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Ladies'Missiotiarv Society lsfBiptist 

ohurch. Nashville 15.(10 

Or. Montgomery. Mossey Creek — 1 00 

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t 5 00 

Mrs. N. J. Phillips, Blouitrille 50 

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Mouth of Richland church...... 9 17 

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BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR, FEBRUARY 6, 1890. 

Mlniiteri*! Education. 

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CONTRIBUTIONS. 

want Benefits has tha World De- 

rived from tho Baptists? . 

tiy j. «. imiHE. 

(Conoludcd.) 

Uancroft in hi* Uuluryof tie United 

States, as uooted by Carter say8: " Free- 

dom of conscience wis ffoin the Brut a 

...iioplnr.flt.jha- 2 . _E£ 

66, C7.) Says Judge Story: "In the 

code of laws established by them 

(tho Biptuta) in Khole Island, 

we read, for tho first time, since 

Christianity - ascended the throne 

of the Cresara the declaration 

that oonacienoe should be free, and that 

men should not be punished for- wor- 

shiping God in the way they wore per- 

suaded ho requite!." 

— The German philosopher, Garvinus, 

in the introductioo of a History of tho 

Nineteenth Century, in speaking of 

Ko«er Williams and the Baptists, fays: 

" Here, in a little State, the fundamen- 

tal principles of political and ecclesias- 

tical liberty practically prevailed beloro 

—— they were even taught in any of, the 

schools of philosophy in Karopo. . . 

But not only have these ideas and 

these forms of government main- 

tained themselves hero, but pro 

cisely from this little State have 

they extended themselves through- 

out tho United States. They 

have conquered the aristocratic ten 

deneies io Carolina and New York, the 

High Church in Virginia, the theoc- 

racy in Massachusetts, and tho mon- 

archy in all Amorica. They have given 

laws to a continent, and formidable 

through their moral influence, they lio 

at tho bottom of all the democratic 

movements whioh arc now shaking the 

nations of Kurope." (Higher Liberty, 

pp. 52,S3) 

Religious liberty is one of the funda- 

mental principles of the Baptists. 

" Libel ty of conscience " is the motto 

that has ever been inscribed on their 

bander. In the New American En- 

cyclopedia (vol. 2, p. 590) we have tho 

following: " In England, from tho time 

of Henry VIII. to William III., a full 

century and a half, the Baptists strug- 

gled to gain their foothold, and to se- 

cure not only tolctalion for themselves, 

but for all, on the broad basis of liberty 

of conscience. From Hill (as appears 

from the documents recently repub- 

lished by the Hansard Knollys So- 

ciety) they issued appeal after appeal, 

addressed to the king, tho patliamcnt, 

and the people in behall of this sou! 

liberty, written with a breadth of view 

and force of argument hardly since ex- 

ceeded." 

Palfry, the historian, quotes a Bap- 

tist confession of faith, as early as 1611, 

thus: "Tho magistrate is not to meddle 

• " with religion, because Christ is the 

king and lawgiver of the church and 

conscience." From a tract, bf dato 

1614, he quotes thusly : '' Tho king and 

parliament may please to permit all 

aorta of Christians," yea, Jews, Turts, 

and pagans so long as they are peace- 

able and no malefactors." (Palfrj's 

History of Ncw-Knglandi Vol."lY;p; 

414.) 

The principles of soul liberty are 

inseparably connected with Bap- 

tfats,. ...KQ Baptist church can ex- 

ist without it. It is indeed a vital 

principle with Baptists, yet they stood 

alone in its defense. Dr, Biting in his 

work (page fifty-six) says: "As a de- 

nomination the Baptists stood alone, on 

ground bloody by ages of slaughter of 

thousands of their' brethren. They 

were unsupported by other denomina- 

tions ia the otfafa of libetly of con- 

science, and they wove their principles 

into a cradle for soul liberty in Vir- 

ginia." v 

Uodannted by persecution from 

both papists arid Protestants, they 

moved steadily forward, weaving tbeir^ 

principle into society, till to-day tbcro 

is. not a nation on the globe but is more 

or less under their influence. 

An historian in speaking of Baptist 

influeuoe in Knglaud, says: " The 

share the Baptists took in showing up 

the ftlloa liberuos ol Knglaud. and. in- 

infusing now vigor and liberality into 

tho constitution of that country, is not 

generally known. Yet to this body j 

English liberty owes a debt it can never 

acknowledge. Among the Baptists 

Christian freedom found its earliest, its 

stanchpst, its most consistent, and its 

most disinterested champions." 

" In our colonies for more than a 

hundred years the Baptists were sub- 

jected to proscription, outrage, and 

banishment." But never did tlioy re- 

taliate. Bancroft in his history of the 

United States, says: "Rhode Island is 

the witness that naturally the paths of 

the ljiptists were paths of freedom, 

pleasantness, and peace." 

Alter the establishment of religious 

liberty in Rhode Island by tho Bap- 

tists, their principles began to spread, 

and in one colony after another the bat- 

tlo for soul freedom (was fought by the 

Baptists all alone. While Baptists 

stood alone in these contests, using only 

tho inoffensive weapons of truth and 

justice, they were often put to the 

sword by their enemies. But God 

stood by them, and they came from the 

contests victors. So effectually were 

tho conquests of soul liberty pushed 

forward that it eventually became a 

national affair. So in 178!) they suc- 

ceeded in getting an amendment into 

the constitution of the United States 

that granted liberty of conscicncc to 

every man. 

The New American Cyclopedia, Vol. 

2, page CM), has this to say on this ques- 

tion : " Theartioleon Religious Liberty 

in thd American Constitution was in- 

troduced into it by the united efforts of 

Baptists in 1783." 

" Tho facts recited demonstrate that 

for this principle tho world is chiefly, 

almost exclusively indebtedlo the Bap- 

tists." r 

It will be conceded that! there can be 

no society, cither polititail or social, 

commendable in its uaturewvhere liber- 

ty does notexist. TheraforrSos Baptists 

introduced liberty, both civil and re- 

ligious into the world, and a\ all good 

socicty, religious, political, aiAsooial, 

is dependent on liberty for existence, 

wo conclude as at first that all that is 

good in religiou, politics, and the social 

oircle is the result of Baptist endeavor. 

This paper is already too long, but 

allow me to say in conclusion that this 

trophy of the Biptists was sccurod by 

them over tho opposition of tho united 

religions world. But all at last are 

forced to admire it, and some to lovo 

it. 

Many would rob tho poor persecuted 

Baptists of tho honors due them. But 

remember whcn.you hear the p'raiscs of 

our free government, that allows every 

man to worship God' according to'lhc 

diotatcs of his own conscience, with all 

other institutions of freedom and lib- 

erty, that these are the fruits of Baptist 

endeavor—the rewards of Baptist 

blood. 

' —Whoso helpeth to bnild a new 

olûrjh where it ia needed does a work 

whose good results are beyond computa- 

tion by human arithmetic. It some- 

times happens thai it depends one one 

man. Bless that man if he sees and 

seises his opportunity. 

Bpply to Dr. Wm. Norton. 

It is neither my desire nor intention 

to engsgoina controversy of theological 

questions with Mr. Norton.. In my 

criticism I simply intended for truth's 

sake to call attention to the astonishing 

fact that his language, al least, implied 

baptismal regeneration. From his state- 

ment '• Baptism is the birth of life pre- j 

viously begotten by mcsans of God's j 

word." No other meaniifg can, possibly I 

fce derived by .English speaking people. 

Mr. Norton must know (though from 

his rcrly-QUO would infer that ho did 

not) that I did not say, nor moan that 

ho intended to teaoh such a doctrine, 

but that with his views of the office of 

baptism as set forth in the above quo- 

tation, one would be necessarily forced j 

to believe it essential to salvation; and j 

to avoid having Mr, Norton think that i 

I entertain his views on the subject, that 

is, that " Baptism is the birth of life j 

previously begotten by means of God's 

word," and that (by inference) of course 

since it is the mother of life, of which 

God, or God's word ia the father, and 

consequently essential to spiritual life, 

without which we would bo surely lost, 

I wish to say that I, nor any other ortho- 

dox Christian, believe any such thing. 

I mike this statement from the fact 

that Mr. Norton in his reply seems to 

mistake my criticism for my Creed, and 

kindly tries to comfort tin with a su- 

perfluity of gratis advice, and disa- 

buse me of such an understanding of 

the Scriptures, instead of explaining tha 

meaning of the terms used in the sen- 

tence I have quoted. 

Ho also seems to think, at least treats 

it as if he thinks thaFmy statement of 

what would beû^sequcnt, if his doc- 

triua be the corrcet interpretation, to 

be my own views'. For instance. I said 

that if baptism is tho mother of spiritual 

life, as Mr. Norton says, then if having 

been begotten by God wo fail to be 

baptized we would be spiritual abor- 

tions, devoid of life, and necessarily 

damned. Any one referring to my 

criticism will see at once that 

I did not say, nor entertain any such 

opinion, as in his reply he makes it ap- 

pear, but only those entertaining Mr. 

Norton's ideas of the maternal use of 

baptism, that it is equal to God himself 

in the plan of salvation, that it brings 

forth what God has begotten, in! other 

words is the mother of God's spiritual 

children, must also believe that without 

it we would bo dimtied. And he fur- 

ther explains to me, by referring to the 

thief on the cross, that baptism is not 

essential to salvation, as though I had 

said such a thing, onl/ as a result of 

non compliance with the command as 

based on his teaching of tho office of 

baptism. 

Mr. Norton says in his reply, " I 

mrist also protest strongly against the 

false statement that I tcach the deadly 

doctrine of baptismal regeneration. I 

will not suppose that Dr. Penn means 

to say what is false. But ho is apparently 

so ill-informed that he does not even 

know that generate means to begot, and 

as Tassert that flod begets by means of 

his word, and not by baptism, it is ut- 

terly fulso to say I teach baptismal re- 

generation." — 

Any one re-reading Mr. Norton's 

former article will see that he only par 

tially quotes his first statement. It is 

true that he did not say God begets by 

baptism, but he did ray that baptism 

brings forth into spiritual' life those 

previously begotten by his word. 

Henee, I said he makea baptism essen- 

tial to spiritual life; for.if that spiritual 

life is not brought "forth, according to 

Mr. Norton's theory, it can not exist. 

1 did hot say that because Mr. Norton 

taid'Qoi begets by means of his word," 

h« taught baptismal regeneration, as he 

states in his reply. But I did say he 

taught that " Baptism was the birth id 

life previously begotteu by means of 

God's word," and in giving baptism 

such au office necessarily teaches bap- 

tismal regeneration, and. I do not art; 

that in reply to my criticism Mr. Nor- 

ton has done any thing more than to 

disclaim belief in that doctrine, without 

in any wise explaining the meaning or 

the language, which certainly leads un 

avoidably to that conclusion: in fact, he 

fails to mention it at all. 

If Mr. Norton feels at all aggrieved 

or personally offended at my criticism, 

as Mine intimations in his reply sceta 

to indicate, lam heartily sorry that such .. 

is tho fact, and I am as heartily sofry 

that a mm of his evident influence 

should permit himself to indulge in 

personal remarks, for any thing tîathai 

a tendency to lower the dignity of the 

ministry is always to be deplored., He 

is at perfect liberty to say any thing 

about mo or what I have written that 

he may see. proper, for I offered tho 

crii ; cism only in the interest of truth, 

and besides having no desire to engage 

in religious discussions, and especially 

since ho has soon fit to personate, I will 

make uo further reply. 

G. W. PEN*, M 1) 

Humboldt, Tenn. 

Several Good Meetings. 

1 am just home from protracted labor 

in meetings. I have labored in four 

protracted meetings recently, beginning 

at Rooky Point, in llauiblin county. 

I preached twenty times for Brother P. 

