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Right Emphasis in Baptist Teaching:.

IIT A T lii>llKHT«<lN. n I>

fho Iireaohor l» llie fortnioBl teacher In the denom-nHUon after moihur» and fathers. He Ib tho most inBianl and pcri»iiilcnl. He ha* the be»l opportu-

I iiy, for he coincB closer to tho maases of the peo-M o Hln teachlnjf enforced by hlu life.

I'he newspaper eumeu next as a teacher It goes i vt-rywhere with metnapei of llj{htor darknem. Tbe iM,wer of tbP preeg for or evil In incalculable.

The Utachern In tho aobooU come next in Influence i).i>n ihou»fhi and life. And then tho Sunoay-echool uiachcr wlold« a mighty away.

Theee all work u»ward tbe name ends in denomlna-(inal life. How Important that thin mats of teach-ni; ithalj have due balance; not overtrained or un-iiTiralned, not hammered Into perftcl gaincncBS, but • nil iho unity of liio Bible and the llboriy of Indl-V ilualily In i*prc»»lon. All thlnifi! should lit to-ti-iher In due proportion It 1b a common fault to ivy aB much »trc8« on minor niattorg as on tho great-er hanal irulhft. Tho I'harUreH In ChrUt's time were iiiilliy of thlH error They net up minute regulations nhi.ui food and dresn on a par with morcy and Judg-riient.

A Bharp dlBtlncilon muBt always bo drawi: between ihi> fundamental prlnelplcB of Christianity that never .ihangoand local applications that do change. Quob-uon» of casuistry constantly force tbeminlves to tho front to the notrleet of deeper truths. It was so In I'aiil's time over tho mcatB that had been uffered to Idols. It In cany to morall/e upon a question of casu-iHiry and exhibit extra piety over an unessential matter, and oven to bo unlovely, uncharitable and upltoful In tho advocacy of what, after all, can only i)t> a matter of opinion from tho nature of the case, flow much strife In local churchcB and In (fonoral de-nominational affairs comas from the occasional brandishing of tho unossential. If the great Bap-tist doctrines and practices could be urged with equal vchomonce, we would take the world for Christ. Niagara Is being utilir.od for eloctrlclty for Buffalo. A crown awaits the man who knows how to oxtilto deep and widespread enlhuslaom for the Blblo, for missions, for education, for growth in Christian character, for cfToctlvo training for tho work of Cbrist among men.

Another common fault is to lay more stress on dis-puted questions than upon the bulk of accepted truth. This method may add spice, It Is true, but It Is cortaioly questionable if it will do as much good as to push and impress tho mass of truths that meet the sanction of the groat body of Intelligent and de-vout Baptists. Those who know tho saving doc-trines love to hear them, and It is a mistake to pro-Bume too much on knowlecge. While we spend our energy upon things that may never bo settled, the incoming members of our churches grow up in igno-rance of Baptist teaching. Not that wo should never Investigate new truths nor discuss disputed ques-tions. Par from it. To do this would be to stifle mantal and spiritual growth. Let us hold fast the old truths and gladly weloone new truth, for all

truth U of (Jod, who Is truth. But the body of new truth, aa wo learn It, is small when compared with tho old.

Ah tcachrrB. then, let us put tho proper emphasis upon the accepted and the disputed, tbe new and tbe old lx!t US not despise tbe old nor shun tbe new be-L'ftuse new We need, as Dr. Broadut used to say, coniiervatlve progress and progressive conservatism, opur and check both at once. Let us staod fast and prcBB lo the future Holding the great doctrines llrnily. Itit hb welcome lovestlgatlon In proper chan-iioIb. It Ib easy to draw a circle around you and claim the poBsesslon of all wisdom and tbe impossl-hlllty uf progress It Is easy to deny any wisdom In the paxt and that It Is all dawning now It is hard, but li Ib the only proper course, to marry the best (if the paBt with the best of the present. He Is a pit-iful u-acher who refuses to see truths either in past or present He Ib a poor pupil who Is intolerant to new truth and refuses lo learn.

Another fault In teaching is to harp upon one string all the time The best tunes become monoto-nous If you hear nothing else. One truth Is not all truth. Truth Is kaleidoscopic. The mind, like the eye, needs change and rest to retain freshness and vigor The great teacher strike* all the notes, and In proper harmony. One note struck all the time will not make music, but discord. One truth, em-phasized out of all proportion to other truths, may oven seem an untruth. A well-rounded Christian character can only come from richly varied teach-ing. Wo n ^ ' n o t hai'HtW lines nor broadesed dif-ferences, but a rotund compactness and solidity. I^t us teach what we know and learn more to teach, striving always to know Christ Jesus most of all, and to teach bim In pulpit, press, desk and pew, in the unity of the Spirit and tb« bond of peace.

Let us hold our teachers to the great doctrines on which wo all stand firmly as Baptists. They are our bulwark and stay, in the great outlying realm of minor unessential matters where differences of opin-ion are found to exist, let us allow liberty and have charity for each other. Baptists glory in having no ecclesiastical machine Our freedom is our power Tho Independence of the churches guarantees their essential unity. In disputed matters that vary with the years, our safety lies In tbe arena of calm, free, temperate discussion. The Interplay between tbe pul-pit, press, desk and pew, is tbe only possible safe-guard in all things that do not fall under the great fundamental doctrines among us. To apply the square and the lule In minor matters can only arouse opposition and tend to harrowing divisions over a multitude of details. Love and liberty for-bid stringent rules for Baptist teaching along the disputed lines among us And hearty, stable, pro-gressive, mighty Baptist teaching, for it is Bible teaching, Is the hope of tho world, and can take tbe world, if we press it lovingly and earnestly In all its richness and power.

Louisville, Ky.

Paul's Rebuking: Cephaia

As near as I can recall, about throe yenrs ago Dr. Savage wrote an article to the BAPTIST AND RB-FLKOTOR In which ho stated that tb^ apostlrs pos-sessed equal infallilnlity with Christ In all matters of doctrine, etc.

I replied by asking: " I f this be true, how was It that Peter and Paul differed so widely as to create a contention which Paul refers to In Oal. It. 1M4.'*

Dr. Savage comes to the front now referring to the article as having appeared "some two years ago" and proceeds to answer my question by assuming that ths Peter spoken of In Oal. 1. 18 and In II. 11 Is not the apoalU Peter, but some other, and classes him as an •'eloquent layman or preacher."

1 have no desire to become Involved In a contro-versy with the good doctor, but hA Intimates at ths outset that the article Is written In answer to my quas* tlon, fnd sxpresses the fsar that It Is "not g^og to

be satisfactory." I write to assure him that his fears are well founded.

Dr. Savage Is one of the most lovable men I ever knew, and be commands my highest regard for bis meekness and Christian devotion. He Is a man of great erudition. He can .tell you all about Greek roots, tbe proper construction of Latin sentences and phrases. Is familiar with Hebrew, German and French; but I have never looked upon him as a theologian to whom It would be safe to refer some of the controverted questions that have puzzled some of our most profound thinkers. He is honest In his convictions, even when be follows a myth, like the Cephas or Peter he has discovered, to strange con-clusions.

Ho confesses In this case "a too slight acquain-tance with commentaries," which Is evident, but he Is to be congratulated for having been successful In forming the acquaintance of New Testament charac-ters heretofore unknown

After reviewing Galatlans, and trying to prove It was not the apogtle Peter referred to, be then takes up 1 Cor, 1. 12; ix. 5 and xv 5 and makes the same "layman" referred to in Gal. il. 11. Why not say It was the same "eloquent layman" that opened the gospel kingdom on the day of Pentecost, and also opened the same kingdom to the Gentiles when he preached to Cornelius? Peter was a Jew. • and It required the biting pangs of hunger, a trance, a vision and an audible voice from heaven to con-vince him that the Gentiles were to be beneflciarles of tbe gospel—that he was to reap the flm fruits. Paul was designed as the apostle of the Gentiles, and be was to gather In the great harvest, while Peter was regarded as the apostle of the circumcision. So deeply rooted was Peter in tbe old traditions that It was bard to surrender them and when those Jewish Christians came from Jerusalem they created a great stir among the Gentile Christians by demanding cir-cumcision, and Peter, to avoid offense to his Jewish brethren, separated himself from the Gentiles, caus-ing others to become dissemblers, insomuch that even the pious and well-informed Barnabas was carried away with the dissimulation. Does Dr. Savage be-lieve that such a man as Barnabas would have been led away by a sfran^e Peter hitherto unknown? It was for this that Paul "withstood him to the face" and administered the rebuke in Oal. II. 14.

Dr. Savage asks: "Would he who stood In the menacing council and said, 'Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God Judge ye'—would he cower before a few unarmed Jews?"

Yes, he did do so, and showed both fickleness and cowardice. This same Peter trembled with a cring-ing cowardice In the presence of an "unarmed" maid who confronted him on the night of the Savior's be-trayal with the simple charge of being a Galilean. He was afraid to preach to the Jewish Obristians at that time of uproar that Justification was obtained through the gospel alone, without tbe observance of any part of the ceremonial law.

I stand as fearlessly before the doctor as did Paul before Peter, and say that Peter, the Galilean fisher-man who denied his Lord and was recalled Into His servloe with instructions to feed His sheep, is the same Peter who preached on the day of Pentecost, preached to Cornelius, preached at Corinth (1 Cor. I. 12), saw the Savior (1 Cor. xv. 6), Paul compared his privileges with In 1 Cor. Ix. 5, was the same Paul visited (Oal. 1.18), and the same Paul rebuked (Oal. 11. 11-14).

Christ told him be should "bo called Cephas" and Paul calls htm by that name.

But the doctor must get out of his •'ir\faUibUUji" theory and endeavors to do to by destroying Peter's Identity with Cephas, and finds anothsr Peter who was not an apostle. Better surrender the Infallible Idea and let Peter's Identity stand. Christ was Infalllhls and hl i apostles htunan. W. H. BRDTOM.

CoTlngton, Ttnn.

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the Ba,ptl«u cmn well be proud of the three down town church butldInK*. No denomination ha i better or a t good bulldlnfri a i the First Church, Ninth-street and Lincoln Park. The two lat ter h a r e the largest confrregatlons in the city, and If the congre-gat ions a t the F i r s t Church keep Increasing as they have for the l as t few months, that church will be classed with the big congregations

There has never been a time posiibljr when church-es and paitors were working together In this city a s now. Great activity as well as great earnestness Is felt and seen smong the people

Nlntb-itreet Church h a t now a Chinese Sunday-school every Sunday afternoon. The work among these people started more than two years ago. It took some time t o gel It s tarted, as It does In Chtna, but there are many reasons for rejoicing a t the splendid success. Pa i tor Par t r idge has recently bap-tised one, and no doubt others will soon follow.

Pas tor Moss of Mt. Auburn has returned from the Hot Spr ings In Virginia greatly helped by his so-journ there. He feelt that his health Is well restored, and he eaters again up'in hi* work with grea t joy.

Pas to r Perryman of the First Church has been as-sist ing Pas to r Quisenberry at Hamilton In a meeting of wonderful Interest and power. The congregations were exceedingly large; sometimes many were turned away unable to get Into the large audience room. There were quite a number of conversions. A large number of those converted will join the Baptist church. Quisenberry Is doing a great work In Ham-ilton He Is a man of force, power and piety, and Is greatly beloved by his people and appreciated by the city. He showed grea t wisdom some uve years ago when be secured oaeof Kentucky's charming and accomplished women for his helpmeel in life's bat-tles and victories.

Dr. W. E Hatcher of Richmond, Va . has recenily closed a meeting with Dr. Hunt In Toledo, Ohio It is said U) be one of the greatest meetings ever held In that city. Orer 100 were converted. One of the marked features of the meeting was the large num-ber of married people who were converted. Dr Hatcher preached as be only can, and those who have heard blm know what tha t Is. His great ser-mon last year a i Dennlson University and this won-derful meeting have made him exceedingly popular in this Slate. He goes the middle of J a n u a r y to Dayton, Oalo, to assUt Dr. Colby at the Firs t Church. That church Isconsidered one of the beslchurches we ha vein this State. They are eipeciiog a g r e a t t i m e . Qu l t ea lumber from here will attend the meeting. We a r e

looking to the great treat wUh joy. Some of us re-' ga rd Dr Hatcher as one of the greatest preachers we have. Dr. Perryman of the Firs t Church says he has for a number o f .yea r s made It a point to attend the Southern Bapt is t Convention in o rde r to hear him preach. He was a t our Ministerial Conference last Monday, and he made a speech which sparkled with wit and humor We Eope to have him In our city In a meeting sometime.

Our churches will all hold special meetings begin-ning with the new year. Whether we hold more than one week will depend on circumstances. We look for great th.ngs. ,

W h A t D o e i I t Mcao? This wonderful activity and succets of the Mor-

mons in this country and others? Chat tanooga is headquar ters for t l« t r Southern p ropaganda , and a t (hat city has been my headquar ters fo r four yea r t I know tomething of the men and their method t . During l a t t year they had 400 missionaries working from tha t city in the South. I now sae f rom the pa-pers tha t they have added 230 more dur ing this year , and President Kimbal l , who directs this Southern work, says he hopes soon to have a miss ionary fo r every county in the Southern States. I And them also a t work here in the Northwest, but have no deO-nite s tat is t ics a s t o their strength.

A few evenings ago I listened to • wonderful address of Minister Thurston of Hawaii, setting for th the advantages and possibilities of tha t I s land . He incidentally stated that the Mormons bad translated tluir Bible into the Hawaiian language, and already had a colony of over 2,000 oonveru .

I note in a dispatch from Chihuahua, Mexico, of Deoember 14th, t ha t the Mormon ohurohof Utah had jus t closed a ountraot with the governmenlof t ha t State for the purohasa of 8,(XK),C00 aorM of land on which to settle a colony of Mormons. I might mra> tion o ther points from whloh (haae paople a re a t work, but the above will give an Idea of their a c t l v I t j .

W h a t of the workers and lhair matfaod of work? I bav* met personally many of thasa man M dllTerant t l M and in diffarani plaoaa. a ad I h a ? * Imm ffrMtt>

ly surprised a t their high average g r ade So fa r as I have been able to judge, they a re above our Home and State missionaries. They a re mostly ma-ture young men, s trong and healthy, well dressed, well educated, remarkably courteous, and, so f a r a s I have been able to see and learn, they act the real gentleman. Further , they seem to be men of real pleiy. Thei r forbearance under rough treatment has been a moral to me. They know how to " possess their souls in pa t lenra ." Their method of work is to go, two by two, from houte to house, among the people. They a re well supplied with their l i terature and use It freely. They go into every houte where they aro allowed. By their kindness, sympathy, words and l i terature they get hold of the common people

These Mormon missionaries a re going Into thou-sands and tens of thousands of Southern homes where there Is no copy of theo Bible, and where no minister of the gospel has ever gone fur religious purposes. In thefe homes a re hundreds and hun-dreds of thousand* of bright cblldi'eD and young people (and older ooes, too) who are being Influ-enced by the work of these Mormons.

Many say, " O h ! there Is no daniier ' But there Is danger. These Mormons have enough truth In their Bible anc book of Mormon and l i terature to make It dangerous. You who say there Is no dan-ger, have ynu examined Into their work and teach-ing?

Now, what ought to be done? These men ought not to be falsely represented They ought not to be roughly abused and persecuted, as Is being done In certain places. This will not stop them It but makes them grow This could be easily shown. My belief is tha t we- BaptlsU should go before these Mormon missionaries into the hamxu of the ptople and supply them wlih the pure Word of God and good Scriptural l i terature. The Master has commanded us to " g o to every creature, " and not sit down and wait for the creature to come to us for the gospel. The Mormons are getting the.people btcaiue Ihty are going to them. We need not say we are not able How a re the Mormons able?

lo the name of our Master and his t ru th , and for the highest good of the people, I cal l on all of o r Baptists to a rouse themselves and study the condl t i o Q S which confront us. Will not ail the S u t e s which have a s}tiem of Sunday-schools and Colpor-tage press it with more prayerful vigor? And will not those States which have no sucn system prayer-fully consider the matter and see If they had not bet-ter have one?

Our Sundajr (chool Board a t Nashvil le and the Am rican Baptist Publication Society at Philadel-phia have their shelves stored with Bibles and pure l i terature, and will help to put '.Ills Into the homes and hearts of the people. Those who will do this will be living for His glory through the years to come W. Y Qdisenubrhy.

University of Chicago.

MethodJit Miniiter Baptized at Mony Creek. On Wednesday evening, December 8ih, it was my

pleasure to baptise into the fellowship of the church here, Bro J n o T. Phllilps of Rutledge, Tenn., and who'for several years has been recognized a s a min-ister of the Methodist Church.

It was the purpose of Bro. Phi l l ips to unite with the Baptist Church a i Rutledge, a t (he regular monthly meeting on the flrst Sunday of (his month But the pastor, Bro. S. 8 . Hale, was absent on ac-count of sickness. At his request, Bro. Phill ips, ac-companied by D e s o n Gllmore of tha t church, came to Mossy Creek and on the evening mentioned a p pcared before the church, and af te r giving a state-ment of his Christian experlenca, in conversion, and of his change of views leading to a change of his church relations, he w»s very heart i ly and cordial ly received, and was baptized a t the same hour . After baptism, on hearing a stotement of his call (o the ministry, and of his desire (o oondnue to prosecute (his work, the church unanimously voted t o license him to pretoh.

During his brief stay with us Bro. Phl l l lpa made a very pleasing impression. He ia a fine speolman of physical manhood, tall , • t a t e lybu lU , and of oom-manding appearance Ha speaks fluently, and ax-hlbi(s in his public addresses many of tho graoas and charms of the ora tor . In p rayer be la fervent, and Impresses you with the feeling tha t " t he leotM of ^ a Ix)rd is with h im." He is no t a aohoUrly man, ^ v l n g never attended colleg, , but he is a man of Una intelligence and varied reading.

1 gathered from him (he following items oonoern-

March B, 186l». At the age of 14, he lef t holne, an.^ [or a number of years led a wandering life, h a t i n g llTad in (wenty.fonr differanl States.

In 1B84, ha n t u r a d to OraanTlUa, •(ndlad U f , and

want North to Carol ina , where he was converted and married. Returned to Greenville In 1801 and joined the M E Church, and was licensed to preach In 1893 Was the tlrst year pas tor a t Bllsabetbton, Tenn ; then was given the W a t a u g a Circuit; than (he Greenville Circuit, and (hen the Rutledge Circuit. In a l l these places bis ministry was greatly blessed In the conversion of sinners and strengthening of Chrla*.tans.

His home will remain a t Rutledge for (he present, but he Is anxious to obtain mlnls ter l i l work, espe-cially In (he line of evangelistic effort , f o r which he seems to be fltted |ln very marked degree. I com-mend him to the love and confidence of the brother-hood In the State, and trust tha t a " d o o r of effectual work will be speedily opened to him "

J. M P l i i i x i r a . Pina.

1 A drunk man frequently thinks everybody drunk bui himself.

2 An egotist Is disgusted with the words and ways of all men but himself becsuke he th inks they are fools

3. Exceedingly vulnerable characters need to be very careful agains t whom they run.

4 But, should 1 awake to the consciousness of re-sponsibility for as unwUe utterances and er ra t ic deeds as In some insUnces characterize both sides In the Whitsi t t Controversy, I would not be found in twenty miles of an Insane asylum, lest I should be appre-hended as an escaped lunatic. 6. The great Baptist pot is boiling, the skim Is on

top and greatly agitated, steam Is escaping rapidly, bui the Lord Is watching the Are

«i. A church employs a pastor He gives the church h is time, energy and be«i thuughi. The church does for him what It agrees to do, promptiv and cheer-fully as hu does his work I sn ' t that good?

7. But a cburrh employs a pastor and pays his salnry, three six or twelve months af ter bis service has been rendered Who would blame tha t pastor if he should for convenience abandon his work without notice tor three, six o r twelve months a t a time? Cer-tainly no member of that church would for a moment think of doing so.

8 Over on Helt«r Skelter Crook there lives a wor-thy gentleman who h a s hl« entire earthly interest in vested In a large »aw mill. Uo employs hundreds of laborers . He moves things, expects every man to do bis duty. His employees do their duty. But he never pays their wages until long af ter they are due. Half the time they and their families would be with-out food and clothing were they not for tunate enough to be able to borrow of some one not labor ing for the mill owner No, I have told a tale, no such man ever lived, even in these degenerate times. In the very nature of things he couldn ' t live The atmoi-phere of business would suffocate his enterprise as quick as an air t ight dungeon would a man.

