly. " I presume they'll be reduced to ten cents a yard by next week, and they'll be dreadfully common this summer."

The pretty gingham goes back into the drawer, while its purchaser tries to feel ss pleased with it as she was before.

" There I" says the small boy of the family, his cheeks flushed with tri-umph, "I 've guessed the first five puzzles in my new book, and it's only taken me about an hourl"

" I should think that was long enough in all conscience," aays tiie thief, in a biting tone. "They're as simple as A, B, 0 . "

This kind of thieving may not be punishable by law, but we have no patience with iL—JEx.

finds a pUce among our sadly, remem-bered expressions. Looking back over our intercourse with a dead friend or fellow-worker, we may, indeed, regret that we were ever betrayed into a hanh, or hasty, or untoving word of censure or criticism in that inter-course; and we may wish vainly that we had now the privilege of aaying all the bving words that we might honestly have spoken while he was yet with us. But there will never come into our hearts at such a time a auigle pang of regret over any word of impulsive or deliberate affeciion which passed our lips at any Ume. We have reason to be on our guard in our speech in most directions; but we can be fearlessly free in our lov-ing utterances. Apart from anyquea-tion of the good we do to others by our words of love, we ara personally the gainera, for now and hereafter, by every such word which we speak out explicitly; and we are sure to be the losers, now and by and by, from ev-ery such word which we ought to have spoken and failed to speak.— Sunday School Times.

The Wife of Colnmbai.

The Best Werdi.

A loving word is always a safe word. It may, or it may not, be a helpful word to the one who heara it, but It ia sure to be a pleasant memoiy to the one who apeaka i t Many a word apo-ken by ua ia afterward regretted; but no word of affeotionato appredation to which we have given utterance

Notwithstanding the world-wide celebrity of the great disooversr of America, very little is generally known about his wife. The Chicago Tribune gives the following informa-tion respecting her:

Columbus was married in 1470, or thereabouts, to a Mias Paleatrello, of Lisbon, whose father bad d i i ^ -guished himself as a navigator. A part of Mias Paleatrello'a marriage dower was a great collection of val-uable charts, jotumals, and important memoranda. From childho^ she had displayed wonderful enthnaiasm on the subject, partaking to a mark-ed degree of the speculative and ad-venturesome idea and achemea in the line of geographical discovery for which Lisbon was then headquarters. She poMesaed a fine education, and was widely known aa a brainy, bril-liant' woman, who was constantly urging her husband on in the path which finally brmight him to the wonderful goal with which we are ao familiar.

While a girl, Hisa Paleatrello made a number of hazardous voyagea with h«r father in unfaodliar watars, and, later, made many geographical draw-inga, several of which were uaed with great profit by Oolumbus when he had won her for hia wife, and set out upon hia important wanderings on the great deep. There ia probably no picture of this brave, talented wonum extant; but oertidnly it would seem a gracioua and moat fitting thing that her memory receive some tribute up-on the forthcoming occasion.—JBam'i Hom,

flighMt'of all b Leavening Power,.—U. 8. Gov't Rqxirt, Aug. 17,1889.

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12 A A F T I S T AJUD B E F L E O T O B , O C T . 2 0 , 1 8 » 2 .

NEWS NOTES. Naruvillb.

Brethren Lofton, Strotherand Gold-

en were the only paatora present.

The othen had not returned from the

ConTcntioD.

Bro. A. R. Bond preached at the

Central Churoh to good congrega-

tions; 875 in the Sunday-school.

Pastor Strother had good audienoen

and at night the interest was so great

aa to demand a continued effort, and

so there will be serricee through the

week.

Pastor Golden had a good time;

received 3 b j letter and baptised 2.

CniTTANOOOA.

Firet Church—No services; pantor

gone to the Convention.

Citico Mission-Rot. J. H. Bryant

preached morning and evening; good

congregations; Sunday school flour-

ishing.

Hill City—Protracted servic-ee still

in progress; four additions at the

noon service and two at night; house

literally packed at night, with three

conversions and many more inquiring

the way; services conducted by pas-

tor Bartles; pray for us.

The fifth Sunday meeting of tho

Ocoee Asiociation convenes on Fri-

day before the fifth Sabbath in Octo

ber, with the Corinth Baptist Church,

near McDonald Station, on the E. T.,

Va. & G. R. R , the first station on

the road below Cleveland. It is es-

pecially requested that every church

in the Association be represented in

that meeting, both by the cash and

delegation. Let each church see how

near It can come to securing a con-

tribution from each individual. The

following program will be discussed:

1. The Plan of SalTStion.

2. The Benefit of Sltiiday-fichools.

3. Church Discipline.

4. DiBmiflsing and Receiving Mem-

bers.

5. The Best Plan for Raising Money

for all Church Purposes.

The new Board will meet at the

same time and place. We hope to see

every member present, full of infor

mation as to the work on their part of

the field. B. F. Babtlcs.

Carnoy proachvd one seraiuu during

the Dioeting at Cedar Lick.

W. C. McPiiEBsoN, Pastor.

Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

— ICklors L'ltchurcb and Patton have

beeu holding a wonderful meeting in

Bristol iu a house known as Burson's

church. Up to the 10th Inst, forty-

two hail been baptised and the inter-

est still keeps up. According to the

Bristol papera, not lees than 1,000

people witnessed the baptism of twen-

ty-one persons at one time, and the

same when twenty one were baptised

at another time. Rev. J. T. Kincan-

on, D.D., has accepted the pastoral

care of Glen wood church, near Kings

port, in Sullivan County.

N.J. Phillips. - -

— Last Sunday was a high day at

Bradlej'H Creek. One addition by

letter, Mrs. Faunie Dillon, an at-live

worker for the Master. Full Sunday

school aud good congregation. Gooil

time at Siiiith'H P'ork to-day. Ser

vices Hweot aud every department of

church work eucouraging. Bro. A.

J. Brandon, one of our old and yet

very eilioient pastors, rwigned Salem

Church yesterday on acixjunt of the

distance, and the church elected Bro.

D. B. Vance, of Wootlbury. It is

thought be will actwpt. Bro. Vance

is now conducting c meeting at

Greenvale, with great success. Bro.

J . J . Gilliam is aiuiisting him. Bro. J.

T. Oakley's wife is very low, but we

hope she will recover. Bro. B. Mc-

Natt preaches at Lebanon the fourth

Sunday. The brethren there will, of

course, receive him heartily. Pro-

tracted meetings are over. I have

baptised even fifty persons.

G. A. OI.LE.

Milton, Tenn.

portion of the city. It is modern in

style, well furnished and well venti-

lated. The memberahip is about iOO.

Their pastor is s gootl man and able

preacher.