11. C. Hale. Had a good meeting. The 

entire community was stirred up and 

many made happy. We went from there 

to Warrcnsburg, Green county, and I 

preached twenty-four times there, and 

the Lord greatly blessed the work, and 

that town and community were aroused 

as they had not been before for many 

years- We had some thirty conver- 

sions at the two churches. Brother 

Halo is the much loved pastor at both 

churches, and did 'the baptising aud 

other noble pastoral work. His people 

love him dearly. While at Warrens 

,burg I was informed by the clerk of my 

homo church (French Broad) that the 

church had unanimously voted for me 

to come homo to tho January mocting 

and preach the third Saturday aud 

Sunday. On reaohing homo I was met 

by a Methodist prcachcr who demanded 

of me that I go to tho M. K. Church 

and preach in a protraetcd meeting 

which is close by tho Baptist church, as 

you remember. I did so, preaching 

twelve times. Our meeting came on 

Saturday, and after proaohing to the 

church I invited tho converted who 

wished to join the ohurch to nouie for- 

ward, and eight cimo and were re- 

ceived. Sunday morning I baptised 

six persons in the French Broid river, 

aud alter preaching again al elevcu 

o'elook received two others for,baptism. 

We had twenty to profess conversion 

during the meeting in my own neigh- 

borhood, closing Sunday night. I was 

sent for by tho Presbyterian minister 

at Dandridgo to come and assist him in 

a meeting. I went and proaohed tour 

times in Bandridge to large congrega- 

tions, and eamo home last night, after 

preaching my sixty-third sermon since 

Dec. 3. I go to-morrow to preaoh for 

Autiooh church, and then I am np with 

all my appointments, and am ready to 

go wherever I may be ^wanted to hold 

protracted meetings. Any one wishing 

my services write to me at Osk Grove. 

Tennessee! Fraternally, 

..... . T..J. MoRFur. 

BAPTIST ATO REFLECTOR, FEBRUARY 13, - 1W0. 

I 

OUR PULPIT. ! of 

Baptismal Retronoratlon. 

BY PASTOR e. H. 8Ptn.JJtoN. 

the on- 

Mieveth not shall be damwi" God i me, I will It' " Lh! 

. ^*- V**. 

Wth » f' •» i * T" .*• - * - r:r"v: | VUUOK (Q DOUriSO «H(I- fntfm- • 

Pleadwffh you, lay hold on Jesus Christ, 

ibis is the foundation, build on it 

this is the rock of refuge, fly to it. 1 

P/ay you fly to it now. Life is short : 

time speeds with eaglo s wing. Swift 

as the dove pursncd by the hawk, fly, 

fly. poor sinner, to God's dear Son ; now. 

tation of what is done by the power of 

the Holy Spirit, in the man who be- 

lieves in Christ. 

What connection has this baptism 

with faith t I think it has just this, 

baptism is the avowal of faith; the 

man was Christ's soldier, but now in 

touch 1,„'~ r i • jurists soiuter, but now in 

look into ,h«V , U *" mcnt: B0 * i n blp "" n hB P° ta regimentals. 

With sorrow ! ,*• r ° m,rred I Tho m,,n M i " e d in Christ, bat hi* 

eyes oZ .hZ F" ' th ° 88 ' li,h •>"»«*>» 3-d and hi, 

TW 1" » h soul. Iu baptism he says to 'the 

thenyoa"mn« lf ? on B " d I baptiser, "1 believe in Jesus Christ; " 

neve^will^? J Perish; but false you j hetaysto tho ehureb, "I nBito with 

will find him while tbis word j you as a believer in the common truths 

that bread and wine I do sec to my 

faith ui assjswnt. Through the sign 

my faith sees tho thing signified. So in 

baptism, there is no mysterious efficacy 

in the baptistry or io the water. We 

attach no reverence to the one or to the 

other, but we do tee in the water and 

in the baptism such an assistance as 

brings home to our faith moat mani- 

festly our beiug buried with Christ; and 

our rising again in newness of life with 

him. . Explain baptism thus, dear 

friends, and there is no fear or 

popery rising out of It. Kxplain it 

thus, and we can not suppose any soul 

will be led to trust- to it; bat it takes 

——»'J 

. willing to nourish and foster beoeath 

i ber wing. God save ibis favorcd land 

from the brood of her own established 

religion. Brethren, atand fast iu the 

liberty wherewith Christ has made you 

free, and be not afraid of any sudden 

fear or calamity when it eometb, for he 

who trusteth to the Lord, mercy shall 

compass him about, and be who fa 

faithful to God and Christ shall hear it 

saidrt the last, " Well donnjpod and 

fjwthlul servant, enter thou into the b* 

of thy Lord." May the Lord bless 

this word for Christ's sake. V? ^ 

—Those who speak veil are not eager 

to speak •ach.- ^p,,^. :

4 BAPTIST AlfD MOnjECTOB, fXBBtTAST 13, 1890. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

Memphis. 

8 r.-ng but little in the paper. from 

t kii> f»i I of the Sut»,it h»i oocurrcd 

to Hie i hat a lew (lota from Memphis 

wonld not be oat of pl.ce. 

That tbU ia a great city, all who are 

•t ail acquainted with it aud its surroundings 

will readily admit. That it 

sis destined to be a much greater city 

San it ia at present, no one well posted 

will ideation. 

There ia. perhaps, no eity in the South 

growing more rapidly than Memphis, 

and aa the great bridge now being built 

•oross the Father of Waters near* com 

pletion it will hare the tendency to 

turn the attention of capitalists more 

and more to this oify. Already there 

are many persons with largo means 

looking in this direction with the view 

to inv eating their money in the various 

linea of business. But some may ask, 

What has a religious paper to do with 

the above? In reply permit mo to say 

(hat the paper and tbe denomination it 

represents ought to have much to do 

with this coming wealth. That wo have 

not improved tho opportunities in the 

pastas we should have done, all who are 

posted will readily admit. 

With increased railroad facilities and 

the building of manufactories will, of 

course, come a greatly increased population. 

M iny of thess, with the many 

thousands already here, who to-day are 

enemies to tho cross of Christ need to 

bo saved. To save them they must 

have the gospel. (Rom. i. 16 ) 

There ia not. in my opinion, a more 

imp>rtan', fie'd within the bounds of 

tho Southern Baptist Convention thau 

Memphis -one whore there is more 

pre-ent need ol efficient mission 

work, nor where greater returns will bo 

the result in a few years. 

The Baptiat cause in the city is 

thought by those best acquainted to be 

on the up grade. But. brethren, is not 

the grade nearly all in front of us yet? 

-Ate we not yet'almost at the foot of the 

hill? I would not be understood as 

finding fault I rejoice that we are 

do ng as well aa we arc. But it 

does seem to me that we ought to do 

Wit r. and I hope and believe we will. 

Them-eii'>g of the Southern Baptist 

Convention in this city last May was a 

blessing ti» our c.u«e here. 

TBI OLD FIRST CHURCH, 

under the wise leadership of Pastor 

Vt liable, who is entering upon his tenth 

year aa pastor, has been takina on new 

strength ever since tho Convention. 

' Tbe past year has, perhaps, been the 

moat prosperous one through wliioh »he 

haa passed for many years. Tbe pastor 

grows stronger and stronger in the 

heart. of his people aa the years go by. 

Aa an evidenoe of this, at their last 

business meeting they increased the 

p-stor's salary three bnndred dollars 

• and in many other ways are proving to 

him their appreciation of Jiia noble 

gi'ta. 

Deacon R. G. Craig, who haa for 

twenty one years presided over the 

Sunday-aohool, asked a year ago to be 

was allowed to do so for bat for one 

year. So tba first of this year they pat 

his harness on him again and ho ia 

wearing it grandly and polla aa true as 

ever. 

TUB CBHTBAL CHURCH 

haa recently secured the wise, pinus, 

cons-crated Boston, from Warrentoo, 

Va., aa pastor, and although he haa 

been on the field bat a ew weeks.' he ia 

bectniag to be felt among his people 

Ia thia church ui assay aa aobla soldim 

as an to be feud anywhere, and 

NEWS NOTES. 

BAPTIST AITO ECTLZCTOB, FBBBPABT 18, 1800. 

with their noble captain they will go j 

forward in the work at home and i 

throughout the laod. This church ia j 

thought by many would not leave 

their bnsiri'ss and pay out m-mey for 

traveling expenses tJ attend' this meet 

ing. If this is their object the meeting 

will certainly commend itsoll u> all 

those who are pleased to see the cause 

advanced, and if it commends itself 

then it will surely receive the hearly 

co-operation of alt. 

It is not * meeting set np to the utter 

exclusion of preachers. The preaohers 

aic not only invited, but cordially requested 

toaltend and feel perfectly Iree 

to participate in alt the services. We 

want your counsel, presence, and 

prajers. 

The laymen feel the necessity for 

more consecrated business talent in religion, 

and more religion in business 

talent, and they think this step will 

help to reach the desin d result. 

Your attention is called to the programme 

printed in this issue. We expect 

to have flesh ideas developed from 

some of the topics. It is not long. The 

committee thought best to try and 

make ft comprehensive instead of 

lengthy. Prominence has been given 

the Sunday-school feature owing to a 

narrowness, but i do plead for our strong conviction that this is the feature 

schools, our papers, our literature. of Christian work second in importance 

The selection of a school is a grave only to tho pulpit. 

mailer with every Baptist in our land. We request the BAPTIST AND Ki:- 

It (fught to be made the treat object ; PLECTOR to do all in its power for the 

and aim ol our people to patronize our meeting. We know it will any way. 

scboola~"in preference io all others, I Wo expect to carefully look alter the 

where they can have equal advantages, i paper's interest there. 

and where our schools are kept abreast Now let us have a siring pull for a 

with the age. We have some of the good full bclpful meeting. 

finest educators in the South who be 

Tux COMMITTEE. 

long to our church ; we have enough 

mon.y to endow colleges and universi- Programme for Layman's Conties 

; and why not raise tho standard of ference, Maroh 7, 1890, 

our schools so that no other denomina 

tion can excel us ' 

Topic—Sunday-school. 

V The Baptists at Lebanon have felt 1. The increased and increasing de- 

tne need of a sohool here. We are mand lor attention to Sunday-school 

overshadowed by other schools. We work. 

bave about seven thousand Baptists in 2. Tho Sunday-school as a training 

Wilson county, and twenty-four B.piist class for Christian benevolence. 

churches, and it.is a crying shame that 3 Tho urgent demand lor broader 

we have no school. Wo have the intelligence and profonnder eonvietiona 

means and could have a good school, upon tho part of superintendent and 

but for our laiiness and stinginess. Our teachers. 

cause here has been languishing ever 4. The State Sunday-school work, 

since we gave up our school. Look at What it has accomplished and wbai is 

our neighbor eity, Murfreasboro, and its out look ? 

learn a lesson from.what a good school Topio—The Layman, as ho is and as 

is worth to oar caase. The ohurch he ought to bo. 

there is growing rapidly. 

Topic—The Regular Ct urch Services. 

I trust that our Baptist brethren at How they look to laymen What 

Nashville will put forth every effort "changes might be"profitably made' in 

possible to make oar school there come the manner of conducting them. 

up to, if not excel, all others. When Topic—The La} man in Revival Serv- 

this is done it will be the dawn of' the ices. 

exiatenee sf better days for the Baptist Topio—The Layman's Conference. 

cause all over onr State. That school Topic—Our Denjminational Schools. 

eanjbe made a power for good. 

Qaery Box.—Speakers have bten en- 

God pity our stingy, moss-back Bapgaged to lead some of tbe discussions, 

tists wht< are doing nothing for our and tbe committee will try to have one 

tebooli, our miaaions, and are not taking for raeb topic. They bave taken the 

our paper*. L't us begin now to work liberty of assigning division four of 

on them, and if nothing else will do, let "Sonday-sohools" to Secretary J. S- 

us put fir* on their mosay haoka and Thomas, and notice ia hereby served on 

baiw tbe moss off"and make the terrapin bin to that effect 

«»t congregation at the morning service 

since Christmas. One addition by expe- 

NASHVIU... 

