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Tim slender thread upon whiohmon-arohy resto is illtistrated in the ease of the infant icing of Spain. He has been quite ill and supposed to be dying, nay, reported at one time to be dead. The repablioans seem to bo awaiting h u death aa a signal for a revolution, the overthrow of monarchy and the estab-lishment of a republio. A repablio in 8|)ain I Tho idea seems strange to the students of history. The little king may yet live and avert the calamity (?), however.

THANKS to those who have expressed their sympathy with n i in onr suffer-ings^ith La Orippe, of which we spoke last week. We are over it now, but it was tevere while it lasted. We belitrv*^ we bad as genaine a case of it as the Ctar of Russia did. If any one is un-oortain whether he has it or not, we can give him an almost infallible test. If he doesn't have to take his bed Mooner or later, and does n't think that hu is going to die, nay, does n't almost wish that he would die, then he has n't Rot La Qrippe. I t is simply an ordi-nary cold.

[T looks now ss if England and Portu-gal would go to war in spite of every thing the latter can do to prevent it. 01 course, if such should be the case, there could be but one result, unless France, and Austria, and l u l y , whose Iriendship Portugal is courtinj, should lend her active help. In that event Germany may help England, while Kumia in turn may ally heraelf on the aide of Portugal, and so the general oonfiiet expected between tho nations of Europe, and prepared for by them, may be brought about Majr it be averted, though it seems as if it must come soon.

A DBBTHUOTiVB storm swept down the Mississippi Valley last Sunday over-tDtning houses, felling trees, desolatiag iowns, and destroying lives. St. Louis suffered greatly, aa, also, did Olinton, Wiokliffe.and Mosoow, Ry. A t Clin ton ^nite a ttumber of lives were lost tnd a great jaainy ware wounded. What a great thing it ia to have a aure^ahelter in the Ubm o f , a t o m :

" JaaUs, lover of my soul, t L t tme to tbyboaomf ly , Whil« the bdlowi near ma roll,

While the tempest sUU i i high. Hide tte, O n f Savior, bide,

Into the bBven (oide, . 0 remtvB n^r fottl I t l a s t "

[A paper read befor* the Na^hvUls Woman's Bflssion SooieliM, at the speeial meeting in behalf of Pinf tu , China, January 8th 18iK), by Miss 8, B. S. Shankland, and requested for pub-lioation in the BAPTIST ' AND H I -FMCTOB.]

The universal devotion to the wor-ship of anoestors is Use greatest ob stacleto the spread of Christ's gospel in China.

Nominally, China has three religions, but these are pervert«d from the pre-cepts of their founders, and so inter-mingled as to be scarcely distinguish-able one from another. The whole theory ot government, however, is the embodtfient of parental aiid filial piety. To ChristiaB hearts this attachment to the aueient^^triarohal system—a sys-tem endeared^ to us by Old Testament history—is a totiching reminder of our universal brotherhood. Our Qod was the God of their first parents; Adam's sin brought death and woe upon them ssupon us; the Second Adam came to deliver them from the grave, that in him they, as well as we, might be made

In their sacred books are many evi-dences that the remembmnco of Ood's early revelation of himself to man has never been wholly lost; but, alas! what proof is also afforded of direct and con-tinued transgression of his laws! The divine commands against dealing with spirits and against necromancy, or at-tempted intercourse with the dead, in-dicate an unhallowed practice existing among people already denominated heathen. Ancestral worship among the Chinese and other raccs may be traceable to this tendency. Tavism, that one of the Chinese religion] which contains the most ancient elements, in-volves the most implicit belief in aor-eery, while Buddhism, as adopted by the Chineie, is almost purely a worship of magic. Thus the beautiful trait of p«>rteot filial reverence is vitiated by superstition and distorted into the grossest idolatry.

Their most solemn sacrifice is that in commemoration of their ancestors, of-fered on the 14th o/ August, I t is per-formed in a temple having images of departed relatives, with accompanying inscriptions upon its walls. Tables are spread with dressed meata and raw flesh, with fruits, flowers, and perfumuH, which are burned in small dishi's. Heaps of papers cut into the shape of coins lie upon carpets in tho yard ad-Joining the temple. These, the people imagine, will be obaofged into real money in the other world) and serve to redeem the souli of their relaU vw. The priest, with ttomeroiiB assistants, perAimes tho images with franklnoense, and elevates aohiilioo filled with wine, then sets it down And aaiplies it, the oereiuonies> beittg aufgestive of tha msss i»Boman Cikthotio ohimhM'. Then the i ^ M t aaauree the oottiifegBtloa that they will reoeife partioalar IkToni firom thede-

f cMUwd ln'retwra Ibr thtir |rfo«a attra* j t iot ts . \ • . , I The whoia fbrmulary of this wOnhip

b let down in the Chinese ritual with ; the pftyers an^ supplications whieh I should be made to t h d r deceased ances-

tors, and on t h b worship the Chineee ground all their hopes of future happi-ness.

Only sons eaB offer theae aacrifioes to secure the niftOM of the father's aoul therefore is i t that the possession di sons is greatly coveted, while girl chil-dren are tinwelcome, and their Uvea saorifiood, aiponf the poorer elaases, without hesitation.

Can we conceive of the Joy which must fill the heart* of these unhappy Chinese women when Christ's love and sympathy are brought to them I No wonder it is often long before they can be made to understand the blessed gifH.

. Those who receive it are in many senses " born again "—born to the posseation of a soul before denied them; born to the hope of « iloriotu immortality; to the right of enjoying the delights of education; to the equality of human beinis in the f ight of their Creator.

Let us r«ifoi«e to lead them from the dread of false spirits conjured np by a lying prietbood, to the Oreat Spirit, author of heaven and earth, source of all life. Let us" gladly teach those, our poor, blinded sisters, to worship, not a human lather deified by the reverent imsginution of his children, but onr Almighty Father, with whom is no va-riableness, neither shadow of turning, yet who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and whoso oar ever open to our cry.

Chr i s t our BLingr.

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The real charge against the Haviur of men, when on irtal for his life, was that he claimed to be a king. I t was this that made his case a serious one at the bar of an earthly potentate. There is no feature of the Christian religion so repugnant to the nature of man as the idea of the right of another to rule. We are proud of our boasted freedom, and we love to say, as did the Jews: " W e were never in bondage to any man." If we could bo Christians, and at the same time do as wo liked in alt matters, then would religion be a pop-ular affair. But Christ is a king. He has a right to command us, and our only prerogative is to obey.

i Christ's kingship is not through the line of his reputed father. Joseph, for Joseph did not belong to the line of kings. But he is a king because God Is his father, and God is the King of king!.

2. His mother belonged to a royal fkmily, however, and he is arking amoof men beoause royal blood ooarses hla veins. He is a king throiigh hia ttoqnto • tionwith both his Father and bi« mother and Is kk ln t from both a human .And » divine stand-point.

a Christ olalned to be » king while here on etrth, and,add hit kingdom WM

' • '.-J-*-t b w in the wor)4^He pointed to his mb Jseta^ and t* t h r a he eonmltM^J" important nutters the salvatitw the world.

4. Pilatt wrot« on his cross whea ^ h»' «e«leaoed hlin to die, In Hebrew. O M r aad Latin. ** King of the J e w s . " ^ m i ^ waaa»tisled t b a t h « wa(«kiof .

ft. BeroeefWim the gnl1f^aB4thw proved that h« wa«; lha king of ^ i ^ andof: the tomb.i He laid down hid life and he took I t again. A 'mighty kin* only oouM do thb, ^

6. When Peter, prescbed of hip riou exaltation he d w l a r ^ tbat G o i had made him ** Both • prince »nd a Savior." In heavw th«7 e*ll him » king. He has a nana abive every name, and alt authority ib be«ven and in earth is in his hand.

7. Does he reign as a king b onr bearu? H»ve we eoDftsMd h b divine Lordship over us ? 'Au we a n ^ e d in rebellion against hbj tolf . taw? Bown with your putty arsBfof opposition. He h u conqueredi every foe that oontonded against him, and he will eonqiaer you. Maks peace with him before his wrath is kindled against you. for he will des-troy h b eneniea wiiA the brenA of h b mouth and the brightness of h b coat-ing. He ia coming agaia to enter on hb universal reign over the ear^h, and let the earth get ready to recfiyt her king. Come, Lord Jestis, and reign in myheart .andmylife , and in ail men, and in all worlds, for tbou art worthy.

S tying that he, hlmsetf, is Chrbt a king." (Luke xxlii. 2.) J ^

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—Dear Brother: tnelosed yoa.will fin I a post-office order for.I wo dolbrs and fifty cent* for S u t e Snttd*y>achool work. I t wasnining or we might have had a four or five dollar colleeiion. ffe make no tpeei^l effort ta havea hrgn eolUf:ltoH oli that day, but pt^/er to jtut give you whatever itcoUeetal on fhfftrM . Sunday in each puMth. God blass yon and your work, and may be neVer let this people reat ontil they have built a church and Sunday^sehoal in evarydvil district in Tennessee ' Your broUier In Christ, . W . , J . O'CoNtlOtt.

JaoksoU) Tann. I am respoflsible for italleiainf the

sentence. I t oontalna the key'BOte of sueeeta, imd every one should study it. When t«o thirds of the school* that spirit they will do as muol as the entire oonvention did lasti|»iAr Siato miasiona.

0 what a work oiui pressing ourselvea In the )e i f l t /^]Niui8& anhool tln the workitog e i rc l r i |§ t 'Mi A ^ ittle, anrprliwt-'ihat 0 0 * % m i ^ i ^ s

where th*y have progreaslve mitt lHUi« not Allien Into line yet. Tbi^r wrtainly • see what othera a ^ d d o f and thw.nre -requested to do We 'II hair from them doubUeas fbr 181)0

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Whttovoi'in«y ileniKO of OoJ (r tliit W»fW. w wo hs*" U ft»tt»ht Jno^eni to the h ^ a B latoUy. Th««« dwgoM not confront t inply temporal Intorcat^, They ovwy hour thrmit«n otflrnal Intorosta with ditwutrt^os overtbrww Kvory Chris-tian, tf may say with Israel's aweet singer to the L i r d :

p L "Thou art my hldiug pUoo. Otben may hide eluowlicr^, b u t T H O U art Mr hiding place." Under tl.iije arm 1 sUnd and dofy th« imwerd wiili

1, God Bhelters the Ohrinwn fr)ra tlio materialislio •ondonoies of soicncc. in itaelf, aoparatcd from it8 tondonoioa. Mi«no0 in a helper of man'« upiritual and eternal as well as temporal inter-e i i : Bu t few, if any, can rbam over i u oxtenaive field* and sail oil i u ahoro-leM 8WW without spiritual injury, ex-cept they are Or«t bound to (led by faith, and armed with heaven's chart andpompk«8.

2. God ia the Ohrutlan'« hiding place from the aubtle influenees ot tempta don. The liord i» the destroyer of «in. (1 John iii. 8.) ' For this purpose the Son of God wtt« manifested, ih.it he might destroy the works of the devil " The entire history o' the .ievil i» as^o aooiated with sin. If thon the Son o' <Jod wa« manifested u, destroy hw work, will he not be able t > destroy the piwer of all temptations to fin ? Only aUnd beneath God, the shclterinK rock. anilSatan'h maehinutions work in vaiti

II . " Thim Hhalt prt^serve mo Irow trouble." David «pok« Irom ««• prricnco. Through a bundr.d troubles ho had come.

1. God makes the ssint's troubles a-s the refiner's fire. Thry purge away the droes and leave~tbc i.ure gold. Kvery child of (Jad is stk^inger fur bis ir.)ublc.s They would destroy. But God bounds them as the seas. The mighty W4t^rs in madncM chafe a thou-and leaRu s ot shore until their fury is spo.it. Tbo world goes on as though there hiul ever been only quiet. Bo, trouble* rago over the iwul, sometimes stirring its lowest

, depths, hut God has set them bounds, and tbo aoul, like the sea, is only purer for Iheir raging.

2. Contonlment, resulting from ru fining troubles, is it-elf preservation from trouble. Having paased through ihb deep waters the aoul, in it« content-ment looka on confronting floods with loM llamay and ia thrice armed for the oonfiiof. H is spirit of contentment is a God given conservator of his forces.

TU. " fhou Hhalt compass me about with aongs of deliverance." What a delitoranca that the delivered shall bo oompaaaed wii|i aoogs oclobrating the oooaaioo! Nntions honor with aongs and procesaion only the groat oventu In thfilr hi^t^ ry. Behold the estimation In which God holds tho deliveranoo of. I,li children! 0» . every hand the air ia vocal wi»h proan^.

1. Bu t the aaiftU themaelvoi join in thii'Vloging. Thfytsanhing tho aongs with a better undoratonding than tho putosb angel In all hfaven'a ohoir. Kven God could only know that they had b«eo delivered «f..m »in and ahame. No wore could tho angel know. But the redeemed oan jilng their experionoe Iti the matter.

2. '^IJJIii angel of the Lord eoftampeth Mttni abouli them that ftar Wm, and dellvettth them*" V«. T*) JTrom ihht angelld bnaampment aaaend

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f^lii ohUdwM^bf w f o m u f J o ^ ^ i J C o i T O M i * .

Ptirely g i ^ n e w d o / f K low the child of. God all thodnye flrWaj life. Htf ie >Ufh id ln | : .place when^ 8tprm« of , pwwido a i i e p owf khe flool. i ^ I pr«««rvos him from trotiljle, ttirn-ing the trouhlwi Into Wewingi. Ho oompawoit hlta with wng» Aa. the air doth gird him aboue; «o do pasaiil and hallelujahs.

1. laGod your hiding place? If so, I hail you, happy and aafe from evil tendeneies and temptations.

2. Are you oonnoloua of God's pre* M'rving care in time* of trouble? If 80, fires may rage around you, but they can not utterly destroy you.

3. l>o you rejoice in songs of deliver-ance? If so, you must have been de-livered from sin's thralldom.

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Calling a Paitor

BY W. H. 8.

The church at A is pastorlcas and it can not afford ti. remain in that con-dition, so a conference is called. One of the mombers occupies tho chair as moderator pro tern. Brother Allgood arises and bein< recognized says: " Brcthrei we muH have a pastor. Wo can't live this way, and I am in favor of calling one immediately, and. therefore, make a motion that we now call « pastor." Several brethren seconded the motion, after which Brother Allgood continued," Permit me to speak a few words as to the kind of preacher wo need. I would cast no reflections what-ever on our former pastor, but will only rofcr t ) him that we nay draw correct eoiijluiiouia.>» to the pastor to be elected. There is Brother Spike, a K)od Metho-dist, wht) has no- attended church here for soversi months bocau-.e our pastor preached preservation so strong. Now if (lod does really preserve his jMJople our pastor should not offend thosf* who be-lievein apo Uic/ by prcaching on tho sub-ject of • complete, full, and eter nal salva tion.' .\nd there is good old Brother !)obb-<, ii iVixbyterian. who told mo no loiKiir than last week, that he had quit coining bcoiuso our pastor made such ado about 'neing buried with (Jhrist, beiiiK planted t-iKother in the likenes" of his death, and such like. Whit a pity that such *cslous, earnest, eoi.se-oraied old brethren shou d bo driven cway And there i-i Brother Water-man who will not utten I because our pastor was so ungentlcmanly as to call him and his people Campbellites, and affirm that men were forgiv.n. justified, and saved at faith, and, thoreloro, be-fore and without baptism. And their is an old Brother Primltivo who will not comn bfcau^c our pastor only oc easioimlly ro'ers to election and prcdcs tination. And there arc many who dis-like him becausc he preachea so much aboutchurch independency,and a purely domocratic form of government, which ho avers i'* Hcript ural, and all other forms aro unicrlptural. You know, brethren, that ho baa not given us a momcnt'a rest aince ho haa been our pantor. He must havo this and that done. Firi>t our old house, tho bouae our lathera built and worshipped in, was not good enough, and we were o'impelled to go down into our pocketi to build thia fine house at an enormous oost. Hecond, ho would not be oonUint to allow u« to quietly and peaoefully teaOh our ohildroa at homo bob we muiti bring them to Sanday-eohool every Sanday, rain or ihinet and to prayer'meeting onee a week, and then the .oosU of lighta and fael and Bunday'sehool helps has. been added to our bardena, and not

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amoant for life lervioe*; ho b ' e U p l n g thM we owe him that amoant aa a 4ebt of honor, lio it 1< uo wdWer ihiit there {« diaoontent and dimtisfaotioD ainong uji We moat wake a change. Wo must have a man who will not offetid people with his alKet Baptist notions,-one Who will reoogniie prowhers of other denominations sia gospel prtaehers, and invito bhem into hia pulpit, one who will not bo oontinu.lly annoying us about muney, irfONEif, MONKY. I am in favor of calling Brbtbor Goodall True, he ia not a learned man, but he is honest and makoa a good living on the farm, ia lull of religion, will not ro-c|uiro a salary, or vox the life out of lu •bout missions and such like, besides ho can g» t up more feeling, crying, and shouting in a half hour than many of those fellows who do nothing but read, visit, and preach can in a week. True, our former pastor ia a good roan snd a fino preacher of his kind. But how and why so many churches are calling him is a wonder to me.

Brother Import then arose and said : Brother Moderator, 1 am in favor of calling Brother Traveler. You remem-ber that he was here bnco at in Asso-ciation and preached a most excellent hcrmon on salvation. K v e r y body w»s delighted with him. True, ha lives many miles away, but then ho will draw, and we must havo a man that will draw Our house must be filled, and our roll of members must be increased.

Brother Sincerity then arose and aaid: Brother Moderator, I h»ve been a member of this church filty years, and a d<iacon forty years, and in all that time I havo never seen the church prosper as this year. We havo done more than over before for our denomination, and oar church is stronger to-day than ever before. Wo have bee n taught as never before our whole duty, and no one can point to an erroneous teaching of our pastor. He has been earnest, honest, and faithful. Other churches, aware of his usefulness as a pastor, have so cured hia services and their gain is our great loss

(To be continued )

Texas Letter.

The fifth Hundsy meeting of the Shiloh Association was hold with tho Fellowship ehuroh, in Uooko county, which worships in a neat community school house Although it occurred during tho holidays, a disciple of Alex ander (Campbell, who was a trustee of tho school refused to let tho school bo suspended on Friday for tho uso of the meeting. So tho brethren, a goodly number, met under somo beautiful elms hard by,and, although it was the twenty seventh of December, tho arbor moot-ing was a delighful one. The elm trees were in full bloom, and the grass under foot was green and studded with flowers.

The discussions were pointed and s h a r p , but there was a general agree-ment except on the blood. • ' .

A deaeon read an easay in *]»•»»» •>» declared that the blood of Christ had DO more eleanalng elfioaey than any other blood. He strongly objected to the hymns beginning" There la a fount aln (llletl with blood,'' and - My hope U hullb on nothing l e a than Jeiuh blood and rightouaneae." Two preach-e n parUy agreed wllh him. this w ^ lueh new Iheology to moat of ru tb>t

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ffirM after ' ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ to be od »n|w?th seas at iiwfc I 'he s^b-•oriptiov^Ust ia inoreaftnl rapidlfflttnd Or, Itayden is ! In' the beet of spirits. By the way, he preaches at my ehurch n^ixtBanday, Deoeniber.&,on which oe-casion we propose 11 ordain five deacons.

Some good Texas ohurohes are pu-torless, and soma good pastors are churohless. There seems to be a little modest courting going on, .which, per-haps, may ultimaio in something yui.

Qreenville and Cleburne both have str jng ohurohei without pastors. <

The i?aat Dallas chttroh has deU r mined 11 o«ta|»lish a mls^on in O^k Oliff. which is the Brooklyn of Dallas. I i has a papulation of nearly four thou sand souls and Is rapidly incrca.Mng. There arc BaptisU enough with wealth enough to form a strong church there now, and doubtless in the near folure here will be located one of tho strong ohurohfs of Texas.

Hev. H M. Sims, of Cleburne. hM taken charge o« the First Baptist church of Dallss. Tho brethren seem to be rallyini* to him and tho outlouk in better there than of yore. The Soutl. Dallas church under the pastoral super vision of Bev. .lohn Holland, has during the pist year developed into a self sustaining ehurch They havo built a pastor's home and increased the salary to one thousand dollars, which is considered good for a church jmt one year old.

The consolidation of papers hw proven a suoecaa in Texas, and we hope and believe it will do tho same in Ton nessee. Doubtless thoro will b% edito rial ventures by various parties for various reasons, but tho general trend of affairs, when the desire is to servo God, will not bo turned aside materially.

H. J . ANDKBSON

(JainoHvillc, Texas.

flBAit OK llicill.ANU —Kllur I) I' Msnis, pistor of the church at tho pUce, a^Msted by KIder W. 11, Owens, of Little .Syoamoro church, held » meeting of ten or eleven days with tho church at this placo, commencing De-cember Ittth.closing on the -".Ith There were some four or live prolVmsio.is, and as many joined tho ohurch. 'Hirce were baptiaed on Sunday, the last day of the mooting. KIdcrs Nathan Htepp and James Kitt« assisted in the ineel-ing on Saturday, December ' "e ohurch olected Brother James Kitis to tho full work of tho goHpol ministry, and called to their aid as «» counscl Kldor W. II. Owns , ol I f » Syoamoro ohurch, and Kld.r Nuthun Stppp, who, in connection wiih our pas-tor, Elder D. L Manis, of Springdsle ohurch, Claiborne county, Toon., «iii» the ohurch, on Sunday, nine «> m., December'2!l, m ) , procee Jed «i li the examination of Brother Km', which was quite thorough and entirdiy satis aotory to tho church and presby-tery. Blder Mania delivered tho ordi-nation sermon, Klder Stepp led the amlnation. Prayer by Klder and laying on of hands by the preAj tery. Elder Manls delivered the Bible and Elder Owens df"*' '" ' ' , ; ' ' ," charge. Brother Klits bid. fsir make a sueoessful mlnlstiir with m.