Second Church-One accession by

letter. Pastor Waggener will assist

Bro. W. H. Bruton in a two weeks

meeting at Somerville, which began

on tho 16th inst. The Baptists at

Somerville have found a great dilli-

culty to keep a congregation for many

years. They will have two very ex-

cellent revivalists in Brethren Bruton

and Waggener.

Bro. Forest Smith of the I niversity

supplied for Pastor W. L. Brown at

Mt. Moriah, Fayette County, on the

Ktth. He reports a fine rangrega

tion and pleasant time, and says he

found one of the most delightful

churches and people that he ever

preai hed to.

President Savage attended the Slate

Convention. During his absence sev-

eral Htudente matriculateil.

MAIUSUN.

Memlnsry ^otc*.

bro. 1. G. Murray, of Jonosl>oro,

Tenn., joined us last week, and a let The Ministers' Conference on Tues

ter from W. M. Vines, of Bell Buckle, | day, October 11th, was well attended

home on high to meet her mother

and loved ones on the other shore.

She leaves her aged father, a brother

and sisters to mourn her loss. " But

they sorrow not as those who have no

hope."

On last Sunday I was called Ufton

to preach the funeral of one of our

best sisters in Round Lick Church,

the wife of Bro. li. J. Berry. This

noble Christain woman was taken

from her husband and two children in

the very prime of life at the age of

thirty-four years. It seemed sad that

she should be taken from tho midst

of such a useful life. She was ever

faithful and always at her post of

duty. A vAst crowd followed her to

ber last resting place. May the Lord

deal gently with the bcraaved ones.

1 am now in the midst of a meeting

at C-edar Creek. Vast crowds and gooti

attention aud we are waiting results.

Eld. W. 11. Smith, of the JlapliM

Helfier, has a new baby girl at his

house. We extend congratu lations.

Bro. J. T.Oakley's wife is right sick

J. H. GRIUB. •

The HlnlNtrm' Coafprfinrc.

From llarna VIhIb, Va.

—Collections for SUte Missions for the week ending Oct. 15th. $ 1 ^ . 8 2

—Ber. A. J. Winn of Gleason

Tenn., died Oct. 9th after a llbgering

Uln«H. Ehocb WncDBs.

Puis, Tmo.

—Our meeting at New Hopewel

closed on the 16th of the present

montb, and resulted in twenty-two

ooDvmions and twenty-three addi

tions, twanty-one baptimd, one re-

stored, one atands approved for bap-

tism. Bro. 8. T. Hsonard assisted in

th* meeting. Hs did good preach-

ing and made many friends. This

makes seventy-two sdditloDs inside

the year. A.P. Smi™.

Thorn Grove, Tenn.

—Rutiaod and Cedar Liokohaiclies held fhaif uiBUtlOiiMtlngi duHog lb® moii^ of:Sep(Miibir: G* L. Ellis, tit MadiTllle, did the prawihiog, whioh WM of • most exoelleot ohgr-•der/ ^ ^ lov in o f tlw ih i mn delightod irftli It. M Rutland tlMni WM oneprofesdon; no additions; five joinwl at Oed«r'Llol;, I f o b j i s t ^ ftil4 thrM "

The Augusta Baptist Assoination,

consisting of thirty churches and

2,100 members, met with our church

September 6 Kth. The delegation was

unusually good and discussions able

and inspiring. The gathering helped

the Baptist cause materially in our

town, as it commanded the respect of

all denominations and cheered and

strengthened the hearts and faith of

our own people. Sunday after the

Anociation we began a series of night

meetings, tvhich continued for three

weeks. Being disapitointed in getting

aid, I had to do all the preaching, but

Christians prayed earnestly, worked

faithfully, and the Lord blessed gra-

ciously. I have baptised forty-eight

and sixty-seven have been added to

the church. We had packed houses

and good interest from the beginning,

there being professions evety night.

We are profoundly grateful and much

encouraged.

Though our town has lost one-half

its population in the last eighteen

months, the little Baptist band has

made a net gain of 186, sixty-seven of

whom came in by baptism. Business

depression does not mean spiritual

death; sometimes th« Lord blesses

the losing of money to the saving of

^ B. H. DIMRNT. sonls. I , JAdM i llflrt.'

n r s t Churali-^lJstial senrloM. In

b«afleniociiitM%THbbl«|MiMhfd for the Borean (ool.') l apUi t Ohuroh. Subjed, BipUim, after fHiloh sixty went bipUsfld by Fkstor Moon. This

^ i t t ^ m h j i m •P^.ndld house of bT bipttem. Brp. ^trprrfilp; otMlf to Ik* mtn\

declares his purpose to be here Nov.

1st. That will make Tennessee's

number fifteen. The roouui are all

taken and some new ones are being

arranged.

Dr. Dargan met his class in Latin

Theology for the first time last

Thursday. He was very much sur

prised to meet twenty men iu this

class. This in an unprecedented

number in this department. The

class was highly pleased with Dr. D.

A number of extra classes have

been formed. The Professors are

taking turns in attending the State

Conventions or State Associations.

A meeting is in progress at McFer-

ran Church, in which the Seminary

Professors are doing the preaching.

Dr. Elaton is soon to deliver before

" the students, the students' wives,

and prospective students' wives" a

lecture on his European trip. In re

turn the students raise 1*25 for the

Students' Fund.

The Mission Band has reorganized

in an enthusiastic manner. Bro. W.

J . McGlothlin, of Tennessee, is Pres-

ident.

About 175 brethren were sick last

Friday night, presumably from drink-

ing the milk at supper, but have now

recovered.

Dr. J . B. Cranfill, of Texas, will

speak in Louisville this week in

the interest of the Prohibition party

campaign. The Texas students are

enthusiastic over their candidate.

W. O. C.

Is The Field.

Since my last I have assisted Bro.

J . T. Oakley in a meeting at lUmah.

I got sick and had to return home af-

ter nearly a week. Up to the time I

left there had been some ten or twelve

conversions, and I left about twenty-

five enquirsrs.

A OOOD WOMAN OONI. The first Sunday of our meeting

was disturbed by Bro. Oakley being

called away to Smith's Fork ohuivh

to preaoh the funeral of the daughter

of Bro. Jamas MoUUIen. This dear

sister was oalled awajr in the veiy

iloomofUfe. But she left behind

her a beautiful Ohristian life and Uie

eTid«a«M (liat aha btd gon« tq ber

. ' I , : '

and promises to become quite an in

teresting feature in our annual goth-

erings. Rev. O. L. Hailey was ele»U-

ed Moderator of the Conference, and

Rev. R. Brett, Clerk.