Hence. Brother Boston is encouraged in 

hi. work......Two additions by letter t 

First rhurch.-Pasipr preached to two the n„t church and good congregations 

good congregations-,. ..Third church— both morning snd evening Iheiastor 

Brother Weaver preached. Good con- preached, both mirningand evening, to 

gregations Central ~ Pastor Lofton usual congregations « Rowan Memopreached 

in the morning to a good con- Hal excellent Snuday-school Brother 

gregation. At night the lecture on "» re- Buchanan reported interesting srvices 

ation illustrated" w,s attended by a 

at Central Avenue. One received lor 

kill audience Two received by letter. baptism sod two by letter Brother 

K gefit-ld -Uxutimr UaiduM-prewb^ 

ttukvdale h-1 wgooddajr Wt,h his people 

morning to children. Usual service at i at Lake Cormorant, Mis. Brother An- 

night. One received by letter-....Im- i I 

derson bad ', profitable day with the Mt. 

uunuel ; I W preached both morning j K*ah church Brother Early wor 

and night. One received for baptism "biped intheoty Dr. Boyett.of Iexas 

our baptised...... ,ih church - pastor j on his way from Humbnldt, where he ha preached a, both Three for- | be siding Dr. Inm.ninaieriesMmee" 

ward for prayer at night..... Brother J. j ings, met With us and enlivened ns with 

If. nderson preached .1 >'urfreesboro his wit and wisdom. He goes to Hail- 

Good congregations Outlook enconr- 

" gio * 

In ford, Ky„ u> hold a meelmg In the 

keeping with a resolution note concerning the collections at Mt. 

passed inviting dea&.o-. Brethren Cal- 

Lebanon and Covington there occurred 

vert and March were present .Spruce 

two mistakes. t Mt. Lebanon tho col- 

street Br .lher Knox a student of Boger lection was $17 and Covington $30.30. 

Williams University, preached in the 

Memphis IS looking forward to the 

morning to «larue audience The pastor meeting of the Laymen's Conference 

pieached for the .„v Lake t Providence iwiticncernuron church With interest Ut numbers of ihe 

>.. .< 

in the country in the morning I ,»ior ; brethren couie and stir up our Memphis 

| I 8 " 51 ' 

tho preached in the evening to a large au- 

"« expecting to attend the 

dience on the Living Christ," Rev i, 

laymen s meeting should send their 

IS One received by baptism 

names to II. C. Baker, 334 Main street 

1 

HATTA.NOOOA 

•t once, that ihey may be assigned a 

Second I aptist church Good ,-abbath- home of entertainment. Sow, brethren 

ss hool ' "Mor preached at II A.U , and talk up this matter and give „a a rousing i 

meeting. * 

Brother V'chan preached an excellent 

sermon st night and was highly apprefirst 

churc'i - * venue service 

m the morning Tl.r. e joined by letter. 

tiood service at night S veral requested 

jirayer Pastor preached at entral 

morning and night Good congregations 

and pleasant services. One received 

by leiter Brother stulce present 

from Hill City, snd makes a cheering 

report. Brother Bn>pks preached morning 

and night, snd has decided to move 

si once among his llnck and give himself 

Wholly to the Master's work Brother 

Mo Ice has been elected by the Executive 

•otnmutce colporteur for the Oooee As 

tndation 

... KNOXVILLE. 

-First church-Pastor Jones has 

heen much burdened with sickness in 

his family and congregation, and conse- | 

•juently camo to his pulpit oppressed in 

feeling, but was especially favored in 

his effort. A large congregation and a 

fine collection for foreign ini«ion,. I„ 

the afiernoon hoaddre 

onptitt. I wish to extend my thanka to 

them I am al-o getUng the BAPTIST 

AND KITLKCTOR. » the Lord is blessing 

me very much. Your, respeet- 

T T lt K m S H I A Request. 

[ Has any oburoh tailed to appoint . 

mission secretary. .. renewed by the 

j Mute Convention? It M. pleas, attend 

I to this .t once. Will the Mcretary of 

tbe Association *ee to tfcfc? Will 

each pastor see to it? Don't appoint 

any ooe simply as a compliment. Find 

some one with blood earnestness on the 

subject of minions; one that will give 

a ehuroh neither sleep nor slumber 

until every momber makes a contribu 

"on ,o missions. The pastor can .really 

help or hinder these agent-, according 

as he sees fit. J. H. ANDIISON. 

Too Good to be Tra«. 

A good brother remarked i-i your 

issue of January 30th: "Oar missionary 

secretary has to pay those • mployod 

monthly, as they .re poor men 

and have families d-pend.nt on them 

for support." Would God thi. were" 

tiue. II they could be p.id ,,u.rterly 

how good it would be! But there .re 

missionaries who have alr.*dy labored 

through the first quarter, .nd haven't 

as yet received a cent I . m afraid 

, there are pastors in the State that 

[ havent as yet offered one solemn 

prayer l0 God for his bl-ssin,, upon 

the Si.te mission work. r.u .'ritd 

there .re professed C'hri.ti.ns th.t 

I boro, on Friday, the 28.h. A large at- h.ve n t as yet dreamed of their solemn 

tendance is desired and expected. Two obligations to thia work. 8ome .re 

sermons each day by some of our best wmung to see how God will prosper 

preachers. A good programme in them before they give. God is waiting 

preparation. Let every church be rep to see how tbey give before he prosper*- 

resented. We should he glad to see a them 

' J- H. ANDERSON. 

large delegation from the Duok River 

Assocmtion. Send your ntme to That Three Hundred Dollars for 

Brother Sav*ge if you wiah convey»nce 

Brother Townaead. 

from Murfreesboro. Brother J.rman DR. J B GRAVE*. Memphis. Tenn. 

will please make . report of .mount -Dear Doctor: I notiooin the BAPTIST 

oollocted by each ehuroh for missions AND REFLECTOR an offer of three hun- 

up to the fourth Sunday in Maroh. dred d dlars for Brother Townsend, and 

Concord is leading the State in contri- also your suggestion. That i. good. 

butions up to date, so say, Brother Now, il you could have that put in the 

W oodcock. We hope she will m.in- hands of our tru-tees as a nneletu for 

t*in her position through the ye«r. a miot-terial endowment fund here, we 

J-E BAILIT, oanI get many to add to it, so as soon to 

Vhatrma* Sunday-School OumniUtc. make it snffioient for the iotere* anou- 

R E. JARMAM, ally toed oca te several young ministers. 

Chairman GmmitUt. Col J. W. Rosaman. our financial 

Nashville, Tenn. 

agent, told me just a few minute, ago 

that he would add obe hnndred dollar, 

j AN ALARM AT TH* DOOR—And to it, and pay at »ny time asked Many 

! when I w. nt to attend to the alarm, other, would be glad to help neb . 

that I might report the cause. I round 

Brother R- S. Betty. Mn4 F 

tTery«K^TU 

wtle .nd ohildren marohed in. followed 

by Brother Aiken, followed in such 

qoiok succession by other, th.t we had 

neither time to note name, or count 

' CutTWOOD. 

TulUhoma, Teon. 

nose., and all seemed restles. and nu- 

"*y, going to the door or standing in 

PAPAW HoLLow.-On the firet 8un- the door a. though they wan expecting 

dayin Febinary Bro. Sjith begau . something, and when invited ia and 

mei ting at thi. ohurch, which contin- asked to be se.t«d, th.y very onolly r.- 

Md eleven d.,,. Congregation, large plted, ' Never mind. Brother KUi., we 

both tUy and night. There were are managing thu affair. Yo.jutW 

twenty-three addition.; ten by b«p- 

And what oould, I do bat jw* 

u»». ten by Utter. »ad three by relT meekly aubmit ? For they wore alreK^ 

loowfttw. Very aooa tbe aoiM 

B,ln

8 BAPTIST AVD EKPLECTOft, FEBRUARY 13, 1890. 

MISSIONS. 

of Italy date their wealth and position { 

from the accession of sonic relative to | 

llio papal throne. The word " nopo- [ 

MISSION DIRECTORY. 

tism" owes its origin to the papal ens- • 

torn of placing nephews, in High posi- ' 

. tfrATK MINIONS 

tions aiffl marrying'their nieces to titled i 

Re*. .1. II. AXl>KR*ON, M«iT. peraonigcf. Of course, such families : 

AH cuwmuufcaHon* dnsUDat f«r him ibould f* have always been the friends and abet- J 

• • vjMwMiW UH it IlHliitlUl. T> \ ''•> • 

Wf U. WOODWK, Trmmrw. (Mod a!! aooej for : tors of tho papacy. 

8UU* MlMloai loTlra M KwbvlUr, T»o6. 

!a the early part of his reign Leo 

FORRIUSI MISSIONS. 

XIII; promised, and doubtless ho|>ed, j 

•V.lL A. TefrrK*. D.D., 0®m-«p*rt-Un* &K 8. W. R. Unt.er. is happy, bin rather tint he o't^n longs ! ference being that the winWyuopj»lo(rt^«t'lYri-i» to Prof. ->• 

T. Header*)!), Mwj CfMt, Ttnn. 

that oppress him, and retire to a private 1 preparation of which the Mexicani j 

and quiet life. But that can not bo, cxcel, then boiled meat and steak, and j 

Tho Popo. 

for onee a pope, a pope till death. An meat cooked in some fiery kind of 

Italian journal made the statement j gravy, and ehietcn in the same kind of ; 

No man has ever assumed such pre- some time ago, that should (he Pope gravy, and (Vuits and vegetables, some : 

rogatives as the present Pope. Accord- j attempt to abdicate and flee, he would of them (0 green aud some so 

ing .to the teachings of- tho Catholic j. pn>hably bo lorced to diink the fatal i scarlet that an American ca« 

church, ho is tho successor of tho Apos- hemlock, or some other equally poison- them with the reflection that if 

tle Peter, tho representative of Christ ous drug, before ho had time to leave , 

they won't poison Mexicans they 

on earth, the great earlhly head of tho tho Vatican. 

won't poison him cither. There are I 

church. Ho has the keys of) heaven The Pops is called a prisoner, be- j some dishes which arc called " national i 

and hell, with power to open or shut cause when the Italian array took 

dishes," because they aro in theory, and 1 

them. He i» infallible, so that those Rome in lSTO Phis IX,shut himself up ! 

to tho best of n>y knowledge and belief, • 

who submit themselves to his teaching in the Vatican, and declared that ho j 

in practice, on every (able in the repub- < 

and judgment oan not go wroug. In would never leave it'till Rome was"! 

lie, of rich and poor, every day in the j 

utherwotda. he claims to be .Had on given liaok.to him. Ho died asolf-im- - year. Theso dishes were among tho j 

earth. Infallibility was not mado a posed prisoner, surprised and grieved, j 

thousand or more dishes which the 

dogma of tho Catholic church unlil because of the persistent ingratitude of royal appetite of Monteauma accepted ; 

July lH.h, 1870, The great Kcumcni- j his children, as'he was pleased & call or rejected overy day of his life, what 

cal Council which mot in Rome to con- ! the Kgtnans. Of course tlyp-inlallible j time the fair maidens of the palace i 

DHU BU aider ® the matter remained in session I pim IX. could not make a mistake, and j struck soft music from their harps to : 

nearly eight months. Hut finally, in hence the present Pope has been j 

delight his royal cars or moved in grace- • 

spite of the opposition of a very re- doomed to remain a prisoner, never 

ful dance to please his royal eyes. One 

spectable minority, the blasphemous showing himself on tho streets of', 

doctrine was piomulgated ami an- I Rome. His prison i9 one of the most 

nounced to tho world, "the Pope is wonderful palaces nf tho world, and 

spoken of as-_" His Holiness," " Our contains more t*4n ten thousand 

Holy Father." " Our Lord," titles rooms. Besides this, the Pope has a 

whioh alone can -apply to God. As the ; beautiful garden adjoiuing his palatial 

rcpreaentativo of God on earth; of prison, full of flowers and trees and 

course the Popa claims tho right to : thady walks. He takes great pleasure 

speak and act lor God, to forgive sins, in going regularly to this garden to 

to make laws, to take from or add to ! look out upon tho ojicn sky, to breathe 

the Bible, if it seems necessary. On. ihe fresh air, and to listen to the rust- 

of the popes dcclired plainly that^/f ling of tho leaves, and the sweet music 

tl£e church and the Bible disagree of tho free and happy bird*, whioh 

people moat obey tho church rattypr seem anxious to beguile his weary 

than the Bible. 

i hours. • 

The reigning Pope, Loo XIII., w Thert are certain days when tho Popo 

elected in 1878. soon after the death o receives visitors, but a spccial ticket of 

Pius IX. He is tall and slender, and mission is required. It is no longer 

ia now about eighty years' old. II ecssary to kneel before him and kiss 

eheeka are hollow,, and his hands long his toe, though many visitors kiss his 

. and bony. His hair is white, and hia hand, and some even fall on their knees 

voioe thin and weak. Ho writes and and kisrf~his foot. Of late years tho 

speaks several languages fluently, and is papal party have made special ciforts to 

• man of learning and genuine ability. proselyte Englishmen and Americans. 