Which end of the pin do you see? Enoch W i n d u

The Golden Pint of the Week. I much wish that more of my brother ministers

would see more of the gleam of the real gold In the flrst of the week I am certain they would be far wealthier thus. To too many, I fear , the flrst of the week is lead. So they do not hasten to get hold of their tasks for Sunday In the week's beginning They wait They turn listless at tent ion toward their sermons for the coming Sunday . They give (hem-sevas la rge leisure in deciding upon wha( to preach about . They do not, in (he week's beginning, settle down (o deflnlte study upon deflnlte themes. So the days sl ip swiftly by, and (hey have not pashed on Into much real accomplishment. And now very quick-ly (he las( of (he week comes, and Sunday (hrea(ens, and (bey mut( h a s d l y seise upon some topic, and they must only hasd ly prepare upon l(, and (hey oannot much beat the oil for (he sanc tuary , for (hey have no (Ime (o beat It.

A vas t ly better way is to esteem the flrst of the week golden. I t Is a good th ing (o choose subjects fo r pulpit speech on t h e Sunday preoeding. Then set a t work upon them when the week is young. How much more time you gain thus for praparaUon? Your work does not dr ive you, you dr iva it. And If you o a n - a n d you oan if you will—gat yow mate-r ia l In good ibape for Sunday by a littla bayond ths meridian of the week, what opportuni ty you bava for anrlohinff, by brooding thought, by mora extensive reading, by m o m thorough and extani lva prayer .

P lunge Into your sermons flnt and l a v a your odds and e n d ! of duty for the week*a t a ^ a n d , Inilaad of doing tb tm a t Ita b«irinntng end. Oontwra to the first of each waak t o your sermona. T h a t Is the ffolden portion of It for your •eraiona. Any way, tha t ry ing of Uia gold In tba flnt of the wMk It worth ttparioMit.- If oylond Aeyt 4it Me BkmOmd.

D E L I V E R A N C E F R O M E V I L ,

BKKM"N UV HBV. J. B. BAWTiiOKNK, D.D., PASTOB OF rilK riKST HAPTIST OUnUOU, NABBVILUE.

'•Oullver us from e v i l . " Luke xl. 14. Till' existence of evil in this world is a problem

trith which no philosophy has successfully grappled. It stitndH before us a wall of darkness on which there rsll« not one beam of light. In their unsuccessful effori* to explain the mystery, some men have reached ibe conclusion tha t the universe Is Godless. Others bsvc become mlsanthrop'.c, and abandoned theni-lelviK u> a career of dlsslpaUon and self-destructlcn

Wliy God purmlittid evil to come Into the world Is a leuret which he holds in the Inflntte depths of his

iiovim. Neither In his written ravolatlon, nor In th» volume of nature, has he given the faintest clue Ki this mystery.

While It l« an Insoluble mystery it Is a tremendous reality We cannot Ignore It. It stands out dls-tInuUy before us in a thousand hideous forms. All of our material senses take cognizance of It It is ID our tidsh and blood and bone and brain. The esrili la full of It. Wasted lands, blight and fam.ne, pIsir iB ear thquake , angry seas and sinking •bipi burning cities and bloody battloQelds a re ot> jeoi* loo real and > ppall ing to be Ignored.

In the Bible we have the record of the entrance of evil ioio the world, an epitomized history of its pro-grett through a period of four thousand years, and prophecies of it« fu ture career up to the time when the irrcal globe itself and all t b s t It Inherits shall dls-•olve aod pass away.

Krtry page of secular hivtory Is stained with crime snd blotted with blood. There we see how tyrants ' (set have siipiied in human gore, and bow the best sod nobln>t of our race hHve suffered the many Ills to whloh flesh is hclr.

AM abuul us today a re f^cns lettered with sorrow snd 8t«mped with shMmu. Nuthlng but the fear of ibo I run fl«t of law keepit a lari;e elemeot of the very* best of communlUe* from rlut and sedition. The ex-igence of three or four hundred dens of vice in our owo city is enough to convince us that devils still uhernacle In human flesh, and that much of this world's terr i tory Is under saianlc dominion.

Our dally newspa(>ers aro chrocicles of current evil The cblef business Is to tell us bow nations defraud nations, how polit icians viciimlzeeach Other by uorlgbieous trickery, bow huge business monop-ollea enalave the toll ing masses, how lust clamors fur unreitralned fi-eedoia, how bank-vaults and state iresDurles a re depleted by embezzlement, how drunk-en huDbands murder their wives, how women despise motherhood, and bow by assassination governments sre deprived of their executive heads.

"Can ibfw ttalofa Ix, Aod uvarc>.m J ua like • summer cloud. And not provoke our wuodsrr'

Stranger than the existence of these evils Is the fsct that so many men live in comparat ive uncon-•cluuinese of them immersed In sensuality, or In-isne with the greed of gain, or bowlwhed by siren •ongs of splendor and pleasure, they seem not to recognize the fact tha t they are out on an ocean of mercileiis whirlpools. Tney seem not to know that tbey are tenants o ' a world where every pathway leads to peril, where every human habitat ion is shad-owed by sorrow, where all beauty Is fad ing into dsrkness and a l l life is sinking into dust.

Not until men awake to a sense of these awful real-Itloa can they comprehend and appreciate the tremen-dous signiflcance of the prayer , "Del iver us from svll."

I In discussing (his subject my flrst endeavor will bo to help you to recognize the dread reality which tiud calls " e v i l , " and (he awful disasters with whloh it threatens us, both In this life and In tho vaster lifu to come.

1 prefer the Revised Version which reads; "Deliv-er us from the Evil O u e , " Our danger Is f rom some-thing more formidable and fearful than evil. It is from the Evil One—a mighty and malignant person-Alliy who s tands behind a l l tha t men call evil . In the abseniw of this pers jna l l ty nothing would be evil, everyihlng would be good.

Whenever I touch upon the doctrine of (he person-Alliy of (he devil, some objector is heard f rom, who Stems never to have thought of the subject In (ha llKh( of d ivine reve iadon . A few years a g o I ven(. ured the opinion (hat a woman who dons (ha bablli->nQa(s of her husbanu, and goes (hrough the land making pol ldoa l stump spteuhes, bath a devil. Tha expression of (b |s opinion brough( about a prolonged oun(roverey in (ha newspapers. In whiCh oer(aln "strong.mlndad women" denied (be personali ty of the davll, (hough olalming to be believers in the Bible. Tiiey seemed (o be utterly forgetful of tba fact tha t th«y bad ever read tha t Jesus was tampted of tha davll on (ha MounMln, and tha t ba said to FMar,

"Get thee behind me, S a t a n , " and (hat (ha inspirad writers always speak of (he devil a s a parsoa, not an Influence.

Who Is this evil one? He Is (he ehemy, for (ha( is the moaning of the word, sa tan . He is (he Ump(er, who deceives, seduces and en(rapB (he human soul. He Is the accuser, who brands, blackens and b l a s u men with the very sins Into which be leads them. Qe Is the Apollyon, the Destroyer, who scorehes men with his envenomed breath, and pierces them (hrough and through with his de td ly dar t s .

Yoong man, the Invisible enemy t h a t ' d r a g s you overynlKh^ Into a gambler ' s den Is no myth. A hun-dred times, perhaps, you have resolved that you would oevqr enter tha t den aga in ; but something mightier ih*an your own will gets Into you and com-pels you to go.

Go to that bank cashier, once the idol of a fashion-able social circle, but now an incarcerated felon loaded with Infamy and despised by the people who helped to destroy him. and he will tell you that some malign spirit entered into him, dethroned hls> will, and constrained him to do what bis own judgment and conscience condemned.

Forty years ago there was a little girl in Alabama whose beauty and loveliness were a lmos t angelic. If I had wanted to paint a picture of human innooenoe, I could not have found a better model She was ( h e ' child of weaitny, cultured and dlstin -uished parents. She was reared In an atmosphere of Chris t ian piety. The Influences which surrounded her chi ldhood, girl-hood and young womanhood, ware exeeptlonally pure and helpful. Twelve years a g o aha was sen-tenced by an Eagllsh Court to life-long imprisonment for the crime of taking the life of her own husband. Ask her to account for the commission of that hor-rible deed, and she will tell you tha t some Invisible flend took possession of her. deprived her of self-con-trol, and forced her to the fa ta l step.

Young man, the evil one has not yet dragged you Into a criminal life No court has sentenced you to wear a convict's garb and sleep in a felon's cell; and yet your life may be one of real subjection to s a u n i c power. If you are habitually unt ru thful or dlshon-ect o r Intemperate, or licentious you a r e the devi l ' s captive; you are doing bis unrighteous bidding; you a re completely In bis power and you a re in imminent danger of becoming a s degraded and vicious a s (he men whom public Justice has branded with felony.

Young woman, your rccord so f a r may be unsullied by any disgraceful act. In the eyes of men you may be as pure as the white flowers with which you a r e wont to adorn yourself; and yet the evil one may a t this moment possess your mind and hear t . If your master-passion is the love of social distinction and the flaeting pleasures uf the gay and giddy throng; if the novel has more eharms for you than the Word of God, and the festive hall is more a t t r acdve to your soul than tho sanctuary of p rayer , you a m a s truly possessed of the devil as was Mary Magdalene, and al l the uncleannets and shame to whloh she descended Is possible to you.

If there Is one before me today In whose breas t avar ice or malice or the lust of worldly power and fame is reigning passion, I hesitate not to say t o him, "You are Sa tan ' s fettered slave; you are bound hand and foot; you a re In danger of incurable degra-dation in this life, and of remediless wretchedness In the endless life boyond the t omb . "

2. I rejoice tha t I am divinely oommlssioned to sUnd here today and declare that God ' s inflnitemeroy has provided deliverance for every one who will penltendy and gratefully accept it. W h a t t h a t de-l iverance is, and how to secure it, a r e q u e a d o n s which demand our Immediate and mos( (bough(fttl consid-era i lon .

The old Epicureans made evil Idendcal wl(h die-comfort , and the avoidance of personal pa in (ha chief end of lifo. Their only lde» of dellveranoa from evil was escape as f a r as possible f rom every painful or unpleasant experience.

Their theory was utterly false. T h e man who at -tempts to hide from or go around diaagreaablo(hlnga does no( escape them. I t is painful to raslst temp(«-(ion, but submission (o K will br ing exparlenoea i d l l more painful . U (roubles you (o disoiplina your disobedlen(child. bu( (he negleo( of d lsdlpl lc i will br ing upon you more serious (roublai .

The (heory of (he S(olos was (hat pAin la no avll and (ba( happiness la no good. No rallof Is found In (his doo(rlue, for (be simple reason tha t no man of sound mind oan believe It. When I bava tootbaoha, not even an angel f rom heaven oould oonvlnoa ma (ba t tba anguish of auoh an aOlotton la not avU. Whan I am peaoeful »nd happy, It la Impoi i ible t o oonvlnoa me tha t It la not good to ba In avub a atftta. Tha Obristian solenoa theory la t ha t avll l i a myth. Tba apoat^es of It would tall you tha t any ona who ballavaa In It nan atap Into • fira and r«nAln tha t*

for a a Indaflnhe period withont any senaatlon of pain.

If tba Ohr isdan Sclendsts of Nashville will furnish a man who will undertake such a demonstradon of tba udl l ty of their religion, t will invite diis andra congregat ion to witness the exhibit ion, and If it should prove successful, I will exhort^every one of you to become a Christ ian Scientist. Until such a demons(radon is made, I shall oondnue (o affi 'm (hat only people of unsound minds oan be persuaded to subscribe to such a creed.

ChrlsdanKy is free f rom all such absurd ldea . I( recognixes (be reali(y of evil, and utters no word of protest aga ins t those na tu ra l emotions which a r e ex-cited by contact with it.

When from (he brow of 011ve( Christ looked down upon Jerusalem and foresaw Its destruction he wept. If he had been a Christ ian Scientist, he would not have wept. To him the suffering and slaughter of a half million human beings was evil—a stupendous evil--ltnd be could not comtemplate it without the deepest emodons of sorrow. He believed and be (augh( (ha( death was an evil. Hence we see him weeping a ( (be g rave of bis Bethany friend. He pit-ied (he sick, (he poor and persecuted, because he be-lieved sickness, poverty and persecution to be evils. He denounced lying, hypocrisy, (heft, adultery and despodsm, because he knew (hem to be evils.

3. How does Chris t deliver us f rom evil? No( by removing evil f rom (bo world in which we live. He has no where promised to remove l(. Undl the end of d m e (hare will be disease, famine, strife, war, persecution, ( r ibuladon and anguish.

Gbr lsdana a r e aa l iable to all these forms of evil as iDfldala, Moody Is jus t a s l iable (o be caught in a ra i l road wreck a s Robert Ingersoll. A ship freighted with C h r l s d a n missionaries is jdst as much exposed to ocean B(orms a s one carrying a bsnJ of merciless pieatas. "Ev i l s in their external forms happen alike (o (he good and bad, (o the wise and the f o o l i s h " Chris t does not deliver us from evil by removing us. f rom contao( with It, but by uniting us to h mself by a l iving fai th , by letting his life Into our life, and thereby ra i s ing us above the dominion and power of th« evil one. Delivered from satanIc power nothing (ha( is evil can overcome us, or preven( us from be-ing peaceful and happy.

To the wicked and godless man persecution is un-m |dga ( td evil. There Is nothing In him to mollify the anguish of it; but when the Christian is "perse-cuted for righteousness s a k e / ' he can r t jolce and be exceeding glad. The joy which comes to blm from his union with Christ and from the consciousness of Chris t ' s supporting grace more than compensates him for the wrongs which he endures

Pnyslcal sickness to the ungodly man is unmitigated evil. Conscious that he deserves It, and without fai th in a divine Helper, he has not one d r o p of com-fort. To (he child of God, physical sickness la a " l lgh( alBlcdon." I( Is light because of (he relief which comes (o him from the consciousness of God 's presence, and from the belief tha t his suffering is a divine discipline (ha( will work out for him " a f a r more exceeding and eternal weight of g l o r y . "

Look a ( Byron. He was young, beaudlul and fa-mous. As a poet, he had gifts which lifted him out of al l competition with every other poet of his (ime. "Hs seemed to stoop to touob lbs lolUest ihouibi, ,Blood on lbs Alps: stood on tba Appen'nrs. Ana wiu. tbs ibuoder talked sa (riena to friend: Pisted his bsiid upon lbs oossn's msoe, snd pUysd (smlilar wllb

bis bosry locks." But never was there a life more wicked and wretched

(ban bis. His years were al l winter, h is rest all labor , and his sleep all nightmare. At the age of (hlr(y-(hree he wrote these plaintive lines exprcis iva of his own experience—

"My dsys a-s Is tba vsllow Isst; Tb« flowsr, lbs fruit ol Ufe sre Ronei

Tbs worm, tbsosnksr, and tba srlsf Are mine alone,

Tbs firs ibsi SB my bosom prtys. Is Ions as some volcani lile.

No torch Is kindled si tu blate-A tunsral plls,"

Verily, "there Is no peace to the wicked." W h y f Because (bey a re under (he power of (he evil one, whose mission l( is (o dis(urb (hem—(o m%ke (beir evils doubly evil, and (o insdll in(o (heir every cup of pleaBu a drops of anguish.

Oon(rast their condidon wi(h tha t of the Lord ' s people who a r e condnual ly saying, "The lines have fallen (o me In pteasan( places, and mine Is a goodly ba r l t aga . " " W h a t shall I render unto the Lord for a l l hia baneflw?" "Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and ftll tha t la within ma blass his holy n a m e . " "Good* nasi and mercy shaii follow me al l of the days of my life, and I will dwell In the h o u u of tha Lord for* a v a r . "

Bvary day wa baar of tulcldes committal) in prUona. y n d a r t h a b u r d a n . o t d l t g r M a which auoh b o n d s f t

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BAPTIST AND B3FLBCT011, DBC. 30, 18»7.

Impoiss upon tbem, men feol th»i life ti not worth

l l T l D g , and rather than endure tho Ills they have they

fly to others they know not of.

The man who !• delivered from the power of the

evil one can never be provoked to take hit own life.

Paul and Silas were piihllcly whipped, and then

thrust Into a Roman pritoo; buttbeowardly thought

of iiuicidu had no place In beir heroic mindt. The

faith that wa* lo tht m trantmuUd their humiliation

Into Kl'^ry, and their anKulsh l'>to rapture. The

prcfence o( tbelr loving Lord Illumined thodarknet*

of their dungeon, aod turned their mourning Into

Joj Verily, they were delivered from evil. Their

live* were hid with Christ In God, and satan had no

more dominion over them.

Look at Francis Xavler, In the midst of all tho

degradation «qualid wretchednes* and crime of the

darkest reulon of Irdla See bltn there In the deep-

est poverty, and without ac ess to a solitary human

friend Was be de>pondeutV Nu Did be murmur

at his bard tateV No. At tbe point of his (treate»t

ex:cemlty be wrote to bis frieuds iliat his joy In the

Lord was almost unbearable Christ bad so de-

livered bim from tho evil one that no adversity could

disturb tbe sweet ferenity of his exalted «plrlt

Poverty Is not an evil In Itself The best being

that ever honored tho earth with his foctsteps was so

poor that he bad not where to lay bis head Tbe

winding sheet in «blcb bis dead body was wrapped,

and tbe grave la which It was burl d, were tbe gifts

of charity. He chose poverty a« a condition more

desirable than wealth

Martin Luther did not regard poverty as an evil

fxr te Wbeu ab^ut to die be exclaimed, "1 thank

thee, O God that thou ba»t made me a beggar on

the earibl '

Poverty Is an evil only when li U connccted with

sin and unbelief When a man U not only poor, but

profane, wicked, unclean and faithless, be Is wretched

Indeed The most joyless and pitiable being In all

the world Is a drunken, licentious, filtht-moutled,

iofi iel pauper What Is true of poverty Is (qually

true of every nthei- earthly trial No experience can

be evil to us. If we are free from tbe evil one, and

are living by faith In the Son of God.

To have Christ in us. the hope of glory, is to

have a source of serenity and joy that will not fail

us In any of tbe exigencies that are possible to mor-

tals here below

"Thou bounteous Giver of all good Thou art. of all tb? Klfta. Th/oelf tbe crowa UIT« vbat ibou wilt, Wlibiut thee wears poor. But wltb ibe«rlcb. Take what Ibou wlUawaj '

From Tezu.

We feel that a new religious atmosphere pervades

Texas now. The prospects resulting from the late

Convention have grown In promise for the future.

There seems to be a tendency looking to a wide-

spread revival Interest over tbe State. Several

meetings are now In progress in Important places.

The State Board, now located at Dallas, held its

first meeting re<xntly. They planned earnestly, and

we think wisely, over the current year's labors.

Four general missionaries among our most efficient

men were selected for special work over the State.

The Board has plaued Its mark for 150,000 for mis-

sions In the diffarjot fields the present Conventional

year. We hope the mark will be reaohed.

A new movement In edncatlonal matters has been

inaugurated. What it termed a "federation of

schools and colleges" has been formed by which a

uniform system and oo-operatlve plans will conduct

all the denominational schools in the State. Be-

sidi,s Baylor University at Waco and Baylor Col-

lege at Belton there are six other oolleges and instl-

tutet under the control of the Baptltts. The federa-

tion of all thoie tcbools Is designed to have a uni-

form tyttem of teaching, the leveral lohools being

in a certain measure triLutary or auxiliary to the

University, though each sohrol is Independent in it-

self as to government. The flnanoial system oon-

templates such oo-operatlon as to aid and sustain

the weak. This was demonstrated at (he Conven-

tion when a fund of t7,000 was secured in iubsorlp-

tions to release and secure tbe ooliege at Decatur

from debt and other bands and establish the samoM

it Baptist Institution. While the measure Is some-

thing new, yet H !• highly praolloal, and has alraadjr

inspired an advanced Interest In educational affairs.

Tho Colorado Association (which It our district)

convened leoently. It was a most harmonious and

spiritual tvcatlng. The territory of ihe AisoclaUon

Is large, embraoing about eight counties, with an

area nearly 100 miles square. I I Is a coast Aisoola-

tlon, bordering nearly 100 mllee on the Otilf Coast

and nearly as far Inland. The coast oouiitry, here-

tofore neftected, If^now ntpldly •eUltog, u d ttiare

Is great demand for mission work. The recent As-

sociation enlarged its facilities and aims to do an

advanced work In the Master's cause another year.