The paper of lie v. Oscar Haywood,

on " Pulpit Elocution," was full of

interest and instruction. He Hay>>

the secret of true elotjuence lies iu

naluralneM and the atmightinvM of

the subject. He believes that ora-

tors are developed as tho llowers, not

by changing their shades and tints,

but by cultivating and increasing

their natural beauty. He urge<l that

it was even better to brush asido the

demands of osthetii» than to be un-

natural and contorted. The paper

went to the heart of the matter, and

elicited a number of ringing speei!hes

from the brethren in the congrega-

tion.

Rev. W. L. Brown gave a clear and full analysis of the weaknesses of the Eulpit, and was followed by Rev. M.

Early and others. The night session was given to the

discussion of "Soul Winning," by Rev. C. G. Jones; and "Pastor's In terest in all the Churohes," by Rev. H. E. Truex. Bro. Jones believes in God's word and God's method in converting and winning souls. The speech was full of meat, and was strongly and forcibly put.

We are sorry that any had to miss the paper by Bio. Truex. Without any oacrifio^ of principle, he aigued that we might truly and sincerely love and sympathize with other con-OTegatlons than our own who are In deed God's people, and have been purchased by the blood of his Son. Quite a number of other brethren made spirited speeches on this sub-ject, and all contended that we must indeed preach a mmplete gospel, but for the sake of Christ and the souls for which he died, let us preach it in love. Many of the discussions were interesting and profitable,

B. BatTT

—Don't commit suicide on account of your "incurable" blood disease. The sensible thing for you to do is to teke AVer's Sarsaparrllla. If that faihi, why, then—keep on tiylng, and It will not faiL The trouble V ^ p l e

_ too soon. "Try, try,

^ t h m a i i s r ! Metefteai

B A P T I S T A U D I L B F L E C T O K O C T , 2 0 , 1892 . 18

Some merchants get best they can; some get

;v

the the

can. ** er in lamp-chim-l o u r a e a e r m lamp-chim-

! j ^ "wha t does he get for you?

The re are common triass and

meanest the Your dea

ne £ O - ^

glass and tough glass,tough against heat. There are foggy and clear. There are rough and fine. There are carefully made and hap-hazard. >

You can't be an expert in chimneys; but this you can do. Insist on Macbeth s "pearl top" or "pearl glass" which-ever shape you require. They are right in all those ways; and they do not break from heat, not one in a hundred. ^

Be willing to pay a nickel more for them. ntubiug. u BO. A. M Acasra a oa

FIOOO B O O K A G R N T H W A N T E D F O R

DUKIIESSIDAYLieHT or^MORn

' i n A .rf Chrt.U»i. Ianu4 fiHIi. SMIIIa.tn-

The Markeik

a -I (rim full (>l(oufllilR<s fpraiL- if t •••••iBg jhi il" h •IT.. Hrl,l,l-t l*.^ rir.l K7.4. Lu-rrmon Ihkm lUm^.U. Hry pr. humris H. <»irt,

.(pf«ii.-

lA ullvn •Hl« l«r «"' ri^M^iirr ijr^Tia i ln .li/tmu Writ, fur iwUculw. now. AMivm m «bu*«.

NEWHIBHARIt Favorite Singer LOW ARM, $20.00

I)rop leaf, fancy cover, two Urge dniwrn, nickel ring^ «ii<l a full fct of Altachmcnti, eijual to •!>» Singer Machine tolil from $40 to $60 >7 Can-

ranrrs, A trial m jrour home Ijcfore pay. nent Is asked. Ilujf direct from ihc .Manufac-urera and save agents'profits bckides gettinff :ertiticaies of warrantee for five veara. Send or lestimoniali to Co-oserstlve SSWiSf laeblse Co., 2 0 18. Iltb I t , Pblla., Pa.

svwa PAY nuaoBT.'sa

The following are the market prlcee of tho articles mentioned, with the latest corrections:

OOCNTRT FBODDOI.

Beeswax, 22o per lb. Broomcom, straight Red Tipped,83

@4|c per Ob; long, good quality,

Butter, choice 8@15 per lb. Country bacon ( ^ m wagon), cleai

•idea, per lb; ahouldeni, 7@7 hom8,10©ll: Jowhi, Soj lard, 6i@7 choice, ^

Feathers, prime, 44c per lb mix ed, 2B@86.

Tallow, 5c. Glnsing, clear strings, dry, 12.00

2.10 per lb. Peanute, 2i@Sc per lb. Chickens, i;00@1.20 iwr doz; hena

2.50 @8.00 per doz. E^m , 12}c per doz. Irish potatoes (new crop) fl .40a

$1.60 per bbl. ^ Dried peaches, halves, 8} cents per

ttj; dried apples, SWaiJ per Ibj dried blackberries, Sc per lb.

Apples, northen, 8.00@8.s0.

SEEDS.

Prime Timothy, $1.95@2.00 per bu: Rod Top, BS gGB; Blue Grass, f2.OO0 250; Orchard Grass, tl.25^,1.86s Clo^ ver, f«.(JO; Millet, f l ; Hungarian, fl.00

BIDES.

Green salted, 8|c per lb; dry flint, 6@7c per lb; dry salted, 5@7c per lb.

WOOL.

Choice unwashed, 19@20o per lb; coarse, 17@18c per lb; bunry,15^17c per lb; choice, tub washed, 29@30r per lb; dingy, 26@28c per lb.

COTTOII.

Ordinary, 6g per lb; good ordinary, 6i; strict ordinary, 63; low middling, 7; strict low middling, 74; middling 78; strict middling, Tj; good m i? dling, 78. Market quiet.

LITE STOCK.

Cattle, extra shippers, t8.00@3.25; good shiprora, 2.75@8.00; best butch-ers, 2.75@8.25; common butchers, 1.76

tempi be it

lloHolveil,

to divide others; therefore

That this Association

po-

most heartily endorses the action of Uie Unity Church in excluding said Stevens from her fellowship, and taking from him his ordination pers.

Hesolved, That we also approve the action of the churah at Charity in not allowing said Stevens to preach in her church building, anc we recommend a like course to all our churches.

Iteaolved, Thot we, as an AsMxiia-tion, set our unqualified seal of con-demnation upon said Stevens and his associates, and warn all our churches against them.

hcHolved, That these preambles and resolutions be published in the Alabama Baptwt and the Baptist AND REFLECTon, OS a protection to our churches. J. L. Tiiohpbon,

J. P. Hampton, J. W. Hilliabd, U. K. Vettus,

Committee.

JAMES T. CAMP. Bookand Job Printer

A N D B INDER .

301 North Cherry Strcst.

Job Printing of avory description. Work BraV claaa and prioca roaaonable.