His income is very large, and yet he is The favor shown by tho Pope to such 

said to be.very abstemious in hia habits. has given rise to the conundrum well 

Hia time is pissed in hia-study, in his known among Romans, " How can you 

d*votional exercises, and in receiving best gain access to tho Holy Father?" 

visitor*, mostly-'Catholic dignitaries " Dfclare you are an Englishman, and 

from every part of the wmld. 

awear you are a heretio." • Sometimes 

-•* As the head of the Catholio church, the Pope surprises a visitor by a ques- 

the most wide-spread organization this tion, or a mild reproof. 

world has ever seen, with its millions A fa* yean ago an American lady, a 

of members scattered over the entire Baptist, being -about to pass Ihe Pope 

1 

In tho midst of this social etijeymenb 

an old gehtlemau tells us a story. Perhaps 

ho thinks there is too much of 

this Ulking, and laughing, and discussing 

of literature aud history. The 

"lairo» of religion should not be so laug 

forgotten, so ho says that he read the 

other day that a poor woman in whoso 

family there had-bcen-» doatb, went to 

a priest and a-ked him for money to defray 

the burial expenses, insisting that 

he should go to her houie and see the 

need for charity. He weat and while 

there ho imtioetl some books, and picking 

up some of them found among them 

a poisonous reptile, something like a 

scorpion. He took it up by the tail, 

and instead of it biting the holy man it 

was turned to stone iu his hand, lie 

gave it to the poor woman and told her 

to sell it (o supply her need. "It 

evidently a miracle," lie observes in 

conolusion, " to supply the need of the 

poor woman." " Evidently,'' fervettly 

repealed the pretty woman at hia side. 

Now la litinlitUi did not uiean to see 

any body, but one swift glanco before 

she began to attentively contemplate 

tho contents of her plate, showed her 

that some of the company were steadily 

looking at their plates, while others 

were watching her with curious expressions 

on their faces. They need 

not be watching In BantUta. She is-not 

so incredulous aa they nuy.suppose, for . 

it seems very probablo to her that the 

touch of a Catholic priest would turn 

even a poisonous reptile (o stone. Hut 

now I am doing them an injustice. 1 

knew perfectly well that all those gentlemen 

were ashamed of the story. The 

women all probably believed it as they 

of theso is chili, which is no more nor ] do believe such things. 

loss than stowed red pepper. " Do Tho writer, of her own choice, 

they cat it?" Cerlaioly, certainly! participated in none of this rutin ex- 

they'do, nn mwho yiuto. I used to ' cept the dinner. During the evening 

think that perhaps the Mexican palate j other friends came in, and far into the 

was constructed diffsrently from that | night, she, in her own room, heard ihe 

of an American, so I hat the tasto of rod ! music in the parlor,and the light feet of 

pepper was naturally agreeable, but : the dancers, and the merry voices in 

further observation has convinced mo ! the court. 

that it is an acquired taste. I have | And it was a Sabbath day when all 

seen them eating it with tears in this took place. SAI.UE Il.U.K. 

their eyes. But most of them cat much i Parras, Mexico. 

of it An o'd gentleman who was in 

tho Mexican war, told mc before I camo Sunday-School Work—A Lotter-here 

that they ale so muoh of it that 

Flsruro Oil It. 

tho bodies of aoldicrs that were left on 

the battle-fields did not decay and were j Mr. J. S Thomas, Memphis, Tenn 

untouched by bird or beast. But I i I'leasc find inclosed a bank oheok for 

have found no Mexican who will vouch j sixty-five ccntsi for State Sunday-school 

for that story. 

work. We proposo to lake up a Mis- 

For making tortillas the corn ia first : sionary collection on thosccond Sunday 

prepared as for hominy, then grouod, ' in each month. We are but a small 

made into eakes the shapo and size of a , school, average about twenty-five. 

batter-cako, aud cooked, without lard, ! Though small in numbors we have an 

on a skillet. The only ingredient is tho j interesting school. God bless you and 

corn. Thtr At tec hieroglyphics show i your work is tho prayer of this school. 

that this kind of bread was made in rc- j Respectfully, 

mote times just as it is made every day • 

Mas. WM. STARRY. 

in tho kitohao of this house. - It is the ] Manchester, Tenn. 

only kind of bread that is cooked in tho By tho side of the abovo I got a 

houses, for the rest wo eat baker's check for twenty dollars. Thank's to 

bread. 

God, tho brother, and his school. The 

Another of these national dishes is abovo is a little school of only twenty- 

dried beans which we call fecholca. -V- five, but it is willing to do its duty in a 

„ — without Kissing hia"bind, he looked bcr~ 

smalf way. whleh is as muot as five— 

aud difficult position, possessing a airaight in the eyes and with a smile remilk; always cooked, unless some reok- dollars per month to some of our large 

power and responsibility granted tO B» rWrtl^ "Mâaughtcrrdd you refuse leM-Amerieatf demand* it uncooked. schools. - 

other being on earth. The Catholio | u, kiss an old man's hand?" It was Tho doctors tell them it should bo But suppose all our schools, big and 

church claims more than two hundr.d , ,he mtra ,ot, hut what it implied, boiled to kill the animaloulro. Pre- little, give only sixty-five cents per 

and fifty popes. Some of theso were j y&t mado her refuse. 0.i another reserves and jellies are always eaten with- month (wo may not do it simply begogd 

men, I suppose; but history proves ccption day the Pope finding an Amerout bread. They are seen on tho table cause it is so easy) they will have given 

that not a few were wicked aud corrupt, ican lady in his presence, and hearing only at dinner, a small quantity serving *7.80 per annum, and this amount from 

men who cared nothing "for the true in- her speak Italian quite well, said to 

for doseert. Much ehocolato is used, as each makes #0,210. v • 

terest! of the ehurch, and who locked her, " H(>w long havo you been in tho bean is raised and the chocolate 

A DONATION o? BOOKS 

upon their high office simply as a m -ans Rome?" " Twenty years." " What,' prepared here. 

will be made to'any sohool which meets 

for;tfo aoo..mpl^ment ^b«o, selfish ^s^he Pope. " rtentyjearsin ll.mi. But the dinner progresses; the regularly and will come out and ssy it 

parpaea. Moet ot iho ig^ man.ttd ,nd Mt . Catholio yet! " - And speeches of congratulation are mado, to can not giveany thing. We have soma 

t« eaneh thslr owa ««. ir plied, pwhaps Karily knowing what to which my host replies with his utual op hands for auoh, and desire to -help 

eoasequaate many of tb* oobl* fomili** aay, "Why no ons hasever triad to oon- grace, and the full wine glasses alink all them.- j. 8. THOMAS. . 

Baptist and Reflector. 

I K. GRAVE, LLD., Special Kilor." 

the elty. Siater Carter, our hostess, j 

^ left nothing undone that oould coo. 

•*' . , 

BA^roi. aro aawjoraa. mmraav. lar.ww,. 

tribute to our comfort. By a sovere child to hear him abtwe missions podpbaptist aothoritiee that 

condensation of tho soats, and fill- and missionaries, and their doctrine, 

ki prejadiâi to s 

ing tho 

, 

increased space 

* 

with 

- 

bor- 

— and " work for tbo Lord," as if the * nomination, are vllrrla qrouadUu 

rowed ones, thaJargest part Of the J Almighty needed helpl-. Sea, thai and thus ...site the** slenders 

Nashville, Tenn., February 13,1890. 

W AY-MARKS FROM THE 

TEXAS PRAIRIES. 

(Continued,) 

We loft tho beautiful little Spanishly 

laM.oui city of Gonzales with 

its neat Raptist chtiroh and neater 

parsonage, where we were so daintily 

fed on/tamo and wild meats 

that we gained two pounds of good 

flesh in tho live days of our visit. 

Before wo left it was announced at 

the parsonage, from Cleburne, that 

its pastor, the Eldor Sims, hud been 

: elected pastor of the tirst ehnreh of 

Dallas, and the inquiry mado if 

tho younger brother, pastor at Gonzales, 

would accept tho pastorate of 

Cleburne if elected. Wo did not, 

learn decisions before Wo left. Tho 

senior Sintms has gone to Dallas, ! 

and wo would not be surprised Jf-j 

tho junior goes to Cloburno, Able ! 

and excellent pastors both. For j 

want of connection we had .to lay ; 

over at Lock hart, and Dr. White 

summoned a large congregation to 

listen to a Talk at night. Again 

royally entertained at the White 

house, and by daylight wo" were off 

for Waco, which we reached at four ; 

o'clock p. in,; the Hotel Royal, | 

from which we had to take the ! 

Texas Pacific railroad at C a. m, on I 

tho morning. Several brethren, ! 

and notably Dr. John Batoman, I)r. j 

eSihS , IT r 

I!. Rurlorson, president of Baylor i 

I'niversjty, "called upon us, and j 

made the evening a ciost pleasant j 

one. Tho event of tho evening was j 

the reception given by us to the 

army of the-young ladies of Baylor 

University, beautifully uniformed, 

less than "a hundred thousand 

strong." They were remarkable 

for their beauty and intelligence. 

Itioir call was the more interesting 

to us because* wo knew or had 

known the fathers or grandfathers 

of so many of them. Baylor Univcrsity 

is booming, with its five 

hundred students, and more "a 

coming." Wo had a most earnest 

invitation to remain ovor and 

preach to them, and thus, in tho 

language of Dr. Rurlerson, "be 

hoard all over Toxas." This wc 

were compelled to defer until next 

May. Dr. Rurlorson has justly 

earned tho name ho boars—"tho 

educational champion of Texas,'' 

The many friends of Dr. Batoman 

will bo pleased to learn that 

1,0 is 

tho successful Aastor of tho 

East Baptist churebf Waco. We 

found him in excellent health and 

Opirlto, and - seemingly not a day 

"Idcuthan ho waa forty years ago. 