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The .ibllowibg leptiifo on Klljah was delivered by Dr, VWUil", of t ^ ^ o -Miniivilte Bap t i^ bhttreh, December 2J», and r e t r i e d by H r , Monro ;

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Kl'Jah's lite It will, aid us to tako ii haaty glancenit ihe' character of the praple, and thti titues tn whioh he Hved.^

Tho land of l^alfistine b lU greateat prosperity was about the sise of Wales or Portugal, i t s greateat length was about on<>.huiidred and forty mijes. lte greatest breadth from fifty to seventy miles. In this small territory they were surrounded by fieree, warlike enemies of the basest heathen. Ton o f , t h e , tribes of Israel had rebelled against the house of David and bad set up idola'ry. I t was no* about sovcnty* five years since tho division of the tribes, and there had reigned over tho ten tribes called Israel eight kings, every one of whom were wicked and worshiped idols and taught tho people to worship them also. Ahab was tho ninth and wiekcdest of all of thom. He married Jexebel, the daughter of a heathi n king, and one of the worst of women. Under her infiuonco idolatry inerearcd very rapidly, and to alkout-wsrd sppearsnces thoro were none left in Israel of ihe worship|)ers of the true (lod, and thrir wickedness and idolatry had become very great. Ahab seem* to have been a weak man and was ruled almost entirely by hii wife Jezebel. At li e lime when tho aflfairs of Israel were such, and Ahab was luxuriating in his pride and ease, Klijah apiiears before him, r sup|>08e in his palace, and pro-nounces God's righteous judtimcut u|>on the nation, Klijah was one of the most remarkable men of whom we havo any account Without any warning, his name not having been mentioned before, railed ihe Tishbitc if (lilead, suddenly Ntaiids before Ahab. Dresvcd in u toga ol coBrse csniel's hair ell th and bound wiih sn undressed leather girdle, and hi» long flowing hair and keen piercing eyes, he i'Xtond> bis arm, and with long index finger poinb< at Ahab and says : "As ibn Lord GT d uf Israel liveth, be-fore wht m I stand, there shall not bo dew ni r ruin iheso years, but according to my word." And ho is gone! >Such a strange personsgc ; such a sudden ap-pearing, and with huch a startling mes-stgo, delivered in so commanding and positive ti ncs must have startled Ahab hO that before he could reply tho appa-rition was gone. We must now leave Ahab to his thoughts a littio and look alter Klijah.

Whore was ho? What became of him? Never fear what became of him. Ho was God's own messenger, and he will take caro of his servant. Ahab may scareh all kingdoms, but ho will search in vain, for him whom the Lord has hid, and if the Lord hid tho man man was not going to find him.

Tho Lord told htm whore to go, and ho went there, and, I suppose, during the time of the famine Klijah wasnevor forty miles I roui Samaria. He bid by the brook Cherith, and probiibly not far from ^hcre John the Bajptintwas until he entefed upon his pttbllp ministry.

The solitude that surrounded him ; what timeii lie bad to meditate and pray, what a grand time and' t^laeo ,to learn to t iu i t Oud. ^ TboM Wild oarnlv-oroua biriJft wnioh feij hini would not eat what waar to auiialtt Ood'a servant. D«ybyda|i h«i Woiild walolji the brook and <kw gro#ti ' i lesa and leaa. lilMa iiie briioM ielk 'the hmlne. Prea*

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; Ait^ 'Rtiiab, yott need not be eonwrned. J t )s t tb«n the iiord befoire whoni the ^rop'liel lUnda spnkt to binii ' |H«re yoo are, Ellijtif, waitlnf tor MIB." **QQ to Zarephatb) Kiyah, jL htve.iqade ar-rai)gementa for you there." The elrenm-atancea 'of; his entertainer thertt were Uniiited, ba t they ail had plenty^ Kvery mor;)ing there waa Jtult enough weal and oil fbr t ^ t day's Bup}>iy,and next morn-ing there waa the same. At , last the Lord told him to go and show himself to Ahab. As soon as Ahab aaw him he wanted to lay all the blame on Klijab, and said, " Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" Elijah said, " I have not troubled Israel, but i t is you and your rather'n house in forsakingthe oommand-mcntsof the Lord and following Baal." In this altercation, which seems to have beta a sharp one, Elijah makes a propo-sition to decide the matter by a fair test and that in tho presence of all Israel. Ahab a8sen^ to it. The place is the foot of Mount Cumcl. Klijah pro liosed that the priests of Baal erect an altar, and he also, and let each call on th i i rGod. The test : The God that answered by fire. lie would be the God. 'The people said that is a fair ti-st. Klijah said you have four hun-dred and fifty, i>cgin first. In face of this fair proposition the prophets of Baal dare not refuse to comply. No fire waa put on the altars, and, when all is ready, the prophct49 of Baal cry to their god : 0 Baal, let fire come down and burn this ofl'ering. O Baal, hear us ; answer us. 0 Baal, we are anxious to get an answer by fire. Klijah said, " (.'all, call, call louder. Your god has gone on a journey," etc. The priests of Baal jumped on tho altar and out them-selves with lances. Klijah's irony is the most pungent in tho liible, and his irony excites those idolatorsto most ex treme tnoasures in supplicating the recognition of Baal. When Klijah comes to make the test, it is in deep solemnity. This man o' God would re-pair tho a lur of God that waa falling down. This is a thought for Christ! .us If wo would havo a revival God's altar must be repaired. Much depended upon tho outcome ot Bllijah's test. The result is to be God's honor and Klljih's vindication, or it would be to God's dishonor and prove Kl'jah a liar. So in our worship. When every prepira-tion had been made, and every precau tiun taken that thcro should be no fraud, he comes near and said, " Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that there is a God in Israel, and that I am thy scrv ant, and that 1 havo done all thcso things at thy word. Hear mo, O Lord, hear mo, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned thom hack again." As Klijah prayed tho firo fell down from heaven, and the people fell down on their faces and said, " Tho Lord, ho is God." I do not understand that this was a sign, or even ray of light, but that fiire tell from heaven, The prophttsof Baal had entered the contest. They were defeated, and by the law of Moses they inuiit die.

V Elijah's going on Mount Oarmel. antionii in eafrnest prayer, was most forcibly plotured^ also the eoming of the ftiln—tbe Ibialty of Klijah ntHnlng befoi^ Ah«b'i chariot. Ahab told hia wife all about the innsieilons, and the

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,Wi|a thiliti; ont of AhaVatJiiriii^loff^n. l i e left his MUftatt ^ went > d i v ' a journeyr into the wilderooM, d i c i n g to die. I never oonld iaagioiwhatt oonld' be Kiyah'i In i ^ W tor Borah, b ia a imyi i i f lo t iU; to t t ^ e |laMl4 the W d eame to him a n d i ^ d , ^ Whatdoeet thon here, E l i j ah?" and, I think, it w»|Mtdbtot one time^ There was a great sisorm, and after that a tor-rib]^ sarthqaake, apd then » whirlwind. But the Lord was not in them. Elijah hcArd the I atiil enwUvoiee." There is a meaning, a lemon here. .Are wo not to Imrn aomething of thia? Do what yon will, , perform what you wiU, but that still small voiee speaks tn the soul. I t 4s«altogether different from man's voice. God did not rebuke hia servant, hut sent bifn baok again, and told him what to do. Kven Jexebel will say a great work has been done. This waa not the work of man, but of God, and when he works no man can hinder. There were seven thousand in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal. We loarn hence, about a living Christ, who is at all limes by hia people, and who, through them, will vindicate his power before a gainsaying world. Where God baa a work for one to do, streng h, grace, and wisdom will be given lor i u auocciisful proseoutiou t wiah to apply thia lesson, and trust we will u k e the life of Klijah and put his devotion to God into our lives.

One may become discoaragod for want of co-operation, but fidelity to God, indi-vidually or collectively, will begot his approval, and although rank wickedness abound, God, through his people, wilt vindicate his honor and prove the mes-sage of his servants to be from him.

An AppenL

See here; I want a Christmas gift too. At least "Gather up tho fragmonU" and send them to me. I want it for our deariy beloved brother, Gns Fu(|ua, of Now Harmony ehuroh, Macon coun-ty, Ttnnessee. He is the leader and life of that church to a great extant. I do n't SCO what I could do there as pastor, without his patient help. I t soeini that he hai been greatly afllict -d during the year just passing away. Ho had a faithful and devoted wifo who was in a very low stage of consumptioh when I was called to tho c t r j of tho church. Abou midsum ner she passed gentjyand quietly int-i tho armt of her Savior, whom she faithfully served, leav-ing a large family uf boys to tho caro of Brother Fuijua. Yesterday I ro ceivid a letior from him stating that his house had burned toashos the night before. He saved some of his things, but lost his provisions, moat, lard, flour, meal, molasses, etc., all burned up. Who, just now, at this moment, the9e joyfhl Christmas times, alas, joyful to many but not to our good brother; yes, who just now has enough of the spirit of Christ to send a " V," a " one," a " fifty," or even "twcniy-flvo conU " to his own address, Guss Fu^ua', Kofao, Tennessee, or to tho writor, Bethpage, Tennessee. Of course m*ny of Jiis brethren in old Knon Association have this spirit just now. Wo wait to see Brother Fnqua is a reader of the BAP' TiBT A«o RErtwrroi. Pjow, dear brethren oT Enon, left us remeiubor t'hat we are to htlp bear one another's bnr ^eiu; remember that twenty-five or fifty.oenU from all who read this will help him ao mueh. He did not ask me to do this. 1 do It asking Ood's bles^' ing npon il for Brother Fuqtta^a help.

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every page. Ood h a f ^ ipyi th«;piM>t 'gretTrv'tv*^^^ (wbieb t h a v e served fo f r i yearn) haa been greatly bis the last year. There; hundred and nine j|didi(ibns^ pix «pf th tm by b a p t b a proved for baptism. The ^nai is in fine working ord«?>^ Tiia; u o * variea from on^ haadred and; to two hundred anit .>wen;^tlif^o~| to the weathor. Our prays^iut ^ are well a t t end^ . The , ehurch arewelT up. Forp«^tor*|yM|^, inoidefital expenaas. MISAIBNILJJ^,'the ehuroh h x expbqided over t f t p b ' l b ^ * 'sand dolUrs tbjB past yev... .We\Vill make isn eff irt to build, a new hovte of worbhip soon. Bfany ot onr ohiirebea iu other parm of (he State haVe ei | ioy^ spiritual feaiits,'! Noiablv amon | in Uiis part of tlie Bta^ are B o n t i ^ , T. 8. Potto, pastor; Dennison.W, E.-Tynes, pastor; Shermitoi A. J . iyojTiR paator.

.B«v. A. M. Sitns, of Clebumef ao-oept« a call to the First ohureh a t Dal -las. while llov^ T. 8. Putta, of Bonham, declines a call to the South side ohnnih at Fort Worth. Bev. P n ^ d g e has been compelled (o resign (Iii First church at Sain Antonio on aeeoottl of ill-health. Rev, Tan I . has r«-eigned at Colorado City.

Dr. J , B. (^ranfil, the etfieient attper-intondcnt of Siato Miaaiona, ia Bineh hindered in his work on aoeount of tO-health.

Baylor University is doli^ a grand work. There aro abont nix. iiaodred students in attendance. ( | a l t i a num-ber of young ministers are being at* sisted in a substontial way while toking a eollette course. Quite a goodly «9jm* . her of efiicient paitor<< r^igaod g ^ fields of labor last sammiyi-and have-gone to the semin^iry. They are alt glad they went,

May God greatly bte a the B A P T I S T AND IlKVLKimtB, and all Baptist infla" : ^ ooouM iy doar old Tenneasee.

Paris, T.FXAV H. 0 , BOBAMOII.

—We, the mtMionary Ba|;>tlst ehuroh worshiping at Pleasant Grove, Barde« msn county, Tenn., in eonferenoe ag^v scinbled. do adopt the fottowing pre-amble and reaolutions:

Whereas, at the meeting of" Unity Assoeiaiion bold with Piney Grove ehuroh, aaid Awoelation withdrew her fellowship from the Cobtral .ehureh, -Jaokson,, Tenn., and d r o p p ^ fh>m tbe ministerial rol l the mimo of Frederick BoWard;®and bur oharoh , being a member of 'said . Assoeiations, and on being fblly r«pw-sented at that meeting. Therefore^ be it "

1. Remilvedt That wa heartily en-dorm the aotton of «aid Aasociattoo,

2. That Wo will not 'allowidd Fred. . Howard to preaob in our house ot wor- \

8 Tba la o o ^ of *l»ei' reiioltttleWiii^ - ^ spread on our ehureh book, and tliil a ' cttpy be sent to tbe B A P M O T AND H I -fLWrroa tor publtoadon. '

Done by order of flhitroh in mntor* enee on the fourth I^ord'iday ltt D^r oember, 1889. • W A. W w n «<MI.

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on • boom- Our •nroilinent rMo1i«d tbrM bundrvd on JADttury B. Sine* tb4t iim« Un h«v« eome in, whioli givM OS hniidnd ftnd twen(y-4«T«tt in the eollegt proper, and «Ifbty threo in tbftpriBiry d»ptrtm«nt We he»r of many othen •till to oome. We ehtH probtWy r«Mh three hundred and flfly

f-thla year. Again, I aak what shall we do ? BUU we »ay to our brethren do n t •end yoor aona and daughter* hew, wa hafe no room for them, or will our fVienda who d«iir« to see tbia iietitu-tion inereaae in ito uMfnlnew «H>me to our relief, and i^ve us the buildings wo need? I t will be all we can do to get throngh this year with our present bttildings. What shall we do next year?. Greater numbers will be in attendance, where shall we put them? . Brethren, now is our opportu-nity. Po not, I pray you, lose i t Lot ns rise up and build, and not allow our dear old college to be crippled in iu usefbhesB for want of a few thousand dollark

Another thing troubles us. We have now in college twenty two ministerial stndenU. Many of those need help, and yet, despite all my appeals, our eburches are sending us no money. Again I ask shall we send these earnest godly young men home ? Will not our psstors ask their churobes for a contri-bution for their support? Remember their tuition and books are given them, •nd we only ask for a few dollars to help pay their board. I have begged the brethren so much, and. apparently, so nearly in vain in this matter, I now ap peal to the sisters in the churches. Dear sisters, will you not raise in your ehurehes and send to us immediate aid ? Try, dear sisters, ss you love Jesus. Something must be done at onoa or these young men must go home. If you can send but a small amount send it, and God will blcsii jou-StndenU are from six States and one Territory—Tennessee, Virginia. West Virginia, Illinois.California. North Car-olina, and New Mexico. About two thirds of them are males. One thing would impress a visitor, and that is the large number of full grown young men and young women in aitendance, and the earnestness depicted in their iaces. NotwithsUnding the large number, from so many different plsces, there has not been a serious case of sicknes* since the term be^n—middle of August last. All are healthy, bright, and cheerftal, w d s e e m delighted with the place and sehool.

Co education is a success at Larson and Newman. It is more than saiis-factory to us all. We find all the ben-efits claimed for it by its fViends. and. M far, non»»ofthe evils feared by its ene-mies. U gives better behavior, better study, more ordef'and neatness, and tm-pwvea manners. I feel sure i t has oome to sUy at thia oollege. W. A M.

t l w r ^ I X i i i l i i l i l lp>Mttfo(i lb the iM^it tg by «»A teaoher, i i l i ave mnriew leeturet l ^ aueli of Ww sofcool M Z. 0. Graved Pwf t^or J . C Metealf, a yottog man of rising fame. PtofeMor I . (h Paty, the effelent busl-neaa manager of the By the 11^. Soule College is attraeUng at< tention far as well aa wwr, I believe there are now fifty boarders in all.

The many friends of Mrs. Paty, the accomplish^ wife of Profeesor Paty, iHll be gUd to learn that she has quite reoovered from her severe ill-ness. This blessing of God, through Dr. .1. F. Byrn and good nursing, has come like the sunlight into the college after a cloud that lingered long. The day is not far disUnt we trust when the interest and n'nmb«rs of the college will be so great that Murfreesboro can boast of the college of the South, and in saying that wo wish the utmost outcome to all our colleges.

It seems that Murfreesboro has taken • new hold of life within the last two years. Seversl fine buildings have been erected, and others are going up. Soon our street railway line will be completed, and our city all alight with electricity. Brother Folk, when you come to Murfreesboro stop juit a little ehort of the new depot door, and step right into a new street car coach, and as you pass up Main street look out for the beautiful new residences. We shall not invite you to come, however, until we get the Baptist temple in new dress. Then we want you to come and see where you preached so much gospel, •nd let us all hoar you again.

By the way. you know what M. F. Jordan, H. H. Williams, and many others I could mention, can do when they "sot their heads and hearts to work." Brother M. F Jordan said when the faculty of Mary Sharp were Ul king of Roing some where else: " Well, thoy must come here," and they are here. He says the Baptist church must be put in repair somewhat after the more modern pattern, and we shall bo disappointed if he fails. But that ix not in his vocabulary.

A little more push, pcrsisteuoy—shall 1 say "spiritual pertinacity?"—and wo shall be alongside the best churclies in the St«te. Many, many changes have come over us. not instantaneously, but •lowly and surely, such a« we trust will erelong give us the countenanoe and full health of those who are frequently, and we would like to say all the time, with Jesus.

We of Murfreesboro are glad of the coming of Dr. Smith to this First ohurch, Nashville. His New Year's ser-mon was read with much interest.

The pastor of our ohurch wishes you to send him the names of all who are subscribers here, so that he may can-vass those who are not readers of the BAPTIBT AMD RKVLKCTOB. A happy New Year to you and all your readers.

ELLKTTIS.

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I t venal be iMslto pn)** perity. H >11 ehiltr^ venbera a r m ^olng dielr datf in the Sundar nbooi tlier« wuuld be oo tKooilit of aepan-tioB ladeed, i t ia urged by many, iritV giMd ?«Moa. (bat tlife eliBreli sbould «lflet the o«««t» of the Buday eikooL And tbb would be very eoasbteni and proper if all, or newly all, ehureh men-bera worked therein. Bat what would we think of avhnroh member voting in n church meeting as to who should be Sunday-sehool auperinteadent and yet who never attended Sunday-sehool? In all cburobea there are some parenU who want their ehildren brought up in ^ e Sunday aehool, and trained, and taught there, and yet never go near themselves or attempt to dd In the Sabbatb-scbool work. They are quit* willing for some other brother or aiater to make all the aacrifioea. The true solution of thia question is for more church membera to be actively engaged in the Sundayrschool work. The fielda are white for the harvest, but the la-borers are not numerous enough Much haa been done, but much remains to b« done along this line, andBaptisU every where should carefully and prayerfully consider whst is tfaeir duty.

Now, let ua hear from some of the good writers on this subject

Fraternally, F. 8. YAOKB. CbatUnooga. Tenn.

Texas S ta t e UiaBlons.

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I herewith inclose summary of the work done by our eighty eight mission-aries for the past quarter. I t »hows a marked increase in all departments of the work. The following is the sum-

MtirtaKwboro.

The Ohuroh a n d i h e Sunday• School.

I baptiied two in Stone'a Biter on the filth Sunday in Oeeember. <.It U nothing.uBSommon to receive by letter every few Sundays. We hate lettered off some dear members,, among bthen Brother Jamisoa and family, w a m ^ Mississippi. . , f

Our Ladiea' Misrionary Booiety la t a k i n g thirty-five Baptlatmlsalou Jour-nals. Home and Foreign, l b * Boelety ia oontribiiang graUWngly, w d w* trust will eonUnue to grow.

We do iiot have th* laTgeat Suaday-•ehool In town, but, we beUav*, one Ha

To the invitation for good writers to give their ideas ss to whether a Sunday-achool department should be separated fro<n the ohurobij I can only say that, whlle.not a good writer, aa an old Sun-day-aobool worker, I have aome decided and pronouneed Viewa on this subject The Stindty-Mhool should be a part, and th« greater part, 6f the ohurch at work. Few ebnnh nembera eanhave an •xenae not t<> attend and work In the Sunday Hbool that «UI satisQr the Master. If U ia the duliy of on* ehnreb member to work in the Sanday^aohool. it !• the duty of all, or n^r ly aU, ax* eepting a fiiwinflmt and others t lut iian bnng ap an exona* that the Maitar

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msry: Report of eighty-eight missionaries

for the quarter ending December 31, 1889: Days labored ^ Stations supplied regularly «iid

irregnUrly Miles traveled Sermons preached -.^80 Exhortations and other to

ligiouB addresses 1.120 Total sermons and other re-

ligious addresses Biptiied in Mission Churches .T09 Received by letter and restora

tion by Mission Churches S86 Total received by Mission

Churohes Professed conversioos 376 Churches assisted in orgsuic-

ing ; »f» Prayer-meetings sHsisied in or-

gaoiiing Sunday-Schools assisted in or-

" ganiring 74 Prayer-meetings led Riders or Bishops sssisted in

ordaining • • • • 8 Deacons assisted in ordaining. 18 Pagea religioua literature dis-

tributed 1W.443 Religions visiu WW Church bouses built in con

nection with labor. No. 12. Coat M,8I8 <10

Books, Bibles, etc., dUtri-buted. 7(» Coat inr4 00

Collected for State Missions by J . B. Oranfill add mla-alonarles-. &,246 40

I ask the prayers of all your readers that the work may widen and deepen, and that Texaa will be won to Ohrlat.