B U S I N E S S D I R E C T O R Y .

Art Inatmotlon. ralTertnrotbflnh-StudlO! Cole nullding, Itoom ^ 7U. Ulvo InatruotloBi In oil painting, water oolortLpaatel and crayon work. Portraiture a apuelaity.

Klaetrieal Work I W. Braid a Oo..EleotrlolanB. Hatiufaatur " er« and dealer* In electrical Inatniinonta and

PhatovnUiloStoek. (Jeo. 0. Dury.vn Union at Amateur outOu, " cameraa, dry platea. blue print papora, card laounta, cto,

KmU Hitet*. A rrlngton, Farrar a Oa, real estate and loan

a8untii,«n N. CoUego Htreet. Kuy and sell real OHtato, epllect renta, negotlato loans, pay uxoH and glvo ospeolal attention to auoU sales. Y»rbrougb, Maddui k Davis, SIT Union str» • Koal csute and general agenu. Uwns i gotlatod. Hpeolal attention given to ooU( (Ions, Insuring, buying, and selling.

Rnbbai' StomiM, Coutbern RubberSUmps Works. Hanufaetur-" ers ot rubber printing sumjps, seals, atenooll Mges. All work guaranteed. SMUnloanaxt Market

A Fool'a Bmnd. Mow many there are who go on them An

ebeorapaln anywhere from toe to head starts the sufforor at once for relief, too often without knowing what Is needed, but simply to try tome hlghsoundlng remedy advertised in papers or on fenoes. In nearly sit oases of Dls. ordered Btomaeh, Liver or Dowels,from whteh proeeed most of the pains we have, • r«w doses or nart's Blood and LIvsr Pills wilt comet tha diffleulty knd they should always be kept at band.

WANTHI*. A 'I'kaciiicii iif (mvi-ral yoam ux|H-ri ire ilcHiruH lo itiircliaso Hi-b<M*l |jro|)

friy in mmic gcxMl oouiliiuuily ivltli u vUnv €»f i-HtuliliMlilii); II llrm-ilas!) wIkmiI AcJill«-.t« \V O N. I'KUKINS,

Fraukliii. Teiiii

I'lesite Ke<*p Befere the People.

Resolutions or the Centennial Com-mittee or THE SoUTHEBN BaPTIST

Convention.

mverage, 4.26i Sheep, goc _

iambs, 8.&@4.00; good lambs, 8.00 08.60.

1.86 fat, t3.00@3.2&; best

LEAF TOBAOOO.

6.26@7.00;g^ leaf,'7i&@8.00.

WHEAT.

No. 2, car lots, 67: No. 8, carlots 62c. Com, 48050 bu., from wagon. Oats, 25^28, from w ( ^n . »

If you feel weaflc and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS

•.•ttvr Vrnm AlfVed Grunrplil. (TIMNRIMTBII riU)M THK UKIIMAN >

Wm. iCNAnnaCo.: UurInK niy Hit months' conrorl tour tnroiigb

t»Hl «tuU il

) l< opndldcr them tho biwt InKtruinontH of our

the Unit clunlvelj

8tut<ts of Amnrlcu, I y tlio ICnatH) Pianos, and am uliu

Iw ali|(t to stuU', with fiillcMt Hlnri'rlty, that I

have UNotl ei non. and am ulitam'd to

times. In jwrtleulur, I* thnat tlun abiuilutely Incoin-

' rliiKofcireutHwhlah niioiwlbln. aw'

In iNirtioulur, I* thn at'tic nursftlc. enabling thv nmili I consldomd horctoforn Imi

I congratulate Wm. KnaW A Co.. honrtlly on thoir superb InNtrumcnls. and fnel oonvlnced that most of my coIIcskuph will Join me In niy Judgment.

ALPKKD aHUNFKM). Imperial and ilo)-aJ Auslrlnn Court Plniiltil,

and Royal PrtisMlan Court IManlm. Now York, April I, IdW.

WniaiAS, One S. M. Sterens, who was onoe a member of Unity Ohuroh, of this, the Liberty Baptist Associa-tion, and an ordained preacher; has departed from the Baptist faith and practioe, and ..by hia conduct has shown himself to be an enemy, not

Uat ohurohes wheraver he goes, bui also a oommon enemy ot OhriaUanlty;

Wbimai^ He has auooeaded In dl* vldlHg soma of our ohurohes rad att>

|Ailw|)if<l June 22nil un<l IJSitl, 18U2 ] • • * * *

liesolved. That it is the sense of this Committee that the words " Per-manent Centennial Fund of <250,000," as used in our last report to the South-em Baptist Convention, were not in-tended to designate an endowment fund the interest of which only shall shall be used, but a fund for " Bible translation, chapel building, a church edifice fund, and other permanent work." If, therefore, any donor of a

>ecial sum shall see fit to direct that s gift be invested and only the in-

terest expended, his wishes must be sacredly observ^, but without such specific directions these gifts will be turned over to the Board for the benefit of their work, and the Boards will be suthorized and expected to expend the said funds, as occasion may require, in work of a permanent character connected with their mis-sionary operations.

liesolved, That this Centennial Committee respectfully recommend to the Boards to use all proper methods, by circulars, by inatmction to their atrents, and by use of their own publication and the denomina-tional papers generally, to make clear to all our brethren that Centennial contributions may be either for the support and enlatgement of the iresent work of the Boards or for the und for permanent work, at the

option of the dbnors; and that It is understood that only tJiose contribu-tions specifically designated for the latter fund will be put to the credit

of that fund. * * « • •

limoltvd, That tho representatives of this Committee be hereby instruct-ed, in advocating the interests and claims of the Centennial, to emphasize the idea of enlarged operation^ as well as the raising a fund for perms ncnt work, and to strive constantly to uplift our people to a higher plane of living for Christ and giving system-atloall^ for the proniol ion of his cause.

Richmond, Va.

AVER'S S a r s a p ^ i l l a

I f , . CURES OTHCI^S, Will CURE Y O U .

$1*980.713.37

- 1,109,074.09

Assets, Net Surplus,

W. M. WOODCOCK. Nashvil le. Tenn.

Agent for

Glenns Falls Insurance Co Of NEW TOBK.

Insures Churches and School Houses

against loss by Fire, Lightning, or

Tornadoes anywhere in the State.

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Health has its weight. We cannot go far above or below our hec-Uthy weight without disturbing health. We can-not keep health and lose our weight.

It is fat that comes and goes. Too much is burden-some : too little is dangerous.

Health requires enoug'i fat for daily use and a little more for reserve and com-fort That keeps us plump. The icsult is beauty—the beauty of health. A little book on CAREFUL

uviNG shows the importance of keeping your healthy weight. We send it free.