-N'or could we accept his kind invitation 

to talk to his people. We 

reached Do Leon at ten o'clock 

P- m., and took hack, after a " cup 

®88®i" for Comanche, tho capital 

of Comancho county, which, over a 

rough road, waa reached at sunset, 

and we were mado the guest of tho 

Carter House, the leading hotel of 

a nf ^ i baV0 a hoU9 ° ,or tfio Lord ' aod < hi « f WilMias was never tho pastor of a 

exhibition at the college Christmas j transaction will stimulate their real ; Baptist church ; that he never orevo 

that told heavily on our congre- aud liberality. Thus, again, God ganized a Baptist church; .that the 

gation. Tho Talks recnliod''tho will make tho wrath of one man society he commenced to gather he. 

most hearty indorsement of — tho —- praise him and further his cause. abandoned and abolished in four 

pastor, Bro. A. J.. Wharton, who, at j Wo faced the first '• norther " that months, and wag not ofitilliSd to 

the close, returned in ..eloquent i greeted us back to Putman, and 

the name, and that bis unscriptural 

terms his own and tho thanks 'of j talked again at rfght, and the next dipping was no baptism, even in 

his people for our visit jind gospel | night at Cisco, a beautiful and.. his own estimation, and, therefore. 

work, Christmas day's work was I growing little cily with a Vigorous i ,1 "T bim8e,r oev * r baptired.and, 

traveling in a hack cloven miles Baptist church and a eommtdious j ^mtrVa 6 ^Tap.tt cZ*"Z* 

vcr either a deep sandy, or very | house of worship eligibly situated, i no ono ever was, or ran bo, without 

to De Leon, i Our Brother J,ca, late of Ar- j a vaiiJ haDtism, and that tlii# act 

whore at night wo talked to a j kansas, had but recently accented i a stumpy road, baok 

whore at night wo talked to a | 

pti»m was never toelargo 

concoureo of people, and the MlMaHfill j tho care of the "flock" here. .His dlately immediately transmitted 

prociuuj-fruit of that night's meet- i rare pulpit ability is fully recog- 

to a Baptist church on earth. "Tho 

t'Ge of this book will be, " Tho Pint 

ingyn's the conversion of a promi- j nixed, and his people are"already Baptist Church in ~Amcri«*'iS 

neujt citizon of tho place. There I too" •' proud of him." lie engaged [°. an ! ,e

8 BAPTIST AMD RETLECTO*. FEBRUARY 13, 1890. 

Baptist and Reflector. 

| followers in his arm,y. Every ! tions to require the obedience of lisl to Christianity and eternal Salva-. 

j man is needed at the front, Ho j the child. No matter about these | tion baptiaai— thereby " causing 

i who dallies is a craven and he who ] sentimental nineteenth century no I strife and diviaiun in the family of 

j lags a coward. Each Christian, too, i tions, that von must not punish the | God," and out of yonr own mouth you 

j it to be not only an argjor-bearer, j child, and that you must rule by | are " clearly condemned by the plain 

Orrn-ie-Boo» >. A*«iue„« Btn.6i«e. 

j but a fhiit-beat-er. He Is expected ' kindness or'yield to the dear, sweet 

! language of the New featimeot." 

: to do something for the cause of tbings, because thoy aro going to 

Let us add though, that while re- 

Sabscrlptton, Per Aaaua, la Urine*. Christ, teing how. Rule by kindness if yon can, 

In ctata of ten or ttotf fl.tft, 

, they iilonr, yet after salvation come im- 

Mfatelrn »1.». called, that be may call othors. but by the rod if you must. And : portant duties and privileges, such as 

Tho mission on which he i* sent yielding to children who ought to : baptism, church membership, tho sup- 

PLEASE NOTICE. 

is the godlike work of saving obey, is but hotping thorn to tho [ per, as well as principles pertaining to 

souls. Hois to bo a soul winner, 

I. !Ti» I»W •» yoor p*p»r will tell yco jour 

•ntwcripUoo okplrcs Koiira that sod vbea your not a gold-winner. This mission 

tla* to Ml vod on vour rractl without wafting 

to bar two M. 

he can host fulfill in tho church. 

* If f . «W» • ei*»nc* of pmuOOo^Mdnm, 

IWBja U« INMI-'HBM from which, u «|H u The stalk of corn in tho corner of 

holW.Ojlw to nhUk Ton with U»ciunf and*. 

AhrafS Jtlro la lull sad vUluIr written •ttr tho fence will bear small oars and 

RaPLK-ntL 

I H I . * „.. • of Dr. ..M. J. JR. I 0»*Tt» IMRHW 

U U7 Main middlo of the tioid will bring forth 

tr*±**mp*ky>.T«»*. Th«t oi R*». 0. L lUllty 

• IiYUurfktt atrarl, Teoa. 

largo and luscious fruit The pollon 

& Ad».rti*lrg ralM liberal, aud will U far- 

Jlehed oa application. 'ZTS-..ZZ. from the other stalks falls upon it 

work-house, tho jail, tho peniten- | our Christian lifr, as election, final pertiary, 

and tho gallows, and to hell. I severance, ohuroh government, etc. 

When the child is wiser ho will 

j These are all important, but not "essential 

to Christianity and ettgna! .sal- 

know and thank you for compelling 

vation." -Upon the e«entials Biptisu, 

obediouco, or curse and hate you 

Methodists, Presbyterians agree. Upon 

for ynur indulgence. - God's plan of many things, important, bat not "es- 

family government has not been sential to Christianity and eternal sal- 

improved upon by those soft-paled vation." though we think essential to a 

sentimentalists, who think they are full obedience, and essential to a per- 

OatTCABia*— W> publish obituary notice* free 

" lbe» don't *sc«ed twtatj linn. Altar that 

. jatber we nutl rhu|« for them at the rata of 

ivecaata tar e*i*j line ottt the twenty llcee. 

JOINING THB QHURCH. 

there, hut fails to reach tho separate 

stalk.. So wo need the pollon of 

others' influence to help us produce 

the fruits of the Spirit, and, abovo 

all, the'glorious fruit of redeemed 

souls. It is through the cburch 

that tho world is to be converted to 

far ahead of common people in 

preaching a namby-pamby softness 

in family government, and in tho 

treatment of criminals, and in 

wheedling stubborn-hearted sinners 

iuto a weak profession of 

Christianity. All this does not 

fect following of God's word we differ. 

These differences cause and constitute 

our denominational peculiarities. 

You.however.it is, you and Kme. 

who cause " strife and division in the 

family of G d " by " introducing something 

not essential to Christianity and 

eternal salvatioa." 

Christ, aud through us as members 

of that church. t > solemn responsibility! 

* O glorious privilege' O 

change tho nature ol responsibility, 

nor does it elude it, however much 

they may congratulate themselves 

Hat you say baptism i» essential. Essential 

to what? " Essential to Christianity 

and eternal salvation?" No. 

sweet, sweet duty ' May we fulfill upon finding a more excellent way. Essential to duty ? Yes. Essential to 

it nobly! 

The child not only has a right to be obedience ? Yes Bat is not .obe 

have himself taught obedience, hut diencc " essential to Christianity and 

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. 

We do not now refer to political 

rights, aud only in so far as social 

rights appertain to religious rights 

do we rofer to them, but to tho 

rights of children iu regard to roligious 

instruction and training do 

wo address ourselves. Every child 

has aright to proper religious and 

moral instructions, and this right 

is inaliennbio. This right devolves 

a duty upon the parent, or whoever 

stands in the place qf the parent, 

and to shirk that duty is to deeply 

wrong the child; to perpetrate an 

injury upon innocence- that can 

novor be corrcyW nor atoned for. 

Everyone kn^ws that moral com 

plexion and nipral bent is given to 

the whole lifelduring those years 

when the childVis not wise enough 

to understand iVnscquences, nor 

skillful onough toxoid tbein. The 

"child has- a righ'tHî tho sight of 

God, and with God's word in his 

he has a rigbt to demand religious 

instruction. And this duly rosts 

upon tinruareot also, and it may 

not bo derogated. .. Thoy may call 

in wl^fBVer assistance may be available, 

but they may not commit the 

task wholly to other hands. Thoy 

should know just what is taught. 

Many parents scorn to have turned 

over their legitimate work to the 

Sunday -school and then throw themselves 

back in uass to loll away tho 

Sabbath, and then think they aro 

living ('hristian lives. One of these 

days thoy will find how sadly thoy 

have neglected tho plainest Chris 

tian duty. If any ono should infer 

from what we have said that we 

would advise parents to remove 

their children from tho Sundayschool, 

it would bo on a par with 

much else that thoy do. .No, lot us 

mako more of the school, but not 

loss oi the family. We plead for 

the r'ghts of tho childron. 

eternal salvation?" No. Had it 

been* Christ "need notliavo died It ~ 

was exactly because we c >uld mil obey, 

because wo had transgressed the law, 

because we were sinners, that Christ 

died for us. Hid we been able to obey 

we should have had no need for him. 

Wo ought to obey, but wo can not per 

IVetly, and suppose we do n't ? Tocn, 

i obedicnee is necessary, where shall 

it stop? Are WQ ximpl/ to obey the 

command to bo bap ii d? We heard 

Mr. Harding say in a sermon at Mur 

frccsboro, in the spring of '81, t j an 

imaginary candidate for salvation, alter 

telhng him that he must be baptized 

—we tookjdowa his language at the 

time—''What then? If JM ilop 

h 

hand, to confVonthisparents and demand 

that they shall tell him what is 

' Ohdstlan." 

rigbt, and what is duty; and to demand 

that they shall not yield U> his 

untaught preferences, but compel 

him to follow the right. The after 

life is inevitably controlled to a 

largo degree bjr the training of 

childhood, and many a culprit could 

justly stand before his father and 

mother and with bitter imprecations 

accuse them of bringing _ . him 

From a reply to our objection, expressed 

sovt r«l weeks ago, to the name 

Christian as assumed by the Carnpbellites 

wo take the following from the 

(ioipet Advocate : 

The point' make is simply this, no 

man haa a right to be any thing more 

than a Chris'ian, and the man who 

causes strife and division in the family 

of God by inwqduoing any thing not es 

seutinl to Christianity and eternal sal 

vstion Is clearly condemned by the 

r rr you will he da"Inc/. Youmust 

add to your faith virtue, and to 

virtue knowledge, and to knowledge 

temperance,* and to temperance' patience, 

and to patience godliness, and to 

g.idliness brotherly kindness, and to 

brotherly kindness charity. You must 

attend upon the services of the sanctuary 

whenever possible, and perform 

whatever duties may be required of 

you." Docs the Gotprl Advocate indorse 

Mr. Harding? Who then can be 

saved? With men it is impossible — 

and with God slso, for you have taken 

salvation out of the hands of God and 

put it in the hands of men. But if it 

docs not indorse Mr. Herding, why not? 

How oan you stop short of his position ? 

As to the name Christisn, we have 

this to say : It is a name intended to 

be applied to all who believe in Christ. 

These, however, differ among themselves 

in many re ipieots, and their peculiarities 

give names to them. De- 

Why join a church? IT 1 can he 

a Christian without it, why need I 

connect myself with the church? 

There are two reasons lor it. 

1. Kof the good .the church will 

do you. If you are a Christian 

you want to livo a Christian lilu. 

But you arc going to have » good 

many temptations. The world, the 

flesh, aud the devil will often try 

your soul. And they are very 

strong. You need help to enable 

you to overcomo them. Your principal 

holp must rami from God, of 

course. Hut human sympathy is a 

very powerful stimulant in our battle 

with the wrong. The elbow 

touch gives inspiration to do our 

duty better. When a number are 

associated in church capacity each 

acts as a chock upon the other, and 

the whole body exercisesarcstraining 

influence upon every member 

of it This alone would be sufficient 

reason for joining the church, 

if there were no other. But this 

is not all, not* the greatest. 

2. The principal reason must bo 

for the good you can do others 

through the church. ' You are to 

live for others, and not simply let 

others live for you. The Savior organized 

his followers into churches 

or assemblies for greater effect. 

The cburch is the channel through 

which the energiesof the individual 

Christian were intended to flow, and 

his activities to be expended. Christianity 

was designed to take th^ 

world. Hut it could; not bo done by 

a guerilla, an Indian mode of warfaro, 

each one standing apart and 

fighting singly. There mast be 

method, organization for efficiency 

-—ao^wgaomaHli 

greatest personal freedom, bat 

which brings together and associates 

the followers of Christ in the 

grand work of world conquest. 

This the local charcb,-supplemented 

by voluntary organization Into 

Associations, conventions, etc., when 

needed to carry out the wishes of 

the ehurcbes, accomplishes. 

In this work Christ intends 

that every follower of bis shall 

engage. Ha wants no camp 

judgment parents mast meet and 

answer for their sinful neglect. For 

the commandment* of God and the 

admonition of those divinely inspired, 

show clearly that this duty 

rests upon the parents. 

I( is a miserable spectacle of per-, 

verted kindness for the parent to 

yield to the whim or wish of a petulant 

child, and so allow a present 

wish to cost a future sin. Tfee 

parent is under the highest obliga- 

deny this ? 