Fratemally. J . B. CftANnr.!,, ,, CbrmgwtMlttHir Swintoiy

Baptitt Omarat Cb^firmm rf theaa, [A fine ahowtng, doctor. Wsi eon-

gnit«lat« ftnt^Bi)*.]

' •r^viim-new atadenti' lately. latest ara twc) UfMhim fromCalifonila.

—A food nuasber are; aiek, but none aerioidy j^ek. La grippe bat Uld hold of a goodly imiabw, and exa^tiiM Uona liave gripped a go^d many liwrs.

• -Dr . Wharton begM biii aiaatiag yesterday a i M e F e n ^ Htiaorial chnrch Aflerooon neatinga wtti prob-ably be held at Maiunie Temple. Be will spend only tbi* month in I^nis-ville, as he i* lo b4«ia meetings in Cov-ington the fint of February.

—The ground for the new chapel in Kast Louisville will be broken this week. The oontractia already "let," and money in bank to pay all debu.

—Laat Thuraday in sinking one of the oaisaons of the new bridge, now under construction, fourteen men were caught in it and met a horrible death. Oaly three of them have, as yet been rescued from the mud and water, and some of these were literally pulled to pieces.

~ D r . McVicar, chaaoelior and pro feasor of Apolofftlia in MoMasterlTni v«rsity, Toronto. Cansds, is spending • f ewda^ in Louisville. Be prcachcd last night at Broadway. Tuesday morn ing be will deliver a lecture to the Theologimd students. He says the Baptista of Canada very much admire th< eonaervatism of Southern Bsptistj) The Baptista of Canada, though one of the weakest denominations in numberH. is the leadingone in education. Tliemu nifioence of Mr. McMaster enable theiu to plant themselves in the front Thi* university comprisea all departments of education—literary, scientific. snU theological,

—P. H. Goldsmith is spending some time in Louisville. He will begio work at Versailles the first of Febru ary.

—P. G. Klsom spent yesterdsy in UsI latin. T. W. Yoi;s.i.

Louuville, Ky. Laymen ' s Oonflorenco.

The following explsios itaelf Stacy Lord, K*|., Chsttanooft*.

Tenn.—Dear Sir: I am authorized by the Central Baptist church of this city to send an invitation to the Baptist Lay men's Conference to hold their ucii meeting with our church. Wo may be too late in this, and if the plaee of next meeting has already been selected, please inrite them to hold their 18!«ii meeting with us. Should you accept thia invitation, please notify us as early aa possible ofthe Ume of meeting and the number of d e l a t e s likely to be present.

Youra fratamally, H. C. BAKKR.

Memphis, Tenn. At the meeting of the State Conveu

tion. which occurred at Humboldt in Octo'ber, there waa a general expression in favor of an .early meeting of the Lay-men'a Conferenee. So general and poaitive waa the aentiment that we con-sider it almoat a demand on the part of our brethren throughout the Sute for aueb a meeting. We have, therefore, decided to call a meeting, to be held wiUi the Central Baptist Chorob of Henphia, on Fr id» . Satardi^r, end Sunday, M a r e h 7 U t . ^ , and 9Ui.next. We think it anneoesaary to say that it ia not only (he daty.bnt it will a f t rd mneb pleasure and |Mfl( to every Bap-tia( layman In (he But* to attend dils meeting. Oome all, and le t i ia te^ tbe h m ^ t d i t f o f the good people of the Central ehimth ^ « . . .

U. B. PiLOMB, Pmttleni. A. J. Hamm, T. LWbSB,

W. H, WOOIKWOK, J o a n JD. AmiwuMir,

JBetoutipt CbimHttt.

proa«b*a lerge oongrtiitlon on Snndi^ moroinc and lia tb« aAemoon, and the c o n g ^ t i o n wati V«iry i^od for the night. The Banday sehool «tte#d>' •nee waa thrt^ hundrrd and twMty, •Itbovt^ the morning was tbrfatiiniflg. The leeture-roon wai densely orawded inihe aftei^odo.althoagh the aMiing oapaeity bad been largely increasfd.

—Immanuel ehureh —The paator preached morning and night The congregaUons wero fair. One waa re-ceived on Wedneaday evening by lettar

- N o r t h Bdgefisid —Blder W. J . ('ouch preached two fine sermons—be-{tiuniug a protracted meeting. Much interest waa manifested, A doien or more ssked for prayer and one pro-fessed faith in Christ A good mretlng i» expected.

—Firatchurch~The iiastor preached. Two good congregatiotu and pleasant itervicee.

—Seventh church- There waa preach-ing morning and evening by the pastor. There were four additions. The con-f{r<>satii'ns were good.

—Spruoe Street church—Good Sun-liav ^chlKll. Th *re was a good audience in tho roominc, but rather small, at-icndancc in the evening. Putor Gil-bert preached in the morning from Titus ii. 14, Dr. E. M. Brawley [ireacbed in the evening.

—First Edgefield chnrch — Brother V'andavell reports good congregations. There w.-re five additions, four by let-ter and one for baptism.

—Edgefield church—Brother Gsrd ncr preached to good coogregations.

-Rev. E. E. Folk preached at Rocky \ alley in the morning and at Lebanon at niaht.

" How to conduct a successful prayer-meeting" was discuMed in the Nash-Tille ministers' conference with great interest, (t was agreed that the most important feature is the spiritual prep •ration on the part ot the leader.

CHATTAKOOOA. First church—Larger congregation

than usual. Sunday-sohool larger than ever before since the present pastor commenced bis Isbors with tho ohurch.

Second Bsptist chnrch—<;;ongrega-tion increaaing. The Sunday-school incressed by a good number of new scholars. The ohuroh at her last con-ference excluded three and restored one.

Centrsl church—By far the largest congregations during the time of the present putor. Sunday-school report shows a large number of new scholara. Three Joined by letter.

Hill City—Brother Brooks was pres-ent snd preached in the morning an or-dination aermon. Brother M. 0 . Heart-aell hting- ordained to the oflBce of deacon. Brothers 8tnL*e and A. Mohan aniiting. Brother Mohan led the or dination prayer. Brother Stulee deliv-ered the obarge and preeented the Bible. Pastor Brook* examined the aubjeot Brother Mohan priMhed a aplendjd sermon at night.

—Miaaion Ridge—Brother Laffery reporta aerviee* firatSnnd*y and Satur-day before in ev«ry month. Fine Son-day.aehool. The ohuroh haa bongh( a g o ^ lot. and ar* taking step* toward buildlnl.

—St. Elmo—Hotise np and under roof, and will aodn b* ready for aerv-ioe*. .

—The pastor* of the varionaehareha* hav* armngod for protraeted a^rrie** at Ridgi^;Dd*.to' oOBittMee B*X( l^nnday a(thr«* b'eIoek«^n. .

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rnmmni^^ f ^ ^ i f ' p m v i ' ^ obiihred a n d h i n ^ i d . . f i ve hiuidred f««M«it In the Suttdsy-icbpol. Kvisfy n f t ^ i n d insfheir in place. Taxi in morning. Cor, iriii. 7.'t«'KvtniAg, Rom. xll tl-14, 8uhjeflt^« IMfini and Donning." two r4(ietir^ by letter.

- Bfeond ehureh-^Qood day hotwitb-atahding th* jpaitor la 'anfferiiig with la grippe. Brother Pike Powetapreaehed in the morning. ' Text, Matt giii. 12. No service in. the evening. One re-ceived fbr baptism. Go(^ Sunday-' school.

—Third church—Houae ftall at after-noon service. Text Lnk* xii. 21. Evening prayer-meeting large. Six or •even requeated the prayers of Chris* tians. Sunday-sohool good,

Island Home—Pastor preached at 10 30 from 2 (Jor. iv. 7, Tho Sunday-school the largest of the year.

MRMPBIR. —The Baptist pastors' conference

met at the First Baptiat church at 10 a.m Called to order and led in prayer by Brother H. J . Smith. Profent: R. A. Venable, F. R BotAon, M. D. Early, J . D. Anderson, H. R. Traver, H. J . Smith, W. H. Barkadale, J . E. Buch-anan. C. W. Allen, T. J . Granberry, and J . H. Snow. Subject for disctu-sion: "Wha t is an eSeient church?" Led by Brother Boaton, and reaulted in much interest

—Sunday morning was very pleasant and all the pastors report fine morning congregations,

—Two sdditions by experience at the First church.

—One baptiied and expressions of interest among the unconverted st the Central.

—One conversion and manifest in-terest among the young people of Rowan Memorial. Brother Early baa sus-pended service in bis mission work until be getainto bis house, which will be early in February. Until that time Brother Early will spend his Sundays among the country churohes. He spent Isst Sunday with Big Creek church and collected thirty-five dollars for mis-sions. He will spend next Sunday with Oak Grove,

—Brother Buchanan has moved his family to Central Avenue church, near Memphis, and ia undertaking greater tbinga than ever before.

-Bro the r J . D. Anderson was called to become pastor of Big Creek chnrch.

—Last Mondsy at a meeting of the Board of the Big Hatobie Association it waa decided that the next meeting of the AsMwiation will be held with the Brownsrille church. Also called Brother H. L. Finley to become col-porteur in the bounds of Big Hatohie Association.

Tenncmsee.

—Rev. H. R. Schramm,of Tullah )ma, haa received a unanimous call to Bell-buckle. I t is not yet known whether he will accept, but it ia hoped he will

—In a late order of apparatus, we have received three new Bunsen Cells. In the space around the cup, which con-taiiu tho sine. Is suspended fourteen oarbon rods. I thin)c those trill prove mneh anperior to the old oelts w|iiob w* have b*en using. 0 . M. SAVAOB.

—There will be i mass-mestingdf the Baptista of Nanhvllle at the First Bap-(is( ohnfeh, Wedneaday evening, Jenn-i e 291 td conaider th* int*rMta of tbe Bapilat' Feni le College ttf t hb e i ^ . ' Th* varioiaa ptrayar-Bnltinii^ will be

—I iMnld U lilsd ^ ^ call attention in to IMivid-nals and ebnr'ohM tm^^llllade pled«*B At our Ikit nleetipg Cfliijam Aasociaibm) Ibr the benefit of Brother. A, P Moore, a joting miniatjsr who now io achuol at Jfaekson, Tenn. The total aunt ws» one hundred atid iwAtttf two ftjillan, which waa o r d e M tS' he paid ov«r to me. See Utt minutes, pp. 6,7.

Reapeetfully; D. B, VABOB

—A new Baptist ehureh, to be known as Center 'Point, waa organiied last Sunday. I t is aitaated on the aite of Cook's Mill, below Vernon Firnsoe on Budd'aCr^k. The pastor. Rev. C A. Barnes, waa assisted in the work by Rev. N. 0 . Lovelace and a cdnneil of brethron from Gnm Spring ohuroh. These were J . M Johnson, D. R. Clark, C. C. Pool, W M, Carver. Tbe new churah will be supplied by Mr. Bamea every first Sunday and by Mr. Lovelace every fourth Sunday,—Cfarits-vitU Tobaeea Leaf,

- D e a r Children of the Second Bap-tist Church Sunday-school, Chatta-nooga : I know you are glad to know that the Sunday-acbool work is prosper-ing. Yon were among the very first to give something to atart the work, and I learn to look every month for yoiir con-tribution. Many schools are now help-ing and we have a grd^t work on h a n ^ I'gave more than one hiandred BiblM away last month. About seventy five schools have been helped to literature. I will come and aee yon, and we will have a good time. J . S, TBOUAB,

Secretary Sunday tchool Work.

COLUMBIA.-Preaching by tbe pastor both morning and evening. Subjcot for the morning, " A HolyAsplratton." (Phil. iii. 13.) The morning sermon was followed in the evening by another on the " Power Imparting Ability to Christ" (Phil. iv. 13.) Congregations good at both services, notirithstanding the stormy evening. One received for membership at night Prayermeeting well attended. Tbe chnrch outlook ia indeed encouraging and tbe members have a mind to work. The pastor has risited nearly every member of the church at their homes during tbe past two weeks.

BRADLET'H CBBBK,—With much gratitude I state that we gave our Sun-day school a happy entertainment on Christmas day in the form of a pyra-mid loaded with presents for all the teachers and pupils. " Me and mine " Were well remembered. I got a fine overcoat, and hat, aud other presenta on the pyramid, while my wifb got a China tea-set and other nioe things, all amounting to about twenty-five dollars. The poor of the community were remem-bered. We boast of having at Brad-ley's Creek the best Sunday aobool in tho Association. Come and see. Youra

G. A. OotB. as ever.

—In response to calls froa pointa south, Rev. F. W. Carney will leave Friday with a riew to determltiiiMinpon afhturo location tberis. The chnrch that secures hla servloeH will get a worker. He haa done much to strengthen Baptiat intereat* in the fielda in whioh h* baa ao laalonsly la« bor*d for th* paat**v«i»l y«ars. Thongh oonfironted with diffltraltf** at Ume* that woBid hiv* diaheartenad it lea* d*-tennin*d man, hi* Indomitabte energy did not fall him. His removal to other field* la f i t t e d , and hi* (Honda hec* hopethnt hi* lin** naylB th* fhtur*

Saturday ^ ary, two, ° WB^'had W* ordijined two» urday night On Sab: ordained R. W. Gray lo' A i ; of the ministry. Rkf. W."

tbe .ordinatioi^tl^ont^ 0. King asked the:

Willifm. O a r t i s . ( ^ ^ tb Rav. W. B. G u y gave th* presented Bible. Then oame (h* ' M o g ott of haatU by the .prtaoyteJir -and bene^lotlon, by '^e paitor. W. h , ' Leatherwood. Bro(b«^ R W, Gray bids fkir to heeoflif l mighty powei^in oiar denomination.

W. L. LBATHBRWtWn. Clover jBill, Tenn.

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•m BUTI* RVFLFI -P ine Grove meeting

closed Isat Sunday night Baittit-three profeaied faith in Ohriat, six b a p t U e d ^ ' ^ ^ two by relation, and one of the j^btHr"' was from tb* M. B. aoeieiy. T h ^ w a good work dbne for the ehnreb. Tho ohurch is without a paator. To God bia all tbe glory, Mr, Harmony ehnroh, led by their beloved paator, hftid meeting fourteen dajm. Result—five profeMions of faith, three, added by experience iwd l»ptiBin. Five o t h e r a ; ^ ^ aeeking to know the way. The church^ was revived very much. Bh)th«r B. Demarcus ia,and'baa been their faithr ful and much lovad p^tor for th* last forty yeara—the correot idea of a paa-tor, I believe. oalled%r life, if there arises no jn^t oauie fbr divoroe,^^l am well pleased with our paper aidm the oonsolidation. May it have a wide cir-culation. J . N. BISHOF.

CHBSTNUT RtooB.—The ohnroh at Hsnnab'aGap, Lincoln county, spent Christmu day in a prayer and prais* meeting, in which the church and San» day-sebool generally took pai^ We think the day waa spent very i)rofitiM biy. Brother B. McNatt has btMn preaching for us threel^ yean,ts and has entered upon h b fourth year. He b an eameat, conseoratod minister of the gospel of Ohriat pTho placed hla aalary in the hands of th* treasurer the first of Jsnuary, lo 'he paid out quarterly- The BAWtit RBPLBCTOB comea every wook laden witb the beat thongbta of our beat men. I was delighted, aa well M in strtieted, . in reading the AttiolM of Brother Clifton on " Bom of W»tor,'' eto. Your leader laat week on "Too Maey Metti* ben," waa'excellent Yen akuck the key-note in my humble Judxtqaiit.

B. A. WAflSTBB,

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—The fifth Snndi^ meeting of the Oooee AaawciaUon wa« held with the Cooabulla ehnreb. The atteHdaneo waa from bttt eight oburohea, but met quite a large opngrogatim, and the dis-_ ouasion of tha^propoaed subject* ana ^ otbera fVom t h r 1qiieation>bog*' fiWf ; ^ free,ltv«ly. u d InstmcUve. Th*btHit' of feeling proVitlled. The introductory was preached by the writer. Other aermons were preached by Brt thnn Norris, BUir, and Bnsley. On Siiudsy F morning, aller the S t i n ^ school Con-vention, Hf. N. W: B la loekg iven i i aermon, by reqneat; oa the " Design of B a p ^ . " I t was really a maatarly ef fort, and WM reoelv«d by all ifriUi BMrked attention. A oolleetlon of(btt/, dollar* and aeventy-fiv* eatiil WMtaltaB Bp for Stat* Mlallon*. The B«xl m i ^ Ing will be at Neir Pro*peot . ' ' ^«nM oontiiy, March S8th. , ^ ^

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Our piityol^ Mtend our cojitiibttUon. Mh^ Ue wllliifljf%lo«ve«M>r fori«k« you f eroip III? »JM» you N jfour work, i o d in»y tUa w o s w pf Ibo L«»«r-iP!( MlwJon fllU ono of tfes. bHithUwt lHigc» of ft»'pU»k r o o w i

If any country ohuroh would Uk« to toftk^ fiuilu for thiB MiMioo, but Iwk » pUn, if they will irrlto to we 1 will gUdly nivo them ono, whoroby all ni«y help mid nono fool the t**, that is if thoy truly Iqvo the luimuou oauso, To thoiiQ who love not . this oauRO a niokol haH a millDtone's weight.

Your «Utor, .. A i . t a l U i u . Hover, Todd.

The Kevo la t i oa in B r » s i l - X a r v « l -o m O h a o g t ' I t i Bffoot on Mli-

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' Kveryono who fceU a proper interest iD theoau ioof HiBaions will have hU attention arrMlod by the headiog of tbia artiele, and thoae who do not feel Bttob iuterfat will paw i t by. W h a t we need ia to get the njaaaea of our ohuroh aroumd on the aubjeot I t will bci almoat inipo»ibIe to do this unlosa our paatora will atudy and preach more on the " O r e s t Cemmiaaion." There are very few of our eburchea who have more than one or two membera who aeem to remeinber, and work, and pray for tbo aendtng of the gospel " to every creature," and hundred* of our eburobes evidently have none, not even the pastor. Aa an incident of tbo better way take th i s : The first Sunday in 1889, the Huperinttndont of one of our Sunday-tioboola gavo a nickel to each of fifty ebildren, two dollars and fifty etnta in all, and a^ked ibem to invest it for mis-siona and bring tbo proceeds to bim at the end of the year. The result—121.50 haa Just been handed to the State Trcns-urer. Tho financial reiul t ii«, of course, very saiisfaotory, but a much better r i-ault is that ft whole Sunday-school, and conaeqnently a whole community have b ^ n thinking and working for a whole year for mifaions. This Sunday-school and ehurob made its systematic contri-butiona all laat year, not waiting for tho above result, and it is not a city, town, or village church.

W . M. WOODCOCK

A Oood Work .

By permiaaion of Mra. Alta Uoid I fend you the inclosed letter for publi-cation. M n Beld and tbo ladies of her ohuroh havp wrought a good work for ' the Master. I botto those churcbos tha t have no plan for mission work will avail themseivca of Mrs. Beid'a kind offer. Toura, fraternally, .

J . 0 . WRMii t , SuperinlmUnt L r v r r i n y Miui'on,

Levering Mission, Wotumka, I . T. ••MR/ .

Mr. J . 0 . W r i g b t . - D e a r B r o t h e r : Long and patiently have you waited to see tho rrsult of tbo atrong effort vvbiob I proposed makinjgin behalf of tho L e v oring Mislion. ,

Bicknea* prtventod ino from com: menolng ibe work for aomeUmo after 1 wrote to you, , Tb« slaters of my ohnroh. Union lUdgo, hMrtlly oo-operttt«d with mo In the wdrk, and tlio re lul t 1« we h ivo i l * good valuable quilta, and two p*ir|l of nlsaeewoolett hoio whieli| t biive, ftent to town^io-day to have forwarded to you.

' While boky &ngera, plied ;lh« needle the lovd w i enterUined for the Great

. Anthor of ttiakiona made the work «

lioug ere thi« reaches you, tho tele-graph will have told your readers about tho wonderful change which in a day swept over this vast empire and changed it to a republic. I t seams all like a dream to us hero in tho midst of it, and it is difficult (or us to realiie it. Fifteen days ago, affairs wore moving al .ng as quietly with ihe empire, imperial family, and ministry as a year ago, and even more so Tnero had been no whis-))er of a revolution. The republicans wore unusually quiet and seemed to be dispirited Tho prime minister had la'cly triumphed over all opposition, seemingly, and was at the height of powir, with an overwhelming majority for the jtovernmcnl in tho National As-sembly (parliament). Kvery thing was quiet when suddenly on tbo morning of the 15th of November the citizens ot Rio Janeiro were surprised by the streets full of foldiers. cavalry, infantry, and artillery, all in excitement Two battalions had refused to obey an order to leave for a distant part of the em-pire. This was the spark that fired tho whole orniy. Tho old marshal. Gen-eral Dcodora, wjs aroused from asiok bed. l i e put himself at ihc bead of the rebellious troops. Tho ministry was put under arrest Ono minihU'r was wounded.