The Association adoptwl tbe resolutions of the State

Convention with reference to Dr. Whittitt The sen-

timent was unanimous, not a dlsrentlng voice One

thinir Is clearly set forth -Texa« Baptists, nearly

200.000 strong are practically a unit wl>h reference

to th»i Whitslit leaner Dr Whltsitt must retire,

and the stnin< r the betier fur all concerm d Wv all

respect and love I)r Whitsitt. hui a* to bis • his-

toric drama" we will not biivu It at all Should his

continuance b; inTsisUd in, an open rupture nmong

Southern Baptists is ln>tvltablo

Tbe fraternal tfreeilngs and utterances gf the Nash-

ville confercnce upon tho Whtt»l'i niat'er Is llifin

less tbanapluus joke We re^pvui nod adoii e their

devotion and ceal to n cause In which wn think judg-

ment Is at 'ault

We wish to approbate most hitt'tily ilie able ad-

dress of Dr. Lofton at ihe late Ba|itlst Conifre-s In

Chicago His ulterai Lc» «ero brltf but woiitUnfuOy

irue and forcefully fald We wUh tl at address

c uld be put In tract t i 'm 'or It would be a »p'en-

dld contribution to liaptlst htenvture Wu would

be irlad to handle a large nun.b'r While we read

tbe paper with so much Interest, nt the cimcludon

* we thought how exactly It would (It In the Wbltslit

case. •'Bettb' for one to mlTer tf need l»e than for

the whole b .dy to »u(T« r " However. I sp all for

Bro. Lofton a pcod ' hardfhake" on hit manly

speech at Chicago T. K MTHK

Weimar, Texas

G>nvention Almanac Again.

As Vlce-Fre»ldeoi <if the Sunday-»rbf>ol Hoard of

the Southern Bapllut Convention for i'enncssee, 1

feel it my duty to call the e»p>clal attention of tbe

brethren to the "(.'onvenilon Almanac,' published

by tbe Sunday school l<< ard at Nashville and edited

by Lansing Burrows D D It Is said men are iMirn

. poets. So it seems to me some men are born ^ecreia

rles and stailstlciaas, and Dr. Burrows Is one of

them I cannot Imairiue how a greater amount of

useful Information, about Baptist affairs, could be

packed Into a less spaca than is contained in tbe

forty four page* of this little booklet. Alma'acs

are such common things 1 confess when I first looked

at tbe copy I have I was not profoundly Impressed,

but as I began to examine It page by page, and had

so many facts and date* recalled that I had forgotten,

and so many presented that 1 never knew, my as on

Ishment and admiration were both aroused, and so I

coucludcd to write these few lines tn Induce others, If

possible, to obtain a copy and help diffuse the In-

formation It contains Brethrrn will tind that It

answers for a calendar, ornamented with a beautiful

design on every page, containing tbe themes for spe-

cial pra>cr lu our L.adlos' Missionary Societies each

month, to which Is added valuable information about

our mission w r!:, Home, Korelpn and State, and

also our Young People's L'n'or t. Sunday-school and

Colportage woric 8ecd for it to Baptist Sunday-

school Board, Dr. J M Frost. Secretary, Nashville.

While I am writing allow me to say that I feel espe-

cially desirous that our Tennesree people should

patronize our Sunday-school literature, published at

Nashville The Convention honored us by locating

this Board at our State's capital. And as Virginia

stands by the Foreign Board, located at Richmond,

and leads In Its support, at Georgia does to the

Home Board, located at Atlanta, so let Tennessee

show her appreciation by leading all others In the

support of the Board located in her n-ldst.

W C GRACE.

Sweetwater, Tenn

From A Na t i ve TenneiKAi i .

Though nvy work and home are in Kentucky, I still

love Tennessee, ard It In a real pleasure to me to

glean tbe news from tho brethren with whom 1 have

formed special attachments in former years from

the BAPXIIT AND REFLROTOR each week. Last

week's Issue gives us some excellent reading about

the Tennesste Baptist Orphans' Home, and I sincere-

ly hope that the amount called for may be raised.

I read the whole paper, though, of course. It Is not

all exactly of my way of thinking; and I am sure

thai It Is best that It should not be, for I discover

that I do not always say Just what I afterward And

that I ought to have said But the names, Gil l iam,

Ogle, Shepard. Wilkes, Robertson, Wauon , Mo-

Oluskey, Hearne, raublon, Wright, Price, Proil ,

McPherson. and especially J . T Oakley, awaken

nvenU that have long since been stored «w»y In

memory's tablet. God bless them all I I would be a

real pleasure to me to hare a personal letter from

each of them, tellllng of their work aod-AurrouBd*

iB f i in genentl And « allll gnMiiar pleMHi* lo g rMp

(heir hands and look Into their eyes and sitoah »uh

them face to face.

UK. IMROAN'B nOOK.

Not having had the privilege of reading Dr. Uar-

gan's new book, I am real glad that Bro Folk

us those extracts showing that he Is opposed to

alien Immersion, but sorry to learn that he favored

it when he became a professor In the Seminary, and

I feel pressed to ask if thote who put him In that

position knew his belief on the question of alien im.

mersiony I was glad to see the editor speak out to

clearly on tho administration of baptism

That was quite a good picture of Bro. T, T. Thou,p.

son. It called to mind the last time wo were logi-iher

in West Tennessee, and especially our prayer under

the shade of a tree for tbe Orphans' Home as wt-ii

when I had the pleasure of entertaining him In m;

home

I have just closed a llnu meeting at this placu u(

two weeks' duration. Bro. James Cbenault, our

pasu>r, was with us only a part of tbe tlniu, but

worked like a true soldier while here. Bro. W y

Doyle, who Is also a member of this church, hi-i|teii

us much Tea professions of faith were reported,

ten approved for baptism, eight baptized, om re-

stored, and three received bj letter. The church li

greatly revived

1 have been called to four churches In this cciunty,

but have only accepted three to the present tlmv I

am In a good country and a good fluid In which to

labor, and am greatly enjoying the freedom frum

vexation, care and responsibility Incident to eUlilog

and publishing a paper. I feel like a now man. so

far as that matter Is concerned. 1 expect to hold

several other meetings during tbo winter and spriog,

and devote my time and energies to the work of tbe

pastorate But, of course, I will occasionally take

time to write a note or two for tho papers

W H . SM ITH

Cave (,'ity Kyr

Fannie Jones '^ In Mcmor iam .

UV IIIHHor U P riTZURUAMl

As I sat In tbe pulpit of Ihe Flr«t BapilNt Chureb

In Nashville on Sunday Dect mher 18 b, ai d looked

Into the faces of tho congregation Ijefore ine ii rtood

of tender emotions rushed npon m^ The iniatc* of

the holy dead rose before mo With closed eyes ti

seemed to me that I could sec radiant forma aod

beckoning hands inside tho gates of that citt <>f (iod

where Christian friendships shall be n-ncweil and

holy love shall bloom araln, no more to fade Tiien

and there the two worlds touched—the myi-tory and

tbe pathos of this, and tbo blessedness and viory of

that. To me, then and there, that life up yonder

In the unclouded iiirbt was scarcely less real than

this life down here, where "tho clouds return after

tbe rain " One face and form among the rest I ^aw-

thatof afair young girl with her golden hair, blue eyes

that were deep and tender, fair swm face, and wil-

lowy form, and the soulftil personality that save her

a diviner beauty than that of mere color and form

Tho one word that now teems to mo to he doscnptlve

of FANNIK JONKH as she was then In hei younp girl-

hood Is—sun«blny. Sh j was the daughter «l my

near nelghber and beloved Christian friend, the llev.

Dr. Tiberius Gracchus Jones, who was then the psi-

tor of this same First Baptist Church—a grandly

gracious or graciously grand man, gullelcso as s

child, learned In all the learning of the schooU, bal

most of all wise In the wisdom learned at tho rcet of

Jesus Onfr two families wore almost as one. They

are broken and scattered now—some have met be-

yond the veil, some are still fighting life's battlo hert

on earth When the news of Fannie Jones'e deatb

came, it was not hard for us to believe that when ib«

left the old Virginia bills the shining hills of I'sra-

dUo were In sight. Her intellect was remarkably

brilliant She was so pure and truth-loving that ibt

could be at home only In that world Into which no

falseness can enter; she was so gentle that hor proper

home Is in that sphere where discords are unknown;

and she was so unselfishly atroctionate tbatwoosD

only think of her as suited to that world whore lovs

Is unmixed In Its quality and eternal tn Its duration.

When we heard of her marriage our benod Ic.tloni

went forth for the fair young bride and her husband.

When she was called to the skies we followed bsr

flight with wet eyes and sorrowing hearts, and y«t

with m firmer persuasion (hat there Is a heaven whsrs

elect splr lu are gathering one by one, and with

a deeper loving In our hearts to rejoin them there.

They have nol lived in vain. Tbelr deaths were not

unllmely. They fulfilled their ministry. It " I "

be made plain to ue by and by up yonder, where m

•b«l l tee face lo fece and know even as we are koof»>

Thn* bellevleg, we will walk by fallh until faith esdi

inelgbl .

NMhvllle, Tenn., Dwi. Hal .

BAPTIST AND IIEFLBCTOB,DBC.80,I8»7.

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NEWS NOTES.

Paitofs' Cmfcfence Repott .

Naclttflllc.

pir<t Church—Pastor J . B. Hawthorne preached.

Mornliik' subject, "The Qtar of Bethlehem."

Central-Pastor G. A. Lofton preached. .'lO.') In

8. 8. I'Mne congregations. One received by letter.

The morning sermon was on "The Perversions of

Christinas." The Conference requested Its publica-

tion In the BAITIBT AMD RKKLECTOU.

Edtrcflold—Pastor J . O. Rust preached. Morning

iubje< t, "Tbe Praying of Jesus " Fine services

Sevt^nth—Pastor J. H. Wright preached Fine

coDgregations. Evening subject, "Prayer of Jesus

for the Preservation of His People."

Iniiiianuel—Pastor A. J . Ramsey preached. Bap

lizcd two. Morning subject, "The Light of the

World " Friday evening, Christmas service for

child run. North Edgefield—Pastor Sherman visiting his

fatbt,r In Missouri. Bro. B. E. Folk preached morn-

IDS and night.

(lovtell Memorial—Pastor H. F. Burns preached.

Chrlatinas entertainment next Friday night.

M i l l Creek—Pastor S. H. Price preached in the

m o r n i n g Subject, "The Personal Record -if 1807 '

Sontr tervico flt night.

Bro W. C. Cleveland reports fine services at Al-

leDnvt l lo , Ky. Morning subject, "The Peace of Uod."

liro (t. H. Crutoher was present and reported hU

worn at Sbolbyvllle In good condition.

Dr J M. Frost reports that the business o' the

guntlay-school Board Is In most excellent condition.

The Hoard ROnt checks to the three city printing

hout>c8 for printing contracts a week abend of time,

• hich was a sagacious and happy departure.

iiro. A. J Holt preached at Bell Buckle Bro.

HoH remarked that an epidemic of matrimony was

prevailing among our young preachers, and Bro.

Hurn» said he could testify of several Instances of

ifae kind. Bro. Ramsey and Bro. Golden did not

•av anything. In this connection It It to be men-

tioned that Bro. G. H. Crutoher of Shelbyvllle was

present.

Hiioatllle

Klmi Church—i'astor Acroo preache I at both ter-

victc Three received by letter, one approved for

btptUm and two baptized. 400 In S. S.

( cntennlal—Pastor J. H Snow preached at both

•ervlcus Tho church Is mourning over tbe death of

Joe Hoardon, one of tbo most gifted and consecrated

of hi-r members. Young, active, faithful, eitlclent,

god V. his place will be diffluult t j (111.

At Hall Camp, Falrview, Sharon and Valley Grove

Hanior B L Stanfill reports good mee.tlngs and fine

proDpccts. Valley Grove Is building a fine house.

Hro Stanflll has just closed a great meeting at Bea-

ver Dam.

I havo just closed a ton days meeting at Beaver

Dam. which resulted In five conversions. Tho church

wao much built up. I was assisted by Bro G, W .

iiblpo, tbe pastor. Bro. Sbipe is a stronc man in

the ministry and much beloved by his people I want

lo thank the brethren for thoir kindness U> mo.

B. L STANKILL I'edlgo, Tenn.

Sunday was a bad day for church-going, yet we

had an excellent Sunday-school and good congrega-

tion There were 17 additions last week, 14 for bap-

tism and three by letter. On Wednesday night 13

wcrn baptised, making 10 by baptism and four by

letter since last report. This makes about OC addi-

tions In the last twelve months. The school, under

tbo direction of Profs. Powell and Richardson, it

moving quietly on. W. C. GRACE.

•Sweetwater, Tenn.

Sunday wat a good day with us at Big Creek

and Lucy, notwithstanding tho weather was very bad.

Bro. W . H. Potty of Jackson was with us and

prcaohed an able sermon from the text, " I will arise

and go to my Father." Bro. Potty has only

been In the ministry a short time, but he preaches a

Unu sermon. We had V wedding In tho morning at

Hlg Creek, and In the afternoon Bro J . W . Will-

lams was ordained to tbe onioo of a deacon in the

Luoy Church. Bro. Wil l iams Is a thoroughly conse-

oratod man and will make a good deacon. His wife

also has Ihe qualification for a deacon's wife. We are

doing nicely at these places. M. M. BiiCDSom

Jaokson, Tenn.

-We have JasI closed » successful meeting at Ce-

dar Creek Ohurcb, near Rusellvllle, Hamblen County,

I'onn. There have been sixteen professlotis and five

additions to Ihe church. Tbe church has been greatly

•treuglhened. Good congregations attended all the

Uwe ibirougb rulit »lta ^ro . 1S> ft. y»nkc9

all the preaching. He is a young man of great

power. Our people enjoyed his sermons. Ho Is one

of our most promising young men of East Tennestee,

and bids fair to stand at the head of our ministry.

Two weeks ago we closed a meeting with the church

at Rogerivlllo. The ohurcb It greatly revived and

tho cause wat strengthened at that point There

were eight profettlons and several additions to the

church, and more will yet join. We will attend to

tho ordinance of baptism on Christmas day.

J M. WALTERS, Pastor. Leadvalo, Tenn , Deo. 23rd.

-The Baptist cause at this idace is progressing

slowly but surely, wo trust. Our pastor, Rev. T, R.

Waggener, Is greatly beloved by tbe people He Is

a great preacher, full of the Spirit and thoroughly

consecrated to tbe service of the Matter. We have

had several additions to tho church since he bat

been pastor. Bro. J. T. Hickman of Fountain City

assisted Bro. Waggoner In a meeting beginning No-

vemlM r 27th and closing December Oib Ho Is a won-

derful preacher, and preaches with earnestness and

iirwer We felt that the Spirit was with bim and us.

We bad some precious services, for which the Lord

be praised But our hearts were made sad because

there was not a great Ingathering of souls. I be-

lieve tbe seed sown will yet tprlni; forth and yield a

harvest In tho future. We want B o. Hickman to

come and preach for us again, and pray that It m<y

be tbe Lord's will for him to come A Methoditt

brother remarked during tbe meeting that he didn't

know tbe Baptists bad any good preacbert until be

heard Hickman and Waggener I have received

your premium Bible and am perfectly delighted with

it. It is just what I have been wanting, Tbe BAP-

TIST AND HEFLKCTOR is a grand paper.

(MRS. ) MATTIE VARNELL Cog Hill, Tenn

joneiboro Note i .

Kev. A L Davis of Columbia, Tenn., Is unani-

mously elected pastor of Joneiboro Baptist Church,

Jonosboro, Tenn., and tbe Phliadelpbla Church at

Bowmantown, Tenn He will preach at Pailadelpbla

tho third Sunday and preceding Saturday each

month, and at Jonesboro tbe first, second and

fourth Sunday, morning and evening. He comes to

these churches recommended by the loved Dr. Folk

of the BAITIST AND REKLECTOR.

Mr. Davis Is a graduate of tbe Southwestern Bap-

tist University. Jackson, Tenn , class 1801-02. He

has been pastor of tbe First Baptist Church, Colum-

bia, Tenn., three years. He arrived at Jonesboro

December IO;b, aod preacbnd at Philadelphia Decem-

ber 18tb and lU.b He will make bis home at Jones-

boro. His wife and nephew joia him here today,

wh re they find tbe home r ia iy for them.

We have boon almost flvo months without a pastor

at Jonesboro, Rev, I N Kimbrough resigning in

July, The church has not bueu idle. We have had

preaching when a suitable ministercould bo engaged.

The prayer-meoting and Sunday-school at the church

and Mission Chapel, at Cotton Factory, aod Young

People's Societies and Woman's Missionary So-

cieties have all boon kept actively at work, with a

growing Interest.

Tbe ouhtom of this church Is to ask God to guide

in tho oalling of a pastor. We do not know how

many members of tbo church have offered such

prayers, but we do know that more than "two or

three" have done so. Wu have had such strong

evidenoo In tbo past years of God's answering the

prayers of his servants that we believe our pastors

are tent In answer to the prayers of devout men and

women of our church. Some who do nol believe

in such answer to prayer may not believe Ibis; we

don't expect thrm to believe In a thing they know

nothing about Such persons do not want Ood to

guide them unless as they olioose, and trust lo their

own personal opinions, and lose sight of Go£ , and

forget their own lmi>erfeotlons In magnifying. Uiote

of the servant of God. If we believe in a personal

religion we will bo pleased with our pastor, because

we will not ouly try to help him to get souls saved,

but wo will learn to love him. If he has Imperfec-

tions, we will remember our imperfections. W e will

not let Satan rob us of the Word delivered to us be-

cause not dono In our pretcrlbed way. Our paslorle

Ihe servant of God, sent to us in answer lo prayer to

deliver the mess ige of life and of death Let us

keep Christ lo front. The devil can' l stand thai.

We must not hinder the word of God. We can de-

prive ourselves of tbe blessings Ood has for us, and

prevent souls from being saved by neglecting Ihe

house of God, hindering Ihe pastor in b|« «rork with

unkind criticism, when we permit Satan to dome Into

our hearts and drive out the words of eternal life In

the effort to find fau'l. Let us try to please God by

aolny 'or U m wbitl«ver otir b iOdi find to d9. 9«|>-

pon our paslor whether be does or does not bis

woik according to our Ideas of how l i should be

done, stand Arm wltb bim In every good work, gel

souls saved, build up the cause of Christ in our

ohurcb and town, and prove lo the worldly-minded

our faith by our works. When Christians do this,

there Is no time for 'a conference with the devil as to

how ho will have us sin agaiast God by charging

little faults to our pastor and denouncing God's

elect because we can find bim imperfect. Let us

serve and please God rather than Satan.

T. W. WHITIXKJK.

Jontsboro, Tenn , Deo, 23, 1007.

Gtraon and N e w m a n G>Ues;e.

Our school convenes alter the holidays on Tues-

day. January 4tb On the night previout there will

be a thort mutloal and elocutionary entertainment,

followed by a reception to the new studenU

Prof, Garner, who spent some months alone in the

Jungles of Africa in the study of the chimpanzee and

gorilla, recently gave the students a very Interesting

lecture on his adventures in that wild country.

Yesterday morning aod evening Dr. J . M, Phillips

preached two very able sermons. He Is one of the

strongest men in tbe State

On December 24th I received 15 from a young man

for the College as a Christmas gift. On Chritlmat

day I received another U from the Columbian Lite-

rary Society of our lottitulion as a Christmas pres-

ent. To say I appreciated these gifts It putting It

mildly. We must pay the 92,700 note and then I will

give the readers of the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR a

rest. Let the College receive many New Year gifts

from January 1st to 10th. ^ T . HENDEBSON.

I jOOKness Somewhere."

1 was very much pained to see those references

from Brethren Hearne and Oakley, and while 1 be-

lieve it was an unintentional refiectlon on the butlnett

methods of Bro. Woodcock, it is calculated to create

a suspicion in the minds of tome that bit books are

kept wltb ut method, tyttem or oorrectneii. I have

had to meet Jutt tuch dltcrepanoles in tbe past and

have heard brethren complain that the ohurcb had

not received proper credits and intimate a suspicion

that something was wrong. A little investigation

would reveal the fact that tbe amount intended for

Foreign Missions had been sent to Richmond, for

Home Missions to Atlanta and for Ministerial Educa-

tion to Jaokson

Brother Woodcock can only report amounts pass-

ing through hit hands,-either in cath|or by vouchers.