Certainly not. Bat we are surprised, 

at you for a lying it What is " essential 

to Christianity and eternal salvation?" 

" Brlieve on the Lord jesua 

Christ and thou shall be saved." " The 

just shall live by faith." Faith is the 

one supreme " essential to Christianity 

and eternal salvation "—a faith preceded, 

of oourse, by a true repentance. 

This Baptists, Methodists, PresbyMriaus, 

ete., hold. It is yon,'brother, 

who "iatesdoas something not esssn- 

one of these denominations, or sects, of 

whatever you choose to call them, to 

alopt the name Christian and appropriate 

it to theniselves exclusively, is to 

imply that others are not Christians, 

are not believers in Christ, and so is to 

osst an insult in (heir tenth, whichftbcy 

oan not' but resent. Now, we do not 

believe in denominations either. But 

they exit! We wish there were none 

suoh. Bat there ore. We wish every 

body, iacladieg oar Campbdlite brethren, 

would agree with as. Bat it seems 

tlt«r josi *»*'(- Thar do took like , a 

mighty stubborn lot anyhow. As for 

as, we oan not agree with yon, and you 

may as well understand that oncc for 

, all. W4 should like for ill to be one. 

li the question come, Whiohone? One 

reply must be, tho Baptists. Now if 

you are so anxious for Christian unity, 

you can help it along a good deal by 

coming over to u«. Ws cau ncctr go 

over to you. We have principles, 

truths, whieh we have held for nineteen 

hundred years, for which we have suffered 

persecution and death, and wo 

will hold on to them until tho end of 

eternity. So. if you really wish^Christian 

unity, come over to us, and let us 

all be one. Lot us tell jou, your 

dream of Christian unity will never be 

realiiod on earth as long as yott bold 

your peculiar views. The Christian 

world will never unite with you on 

--them—«ud thai, of course, is what you 

mean and all you mean by ôur cry for 

snity, that every body will unite with 

you. Most any body would be glad to 

have union on those terms—that every 

body else should come over to them. 

We would. 

But, brethren, of the Campbellite 

faith, listen: Yours is as much a sect 

as any, despite your protestations to the 

contrary. Tho tvrv peculiar doctrines 

of Alexander Campbell which you have 

adopted distinguish you front tho rest 

of Christians as much so as their 

method distinguishes the Methodists, 

their presbytery the Presbyterians, or 

their baptism the Baptists—and more, 

you arc more the followers of Campbell 

than Lutherans arc of Luther, or Cilrinists 

of Calvin, or Arminiana of Ar 

minius. You propose to take the Bible 

alone as your crecd, but you take Alexander 

Campbell's interpretation of it 

erery time. Ho is your theological 

master. You follow him with slavish 

reverencc. You sund or fall with him. 

Ilei« your father, your founder, your 

prophet. " What more natural than that 

men should osll you by his name ? IT< 

mean no insult by doing so. We mean 

it in the kindest spirit. But wo r

10 BAPTIST ACT REFLECTOR, FEBBPARY 13, 1890. 

THE HOME. 

T 

to the inmates as their daily food, and j years they spend sido by aids, until it i» 

aa needful, too; a home where every | exohanged for the sou? of the redeemed 

oloud of sorrow, or disappointment, or ! before the throne 

loss has a silver lining made by faith j —- - - 

and hope; a homo where a sunbeam of 1 » Ctel ~ Small? ^ 

ch^rfWutas always U shining; a home j We know all ab»«Tt the vexation 0f 

through whioh a aweet, fresh current of ; ,pirit that comes ,o our girls in their 

I thing is different from what they ex- 

| pcoted it would be—find that in spile 

| of self a ohill feeling ®f disappointment 

in creeping over them? It ii 

simply because when they chose the 

What though your feci are often weary, companions of their live* they did not 

On ceaseless errands sent: - - pause t) consider whether they were 

And tired shoulder* ache and ache so going to male a Christian marriage or thought and work is always flowing; a. commonplace, jail,- life. We know 

sorely 

not. He married his wife for her hnmii « h M i > i I. » n.....I ! . • • » 

home where the moral atmosphere is 

'Neath heavy burdens bent? '' 

how their hearts throb with longings Sunday-school every 1 enjoy reading your coiamnt so much' 

Ho simply obeyed the voiseol Uod and 

open one more week. 

Sunday, and we go to school too. Our that I want to write to yon. I cor- 

wint to Zirephath. Dn you sarposo DEAR ACNT NORA: I am a little i teachers namo is Mrs. Hondrick. ~£ rected the Queer Bible Story and an- 

this widow was vcrry rich ? for there was 

girl thirteen years old. My papa takes j take music too. I like it. I think it swered all of the questions You will fiad 

a terrible famin in the landatthis time, the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR, and I i is so nice. We havo pleasant weather. in mylett r five ceata for seating the 

as their had not beiu rain in ncarlcy 

read it and like it very much. I enjoy I We have not had any cold weather yet. Young South chapel, and two cents for 

three years. Lot us see When Klijah 

reading the cousins' letteru. and would The flowers are in bloom. Wo have Brother Diaa's picture- This is a small 

reached the city he was tired, bungrio 

be very happy to join them. Inolosed roses in bloom. Find inclosed five bit but I will try to do better next 

and thirsty nigh nnto doathc and as he 

you will find ten cent* for Beating the cents for seating tbo Young South time. Hoping to hear from all of tho 

sat down to rest lie saw a poor woman 

i oung South Chapel, and a two-cent Chapel. I wish you all a happy new little cousins, I will cloae for fear of 

come out of tho city to pick up stioks 

stamp for Bro. Dial's picture. I will year. Well I will close for this time. the waste basket. Love to all. 

and he called to her and asked her to 

close for the present, and if I see my Lovingly, MATTIE D. JENNISOS. Lovingly, SALUE OWEN. 

plese give bim a drink of water and as 

letter in print I will write again. Peirsall, Texas. 

Walter Hill, Tenn. 

she started to get it he asked her to 

Lovingly your now niece, 

DEAR AUNT NORA: I have been DEAR ACNT NORA ; Please let an- 

please bring him a morcil of bread allso, 

LUXASOUTU. reading tho Young South, aod have deother cousin enter your great work. I 

Estill Springs, 

Aud she ansercd " As the Lord livith 

cided to be one of the cousins, so I will have been thinking of writing to the 

1 have not a cake. I havo only a littel Just-hare lot me ask our new-comers write to you and all the couaina. I am Young South for some time, but-b»v» 

tnele and a littel oil and 1 have cum never to write as Luna has thought- fifteen years old but have never written neglected it. We take tbe BAPTIST 

ont to gathur a few sticks that I may lessly done here—" if I soe this letter for a paper. Of course you will not AND REFLECTOR. I enjoy reading tha 

make it an cook it for me and my son in print I will write again." As expect much of me this time, but when Young South very much. I am four- 

that we may eat it and die, for it is all though they were bribing me fjr a I get acquainted I may have lots to teen years old. I belong to the Baptist 

wo have or can get. And Klijah said showing. Watoh and sec how many do write. If I see this in print I will send •church at Mouse Creek. I go to Sun- 

Fear not, goand do as you weie goin to this, and how badly it sounds when you five ccnta for Cuba next time. 'I am day-school every Sunday. I send 

do, but first mako mo a little kako and think of it. I know the " cousins" going to school I. study reading, writ- twenty-five cents for Cuba. As tbia ia 

then mako for tbe and thy sun. For mean nothing by it, for they know I ing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, my first attempt, I will close.with love 

thus saith the Lord, the barril of meal havo a hearty. welcome for all. It ia and United States history. I am get- to you and the cousins. 

•hall not waist neither shall tho cruse just a convenient way to close a letter, ting along quite well. I will close for 

ALICE DUCKWORTH. 

of oil fail until the day th% Lord send- but, dear children, I would not writo it fear of the waste-basket. Yours truly, Athens, Tenn. 

eth rane upon the crth And she went that way. 

JOHN LionrrooT. DEAR ACNT NORA : 1 promised to 

Jersey, Tenn. 

and did as Klijah told her And, chil- DEAR AUNT NORA: I am very 

write to the Young South, but it doea 

dren, she and Klijah and her family did much interested ip the Bible Queer DEAR AC8T NORA : You have been not look like I am going to keep my 

eat a full year and neither the meal or Story, and I will answer all I can. 

so kind to publish my first letter, so I promise. But if you will excuse past 

tho oil gavo out, altho tho fainino oon- Aunt Nora, I am so glad you did n't havo concluded to become one of your negligence, I will'try to do better in tha 

tinudc in all its sevcraty all over the leave us. Well, Christmas has passed; littlo workers. Inclosed find ten cents future. I enjoyed Chriatmaa very much. 

land. Dew you think you would havo I hope all tho cousins had as nice a for seying tho Young South Chapel, Tbo Sunday-school had a Chriatmaa 

doVtded the last little cako of bread time as I did. The union metting 

and also find tho story corrected. I tree at Central AVenue church on 

you had with this stranger were commenced on Friday (Christmas 

find'thirty-one mistakes in this story. Christmas-eve night. We had a nice . 

you ready to die of hunger as this week). Brother N. A. Bailey, of Or- 

Hoping that I am right, lovingly, time. Brother Willie, who ia going to 

woman and her son must have been ? 

VIOLA ASHBT. 

lando, preaohed Saturday and Sunday. 

sehool at Jackson, Tenn., spent Chriat- 

Alto, Louisiana. 

Cud you bav.e put so much fathe in bis We were all delighted with his sermaa 

with us. Incloaed find ten centa, 

words? Next time I will tell you what mons. He dined with us on Monday. 

Yes, .Viola, your "Story" was cor- which mamma gave to me to aend to 

happened to this son. 

We showed him Brother Dial's picture. 

rect, bat you cams very near not being you. You may send it to Cnba. I win 

He said he knew bim, and holped to or- 

seen among the perfcct ones, because cloae, with love to all. 

Answer to Bible Queer Story—Heal dain him. Ho says it was the best 

your name waa not signed and I forgot Your nieoe, FANNIE NORRIS. 

iug of the Lime Man at the Gate Beau- day's work he ever did. Ha said he 

who sent it. Let all the cousins re- Buntyn, Tenn. . 

tiful. , • *-* * 

had known your father for thirty years. 

member to sign their names to their 

Perfeot ones.—Ksther Wingo, Krncst You will find inolosed thirty-five cents, 

" Stories." In opening them I am apt Seating tha Youg South CktapaL 

Hushing, Lcmra Rushing, Tishic and ten cents for Aunt May and twenty-five 

to forget who sent them unless I am 

Lcla Cadwell, Robbie Longmirc, l'ercy centa for mo. I will close now with 

very familiar with the hand-writing. Willie Watts, 25 cents; Thomaa Ho- 

Binning, Daisy Wilks, Thomas Mc- love to all the cousins. 

DEAR AUST NORA : I hope my Bible 

Gregor. Addie and Mallic Johns. 

Your niece, 

Queer Stories were oorrect. I will try fwsra ssifsrssi 

Lilla Yann and Lillie Shipe, perfect sxnssnnaFiRowtETT. to answer some more of them. We live 

with only one exception; togather " in Erie, Fla. 

in tho country on a farm. I have three 

the sentence, "two men went up to- 

brothers and three sisters. We go (o 

DEAR AU.NT NORA : This is my first 

gather into the temple,to. This was letter to yon, and will you allow me to 

school to our aunt. I love to read the 

our biggest stumbling-back this week, join the little bandof cousins? I love 

Young South page. Your aJfeationata 

and-my verb in the sdntenoe, " And 

niece. BERTHA SAMPLE. 

to work for missions. I love to read the 

they waa filled-wit^ woBder^-eto,, wa»| ^ 

Grand Lane, Louisiana. 

the next biggest. Both of these tripped cousins' letters. I am a little girl, 

-Yon do very Trail, indeed. Bertha, 

Ksther and Nettie Oaburn, and Annio twelve years old. I help mamma,'and 

and write a nice clear hand. But can 

Cox would have been among the per- she' pays me. I send five stamps for mis- 

yon not send them on sooner ? 

fect ones this time had she seen and sions and two centa for Brother Dial's MRS O. L. HAILET, Knoxville, 

corrected this wicked little verb. * Too picture. I would love to write more, Tenn: I aend yon two dollara and fifty 

bad. 