The emperor and imperial family hurried down from I'ctropolii (their summer residence). A t It o'clock an officer was sent to the city palace with a notification to tho emperor that he and tho imperial family must leave the country in twenty-four hours! The ssmo evening tho republic was pro-claimed and a provisional government formed, with the general of tbo army at its head and leading republicans as min isters. Tho next morning at 3 o'clock, the emperor and household ifero es-corted to tho wharf by soldier.'*, and put on board a gunboat, carried to a waiting governmerit steamer and orJorod to Kuropc!;, Thus n jireat u lion In a day ehangcd Irom a ni narcliy to a hrjiubl c, and

S ncc tho 8( cund day every thing has gone (<n almost hm i|uiot|y as btiforo this great rbv6lntion began. All over the country the nowa of tho ohsnge of gov-

ow^ jtplK.ljnt fop u k r ^ w t i j i S i a l ^ w t r tain t o M v a r i b l ^ Wo b ^ M e t k ^

iii . o i ^ i i l f t h e fand | o tk« «o ipd and prepMliW fef, g t m t r i u m ^ a of hUTtiM«.^Alr4ik4y i t to •aid tka t tk« new fjiviirnipettt will ^ oree rcligloua liberty (or liberty of yor -•i»lp) andji>ivil i»Mii«»f«> b M " ' ® ' .any rate they eure to oome. The next move may be entire MparjiUonof ohuroh and State. I t will be R day for Brat t l when tha t time o m o f l 0 tha t we had a; hundred toen now lo press into thiwvaat land and preach . Jesua to i t e f i i t eenmi l l ion i^u lB! Three of us alone now represent the bapt is t missionary boat of tho world! on tb s great whitening Bold, and we are far a jmr t When, O when will God'a people awake and heed tbo call of per-ishing soulfi? When will Missouri send somo of her sons to preach to lost Brazil? Naw is tho time for us to work.

I wrote to you last month about my tr ip to S iu to Alcixo, and the wonderful opening there for the word. I h«ve not been able to return this month, but hope to go in a few weeks. Hero in the city our work is progressing well. Four eonverui have lately been baptiii-d, making seventeen tbia year. Miss Mur-ton i» on a short visit to Juizdo Ford, Minai', where Brother and 8ist«r Daniel are working. She has been making fine progress in Portuguese liitely. Brethren of Jlissouri give us your con-tinued prayers and send us a mi^-siontry. South America for Christ I

Yours f a i t h f u l l y W . B. BAOHY. Uio .Janeiro, Nov 29 1889

— Vnilrat H a p l i f t .

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M i t i i o n a r y Kchoea.

. rnmrnt has been rcoelved with ontbusi-•hm. The proyinees are already States, aiid governors are at the ho itl o f the State affairs, ^ e r o In the city all vestigos and romiiiders of the empirD are disap-pearltijK. Names of streets, bulldlnKS, and Kinares a r^ rapidly M n g olinogcd, f h a riatn^ of ,iW,.em|Miror has ^ e n itrioken iVom theigre i t t government etntral,rail way, line,,lWm „tho actional oolle|e,isfareets. ai?d ^ Mlfleos. Imperial, crowaa. have jhean, torn from govern-ment,Vl^i|tinfr£'ijDliller«Vo|»pa^ a lu^l-forma, a n i pai)Iid iqaarea.

- -Whi l e the ProtesUnt ohuroheB oi the United States raisa annually t i l , -250,000 lor missions, our American people pay over two hundred million dollars for theatricil amu ements.

—The Womin ' s Sjuiotie. of Great Britain, Kuropo, and tho United S u t e s together support 5,liJl missionaries. 9,.')50 Stitiuus. enroll in their mission churches 588,IHJ-t communicants, 1,875,-G&l adherents. Tbo annual incumo is f9.306.9fM).

—More than two million uf India's youth aro botD{ taught tho KngUsh language to day.

—The thirty thousand Christiana of the Friendly Islands give fifteen thou-sind dollars annually for religious pur-poses.

- Mr. Grattan Guinness recently visited tho South and secured for his Soudan mission in Africa thirty colored missionaries.

—Of every ono hundred heathen con-verts ono become« a missionary. F rom, Protestant Christians ope. out of every five thousand.

—It is said that of tho skeptic* of I'arts, at least fifty thousand have been led to Christ by moans of tho McAll mission. t i i

Forty years ago two Chinese list-ened to Dr. Morrison at tho peril of their lives; now there are at laast fifty thoti^and native Christians in China.

—Rimanism which has hold. Brsail^ and p'.her South American States , for three hnndred years, is nothing but

heathnhiaod Christianity." ' —In oar BiiptUt mjsaious in l lnssla

over twelyo hundred were baptiaed la<t year. ^ y .}[; . , —I |U t year the. Japanese Ohristians

, n v e f o r mlaiiionari pafpomM ajbtji ban^ deed thbnaaiti i^paiwiid do l l f r a r^hoa tn

jiwentj! fo^r doi)>^|f(|.)pi|r^|rftf —Some idea majr be bad of the pro'

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e t l l l ^ j n i n d t ^ lo l io*in |^ l i«t : t h i i ^ p ^ ' Bolivia;,Wottnt.'two toni of BlbUa h a t e been diitrlb(it«d^ ,

---Sitte* M e heciaoli i t of thera have been o y v on* thooMnil baptinns. at tk« Ongola (Bapllat) raiarfon.-r Our

i l u MiMionorjf B ^ ^ ^ortd for January iiot)irea to b i in a now dresa, and with the wholo ineiihanlnaV appear-ance improved. Th i s httmber t t ^ n s a new year and tho prospectus protnlses an " ctnbarrasament of ridhiia," « host of new writers, and pnjgrees along every Hne., The " W t e r a t u r e " department contains several notowoirthy articles. Dr. Picrson leads off with a oharacter-istio paper entitled; " Is There to be a New Departure in Missions?" which merits careful reading. His article also oil the Bishop of the Niger (Crow-ther, whose photograph adorns the num-ber.) is a marvel of interest. Dr. Rllins wood, on Asoetloiam in Miiwlonii, write-ai ho always does, with olearoo«a and forcc. Perhaps tho moit noted paper in the number is contributed by Rov. J ames Johnson, F.8.S., of Kngland, Secretary of the late World 's Confer enco on Missions, on " Education as an Evangelistic Agency," an crainenily timely subject, and one which at pres-ent greatly agitito* tho friends of in s-sions, espeoiUly abroad No m m is better qualifi'id t i write upon i t than Mr Johns m Tho other seven depart ments of tho Rtview are full of mis-sionary intilligence from all p u t s of the world field, reports of socieiies, sta-tistics, Eii torial Notes and Monthly Concert matter. We note thar Dr. Kl linwood, Soorctary of tho Preibyterian Board of Pureign Missions, hw chargo of the M inthly C )noort D ipir tment for 1R9(). On the whole, the third year of this Review of Universal Missions opens with, if (ws-iiblo, insreased vigor and promiso of enhanced power an I usefulness Published by F u n k k Waonai-i ,h and 2<) .\8t0r Place,

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{•oetor P«nn writes as if I had deliv-crcd opinions of my own, instead of merely setting forth the words wbioh Cod himself has used. T h e sole ques-tion of importance is, not what I " th ink," or what Mr. Penn "sees no objoeiion to," but . What has God sa id? and what does God do?' " l ) r . Penn does not deny tha t Ti tus iii..- 5 calls liaptixm a bir th, as I said i t did, nor lioei ho disprove my statement that ,lohn iii. refers to the birth ai well IS the begetting of new life, nor does he deny t h a t " begotten by God," is the " correct t rans la t ion" of God's word, irliore men have made him say that his clnldrenore " b o r n o f " b i m ; derived from him as if by pains of child birth. .\ii he does not attempt to disprove these things his letter avoids tho real ques-tion.

It the meaning whieh I have said in (ho truo nuaning ot God's word in thrxe passages is not disproved, what |)r Penn ^a) s is said against (}od, not Rftainat mo, for I refuso to bold any oi>inion on tho subject except as to what God has said. I t is unt rue tha t " I think it essential that there should br a spiritual mother." I have no thought of the kind. But God has ciiifd baptism " tho bath of new birth," »nd Dr. I'enn can not deny i t

It is t vident that Dr. Peon is greatly pained by this part of the meaning of Ood's word, and bis hostility to it seems ID be chiefly bccause be thinks it repre-wntA those who " fa i l to bo baptized," SB "spiritual abortions, devoid of life, and necessarily damned." I hold no such Opinion. This is the inference which Dr. Penn himself draws from the fact that God haa called baptism " the bulb of new bir th." I am not responsi-ble for its being called so. And as Dr. I'enn has this opinion, be certainly ought not to think lightly of baptism. Ii if) vlear from the case of the thief on the crohs tha t God does not, by calling baptism a bir th, mean that no ono can enter heaven without it. But John iii. r* dues teach tha t no one can lawfully enter the kingdom of God on earth without it. The Pharisees and lawyers who refused to be baptised, aro said to have "rcjectod the couniel of ( J jd . " (liukc vH. .TO.) For thus refusing to enter the kingdom of heaven on earth, Christ said to them, " Woe unto you.*' (Matt, xxiil. 13.) H e said also t b s t those who know their Lord 's will and do it not . "w i l l be beaten," and " beaten with many stripes." Does not the whole new covenant deolare tha t disobedience to God's known will, if stubborn u d flut fixed, exoludes from heaven. This^'^inay seem very horrible to Dr. P«iin, h n t if so, i t shows that he Is in a wrong atate of mind and needs to submil himself to God. Permi t me to s u g ^ t to Dr. le*«nn tha t ho takes a false vieyf^of Ibe Importi^noo .of t ra th i

Mlla 11 ' i M a f ' to in^^t (hat Qod, in famsa 1.18, should not 1w made (o say fclsely t h i t " fcriiig«'*orR" ehll-

Mjrs ' in M~ many p h ^ Ii " h ^ " i h ^ . Also to a a ^ m ^ t h a t n ^ t h e r th^ words " bora of God," mw any other #eirds of 8«rit»tw®, t e a ^ n a D t Ftannaays they

.ilo, ' H h a t BplritBaLUfe U the niavLT of compllanoe with ih«. t e rna . of thtt plan of salvation.". Spiritual life is not "begot ten by God ' ' a t the will o " man; b u t lis he^ l l i s man'ii edinplianoe results from his begetting^, and his begetting, fVom man's eompllanoe.

I muiit also protest strongly against the fake statement that I teaeh " the deadly doctrine of baptismal regcnera-' t ion," I wilt not suppose tha t Dr. Penn means to «ay what la false. B a t he is apparently so Ill-informed tha t he dors not oven know that to generate is to beget, and as I assert thai God be-gota by means of his word, and not by bapiUni, it la utterly false to say that

I teach baptismal tegoneration." Again; as God's word asserts that

now life exists from the time wben it is begotten by God, and as this life iseter nal life, the eternity of the life is proof tha t when God calls baptism a birth be does not teaeh that those who are not baptised are "devoid of life," as Dr. Penn says ho does, but only that they are destitute of that visible mani-fesUtion o ' i t which God requires for entering his kingdom on earth. I hope that Dr. Peon's letter may draw in creased attention to this important sub-ject. W i l l i a m N o r t o n .

B o m of Wa te r . ( John III. 5.)

I SCO in the B a p t i s t a n d Re-ri.ECTOR, of Dec«>mber 26th, an article from Brother Clifton on the above passage as being a very difficult one. I do not see it in that l igh t Now, if Brother Clifton will only remember that the followers of J o h n and of Christ were yet under the law dispensation, and not the gospel or spirit dispensa-tion, hence, not subject only to a water birth, not yet being redeemed from under the law,' i t will help him. I un-derstand the New Testament to tcacb that the thief on the cross was the first individual spiritually that was born to Christ, and that J o h n the Baptistwasthe last one laved under the law dispensation. Hence, wo see the necessity of tho res-urrection of Lasarus, who had turned from the toaobing of the law to the teaching of Christ, but died without being redeemed from under the law. Hence, his r«»arreotion, that he might have the opportunity of being spirit-ually born to Chr i s t

Brother Clifton and I differ widely on tbo kingdom question. I fwould like to see his vii ws on .lohn xviil. :H}; " My kingdom is not of this world not from hence."

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G. W . Yancey , in t h o GomjkI Adotj-mte of J u n o 11), 188!), under the head ing, " The Reason for our Existence," says, ' If we wore to wear the name Campbellite, we could not hope that others would unite with us under such a name."

Now, let all men know assuredly, abd espooially ministers snd editors, that to call this modern innovation " Campbelllsm " is an iinpardonable of-fense, sinoe it would ' prevent others ftom joining them. Well, suppose we were to Ml l . j a r l io extract Of rosrs, iwotild i t improve the flavor? I f we eall a Campbellite a Cbristian. will that make him »OhrisUao, and will t ha t set back (he date of Camphellian beyond the days of Alexander Campbell, theiv aeknowledg^ , founder. " I trow n o t "

WilIaite,Tettn. W. fi. S m i t h .

The fifth Sunday m a t i n g a t K^mtHT ' ehureh. n e i r Williston,t40nvenadmt(' 'n io'clock Deeember 2Brh, and wa* oaltnid to order by Eider , J . H . S h o w . O n , motion, Elder G. W. pastor of the ohuroh. wmi e l e e t ^ ' oh lirinan and T . H. Qranberrjr was eleeted^seeri^' tary.: •• '

Offiee'and worii d f d e a M n s a a r ^ r d s the fioiwees ot^oor ohurohee was the flrat aubjfot for consideration. An essay pf much interest waa read by Dea* o o h J . J . T h a r p

The subject of the best mrtbod of en-listing our people in missions and Stin-day-sehoots was itttroduoed for consid-eration, and Elder M. D. Early took the floor and discussed i t in a very im-, p r m i v e way at some length.

(7olportage work was discussed by T. H. Granberry, J . H. Snow, G. W. Fl . yd, and W . H. Barksdale.

Sunday mnntlDg at 10 o'clock a San-day school mass-meeting was hold, and speeches were made by 'T. H . Gran-berry, J . H. Hnow, and M. D Early.

A t 11 o'clock a sermon on tho sub-ject of the two apostlrshipe was preached by Elder M. D. Early. So powerful was the delivery of the ser-mon that many in tho congregation were moved to tears, and at its close a collection of sixty dollars was made for missions.

In the afcernoon speeches, were made on the subjeet of Foreign Missions by Elders W. H. Barksdale, J . H . Snow, and M. D. Early, which were of a char-acter to inspire enthusiasm.

Miss Ada Poor wrote an essay on " W o m a n ' s Work," which was read by Miss Ada Garrett, and Miss Anna Oates read an essay on missions. The essays were well written, and formed an important part of the proceedings.

A t the close of the meeting an oppor-tunity was given those who desired to be prayed for to manifest i t and about six persons rose, and many Cbristisns rose and asked for prayer in behslf of the people of tho community.

T. H. GRANnBHRY. Memphis, Tenn.

Kind Words.

I shall continue my efforts in that di-rection, as I am convinced that all who read your paper can but be highly bene-fited, more especially those who are seeking for the whole t ruth . I have been reading the paper under its differ-ent names more or less since i ts first publication in the present locality, and I expect to continue as long as I live. I recently had the enteemed privilege and pleasure of greeting the noblest old Romsn, Dr Graves, and spending several hours in most gratifying con-verse with him, and heard one of his most thrilling chair Ulks (Salvation). May God spare his life and health for years to come, that tho people may en-joy the benefit 6f his great knowledge and zeal, and the cause of our Savior be advanced. May you prosper and con -, tlnue to advance t ruth. Very truly y o u r s , K B SMITH.

Austin, Tex. Glancing a t the yellow slip on last

Issue of your valued paper, I see that my subscription' expires on December 21,1889. Not wishing to lose oven ono number, I Inclose two dollars for an-other year's snbseription. I do not be-long to the ohnreb, hn t have been Uk ing your paper, or rather the rMinesir* Bapt{$(, if 1 remember oorreotly. sinoe 1880. The reason of my first taking the paper waa brooght aboni In thla, way: I waa then, 1880, living in-Venora, Mile., and was one day handed by John 8. Batliff (who is probably the oldert sabMriber yon have, ae h e

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strong- in d e f W n s e T T ^ e : ' ^ Uugbt in the inspired wi am well p l i f i ^ w i t h t h i ^ ^ Its' new managenociK'' yours, B W .

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A. d , Wtl.KlMII^ . In tho w ^ and nawltera^le dlsp«>ea' * tion of (iod'a provid/itHtttM, B r o t h s A. Wilkina, a m«wb»r of our lodge, aftef . . - , Of

ripe Old a«<), 1^11 t<a from

having led a life to e. of Christian vlrtnee. exfWerat. suspioion,- and free fhial^jaoy of the abuses which warp«*eo good men, and meritoriona of the greatest emnlaUun. d e p m e d this life on H a y M . 18MK Brother Wilkins wae bora On May

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garded by all to be one of tlie firm fol-^^^ lowers of Christ, and whoso;'example ^ was worthy of iniitaciott.. I n the death of our brother ibis lodge has lost «u upright man, the ebureli and M^mmanity a firm and stanch enpporter, and the ' family a d(jvnt«d leader. ^

fUmlwdi Tha t wo as brother Masons of fe rbur sincere condolenee t o his be-reaved widow, ehildjren, and family re-lations in this their great Inea. .

R tmbxd , That a oopy of tbU tn< befufn i shed t o t h e BapTiaT AMD K k Fi.KCTOR (or pablieatiott and that; ten copies of said pafier be sent to T y n e r , ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ : ^ ; Tennessee, for the o o of thi* lodge.

T. J . H a n o o c k . ^ a . i; W . R S m i b r r , ' ®

W H. VA»K«I.U mi VtmmMitr.

Hxrrison Lodge No. 114, F . & A. M D.'cembor 28.1889.

S m t » » F. W . B m r t . Where iS, our beloved sister, F. W.

Berry, departed this life on December 1(1 after a protracted illneiMt and <

Whereas, we desire to plaee npon f«- i cord Sumo token of diir appreciation'%f her many virtues, therefore, . .

Retolved. Tha t while we do not an.^ dersiand the mysterious providence that takea her firom as , When her infln* enoe i saomuch needed in the ohtireh and society. Y e t we would boW in.^ bumble 8ubmi»»loi» t o the will of him ^ who doeth all things well. ^

R e u h t d , T h a t in t h e death of Sister Berry Philadelphia ohureh loses one of her most active members, sooiety a kind and usefnl friend, her faniily a loving mother and fnithfal wife/

/ i e s o M , That a eo{» of these pro- ^ ceedingsbe fhrnished the fatnily with , . ' the assnranee tha t they have tho sym- v pathies of the ohuroh 10 their i r r e i ^ a -bio loss. ' •

Jtf$ol«ed, Tha t a oopy of theee reeo-luUons bo furniehed (he B a p t u i t a n d KirLROTQR for publio4t(on.

T. W . MowTAaPR, J C,OHI*iM. -MRS. F. C. M o n t a o o r . ,

OmmiUte. Mrs . Emma B u r o r m D a v '

was Irarn in North Caroline, Deoonbor 2,1867, and moved t o Madiinn eonnty, Tennessee, with her parunti in 186B. . She p r o f e s ^ religion and was baptlied ^ into the Dentnark ehvreb lo 1B72. She w u mairied to Brother ' J . D. 0 a y on October 27,1875, snd was anoble exam-plo of a CbristlMn Herwoi ih and Influence as a ohuroh member can never be estimated. Both n t Denmark and. in'fflt; Jaok«on she wae eonspioaoiu ak a fkiih- gt f'ul, eheetf^l , patient, self-sairiflelog ^ : member of the ohuroh, ever ready to

olednty for Chr i s t She died ^ August 31,1889, lesVlng her Christian do her whole dnty for Chr i s t She Augns tS l , 1889, lesVlng her Chrl ananoble husband and two dear li t t le girls all heart-brokun to mourn the nn-

imely death of their dearest and beet fHend Hor relatlvee and i V i e n d a y i

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end I* now in' glory*

n grief fetil n God's word, reali i iof tha t f t

sceipted M mm eiad is now in with her Jtedeemar. May her bright litiln girla remember tier 'Uhriiiian ex ample and Imitate her many vlrtoei.

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S. AdmrtUlojl latu* lltartt, Md w«H »>• •» BwiUaHaii.

0»tTci»nt»-«»lNiblUfc oWtwr noUcwfr* Ittb«r4«a'» rsoMd tvcttlr linn. After tl»t ••Bib«r «• (B<ut chMi* tor li>*ai the i*t« of «*• ««iU for «*Tt M»e OT«r tbetoMy il»«».

^ l U ^ ^ i i w M o n SoflUtjr Ht. don*,^ ^

Mi t f lm hw povitod in tl»*:tinturo t i o n n b l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ b f l ^ j M l W "

of thing* coaUl iiot hfiff to »ny , 5. U i 0«r h|iM

tent. Thte ft iraportont iliiir the dft- oonotiY Is tlr«d pf tbiii «v«rM(bft

ve)opiT>ent of the Hsing le^ nonition, fu^i botwwn tbe two pobllcaiVldDa,

and the cnUlTMlan 'of « mUbn i i i y w d If Uioy don*( «tpp U ibo ooon.

uplriismoDg tbom. f ! try will be teraptad to throW| noi

/5) To do «w»y with the Kind ono, bat M b overbptrd, - isJft

' - tf. To thflM pnpors of the HoutU

whof^ columns uratioutlniiAlty fllled

wUh the ,dln of w«r w«»ok after

week, week ail^r week, we should

like to nay, do give o» a rent. The

people are tired of I t They want

something else fbr a white, at leant.

The matter can not be tietiled for

tideen month* yet Save «omo «»f

yonr ammunition until the battio

^ roally comos. By aodoing you will

Then ' greatly oblige a patient and long-

South- ' suffering public, and at the Hamo

THH W A R .

