NOTES AND
“The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”
Let all the churches of the Asso
ciation send delegates to the Union
meeting at Wake Union, October 28-29
See the program in this issue of The
Messenger.
COMMENTS.
proportionately the church member
ship, and that this is the only State in
the South of which this can be said.
This statement should put people to
thinking, to praying and to giving to
State Missions.
October is Enlistment month with
our women in their Missionary Socie
ties. Are you linked on to this noble
work? If not, why not? Suppose you
join during this month.
Mrs. D. S. Vann was with the ladies
at Wakefield on the first Sunday and
found a very encouraging situation
with the W. M. S., and with the Y,
W. A. at that place.
“When you and your brother are
friends, his doings are indifferent to
you. When you have quarrelled, all
his outgoings and incomings you know
as if you were his spy.”—Thackeray.
Are our church members really try
ing to serve Christ with their lives?
or, is their service to Him a mere
side issue? This is a serious and a
most vital question. Make the appli
cation to yourself.
Dr. T. B. Ray will probably be at
our Convention in Winston-Salem and
conduct a Mission Study class every
morning for a half hour or more. This
feature alone ought to be worth a
trip to the Convention.
The church that gives attention to
its children and young people is the
church that will hold the future. What
are the prospects with your church
when you view it from this stand
point?
It was a source of regret to us that
we could not spend more time in our
Association at Youngsvllle. We hope
to arrange our work soon to give more
attention to the work of our Asso
ciation.
In a little more than a month after
this paper reaches you our State Con
vention will be upon us. The Conven
tion will meet in Winston-Salem, Dec.
5-8. It is a rich experience to attend
one of these Conventions and we hope
all our churches will try to send up
good representations. All delegates
will be entertained by the good people
of Winston-Salem.
On the night of October 27th the
two literary Societies at Wake Forest
are to join in a Memorial Service for
Prof. Carlyle. The service will be
held in Memorial Hall, and all are
cordially invited to attend. Several
brethren will be on their way to the
Union Meeting next day and might
well afford to take in this service
on Friday night.
We hear of some very successful
Baptist Young Peoples’ Unions in
country churches. Why not have a
dozen or more in successful operation
in the churches of the Central Asso
ciation. There is one at Rolesville and
at Wakefield, and we should like for
some one in these Unions to tell the
readers of the Messenger how they
are working and what good they are
doing.
Our people came through the days
of reconstruction and after, purified
and strengthened by their experiences
of hardship and poverty. Can we now
stand in the day of our prosperity?
All thoughtful people must see that
we are passing through a much more
severe test now. What the outcome
will be remains to be seen. Nothing
can save us but the practical applica
tion of the Spirit of Jesus.
We understand the church at Stony
Hill has called Bro. W. L. Griggs for
next year. We hope he can see his
way to serve them and that his going
to them may mean much to the church
and community.
The women of Wakefield have in
vited the Woman’s meeting of the Cen
tral Association to meet with them
next September. Would that every
church in the Association might have
a vigorous Society by that time and
send up delegates to the meeting at
Wakefield.
Should we not make more of the
office of deacon in our churches? The
qualifications of deacons in the' New
Testarhent are about the same as
those for the pastor or bishop. But
who thinks of the deacon as occupy
ing a piace that is thought of in the
same class with that of the pastor?
“Never lose a chance of saying a
kind word. As Collingwood never saw
a vacant place in his estate but he
took an acorn out of his pocket and
popped it in; so deal with your com
pliments through life. An acorn costs
nothing, but it may sprout into a
prodigious bit of timber.”—Thackeray.
Secretary Livingston Johnson says
that since the last census the popula
tion of North Carolina has outgrown
DR. VANN AT WAKEFIELD.
On the first Sunday in October Dr.
R. T. Vann, of Meredith College, was
with us at Wakefield and spoke on
behalf of the Endowment of that in
stitution. It was a great pleasure to
us to have him with us and to hear
him on the great work of our College
for girls. Following are the subscrip
tions made for the Endowment:
J. M. Eddins $ 105.00
M. C. Chamblee 60.00
W. C. Ferrell 30.00
Tom Thomasson 30.00
W. T. Clarke 25.00
Philathea Class 25.00
Mrs. G. M. Bell 15.00
Mrs. C. H. Chamblee 15.00
Mrs. W. C. Terrell 6.00
were not so much surprised at his
death, having known that he was very
feeble.
Brother Williams was a quiet, unas
suming man, a member of the Baptist
church and of the Masonic Order. We
talked with him on the subject of per
sonal religion a year or two ago, and
he expressed without question his lov
ing devotion to the Master. The fun
eral service was conducted by his pas-'
tor on Monday afternoon, October 2.
“Be ye also ready for in such a hour
as ye think not the Son of Man com-
eth.”
MRS. CADE BUNN.
In ■ the death of Mrs. Cade Bunn
the Wakefield community has lost one
of its most saintly characters. She
had been in poor health for several
years and was a great sufferer, but
through it all she “endured as seeing
Him who is invisible.”
The end came on September 20,
and it was a most glorious entrance
on the larger, fuller, richer life in
Christ. She sent for her family physl-
sian and personal friend to say good
bye to him. She called all her loved
ones around her and bade them an
affectionate farewell. A little neigh
bor girl was in the room of whom she
was very fond. In her last moments
she turned to this little child and
asked her to sing “Nearer My God to
Thee^” and as the child sang she her
self joined faintly in the song. Thus
conscious to the very last she went
up triumphantly to meet her King.
In accordance with her request her
five noble sons bore her body to its
resting place in the yard hard by the
place where she had borne, nursed and
reared them.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. W. C. Nowell, a life-long
friend, and her pastor. Rev. A. C.
Sherwood, of Zebulon. The large and
attentive crowd in attendance bore
strong testimony to the high esteem
in which she was held by all who
knew her. The memory of such a
woman is a treasure to any com
munity.
We have never seen a woman who
impressed us as a more faithful wife a
more affectionate and devoted mother,
a better neighbor, nor a more earnest,
consistent Christian.
And on the other hand her husband
and her children rose up to call her
blessed. Her only daughter and five
sons, with their father, were as loyal,
affectionate, true and devoted to her
as ever a family could be. The separa-
ration is hard^ but the prospect of the
blessed reunion after a little while
should banish all sorrow. For she is
not lost, but only gone before.
$ 311.00
BROTHER WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS.
Bro. W. T. Williams of the Roles
ville church died at his home in Roles
ville on Sunday morning, October 1.
Bro. Williams was born in April, 1838.
When a young man he married Miss
Fatney Massey who, with three sons
and one daughter, survive him. Death
came to him suddenly. He had gotten
up Sunday morning as usual, made a
fire in the cook room, and was prepar
ing to help his wife in arranging lor
breakfast and dropped dead as he
started to enter the door. His family
BE OF GOOD CHEER; IT IS I, BE
NOT AFRAID.—Matt. 14:27.
“Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of
the storm that caught a vessel off
a rocky coast and threatened to drive
it and its passengers to destruction, is
thrilling. In the midst of the terror
one daring man, contrary to orders,
went on deck, made the dangerous
passage to the pilot house, saw the
steersman lashed fast at his post hold
ing the wheel unwaveringly and inch
by inch turning the ship out once
more to sea. The pilot saw the watch
er and smiled. Then the daring pas
senger went below and gave out a
note of cheer. T have seen the face
of the pilot and he smiled. It is all
well.’ Blessed is he who in the midst
of earthly stress and storm can say
with equal assurance. T have seen
the face of my Pilot, and he smiled.’ ”
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