The "lootenets" It in tbe churohet allowing their

contributions to be tent to the different boards and

making no report of it to Bro. Woodcock.

Somet<met Individuals will tend money as tbelr

offering and without receipt orevldence whatever be-

yond their knowledge, wonder that their church, As*

sociatlon and the Convention have neglected to give

them credit. In the oases referred to, we seethe wis-

dom of our "co-operative p lan" of giving for tho

various causes.

I have had several years' dealings with Bro.

Woodeook as an employe of Ihe State Board, and I

believo he is scrupulously correet in all his business

methods and dealings.

I trust Brethren Hearne and Oakley will be ablelo

find the broken link and exonerate our beloved, faith-

ful treasurer from any charge of negligence. W . H. BRCTON.

Covington, Tenn^

The Right Spirit A useful religious writer onoe said, "There is

one way by wbloh we may know when we are resting

In Christ by faith. I t Is when we are bearlag the

trull of the spirit, wbloh Is Move, Joy, peace, long

suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, tem-

perance.' If we do not bear Ibis fruit, we are not

abiding in the fulness of Christ's love, no matter

what we profess." " I am very sorry," says the same

writer, " to And persons claiming to live near tho

Savior who manifest a harsh, unkind aod even a

faull-flndlng spirit ." All Ibla Is true, and It is sad that any Christian

should Indulge in censorlousness, in unkind orlti-olsra ooncernlng those who may be Just as truly "consecrated," even tiiougb they have not made a greal parade about It And there are some, who In their public prayers. Instead of asking Ood In hu-mlllly and faltb for blessings needed, take the op-ponuai ly of striking at others. This cannot be pleaalng lo the Lord. \ .

I f one ObrlBl*an knows of another living an Inoon-slstenl life, and If be is the proper one to rebuke Ihe brolber. let him who Is "spiritual," do_ so In the splril of "meekdess." Lei tbe dUolple of Jesus be< w u « of yie splril of censorlouBfieis '^Though I speak wllb Ihe tongues of men and of angela, and have nol love, I am become ae soundlnjr brass, or a tlnkUng cymbal." If I am dogmatic, dlctalorlal and oenio-rioua, I need more Of Wt meekneat pud gmilleness i,f Ohrli l . . ^ lABmrrr.

,Asa- 's®: m

B A P T I S T A N D B E F L B O T O B , D E O . 8 0 , 1 8 9 7 .

issions.

M I H I O N D I H E V T O M V .

mat* niMi«M«.-Raf. A. 1. HoiA, u .n . MlMlODtry Beorcunr. All eommnalMtUoM dMtffDM tor him itaould b« KddrMMd to hlB at NMbTllie. TENN. W. M . WOOD-OOOK. TrvMurtr. NMtirlU*. TtDn.

rarelva nUalSMa.-IUT. a i . WUXOIS-•AM, D.U., CorrMpoDiltoi 8«oreUry. lUofc-moni), V». R«T J. H. Snow, Knoiflllt, Teon., Vioe-Preaident of the Ponlfs Board (or TenoaMec. lo whom all InaulrlM for ID-(ormatloD maj be addreued

NI»al«aa.-R«T. I. T. TlOBWOB. O D.. OorretpondlDf Beeretarjr, Atlanta, Oa. Re*. M D. Jarratu, Vtee Preatdeni oi IH* Home Hoard tor TenneMM, tovhomall intormaiioD or mquinei about worh la the Btate mav be addreesed

n i a l a l a r l k l UducallWM.-ALL tuad* tar youDg mlnUtere W the 8. W. B. UatTtralti ibould be eeol to Q M Barac*. L L D . .

Jaehaoo, reno. For jrouoc mmtaterf at CaraoD asd Newmao CoUece. eend to J T aendereoD. Moaaj Creek, Teno.

i»rpli»Ba* H*aae.—Bead all monlaato A.J. Wheeler. Treaaurer. NaahvUla, Taoa. All •appllea ahould be aeat to 0 T Cheek. NaahTtlle. TeoD All auppllea ahould be prepaid.

W « M A N « A flllaaiaaarr I ' A I S A

PuaiDUT -Ura A C S JaefcaoD, NaahTllle, Tana.

3o«maapo«DUiesaoKRAaT--lliaaM M Ciai boraa, Haxwell Bouae, Naahrllle. Tecs.

laoOBDiva BKHBTABT -HlM Uertfude Bill, NaahTllle. Teao

KoRoa-Mtaa S E 8 Shanklaod, m N vtn. Btraev Naahrllle. Teon.

M a n y Thing:!.

The article by the Treaaurer of the

Home Mt.aloo Boftrd that Appeared tn

tbeae columna a week or twai siDCewat

a timely notica to Tenoesaee Bap t i tU

Tenceaaee i» expected to cootrlbuie

t4,000 to this Board, and while over

half of tbe Content lonal >ear baa

pasted, teaa tban half the #4 000 hat

beeo receUcd b) the Home Board. If,

however, tbe Baptlata of Tenoetiee

will ooDtrlbute to Elooie Ml.aloo*

•5,000 thla Board will Klve ut 12,500

for our work, Inatead of 12 000, that

•be will gUe If we do oot contribute

tbe Id 000 A little effort oa tbe part

of man ; pastora would aecure tbia

•5.000 witbiD tbe next three montba

Let ua try It, brelOreo, and come up

to tbe help of tbla noble Board

T O 8 C N D A Y SCHOOL S U P K R I M T E N -

D E N T S .

The propoiitlon for the BaptiatSuo-

day-ichools of Tennetiee to contribute

their colleotiona the firat Sunday in

each month to the Sonday-acbool and

Colportatre work ia meeting with much

(ATor, Already many Sunday-acboolt

have adopted the plan. Aa a come-

quenoe there it an increaslDsr stream

of contributions flowioff to thin Board

for the Sunday aobool and colporta((e

work. What could be more appro-

priata tban for tbe children who are

bleaaed with Bibles and 8abbath>

•ohooU to make a monthly oontrlbU'

tlon for the purpoae of suppiylnir

those obildren In Tennessee who are

destitute of these blasslnffe?

It Is estimated that 160,000 children

In Tennessee between the acres of five

and twenty attend no Sabbath*sobool,

while Atwut 90,000 families in Tennes-

see have no Bibles. There Is not a

more needy nor a more hopeful enter-

prise in Tennessee *han this Sunday*

•ohool and ColportaRe work. Wi l l

not ereryone who reads these lines

make a personal effort to brlnff his or

herBunday-schooMoto the list of those

who oontrlbute every month to this

Important work?

T I I B O R P B A N S ' B O M B .

At has been set forth lo these pages

already, the Home Is almost alear of

debt. One general, vlforont effort

will free this noble Instliutlon from

•11 embarrasiments. LQI UI bear In

n ind flT« things:

1. Let everyone who has given a

note which Is yet In our hands see to

it that the note ia paid at once. This

would of Itself pay off every obliga-

tion.

2. Let everyone who pledged at Pay-

ettevllle pay up at once. This would

relieve us.

3. [.let everyone who reads these

lines encourage our Christmas dinner

offerings. It every family who knows

of this would take up one cent from

each member it would help us greatly.

4. Let every ehurch try and send a

box of eatables or wearables to the

Home. This would support our Home

a whole year. If such action were gen-

eral Send contributions to the Finan-

cial Secretary, A. J . Holt. Nashville

•«end boxes .plainly marked tbua: The

Tennessee Baptist Orphana' H imo,

care of C T Cheek, Naabville, Tenn.

5. Be su»e and state plainly where

the contributions or boxes are from,

and who sent th^m.

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

Words of praise are due to our

splendid paper for its staunch sup-

port of all our work. Where ia there

a Su te paper that Is more up-to-date

in every Improvement, with better

editorials, better eorrespondents, bet-

ter contributora, and with clearer typo

or better paper? Not a whit behind

the chlefsst is our BAPTIST AND KR-F L K C T O R

FOREIQN UIB8ION8.

Let ua not for a single hour for^rt

"The Keirlons Beyond;" tbe mil-

llona of our fellow-belnga yet ID deep-

est darknes*; tbe pitiless plunge of

some sad soul every moment into a

hopeless, Chrlatless grave. Shall we

sund guiltless before tbe great white

throne if we do not tend them tbe

light of lite? Our noble Foreign Mia

slon Board atanda pleading for aid.

Such a plea must not be In vain Let

Tennessee Baptists ariae lo their

might and outatrip any previous ef

fort In aiding tbe glorious God-given

work, or sendlor tbe goapol Into all

the earth.

S T A T E M I S S I O N S

Last, but not Icaat, cornea our own

SUte work Tbe Board baa launchrd

out into the deep, and baa undertaken

more this year than ever lo ooe single

year before The appeals were so

earnest and so deserving we felt that

we could not do leaa. We greatly de-

sired to do more. Will not Tennes-

see Baptists stand by their State

Board in their great work? Brother

Pastor, let the appeal be to you. As

you are, so will your churches be.

SUnd by us. pray for us, preach

about our work, urge your people to

contribute to It and contribute to It

yourself, and the means for carrying

forward this great work will not be

lAoklng. A. J HOLT,

Nashville, Tenn.

W o m a n ' f MiMionary Union.

W«EK OF PRAYER.

Sunday, Jan. 2, 1868. Topic, i're-vailing Prayer.

Jan. 3rd. Topic, Pagan Countriea-

Chlna, Africa, Japan.

Jan. 4th. Topic, Home MUsiims-

in City, Country, Slate and Among

the Indians.

Jan. 6th. Topic, China; Ingather-

ing of Christmas Offering.

Jan. «th. Topic, Southern Baptist

Convention; Us Boards, Home. For-

eign and Sunday-school, State Mis-

sion Work, the Woman's Mlsti nary

Union, Btate Central Comihlueaii

tha Local Society.

Jan. 7th. Topic, Papal CouiK le* -

Italy, Brai l l , Mexico, Cuba.

Jan. 8th. Topic, Personal Ci.n»o-

cratiOB to Christ's Work.

—MM . Oreenfleld observed the

WMk Of prayer la her owa «ay. The

other sisters of Hopewell Church were

"so sorry" she could not attend their

dally meetings, and kindly appointed

one at her house, to which she took

care to Inviia every neighbor But

Mrs. Oreenfleld was not going to let

poor health deprive her of the enjoy-

ment and benefit of this precious sea-

aon. So tbe had a Bible-reading all

by herself on Sunday. "How to pray,

when tu pray, what to pray," were all

clearly pointed out by the Word, and

her heart was prepared for tbe believ-

ing faith with which she was always

to pray for laborers to be aent of tbe

Lord, and that "utterance" might b«

(rrant«d to thoie tent.

Monday, as she sat at the table, a

queen reigning Jointly with her hus-

band, the king of her happy household,

the prayed for the degraded women

of China, Afiica and Japan, whose

hornet are prisons.wbere they wait on

the lord and matter, eating what he

loaves, fortunate if they escaoe blowt,

mentaHy degraded till a glittering

bracelet ur other uauble Is considered

to fill the measure of rheir consent.

Tuesday the kt>pt her brother John'a

and elater Kat«'c children, while their

mothera went to the meeting. She

told them stories and faahloned a

doll dratt, her thoughtt running on

Home Mltaions. Ooar little Jack,

Jnhn't boy, would he be among thoae

00 000 young men who make two third*

of our criminals? Wat hn to be the

one In QTO who la deatined to become

a drunkard? Oh, no! no! And yet,

there wat Louie Miller, whoae beauti

ful face and manly air had made him

the neighborhood pet Poor Louie!

The women had prote-tcd aealntt a

aaloon being o^iened on the corner,

but tbe men bad aald, " I t * no ute, you

can't help It " Louie ttaggered home,

oov, every night from that aaloon—

and bla mother waa a widow. "God,

give utterance to our mlniatert, to

our homo miiaionari-a!"

Wednetday her envelope went to

church where the tperial program for

the Cbrlttmas offering waa to be ren-

dered. Mr* Greenfield alfO rondertd

It, and wept over It. To Mlat Field'*

inquiry the reaponded with fervor,

"Yea. it Is worth while, lor Chrltl a

take, to deny oureclvea tome«hat.

that these our aUtera, dying of

thlrat, may taate some drop* from the

cup of salvation." Mr* Greenfluld

feit sensitive about the expenae* Inci-

dent to long-continued Hi health. S. o

practiced genuine self-dental in order

that a banknote might Oil her en velope.

And tbe lady who counted the Cbriat-

mas offering nodded her ostrich tipa

cheerfully, and tald, " I f we could all

give as liberally as Mrs. Green eld I With all the presents I had to buy this

season, really, a quarter was as much

as I could afford for the Chrlatmas

offering."

Then came the study of the methods

of Southern Baplitts. Our friend.bad

no faculty for organisation, but, as

she thoughtfully suafinid the minutes

of the Southern Biiptitt Convention

a.jd of the Woman's Missionary

Union, the simplicity of having a

Board for Foreign Missions, another

for Home Mlselom, and one for Sun-

day-schools, and a woman's auxiliary,

tbe«e Boarda working through and

co operating with a State Board and

a woman's Cential C..mmliteo In each

Stat-, preien'ed Itaulf as the most

naturnl ulvlalnn po**lb!o of the great

work. And at rhe pondered the

mighty re.ults wrought by dur work-

ers at homo and bMyoid seas, she

glorlfd In being hor^elf a part of the

ho*!, w |.)li i« uph Idlng the banner of

KInir Iti mni uei, and which will gath>

erfrom i&i»t and West, from North

and S'luth, the redeemed of every

nation to sing His praises evermore.

Friday there rose before bar mind

the oruolOk and tb« image of th« Vir-

gin, with countless throngs ot aad

eyed women In Italy, Mexico, Brazil

and Cuba, praying the souls of loat

ones out of tbe flamea of purgatory,

and black-robed nuns stifling con-

scicnce by rattling, "Ha l l Marys" to

strings of beads, and priests thorn

selves deluded and deluding otheri-

the whole a strange, fantastic, distort

ed carlcaturo of a me<-k and lowly

Savior's divino Instructions.

Then on Saturday was the conclu

slon of the whole matter. The neodn

so great, tbe time so abort, what uUu

It there for a Christian but to bo dead

to sin, to all Indulgence which Inter

feres with constant, chocrful allegiance

to Chrlat'a cau*o, and to be alive

glowing, earnest, eager, ready—uniu

God, llatenlng for HIH VOICO, hearken

Ing to Ills comtnand, obeying OUeal ''

She would, ahe a little, frail houti?

bound woman! She would keep thi-nt-

thinga In her heart; tho would apeak

of them to all who came near; ahe

would write of them to those farther

away; ahe would collect, treature, and

dittrlbute mitalonary Information:

the would "do without for Jeaua

sake," and give more liberally than

ever; above all, she would make the

patience, hope and sweetness of her

dally life a testimony to the imwer of

the IndweUing Spirit.

Kate and John'a wife dropped In to

tell how there had actually biien

a cttnveralon at tbe meeting that after

noon. It atartled them, for they were

not expecting anything of the kind,

though of courae, they were alwaye

praying for einnera And ao man;

invltatlona had como In for parlor

meetinira, they had determined to con-

tinue them another week.

•'Why, you have your hymnbnok

on your lap We didn't know jou

ever tang." exclaimed Jobn'a wife.

Mr* GreenHeld had iMsc-n rcadinc

the beautiful word*—and her volcelena

sonir bad aoared higher than many a

tuneful melody-"Nearer My Cod to

Thee," and "Jeaua, I My Cro«e U«fe

Taken. " Now ahe glanced at tbe l»«t

hymo on tbe week of prayer program,

and aald, with a smile and a meanlni;-

ful (mphaala, "Onward. Chrlatlan

Sold lore."

"Baptttt Lovilty to Chriit and the Scripturea."

MEI'I.Y TO IIHO. UirrOK.

I Tiie original purpoat) In my flrai

article waa to call attention to the

wl .0 d ffe once between Hro L ifton »

atatementa before the Young Peoplt a

Baptlat Union and hia defence of whdt

is known as WhltslttUm Ho ha» at-

tempted a defente of these confl cting

statements In the u*e of such term* aa

"perfect," "strictly," "essentially,

••lecbnloally," "uhftraoteriatlcallj"

and "particularly." I t takes all the^o

word* to show that be didn't mean

what he said, that Is, tbe above ternio

are "more recent explanations" o'

what ho moant when ho aald it anothc-

IlM Rvral la tiM UflMat trmdm baUag pe luMwa. Actaal taalaalMW h flaaaai

third fartW tJbM aay •Uwr

tswwsse^^

B A P T I S T A N D B B F I i E O T O B , D E C . 8 0 , 1 8 9 7 .

"To Id) the truth my mother iiux l i ved Willi

tone foot In ' the grave," write* MfH

Biigene Stant leiiherR. of No 1604 Wa lkr i Ave, llouDtim. Te«a*. In a U t trr ti) Dr. R V I'irice, uf Buf falo. N Y

With a moni ^flhaiikfiil hi ,111 I

will I r II you .IIm'III till- won

i ' ^ 'Iclful ctirr i-ff<-cl< <l III Ik-I C J f ''•I''e She ha* IH'CII 11 |)er "" flit wicck for (M. v< II liiiiK

ti' r*. Nu ut'tds can dettcribe what Hhc liux •iiffetrd Shr < <MIM not sleep on arcoiiiii of -rvere pain* • 'i- iii'-d every doctor aroiiiid ••ir .111,1 -pfin hiiiiilri d» of iliillam uitlDiii*

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i-liirf coii-iiMni., ..iiv.i.iiii to I In- Inviiliih Until aii'l Siirifii ,1 Iii-'>f,itr Hnffilo \ V >t 'II hr:„l .,f -i .i.lrn.li.) «nlT ,.f ^«.ori«te •i>-ri it(.t« (rradii it'' f, , •• ilK V-tidinf med lc»l mi-rriili*« of ^I!l.••l.•a and Kiiinpe

wav. I am still of the opinion that

"expert historians" and U.D's should

• peak and write so we "four inch"

feliowa could understand without a

continual "more recent explanation."

Bro. Lofton in eloquent terms in-

formed the Baptist young people that

"the Baptists as a people and In their

prindpU* have existed from John the

Baptlat till now," and that "their sue

cess has never been based upon any

oiher name or by anv other agency

than the name ot Christ and the Word

of God. Loyalty to Christ and his

word have been their only motto."

When I called upon him to explain

or raconolle these utterances with his

defense of Whitsitism, that " prior to

1041 all Baptists employed sprinkling

and pouring for baptism," his reply

was that "tho Anabaptists were loyal

to Christ and the Word ot God at (A<y

understood it " I then took him up on

his statement In the BAPTIST AND R B rLROTOR of November 18th, when he

says the Anabaptlat* from their liter-

ature "dM knoto that immertion wat the Seripturalfonn of baptism," and argued

If they did know this and "were loyal

to God's Word as they understood

I t , " then tho luevlttble conclusion,

from Bro. Lofton's o«n "utterai ces,*'

was, the Anabaptists baptised by im

mertion. In reply to this Bro. Lofton

»eeks relief by saying his remarks

"applied particularly to tbe Continen-

tal Anabaptists In the earlier part of

the lOtb century.'' Then he admits b j

his own logic that the "Continental

Anabaptists" immersed tn tho earlier

part of the l e t h century, or he must

acknowledge they were not "loyal l o

Christ and the Word of God as they

understood it " His statements must

be retracted or immersion among the

Anabaptists prior to 1041 stands as a

monumsnl of ' 'Bait lst loyalty to

Christ and the Word of Ood."

I deny, however, that Brb. Lofton's

remarke applied to tbe Continental

Aoahaptisto, for of them, in tbe next

eenteoMS, he claims that "they repudi*

ated their error and returned, a i

Onwby puti U, to their ancient prae-

t lM , " W h M did that occur, Brp.

Lofton? Was It In the earlier part of tho lOib century or 1641? Ouch I

I will now prove by tbe utterances

of Bro. Lofton himtelf that the Ana-

baptists have alwaift Immersed. He

has contended In this discussion that

the Anabaptists have always "from

John the Baptlit till now"-<n ecety

a</e"-beeo "loyal to Ood and his

Word as tfuj/ understood it " That

they alwaj/t understood Immersion to

be tho "onlv Scriptural baptism" I

prove by Bro. Lofton himself. Here

it what he aayt: "The Anabaptists

alfoaysthoroughly understood with Roth-

man, Menno, Busher, Blunt, and all

the rest, that immersion only was Scrip-

tural baptism." (Review of Thomas

by Lofton, page 0.)