.but I am afraid it will find a place in centa for Cube, and two centa tor 

My questions were answered nicely. the waste-basket. Annt Nora, please Brother Diat's picture. Wishing yon 

Peter and John were the two men. The tell me in the Young South was I right aod the BAPTIST AND REFLECTOR suc- 

ninth hour waa three o'olook in the to send stamps. I send muoh love to cess, we are, rwpectfslly.yoors, 

afternooa and Christ gave hia disciples you and all the cousins. I remain 

MRS. J. J; BooERS, JR. 

power to perform miracles, aa ia shown lovingly, \ LIZZIE GLK-IH, , Grape Vine, Texts. 

in the tenth chapter of Matthew. Gibson Wells, Tenu. 

This ia a good aabaUatial helping 

Bsrtha 8ample, you atory on Klijah Tba sUsapa are all right, lAnii.-'. t ' handyon extend to a*. Mr*. Rogere, *mi 

came lata. - • , 

da not prefer atunps, yet I do not raally 1 Heraehel Wingo, 10 cents; SpurgW* 

cenia; Harry Gardner. 10 eeatS: Laara 

Gardner. 5 cents; Salli* Owen. 5easts• 

Lura Sonth._ 10 cents; Viok°A$?3 

centa; Mattie_Jenaiwp,5oaflE^Hn. 

Overton, tl; Q..W. Wiiiiucr BO 

Willie d. Oravea. SOoeaU: Floyd Bamn^ 

wa thank you for it. Sea what a fall 

, 2t** B, *v"ie Of**. lOeeata; 

Calvin Graven 5 mats; - A niaea." to 

eenta. Total #17,83. 4 

teCaka. 

... February, 1990. 

Lillie Gravee, JO 

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12 

ALL, AROUND 

—The Scottavillo Baptist churoh, 

near l'firtaraou'h, Va.; reoeotly or- 

daioed Brother William Henry Baylor 

(0 the lull work ol the ;oqpel ministry. 

-Tb» rhWroh at Clinton, Mine., invite* 

the Missis ippi Bipti.t Uiiiwreat 

to bold its aem-iun with it, and suggests 

April or May as the tinii>. 

—TheFirst Bapiittohuroh at Lynchburg, 

Va., has call, d K«». Jos. 8. Kclix, 

D-D., ol Owausboro. Ky., u paator. It 

i» ttWllHI thu be Jiiliaccejit _ 

—He*. G. A. Puthuff, n turned Miatloiury 

fn ru Brai'l. will not return to 

South America on account of tho 

health ol hi* wife. Ho has accepted 

calls to churchea in Texan. 

-A minting is in progress at the 

Veusble Street church, Richmond, Va 

—Rev 11 G. Peiraon, ihe Evangelist, 

JJj lar there have" been xiit< en conver- 

! has been conduoting a series of moetsions 

and five baokslidcrs reclaimed. 

B otherJ K llutson is aiding Pastor 

K. H. Pitts. 

—l>r. Lorimer's church, Chicago, has 

incrtased his salary to tea thousand dol 

lar*. A right good sal iry lor a servant 

of Him " who had not where to lay his 

ho«d." But, then, if any one deserves 

it the eir-queni Loriiuer docs. 

„ have been fi'ty applications for mem 

bership in the different ohurches. 

and commodious house of worship, and 

dedicated it free or d.bu Rev. S. T. 

Hudson is the pa>lor. 

—Rev. J. S. Prestridge, formerly of 

Ilepkinsvillc, Ky., but more recently 

ol San Antonio, T. xas, has riceived a 

call to the pasioraie ol the Biptist 

church at i'aducah, Ky. It is no: yet 

known whether or not he will accept 

the call. 

—Rev. B. D. Gray, of Mississippi, hat 

been billed to the pastorate of the 

Baptist church of Hopkinsville, Ky.,' 

by a unanimous vote of tho congrega 

tion, which is one of the largest and 

ricbost in western Kentucky. A first 

olsss church and a first-class man met. 

—The Western District Mission 

Work of Texa-, Rev. J. H. Harris »u 

periotendent. embraces twenty-four 

counties, with a population of 129 171. 

There are now in the territory 232 Bap- 

tist churches, with a membership of 

11571 and 142 ordained ministers. 

Much remains to be done. 

The Bat, T. L West has been but 

a short time, comparatively, pastor at 

Carrollton, bat the Lord baa tiven him 

the hearts of his people. Concerning 

his pastor, Brother L. B. Ely say,: 

He has fully ooucorated his clear 

head, pure hear", jnd strong body to 

the woik over which the Mo'y Qho>t 

hss made him overaeer '.—Grntral Buv 

ti*. 

—Rev. M L. Bibb wri'i« to the Ontral 

Baptut aa followsfromjP.ria:' Our 

meeting, in which we w.Vo assisled by 

Brother Jamea and wife, cloned with 

thirty added to the ebweh. Besides 

, h e Jireet w«uln. much gen.ral good 

— " KOPQ 

" r " v> DeirtieiTohini 

preaching of Brother Jamea will never 

rail to produce reaulia. Many of us 

have determined to live better, B-oth- 

er James is now with Brother Harria 

»t Palmyra." 

H~ T „ b e „ o h " r e h " Greenville, Ml... 

Kev. K. K King, pastor, recently celebrated 

ita fourth annivenary. , 

«eak m,«,on it ha, gro„ i D t o t r l K. 

orooa self-sustaining body. There u . 

now enrolled MM' kaadred awl •!•«*- 

BeBbers. Foor hndred a«d fear 

) 

BAPTIST AlfD BEFLECTOK, FEBRUARY 18, 1680. 

were recieved altogether. E ght ihou 

sand dollar* has been expended King 

is one of the wisest and ooblast pastors' 

in the Smth. We are glad to know of 

his rreat soeeess. 

—Rev. George C. Nerdhsm has 

eloeeda month of serviceellV Hannibal, 

Mo The local papers givo enthusiastic 

reports of the work. The large tabor 

nacle was ejowded nightly. There has 

been a welcome revival of Bible >tudr- 

The evangelist stuck to expository 

preaching day by day, and proved that, 

• withrot-pmftmnnd *ingeW«r"Wir grapMe h i „ ( ,K, 

; aw ©f Church fc»taKJUKiu»nt in FegUcd ind Ihr 

| of (iw brit.n In tbi. «o«> try. >1 l'« 

} InjusUcaaiflmall "Ihbw, and of tba.i,,^ 

bjr a«kii our Mt|ui at ro»».ut wM j,d to pi.', 

j klbit by roiutUutl 'oai jroviH^n any MIR 

I mfol cf n Mglon, |hr gr»dual i Kgrû of 0I»j 

f».tabii«hnmt by ih* Ku«» |o*rrDuVnu. 

j Th« dlstinctitthtd autK« r 

J fiBlire. to »ho» bvw th« »pirl» ,»f ftlabHlho,*, , 

•till »orU In our land, »nd vut. AM.ric. ao0 ibti, 

' guard >KalQM certain for.lg , 1. Burn, rt that o#,d 

\ b * 'O^Twanilj d an I a .adfa-ily r^bt^d 

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ilS IT FROM HEAVEN OR OF MAN? 

ByJ. M.Frost, D.D., 

of Hicbumod. Va 

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TW. work la purely prscllc.1, and deslr S. It baa beei. sillten In a < fart,Use 

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CHRISTIAN BAPTISM 

! A Badge of Christian Unity. 

By Rev. J. W. Perry. 

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Obituary 

Mrasi* WALLIB. 

Mias Minnie W'allh died at the homo | 

of her father and mother, W. C. and 

Eliiabetlr Wallis, MoMinn county, 

Tenn., on the 5th of Jauuary, 1S90, asod 

seventeen years, two months, and twelve 

days. She was bjrh of tho Spirit and ' 

hapiiisd into the fellowship of Sewce 

Baptist church, by lie*. 0. M. Ingram, [ 

on Sunday, Ooiober 2lih, 1886, antfTio i 

one of her age exemplified a better or | 

purer Chriatian character, and her at- | 

tendance at preaohins and interest in j 

the Sunday sctiAol was noted. tfho ; 

bore her afflictions with Christian pa- j 

tience. Her mother seeing that her • 

daughter must sson die, said: "Minnie, 

do you want to get well 1" She replird, 

"Tea." Her mother then said. 

" Mionie, if you have to dio, are you 

afraid to die?" She replied, "No. 

no." " Do you think, Mionie, you will 

be at re»t? ' " Yes," she replied. 

Minnie was liked by the community at I 

large for her gentlo, lovely, Christian, 

and moral worth, u evinced by.thoiarge 

attendance at her funeral, conducted by 

Rev. J, Janeway. While an allwise 

Providence has seen fit in his wisdom 

to pluck from among us one of earth's I 

loveliest flowers, wo can but meekly 

bow to his will who doeth all thiogt 

woll, knowing that our loss is her 

eternal gain, and that we will see her 

again in the happy beyond.. After an 

illness of twelve days, when wo 

who wcro ministering to her 

wants thought she had almost 

entered the portals of heavon, she 

called her loved ones to her bedside, 

bade tbeni farewell, saying, meet nie in 

heaven. Then she called lor a special 

friend. He was brought to her bedside. 

She reached her hand to him. 

saying " boa good hoy and meet mo in 

heaven." Then rejoicing in tho Lord 

she fell asleep in Jesus. May we, by 

tho grace of God, all livo puro lives, 

and finally make our way to the beautilul 

gate where Minnie will bo waiting 

and watching. 

Dearest Minnie thou has left us, 

And thy loss wo deeply feel; 

Yet't is God that hath berclt us, 

He can all our sorrows heal. 

Rctolv*. c* 

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tor iWfiMar*. T-»rUr. 

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VF KM CUKblT to A grata on our Bi>ok. 

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w 

Binistsrial^Muoatlon. ! p-Wm. . Henry Ms Huh. Philadelphia, j Aime* *o nomas. 

s=s 

[la this oolomn we propose to keep j airrel 

•undiog a list of contributinne for the one hundred LTvZm^lw pa«e» ol large riTbii size, big I 

education of young minister*. either .t ? 

(he South western Bt University 

logae printed in the ordinary manner— 

or *t Carsoo end Newman College. but every one. ip. »bi» c. rner isfl>l>d. 

Contributors will ' please indicate to Veritably it is a good meastte pressed 

whioh school they wiah their'money down ana I running over, tod yet not * 

word in it u far as we 

sent Vou oan gin any amount yon M S M M M P 4 M L — r a J P -srlPi 

canld see after a- careful examination. 

choose from a postage stamp op. God The way iuNwhieh it la arranged and 

doesn't love large givers so much as printed will delight every true printer 

he"does cheerful givers. Liberality is who takea it up. Its overflow of good 

proportionals to ability. Send your 

thiegs will equally delight the farmer 

and gardener who reads it. Many val- 

contributions either direcily to us to be uable ^ vegetable and field setds have 

forwarded, or. if you prefer, to Prof. G. been introduced by Mr. Maule, and in 

W. Jarmsn, Jackson, Tenu., for the his present catalogue will be.found new 

vanctiea which have been demonstrated 

8onthyau.ro Baptist Umwer.ity or . m ial M t W r^gjEGZ 

Prof. J,,ho T. Henderson. Mossy-Crtek, TWeoda of the larmcrs and garden 

Tenn .for Carsou and Newman College]-' era all over the country, who are his 

SOOTH WKSTERH BAPTIST UHIVKSMTY. I regular } earlyt customer*. testify by 

BAWIST AND IUIÎCTOR 5 UO j ,h «" continued patronage to hm honor 

till Creek church 5 00 

Mrs K. M Raicliff, Cranes. 0.1. I 00 

Misses Callie and Anne* Hooper, • 

Wall Bill, M is»................ 1 59 

(Quite a number of brethren -gave to 

bis cause at the Conv.ntion Wo do 

not remember their names.) 