.jfe'

\h

The tight is on. Wo tried to keep

out of it. Wo had the opportunity

of having the first say, knowing the

factKin advance ofthoir publication

in any paper. But we preferred to

keep silent. We did not tar© to

precipiUte the very war which

came so soon af^«r. Now that it

Heems to have begun in car nest,

however, we want to say « few

words upon the subject. But firwi

let UH explain to those of our read

ors who may not understand the

above references. Of course you

know that there are two series of Baptist Sunday stjhool publications,

that of the American Baptist Pub-

lication Society at Philadelphia,

and that known as the Kin<l Words

Series, published at Atlanta under

the auspices of our Homo Mission

f loai^ And, of course, you know

thltt tbero is bitter rivalry between

the two. Of course you remomber

s also the circulars issued a year ago

by some one connoeteil with the

Kind Words Heries, charging the

American Baptist Publication So-

ciety series with being unsound,

heretical, etc., and the fierce strife

thus engendered by them which

was ended in a truce at Memphis

on account of the contract for the

pobllcAtioD of the Kind Words

Series,, which had two more j-ears

tomn. Now, every body hoped

that hostilities would cease for at

least two years. The American Bap-

tist Publication Society, however,

employed three colored men last

. fall to write articles for i u Bap(i/it Teachtr, and It so happened, to say

the least, that they were those who

bad made'themselves mMt conspic-

uous^fbr their inoendiary speeches

against the South at Indianapolis

and on various other Occasions

> Their names are Hev. Walter H.

Brooks, ofiWashington, !>. C.; Kev.

W. J. Sltnmons, of Jx»ulsvllle, Ky. ;

and Rev B. K. Love, of Savannah,

Gn., the two first having been no-

torleus for some time beeause of

. their ofTenilveneiw, and the laat be-

ing appointed only afVor be bad at-

tained slmlbir notoriety by the

Inoldeni. at^^ Baxley, Georgl*,

and rhlajnllaromfttory •peecb at

' ' Indianapolis. Ko one objected

to colored men being asked to

a t f f f ' P f ^ A aoy ofbit' perlodtcal. To i

thai, # e 4fd not, we may men-

tion that^^wo T«»ntly. publlsbiBd

In tbl* pttpor a'^ifermon and an

essay by two co lo i ^ fnen, and we

never hoard oi any one pbjeetlbg

tothein. Bat tho objeotlon was to

the employment of men, and

we do not hesitate to declaro that

this appointment was nothing less

than a flagrant insult to tho South,

whose patronage tho Society was

courting at tho very time. We are

glad to add that tho Society Koon

rei'ogniKed that they had made a

"blunder," as they called it, and

switched the three negroes off on a

side track, refusing to allow their

articles published in tho Teacher, but publishing them sn pamphlet

form for the porustil of their colored

brethren. Thoy did not do this,

however, until there lame wjine

pressure from the South.

But here is unothor feature of the

fns«_nui8H might bo a botlcr word.

Some one, who is not Known, pub-

lished «n article in tho Atlanta

Jourmil. un evening jxiper of At-

lanta, 'ho iibovo factH, com

inentinfj on them severoiy, iind

Homebody, or Moinebody else, sent

copieH of llie paper broadcast over

the land. Thin waked the dogs of

war, and tbey have boon howling a

lively tune ever since.

Now, wo have sevortil things to

Hay. Wo Hball fry to say them

calmly, tcinperatoly, (hough ear-

noHtly

1. We are a friend to tho Ameri-

c!an Baptist Publication Society, it

is a noble institution, and has done

a grand work (or the Baptists of

A merica.

2 Hut we are « <riond alw) to our

llointt MiHrtioii Board and a strong

friend to our Kind Word Series.

We believe most thoroughly in con-

tinuing ilH existontfe, for the follow,

ing reaHons

(1) Tho Ikptistn of the South are

recognizcd as being Kounder doc

trinally than those of the North.

At least wo rccogntze ourselves as

being so, and that is tho Name thing.

The controversy of last year arose

on doctrinal points.

(2) Wo do not moan to draw tho

sectional line. But tho American

Baptist I'ublicjition Society some-

times does, as might bo instanced

from some of its literature, and as

shown in this rccent matter of tho

appointment of three such ofFonsivo

colored men as writers in tho Uap-tiM. Teacher. When thoy do that

thoy force those of us in the South

over on our own side,

(») The South has the talent to

do her own writing; indeed, so

much so that tho American Baptist

Publication St)ciety employs some

of It on their own literatnro. Mani-

festly, however, It can not use as

much of it, having to cover the

whole country, an could • Hontbern

series. Bat onr talent needs devel'

opment. I.iel ns give It the oppor-

tanltv. '

( 4 ' The I Kind Word Series bas

frequent Inibrmatlon upon the work

of oar H ^ o Hlstlon and Foreign

MIhIoi} Bowds wbleb the Amerl-

Words Series now we fear would

mean bat the entering wedge to the

dissolution of our Southern Baptist

Convention. For the question

would come then, What is the use

of the Homo Mission Board of the

South ? Why could not its work

ho dono as well by tho Home Board

of the North ? Then, What is the

use of the Foreign Mission Board ?

Why can not its work bo dono by

the Missionary Union?

what is the uso <»f tho

orii Baptist Convention ? If we did

not know that some are reasoning

80, some who aro now seeking to do

away with the Kind Words Series,

wo should not make this point. We

want to say now that we beliovo in

tho Southern Baptist Convention,

and we propose to stand by it and

uphold it until death shall silence

totigue and pen.

(It) There is room (or both. Cer-

tainly with tho one million two

hundred thousand white Baptists in

the South there is roomforthe Kind

Words Series. I f the eight hundred

thousand Baptists of the North do

not think there is room for both,

that is for them to say. Those are

our honest and steady tsonvictions,

plainly, though kindly, expressed.

We have hold them a long time.

Wo think we shall hold them till

death. Now, to resume our main

remarks. These last have been in

cidental, though important.

Tho American Baptist Publi-

cation Hotiiety made n mistake, or,

as one high in these counsels called

it, " a blunder," in the employment

of the three colored men it did to

write in the Teacher. But they soon

saw it, antl tried to repair it.

4. We can not help thinking that

some one in Atlanta made a mistake,

if wo may not call that a blunder,

in going into tho secular press to

make attacks upon the society. We

beliovo ill tho Kind Words Series,

but wo do not believe in somo of

the methods used to uphold it. The

circulars last year, as we said at

the time, were too violent, too sweep-

ing. Tho anonymous attack through

the secular press this yoar smacked

of unfairness. Tiot us have open,

honest, generous rivalry betwoon

tho two publications. The Kind

Word Series we think can stand it.

If not, let it die. It can not sUnd

many more such mistakes as those

which have boon recently made.

It will be slain In tho house of Its

friends. As to the lettor by " M.

W. Vance " In the Western lUcorit^r, purporting to bo ftom « Northern

layman, and giving.,, a good deal of

gratdltoas advice to the and

about wblob eo macb Ja being said,

any body who tbongbt twloA while

reading it woatd bava a««n that that

waa inttonded to be a plaoe of tatire

written by a Soatbem peraon|and

we mnat confim that It wii« weljl

time may best advance the cjiusoof

Christ and glorify the name of (Jod

Amen, So may it he.

OBBATMBN AND CHRISTIAN rnr.

No doubt many young men think

it rather a mark of strength and

indopendenco to flippantly declare

their atheistic beliefs. Thoy seetti

to think it manly to assume su

I periority to other men in contemn-

ing religion. The comiiniscratinj;

smile they bestow upon somo feeble

minded fellow-man who is so <lo

ludsd as to think God has called

him to prcttch the gospel, is indoed

exquisite. What great men thoy

aro! But listen while thoy discuss

the question and the smilo is tnins

forred, and then it fades into a

look of profound pity. Poor fol

lows! Thoy think thoy have

passed for very wise men. A Is

well, tho more's tho pity. But a.-

a matter of fact, tho men who nr.'

confessedly the greatest aro bumble

believers. Here is what a roconi

writer says on tho subject " Wh<>

are tho four greatest thinkern In

the realm of statesmanship of thlH

century? Unniol Webster, (ilad

stone, Thiers, and Bismarck. All

of them, of course, are enabled to

bo thus broad and prominent s**

national thinkers by the power of

infidelity? No, each one of them

is most jwsitive in his Christian

belief. Webster declares tho grand-

est thought which ever entered his

mind was that of personal account

ability to God. Gladstone Kive^

much of his time to religious

writing. Thiers stiys, in his

last days: ' I often invoke

that Gotl In whom I am happy to

beliovo, who is denied by fools and

ignorant people, but In whom the

enlightened man finds his consola-

tion and hope.' Bismarck is called,

in derision,' tho God-fearing man.''

But why seek to extort an avowiil.

These same blatant skeptics believe

Id God. Their oonsclences are still

small voices that ding In the oars of

their souls that God Is near and is

Uklng accoant of tbem. They are

afVald of daekneea, danger, and

deathvand cnrafca are exobanged

for prayeri tho moment thoy stand

fioe to fWewlth death. They have

pnrohaMid d ohdap hotd^lety. They;

ftM like the j^barlseee, th^y have

their rewaiA;>i t ft la ptiiaWo to

see WRMft

aa long ^ th«y iRallt apon posing

HO befbre worW ^ r e Ja iiidt

ignore their boasta and call, illtrtn

.like other iln^^ft^l^ W re j^ t i i io^ .

WUt^'f^fO^^Mi of ihbin^ oWeiinfjr

sRfhly omit the argutoepl

' A Btnuige Proooedlnir'^'^'^f

Un UiebetdYdayt be^e hie^demu^ are for WssbingtoD, General J . Z, OeofKe Qolted with the ebareb here.

upon a proftoieR of his fsltft in tfir Lord • ' f ' N ^ L ^ ' l f X f ' S d S S puttinkoff sbd negteoting hfs dolytd hoonmea meuiber of the oHareh.and he knew be was doing Wrong, hat now desired to be with the . L o ^ s people. May the Lord'nd# blert end kwp him in bis arduous dutle* In th s Upi|fd .Sutes 8fnu\e.—L. S. Fotfer, Carrollton, Mitt\{n SouiKiern Sapt($t Record.

Hbw is that ? Did Brother H.

I'ittman baptleo General. George

without any authority? Did he

rogaril himself as specially commis-

sioned to do so by the Holy Spirit'

as wiw Philip? Does he not con

Hider church authority now as

iiccoHsary to valid baptism? Does

Brother Poster rot;civo such bap-

lism ? And, finally,does the South-mi BuftiM Record indorse it? We

had been rcjoiuing over the recep

(ion of Senator George into our

Baptist ranks, but our rejoicings

- oaae if that was tho way ho (iamo

III We believe that a Baptist

I hiin h should be no respecter of

jiorsons, bnt that flirmcr«, mor-

c hants, lawyers, tloctors, Icgislntors,

(jovernors, senators, presidents, and

(ivory one else must come into it

jiisi the satno way—by the baptism

ol a penitent believer, adminis-

ii red by the proper administrator,

with the aiilhority of that church.

We hope to hear from the Hecnrd ."II the subject

ITBMS;

-Truth is tho property of God, tho pursuit of truth is what belongs to man.—IW MulUr. Road that sen-tence again.

—The KDosvillo Pastor's Conforenoo was full on January and every report had in it ringing notes of oheer. Large congregations had grieetod each pastor, and the Sabbath had been full of joy. The outlook brightens.

—Many eoantry churches have ob-Rerred the week of prayer. This Is a hopefbl sign. I t Vpeaks for Christianity in no unoertaln tones, and the most hopefbl fratare is that ehurobes have been doing this as ehurobes. In Knox-ville the pastor* on the Wuth of the railroad are hbldlng union serriees, with a fe»-ei6eptloa«. Tho Northern byteriiini. Northern Methodists, aad KplMOpallans aro not In It. The rsason is undentood to be, and In some In* Rtanoaeknown^ tebe.beeaase Baptists are reeognlied IM it.

—So the time baa come when to be a Baptist is to Incur thb 'dlarespeot of some Ohr l^ns , and yet, tho Baptists of KoexvlUa have eVer been eoturteoas and geoerotti, and have even exchanged pulplta. The new pasters have opt done so.aod you would'.travel a long ways befbre yea weald find a mere* polished and troe geotlemao than Oie dttltlvated yonnf . paMer oTk* «h* JTint^ Baptist ohoreh, and he h u never taroedf aaide. fbm pfMeUng Chtd'si word to five atr; unUw tQtaoy body «r> any ithing, narv •Bfuere^baa he goneoatof the way

ih»' logUlill ; eOfllfe 4«en«w are follewlog. ThDy who honoi;: «BMi; flt|n4 the twtli with leyaltr iRtwt Inevitably rabQka difloyalijr by that verj- iwt ip,^. - i f tbla be t r ^ a sake the most of IC' —Hfv iag 4ai4 i|d raneb abeat the union serriee of " w«k of. prayer f Id KaexvUlet lt is hot'proper j o add that the cordiality and s«at of thelnaay engaged: in it arein aewiae interrvpted.. The meeting grew ont of a gtnend eall, band 9a the earnest desire ef a. large nnmb«r;,tbat Christianity ihould pre-jtent .a «olid fronts to .(he world* so as to •bop that tbeelogieal diff«renees have not dUrnpted the bend* of fVatemlty, and thtt while brethren are^not all agreed abontmaiiy qn stioni, yet on the vital questions of salvation they are In hearty aeecftd.

<->PleaBe remember that any Baptist book or Sunday•aehool helpi of any de-scription may be had at publisher's prices from Baptist Book Hoose, 453 Crosier St., Knoxville.

<->Here is a letter of 'saeh unoal in-terest that we most be allowed to men-tion it. Dear Bro. J . T. Heflin.of Aus-tin, Texu, who is well into his seventy-foarth year, has been taking the Bap-n'$t from the days of Howell's editorial management He has followed Dr. Graves through nearly half a eeotury, and now extends his hand elear across a whole generation to greet the new ed-itors of the Baptist a n d RivLRtrron, and these are his stirring words: " I have Ulcen several Baptist paper*, and I am taking others now, and I must say it has been the ablest and the soandest. and. I think, is caw the most deserring, paper I ever read." And then inelooes two dollars for his renewal. Now may the Lord reward him for sueb kind words. And after that let no one say there is no sympathy between the young and the old men of to-day.

—When Elder W. S. Bryan, at tho Ten* essce Fiflh Sunday meeting, made his clear, Ineid, loring speeeb on the "Church Covenant," and then read the covenant, one of the best men in that church,and a dcacon,Baid to me: " That is the firrt time I ever heard a ohnrch covenant read, and I did know our ehureh had one." And then he bought one of Pendleton's Church Manuals, so as to read it himself. Now he is but one often thonnand, wo fear, who know nothing of their ohuroh eovenant. What a sad pity t Pastors, read your ohuroh covenant to your ohurehcs. It should have been done when year mem-bers joined. I f any member desires the eovenant, along with much other vory important information, let him get Pen-dleton's Ohuroh Manual, or Hisoox's Chureh Direetory.

PBBSONAL AND PRAOTIOAL.

—Prof. B E. Binford, of Indepond-'enoe. T»xas, has been elooted senior principal of the Wartrace High School, and wUl take,charge the laat Monday in .Tannary or tho first Monday in Feb-ruary.

—Rooky Valley obaroh, six miles from Lebanon, is one of our boot eoan-try ohurohes in this part of tho Sute. It has the prettiest house we have seen snywhore in the., country. The Clem-fflonra*. Martins, Harrln^ns and others make a strong team, And the best partabout It hithey area gennine Baptist tfam.^^They always take the river

route. • . -Brother P< G. HIson of the Semi-

nary at Loaliville, preabbed at Gallatin last Bnnday, and msdea^fine Impfeflsion. firothtt Bhwm tu i for a whUe psrtor

,al Sianfortl. Ky., and laW at Qaitwa,

ha^^^m', ioi shotltdB«y.ieha» net Aeleait pafi abo«^ Un , )«< k-u .

—On,onr flfli^ page^it 'h Breiher B. Demar^ni 'hsa been patter of a ehareh in thU Suta&iW forty y ^ Thakieaftid tefiofd. I W a n y oBa ,know of «n elder paster la «|ji State? I f so. Uti^os, knew. We will •end the Bi»PT»r Alio itwiuaoton ooe year fWa to .the oldsst pastpr la th« 8t«M«h-neti theoMast man in the p«»i toi^ but Uie one who has been pastor of' one ebnreh. the longest time, jlet

—•Thi eongregation at Lebanea la#t Sunday night waa .sarprislagly; large, partiealariy for a bi^ night. I t nearly filled the house. As dodge J[. S« Qrib-ble remarked,: after •ervlees. tbe Bap-tlsta of Ijebaoen "are not dead yet." They have a beautiful honie, well lo-cated, a goad Sanday-iMhool, 'an excel-lent prayermeeti^. and about eighty members, among them some of the best people in town. What they need most now is a pastor, and that they hope to secure soon. ' >

—We intended Isstweek eongratn-lating the Ckritlian Advocate, of this eity, upon its enUrgement and general Improvement. Tbe Advocate is one of the fiurest. broadest, most Christian-like papers whioh oomes to our office, and tbe only thing we do o't like about it is the Methodist sentimeats which will crop ovt in every issue. If it was just Baptist in principle it weald be nearer perfection, so it seems to Probably Dr. Fitsgenld would not think so.

—We referred laat week to twore-oent apostates among our Campbellite brethren. One of tbem was Dr. R. C. Cave, of St. Louis, brother of Rev. R. Lin Cave, of thu city. From all ac-ooanU he has certainly gone pretty far off, not only firom Camplwllite dootrlnes, hut also from all ChrisUan prineiples. We are sorry for onr brethren. He was their brag preaoher, and it is pretty hard to lose him. , A friend of his sug-gests that he suffers greatly firom wounds received during the war, and thinks he oan not he in a responsible condition. We hope so.

—The poem on our first page lu t week called " Sunshine and Shtdows," was from the gifted pen of Brother A. L. Langston, the author of the poem publUhed a few weeks ago," The Ever-' green Shore." Thebeautiftil partabout hhi poems Is that the rhythm Angles like tbe musie of fairy bells. He ongbt to oultivate his poetic talents. (There are very few to whom we would venture to say this. Understand that we mean It for Brother liangston, not yon.) The readers of the Ba p t i s t ANi> Rn FtaoTOB will always warmly wolcom^ bis productions.'

—One ourious result reached by the Campbellite brother in Aransas, of whom we spoke last week, who, take^. tho petition that Campbellitef have no creed—that eaoh one Is a Uw onto hlm^ self, and so he Is Inspired as well as Paul—Is that baptism is not for the re;^ mission of sins. Is It Hinc iltm laxh-rynut!" with our brethren? ^ that the one uoMrdonable sin with them, to deny baptuwal remlMlon? Does that make a man a hereUof Soit seenu. For that is all the real difference we can« discover between the brother and •ome who regard him asan apoatile. Wa eo^ fte, thoagb, that k l^pret^ Wide dif-ference. Btit if that belief nakae a maa a hjiiratild, fhy. ceaat as a heretie, please. ' , -.(m..

^ W e mst a friend the other day whom'in h|Ml not abator Mvaral yeaw.

m

wh iob ; ^

in> mMtlBf Uftld aeiM gave h|i bcsfaMiil; Methodist pr«aehery A&i sent on a trfrenlf, bnt in a town and hit a dell j^^l l Be looked iTsppy, ebeeirf^,

net bat be impiteesed with the fi came in eentaet wiUi him. We tion fMs fket to show the inftnatiOi'of Christianitf hoir1it^Jev^di)a;?it^

ennoblea ebaraeii^; t n t ^ ^ l ^ ^ makes the man who embraeef Iowa It a manlier wm, troerind h i^a j i : in all the walka of life, one momm be respected and admired.

—The/Z^ lp^ FmU lH i ^ to the strieturee of the NaHoml j!ji<apon theSoathi.-oeeBsioned^ ; ^^ visit of Rev. SImmona, a eelored minister, to tha' Preeldent« when he

raffirmed that there bad been vrw torn hundred murders of iabfeiuive colored peoi)1e recently^ prssnmid)ly beeaoae of their color. BM ft dew not iMra to consider that tbe critlolsma apett our Pnblicatioa Soeiety, rathm^wlde^ited and tome of them perhaps. ^oeev«N». were aroused by the'fketr^at W, J . Simmons was a^rtfawd i i e # of the chosen oontribatore to the Sapti$t TmehtTt and not beeaw of a wleked desire to attack that B(^e entatprise. Tbe H m M dseeribesSimwont aa ** one of the most bitter and tackleir of btgro orators," wbcM aperth at B c M was ''mosttofraeefiil" end who "grossly^? misrepresented Jbothraeed." That ap-pears to be the general verdict.^ Nor were the published addiessw^ other two who were teken la repteemt-aUvse of their rsee lSM objeetleaable. Thers is no indispoaitloa to hetr Wbat a pious, rellgleos se i ^ baa tosayibent the gospel of Christ, that savai os al i i _ bnt no blsme can attach to t h ^ who decline tohrar those wdiote spteeh la most di gracsftil' and filled with j j iM t ^ misrepresentetldns —(TArutAM hdeat. ^

—While we were preaching not loag! ago a sermon open a distinOtive dsaemf• national principte; Joat as we lidA dewa . astroDg Bsptlst proposition, and befbra we had had an opportiaitf to oibr inqr 'f; proof upon it, an honoi^ Methodbt brother sitting on the ilront aeat da llbsrately picked ap hia hat and walk< oat of obareh/^ Now, if that' brother had only remained a while he ireald haveseea that what wal latd, spoken plainly and MraaMily. Was i^ioken kindly and in love, and #i<:ataiiplr the

expression of a eonviotion, the otter'

ance of a great prinelple. B[e woald ' have Been,'ahH>. we think, thai we had proof from reaaon, from writer* of his own dcnomlnatioo andfrotai 3criptnn . to iustiatt oar proposition. Bot per- ^ hape that WM fait wbaC he did ttet Wiwt to hsai'. HWe submit r Waa notlihat a •^rit of iotolarabee whleb refbssd even to hear a brother of another fhltht iffu it not the spirit of the inqalaltldn shorn of ita etreaith ? We ware not the fintlbptistwhobas b ^ treated irith such a apirit of intolenmeei howwrer, for prMwhintJtut tbatdcctriae. Othera; aod many othsini. have' endured worse thad maMl Indlirerenee. Thay have saiiredi perseeuden, (mprlseijaieati death, In defbnaa of it, They hate preached fat eavea, behind prison ban, aad evm at the stake. la rellfloua lib-erty a fkllnreT Wdnll it heafhUureif this blather, and thcae who tMnk With bim had the jMn* toat^ It ao? Are the BaptiiM the onlj' onel who hold it aa a prinelple, and are willing ta «ir»r i t liEle ptacUea? ICha* are aerivna qnastiona.