Wil l Bro. Lofton please tell us what

he meant by bit repeated remark that

"when light came the Anabaptists

restored immertlon," aince he affirms

that the "ilnabaptuts eUtoayt thoroughly understood that immersion only was

Scriptural baptism," and that they

"were alu>ays loyal to God's Word as

they understood it"? And I ask

again, how in the name of reason

could these AnabaptlsU be " loyal to

God's Word as they understood It"—

and they "alwayi thoroughly under-

stood that immersion only was Scrip-

tural baptism"—and be ' honest In

their convictions and policy, that

water applied to tbe believer In any

form was substantially bapti tm " ? Loy-

alty, did you say? What It Loyalty 111

I am after Bro Lofton witb his own

weapons, used, however, on different occailons. "Ahem." Kb?

2. If "Hubmair, Grebel, Mantx,

Blaurock, Hoffman. Rotbman, Menno,

and other leading Anabaptists in the

early part of the 16th century" prac-

ticed sprinkling and pouring, as stated

by Bro. Lofton, and at tbe same time

they "thoroughly underatood immer-

sion only was Scriptural baptism," as

stated by Bro. Lofton, tbey were not

" loyal to God's Word . " It la out of

the question to argue tbat the "Ana-

baptiste always thoroughly understood

immersion only was Scriptural bap-

tism" and that tbey were "always loyal to Christ and tbe Word ot God

as tbey understood it" and at tbe same

time they practiced sprinkling and

pouring only for baptism.

3. Bro. Lofton has not by a long

shot proven these Anabapti*ts, who

"thoroughly understood Immersion

only was Scriptural baptism" and, as

he claims, universally practiced

sprinkling and pouring, were as good

Baptists in their day as Baptlats are

of our day, who "dare not do anything

but dip for baptism" on the ground

that *'we Dnd nothing but immersion

in the New TesUment." According

to Bro. Lofton the Bapilttt of both

periods "thoroughly understood im-

mersion only was Scriptural baptltm."

At one perold they surrendered thsir

convictions of truth and prinoiple tor

"pol icy," at the other period they

dare not do anything but practice

tbeir principles He claims the Bap-

tists of the fcrmer period at good as

tho Baptists of the later period. Has

he proved It? Certainly not.

Now to the postscript,

1 Bro. Lofton tays, "Dr . Whltsltt'i

'discovery' Is only urediseovtry " Thla

dlsoovery baa had a wonderful icareer

according to Bro. Lofton's writings.

He claims that BampOeld made thedls-

covery; and that Neal (1732) made the

same discovery from a "ao called

Kiflln Manuscript ' " lent" him by

Crosby; and that Crosby (1738) mide

the same discovery from the same

"KIRla Manuscript" and charged

Neal with "stninvs representottons;"

and tbat "more recently George

Gould" unearthed thesame "so-called

Ktffln Manuscript" and made the same

discovery t etlii later Dr. Whiteitt

borrowed th« laiae " i o oalled KllOn

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mtnpinhalfi It is now pot np size bottles at half price, 60c.

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" Oas o( B|y children bad.eroap. Oos night I was startlsd by the cMldls hard brestUng, and on going to it founa it strangling. It bad iwariy ewwed to brsath. Having a part of a bettU of Aytfs CWry Psetoral in tha boDss, I gsvsMhs child thrss doses at short intervals, and anxloutiy waltwi rssnlts. Front ths momeat the Psetoral was given th« child's breathing grew euisr, aad in a short thna it was sleeping qulstly and breathing Dstorally. The child is alivs and wsU to-day. Ayer's Chany Psetoral saved lU life."—C J. WooiotiGi, Worths*, Texas.

Agcrs clicrrg Pectoral: i HH IHHHHH iH IHH im i i i i i

Manuscript" from George Oonld and

enabled the Independent (1880) to make

the same discovery; still later (1896)

Dr. Whltsltt takes tbe same "so-called

KifRn Manuscript" and makes tbe

same discovery, and a few months

later Dr. Lofton gathers up the same

"so-called Klffln Manuscript" and

makes the same discovery, and God

only knowe how many more "expert historians" will make the same dis-

covery. God bless the "so-called

KlfBn Manuscript." In the world a

regular Melchlsedec, "without father,

without mother, without descent, hav-

ing neither beginning of days, nor end

of l ife." Nobody knowa where It

came from.

2 Bro. Lofton says, "Wha t Barber

says ot believers' Immersion as 'lost,'

'raced out,' etc., refers to England.

I deny that any such statement can

he found In Barber's Treatise on

Dipping. Barber nowhere says he

made the "discovery" that "believers'

immers on was Scriptural baptltm."

Neither can It be proven that Barber

anywhere Intimated that "believers'

dipping'' was restored In EnglanJ In

1641 " Barber wrote in 1641 and de-

clared tbat "we shall be ready, as we

have ever been, to speak or write,"

which shows his prevloua belief and

practice. He also said 1641, " In like

manner lately tbosa that profess and

practice the dipping of Jesus Christ,

Instituted In the gospel, are called

and reproached with the name of Ana-

baptists, although our practice be no

other than what was instituted by

Christ himself." Barber here Indi-

cates that the practice of "believers'

Immersion" la older than the name

Anabaptist, which could not be If im-

mersion was a lost art till the year

1641, when he wrote these words. It

won t do for Bro, Lofton to say that

Barber first "divulged" believers'

immersion in 1041, for he says himself

tbat the "Anabaptlste always contend-

ed for belleveri' baptism" and that

the "Anabaptists alwaya thoroughly

understood that immersion onij/wae

Scriptural baptism," and that "they

were loyal to God's Word as they un-

deratood i t . " Ahem.

3, Bro. Lofton says, "Believers

having Christ, the Spirit and the

W o r d " have the right to " ra ise" up

again the "raced out ordinanoe."

I reply kindly but plainly that Bar-

ber eaid no inch thing. He did say,

however, in tiie ilns above Uie one

Bro. Lofton miiquotee, or rather addt

to, that, ' 'We grant tbe ordinanee be-

log lost, none but a OMrM, • J foM,

JNoa or a prophet I ron heaTeo caa

rate i t . " Does that look lUn Barber

•ftlfl the orAUatioe WM "M*' and b ^

llevers bad the right to "raise" up

again the "raced out" ordinance?

Wonder why Bro. Lofton didn't see

that statement, and who "raced out"

of Barber's statement a phrase here

and a word there, and add here and

there a word or phrase of his own and

make Barber say what he did not say?

Is he determined to imitate Dr. Whlt-

sltt In this particular? Eh?

4. Crosby has been held up In this

discussion as sustaining the position

of Dr. WhiUiU that "a l l Baptlsta

prior to 1641 practiced aprlnkllng and

pouring for baptism."

(1) Crosby says Smyth and Helwlsse

were "restorers of immersion" in

Holland. Smyth died 1611. Helwlsse

was elected pastor of Smyth's church,

and moved his church to London 1612.

Now watch Bro. Lofton flght his own

witness and deny what Crosby says.

Ahem.

(2) Crosby also intimates that Spllls-

bury's church practiced immersion

since l u formation 1633. See both

pp. 21, 22.

(3) Crosbyexpressly states4bat bap-

tism as practiced by tbe English Bap-

tlsta was first administered by Jonn

the Baptist, and had continued from

that time till 1738 40, which shows

Crosby believed in sueeession—m truth

which Brethren Lofton, WbiUlU and

others seem to despise. See "Nota to

reader," Crosby, 11 Vol. p. 2.

I hope Bro. Lofton will give ns the

full quotations ot the authorities he

citas instead of a "phrase" here and

a "word" there with bis own words

sandwltched to suit bis theory that

Immersion was not practiced in En-

gland till 1641. What does he mean

by the "new baptism" of. Smyth and

also of Spillsbury previous to 1611?

Was it "belieTers' baptism" by af-

fusion? TLen down goM his boasted

claim that the Anabaptlsta always

held to and practlccd "believers' bap-

tism." Turn on the light.

J6BN. T. OAKLMIT.

Dr. John A. Broadas said of Mat-thew Reury: " Ua has great clearness and fulness in general exposition and wonderful rlchnees ot edifying thought, while his style la qomprehensnre, pitny, suggestive, quaintly attractive in a very high degree. Ministers and other careful readers will find the highest profit in crowning tbeir study of learn« ed exegesis with these etimuiating and fruitful expositions, and many oissire nothing else than what this work af-fords.'* Bee our special Commentary .Ifer on page 14.

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An Incident and Iti Leuoni. He had been twice Governor of his native State,

and twice United States Senator from it. He was a man of high moral character and of tbe strictest integrity. But he was not a Christian. He hon-ored the religion of his mother, but he bad not yet accepted her Savior as bis. He had beard tbe finest preachers in all the land. He listened with interest to them and enjoyed their sermotis as eloquent productions; but they didjoot touch bis heart.

One time, while be was at home during tbe in-terim between thesessioDR of Congress, a meeting was being held in a little church near bis country home. He went out one night. Tbe preacher was an bumble country pastor with no special pretense to eloquence or learning, but with his heart on fire with the message given bim by tbe Master. His earnest, burning words reached tbe heart of tbe Senator, wbicb bad not opened to the eloquence of tbe most distinguished ministers, and he wept liice a child. We wish tbat we could add tbat h3 made a profession of religion and joined the church. He did not do so then. But we hope be will soon. And if he does this result will be due largely to the faithrul, earnest words of tbat country preacher, and in Maorown the soul of this Senator will shine resplendent forever* more. '

Tbe above is a t rue incident. We have It on the best authority. We cannot call names ooir. Some time we may do so. We mention the faota to point these morals: (1) Heal prtMshlng is nM that which is addressed to the h e ^ alone, but that irbloti r«Mbea tbe beait, (2) Some of ibe Yerjr

best preaching in the world is not that done in elegant churches by eloquent divines, but is done in little country churches by plain but earnest and godly mlnlsterdi of the gospel. (3) The preacher, perhaps, did not know bis distinguished auditor and was not addressing bim Hpccially. Nor do we suppose that ho knows now of the ef-fect his words had en the heart of tbe Senator. He only delivered thai night the message which be felt that God had given him for sinfui men. Hedelivered it earnestly, warmly, and left the re-sults with God. The Holy Spirit carried the mes-sage home'to the Sonaior'n heart. And so let us as ministers of the gospel deliver the iiiessage which God gives tou« fuithrullv and earnestly, and God will use it to his glory. We kiiow not into whose heart tbe seed may full It is ours to sow tbe seed, it is God's U) make them geriuinato and bring forth fruit.

Then "sow beside ull wutetH," remembering that God has said : " For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but wa»«reih the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may j;ivo seed to the sower, and bread to the eater So shall my word be that goetb forth uut of my mouth it shall not return unto ine void, t)ut it hbull uccoiupliKh that which I please, and it nhali prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Again he jjive.s thi' blessed assurance that, "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy He that goeth forth and wecpeth, bearlnj; jjreeious seed, shall doubtlet.s come a^'aiii with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.'

'• Sow In thy amm itiy ««».••) ; Aleve hold ni> hy Imnd :

T o d o u b t a n d ft^tv t ' l*"' t h i ' u n o hee<l , H r o s d c a a t It o c r thy l u n d

" T h o u o « o » t m i t. .ii In v a i n : C o l d , h*"*!. atiii ;no i» l n n d ' ' r y

S h a l l f n i t e r a m i m - i u i r n t h e ^ r a t n F o r (f.-vroerB In ll ie ittiv

" T h e n c e , w h e n t h e i ' l u r t o m t e i u i . T h e d a y of t m i l "( lal i co ino .

T h e a n e e l r.»AiHTH >.hHil dcHoend , A n d h e a v p n c - v , • H a r v e a t H o m o ! '

The Eastern Situation. The great nations of Kurope are playing quite

a game of grati m China, as they have lieen doing in Africa. Tnc Japan Cbiuese war revealed the weakness i ( Uic empire, which »<jme one said was like an p^'l' ha'd without but very soft with in after the shell was broken. Japan seems to have anticipa'ed hiuropean atfgressions and soon after the war prop isfd an alliance with Chino to oppose the Kist against the West But China with short Mijhied [Mihcy refused It, and threw herself into the arms nf Itussia, making important concessions to her Watching her opportunity, Germany demanded -jn exorbitant indemnity for the murder of two Catholic missionaries, and when It was not paid she seized a large slice of Chinese terrl>ory and thus gained a foothold. Russia then ( ci iipled Port Arthur with the con-sent of China and thus gained virtual control of Corea and Manchuria. I t is said tbat Japan is now proposing an alliance with England, which is being seriously contemplated. If arranged this will give England a strong hold in the East. She already has a large fleet in Chinese waters. All eyes seem to be turned now to America to know what she will do. We have consider<bble inter-es ts in China and should not want to see them sacrificed. But this country has never played the grab game very much, and is especially com-mitted against it, by the Monroe doctrine, in tbe BkuAern bemlspbere.

Meanwhile these questions come: What will be tbe result of all this? Will It mean tbe long ex-pected and long delayed, but inevitable European oonflagrationV If so, bow will tbe nations lino up? And then what effect will all this jbave on missionary labors in China? Will It embitter the Chinese against the European and American mia-aionaries and lead < to their expulaion, aa the Jesui ts were expelled from Japan some 200 years ago? Or will the result be that China will ultimate ly become a Christian nation? If so, as goes China* 80 goes the rest of the Orient. These queBtloos are Interesting. Out neither we nof anyone else can answer them now. 'iTbe whole allua-tloD, ibough, I sb ig iMMslblUlet.

Santa Clatii. A little girl recently wrote t o t h e editor of tlir

New York Sun and asked If there was such a thin; as Santa Claus. The editor answered in the foi lowing beautiful latguage :

We take plcaauro In anavorln<{ at onco and ihu-prominontly the oouimunication Ixilow. expruaeliii/ the Name time our trreal gratllluallun that It* faUh'u author U nuiuberod among tho frienda of thu Sun

"Dear Kdltor: I am 8 years old. "Some of my Utile frtunda nay thoro la do dUdlit

Glaus. " t ' a p a s a y a "If y o u auu i i In t h e iSuii It'a o o ' " P l o a e e te l l oiu lh» t ruth; IK t h e r e a U a n t a C l a i-

VllUJINIA 0 ' B a N I . ( ) N '115 Weil Ninety nfih atreet."

V i r g i n i a , y o u r l i t t l e frIundH a r e wronif . T h e y h m , b e e n afTeoten by t h e Hkoptlciiim of a a k e n i l e a l ui/i T h e y d o nut b e l i e v e e x c e p t t h e y avu T l ioy t h i n . t h a t n o l h i n i ; e a n be w h i c h It n o t e o m i i r t l ienal l t lc > t h e i r iU l lo mluda . A l l mlnd» , V I r K i n l a . w h e t h e r ih< bo m e n ' a o r e h l l d r r n ' * , a r o lltili< l u ihlH ifruat m i vorae of o u r * m a n l« a mure inaevl , a n a n t . In hi* ii t e l l c c t , a a conrpared with the boundleKM w o r l d aim., h i m , a» nioSMured tty thu in te l l lKcnee c a p a b l u . ' Itraaplnir t h e w h o l e of t ru th a n d k n o w l e d g e

Yea, VIrKlnta. there la a Santa Ciaua IJk fxi.i-aa Certainly aa lovo and tieneruelty and dovoiion >'» lot. and you know thai they abound and i,'lve lo ynti life It* bi((he»t lieauty and Joy Alaal how dr<u' \ would be thU world if there were no Sar.ta ('mu-lt would be ae dreary ao If lliero were no Vlrifl- i.i. There would be no childlike faitli then, no dih I ' , no romance to make tolerable thlit exInU no; W xhould have no unjoynient, except in aeii«eaiHi ni ,') i Ttie eterual ll(.'htwith whieli chlldhoi>d (IIIh th'< w ,r. . would be extintrulehed

Not believe In Santa f'lauol ^Du mljjht a* not tK'lleve In falrle*! Vt)u'mlifhl »fel your papn '. hire men to watch all the ohlmneyo on ( iirUtiurt^ Kve to catoh h'anta (Maua, but even If tliey iMd iif B(M! Santa C'lauM comlnir down, what would prove? N'ib»d> Sania ('iau<, hul that Ik proof that ihiT,. no Santa Clan*. Tho in'!"! r, ,i ihinif* tn the worl'i are Ihom that neilluT chl dr. , nt»r men oar I'id you ever nee falrien iJancin, on tho lawtiV Of ciMir«n not hilt that'n no proi.f ui,i they are not the.-e .Nuliod) cun c0f)c»'lve w irimi' r . all the wonders tliere are umxen or nimi'eat)lr l'> u world.

Vou may tear apart the bahy'a rattle and •• • what make* the uolau intilde. iiul there i> a w ooverlnif the unkten world which not the ^lrotl^'. » man, i or even thu iinlti-d otn-niflh of u l the eat men that ever liven, could tear apart i (nU f^ ' fancy, poetry, love romance. »'an pu»h a«uii' 'i, , curtain and view and picture thu »u(«"-nanu'!iiii.> n t'lory bf^iind }» It all rralV Ah. Vlrjflnla, in thU world there la nuthlnt.' eUo real ami abidirik?

N ' S a n t a Clautt! T h a n k CmmI' he Mv.'- aii>i f f ircver . A Uif>u«and t e a r * (r^'ni n o w V'lrt'in'.i i > ten liin>,"!i ten t h t m n a n d ye . i rn f r o m (n>w, iic win r tlniii! to muki- ula' l thi- ht-art "f ch i l i i l i .o^l

1897. Uy the tiino this paper freaches many uf lu.r

readers the old year will be gone, it has in-, rather a reniarkaiile year, especially liere in iii. South It will lonif be remembered for the Ih -flood in the spring, and tbe prevalence of yell * fever in the fall. And then it haHbeni an epm I, . year in the histtMy of Tfiinesspc, l»e<-ause dur i this year we have celebrated the CeiUeiiniiil f our existence as a State by a grutul KxpuHiinH which has attracted attention all over the cm,. try. Outside of those things thure lias hi • t nothiqg special to murk the year m n very evci i ful one. As a rule it has bcL>n a pretty goodtycar, in which most of us have moved along the i v. n tenor of our way without, perhaps, any fpiMt amount of prosperity or any particular ad vorsii ^ It ban been a quiet, and wo t rust , u happy year lo us. But It has gone—gone with all its successes and failures, i ts hopes and fears, Its pleasures ukI sorrows; gone never to return.

They are slipping by very rapidly now, iho yours are. We can hardly reallxe the swiflin HS with which they fiy. Faster and faster they «<•. m togo . After a while they will all be gone. M w are we using them? How are we filling up the hours and days and weeks and months a t tl cy pass by? Are wo ourselves better Christiuns at the close of thin year than we word at the tH 'in n i n g o f i t ? I s any ouo happier bucauso of our having lived during this year? Have wu tried to make any one happier? May Ood forgive for our failures during this year, and help live bettor, t ruer , nobler lives dur ing the coming year, and tho coming years, than we have ever done before.

1898. 1807 Is gone. You can never expect to behold

its ivturn. Many golden opportunitlc-t pre sented to vou during that year lutve bi oii lost forfver* V o u u m y i l g b tor libem uow btit thoy

H A P T I S T A N D R E F L E O T O B , O B O . 8 0 , 1 H 9 7 . 9

, never come back to you. "The water which ,,1( 0 has passed the mill will never grind again." I, ,1, thank God, IfiOH Is yours. If it shall please (, „i to spare your life until Us close. All of Its s, . ondh and minutes and hours.and days and ...M-ksund moDthsare yours to use as you think i„ si. Oh, use thom wisely. Rudeem the time, ihiy up the opportunities. Do not let them slip V. as you did those of 18U7, and reap a harvest

vail, regrets that you have not used them bet-. r Fill the year full of good deeds. Try to

tkc the wor'.d brighter and others around you Iter and happier I/ive for Christ and not I self Detorwiino tbat by the grace of Ood u will make it the htii year of your life. i»e a New Year 8 resolution that you will do

maiie it and il Or even if throujjh I,, frailly of human iiaturu you fail to keep it, . Iter make it if you break it, than not to make

at all. iiotter struggle if you fall than to Mv torevor down.