St "TT A IW>twM«,Cb«iiusim. •}• South }ih Avuur. N.» VMk. 4«

M E D I C A T E D Throat Bandage.

cuininoii wnw aiid MlcDtlOo •pptlmncv for tbc oun of all Thniat, Vulcc sod Neck tmabln. A plnuant, looth-iDg kpiillcatlan worn at nixht. doliiK iu wonderful work while the pallentilMpa. Who Is it for?

Children Adults Old Folks Ministers Singers Actors Lawyers Auctioneers Pablie 8p«akeni Travelers and You.

^ t br mail CO rmlpt of One Dollar. SatKfae-t loo (rnannteed. Bend 3n. lUmp for fr** booklet f t "Thi TnuoAT AND In AtLmimt." AddfoM THE PHYSICIANS' BEMEOV CO. Box 23. CbKlaattI, a

Wliatdoflsitcore? Quinsy Diphtheria Tonsilitis Throat Catarrh Hoarseness Loss of Voice Goitre or Swelled Neck

Tilarfed Tonaili roup

Snoring.

B«*. Or. Bawtharno'a Kipcrlence With <l«rm«taer.

I am frm from eaUrrb. I believe Uiat I could fel • eenUlcat« to Uiis ettect from any compe-tent phrileiao. I have UMd no medicine with In the laat als moniha except Klnff'* Itojral Ocrmetura. My health to better than It ban been in thiry jreara. I am in pommmlon of In formatloo which warranto me In najrlng that Uie relief I bare experlenoed from thn uiwi or the medloin« ia not more eerttin and radical than that whieh It baa bra^ht to hundred* o( fenona In Ueorfia and oUwrBtotei.

I feel It to be my duty to My, alio, that the eSeoto of thia remedy upop |tqr wlfo hare been ev«a mor« HlRnal and wonderful She has been alnoat an Iniralld from nerroua headavho, neu MlclB and rbeumatbim. Ui» period of thirty years aba haii aeanseiy had • day'a ncmptlon from pain. Bhe baa been u«itt« aermetner •baat,«wo montha. A more eompleto trana-foniMUon I have never wltaeMMd K««ry aynp-IMiofdlaeMe haa diaapp«u«d. Bhe appears tolw twealy years youngar.knd la M happy MdipltynUMS hetlUiyehlM. We have per-nadedasnyol our friends to Uks the med-telM, Ud tbe testimony of All of tbem Is that It Is • treat lemed . J. B. BAwraoHMM,

. . . J « PMlorfirstDsptiatOhuroh. I'

B A P T I S T A » D B E F L B T O B , O C T . 2 0 , IdV'J. B A P T I S T AMD BBFIiEGTOJB OCT. 20 , 1899. 1 5

TUB UEAUBBECRRION o r OUA LORD JESUS

ICuDilnuvd frum INIRV a. |

wi him. It is evident that the raiBed body passed from place in a single moment, that it appeared and van-ished at will, and was superior to the laws of matter.

The risen body was incapable of pain, of hunger, thirst and weariness during the time iu which it remained here below—At representative of the bulk of which it was the first fruits. Of our body aloo it shall be said ere long, " It was sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it was sown in dis-honor, it is raised in glory." Let us, then, as we think of the risen Christ, rest quit« sure of a future life, and quite sure that our body will exist iu it in a glorified condition.

1 do not know whether you are troubled with doubts in connm-tion with the world to come ait to whether it can be true that we shall live eter nally. Here is the respect which makes death so terrible to doubters: for while they have realized the grave, they have not realized the life beyond it. Now, the beet help to realization is a firm grip to the fact that Jeeus died and Jesua row again. The fact is proved better than any other event in history; the witness is far strong er than anything else written in pro fane or sacred records. The rising of our Lord Jesus Christ being certain you may rest assured of the existence of another world. That this is the first bearing of this great truth.

Secondly, Christ's rising from the dead was the seal of all his claims It was true, then, that he was sent o Ood, for Ood raised him from the dead iu confirmation of his mission He had said himself, " Destroy this body, and in three days I will raise it up." Lo, there he is; the temple of his body is rebuilt. He had eveu given this as a sign, that as Jonas was three days and three nights in whale's belly, so should tbe Son o Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, and should then come forth to life again. Behok bis own appoiiitod Aign fulfillflrf; B«>-fore men's tbe Mtal ih mauift^sl Suppose b« had uover ri->fu. You and I might have believed the truth of certain missions which Ood hat given him; but we could never have believed iu the truth of suck^mmis sions as he claimod to have receivet —a commission to be our Redeemer from death and hell. Hov^ could he be our ransoui from the grave if he had himself remained under tbe do-minion of deathf

Dear friends, the rising of Christ from the dead proved that this man was Innooent of every sin. He could not be holden by the hands of death, for there was no sio to make those hands fast. CSorruption could not touch his pure body, for oo original sin bad defiled tbe Holy One. Death oouki not keep him • oontlnual pris oner, because be bod not actually come under SIDJ and though he took sin of ours, sod bore it by itdputatlon, and tbersfore died jret bo bad no fault of bis own, and must, therefore, be s«( frse when bis imputsd load had Msn lamoTsd* . ^

Moraovar, Obilst's rising from the dsad proTsd his claim to tbe Deity. W« ars told in Mother place that he WM^prorsd to b s ' t h s Son of Ood with pownr b j . tha iMunsotlon from th»d«ul.H^rdMdhim8Birb7hisown

power, and though the Father and the Holy Spirit wore co-o|)erative with him, and hence his resurrection is ascribed to them,yet it was Itecause the Father had given him to have life in himself, that therefore ho arose from the doad. Oh, risen Savior, thy rising is the seal of thy work! We can have no doubt about tlieo now that thou hast left tbe tomb. Prophet of Nazareth, thou art iudeod tbe Christ of Ood, for God bath 1OOH(M1 the bauds of death for thee I Son of David, thou art indeed the elect and precious Oue, for thou ever livest. Thy resurrection life ban set tbe sign-manual of heaven to all that thou bast said and done, and for this we bless and magnify thy name.

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LEOANUN TENN., Aug. JU.—Messra. DuBois & Webb : Gentlemen—Hav ing been greatly benefited by tho use of the Eleotropoiae, I desire to l>ear testimony to ita great value. I wan suffering from a throat trouble of n very severe character and of long standiug ; also from ^nera l debilitv of niv whole constitution. I was atf vised by my daughter, Mrs. Dr. Miller, to use the Electropoise, and after ap plying it according to directions for two or three months, I have derived very groat benefit from it. My dis-oane of throat has been greatly initi gated,iudeed almost wholy curra, and my general health so much improved that I feel myself a well man, and my friends mngratulate me on my re newal of youth. JAMCH HAMILTON.