A

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fir

SSHfr

iv ~ t r ^ V "- i - WX , -

P I brought food 4«rtr«», thoogii M Jet.

Let th« Nitw tmr ' dU iU^Q in bloMom

|[ jfl^ to t»rii!ht«B miwy l»»p|jy

Let the Now Yew'* Atigrf turn U Into

PrtlM.

I l U BiokDeM, if I brDUfht you

C»rfl,

,Letbiiiifli«ke 000, l'«ti«noo, and tha

other P»yer>

If. I bnnight yott Pleo^, all watlth's

' booBtooiu obarms;

Bhall not (be new ungel turn tbeni into

AIOIB?

I f t brought tempUtion, lot Hin die

In boandlesil Piiy for all hearts that

atray. ^

May yoa hold thi« AoRel dearer than

tbelaat—

Lo, I blew hi« Future, while he orowns

my Paak

—Addiiide A. Prortor in Journal ami Mmenger,

. Arbitrary Fftrents.

BR HAROABIT K. SANABTKR

i m

There are people to whom their ohil-

drea never teem to grow up. They

exact iVom their grown ions and daogh-

ten preeiaely the same kind of defer-

enee and the Mine degree of aubmimion

which it if perfectly right to reeoive

from little children.

Neithier the young man nor the young

woman under their roof, it allowed to

live ihe independent life to whioh OTcry

adult, under certain roetriotiona, baa a

right In the choice of a profesrion,

for inatanoe, the unwiae father, of the

type to which I refer, ia unwilling to,

let hi i bof consult his own inclination.

His thinka he can himself choose bettor

than bis junior, and he forgets that his

choioe^may beat aelfishaa it ia arbi-

trary, Daughters more than sons, how-

eTcr, a ^ made to feel this preaaure of

authority exercised when, in the nature

of tb iop , authority ahould give place

to inflneice. I have seen women of

twenty-ftve and over who were never

allowed to . go , on a Journey, mske a

vi^t or buy a dress or bonnet without

asmuoh t ^ k and as many objections

and diseussioDs on the part of their

mother as thQivh they had been girls

ten. .. •••

Boy«& commonly emancipato them-

selves, I f they are possessed of any

foree, from a home whioh has eeased to

beasheltor andhas become * hedge.

They are trained from.} childhood to

think that as men they will have a

place in the world, ineor responsibiH-

ties, and—In the aoeepted phrase—earn

theirown Ui^iiei .

Olrlsi^jtoo often snperflcially taught,

oven in these days o f the higher educa'

tion bf women, retoain at home, with

many general duties and nothing very

definite, v Many SK. young woman is

deeply nnhappy tteeausei she has nothr

iqg which eouots to do In life. If^shc

does not niarry, and stays with her pa-

rsnis, w^o »r«in middle life, with iheir

own oooupsdons iod engsgements, M d

plenty of strength to fnlfill them, she

has a mortifying seose of being a Ml* ,

nre. I n this state of feeling, J f she aik

her mother to lilt her. t«s/sh, or study

n^ ie ine , M malce dresses for bar neithf;

l;orSi she is reftasedi Jf thu mother be, of

e class I have in mind. " Why should

le child wear herself ont? She hiw

If

are Mkc* to »« t i i *nd fMands to dbm»

a n d M l ' ^ w ? ' " ' ' ^

, fe-Thcps i i a WW iwr feather-bsd arbt.

^t«rin*ss Which is m ' invineiWa M

g^nite, for all its softneas. In a paMht

whose soft, smothering stubbornees

takes tliis form, the yonttg p^ple ot

the household are treated much as the

babies are. Th«y are coddled, caressed,

made very comfbrtsbis, uid yet oon-

suntly reprewied. Thf; result is thst

with the daughters there Is an arrested

development. After leaving school

they cease to grow, and at thirty-five

and forty, if they live *o long, thoy are

still girls at home, and.alss) only "old

girls," and nothing more.

Half-opened bads are beautiful, but

a withered bod, with a floriat's wire

driven through it, ia a pitifbl sight.

' I have known elderly women with

gray hair and wrinkled browa, who,

their venerable mother being removed

by death, were so forlornly timid, as

unocrtain how to act for themselvea,

and as much the vicUniB of ciroum-

stanees, as tbongh they bad been six-

teen. There ia no immaturity M hope-

Iffls a« the immaturity of autumn in the

field of grain, or of life.

In writing this I would not be mis-

understood. There ia no debt of ten-

deroeaa too great to be paid to father

and mother. The utmost gentlenesa,

conBideratioD, and reverential reifhrd ia

their due from their grown children, for

whom they have borne the heat and

burden of life's day.

On the other band, no parent should

forget that hia child, arrived at man-

hood or womanhood, ia an aocountoble

being, and that to the Msster he or she

atondeth or falleth. There comes a

time when the young birda must fly, and

in nature the wise parenta aaaiat their

flight, and are not content to let them

cling to the edge of the neat. We who

are parents may learn something from

the awallowa and the martins.—Chrh-

timi Intelligtneer. —

Unhandy Handa

They were beautiful hands, soil,

white, shapely, but they had not been

trained. They could n't keep accounts,

or use the needle, or the broom, or the

dish-cloth, or the mop, or the cooking

utensils. They had at one time glided

skiltlally over the piano keys and wielded

the pencil to some purpose. They were

graceful hands* and made pretty geat

ures, or folded themselves harmo-

niously over the aoft draperies beneath

them.

By and by the ample provision that

had been left to keep these hands in

^idleness wss wasted because the hands

couldn't keep accounts; wicked men

took advantage of these helpless hands

and stole their treasures from them, snd

then days of darkness and trouble came.

The owiier of the hands had to board

because she did n't know how to cook,

and, of course, she had to eat what was

set before her, and so her digeittveap-

paratns got all out of order. She had

to hire her dresses msde, andwas sub-

jeet to the dishonesty po l i c ed by some

dressmakers, who charge a good price

for poor work and appropriate a portion

'to themsel ves of the ample pattern they

^r^qnire ilor a dres*. She nouldn't

njinsga her bnsinM ,|fliilrs, and so had

to trust them ^ A laWyer, who> in her

oaie, prbTod^^ntriuty,aad made exorbi-

tant chargM for worV Which wu poorly

done. AtfVery point whero,-^she oame

(inoontaot wltti thd World she lost and

loliti'niidi at lu t 'sh i was gladlto iSiid a

raftige in the ohnroh home whieh in the

dari of- ht f p r o l i x l y sb4 had helped

ttt'fonfld. t fah i l iad only KudwiiHowto

'iBightiii^'" l i ^ A i ^ ^ ^ t p f i t e f ^ :

fortene in Modsiit wrtlbrt and' i ] ^

pendenc*^ ' ' / ^ ' ' ' r ' " • 'ic''^ l l i i s i s a B ^ h i M m l i f e . J f tMsMh

biitoriea are (ransptifiiig evei^ and

yet girls sw permittad to grow to

womanhood wlthont knowing how t«

what is indispensablo for their own per*

•onal eomforib and exUtenoa • t tn . I f a

girl ean't learn to cook in her mother's

kitohen, there are cooking sohiiwts

where she can learn; I f she can not

sew with her mother's seamstress, there

are sewing schools where the children

of the wealthy are tought the use of the

needle in embroidery and plain 'aew-

ing. She can use the broom in her own

room. She ought to have trained

hands.

Qod's OifU.

Did yon over think that God measures

his gifte to us only by our capaeity to

receive ? Do yon remember the atory

of the prophet's widow who weut to

Klisha in her sore distress, and was

bidden to borrow all the empty vessels

she could from imong her neighbors

and pour into them the scanty supply of

oil which was contained in her own pot?

She was told to provide " not a few "

vessels; but suppose she had thought,

as might bo natural, that aurely a very

few veaaels would b4 salBoient to hold

the oil, bow she would have stood in

her own light by disobeying the

prophet'a command I She determined

by her faith the measure of her bleaa-

ing.

Each one of ua is likewiae determin-

ing hia own apiritual bleasing. Our

bleating ia limited by our capacity to re

ceive—nothing else. Qod, the all-

bountiful one. is never straitened; it is

his delight to give royally, like a king.

I f wo sre straitened we are straitened in

ourselves; our capacity to receive is

not largo enough. If we are expecting

the gift of the Spirit, we do not pro-

vide room enough to receive it. I f we

arc hoping to conquer our spiritual

foes, we are like the ancient king of

Israel who came to mourn at Eiisha's

death-bed. Elisba bade him te smite

upon the ground, and be smote three

times and stopped. Thus be would

only smite Syria thrioc instead of

consuming her. He had limited his

own victory. We do not know how

often we limit our vietories snd blesa-

ings; we are constantly running againat

the limiutiona of our faitb. "Accord-

ing to thy faith be it unto thee " waa

our Savior'a formula of healing; but

where faith atopped the blessing stopped.

Naxareth could receive no mighty

worka because of unbelief, and there

are many unsuspected Nssarites among

us to day, who are placing impassable

barriers between themselves snd the

divine blessing. But if we oherish a

feeling of our need and a belief in

God's omnipotence and willingness to

help us, then we msy believe that he

will give us bountifully, even to the

measure of our oapaoity.-~.^nimV.an

Mt$tenger,

—Only eternity will disclose how

many souls have been repelled, and dis-

couraged, and lost fOr the lack of a

little thoughtftilnesa aiid tenderness in

the early stoges of their religious «x-

porienco. Woe to yon who offend thess

little Ones by neglect or byharshneisi

—Ood is abovo all things of the

world. Bxalt yourself, and yon will not

come nigh him;; hombla yonrpelf, and,

ha hinuwlf deeeends down to yon. ,,(

^ i / R H O M Who IOTO hav9, BOT^

the lelinU* to complain and be i^nhappy.'

—Jmibtrt. .

LittU byUtUa t h a l N i w l I b

Short i f yon dag thrtougk it, lodji if yqtt

Xiittle W Uttli«->avi honr, a day t.

Gone w(th theyeara tliat hav? vaai^he;!

away; ' ' „•" ' ...

Littla by Uule the raoe is riin.

Trouble, and waiting, and toti Wre

. done!.,.:. . ,

Little by little the world grows strong,

Fighting the battlee of Hglit and ^

wrong;

Littla by little the wrong givas way.

Littla by little tfce right has away;

Little by little all loofink sonla >

Struggle up nearer the shining gofls.

-SeUeieii:

Motbar and OUld.

Talk about edooaUng a child I Why,

if a mother is a true woman and mother,

the child educates her more 'n she edu-

cates the child, enough sight. She

learns a divine patience through bear-

ing with the childish little faults.

Through twt of setting a bad example

in front of it, she leants to control her

own temper and her tongue, and bo-

haves herself more 'n a good deal of the

time.

She learns a heroic coursge fVom her

love for the little child that will com-

bat all danger—smile at Satan's rago,

and facea frowning world. She mounti

up on to the topmost height cf self ab-

negaUon and martyrdom when she

teaches it to get along without her~

like an old bird pushing the young ones

out of the warm nest so they may learn

to fly.

O h ! how that old bird would love to

keep it in the warm nest; how her love

wante to brood over it always; how she

yeama to keep it cloae to her own jealous

beating heart; how doubly lonesome

the old nest is when the little ones aro

gone; how happilyaad, and how joy-

oualy mournful is the thought that it is

learning lo fly alone; that it is leaminR

to be happy away from her, away fVom

the old nest; that the walU 0^ the old

home can never again be the bound of

ite joy and content. No, the wide hori-

son has now dawned upon it, the clear,

far fielda of ether, and it must soar and

aing, and aing its own wngs, build its

own nest, live its own life, in its own

w o r l d . — A l l f i t * Wife, in Chri» lian Advofale,

BAOKBITINO.—The longer I live the

more I feel the importence of adhering

to the following rules, which I have

laid down for myself in relation to such

matters:

1. To hear as little as possible what

is to the prejudice of others.

2. To believe nothing of the kind

until I am absolutely forced to.

3. Never to , drink into the spirit of

one who circulates an ill report.

4. Always to moderate, as far as I

can, the unkindness which is expressed

toward others*

6 Always to believe that, i f the other

side were heard, very diiferent accounts

would be given of the matter.r-X>r.

Simeon.

Teacher (to historical class)-

" Where did George Washington live

after h« retired iVom pnbllo life?''

No one SMmed to know.i

Teaehar-'^ Was i t a t WMhingtoaor

Mount VamonT"

Btiltno reply.

Taaohar-'" Ooma, ahildnw} soma of

yoninnacknoir.^'''^ ^ ' •

dmallesft i aho la t ^ " I know laaaliar {'

Hi* livad in tha haaita of lita aonntiy^

tt«n.' ii(

Q

M i i a o l L- H A i t « y , i 8 w T o » ,

Ho. Uf IIWKI»» »»/ •«- KnaMlll*. .TMB;, lo «k«M nil M>MMSnt<«ttoi»t m >i)i« dnwtmenl m»r

F O g T ^ F F I O S . i

ANOTHKB Naw VKAft'H Gtrr ron

^ 'v . O u W . ^v : :

pjcAB AtJHT N o » a : 1 have been

reading the Voung South for a number

of years and I like it very much, espS'

«i»lly your letters. Vapa takes the

flA^isT ANO RaKWOToa, and we en:

joy reading it so rouoh. I saw your

father and heard him preach at Scotte-

bt.ro, Ala., in IHHI). I was (jtuito young,

though I romembcr Wifn very well.

Our Suiiday-flchool had k (Ihristmas

trpo at Faokler's. Most every ono was

Toiiembored.and, of course, wo had a

ploanat time. I send one dollar as a

Now Year's gift for Cuba, also two conte

for Brother l>ia«'s picture.

Lovingly, JasHia tt. lloArn.

Pa« kl«r'i5, Ala.

NEAK AUWT N O R A ^ ; Please let an-

other cousin como into your corner.

Wo lake the BAPTIHT ANnBKri.xcroii.

W'c like it very much. I have been

reading the Young South and have du-

cidnd to become a member. Wc ro-

cpived Hrothar Diaa's pioturos. I bu

looB to the church at Linwood. I am

fifteen year* old. As this is my fir<»t

Rttcnipt, I will close.

l'l.OBRJK lltmniNo.

iiCbanon, Tenn.

Did nut you write off the Queer Story

for last week. Klorrie? I think it was

yours that ahould have becii ara')Og the

porfect oncx, but I lost your name.

DRAR AUNT NORA : Here l a m agi in

Will y lU permit mo to cime in and

a to* wordi as this ia Ubristmis Jay?

1 vri>h rtiu all a merry Christmas and a

hsppy New Year. Well, A-tnt N .ra. I

h ivo A liitlo surpriao for you, xonie^htng

th»t has puialed me. When I reoMiv«'d

the BAI'TIHT ANt» IlKn.ECTou y. stcr-

(lay, and ro*d what you said about ro-

ceivinK ray letter, I said huroly Aunt

Nora roust be mistakon, for can you be-

lieve it, Aunt Nora, my letter never

reached you. It went to No. West

Filth Avenue, Knoxvillc; was un-

claimed; then it was sent to Nashville

to the dcad-loiter office, and then sent

back to me in a dead letter envelope

ready to be buried (so it seems). But

the stamps are all right, so I send thcra

again, hoping they will not go the office

of death this time. Aunt Nora, you

must have given me orcdit for some one

else's money, and yon must have sent the

piflturo of Brother Diaa, you thought

you sent to me, to some one cluo, H)

please except this dollar for Cuba, and

for this stamp send mo Brother Diaa's

picture. 1 will say n) ra»ro thi^

time. As I have already takin< up too

much of your preoioun time I foar you

will send me to the dead lott-r ofliou

SK»iii, but pieaNo do n't ncnd mo thoro

sny more. Do n't.

I'ovingly yours, MRUBKA F INK

I'all BrAUiBill, Tenn.

Thitf is qnite a surprise sure enough,

Meliii^ thought I remembarcd rc-

ooivini; l i i i l ^ d l i n g a letter from you.

1 caq evoit r ^ l l the siio andpaporit

was written ob. . Rave you ever sent

tne a.eorrectad Bible Queer Story?

Howler, r am g)ad your letter,'.'and

sspgeially the'stamps weraiiot buried,'

and hope they tnsy yet live and do

inuott g ^ across the waters.

D i i a AONT NOBA: I have eon-

olud^ to a ^ t o a fef^ llAoi to see iC yott

wottl(fe lat.;,|5w join j i o little ooiwiBif,

We take tha BAPrtaT and Hi?i-icrron.

'Inelosed yon will find five dollars to

[ i fm l^c t work. I4ovi|f:l0 all,

- JirtflB iPBn BAi-ri^ 'i WoiKllMd,Oal. •

TMa is suraly a niee Cbriatmaa pres-

ent ftom ikir Afay Oallforoia, and W*

thank pur friend very mueh.

Coanting this and othera sent in the

year it n u ^ n u c , j for

one hnndred and eighty-ittno dflilars for

Cuba.

D|UB AUMT NDKA : a t ^ 1 j i i i i tiio

cousins in the y^ung South? My

brother and L ti|ie reading the letters

very much; also the dible Queer Stoi

rics. I .'have answered''"the inclosed

story, aiid''hope I have done it cor-

rectly. Afy brother wanta to join, too.

1 will not write more as this is my first

attempt. With lovo to you and all the

uousins, your nephew, >

^ PBRriVAl. BlNNIfHI.

Mont Vale, Tenn.

I am glad you and Arohic enjoy our

letters and have deoided to join us in

our work, Percy, -Write again, and tell

Archie to write, Your Bible Queer

Story was done real nicely, Do not

feci discouraged becawte you di<l not

got among the pcrfcct ones the first

time. Try again. You overlooked only

.two, and it waa a long, tangled atory.

DEAR A c k t NORA ; May I j o i n the

couMDS? G rani pa takes the B.\M>IHT

AND ltEig.B(rroR. I Hko the YMng

> South so much, so I thought I would

' write to you. I think the cousins write

i auch nice loiters. Aunt Nora} I have

' hoard grandma and my undo, W, A. <T.

Moore, talk so much about you, I

know I would love you. I am jus; thir-

teen years old, but I am taller than

gran-lma. I send a stamp for Brother

Diaz's picturc. I have read so muoh

! of him, and I am real anxious to get a

I picturc. Asthia is my first letter, I

' mast olosi*. I f this does not go to the

j vrai'to-ha<kct I will write sgain. Love

to you. Undo Orrcn. and little .Tames.

I Lovingly, J onr niecc,

Lir.r.!AN MotiLTOS.

liovclacc, Tenn.

I am ftlad you have written to ua, Lil-

i lian. I have hoard your grandma speak

of you, too. Writo to us again, and

come and be one of our workera.

DEAR AUNT NOHA : This is the last

time you will hear fr. m us before

Christmas. Wo wish for you, Uncle

Orrcn, and little .lames a pleasant

Christmas and a happy New Year. Wc

send a Christmas gift for Cuba of one

dollar each. Lovingly,

TIHII AND LKI-A CADWEI,!,.

I May (lod bles^ you for your faithlul-

I ncss, my dear girls, and grMni you a

I happy Now Year.

I AUNT NOBA : Inclosed find money

order for seventy-five oontn fur seating

the Young South Chapel. This is my

Christmas present to Jesus. I t is a

smill one, but I know ho will think it

worthy of aooop'anco, and bless it. I

hope you und all the cousins will have

a niorry Christmss and a happy Now

Year. Lovingly, BKOI.AII QBEEN. I , m » —

I B IB I I I QURBB STORY,

I 11 wish the cousins to tell 1110 how j many mistakes they find in the follow-

ing little swry, and to write it out cor-rectly in evorv respect and send it to mo. and I will publish the names of the iwrlect ones.—AUNT NOBA ]

Long years ago when Juruselem was

agratecity there was a great and bu-

tiful tewpcl in it and people came

thoro from all over the countrio to wur-

ship Ood, iw beggars getheredihcre to

Mk alms and there was one man who

I had been laimoall his life, he Wai borne

Ume, and they laid him daily at the gait

' bf tW tomplc twllrd Bcsuteftl to bog of

happlned one day two men Went up to

gather into the temple at the hour of

asked a^aiipe.

h(te:aiad one.of;

, and ha looked at-1

he thottgbt, U i a y were

sumthint^ Then i h ^ w said^

and gifid hava I Dnit,^butrstieh4» hiivf

givift I the III tifd ifamo o f Ji^ns Christ

of Naierith' r u | ^ p and m l k / ' ^ And,

be tuk him by t l « i l t o l ^ d a n / U

him up, and feat aald:

nacle bones Vroe ive^^ i^ i i th , and lie

leeping np jatude, a n ^ a l k ed , anii^opv

tered with them !nttf|bo..,tomplo,;W»lli-

inifc. and leapen aud vilaaing Gud/ And

all the people saw him «nd that it

was he whieh sat for alms at ^ fieu^-f

ful gate of the tiniple; an thay w ^

filled with wonder and amaaemeui at

that which bad happiued unto .hiith.