A t k t h e S a v i o r t o h e l p v o u . C o m f o r t , <iireni;lhoD a n d k e e p y o u , He i« wIIHdk U> aid you. He wi l l c a r r y y o u throui^b

lh-> ^'race ytSu will find sutU ;ienl for you in all >•. trials as well us all the duties of life. It . .11 lull have that, tb«a when you are weak >11 will tie strong, for then you will take I h i ih i s strength and His strength will be n.iile perfect in your weakness. And may God

ss you and help you and keep you. Amen

Question ^ ^ x . ' Jilt f^tt'fii. — Be so kind asto answer the following

lU.siion in the paper, to wit: Bro. A brings a tiiir^;e against Bro. B from hearsay, and Bro. B .riiiKs forth the testimony to the church and

Nhows the charge false. Wh<it kind of an ac-Ki,..wledtfoment should Bro. A make to Bro. B. .11,(1 the church? D . L. Manih.

l,Mi/.r.—He should privately ar.d before the I iiurch beg Bro B. s pardon, saying that he finds

>»a-. iniHlaken and he regrets having brought charges. This is the manly and Christian

1 Muj; lo <lo. - I n Smith's Bible Dictionary, Article

l",.ssover, it is said, " If his family was too small In cat the whole of the lamb, he was permitted to t.viie his nearest neighbor to join the par ty ." Is

ihis true, or did they divide the lamb between liicm, and eat it in their own house and sprinkle the blood on their own door posts?

Palmyra, Tenn. C. A. Baunkx. .I»M—Exodus xii 3, 4 would indioate that the

(ormer is the correct view.

PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL. A J l y o u a Now Y e a r t o y o u ! M a y it bo tho begl

>ear of y o u r l i f e .

— W o h o p e t h a t y o u h a d a d e l i g h t f u l t i m e Chriat-inaa. D i d y o u try t o m a k e a n y o n e o l a e h a p p y ?

- O n e o f o u r B a p l l H l e x o h a n g e t l a a t week h a d n i n e l iema of U a p t t a t news . Hix o f t h e m w e r e t a k e n f r o m t h e c o l u m n a o f t h e B A r T l S T and Rbfl^ctoK, l o m e of t h e m b o d i l y , a l l b u t o n e w i t h o u t oredU. W e a r e Klad t o bo o f s o m u c h a s u U t a n c o t o o u r f r i e n d s .

J»J»> —Wo mention in thla week's paper the death of Dr.

W. M. Pratt and of Itev. W. H. .Wllllama of Ken-t u c k y . And now we learn tbat Dr. J. ft. Spenoar of tho aarae State died last week alio. Truly, Kentucky haa been oxceedinKly unfortunate In loaiag three of it* alrongeat preachers in one week. Wo sympathtxe greatly with our Kentucky brethren in ihelr afflio-

—In tho paper of last week Dr. Acrea Is made to s a y : " W h e n preachers raise a storm .the deaoont throw out the doctor, and when the deacons raise a storm, the preacher resigns." Dr, Aoreeinsisis tbat what he wrote was thai, "When preachers raise a s t o r m t h o deacons throw out tho onoAor." But a i the other is so true we are inclined to think that the printer took a Justifiable liberty io ohaogiag the

I ' ' . " ' -Bev, H. B. Trusx passed through' the city (last

Monday with his family on his way to Maoon, Mo., having aoospied a oall to the Baptist churob at that plaoe. He U a nailre ot Mlwottrl, btrt hai been la

Tenneisee for some six or seven jtsars, Srst at Galla-tin and afterwards at Lebanon, at both of whlob places he did splendid work. He Is a line preaoher and a oonseorated Christian gentleman. Tbe church to which he goes is in a thriving town and is a strong and Influential one. We aro very sorry to loao him from Tennessee, but we wish him'tho most abundant success in his new home

—" Peace on earth." This was the flrat note of the anf^ellc song on the night the Savior was born. He bad como lo bring peace. It i« true he said after-ward, he had not come to bring peace, but a sword, but ho meant tbat the result ot bis teachings would lie lo create strife and contentions on the part of i h o t o w h o failed to accept those teachings. But It accepted , they bring peace—a sweet, deep, abldlbg p e a i e a peace that floweth ilke a river, a peace which tho world can neither giro nor can it take a w a v . Have you that peacer

j» j» j l -Tno tseminary Mag'isiru for December comes to us

in a new dresa. It is very greatly improved in ap-p e a r a o c o and also in matter. When we began it we cou ld n o t iU)p until we had read every article tn it. All are good, but the following are ot special in-ttjreet: " I n Harnack's Class Room," by Edward B. P o l l a r d , Ph.D ; "Fort Duquesne-A Homllotlcsl S t u d y , " by W R. L. Smith, D.D.; "The Pyramids of K ^ o i ' by H. Allen Tupper. Jr . , D D. Thoedltor-In chief , Hov. Albert R. Bond, is a Nashville boy and la our excellent Semlrary correspondent. He gcciDi to be a born editor.

uq o ir way to the marriage of Bro. Qulsenberry we Btopord o v e r la Birmingham for a day, and had the plea»iir<i of taking dinner with our friend and former r o o m m a t e a t the Seminary, Dr. B. D. Gray, paator of tho F lrat Baptist Church. Dr. Gray was jutit Uol^htng the t ak of paying off a n old debt upon hla c h u r c h , which h a s baan hanging over it ever slnM It wa« b u i l i and w h i c h laatead of growing smaller h a s g r o w n l a r g e r Ho expected to pay it all oft.ln a abort w h i l e Hia church seems to be prosperous and he i t h a p p y Our Birmloirbam brethren have had rather a hard alrugifie. We are glad to know, how-e v e r , t h a t thoy a r o geltlag out ot the woods.

J»J»J» — W e regre t t o cb-oDlole t b e death ot Mr. J. W.

D o d a o n , which e v e n t o c c u r r e d at h i s homo noar Her-m i t a g e S t a t i o n OD D e c e m b e r 27th. He was a promi-noot a n d c o o a U t o n l m e m b e r of the New Hope Baptist C h u r c h , and was a f a i t h f u l , earnest Christian. He h a d i>een la f a l l i n g health tor some time and bis d e a t h waa no t u n e x p e c t e d . But he will be greatly miasi'd in the c h u r c h a n d community. He leaves a wife a n d f o u r c h l l d r e o — t w o sons and two daughters— t o m o u r n bia losa . We tender to them our deepest s y m p a t h y In the ir g r e a t sorrow. The funeral w a s hold a t tho h o u s e o n Tuesday, eo iductod by Rev. S . G S h o p a r d , h i s p a s t o r , assisted by the editor.

J»J»J» —Dr. B. C. Vedder expresses the opinion in the

natchmnu that the ooaleit between close communion and o p e n communion Is one betw«en logic and senti-ment, lu which there is danger of tentiment getting the beet of it He says, however, that there is plenty of kontlmoDt to which those who believe in close com-munion can make legitimate appeal, and adds: "The gray haired mother is not the only personage to bo brought Into tbis dlsouision. Fur myself, I confess thai I mean to make an appeal (or strict com-munion as frankly sentimental as tbat of Dr. Con-well, and one that I believe will touch and set vibrat-ing sympathetic chords in quite as many hearts.'*

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—The Emngtl says: " MeFerran Memorial Church, Louisville, Ky., is trying bard to secure Dr. aobn H. Eager, our well-known missionary to Italy, as suc-Cflssor to Dr. W. L. Plekard, now in Dayton, Ohio." There are several mistakes in the above. L Moif^r-ran Memorial Chureh, Louisville, is not "trying hartl'to secure Dr. John H. Eager." It has already •eeured him. 2. It linot "trying hard to secure Or.

' JohnH.KtgerassuooessortoDr.W.L.Plekard." Dr. Plokard was never pastor of MeFerran Memorial Ohurcb. Dr. Jonei who sucoeerfed Dr. Plokard at Broadway Oburch was past r o t MoFerrao Memorial Ohurcb. 8. Dr. Plokard Is tiot "now In Dayton, Ohio." He Is lo Cleveland, Ohio. With these ekeepUons tbe paragraph'Is correct.

—Dr. W. P. Throgmorton,aditorof theJBa|>(iitwy«us, says: "Tns proper couris for those churahes which take what li ealled tiM gospel laliilQn vtew qJ mli-

slons Is to go ahead in the exercise ot their church iadependenee and do thslr work In their ehosen way. They should not undertake to Icontroi other churches, nor tbe contributions of other eburohes. Hence they should not seek to control the boards or conventions with which they refuse to cO'Operats and to whose special work they refuse to give." As is well known, we do not believe in the "Qospei Mission" plan ot missions, but It others do believe la it, let them showtheir faith by their works. Let them go to work through tbat plan. But let them not be continually attacking tbe Board plan. That is the trouble with them oftentimes. They are destructive, not construct-ive.

^JiJi —Wo quoted recently some portions of a sermon

preached by Dr. Garrett in the First Baptist Church, Chattanooga, whlob created quite a sensation In that city, and which was very suggeitlve with regard to the reformation of our laws upon the liquor trafUc. On December 19ih Dr. Garrett preached another Ser-mon in bis pulpit on the subject of gambling, which created equally as great a sensation. Io It he took occasion to condemn rather severely the Chatta-nooga 7\nui, wbioh seemed to be upholding tbe gam-blers. For this the Time$ rapped bim pretty sharply. The sermon, however, was unanimously and enthu-siastically endorsed by tbe pastor's Association Monday morning, and the next day the Times came down very gracefully oflt of its high perch. We trust tbat these sermons may do much good not only tn Chattanooga, but all over the State. We wish we had space to copy this one on gambling In full.

—Miss Fannie Crosby, the blind hymn writer of America, In telling the readers ot the Chrigtian Herald recently about her life work, says: "I presume tbat I have written in all between 4 000 and 6,000 hymns. It I were asked to indicate which of my poetic chil-dren I preferred—which of «lt the thousands Is the most attractive-I would hava no hesitation in say-ing that I considered that, tor all the purposes of the gospel hymn, 'Safe in ii.« Arms of Jeaus' is the best I have written, or ever will write. Il i« a he*rt poem—a simple and direct expression ot abtolute faith." Authors as a rule are not good jadee« ot their own productions. Very frequently they d ffer from the public as to what is the best thing they have written. We are not sure, however, but tbat lo this Instance Miss Croiby is correct. Certainly, the world owes a debt ot gratitude to her it she had writtsn nothing else but that one hymn.

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—Tho Baiftigt Union says: "In the published Life if Rev F. W Robertson, the famous preacber of Brighton, Eoglaod, there is recorded a beautiful tribute to the inspiring and helpful influence ot tals life. The writer states that lo the course ot bis Inquiry among those who bad known RoberWon as pastor, he found a tradesman in lowly circumatances, who took him Into an Inner room, and showing him a portrait of the groat preacher, said: 'There— whenever I am tempted to do aayihing that is not thoroughly right and fair, I step in and look upon that picture, and the memory of his looks and words makes mo scorn every mean thing for his sake. '" And so we ought to keep hung up on the walls ot our heart a picture of our Savior so thAt whenever we are tempted to do anything that is not thoroughly right and lair we may Just turn our eyes Inward and look upon that picture and the memory of his looks and words will make us scorn everything mean tor His sake,

—We bad a delightful visit to Livingston, Ala., last week to attend tho marriage ot Rev. W. Y. Qaisenberry, our former assocUte editor, to Miss Bessie Curry, daughter ot Dr. W 0 . Curry, the able and beloved pastor of the Baptist Chureh at Livingston. Tne happy event occurred in the Bap-tist Church at 7:30 p m , December 28rd. The cere-mony was porformed by the father of the bride, as-sisted by the editor. Aftar the marriage Oie couple left for Hamilton, Ohio, to spsnd their honeymoon with Rev. H. N. Qulsenberry, the brother of the groom, After which they will go to Ohioago, where Bro. Quls-enberry it pursuing a course In tho University of Ohldago. Bro. Qulsenberry Is well known to most of the readers of thi B a p t i s t and BBiri.«OTOi« as a deeply pious, oonseorated ministar of the gospel. His bride Is a bright, charming lltHe woman, of a happy, sunshiny disposlUon. She will prove a true helpmeet to him In hit noble work. May the bless-ings of God rest .upon ttiem alwaye. While In Liv-ingston we enjoyed the cordial hospitality of Mrs. Tartt and her exoellent family. It was qnlte a pleas-ure, alio, 10 epeiid » wbU* In Ihe borne of P r Ovrry.

11 B A P l ' I S T A N D B B F L E G T O R , D E O . 8 0 , 1 8 l > 7 .

ZPAe Jffome, Good-bye.

Oood-bye, Old Ye«r, (rood-bye, better thou ihouldit die; The golden kIow of aprlnir i t fled, And summer'a loarlet roie la dead, ^ e autumn's l»tt aad word la s a l d -Ii ie taper burneth low—and ao O ood- by e—good • bye. Oood*bye, Old Year, good-bye, Life's golden orulae la dry: The froat la white on mead and wold; Love's truest tows are vowa untold, Hearts estranged are grown so cold— The light. It burneth low—and so. Good-bye—good-bve. Manon F. Ham.

The Little Stowaway. "Would you like to bear about

I t?" I eagerly assent, and the narra-

tor folds bis brawny arms upon the top rail, and commences as follows:

" 'Bout three years ago, before I got th is berth as I 'm in now, I was second engineer aboard a Liver-pool steamer bound for New Yorii. There'd be a lot of e x ' r a cargo sent down jus t a t the last minute, and we'd no end ofa jobs towin ' i tawav, and that ran us late o ' s t a r t i n g so that, al together, you may think, the cap'n waro ' t in the sweetes t temper in the world, nor the mate neither; as for the chief engineer, he was an easy-goin' sor t of a chap, as nothing on earth could put out. Bu t on the mornin' of the third day out from Liverpeol, he come down to me in a precious hurry , lookin' as If somethin' had put him out pret ty considerably.

" ' T o m , ' says he, 'what d 'ye think7 Blest if we ain ' t found a stowaway. ' (That 's the name, you know, sir , as we gives the chaps as hide themselves aboard outward-bound vessels, and ge ts carried out unbeknown to everybody.)

" 'The dickens you havel ' says I. 'Who is he^ and where did you find him?'

' "Wel l , we found him stowed away among the casks fo r ' a rd ; and ten to one we'd never ha ' twigged him at all, if the sk ippe r ' s dog hadn't sniffed him out and began barkin ' . Such a nice little mite as he is, tool I could h a ' m o s t put him in my baccy-pouch, poor little beg-gar l but he looks to be a good, plucky un for all that . '

" I d idn ' t wait to hear no more, but up on deck like • sky-rocket; and there I did see a s ight , and no misUke. Every man Jack o ' the crew, and what few passengers we bad aboard, was all in a r ing on the fo'o'stle, and in the miJJ le was the fus t mate, lookin' as b* .^k as thun-

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der. Bight In f ront of him, lookin' a reg ' lar mite among them big fel-lers, was a little bit of a lad not ten years old—ragged a s a scarecrow, but with br ight , ourly hair , and a bonnie little face o ' his own. it it hadn ' t been so woful thin and pale. But , bless your soull to see the way that little chap held his head up, and looked about him, you'd ha' thought the whole sh ip belonged to him. The mate was ag rea t hulkin ' , black-bearded feller, with a look that ud ha' f r ightened a horse, and a voice fit to makeone jump through a key-hole; but the young un warn't a bit afpared—he stood s t ra ight up. and looked him full in the face with them bright, clear eyes o ' his 'n, for all the world as if he was Princt, Halfred himself. Folks did say aftArwards"—lowering his voice to a whisper—"as how he comed o' better blood nor what he seemed; ond, for my part , I 'm rather o ' that way o ' t h l n k i n ' m y s e l f ; for I never yet see "d a common s t reet Harab— as they calls them now—carry it off like him. You might a heered a pin drop, as the mate spoke.

' "Well , you young whelp, ' says he. in his grimmest voice, 'what ' s brought you here? '

' " I t was my step-father as done i t , ' s ays the boy, in a weak, little voice, but as steady as could be. 'Father ' s doad, and mother 's mar rled ogaln, aod my new father says as how he won't hove no bra ts about eatin up his wages; and he stowed me away when nobody warn ' t lookin', and guv me some g rub to keep me goln ' for a day or two till I got to sea. He says I 'm to go to Aunt Jane, ot Halifax; aud here 's her address . ' And with that, he slips his band into the breast of his shirt , and out with a scrap o' paper, awful dirty and crumpled up, but with the address on It, r ight enough.

"We all believed every word on t. even without the paper; for bis look] and his voice, and the way he spoke, was enough to show that there warn ' t a ha 'porth o' lyln' Id his whole skin. But the mate didn ' t seem to swallow the yarn at all; he only shrugged his shoulders with a kind o" gr in , as much as to say, T m too old a bird to be caught by that kind o'chaff;' and then hn says to him, 'Look here, my lad. that 's all very fine, but it won't do h e r e -some o ' these men o ' mine are in the secret , and I mean to have it out of 'em. Now, you jus t point out the man as stowed you away and fed you, th is very minute, If you don't , it ' ll be the worse for youT

" T h e boy looked up in his br ight fearless way (It did my heart good to look at him, the brave little ohapl) and says, quietly, ' I 've told you the t ru th ; I a in ' t got no more to s ay . '

"The mate says nothin' , but looks a t him for a moment, as if he'd see clear through him; and then he faced round to the men, lookin blacker than ever . 'Reeve a rope to the yard I • he s ings out, loud enough to raise the dead, 'Smart nowt '

" T h e men all looked at each other , aa much aa to say, 'What on ear th 'a a oomin' now?' Bu t aboard ahip, o ' oourae, when you're told to do a th ing , you 've got to do it; so the ropa w a a r o v e i n a j i f f y ,

" 'Now, my lad,' says the mate. In a hard, square kind o ' voice that made every word seem l l k e f l t t l n ' a stone Into a wall, 'you see tha t 'era rope? Well, I ' l l g ive you ten min-utes to confess; and if you don ' t tell the truth afore the t ime's up, I ' l l hang you l i k e a d o g l '

The crew all s tared a tone another as if they could not believe their ears (I d idn ' t believe mine, I te ye), and then a low growl went among 'em like a wild b ^ t waking out of a nap.

" 'Silence, there l ' shouts the mate In a voice like the roar of a nor 'eas ter. 'Stand by to run for 'ardl ' as he held the noose ready to put It round the boy's neck. The little fellow never flinched a bit; but there was something among the sailors (big. strong chaps that could 'a' felled an ox) as shook like leaves in the wind. As for me, I bethought myself o' my little curly-haired lad at home, and how it 'ud be If anyone was to go for to hang him; and at the very thought on ' t I tingled all over, and my fingers clinched their selves as if they was a g r ipp in ' somebody's t h r o a t I clutched hold o ' a hand spUe, and held it behind my back, all ready.

" ' T o m . ' whispers the chief en glneer to m e , ' d 'ye think he really means to do i t? '

" 'I don' t know, ' says I, through my teeth, 'bu t if he does, he shall go first if I swing for it!'

" I ' v e been In many an ugly scrape in my life, but I never felt 'arf as bad as I did then Every minute seemed as long as a dozen; an' the tick o ' the mate 's watch reg'lar pricked my ears like a pin. The men were very quiet, but there was a precious ugly look on some o" their faces; and I noticed that tbr«>e or four on 'em kep' edgin ' for a rd to where the mate was, in a way that meant mischief. As for me, I'd made up my mind that if be did go for to hang the poor little chap, I d kill him on the spot, and Uke n y chance.

'Eight mlnstes , ' s a y s the mate, his g n » t , deep voice breakin' upon the silence like the toll of a funeral bell. 'It you've got anything to confess, my lad, you'd best out with it, for ye r time Is nearly up . '

I ' v e told you the t r u t h , ' an swers the boy, very pale, but as firm as ever, 'May I say my prayers , please?'

"The mate nodded, and down goes the little chap on his knees, and puts up his poor little hands to pray. I couldn ' t make out what he •aid (fact, my bead was In such a whirl tha t I 'd hardly ha 'knowed my own name), but I ' l l be bound God heard I t ,every word. Tl en he ups on bis feet again, and puta his hands behind him, and says to the mote, qui te quietly, T m ready!'

"And then, s i r , the mate 's hard, grim face broke up all to once, like I d seed the Ice in the Baltic. He snatched up the boy in hia arms, and kiased him and burst out aoryin' like a ohild; and I think there warn't one of us as didn't do the same. I did for one.