CABIIOM AHD NEWMAN COLL-EOS. 

J. 1>. Janeway, Swietwaler ..1.00 

J. K. P. Hall. Oreeuevillo 1700 

Two churches, Hulston Association 7.00 

Ladies' Miwiiitary S oiety 1st B.iptiat 

ohuri-h. Nashville 15.00 

Dr. Montgomery, Moasey Creek.... 1 00 

Friend of Missions, 8alcm Asao'n. .2 30 

N. J. Phillips and wife, Blount 

- vllle f 5 00 

Mr*. N. J. Phillips, Blomtville 50 

J H. Anderson. Nashville 5 00 

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Daudridre church 3 50 

-Prcnah Broadshurcb-..—..... 6 50 

Muuih of Richland churoh.. 9 17 

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D. 0. Maples ahd wife, Mossy 

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VOL. I. 

Dr. L. 0 Garland, chancellor of 

the Vanderbllt University aod profeswr 

of Astroaomy.sayj, in answer to a 

note of inquiry: " All you hear or read 

about the Star of Bethlehem ia mere 

noosenae. By your asking for the position 

ol Caaaiopeia, I infer that you hare 

seen it stated that the temporary star 

that appeared to Tycho Hrahe at Uranaburg, 

several centuries ago. and then 

disappeared not IOOK afterward, was a 

recurrence of the .Star of Bethlehem, 

and that the same is looked for again. 

Nobody knows what the Star of Bethlehem 

was, and it has no connection 

(whatever it wa>) with any thing in the 

present starry vault," 

The HrraUl, of this city, publishes 

an exceedingly interesting seven-column 

article giving the qrigin, history, con 

stitution, etc., of the famous Kuklux 

Klan, by one of iu founders, 11 originated 

at Pulaski, in this State, in lrifti, 

and was at first intended only for fun. 

Bat its secrecy gave it a very mysterious 

inffuence, especially over the superstitious 

negroes, then quite troublesome 

in the South, and so it grew into 

a very powerful organization, with 

branohes all over the South. . Its 

general name was "The Invisible 

Empire," ruled by the Grand Wizard, 

with his" ten genii. Then camc 

the " Realm," ruled by the Grand 

Dragon, with his eight hydras; the 

"Dominion," ruled by the Grand Titan, 

with his six furies; the " Province, 

ruled by tbe Grand Giant, with bis four 

goblins; the " Den," ruled by the Grand 

Cyclops, with his two ghouls. The 

claim ia made that the organization ran 

its course, Inlfilled its mission, and died 

a naturil death, while the lawlessness, 

lasting for years and attributed to it, 

was due to irresponsible parties, assuming 

the guise of Kuklux. I.et us 

hope the world will not soon see another 

such institution. 

When Rev Joseph Coolc in his 

lecture at Boston, Monday, February 

10th, went out of his way to make a 

wholesale denunciation of «»e people of 

tbe Sjuth, in languige which wo do 

*ot oare to repeat, his slanderous 

utterances were either made in ignorance 

or in malice, or probably both. 

We may say that we had made arrang - 

ments to print Mr. Cook's lectures. 

Thoy were to be taken down in short- 

/ hand and sent diieotly to us. We had 

received the first ooe, had written i notice 

of our arrangement for last week's 

when we saw his outrageous expression! 

-in the lecture spoken of, we sent the 

copy back with the remark that selfrespect 

would sot allow us to permit 

soy thing of hii in onr columns. We 

rappoae the reason for sneh utterances 

" • to bolster ap a waning popularity 

bsfot* a . Naw England audience. 

• Shane on the three thoaaaad men and 

woaaw of Boaton that they should have 

"applauded to the echo" such unasfaatlamanly, 

unchristian 

Uks ustimm, ssch wholesale Km~ 

THE BAPTIST > THE BAPTIST REFLECTOR > OonsoUdated 

s 

SpeaJsinK Truth In Love 

HVILLE, TENNESSEE, FEBRUARY 80, 1890. . 

ir word will suit. Was it an 

in of Boaton " enlchah 1" 

problem is a long way off from 

nt, but it will be farther off 

yet aa long as such cranks as Joseph 

Cook are listened to with patience and 

applause when they prrsame to speak 

upon it. 

THE LAWS OP SOD'S KINO- 

DOM. 

The Treatment of Those who reject 

what God requires to 

be believed.- No. 11. 

" Without faith it is impossible to 

please God." Heb. xi. (i. There must 

bo faith in tbe breath of his words. 

The apostle John says, " He who |>elicves 

not God has made him a liar." 1 

J ohn v. 10. He therefore, who refuses to 

believe what ho admits to be said by 

God can not please him, and for that 

reason is clearly unfit to be a member 

of his kingdom. But those who deny 

what others believe to be clearly stated 

by God, often plead that God has not 

*aid such things at all. In these cases 

the assemblies of God have to act, not 

on what unbelievers say, but on their 

own knowledge of facts, and of God's 

revealed will; respecting the treatment 

of such oases. What passages are there 

which show what God's will is respcet 

iog these cases ? 

In Romans xvi. 17,18, God requi^d 

the assembly at Rome to "withdraw 

from those who created divisions, and 

causes of ain, in opposition to his teaohingsadding. 

" for such persons are 

not doing service to the Lord Jcaua, the 

anointed, but to their own belly." 

God's " teaching" includes both what 

he states as true, and what he commands 

to be done. So that whenever 

any persons alienate others from God's 

teaching, and especially, if the disciples 

be divided into parties, this command 

rrquirea withdrawment from suoh false 

teachers. 

In Gal. v, 10, Paul says that ho who 

troubled the disciples by saying that 

they could not be declared just unless 

they were circumcised and kept the 

law of Moses, would havo "sentence of 

punishment" inflioted on him. Paul had 

said in i. 8. 9: " If any one teach you 

any other gospel, let him be aeouried," 

and thiscurae implied exnommunioaiion. 

He expressed also the wish in verse 12 

|iat those would "cut themselves off" 

'ho troubled them. This, therefore, is 

those who pervert divine truth. 

Io 2 Tim. ii. 1C, Paul said that Hymeneus 

and Philetus had " wandered 

from the truth, saying that the resurrection 

was passed already," and that 

their words would " rot like mortification." 

In Timothy i. 19, he (aid that 

he had " delivered Hymeaeus to Satan," 

which ia the exprea-ion he uses in 1 

0or. v, 5 for excommunication. In this 

caae. therefore.we bars another law for 

th« excommunication of those who deny ' 

speeting the treatment of error, sad 

that the second letter of John has the 

only example of ezelssion on aoooBUt 

of it. " WILLIAM NORTON. 

g 

mr--. 

( > I 

NO. 27. 

whioh requires the assemblies of God 

to exclude those who continue to deny 

RITLXCTOS ia one of the;very aeondeta 

papers we have. ; . 

what Christ asserts aa " everlasting 

punishment." Mstt, xxv. 4ti. 

In 1 Tim. vi. 3 5, Paul required Timo- 

Hat Atlanta affair reminds me of 

the logic of an old Baptiat brother 

whom I met laat year. Ha said, "1 

thy to "withdraw from those who taught - waa attacked by a Campbellite the other 

otherwise" then he, Paul, taught; aud day for an argument. The Campbellite 

who " consented not to the words of '' aaid he objeeted to the Baptists be- 

the Lord Jesus." This command ia so j cause they claim to get religion before 

express with respect to those who reject baptism. We get it after baptiam. 

any of' the words ol the Lord, that his Well, said I, yoa get it io baptism, or 

assemblies can not have any doubt aa to i immediately afterward, aod I get it be- 

its meaning 

fore baptiam. What differeuoe does it 

In Titus i. 10,11, Paul said that there : make so ws gat it? " i.' . 

were many deceiver, -who "taught things 

which they ought not," aod " whose 

And so the Atlanta obureb and pastors 

reason, we auppose. It makes no 

mouths must be stopped." If they 

could not be " convinced " (verse 9) of 

difference whether oonveraion comes 

before or after immersion, juat so it 

their error, the only means whioh the comes. 

disciples had of stopping their mouth, 

was by excluding them, and Paul implies 

that this wss what " muat be" 

Immeraion is baptism with them 

whether the subject be couvertod or 

not. 

done, if they could not be stopped otherwise. 

Dr. Broadua haa a splendid trast, 

" Immersion Essential to Baptiam " It 

Paul said in Titua iii. 10, "A heretic 

after the first and second admonition 

reject." Jhe Greek word kerrtic de- 

seems that it would bs well if he would 

prepare ooe, " Regeneration Essential 

to Baptism." 

holed one fast fixed in what is false. 

This command thtaefbre relates equally 

Suoh doings as that of the Central 

church of Atlanta is what makes Camp- 

to those who continue to be lalse in 

laith and wrong in conduct And what 

bellites of Baptists. OSSSSVSE. 

it commands can not be questioned. 

Jackson Items. 

The apostle John says, 2 John 9 

" he who comiouea not in the preach —There was one accession to the 

i3g of the aoointed, has not God," and First church laat Sunday 

in verse 10, " If any one come to you, —The Finance Committee of the 

and brings not this teaching, receive Seeood churoh is still at work raising 

him not into your bouse." Thia oom- money with which to build. The conmand 

dcniei permission for any one tinued illness of Rev. G. T. Webb re- 

who rejeeta the substance-of what Christ tards the work very mueh. 

taught, to have any fellowship with his —Rev. W. H. Brnton if himaelf 

disciples. 

"again, after quite " a spell of la grippe." 

Tbe letters of the Lord Jesus him He is at work among hia "churches. 

self to his assemblies in Pergamos aod —Rev. W. B. Cliftoa reports prog- 

Thyatira, condemn them, for baviog ress in the Pinna churoh, the building 

within them the teachers of what waa having been hamUomelr repaired. 

wrong. The condemnation implies that —Rev. H. F. Borus has sooapted the 

these teachers ought to have been ex- pastorate 0f the Spring Hill church in 

cluded. He said to the church at Per- Gibaon county The church is located 

nmos, " I have a few tbinga against in one of the boat positions of aaid 

thee, because thou hast there those who county. 

hold the teaching of Balaam." " So hast Bro. J. W. Bosamoa is makiag a 

thou also those who hold the teaohiug vigorous canvass for the endowment 

of the Nicolatians." Rev. ii. 14.16. for the univeraity. notwilhataudtag ha 

He said to the aassmbly at Thyatira, haa been ill several days with iaflasnaa. 

"T have a few things against thee. be- —The cbse student of oorroat 

cause thou permittest the woman Jeze- events haa aotieed the growth of anitr. 

bel to teach and to seduoe my aervanta." Christian' fellowship, asd aa iaoraaaed 

Rev. ii. 20. These churches were con- «al aad earaeatssas ia alt ehurch 

demned for permitting false teaching, work Since the consolidation of-the 

and for having falae teachers within BAPTIST AHD RSFISOTOS. It ia now 

them. 

It is far from true, therefore, that 

no much easier to reach the ambar- 

That Atlanta Affair. 

a revealed truth, boot this eais slaw 1 

I wast, to thank yon for your editorial 

criticism last week of the Central 

churoh and the decision of the pastors 

of Atlanta with reference to tbe rebaptism 

questioe. In fact several editorials 

of late apoa doetrisal questions 

oosriaaas ase that tks'Bsrnst An 

hMh s 'Xp ami f h |*a 0 | h |Ynt 

a !a*e increase ia asmsta collected 

for Boards of Missions asd Sdasatiea. 

Thia result was aatuiBate4 to Am 

who worked aad prayed for coasoliiktion, 

and they have reasons to thank 

God for the starts made. May the 

time never eome whea the Baptiate will 

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