CUBCA DTHPEI'MA AND CATAUHU—A CARD FROM COL. D. L. SoBLrrr.

CIIATTAN«)O«IA. TENN., Sept. 2.1 IKJRI. -Messrs DuBois & Webb, Citv : Gon-tlnnien: I Iwugbt an Electroraise from you July 4, which 1 used in accord-ance with instructions, and for tbe first time in many yeara, I feel per-fectly healthy. I Lad suffered greatly from dyspepsia and catarrhal trouble and also from a complication of troubles caused from la grippe, and was so escessivelv nervous and bro-ken down generally, that I had des-paireil of relief from medicines. In a few days after beginning treatment I steadily improved, and have contin-ue<l to do so, all of which 1 attribute to the HlHctropoise. I would not be without it. Yours rBspectfully.

D. L. SI;BLETT. Address DuBois Webb, Rooms

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—I bave Juat oloaed a protracted effort with Liberty Baptist Oburob, with tbe folbwing reaulta: Twenty-one profeaaions of faitb, one reatora-tioD, one reoeived by letter, twenty-three baptiamB, two approvala for bap-tism; total addiUona turenty-flve. We left a deop intereat in the congrega-tion. There were nine or ten inquirers and many gave their hand in token uf their request that they wished us to pray for them. I never witnessed a more solemn, quiet, spiritual meeting in my life. The Lord was with his people aud revived them, and their children and friends were convicted and converted, and our heart was made to rejoice with a joy so peace-ful and full of glory. Thanii God for his grace aud exceeding love to us. The church and community around Liberty, and other Baptist churchae, treated me nicely. They sent $20 to me while in Missouri to pay my rail-road fare to Oak Dale Junction, and they bave given in all (28 and more is to come. I am now preaching to Union Baptist Church. Brethren B. O. Taylor, L. Cooper and H. McCort all rendered effecuul aisistance. Bro. Cooper rejoiced with a gladness of heart too full for utterance when the Lord gave him bis youngeat aon, and Bro. Taylor could not tell the sweet and glorious joy when his youngest daughter, a bright and beautiful young lady, was ao gently and peace-fully given lo him in the bonds of an everlasting covenant. To the Lord be the glory. " Bless the Lord, O myeoul!" Ps.ciii. J . K . L O V E .

Wartburg, Tenn., Oct. 8rd.

—Yesterday was a good day for Bap-tists in Bristol. Seven aplendid peo-ple united with the First Church by letter. Among these were Prof. A. Button, superintendent of d ty schools, and his family. The interest in the revival conducted by Brethren Upchurcb and Patton was very great Many profeaaed conversion and a large number united with the South Bristol Church. To-day Pastor Up-church baptised twenty-one in Bea-ver Creek. Fifty persons have been received for baptiam, and over one hundred have profeaaed faitb in Christ in this meeting. The meeting ia expected to cloae to-night. Theae brethren have done a great work in onroity. G. S. W. . Briatol, Tenn., Oct. 10th.

—Yeaterday waa an enjoyable day with the BapUata of Medina. We obaerved Chiklren'a Day to the great delight of the vMt crowd that aaaem-bled to witneaa tbe servicea, which were intenaely miaaidnary. Had a good oolleotion. Tbeae exercises were followed by a strong missionary ser-mon by the paator. Received and baptised a noble brother from tbe C. P'a., and received oue by letter. Praiae tbe Lord! WM. ASKBW.

Medina, Tenn., Oot. 10th.

WOOLWINE « SOfitK)L. SIX MILES FROM NASHVILLE. TENN.

On the Overland Uuiumy Railway.

Prepares for Colleffe. Fits for Business. 8 . 8 . WOOLWINE, Principal.

Tbo Principal baa long ainoe been eonvlnoed that an bojra are luually olaaaed—all (ndea of Inieiieo* ond all dc«roe8 of Induatry being grouped togetber mnreljr beoauw attalnmenu appear Ui liv HiMi-ji tbe H.tn>»-nellbor tbe parent nor the teaober ordinarily leama Iba oavabllUlaa ol tbe studunt: and leant of all doea tbo student bImaoK oume to know bow rapidly aa well aa tbor-ougbly he can advanoo, If be only mukca tbe proper application. Many a bright boy laga merely becuuMu of a class of which bo Is a member, and In the acbools where elaMlSeatlOB muat be en-forced, tburo can be no remedy. Tbo dllilgentaiudent may stand at the iuad ol kla elaat, It la true, but what ho often needs Is ty bo taken out of tha class and allowed frM aoope aa|l Hven Krouter stimulus than bis cloMS affords. Our endeavor Is to advance tbe atudent aoooidlng to hlN ability and bis willingness to work.

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JUST SO IT IS iDEtenlineorBusiom.

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It is an easy thing to go wrong, but you will make no mistake if you in-clude the

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OUFt R T S l ' T E J Q are vary reasonable. Our advertising space limited. Every ad. is displayed to the best advantage, and constant and vigilant supervision exercised to guaid a^ in s t errors.

S E V D ' ^ l t f I t O V B O B D E B S . Addi

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by the Siiiuluy HflKHil Kimnl iinilur tlx' (u-tlcr of llic Smillifi'ii KitiHiHt ('i>ii\ml Imi I rlc«< Oi-TM |M!R fopv Hln({U< <ir In T|U»iitlili<H 'riili* will IH' ili<> U'lunii);! iitri lilKiii jii tht* Suiulay •!(rlnM)(8, ttiul in the lioint- i-in-ln IN GETTING YOUR S U N D A Y - S C H O O L S U P P L I E S Frnui tlx' Suiiiluy-«i-hiHil liounl of tlic Siiutli<-rii lla|itiHi ('onvciilioii. U-Hlilct. nnikiii^ a iiir«<ct (•(intrlliutliin to itw 'RRI'UKIII y. V<iu itiil your KI'IIOOI in loni'li iiml I D i<|>i'R it tlon with till' (.;<iiivt<iition. anil train llw rliililrtiii In nil tin- fjrriii iiii-»li.tmr> I'li torpriiM s. I N S T R U C T I O N S FOR ORDERING.

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J. M. ritOMT, CorroKpondinir Srcrfliirjr.

1850. M JOHN RAMAGE & SON. 1892. OffiT a Sti|Mrlur hUx'k of

Boots, Shoes and Slippers, Trunks, Travelling Bags and Umbrellas.

3 0 5 North Col lege S t r ee t . (VMfttl orUi'rs promptljr I>U>l caretull) HLLNL (yMruiiuii IIIITIHT ANI< Ki.tij^ I-AI.