Tell me the il'i^es of these twc^i^R

llow 'did the^^ave

^larilN

happy N e » Year, I am. ioieoa;'.'

Aaswarto Shunaaimito'

jMionlton.ftPh

•lyatfa.'-

/Th is waa a

think all Who

made many mistok<

S4few" perfect a

oaer

oGrejuw,. ,

7'!

hani story, a«4 V

ad it did well. No tea

although wa feifa

the piwcr w do

such a wonder?ul thing ? Wbatt|^e of

the day was the ninth honr? Have

you read the tenth phapter ot Hatthew?

Xarriaga.

OHROaNK-KmMIIXKR.

An event of unusual interest in social oirolcs Was the marriage ou Thursday oveninL the 2d inat., at the hospitable homo (» Major John D. Cox, ot Rev. Will H. Osborne, pastor of the Biptist church, to Miss Mary KiUsmiller.

The groom is a young man of broad culture, holding high rank in the min-istry. The bnde combines womanly worth with beauty and grace of person —a favorite with all the pride of her circle.

At the time apminted the couple, preceded by Miuea Bachman and Scott, and timed by the wedding march, ar-tistically rendered by Miss Kate Dead eriak, entered the parlor and took their position before the minister. Rev. 0- L Hailoy, of Knoxville, where the cere-mony, impressively delivered, and mutual vows united the lives and blended the fortunes of two .trusting hearu. The assuripg smiles of loved ones and the hearty congratula'ions of friends combined to make glad the hour when "sentiment passed into a sacra-ment," and lovo gave trend to destiny^

The bride was attired in pure white, the coatumc being of Vtenoh faille silk, fit traiune, front of brocaded saiin.

Seating; thii Tonnf lontib

i Willie Watts, 25 cents: Thomas Mc-Gregor, cottts; Benlah Orsen *1.0&; Tishie and Lela OadwolL^ |8.; Wijlie and irby Graca, 25 eenta: Lil|ie \,aBn, «1; Edison Bssina^ % cnntsi taaa Wilton. S cents; Maada MoKinstry, B

Under a flowing veil, clasped by orange hlossoni", she looked tho ideal bride—a queen in grace and beauty.

After the ceremony the larfte com pany was ushered into the dining hall, when an elaborate mmu was served to the thorough gratification of all, afier whieh tiuio spccdod in the enjoyment of luus'c and conversation.

Tho couple left at noon on the fol lowing day for Asheville, N. C;. followed by tho wishes of hosts of friends that their future maybe equal to its brilliant promise, and that much of the joy and brightness of the bridal hour may mark their coming lives.

D^AB AUNT NORA: Here I come

again, making an effort to fulfill some

of my promises. • This New Year'a

day—another year for us to work for:

Jesus. Well, Aunt Nora, I reckon tho

first thing on the list is somethinifabpnt

Christmas. You know it is nothing

but nature for children to have Christ-

mas in their "bones," when It has to

recently passed. How did yoii enjoy

Christi|iii8 J d u r ^ l f ? h i f p a all the

cousins Kad a Jolly. tlipe, I aitepdcd

two ChriS imaB ti«el aiid rceeivcdji

few presents*froim each oritt of the trees.

Wo had company ,the pntiraweok, so

that kept me^ more eloscly confined'at

home. L i t tb ttamns Is imther young to

think shy thing about Christmas yet.

But, if it is the L8rd>

Nora, the Qtiwr [Bibfo Stories puisled

me at firsi I did not fully underttsnd

them until some of the oousint bad eor'

reoted^thom. Then t gaVe them mora'

^ n t i o n , but was sorry that t oonld

not oorrepi them myiielf. JDnrlng tha

week day I was very busy sowing, try-

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greatfulnm,

one except Ij

Moulton.

to copy thai

fnlnaia" intha'san-

that mothar'v^ joy and <

n oan/'tripped everj^

Wingo.and Lillian

u

r [lie Watts happaaad not

tenee< and Thomas Ho-

Gregor evidently understood i t to hai^

been intended to ha two words. '1

After all, Oto fact i a , ^ war

printed as 1 wrote it, I w H ^ ' i r

word, - • '

I i^joiced to welooioa i n t o i ^ alaaa

this week Percy Binning. He wrota the

story off beautifally. and ovarloeb

only one mistake bmidas thia

fulness," and that waM- in the satttanca,

" Send me I pray tha, ona; of the yonng

men." Do you see it noW? Tiahia aad -

Lela Cadwell madi^ their ttistakea

the proper names, Did yon look into

your Biblaa for the atory, daai girlsT

I want the oousins always tb do tMs.

Ada Phillips, I think yott nianndar-

stand onr Queer Stories. I toll thasa

stories In my own langniige. jiist aa I

would tell them tea listening bhild, and

I wish yon to copy what t write, 9o^

reeling all mistakes.

Esther Wingo was the only ona wlio

answered my questloa about tha' nama

of this little room As t Jsxpeetad. aha

said it waa called the " Prophet's eham-

her." I t wis a queer question for mal#'

ask, I expeot, but itoC«urt«d to m a ^ b a ^ '

cause it is generally supposed it waa

called, and I bate knowa of good worn

en thnie days whO low to entertain

miniatersand have a room ratbaf aet

apart for that purpose wUoh they asll

their " Prophet's chamber."

But, ohildren, all of yon, exoept Ada l-.

Phillips, I believe, say that this Shu ^ t

nammite woman is not mentioned again

in the Bible. See 2 kiHgs f i l l 1: I

am glad so many took my sngg^fim

and put a line nhder each

word . I t is a (peat halt> to mi

think to yon also;

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oento; Boscoa Samples. 25 odntiii Hersehel Wiago, Wingo, W oenta; cents. , . , fi

,wOents; Bertita,

10 oenis; Bpnrga^n Esther Wingo, 90

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Mrs, Thoinpsoo, tS i Mn . Norman, . E te ; Willlo Trotter.; 10 o a n ^ . Oallla iOaine, sUteir aad brother.^ W oeats 5 DavIaGstdierJfJ canta* Viola Asfiby,' ' 10 oenta, 5 W l a o o Myaat^ 10 oanto : Mrs. Jannla B n t l o r j l : TIshIa ^ad- •

Johnson: to , , . Mttta;1rrma';

Ayraa, lO.oentaj "ifohn ( 3 i l . . » i Melissa Phillips 26 cents. Total Jl89,00 for

j es ik j toaoh , * ! ; Mte Siaiia Moom^^ 50 oehta; Thfodore, 10 aenta; Maud Jt MeKInstry, 5 canta.

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h«ro, w r i t * wi nitlolo whioh in to do ii^ttiiiM to oar y o M f pMtor, R w , W . A Hobion. Ho

Oor obmoh w ««ttlilt »1om toU ' m W y f o H , o w p k * fcir'^will not

Slid w« bo|^ iloon to b« »W« to «mi>loy li iii«ii «Tory B ibbjtth. Brothor W. A Hob«m, ooB of tho HowwdOol-le(J« b b j ^ l» p«»tor. but owlun to bt» b«itili it* tobool He eau not f ive luifioient U ^ o l o bo « ftBcooai." True, Brother Hobion, onr pwtor, » • student of Howifd. aod, nOtwUbattndiDg bU datiM tb«r«, bo i i mtkiog as • good putor • D d b amooMii. Ha gives our cbarob tb'r«e Sibb« bs in tbo n^ontb knd sbont kll vtwtioQ works «<aoa^ us. L i l t a a n n s r th« l i i rd blsued bis Ubors v i ' h i glorious revivst tnd qa!t« i n iogktbcrlng of soals. Sonie of thsn (ire yoaog m«n of g r u t promise. SiBoe biff pastor«ta of eboot a year our Sandsf-sobool has increased from forty* are to seveoty. We bare a splendid prsjrer »ee»ing each Wednesday night, where all the youog men u k e part when bnsincMs allows. We have had aboat twenty aceessions. W e have ap-propriated every first Sabbath's oolleo-tiopl to Foreign Missions, and, in fact, we are on rising ground gnnerally, where « e were bat dragging before the labor* of this oonseerat^ yonng brother began. I t U troe, as ' Brother James staUd,« few fail to attend often, he bo Ing one of them. This is the ease in nostobarobes.. Brother James' article weald bear tbe impression that our dear Brother Hobsoa is a failure and that we are on tbe outlook for another psitor. W e hope be did not mean to oast reflections on oar paitor, and if not, tbat he will be more carerul in statements be may send out, lest he wrong our cause and pastor. W e hope to be to secure Brother Hobson's whole time after graduation and pre-pare for him to move among us. Wish-ing Qod'a richest bleesinp on your e z cellent paper, we are yours in Christ,

J . L . H a c i l s b , 0. O Amdieson,

Deur/mt.

Per H . A . H a m l k e , Clerk. W w l o r . A l a .

W a v b i o b . A l a . - ^ I have no very in-terMiijic news. Our obureh is getting along t o y welt. Brother W . 0 . Hob-son, of E u t Lake, preaebea tbe first, seMod, fourth, and fifth Sundays. Good Sanday-Mhool, tnd prayer-meet-ing e v t n j Wednesday night. My school is proi^noioK finely. I have almost been penraaded to go to a o<irtain county in Tennessee, and I think I, will go soon. God-bless yuu and your many readers. 0 . L . J a m w .

Brook8VII<i«i, MiM.-r*In December tb« I f t b Sunday meeting of Columbus AsM«UtioB ws4 held with the church at this place, and sonie of the best min^' istent were present and dlsduwed the

. topies w«IL Amoof tbo menilMni were Judge W . i P . Bond. Brother Latimore, and Or. S e l U n , pf StarkfTille; Brethren yanlatid(a|;heiti and Norfinger, of Vfest Point; l ^ b r e n iBaak and Van! Kon. of M a ^ and Dr. Cr«igUr, of C r a w ford, 1 - l l l n k tbe meeting wl« i piwfit able ota^ fbr us all. Our church i i in a prMp^ui-<idnditiori> Wo were »o ghtd to meet Judge B iiid.

Toutaijili Obrlst, .R, D, JAMiioti.

M A M o i f i i t i B ' - O u r ohnrob at Man chetter laVe tbe Snnday icbool a Ohris^ ttsdtMl ind ottboert. tnstead bf w

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MAtt* No H i f t A K i - ^ ^ y o n V ' * made up jront m i n i to buy Hood f f l ^ sapsri l lMo n o t ^ i n d p i ^ to t»ke any other. Hood's S a r s a p a r l l k U a p f j u h a r oMdietne. POMMSSIM, by virtu* of l»« peouliar coinWostlon. p^^pirtlon, and preparation, onratlve power superior to any other article of the kind before the people. For all affectioiM arising from impure Wood or low sUte of the sysUm it is unequalled. B e sure logct Hood's.

— W h a t I know sbrat thatsUndsrd remedy. Dr, B u l l s Cough Syrup: I know that a 25 cent bottle curod mo oi a bad cough in twelve hours. It is a fact.

— • « « . .

- 'Myriads of rases ol rheumatism and neuriugia have already socoumbed to that wonderful remedy Salvation Oil. Price only 25 cents a bottle.

The Oft Told Story Ot llie i>ccull,ir ntwUcliwl merit* ut Ho(h1's Barsapnrlllii lully coiOlrmed by the vhIoiv tary todtlwony of lluinsands who have tried It. I'crulinr In tlio riinil>ln.-ttion, iiro)M)rtloii, •hd |»t«i);irntloii of lt!» luRreillctitfi, i>eciiIUr In the extrcBie «.-ir« wllh wIslHi It Is put Mji, HwhI h Suriwparllla nwompll.<he» cure* wliero other |>rf|aratloim eiitlii'ly (all. Tecn-ll.-ir III tho uiirnnnltPd rwhI n.ime It liaii made at liomp, which In n " timer ot itrenfftb sbrimil," l ecnllar in tho phenomenal »slet It hAM att.iliieil,

Hood's Sartaparllla U the m<>Rt I'opniiir niitl tuercsHtuI nwiliclne bcfuro the public todAy (i>r imrKylng thit tiliMNi, givliiR Mri'iiKlh, creatini! an appetite.

" I kiilTorcil fi«m» wnkefiilticM and low Kpirltt, luiil :iImi liii>i eritcnin oit the back of my licad whI hi tk. wldch \va« »cty annoying. Itookniirlxitilu vt llood'n Hirii.ipsrina.and t have rocciviil no iiiiiiii bin-rlll Uiat t am yvty iirali'dil, r.inl I am i.lwny* Blatl to Kpc.ik ix pMMl wonl for tli'.a mcillrhit"." Mas. J. ». S.iYWKtt, rottsvlllc, reim.

Purifies the Blood Henry Blegii, Cnmpbell Sireet. KansriSCity.

had dcrofnlou* wires nil ovrr bin body for fldeen yean. Hood'* Barniipnrllla completely cured htm.

Wallace Duck, ol North Dloomlleld, N. Y.. Rullertd eleven yenra with a terrible varicose ulrcr on his teg, lui Ii-kI Hint he had to give up biMlneiw. Uo waa curcd <>t tli« ulcer, and also of catarrh, by

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H. K. ScitRAHM.

Boaohsm's PilJs cure bUHnus and nervous illii. "d —

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AH tbe best booka needed for Minis-tern' librariea and belpe for the pulpit and study.

All the SUitdard Oliumli Manuals and Baptist historiea.

All the best Hymn and Souk books for Uhnrchee, Revtvala and Sunday Bclinols. in both routtd and shaped notes.

LEE BDILF DEPOSMIT will b« made an especial feature of the Honae, All the veiy best and chi apest style* of filblec and Testaments in all veniona pubUabed in America will be fora.l here. The Double or Parallel Bible, the Terr best for the family and th« pnlpit, be a specialt/. and also, a tare and splendid une of books for ohlldren ilad yonng people.

O p purpMe i i to make the House a Bible and uook Snpply for agenta and canyaseeni where tbey ean get easr wrtnat birge dhwounts^ apd Save Freight An ^ n t wanted in every aosoclatlon in

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T H E L E A D I N G

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SPECIAL FEATORES.^ ^ ^ Hemheri W a r d ^ S t a t t l e y ' s C o m p a n i o n .

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the sAvntons and sxpetlsaeis et lev . £ B. Tooaf. the eslsbrcted nlssitaaiy, and Us wHi dotiaf flwir insMsMS te the ^ ^ T ^ twtive himdMa m t o aerth ef St Vaal, ia wUeh Sr. Touag aanatss hew he taaud aad taagit the m^iM S d U a s i X K ^ w e s t ! bow he eqaippsd to he swds Us perfl«» slsdglag aad hasaidsas eats* trtve when viiitiiic aU the ludlaa ssttlsnwnu wittds avs htmdtsd allss «r Us hiUBS.

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I n t o M i s e l i i e f a n d O u t , B y E l i s a b e t h S t n a r t P h d p s . ^ Tbia is a story of ooUoge Uf^ It deseilbes, ia m (rapUe nsoaor, the tnmWei wUeh o w t i k s hUght stadsats whe iato SseUeli and thsff sWUfSl nsiMwvws te evade the eoaistttoness of thsirooadoet.

Oti ier Contributors for 1 8 9 0 a re t B e r . O r . H . M . H e l d . M . W . H a M l t t a e . T h o m M j p ^ K n t f U i b . G e o n m F . P m o ^ C o l . f h o t D M W . t t o o * . R e v i D r . J o h n f t . . F 9 Z t o n . I t e v . D r . ^ l w ^ i B p i C M l i .

P r o f t J . H . C e n t t o c k . .Tame* Parto ia . H a n M F r e d e r i c .

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w i t wad HaaMT, mm* •vorrilifaie to Uw WtmrnrnM*,

flubwripUon money o«u bo sent at our risk by Post OWce Money OrOer. Psnk q y c h or D w ^ or ^ . $8 for a Subaoriptlon or 6 Oesta Dawple Copy anil IDnatoratod OslwUlar AnnwrnnemsB*.

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» «binfoirti(iiilo bottiw to toemt; l« TIm «hoI« ohoreh ia in m>f«ot humooy. Si • l »!«> TocelTed »he»rty mU to Blf^oiiti, »t Now Middloton, and will prbbaWy Moopt Md begin the third Bnodiy in this month. I will ki*o oon-tioae to «wrTO »t Now 8«lotn, on Hnow Crook, «ind .t , Bollowood, my homo Ohsroh. I hovo roaignod at Deteftiod Crook. Brothor T. A. tiud«oii will prohohiy bo lOy moopttof there. IJOVO.

to tho BAmsT AND Reh.wwr. W. II. SMITH.

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TttAUK.—Wo hovo JUKI cU<>«d tmu •»' tho grandest revival meeliiiKs at Kwr groon ohuroh I tvor a»w. After tiiieco days' tiiBO the rctiuii was fifty-lour addition* to tho obnroh. h wa« con-dttOted by Kev«. J. C. .lohuHon and J. V. Potaon. Some ol tho MethudtHt and Cbriatian Baptist, Or ooiiimonlv 'lallfd Ci pbeHit«. wore captured and mkon wUb the Bapti»t church. It iwems like tho, Baptist ha!i put on new life and in tnarohing grandly on to take the world for Christ t oan only say let us bi'avely march on under our great Captain Jesus and the victory is oum. I like tho BArruT AMD BiViiitCTOu hotter all the timo. May tied bless and direct the oditors cootinoaliy. Youm fratorn»lly,

J. 11. OftAYKO.N.

—Mamma—Bobby,1 notice that yuur little siater took the smaller apple. Did yott letter her have her choice, an I told yoa to?

-'Bobby—Yes, I told her she could have the little one or none, and she ohoso the little one.

Married. HOPKIJ<H-TIIOK«B.

At the residence of the bride's father, 0. M. Hopkins, on D<ccmber 25, by Rot. J. M. Nowlin, Mr, S. d. H Taeker to Mi» Cassio Hopkins, all ni Qitmn ooanty, Tennesoco. May tlu ir Uvoa bo properoos and happy. _i|«JUaL_U — "

National Bureau of hducation. AHi«bl« idrdluui for eorrnronJen« 'elwwu

wliiMl iflMn Kiid uaeli t •» klnn unpl. jrii -ni MlltC«BMh«r»ii,<f 'Pi « ai» Bulluliig. Niwh

couiK or kertucky umvEiisin. Uai.XOTOX, K».

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Oofxl for fvory womsn'S need, Wb«f«o<i'iT her <'»ni«> or cnwl, , Bnidlirti. Yrtiikin., Turk, or Kw«i<«,

Mofltfiu, rt|Hint«h or KmiHIaa; Known in w-cry lnn<l »n(l tonicuf. f cnd t«i wouien, oM anil younir. liouiKl the worW Its wrolw in iun*.-

•• i'liTCu's FsvoilU' l'n*crU>tl<)ii. r»r Pifrro'H favoriti' rmMTiirtion is h i is iiivftlimlilo In iillnylng ami irabduinR

loKitimnUr iu>t a U'VWOKtt* <»ri' \ iu»rvuu» oxcitntrfllty, irritability, e*buii»-fully «nno<'una«J itn (ixju riomwl phy- I lion, primtrntlon, lijfHtM-ia, XIWSIIWHIIU ..Ui<!r

i'' . W ~ lout '' ' '*•<•<"•A*•>• ' >usr>t.>f»tltf fSiinilKUllV ft

wi liin. mil mUutwf to wTmWi'i VlelMMto I (liMtniwng, mrvoun oyuiptimis, <'<iinini.iily . . . upon funi'tloimJ anil or;pw»l<; cll«-limwtion. it innvly vcwrt/ibltt in iiKxritioM unci imrfw-tly harinfcwi in any rlltion of i!k> syiitfliii. Oiataiim n<J

orKunixation. i-uiiUHKdtion I— , imuiltion of l!w> syirtflin. (ilcohol to inebriate; no *ynip or inigar tij fvrment in tlio htomnch anil ilerango lilRraitioti. As an inviRoratins tonic, it iinp«rt«

htruAifUi to tl»» whfile nystwii. For ortir' ,n;rki l, "wum-out," " ruttHl<>wn,'' ilobili-tiitcil U'li'-hers milliners, drpaunakeni, utrrvsKs, "slioihgirU," hoiwoknsiwns, iiuniin,{ inoUuM-s, unit f«!ltU> woiiwn K«ijerally, Dr. liwriw's Favorite tViawriiAiou Uw ijrt'ttU«t .v'uihiv Ikkhi; being ulmjiuilivJ an iin npiie-U!£)i»l{'<™'<iiiii will roxtoriiUvu l<ini«i

BciptliiiiK and Hirenetlioninf; nervine, i Kuunin, w «u«uun • Kavorit® Pn)9(ri|jtion" U unwji.alecl and I ASSOCIATIO.I, ftB Main 8t, BulTalo,N. \.