" 'God bless you, my boy I' saya h®, smoothln'the child's hair with his great, bard band. 'You're a true Engllabman, every inch of you: you wouldn't tell a lie to aava your

WaU,if ao be aayarfalhar 'a

WELL AND HEARTY, After a Long Stekneis and Disap-

pointment. I. 8 . Gibson of Greeley vllle, S 0.,

writes: " I take pleasure in certify-ing that my daughter is sound and well. She bad a severe attack of

cold and fever a n d n e r v o u s h e a d a c h e . I had one of our best doctors to t rea t her, but 'Jlsease g r e w wcrse in spite of h i s Hk l l l J uHt a t t h a t

time I had made up my mind to lose my daughter . But by chance I got one of your ' I l ls nf Life, ' after reading it cargefully, concluded to t ry your medicine. I got a bottle of Pe-ru na and used It according to directions, and In twenty four hours I saw a decided change for the better. I cnntluund to use It and today she is sound and well, and the very picture of health Pe ru na saved her ll.'e. For the benefit of suffering humanity I can-not say too much in praise of Pe-ru n a "

Dr. Hdrtman has written a Ixmlc entitled "Health and Beauty which will be sent free to any a<l dress . Sflnt only to women Ad-dress The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufunt ur ing Company. Columbus O.

Ask your d ruggis t for a free Pe ru-na Almanac for 1898 cast yer off. I II be father from th is day forth; and if I ever forgt-t you, then may God forget met

"And he kep his word, loo When we got to Halifax he found out the Utile un ' s aunt, and gev her a lump o ' money to make blm com fortable; and no« be goes to see ihe youngster every voyage, as regular as can be; and to s»« the pair on em together—the little chttp so fond of him, and not bearin ' him a bit o grudge—it ' s 'bout as pret ty a s ight as ever I seed. And now, axln your parding, it s time for me to be goln' below; so 1 11 jus t wish >er good-night. ' - r A i - .SbiVora Magazine

WlUlam a Howell, Aaalaunt Secr. tN-rjr of tbs TreMory, wsa s meisenKcr lio; in the department Ofteen yesm ago.

Baron WUIiam Rothschild bss nil l<is food prepared according to the atricteat Jewteh laws and Ukes hia own cook nml cooking utenalla wlib blm wherever be toea.

Bight Kev. Geo. Herbert KlnaoWing, assistant BplscopsI Bishop of Texas, i* a giant of U feet 4 inches and trnlka along wlib an eaay stride that «lw«>» excites attention.

J . W. Bouton. of New York, own* a life slse portrait of MnJ. John Andre. W e portrait was picked up in a aecond hand shop In London and wna palnte<l by Andre bimaelf.

John PhUlp Souaa. the famous com poser, ssid recently: "After n contln uons straggle extending over nearly n ^ of years, I have Anally aucceeded ta living down the title of 'professor.' wWcii was bestowed on me as a msrk ol esletn by unthinking friends in my younger days.

The late Charles A. Dsns had whm wnqnsstkmably the most valuniile

colhictkm of ceramics and object d'nrt in the New World, and it was generally sd-mUlsd tliat It bad bat one snperlor nny-whew. It was one ot ths pasalona of his IIM and had eost U n so he asserted a J J J ^ n ago, betwfta $800,000 and

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2/ounff South. Mn. LAQ&A DATTOV BAKU, Editor MM M t Hseosd airsst, ChstMsoso. Tsbb. Malts VaailKlsastroifOB. Our mtaaloosry'a sddrsaat Mra. Btaata May-KS'^rMetw OS?**"'

—A bappy Chrlitmaa to the Young ( outhi

—Mlaaion aubject for Deoember. Osdta.

Y o u n g South Gtrrcsfwndcncc. Buch a tall pile ol leMera you never

aawl I am aebing to re»d you every single word in thesi, but noae must be left over and I must "cut" them noat unmercifully, and once more beg for-giveness in advanee. I a s so glad you are responding so aobly to the doll distribution. We s t e p p e with sixteen last week. Only see how the list has lengthened I Before I say another word, thongb, I must oorrsct some errors In the issas of Deeeabsr lOth. The printers JoBbled things a little. Just a t the close of our "Re celpts." Portinately the errora bal-anced and ao made no differesea in the total. Mrs.- r iy ' s class should bave been credlud with 15 and NslUe Lee Nail with 11. and E. P. Poggstt with CO cents, all tor Urpbanage Debt. It ii all right on a y books, and I think it must bave been ssnt ia correct-ly, as it is cheoked o f item by item, but mistakes will happen sometimes.

Now let us see what a bappy thought bas struck these dear llule Garthagla tans ot ours:

"Eoclosed you will find riVB DOLI ASa

from my Sunday-achool class aad my bat>y boy. It is to bo sent to Mrs. W. W. Kannon in Nasb'ille, with a request tnat she Invest it in Christmas gifts for the ehlldren in our Orphanage. It was made mostly by seliiag home-made candy,ligbtbread and old elotbes. Please aend me 18 mlte-boxea."

MRS. W. V. Las. It ahali go by ssxt mail, and Mra.

Kannon will be delighted to bring the Cbrlatmaa cheer to the little onea, and will report reaulu. See names and credits in "Receipts." God bisss ibete earnest little workers, and es peclally the tiny one, who thus cele brates his first Christmas.

Mo. 2 comes from Jackson: *'Tne enclosed order for 11.60 is

contributed by a yonng friend at Saul'kbury. Divide between your mis-sionary and the Orphanage."

0 . M. Savaub . Many thanks No. 3 brings a generous offerisgi

but sad newa: " I send you 08 for Mrs. Mayaard.

When the mite boxes were ordered the Sunbeams expected to have an enler-uinment and br,ped for a nioe oollso* tlon. Trouble eaused our leader to quit the Society and the work stopped, but I am meeting with the little work-ers now, and hope to send aa offeriog soon. How we miss our leaderl We al l loved ber so much. Ood bless you In your grand work."

Mas. 8. K. T iaaa r r . Let us hope tho sun may soon be

shining on all these dear ones. We are so grateful for this help, for bave yon noticed Mrs. Maynard Is out* to November 1st and "Japan** Is climb-ing steadll>r

I think D. V. Culver has the receipt for IS by this time. Be will flsd li acknowledged In the paper of the 38rd. W e hope to hear often from ttie Dayton "Junior Union " ^ '

No. 6 oones from Trenton and I a n •0 glad it did not get lost:

" W e send yon one dollar, as a

Christmas gift to the orphans from my sister Lillian and myself. We with tho Young South a bappv Christ-

F l o t F o s t c r . I shall send this dollar also to

Mrs. Kannon, and bave the six dol-lars also sent to ber. I hope I bave understood the letter rightly. In the name of the orphans, I thank you both. Mrs Kannon will confer with Mamma Saunders as to whom they shall be given.

No. 0 is a postal card from Sad-Isrsville, In which Mrs. Sory tells me of more money sent and lost. It Is eeruioly very straage that the cards come all right and the letters do not. I hope she will ask l e r poatmaater to inveatlgaie. I have put In apecial complaint here. I am aure the Ex-press Company will duplicate the or-der, a t long at ii is unpaid, and I beg hsr to try once more.

No. 7 oomsa from "A Stranger," Nashville, and aeuda 12, a Christmas offering for missions. I divide it most gladly between Mrs. Maynard and the Orphanage- We hope the "Stranger" will be henceforth "A Friend."

No. • brings 12, " a Christmas gift to Mrs. Maynard." from Mona. Mrs Putman ha* the hearty thanks of tbe Young South

No • comet from Benton Byri of Chipman. who tends an offering for tho Orphanage, aod three names for the dollt, but he hat forgotten tbe stamps I thall not delay the babies, and he can send the 12 cenU later.

No. 10 requests 6 dotlm for Sylvia, but sends no potuge. 1 will see what Saata Claus will do.

No. 11 eomsi from far-way Texas, and sends 01 to tbe Orphanage "with love aad prayers." We are so grate-to Miss Mary Peitus Thomas.

No. 12 is from new friends at Coop-erstown, and we tend our sincerest thanks to each ooe See "Receipts" for names and credits.

No. IS will brlnr the dolly to Ma-rletts, Ala., and No. 14 one to PIney Flats, and No. 15 will Insure two for Dyer.

No. 10 comes from Hartsville, and orders one doll for "some little child." I shall add It to the ones to be sent to theOrpbanage. Mrs Ogle^by sends be-sides a precious offering from ber baby gone to the Savior's bosom. Yes, I know what It Is to give back a lent treasure, and my sympathy goes out to stricken mothers. I give this to the Orphanage debt.

No. 17 Is from our never-tlring friends at Blountvllle. I think Mr. Phillips will Ond all needed informa-matlon in the B a p t i s t a n d Rkfubo-TOR of December 16. We are so grate-ful for tbe steady help of sueh earnest helpers as tbsse. May Ood reward them. I am always so pleased when my own city comes out handsomely. Mrs. W. A. Wlikins of tbe Central Churoh seads stamps for 5 dolls and be*t wishes for our work. Her words of appreciative encouragement are so welcome.

No. 18 oomes from Louisiana and will take three doilies there. I am sorry I find no record of the money sent In June. Do try again.

I wish I could print all of No. 10. It brings us from Locke,

Riz d o l l a r s , a thank-offering from Mt. Piegah •unday-ichool on tbeOrphanage debt. Is that not grand? Thank you, LIssle Bells Wolfe, both for your kind words and the generous gift from yottr noble band. May God bless all who ffave.

No. 20 Is from Bolton, br lnf ing •2 for tbe Orphanage debt, and say-inff, ' 'May your good work roll on in Nile-like »p'en>'or, thcowibg out t r lbutar i streams in every dirtetloii, until tbe Egyptian pall of darkness Is raised trotn the nations, aad the

I f y o u w o u l d h a v e y o u r l i u s l M i i M i » s h i r t f r o n U i i n m i i c u l a t e ^ i v i r y o u r l a u n d r r s s I v o r y S o a p . A ^ i t r s o a p , i t w a s l i c f t w h i t e .

firmament Is ablate with the glory of God." SuBia Moody.

Thank you very much. See "Re-ceipts" for names and erediu.

No. 21 is from one ot Mrs. Turner's Sunbeams at Covington. She shall oerulnly have tbe baby.

No. 22 comes from Carolina, Tena., sending in an offering for Japan for Mrs. Blanche Bomer's little boys. Many thanks.

No. 23 comes from Elinor Brown, Jackson. She wil I get the doll for the "very poor little g i r l . "

No. 24 is from our old friend, Mrs. Kannon of Nashville, asking for 12 dolls. I sent her on yesterday M to spread Christmas sunshine In tbe Or-phanage. I shall instmct Santa Clans to turn over the dosen dolls to her.

No. 25 orders three dolls for Clover Bill and Mill Spring, Cora and Peari Manly sending postage. They will go.

No. 16 from EUtll's brings a nioe gift for Japan and the Orphanage from Bstha Cherry.

No. 27 requests a doll to be sent to a little Christian girl, soon to be bap-tised. It win reach her by Christmas day.

And I am quite, quite sure you will say I bave kept the best for the last when you read No. 28 from New Lon-don, Md :

^'Enclosed please find money order for

TWCLva d o l l a r s from kindred and friends at Linganore. It is for our dearly beloved misslonery In Japan, Mrs. Bessie Maynard. God bless and speed the Young Soutbl"

(MIBB) ACODBTA CHISWKLL. Nowt Is that not a lovely closing to

tbe work of 1887? Our dear missionary will appreciate this offering from the loving hearts of her own relations. In ber behalf, a s well as for the Young South, I thank these dear friends in Maryland. God bless them aill

Now, with all good wishes for the New Year, and thanking each one who has helped to make tbe Young South brighter and better during 1807, I bid you good-bye and God speed. Most gratefully yours,

L a u r a D a y t o n E a k i n . L b t of C h t b t m a s Dolls.

Last week I reported sixteen dolls to be sent by tbe Young South to chil dren not likely to receive any Christ-mas presenta. Today I bring the list up to fifty-nine. If any others come in Santa Claus shall bave tbe names immediately, and I will add them next week. Acknowledged last week, sixteen dolls, with postaee • 04 Bessie L. Mitebell. Concord 04 Dttlly OrfutI, by Pansy Sandtrs, Ohatianooga.. . 04 Maggie OrfutI, by Pansy Sanders, Obattanooga 04 Six ehlldren a t BaptistOrpbanage, by Floy Fos te r . . . . . . . . 24 Twelve ebtldren ia Nashville, by Mrs. Kannon 48 Six children in Sjrivla. by Mrs. K. H * Jr« •seassaatseessssssssases* 24 Hftrrl*, Ohlptnan, by Boa* lOD ByrOs s«s*e«s*s*e«sssse«ssss* Vlal« HulOhlaon,Olil|miAa, by B u « lott ByrOs«s«»*ss««4**«s««s»s«s 04 Belle Harris, OliipniaB, by Beaton Bym* ».s«ee«sss«»ee*se»««e»**«« 04 SaUU Brand, Uariatta, Ala., by ,

Mra* K a r r * 0 4 Mary AnnaCross. Plney FlaU. Sul-livan Co , by Mrs. R<iutta Vida Newman, TDyer, by Roy P. Bennett 04 Sadie Newman. Dyer, by Roy P. Bennett 04 (Two) Mrs. A. G. Catron, Chatta-nooga. by Mrs. Wiiklns 08 (Three) Mrs. W. L. Oondssan. ChatUnooga, by Mrs Wiiklns 12 Mollle Wonley. Tenmiie. La., care May Hamiltjn 04 Florence Wooley,Tenmlle, La., by M m Hamlitnn 04 Zlna Sandifer, Tenmlle, La., by May Hamilton 04 (One), by Lena Johnson, Coving-tem •«••••«•• 04 Ellen E Cummings, by E.loor Brown, Jackson 04 Etbel Dodge, Clover Hill 04 (Two), by Cura Manley, Mill Spring 08 Ada Logan, Cog Hill, by Mrs. Bamell 04

We thank the good Nashville SanU Claus for this great. pl»»snre. aad with this ssnd blm list of fiO names and proper addresses, with 82 32 posuge, andi ) little hearts will sine for Joy^ on Jt . ' ls tmas day. L. D.

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R E C E N T E V E N T S .

— R E T . W . H. Wllliami of OiltMd, Ky., dlod on Daoember ITUi. Ho bad held a number of Important patloratei In Kentucky and Mli>ourl.

—A graoioui meeting was recently held at Grove Avenue Church, Rich* raond, Va. The pa«tor. Dr J. C. Hlden, has baptised :!S persons since November 14lh.

—Rev. C. F. J. Tate has resigned the pastorate of the church at Pine Bluff, Ark., and moved to Little Rock for the purpose of Klving his whole time to evangelistic wore, for which he has special gifts.

—Mrs. Geo. A. Schmels of Hampton, Va , has contributed the sum of 16,000 towards the erection of a sclenoe build Intr at Richmond College. A hall in the building is to be named in honor of her sister, Mrs. Henry L Schmels.

—Dr. G. H. Simmons recently as sisted pastor R. C. Medarls In a two weeks meeting In his church at Moody, T u a s . The church was greatly re-vived and a number of perttons oon verted. Some nine or more united with the church.

- T h e church at Mt. Airy, N. C., has ealled -to its pastorate Rev. R. D. Elaymore. It is not known yet whether he will accept or not. We shall be very sorry to have him leave Tennes-see. He is one of the best preachers t.we have In the Bute.

-Prof . Robert Frazer has accepted " the Presidency of the Farmville, Va.. Normal School. Prof. Frater was for a long time a resident of Virginia, but has for some years been teaching in Alabama. He is a man of One onlture. We congratulate our Virginia brethren upon getting him back

—Dr. Frank C, Johnson died at Ft Meade, Fla., on December 12th. He was a son of Dr. Wm. C. Johnson oi South Carolina, the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Frank Johnson was said to be a re-markably brilliant preacher, but along with his brilliancy he was quite erratic. Many interesting and amus ing In^de^u are told about him.

—I^e learned with much regret of the d«ath of Trlstam Topper, Esquire, son of Dr. H. A. Tupper of Richmond, Va., the former Corresponding Secre-Ury of the Foreign Mleslon Board, and brother of Drs. Kerr B. Topper of Philadelphia, Pa., and H. Allen Tup. per o3 Montclair, N. J . We tender to them our deepest sympaihy.

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—On Deeember 28tb Rev. G. H. Crutcher of Shelbyvllle, Tenn., was married to Miss Jennie Kimbrough of Jackson, at the home of the bride. Bro. Crotcber le the popular and promising pastor of the church at Sbelbyvllle. His bride i t said to be a lovely young ladf . We wish for them the brightest of skies on their matri-monial voyage.

—Rev. T. T. Thompson may be compelled to give up his work at Pu-laski and return to Nashville on ac-count of his wife's health, as it will be necessary for her to be under the care of a special physieian for some time. Bro. Thompson is succeeding very Onely at Pulaski and it would seem a great pity it he should iiave to liaave Just at this time. We hope his wife will soon be fully restored to health

- D r . W H Felix has resigned the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky., to become pastor at David's Fork, a strong country church near Lexington. Dr. Felix is one of the finest preachers In the South. He has been pastor of the First Baptist Church, Lexington, for a long time, this being bis second term in that ca-pacity. He is greatly beloved by the members nf the church. Does not his example, together with the example of Dr. Charles Manly, of which we madd mention recently, indicate a tendency back to the country churches?

—A few Sundays ago Dr. J B. Tay lor preached morning and night for the Grace Street Church, Richmond, Va., in the absence of the pastor. Dr. W. E Hatcher. Dr Hatcher was aid Ing In special meetings at Toledo, O. Information was received that mor n-Ing from Toledo that there had been no special awakening in the meetings. Dr. Taylor led the congregation in special prayer that the power of God might be manifest at the morning ser vice in Toledo. At the evening service in Grace Street, the following telegram was received and read from Toledo: 'Thirty conversions- this morning-

many heads of families." Signed, W E. Hatcher.

—The Su te Board of Arkansas at a recent meeting decided to place a Financial SecreUry in the finid at a salary of»l,200and traveling expenses, and elected Bro. A. J. Barton of Rich mond, Va., Assistant Corresponding SecreUry of the Foreign Mission Board, to the position. Bro. Barton is a native of Arkansas, and we are sure that the opportunity to return to his native S u t e will be a tempting ono to blm, especially as he can be In-fluential in the acoomplishment of so much good in the position to which he has been oalled. He Is doing a great work, however, in bis present posi-tion, and we do not see how he can leave It just yet.

- T h e Migiout BemU thus sums up the situation In the South on the Whlt-sltt matter: "The record thus far standi: Kentooky {on historical grounds), IdlsslMlppl, Ttaas (on groond of 'genaral alienation'), and Arkansas (groond not recalled)oa l« for Dr. Whiteitt'sretlrement; Maryland aad Uie District of OolumbU pass resolutions commending the present administration; Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina and Alabama, after dleouBsion, refuM to allow the maUer to come Into their Oouveallons; VIr-glBU and South Carolina li»ve tbelr Oonvantlons without an aven oaaual publle mentloB of tba aatter," The HsniM doae not, howerwr, nake Bwn« tloB of the Bumarous Aeioolktloae wblob have paasad resolutions unon tbeaubjMt.

- W e acknowledge receipt of the following invitation:

Mrs. Hattie Pointer Burrus requests the honor of your presence

at the marriage of her niece, M'onie Lindsay,

to Mr. Joseph T. Howell,

on Wednesday evening, January 6th, elehteen hundred and ninety-eight

at half past five o'clock, at McKendree Churab, Nashville, Tennessee.

Mr. Howell Is the son of Dr. R. B C. Howell, and Is cashier of the Fourth National Bank, this city. We have known bis bride-to-be ever since her ehildhood. She is a lady of the sweetest cbarms both of person and of character. May the richest blessings of beaveu rest upon the union.

- D r William M Pratt, for many years one of the leading BaptUt min-isters of Kentucky, died on December 23rd at Gray Street Inflrmary, Louis-ville. He was Hti years old, and his death was due to the Infirmities of bis at' vanoed age. He had been pastor uf the First Baptist Church, L.exlagtvu, Ky., Corresponding Secretary iif tbe State Mission Board, pastor at New Albany, Ind., temporary pastoru( the newly organUed Broadway BaptUt Churob, and pa»tor at Shelbyville, Ky. Since 1880 he hsd been a resident of Louisville Be was for nearly 20 years PreslOent of the Western Bsp tlst Educational Society, was President of the Board of Trustees of George town College and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological ''•mlnary. He was regarded as one ui >he strongest and most influential men In Kentucky. We sympathize with our Kentucky brethren in his loss.