The Constantly Growing Demand FOR THE c e l e b r a t e d -

b a p t i s t AND. R E r L E C T O R , V KMhTiU^iVMui.

BEHR B R O S ; PIANOS Enables Us to Keep in Stock

A Handsonne Assortment.

R . D O R M A N T C O N A S H V I L ^ L E : . T K I M I M .

Pa r i s D r o s s Goods ! m o n s o Disp lay .

We have now rwoivutl the UIOMI OIO-gaut (rolloulion of rieli Paris droHH goods wo have over displayed. Call ut once for ohoivo HtyleH, aH theao nov«l (ien will bo verv Mmrco later in tho BENTIOU. T I IUMPBON A K K L L T ,

Siiuiinor Street, NoKhville, Touu. Sto rm Serg^oB, Navy Blue and

Black and o t h e r S h a d e s . Wo havu thoHe foHhionablo fabrioii at

all pricoH, froui fitk* and upward. Those itoHirablo (foodH will have a groat run, and will bo very scarce later on.

TUUMI'HON k K E L I . T . Suininer Street, Nonhvillo, Tonn.

! Our Black Goods D e p a r t m e n t . IH now replete with reliable gomlH

ill nil tholHwt weavofl. All wool, and Hilk and wool HeurietluH, [}ougaliuoH. PnriH Horureii, etc., all of I'rioHtley'H make. Also Htonn sergeti and black l''rouch clothN, at all priittH.

TIKIMR.MJN TI KKI.I .V, Siiiiinier Street, Nashville, Touu.

Cloaks a n d J a c k e t s f o r Fall and Winter .

We are receiving daily all the now stylee in fall and winter garmentii at all prii-e«. Our Hocond story is wholly oi-cupiod by thia department

TuoumiN k K1CI.1.T, Summer Street, NoHhvillo, Tonn.

Hosiery and Fall a n d Win te r U n d e r w e a r ,

We now Hhow the largent otock evor offerMl in thin department, and all at quick prictm. Everything and every grade needed for (iwliefi, gent« and children. Wo are determined to double our trade in thooe goodn.

TIIOMRIUJN * K E L L Y , Summer Stroot, Xonhvillo, Touu.

Beaut i fu l Edg ings a n d I n s e r t -Ings .

Wo '.have outirely new doBignn in thoDo ticautiful goodH, all marked at qui«-k pricefl. N. B. Edgiuf^n and iHHortiuiiH to match.

TNOMFSON A^ K E L L \ , Summer Street, NoNhvillo, Tonn.

To know other people's minds drop us a card and read what they say.

To know your own, eome in and ex-maine the Pianos.

H A U R Y & W H O R L E Y , DEALERS IN

Furniture, Mattresses, Etc.

PIANOT The ItfcoKnlied NtMdard of Modom

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A I n C L O T H E S M a d e N e w . v l J l f Wo clonii «»r <ly« llio IUOHI iloli calc NIIIKIC iir fiilii i<> No I'lppiiiK ro-i|iiir<>«l. Ucpiilr to onlor. Write for tornis. Wo piiy <>\pr<>.sNn o Itolli wayn to liny point in the (f H. MdKwKN' STKAM DVK. WoltKN AMI C'l.KANINO KHTAMUNII MKST, Niwlivlllo. Tonn.

Namu IIIIH lulvorllMimont.

t y p e w w - F e I r s V olam IlkoMtabllihrnentlntlM Unprejuidaed wlvlcti >li olilOM •old on niMilhly

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O i - ^ ; t h s . ; ^ t i 8 t ' a n d R e i r e c t o r / ^ N a s h v I l l e .

• workL Finite iwtniiiiealaat luur now prlcv«. ITCD on all oinke*. Ma-

IMjnnmtii. AnyliMtriH

BIASQUABTIBS, jiaolSSSuoi^^"^^^'

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THE BAPTIST, Established 1846. THE BAPTIST REFLECTOR, Established 1871. Consolidated August 14, 1889.

i*ublliilie<lovor]r TbursduT > Q p o e i t c 1 n ^ T r - u t h 1 n I ^ c j - v o . I Rnterad tt tb« poiV«fflc« atNMb I Ttlle,TenD.,uiiocoD(l ol»Mmatter

VOL. 4. N A S H V I L L E , TENNESSEE, OCTOBEH 27, 1892. NO. 12.

ROMANISM IN ITALY. What T r a v e l l e r s Say .

The Tcstlmou; of C'harle§ Dk-keui.

BT REV JOUN H. EAOKR, D D.

T h o u s a n d s of foreigners visit

Ilalj everj jenr. Many of these, for the first time, have had their eyes opened to the real condition of Ro manisni in this country, and they have gone away surprised, disgusted, and deeply grieved. Many have not hesi-tated to say that the so-called Chris-tianity of Rome is nothing more nor leas than baptised paganian. Scores of such statements might be selected from books, magazines, and newspa-pers, but in this article I shall con-fine myself to the testimony of Chas. Dickens. He visited Italy in lHir>, and afterwards gave the world his " Pict-ures From Italy." Though he says in the preface to this book: " I hope I am not likely to be misunderatoml by Profesflora of the Roman Catholic faith, on account of anything con-tained in these pages," yet honesty compels him to say some hard things, things, however, for which Romanism is responsible, and which seem to be the inevitable outcome of the system when left to itAelf long enough. On page FKU we read: " The scene in all the churches is the strangest possible. The same monotonous, heartlms, drowsy chanting, always going on; the same dark building, darker from the brightness of the street without; the same lamps dimly burning; the self same people kneeling here and there; turned towards you from one altar or other, the same priest's back, with the same large cross embroidered on it; however different in size, in shape, in wealth, in architecture, this church is from that, it is the aame thing still. There are the same dirty beggars stopping in their muttnred prayers to beffi • • • the same odd mixture of respect and indecorum, faith and phlegm; kneeling on the stonea, and spitting on them, loudly; getting up from prayers to beg a little, or to pursue some other wprldly mat-ter; and then kneeling down again, to resume the contrite supplication at the point where it was interrupted. In one church, a kneeling l ad j got up from her prayer, for a moment, to offer UB her card, aa a teacher of iiiU8io;and in another a sedate gen-tlenian, with a very thiok walking staff, arose from bU devotiona to b« labor bis dog who was growling at another dog; and whose yelps and howls resounded through the ohurch as his master quietly relapsed into his fondeir train of msditation, keop-ing his c^a upon the dog at the samt time, narsrthslsss, Above all, there is always a raoeptaole for the i oon-

tributions of the Faithful, in some form or other."