<MJW of tliu'uUarug, or woniU. It inducts rofrmhiniC Hl(>e|> and relloven inontal anx-iety nnil lUnwindcJicy.

ft is Uh) only nioilit;in»? for tin* c iins of nil tl>'*io poniHar wiiaknesdiw and allinmit* incident to fenuUesi, wild by druggtots, tinder a po«illve miarantee frtHn the niannfm-l-tirwro, of Kivintf »att<iftt«:tiott In errry ttisr or \yrir*s (4l.0l)| will bij proinpUy rufuniitil. Kiw auitnialr^ jirintetl on l>otik«-wrap|>cr and ftdthfully earrlin! out for many yimrK,

For a iJ<x>k of IW jMKtM on Woman : Her DIjKxwm, and How t<» Cure tlictn, (wnt Mialod in plain enveluiM;) unc-lotw t<!n <:t>nbt. in irtaniiiB, to WOHLB'H 1)ihpc."<ih\ky Miu>i(. ai.

P i e r c e ' s P e l l e t s

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rUREL¥ VnOETAULE!

PERFECTLY HARMLESf^:

Unaqualaii as a LIVSR PILL

Smallestt Cheapest, E:«slc«t to (alio. One Hny, 8«Kar-<*iat«i Pollet a dose. Cures Hick Hcodat-he, HlHous

C<»aHtip«tion, ImlkoitiDn, Bilious Attack*, and all deningoinents of tht-.tnd Il()wi)li(. as cent* a vliU, liy drugglnts.

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For itBle by all ttrum^iiit. E.B.WHITE,8ot»Prop.,Lancaster,a

•aOWkMhayVM. fuennOatiiOB* wltk wssm

Baptist Female College, Nashville, enn.

.V kIkuI in »lil .l. y<n»iglBJl»i«re t!ni.'t'AT«r>. Whcr. tlio b«at<>l liiHuriiM'S tr» tbrown nrmiotl (li«-ii. A (wully of tlx txierteuwd if«t'hrr« RmI mWautavi'M in all J*|«rtiii»uUi, I.IUtrirr, Mniif, Art, >n<l Kloctttlok.

gETEMTEElt AORlB OF VOODURO.

Wiiba hiuxiwro* building far wboul iitc. liuirJ lu wirct {•iiiillai at IIS p<r month.

TUITION $3 TOPPER MONTH.

Pupil* will tx t«k«n any Unia durlnflbf »•• ikm.

Tba location la high and hMlthfai. CbalyWl* and cialem water,

A llb«rai ahaiaof jroiir patrouaga l«*olidl«<l. Il tf J. P. BAMILfOI, Pre*.

•By A.

Cures Bick Hvodai-he, Uiliou.s nxutiu ti.-. StOlliurb

GOODRtCB. A B|rM«ita cIcalamMl to Cnltlvnte

the Art of AnatjrHlnv Md «>ttlclw IniKt autflo Awil«tlntlt«l»erroriu> attce and ViMIcnitdiiulliiK o' Worka< of tlio Or«at CompoiMint or lUfllBrent Kpttcluk £mhnmi bf »uet imiimt Muu'cmna at

Bherwootf. MHU. goote. T«p|»cr, WacPowll. Motrtlmr. Buck.

Warn—tod «»m otliara.

THE O I L Y W O M IK KINO. 1 pp. ElegaoU/ Boiiml ia Cloth. I'rk*.

by mail, poatpaM. ruauaHKii at

HE JOHN ONOROH OO.. OINOimTI.O An4 IB iati IStki ttTMt N«« YmH Clti.

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^ OARWCNTa OUAItaHTItD TO flT fPKfirCCT WITHOUT TWTIWOOW I ® F X I K K ®

foa aTinM or bmm '"""H? ' - • - • nitlliiary Hifll' lly mill iiiitPkl) 1 intrn iii cm -.rt ;L'L5111 K ment, In «»iy •"/J .J , ^ are fur laily "r ehlM. gMOOOVA AO. C NC NNATI, 0. SaotrM

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lirliook oat for the l)ig IF wi-vortiaomotot in thia p»por, itfid tho iuformiitiou in»]r Im of grMt benoiit to you,

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THE SHORT UNB TO DMVlltANDTHl WMT. mOM THK MiMOum mytit.' ^ ^

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Wolff's A O M E Blacking KlAGNinbniT VivTiBlite Idcpiiim ^iiAiMf,

k r ^ l Bl WOLFF A RANOOIiH, Pliiladilplila, Tba Saat ak«Oii« Ita WoM and OMMm.

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Snnday- Sdiool Books.

Myitk Qi tlen Book, J. M. Waam. W (KtM'a atMbliia In Bbyiaa, Mik A. 0.

Oram, aaeh i» Bital OMMklj BIM« IKietria*, Df. J. P. UlAg^aOlTtettr ^

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I Writ* iM, aiMl MM win I MMtf fOUOIMOfl ISDays'TestTrial

I III ifottf own tiOfiHi* IWapaVall Aalghla. Noo laakad iibiU yon wa niUad.-llatlafMtioa Ouarantaad.

Soathtm hoiM an Ihit pli Iltt>. .ralraal milhoS i kadwn. Buycn tavad ' and •niurail fteki.

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whioli B»d« ^ or Dr. I h r t r»«oo«;. Thwfl rvtti^Uw »r» wlUbte, Md f Jwrn, onea

"MM'they ani flwr »ft«n»p4 populw

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flrom ljb»( lottVaom* diWMM mtarrb, v»tol« IrylM OTaiy knows ^ e d y , M

fottod • pr^Jpt ton pletoly wd wwfd from dwtb. XBI from thb dwtdfttl dJtew •endini a Mlftddrnwd fUmpt i BB-wlopo to Prof. J . ^ X«wr«Bo«, 88

Js W»m<» iiraet, Now wi« rowifo the twipo fr«o ofohiurg*. I3^wl4

Omuuiption snroi j Cwod To tho Editbrif PluM inform your

readon that 1 hwo • poritiw reaftody for coniBi»»paoii., 'Bj h» t lwly uw tbbuiuida of hopoU* b«en p^nmuieptly onred. I r t t l l ^ g M to Mad two bottles of my »«m«dy w i n to M j ofyonr r e^«n who h»*o 0M«nmp-TIONLFTBFLYWM j w d » e T H ^ ^ B X P R E W Md P. O ^ d r m B ^ o t r u H y f . A. SIoooiB. O.vlSl Fotfi atreet. Now York.

l o e k H t n ^ W i ^ Mj^ TwL Mok! Co yon ittfforftom . W ^ P ^ W ^ l '

g«itlo|i, i»t»'iton>^oh, llw.eonl^Wiit,

n i a ^ f 0 ? Ured f<«Ki«i paioa In ehert orJaDga, d ^ wii«h. nlghtaweata. or any form of oOBWttptlonT ro, •»Bd to.profeaipr Hart, 88 Warren iiroet, H«W York, who will Mod >ou lro«, br mail, a bottio or Flpraplei-Ion, wWoh ia a roro care, . ^ d to-i a , 12eow40

bilioomeM, U pains in

lUet i ie B«lt I r M To introdaoe it and obutn agenta Uie

j B d o n ^ M flrm will give »way • f«w of thair HkOOOennao Bleotno Balta, iBTaBtwl by Prof. Van dor Wo:rde, Prerident of the New Toric ElMtneaf sSSety. ( U . 8 . P a v 2 6 7 m ) A poai-UT^oare for nervoaa deWlity. rbeoina-|ian,lo»8 of power, eto. AddreMKUo-trio Afenoy,T. 0 . Bo* 178, Bropklj N.Y. Write to them t»day 4

—I have been familiar with the Mp-tut Teaeher for elihty«an. and com-mend it ai ono of the very ^ t t peiipdi oak in its line. Indeed, with its Tarions deputments, oondaeted by oar a b M men iaUi paHs of theooantry, I hardW ie« how it oonid be improTod.—J. J. Taylor, D,P,, Mobib, Ala.

-Pat r ick—"0 say, Moike, did ye i m see a wiather loike this ooe be-fort?" / / '

Miko^"Whr, yis, me hearty. Oi thiafclhaw."

••Aa'whiatobesare?" " 0 last sammer."

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PORTRAIT ENGRAVING.

W«in»keportr»licmiifromJMl.pO"p. for c«taloRua. W« dn «ll CIMM* of nKraving. , CbtMt

Ifbvsi The Secret of Bea l th

b tho poiror «o ML diMt M mt^laUm pronrr qwuitltjr Of whol«Mdia food. This C M ^ w IM tiM MtM wblto Impnritlw m*M in tlM •jmtcin. Vh* blood tniut Iw porlflwli

•U Int^ritlMlwd vltollM tlw whola •jrrtrat. A H o t e d D i v i n e M y t t

«I hara bMa BtOmr Dr. Tutt'a Uvw Fflls th* pMt UirM monttu tor dnp9p»lm, rnrnk •t<mMwbMdiMFV9miMM. I i w w t a d a ^ jcw%aiiddoBU Witll tlMlr •MTttti

X u t t ' s X i T e r P i U s , mm BTMnmnA.

PHea,m Ollo%Mi41i>ariinaea,M. Y. » » nr»> >

Have You Catarrh? TltiriiliMitniiiMdrr** Mttrrtrltbaaldangfr

oi bumboii. flMia to H O. Otimin, rbtnM, X»t* •mu**. lUcli., for bill pMkki* «f hit Mtwrb aura. Hlt«iilr«iMd e( *4v«rUilDg I* b; flvtiw II awar nwUga two eanii. Jatfg* for yoanalt. HbHtiMiiliitmipMr. n »

l i h e W o n u u ' i V n i v e n i t y o f t h e S o u t h .

Jobn'l irimton; P. P.. K Ptm. itt<MM<a tanlM fn« alaa (I) SUUi. All Um

<i«lfntaM«U la flaa worklai wd*r. Th* Mcoed tun ot itia tMMaMi bftlat Mnaarr ll,.iM«. Okartt far (ba trtm', MTtrlDg oallmlila iliiillw, bMn).,|iHlilOC foriaHV*. p-po. MaAalMOO.

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m H O l O i T E S UNfQOAUtDIir

Tone. Toaoh. WorkmaQshlp and Durabiiiey.

WILUAM KNABR* CO., BALTIMOKB, n *••« U Em* Bdllaiafa Btnct.

Maw YOBK. ]« nfih AMfPO'. - - 1l«ttl|MMS*. W*«Hi»ttwii, »IT Mtriiat t

S A L E S M E N ' S

W I ^ E l i ^ n t l f i o b t o r . An your Uver, Kldncn or Bowala oiii at nitterr MAi(*A-i.iawilfpntUi«talno(vttr. ^ 7 0 0 CoiuUpatad and tikNiar^ MA»-A-iKwmooneotboihiroablM Dom your - achat MAK-A-UW wUI esra It, *Ara I'liwii MA TOO auffBrlnir FTNM Pll«aT MAM-A-LIX will raaka tttam iityw CnmiHaKtoa

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Chattanooga to Ommati I

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Ktrrct (daaandarf wtflMtot Xfmtlir tit ODa»l, HHctMf, aJe.

SOLID TBAIHS na TKW^ wM^JSimtf..

Texaa.l(extoo. CBllforate. And the F a r Wear..

For ni)«a, maM aMiwBI ^f t l^BAninni i l l Tfl^. ' D . ' c m i u j o f t r . ^ ^ CHA8. H T l ^ L a TloM Aft. Bap.

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jrfeWbbad timr nanrfaf. THB BAPTIST ^ THE BAPllST WERJiCTOR: K C t o i S U ^ A t ^

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Sp«aklxi« TmitJa ixx I j o v e . i t

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8tat« ICtMlott Work;

I T A S H V U X B , T E N N E S S E E , J A N I T A K Y 2 3 , 1 $ 0 O hp'

i'crhtps State Mifsioo work wu ni (p ^ n e d with.nore painstaking tSf ' , than for the present year in Tennessee. Ithu been hard in a numborofin' tt»Doe:s to obtain the man best snited Itt tho point, bat we tbialc this haa inn done for the most part, and for ile appropriations better man could Niroely bare been had. In no instanoe kre arrangementa bean made with any MB whose mrrioeswere not in demand diewbcre. The workers are stadions Nd laborious. Under the labors of tkne tools will be bom again aad there ffQIbe constant inerease ia member-Aip. None will have a good easy time. Soeh miMionarios are not wanted or Beaded. It woald be a waato of the people's money to employ them and it has aot been done. As to tha nnmber there will be between thirty-five and MyeoKi^edin the State. Never has the working force been nigh so large, nd never has sneh a work been done a will be done this year. The men aad le poiots will oommend Uiem.<iolves to ie entire denomination. Quite a number of applieationa have

bin nude for help at important points vbieh eoold not be ooasidMvd now. Bepitient, brethreni bo patieiU. There IM been no partiality jpr favoritism. Efwy ippHottion will bo duly coii-ndend in dno time.

The appropriations foot up ton tboo-•pnd dollars for tho year. There must

e u iDoresse in eontribationii over last ttr of twcnty^nine hundred dollars. Is Lord and the people have thrust aworit on tbe denomination. I t ia • l«te to look backward now. I» ill this work we shall have to look Inch Asiooiation to send up the Jmnt rcqnested of i t If any ono * fail tho breach can not be repaired,

•"WTMament will follow, and the will tuffor. There will have to looMning of hearts and purse-jost as the warm spring sun the ice bands of winter,

"••hill have to look laiiolytotbe '««niiva Board of each Association. ««««ro upon the field, had know tho "••whM and the people. Let these

riul contact. Tho saoccss or i'wjof.he Assoolatioaia largely ia whMdi. l e t them driak from the 'Wsift of mlssioaary iatelligenoe and

" d tell others of tho healing

ohareh. Oo out where there is indif-feronbe, and inspire seal. I f yoit fall, do a't thiak any atmnge thing has hap-pened unto you i f yonr salary lags. Perhaps it ought to.

Now, Joat as was onoo said on the eve of a great battle. " England expecto eveiymau t b b d a y t o do hie duty," eo the denomination expects thia year of every Baptist J . H . A S D E R S O K .

" W h a t Sh&U Wo Call H im? '

F« »bsll havei to depend largely npoa hiirmaa of eaoh Exeoative Board. • will b« expeoted to survey all

! sh^ fo"""' *ill be oalled Upoa to dispease

•^nr inlbrmaaoa tiirouihont the aUoB, M d to keep ia oorre-«®«„with the chuwhes, aad also

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Is the allusion hero to the Christian pastor? If he is pastor, why not call him so and let that suiSco? But our eminent brother suggests tbe title of bishop (contracted Bp.) aa being pre-cisely applicable. Heabhon the idea of one pastor being elevated above

I others. Ho should bear in mind that thia pastor so elevated is no pustor, and that thia Anglicised word, bishop, from the first has stood for the no pastor, and only represents in its history a sys-tem of usurpation which, so far as it haa prevailed, baa bred nothing but ec-cleaiastical corruption. There ia NO one point that Baptists rely on to keep them from the clutches of hierarchy like this one thing, that pastor means pas-tor, and does not mean bishop.

Wo have noticed some joking by Bap-tist ministers over the word bishop, and tbia suggestion by our eminent brother may be only a joke. If joking were allowable over a serious matter, wo wonld suggest to those who seem anxious to cncourago a more transfer that instead of Uking up with thia old one, which ia suggestive only of what a true Baptist hates, they could easily in-troduce one which would be less offen-sive and comparatively new.

In the last chapter of John our Lord emphasises pastoral service under two words, feed and tend. Now the Greek words are hotkrin and pomat'nem. As the former is used twice, tho latter only once, the former could more wisely bo chosen to represent pastoral work. It is hi>*kein. Let tho word which de-notea tho pastor's work, denote tho pastor bimsclf, only it must bo Angli-cised. I t would be first hoikin, then perhaps houing, than abbreviated into hiH) 1 Bot would be just as reasonable a transfer of Imkein as where from eptikopoM we get first pi»kopi, then lukopi, and finally bishop. Trae, wo woald not oertalnly know but this word bo$ is also from ephkopo$. The Saxons, not liking so many p's, may have first called it piilmbot. Prom this nothing would bo more natural than for it to tarn ap ia English under the abbrevi-ated form of bot. True thia wonld make it a kind of oouain to bishop, bat thea it has aever aaffered aay special disgiMO* Tho use it baa already ia by BO meaas ieaetiil, aad its sense, though like bishop nthar bad, deaotlng an ab« •olata power to direo^ yet that power is Bot a tuarped power, aor ,has U yat done maoh harm.

I t woald ba aothiBgM daageroas as the tana bishop, iherefoia we propoaa to

our esteemed brother to modify his ad-vice, so change it that ioitead of our wiling every pastor bishop we all turn in to ealling oao another and (usin|; his words with this slight change) let as emphasito our belief as to the putoraj oflicc by giving tho title of hot to every one who has the care of a church. Y«s, we like the word hot. Itemphasises ao well our cherished principles (I). I t is wholly free from the objections to other words. I t is not Bomaa Catholic in its origin like R n . I t ia better than Elder, for it does not cany with it the idea of ago. I t is more dignified than Parton. I t is no mere artificial degree like Dottor. I t ia eminently scriptural (by a doable lineage), a pure biblical title which appliea to all paaton. I t needs no abbreviation, and BOS let it h e . p , S . W H I T M A N .

Toccoa, Georgia. [We have a few comments to add to

tbe above. We have no objection to call-ing a man pastor. In faotwe like the word, only we do not think it as expres-sive hardly as bishop. Bishop comes from the Greek epitcopot, whioh means simply the "Superintendent, hold,or overseer (one who has the oversight) of any Christian church" (Thay«r). I t means the same aa pntbuteroif" elder," by which many designate a preschcr. Compare Acts xx, 17 with xx. 28; also 1 Tim. iii. 1,2 with Titus i. 5-7; also 1 Tim. V. 17 with v. 18; see, too, Phi l i. 1. Nothing can be more clearly es-Ublished from Scripture tb«n that a bishop and an elder were the same thing and that both were simply tbe overseer of a local church. A bishop does not mean one high in authority with rule over many churobes and preachers, any more than baptise means sprinkle. The original signification of baptise is " tod ip" and nothing more. There has grown up, however, a mean-ing pretty generally applied to it, " to sprinkle." Does our brother mean sprinkle whenever he says baptise? Will he be driven away from tho true meaning of the word by tbe meaning which others give to it, and will he abandon its use entirelyT We sng-gested bishop as a rotnm to the origi-nal word in its original sense, and as a protest against tbe improper and nn-scriptural mtening which has been given to tbe word by pedobapUsU, and wbioh has taken so strong is hold upon the mindiof men thatevensofOodaBsp-tist as Brother Whitmaa seems coatent to let it alone and to be driven to Some' other word. We aball never admit that baptise meaas spriakle, or that bishop means sn ecclosisstieal goveraor. Bap-tise means immerst, and bishop means the overseer of a local eharoh. Lei as aae the Words ia thoaa senses.

Aa to his &0I, bat for oar r«peot for him, we shoald lika to add oaelat-tor to it, aad say it is all both. T h e n is BO such word aa bos. I f ha nutaas tha word boas, thai is aa old Siuion word, and eopiea from the Dutoh /MUM, a master (see Webstar). I f he maani to ooia a word, Ihaa he will exousa na

i f we prefar the obo already ia nn^ to oxpresa the same idta he intends, whieh has the advaatage of baiag givan originally for that p a r i ^ by the fTol* S p i r i t - E n . ]

Ood'a Sovaroiifiity, ftod VftHSdOBa.

I h t WeKem Areord^r gives us this week a litUe over a column of the first page on the above subject The writer, I take from the appeaded signatara, to be an old man. Jlaay things in his paper are well and beautifally said, aad soma things not so well. These at6t$^-arise, aa i t seems to me, from a ooa-f ^ O B of thiogs relatiag to tba oppo-site aad distinct naturea of iataa'adual boiag.

"As to understandiag how God ea^ decree every thing, even to tha v « f number of hain, and yet maa oaa W a free i a d respoasible moral ageattbe trouble ia simply ia our f nite eapaoity.'.'

No, sir, the troable ia aot there * T h e absurdity would be the same if w« had had ao existeoco. Fate aad fro^om are irreooaellable, hence impMslbleJo tha same sabject T h e physieal worid ia bound to certain laws; the mond or spiritual world is lefl essentially free. ,,

T h e phrase in this quoted s ^ n c e , '" oven to tbe very aumber ofhairs, is one of the indications of die eonfiiriba of ideas of our physieal aad our spirit" ual natures. W e are awara ihafc our stature and physieal <taalities ware pre-determined for us. N o m»n oan add to bis suture, says the Savior, 6r Biake one hair white or black. Of thia we are conscious, Many would be bMnti-ful, but they can aot bo; but thoso who wish to be msrally, spiritusily beautiful, may be. W e ara just ,aa coBMioUs of the fate of tha former ai of the freedom of tho latter. Let n a here warn against the too exelasiva study of physieal soienoe,aod espeeially against aubjeotiaff, thooratioally of course, aaturea so dlametrioliliy xippo-site as matter aad mind to the same laws, or luring to realiaa theai ander tho same oooditions.

" Oalviaiam asserta daeread every oveat that shall hapi^.' and alio asserts as emphatically that msa is a free ageat, respoosibla for hts aotioBS." I am gUd that it is. Calviaism aad not . the Bible that ia oomaittad to luoh aa absurdity. „ ^ " i

Before stopping thiif train of thbtight, let mo say (hat it (s not God's w v e r -tiigair that I object" to/ t njotoe that ^ ^ ^ ^ -he ia L o r d of all. Yes, he is sovar«rn ^ ' not aa tha engineer o f h i a s^naifbaf) . , as a good ktag of his paopi , « a . -feet father of his family. ; i ^ ,

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