—At the Preachers' Conference lo Louisville recently Dr. Eaton Intro duced Bro. Toutjlan of Armenia. He stated that Le was raised a Congrega tlonallst and had been led to become a Campbelllte, because having doubu of bis salvation be had been assured by a Campbeldu) friend of his thai II he was baptized for the remission ot bis •Ins he would hare no more doubts He came to America "U. tee the«e Chrlst-lUepeople." Hesa>s: "Ifuuod them great flgbters even among them selves." He went to the Bible Culleire at Lexington, Ky , to be under Pi-of McGarver He says: "They have a 'Ootpel Advooale,' It ought to be called the 'Gospel Adversary. '" He con-cluded to try the Gospel Mission plan ot the AdmouU and went and preached two years in Turkey, but returned to America. Meeting Dr. Eaton, tbe doctor gave blm Dr. Jeter on "Camp belllsm Exposed," which made him a Baptist. Dr Eaton baptised him auU his wife and daughter not long ago

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-Marrled at my home by the writer at 7:80 p. in. Dec. 24, I8OT, L. D. Now-llu and Miss Katia Newblli Lea !• my younffest •on. and alKht years ago I bapUifd him. Miss Kale Is a oteca Ot my wlfa and a member of Treiuvant Oburoh. She U a nobU Ohrl.tlan youBg lady of noit asUniabia obarao-terand life. May peaoe and bappl-BMs ha tbel^s througb llfaVand a flaal aniranea In tba baavan of rasl li

—On laat Friday the writer offloiatad In tbe marriage of Mr. Robert Med-llng to MUs Esther Harrison, the ao-oompllshed music teacher of Milton high echool. Miss Esther is the daugh-ter of Dr. Harrison, of Eaglevllle, Tenn. Tbe occasion was an-lmpres-slve one. On Tuesday I also officiated in tbe marriage of Prof. Jerome Bry-ant to Miss Eva Jewell, both of Statesvllla, Tenn. They were a bright and happy couple. More weddings to follow. G. A. Ouuc.

Milton, Tenn.

—Sunday was a good day with un, though it was mixed with sadness. I have preached for this church two years and a half. Pteixa has been among us all the time We haven't had a single exclusion since 1 have bean here, but have more than doubled In membership. The church has com-pleted a fine house of worship during the time, and also stood in line In giv-ing to the various Boa-ds which our State Convention fosters The church gave me a vacation of five montbti to attend the Theological Seminary at Louisville. I feel sad Ui leave luy dear people, but my heart Is filled with Joy and my love for them Is In-creased because of tbelr Interot and love for me. I will supply my pulpit with Carson and Newman boys who are studying for the ministry until I return. I'ray that tbe God uf all grace may be with the church. We will observe "College Day" In March.

8. M MCTARTKR White Pine, Tenn

—I feel like saying, "Bless thol.or i O my soul, and all tbat U within me, bless his holy name " Big Spring Baptist Church, Green county, Tenn , has closed a most gracious revival, conducted by Itov. E. Lee Smith, of Greenevllle, Tenn. The meeting com-menced December '2nd, 1807, and con-tinued twelve days, with an Increasing Interesbfrom tbe(beglnnlng. Tbe Spirit of the r<ord was upon the nr«acber and people, and great good accom-pllibed in his name. Christians were made to shout the praises of Gud, and sinners converted. The sermons were of a high order, being delivered In an earnest and impressive manner. Dur-ing the meeting there were fourconver-sions and four aocessions to the church, one by latter and three by ss-perience The meeting closed with a good Interest. May the richest bless-ings crown the efforts of Bro. Smith wherever he may be.

I . B B R O W N . Moshelm, Tenn.

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There is one thing worth more yet than Alaska gold, and that Is health. It takes the best of health to find Alaaka gold, and It takes the best of health to anjoy lU use after It Is found. There la nothing a man would accept in ezehange for health. Without health goldiibecomes as worthless as pavluf-blocks and diamonds as use-ets aa pebblas. Many an Invalid has

found In Pa-ru-na something more pre-cious than irold-has found restored health. Catarrh in sotee form de-•troya more people than all other dlieaaea. No ooe can h4ve health and catarrh al the same lime.' Pe-ru-na ouree eatarrh wherever located; oa-tacrh of head, throat, lungs, stomach, Iver, bowele, kidneys and pelvic or-

irans, rraedomifrom catarrh Is the oklyroadtoheallh. NeitharKlondyke gold/? nor Klmberly diamonds can brlBff pleaanre without hsalth. Fe-ru ua to the ealarrh victim l i worth norethaa gold or preelona stones. Addreea The Fe«ru*na MaBUfackurlng Oottpauy OoluQibui, .Qhlo, fpT it tnm

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Rev. R. M. Murrell, pastor ot the First Baptist Church at Oreeneville, Tenn., havljpg tendered his resigna-tion, to take effect the last Sabbath In 1897, and tbe same having been re-ferred to a committee, who made their report on Wednesday night, Dec, 8tb, the seme was unanimously adopted. Said report Is as follows:

' ' Our worthy and esteemed pastor. Rev. U. M. Murrell, has accepted tbe pastorate of the Third Baptist Churob of Knoivllle, Tenn., and any effort to Induce him to reoonslder would be unavailing. Youroommittee,therefore, reaommends that his resignation be accepted, and the following resolutions be adopted :

Iktolved, That we accept the reslgna tlon of Rev. R. M. Murrell with re-luctance and deepest regret, aftei all hope of Its withdrawal has been de-spaired of.

Ruolvtd, That during a period of more than half a decade. In which be has served us, we have found In him a courageous leader, loving friend, and patient, sympathetic pastor.

Rttolvtd, That we commend and heartily thank him for his unswerv-ing, able and eloquent defense of the Cbrlat-glven, time-honored doctrines so dear to us as Baptists.

Beaolvtd, Tbat we assure him our fervent prayers for God's richest ben-edictions to go with and rest upon him, and that wider fields of usefulness may be opened to blm in his new charge."

T 8 . ROOEBS, J. R. SPEABS, GEO T. FI/>WBB8,

Committee.

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ASHES OF LOVE

Sarly in the iirieriHMNi • niiiD atmWI In Uw uiklJI* uf Itw big jrsllow dniwlof rooiu. Ital in baud, waillac. I I * biitl •cut • o in l t j a UvitrM lacke/, and llie uwwMtKv bad becu bruUKbl back lo bliu (bit ba waa tu ba rtcaiTMii b« abould ave iMtf aiuUi—«fi«tr Iba faara.

Ua atwod ibuN aa a alranger might— auMMig Utiuga Umi wen uukuvwu lo Uiui UM grval gwrgvuua ruoiu wa« lull uf lJi« iJ-ugiuuM ut >«!liuw ruMa fiwut uvMihnl iMHte. Muuiuif waa a laugWd aktfUt HllK'U Maa uukuuiliug • . . alia baa au«a/a inwu imhI uI >atlww fwaaa. Uv iKUMHuLmrmt Uur Ural twiMiual • • . uuu liivii, •uuai'uiy, wall Um atxitl ol Utv ruM.-*, vwu» u( UiK |Mial auK^ti wava-uka Ui* itiK bvavii ui iiia tuiUU. llMi bujr au«l Hiti M\<i utier—u >t:af ut IWu, i iUui/m— a luuvr vuuiytvuauwuu ul a tuMHuu ikut lUIMl IW tlKMiUlVM—U qUVIkUuU Ulttl UU aU-•Mvi: AtMl uia biai ituia . . . liwu a iiuurivi, ivvfiiuawuuua. UvtMrtiUa tut Uu: luaui luieiiiu laiiaa auo Mavuvt;, altar-wufU a teller auu lut; itewa ul it Wuiuau'a

but auuUuig Ui Uia jrelluw drawing . CUII.1UUM1 Ui ^ a avi'UU atwl vugua uicuiuriaa, im; lutuvu ua U>e iiUklv ui auil tabriva rvauiau uw vara aua >uv caiue bt iw inni, »iiiiiiiig uirwugti aaa v^aa. bill M.ui au vuiaUaltJieu tiauU ui welvuuta uuu a MM, gtatl vrjt.

M.-VUH.-U luuia Oeuuulul Ui Uiiu ibau atvr Ul u«r vraiw. i'erUvUuu latiUa iiaail u auuiMfi' auurutuvui. i iht wtu luatl aUv fuiiuu ul uvr iutuomM Ul lua Uvarb

^ tier viva, luu, lie wim ium Uiaugi-d Iruui lue luuti uuutu alie liud luVcU MiUi luv .uuiuir> ul jFuulU.

iiiere Maa uu vuiluirraaatiMMit la tbe •iuM a.ieuce luul •tteiil luHtif balwavn 111 1.1. uevttUM! luera waa IM aeU-MHl-auuuauvM M ii- i:iVer> tiling waa gt«ai

Muie aua live—uUu itivjf Were Mlulte. Au ai-'u—.e ^tuavvuiuia ulttind.

lueti tue Mutiiau, (julvkar lu ul>u irie», utuugui tieraeil back h) ike ruaaiv eiierg/ ui lue luuuieut. aud iudl-

valeu a ctuiii tur lief ir^ttur. • - tuuu aai UUMU—Miieii all* beraeU

bad GtivM'ii a iituce uitiuug vuatiiuiia uo a lu-uriuua aaiux—lieuuiiiuig vwtueluua of Ilia liai.

" l ie died," abe aaid. at ieugtb. "You beard/"

"^ea—1 aa» it jo a ovw«{>aper Jgat U'luie 1 iiti JjiMiii. Waa il auitdi'uir"

"It M-euiviJ wh ' ab* iwld biui with cuiui auiiie. -aitlHAigb wv baJ ti«en waro-ul lur uiuutba. Jliat ia lb* Ibiug wbicii uue cau luver quite leurti lu fac*—daalb.

. . . AuU uuw, tell luv." ab* aiiOad, "1 i>U|)puae. (iuriug tbeae laat few jraara jruu bave bvea eivrjwbrre."

"Aud doue everxbiug." "Uuw ferjr luieraaiing. Qav t 70a

lalleu ill lufe)" "1 did (bat age* ago." Sbe luked verjr iucredakiaa; then rerj

wiae. aud iwiaied ber riuga,

"Well, auiue dajr jrou moat com* and teU lue about it." aaid abe ia a Ion* of light bauicr. ao erklent thai It waa obvi-ou-dy feiguwl. . . . "Aud after all. that aoit of loiDg la more auiuaing ibau atnr <>• of tiger* iu Indian i uug ln or ad-rratureain . . . Bbe ato|.M abort.

Ibe ir ejrea met, miogled and kDocktd at tbe door of the futurt.

I t opened. 8lde bjr aide, tbey atood

tbere on a threshold: behind tbem tbe

paat which they had known; tbry Bw*pt

the occult with a mutual glance-tbey

loved. The/ met ih* knowledg* fac* to

face aa the/ aat in tbe glor/ of the /al-

low drawing-room. The/ knew and an-

deratuod. I t waa pur* and aw**t and

beautiful to tbem. Memoriea faded Ilk*

ffllat before lb* rlalng aun. It had eon*

at laat after tb* waltlnr-th* delight aad

tbe rainnr* of lb

H * a*cm*d to get nearer to btr. with

ontheld arma, and h*r whlipared name like niniir on hia lip*. Drawn to bim b/ iDTlalble bonda. abe wn* fading Into bla embrace; wordlesti/ their mntnol adora-tion communicated llielf each to each. Bhe anrrendered heraelf to the priaon of bla enfolding ann»

Then audtlenl/ a Tague cry came (Ton tbe ludeBnlte purlleua behind a violet Telvet curtain—tbe woman atood part, an ioTloIable diatance aeparating them. Tb* portiere waa drawn ailde, and a nnra* entered, holding a little child.

"He ia awake, madame." Tbe mother nodded, glanced at ber

gueat, and atiOed aomeibing which aeemed atruggilng for ntteranc*.

She took tbe child, dlaml**lng tbe nnra* with a geature.

"Yoa hare not aeen mj' buby?" ahe tbeo Mid to tbe man.

"No—I did not know—I bad not beard

i S S S ^ l

oa MaiiUaiaadMaiaiMr

"Ob. yea—nearly a year," ahe told bim, Deatliog ber face in the fleecy bundle of latrn and lace.

He atuod there in alienee gating at tbe mother and ber child. The woman aeemed to'bim In a moment to hare been trana-rorniel—ahe waa a>ime one elae—not her-self. The long black draperiea which abe nrore were like aome bideona dlaguia.-ilonned for a maaquerade. The maak of her Joyooa motherhood covered the fare of tbe woman be lored. In her arma ahe held tbe grotesque reproduction of anoth-er man.

Ilia lilenre atartled her aa no worda could have done, and she glanced up at bim quickly, with a question in ber e/es. fibe drenr back sligbiiy aa If confronted by a atranger. Had she erer aeen him before—that man with the cold atare and tbe cruel iinea about his lipa?

A cool wind seemed to aweep between tbem. They atood tbere with a grave at Ibelr feet.. ae|>arated by a little chiU— and they were forever as distant aa tbe polea.

Then tbe man decided that be must go. " I t is getting late." be said. "These abort duya—" and abe touched

a bell as a signs I to ber servauu tbut ber guest was departiag.

They shook bauds at arm'a ieneib acroaa tbe width of a srave. Tbere was 00 tenderness, no patboa. It was aa preciae aa a map and as accurately meas-ured. Two people were saying goud-bjrc —that was all.

Tbere waa a brief moment's sensatiou aa if aomeibing might bu|i|>en uofureaeeu —a aensiition such as comes to pusavu-gera in a rapid train nben the brnkt-s are put dowj^^auddeuiy, tben culm aguiu. • • • A uuor opened, a briNitb of froat/ air—closed: and tbe sound of foot-steps growing faint—fainter. • • Vogue.

D IDN 'T LOOK IT.

"Theae are rery fine suapenders." said

the pedler to tbe lady at the door. "1

have all kind*—atrlped, plain, dark, ligbt.

Now here ia a very One pair of plain ours.

Did you ever embroider any suspenders

for your husband, lady?"

"No." said abe.

"Now, don't you think you'd Ilk* to

embroider a pabr for his Obriatmaa pr*s-

* n t r

" I guesa n o t "

"Weil, haa he a real nice pair of aus-

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"Itealiy. 1 don't know," aaid ab*.

"W*ll , madam, ia your buaband inT"

"No; he'a not bar* y*t."

"Do you expcct bim before aupperf"

"No; surely not by that time.

"Well , bavan't you any idea when h*

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Aud yet be woudered, poor fuoi, bow utber young men wbo bad atarted far In (be rear were able to paaa bim iu tb« rac* of life.--Cleveland Leader.

H E R INTUITION.

Helen—What do you think, dearT

Uarry Uenedict p r o p o ^ to me last evea-

iugl

Loui*e-I could have gueaaed i t

Helen-Why?

l^uiae—I refuaed him tbe evening be-

fore. and when be left me I knew by bla

look thai he intended to «lo aometbing

deaperate.-Chioago Newa.

A BUSINESS WOMAN.

I bear that you and Oount Mnl*

rooni bave been in each other'a company

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Ube-Yea.

He—Then I trnst you will relea** a u

from my engagement.

Sbe—Not until I have given the Count

on* mor* chance to propoa*.—Up*to^

Date.

NO UMITATIONB.

"Dodaworth, /oar wife aeama to be a woman of comnuudlng pteaano*."

"Commanding praanio*! By Jov*» air, my wlf* can coumaDd wh*n aha'a ab-a*nt"—Chicago Uooord.

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STONB.—Catharine B. Stona wa* born April Z7,'I830, and'departed thia llfe Nov. 13, 1807. She waa ••member of the BaptlatiChuroh In good stand-Ing forty-all year*. In tha year 1890 she waa marr i ^ to Jatnea Blanklnahlp. In 1877 hia aplrlt took-jta fllxht and went to God who-gavelt. She entered upon her final- alokneaa iwlth great realgnatlon to the will of Ood and met death without any fear and on the steplng atone of belief ahe paaied over the- great Jordan^of death at the age of 68 yeara -and alz.montha. Her kin-dred and frlenda mourn ber abaenoe, but rejoice that her aplrlt haa gone to dwell witif Christ, her aplriVhaaUkan ita flight to (he aunlltlanl on tha other shore, her voice is no'.more heard In our home, but we have the oonfldenoe andaaasuranoe that her aplrlt la at rest. Her father and mother have gone on before.

HtMlved, That we tender our'heart-felt aympathles to tbe bereaved brothers and aistera Anothertreaaure forgot-me-not In heaven. Reat on, slater Catharine, unUl Ood shall bid thee.rlse. The funeral services were conducted by E. W. Bayless.

ELIZA A. STONB.

WINSTON—Lines on the death of William Winston, son Dr. W. B. Win-ston and Bessie Winston.

Father, mother, loved ones all. We weep with you as the shadows fall, And pray that God's presence light

your way, And brighten this, your darkest day.

Dear • William, your loving, manly boy.

Is not with you now to give you Joy, For the Father who lent you the jewel

here. Has placed the gem in His orown up

tbere.

Look up, bereaved ones, some sweet day

The clouds will all be swept away. And the sweetest balm to mortals

given. Are whlsparlngs of Home in Heaven.

Then at the beautiful gate will bo, Little Bernloe so bright to see, Wlih William, dear Beulab, and Mor-

ris so true-All will be waiting and watching for

you.

Yes, they will be waiting.'wlth harp and song

SO when Ufa's battle la over and vlo-torv won,

The golden gates will be opanend wide, And .the loving ones welooma you lo

their side.

And OhI what soenes shall onr eyas behold;

Gates of pearl and streets of gold. What blls* for loved one* to gather

there, To.part no more in those mansions

fair. Aunt Tennle,

MBS. E. H EAST.

WnaoT.—Mrs. Julia B. Wright (nee Ward) tbe friend of all who knew her, quietly passed away on tha night of NOT. 4, 1897, In-JSenatobla, Mlsa. Our community was greatly shocked when it was learned sbe was danger-ously ill, and when Uie death angal oama and claimed her as his own, how our heartc were grieved 1 OriaTsd, btti not aa those who hava no hops, for tha pars and conslstanl Ufa of ihia iin9ateiilalious woman spesks more empballcally Ihan all the worda that can ba found In bar pralfo. Dur-ing •her laat hours, whoa sha fully

realised tbe end-was near, our hearu were comforted to hear her say, "Thy rod and suff they comfort me," and assured those watching by her bed side that "all waa well." Uar auffer-Ings were Intense, but through thmi all Sbe was puient and appreciative of every kindness shown ber by her friends. Mrs. Wright was an intelll gent and sealous Sabbath-school teacher, and ber band of girls will miss ber words of Instruction and beautiful example. She was born in Benton County, tais Bute, June fi, 1868j graduated at HunUvllle, Ala., 188«, and was married to Dr. P. H. Wright Feb. 12, 1888. God had given them four children, but one had pre-ceded her to the land of beauty and light, and where ibe flowers (of which she was so passionately fond | bloom forever. How husband and dear chll dren will miss her—a devoted wife a duUful and loving mother. Many sorrowing friend* and loved ones fol lowed ber remains to tbe cemetery, and on the morning of the resurrec-tion we expect to meet her again and renew the friendship begun so pleas antly on earth. j . s . B.

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LUu a dt*am o' Jun*.

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Beautiful Watches Absolutely Free! aBtrXBUWX WATm

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HE BAPTIST & REFLECTOR I S ABLE to continue ^ its splendid offer of a beautiful Watch to each of its

subscribers who sends seven new yearly subscriptions between November 1, 1897, and January 1, 1898. It is hard for some to believe it, but one of these Watches, either ladies^ or gentlemen's style, will be given for only seven new yearly subscriptions.

THE WATCH. It has a durable Filled Gold Case. Expansion Balance. Nickel Movement. Safety Pinion.

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Is Stem Winding. Is Stem Setting. Retails for $10.00. Keeps Good Time. Hunting Case. Handsomely Engraved.

HOW T O GET IT. Firs t , send us scTen new j e a r l j tubtcription*, one

or more at a time, or twcnty^two four-month trial •ubtcriptions at 50 ccnts cftch.

T hen , when jour list of teven yearly, or twenty-two four-month trial tubsGriptionBia completed, order one of the above Watches, atating whether you wiah ladiea' or feotlemen'a ait*.

WE WILL HELP YOU. If Tou will write ua aignifyinj; your intention t*

secure aubacriptiona, wc will send you aampla copiea of the paper and aubacription blanka.

By beginning work promptly you can secure one or more Watchca, enough for all your holiday presents. Do not delay even one day. Write us if you Intend to work for a watch and we will send you sample copies free.

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