The above is an exact description of what I have seen many times, and of what every one can see daily in the churches of this land. The number and variety of contribution boxes is a very noticeable fact, and the methods by which the prieeta seek to have them filled are more noticeable still, and to my mind cqnstitute one of the very sad features of Romanism. The character and interest of the subject are such that one or two entire articles will be given to it.

After speaking of the ceremonies of Holy Week as " most tedious and wearisome," and tolling us that the Pope and his attendants were "often weary and counting the minutes," he gives us a very striking descrip-tion of the Pope's "washing the feet of thirteen men, representing the twelve apostles and Judas lacariot." How one can read his account of this scene and not feel that the whole af-fair is a solemn farce, a mere travesty of the original, is more than l e a n understand. The deecciption is too long to give it entire. " The place in which this pious otBce is perform-ed is one of the chapels of St. Peter's, which is gaily decorated for the occa-sion ; the thirteen sitting ' all of a row,' on a very high bench, and look-ing particularly uncomfortable, with the eyes of heaven knows how many English, French, American, Swiss, Oermans, Russians, Swedes, Norwe-gians and other foreigners, nailed to their faces all the time. They are robed in white; and on their heads they wear a stiff, white oap, like a large English porter-pot without a handle. Each carries in his hand a nosegay, of the size of a fine cauli-flower; and two of them, on this oc-casion, wore spectacles; which, re-membering the oharactera they sus-tained, I thought a droll appendage to their oostome. There was a great eye to character. St. John was rep-resented by a good-looking young man, St. Peter by a grave looking old gentleman, with a flowing brown beard, and Judas Iscariot by such an enormous hypocrite (I could not make out, though, whether the ex-pression of bis face was real or as-sumed) that if be had acted the part to the death and bad gone away and banged himself, be would have left nothing to be desired."

After speaking of the great crowd, the beat, the confusion, etc., he con-tinues i "The apostles and J u d i i appearing on the platform, after much expectation, were manhalled into line in front of the table wiUi Peter at the topi •nd • good'long •tare was taken at them by the com* ttMij, wliile twelve of them took

Judas—moving bis lips very obtru-sively—engaged in inward prayer. Then the Pope, clad in a scarlet robe, and wearing on his head a skull-cap of white satin, appeared in the midst of a crowd of Cardinals and other dig-nitaries and took in his hand a little golden ewer, from which he poured a little water over one of Peter's hands while one attendant held a golden basin; a second a fine cloth; a third Peter's nosegay, which was taken from him during the operation. This his Holiness performed with consid-erable expedition on every man in the line (Judas I observed to be particu-larly overcome by his condescension); and then the whole thirteen sat down to dinner. Grace said by the Pope; Peter in the chair. There was white wine and red wine; and the dinner looked very good. The courses ap-peared in portions, one for each apos-tle; and these being presented to the Pope by Cardinals upon their knees, were by him handed to the thirteen. The manner in which Judas grew mora white livered over his victuals and languished, with his head on one side as if he had no appetite, defies all description. Peter was a good, sound old man, and went in, as the saying is,' to win,' eating everything that was given him (he got the best, being first in the row), and saying nothing to anybody. The dishes ap-peared to be chiefly composed of fish and vegetables. The Pope helped the thirteen to wine also; and during the whole dinner, somebody read something aloud, out of a large book —the Bible, I presume—which no-body could hear, and to which no-body paid the least attention. The Cardinals, and other attendants, smiled to each other, from time to time, as if the thing tivre a great farce; and if they thought so, there is little doubt they uvre perfectly right. His Holiness did what he bad to do, as a sensible man gets through a troublesome ceremony, and seemed very glad when it was all over."

This great farce is still acted every year in Rome. There is a ridiculous side to this and many other Romish ceremonies in Italy, and I am not sur-prised that many can see only this side, but to many a serious minded Christian man these things are pain-ful in the extreme. Hypocricy, infi-delity and the death of all genuine spiritual life are the natural fruit of such a system. Tbs hifitory of Rome and Italy for aeveral centuries ia proof sufficient of this statement.

Dlokens gives a veiy vivid and sug-l ^ t i ve desoripUon of a papal execu-tion which he witnessed while in Blome. " The exeauUoner waa an dut-^ law ta^Jfibitt (what a satire on the puniahmentl) who dalre not, for hia wbUe twelve oi tbam tooKs punlanmenti) wbo oars not, lor ma

loiiy SUMU at their n o e e g i ^ ; | i i ^ l i f e , o m the Bridge of St. Angela

(his prison) but to do his work," and after he had cut off the head of the young -man, the victim, with a great knife, he held it up by the hair for the multitude to gaze upon, and then stuck it upon a pole in front of the scaffold " for the long street to stare at and the flies to settle on." In oon-cluston Dickens adds: "Nobody cared or was at all affected. There was no manifestation of disgust, or pity, or indignation, or sorrow. My empty pockets were tried several times in the crowd immediately below the scaffold as the corpse was being put into its coffin. It was an ugly, filthy, careless, sickening spectacle, mean-ing nothing but butchery beyond the momentary interest to the one wretch-ed actor. Tes! Such a sight has one meaning and one warning. Let me not forget it. The Bpeculatora in the lottery station themselves at fa-vorable points for counting the gouta of blood that spirt out here or there, and buy that number. It is pretty sure to have a run upon it." And this lottery, so corrupting and debas-ing in its influence, was in the hands of the Pope and run by the church!

While in Rome Dickens visited sev-eral times the so-called Holy Stairs, which people can ascend only on their knees, and for which act of penance they are granted by the Pope 252 years less in purgatory. Hia descrip-tion is both ludicrous and painful in the extreme, and yet it ia exactly what I have myself seen many timea. He gives his impressions in the following words: "Of all the many spectacles of dangerous reliance on outward ob-servances, in themselves mere empty forms, none struck me half so much as the Scala Santa, or Holy Stair-case. . . . I never in my life saw anything at once so ridiculous and ao unpleasant as this sight—ridiculous in the absurd incidents inseparable from it, and unpleasant in its aenae-kaa and unmeaning degradation," And yet this is done under the eye and with the sanction of the Pope, who offers a great reward to all who perform this pious act.- Other quota-tions might be given, but those al-ready cited are sufficient to give one an idea of the impression made upon Charles Dickens by Romanism in Italy.

» —Please'allow me space in your

paper to makeji report of our meeting, October 9lh to 12th. Five profeamd faith in Ohrist; two were reclaimed. I.have been preaching to this deati-tution thia year. I hope to have a churoh there soon. I t is three miles east of Lexington, Ala. Thqr have chosen the writer to preach for them. We gave God the g l ^ .

F . a . P M n . L ^ n g t o n , Ala.

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