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THE GOSPEL HERALD.
THE BROOKLYN BAPTIST CHURCH,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
BY REV. a. II. TOLSON.
Very little has appeared in ])rint about
this choice company of North Carolina
saints. This is largely due to the fact that
it is a very modest organization, and did
not think it quite the correct thingjto blazon
abroad its merits before it occupied solid
ground. But it is no longer in a chrysalis
state. It has ceased to be an experiment,
and is now a decided success. Suffer, than,
dear Gospel Herald, a loud, though not
long, blast from the Brooklyn Baptist
trumpet.
A quasi organization was effected April
4th, 1886, with twenty -seven members, in
cluding the pastor. The same day four
other persons were received, thus increasing
the membership to thirty-one. Although
there have been some deaths, removals, and
exclusions, there has been steady growth,
and the number of members is at present
one hundred and sixty. The recent Pearson
meetings added some financial, and much
numerical and moral strength to the brave,
struggling little band. Indeed, it received
even more than its proportionate share of
the converts. The pastor of the first church
generously said publicly on one occasion
that when the constituencies of the two
churches were considered, it was apparent
that the Brooklyn Baptists had profited by
the great meetings much more largely than
his own church. But then the noble hearted
Bishop of Wilmington is given to saying
generous things, as all North Carolina knows
full well.
After many- unsuccessful attempts, a fine
property was at last secured on the corner
of Fords and Brunswick streets, a strategic
point for both present and future work. Of
course a debt was incurred. But already
some of it has been paid, and the remainder,
it is confidently thought, will be fully liqui
dated in jjroper time. ■
In order to meet its payments as they fall
due, the church has been divided into ten
clubs, consisting of ten members each, with
one of the number as chairman, and all un-
general supervision of the pastor.
•1 was suggested by Mr. W. R.
-f the first Baptist church, and it
BSed itself at once to the wisdom and
aii>e of the whole membership. One
n». dollars must be secured within
tcfithree or six months, but as each
Jui^f a club will have to raise only ten
top.;he amount, it is believed that the
whoIe'sUm will be forthcoming when it is
needed. Every one seems confident, and
this of itself presages success.
Meantime the church will get into its new
preaching place, and will go to work there
with renewed zeal and diligence. It is neat,
comfortable and attractive, and will be
nicely furnished by the ladies of the Ladies’
Aid Society of the church. Can’t the editor
of the Herald run down to see these hard
working saints this summer ? He would re
ceive a cordial welcome both as editor and
Corresponding Secretary of the State Mis
sion Board. We want him to hurrah for
Brooklyn Baptist church ; and then we
want the Baptists of the State to say amen.
Come to see us 1
No other agency has been so largely blessed
in giving us access to the people.
No other agency has so tended to impress
people with the marvellous simplicity of our
machinery for carrying out the commands
of our Lord. Now is the time to make ar
rangements for these meetings. Let the
best men be chosen to go. Let the busiest
men at home go' on this errand for the Mas
ter. “ The King's business requires haste.”
The brethren who have nothing to do at
home, will not feel like doing anything at
the Association. Don’t send a brother who
is opposed to aggressive measures, for he
will get “ lonesome.’’ Don’t send an anti
missionary, a covetous man, or a man who
does not love the orphans. Send men who
love Jesus Christ, who yearn for the conver
sion of the world ; men whose hearts beat in
unison with the great heart-throbbings of
Him who gave himself for us. Don’t hu
miliate your messengers by failing to
send by them the help promised by your
church. Don’t send a brother \vho is un
willing to say that he will try to do more
next year. Now don’t; if you please, don’t.
H. A. Brown.
THOMASVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE,
The deliberate avowal of a crimnal in jail
in Philadelphia is very significant. Plis man
ners and conversation show that he has had a
good education and moved in respectable society.
It is even rumored that his father was a Baptist
minister. The prisoner served in the army
during the war, and attained the rank of lieu
tenant, but, being honorably diacharged he fell
into dishonest ways and became a regular thief.
He has spent most of his time since in prisons.
Lately an attempt was made to get him pardoned,
and it was essential that he should show contri
tion. “ I have nodesire to go back into respect
able society,” he coldly said ; “having been a
criminal and associate of criminals so many year«:,
I prefer to end my days among them.” buch
candor is rare among men of his'class, but the j
prisoner doubtless spoke the truth. Sinners who Thomasvnie, Davidson county, N. C., offers
are postponing to a dying hour (heir reconcilia- ' o,, a r i i . ..
tion with God, and those- who are hoping that ’ Advantages for the education of
after death there may be another period o1 pro- YOUNG LADIES AND GIRLS,
bation, appear to have forgotten the principle
that underlies the confession of this Philadelphia
criminal (Rev. 22:11, 12).
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Winston’s ^ptist Bishop Calls Attention
to Important Matters about Your Asso
ciation.
Your church and your association are the
places where your voice ought to be heard
and your influence felt for God and human
ity. Some may prefer to remain silent in
our larger gatherings, where the great un-
scriptural topic of having female delegates
to represent our churches is discussed. The
questions of temperance agitation and par
liamentary law may occupy the time of our
larger bodies and give many brethren an op
portunity to speak—brethren who must
speak on some subject or die. But in our
associational gatherings, other subjects vital
to the welfare of the churches press to the
front. It is not so hard to squelch a crank
or an irrepressible in a district association as
in a large convention. Those who compose
the Association soon get to business. The
men who have taken their horses from the
plow and gone to the Association will insist
that the Lord’s work must be done, so they
can return to their own. The District As
sociation is the place to carry the enthusi
asm to red heat. The speakers generally
know their hearers and knowhow and when
to “strike.” In our local churches, and
through them, the great work of saving men
must be effected ; but in the Association we
advise and plan and “ put on foot ” methods
for an ever enlarging grasp, on this
work. It would be a sad day for
our churches if they should fail to send
up their messengers annually to the As
sociation. It would be a sad day for the
world, if we should fail to meet and consult
how to conquer it for our blessed Redeemer.
Associations are educators and propagators.
FOGYISM.
We learned some weeks ago that one of
the best preachers and most successful pas
tors in our State—our class-mate and a
brother greatly beloved—had been giving
the Bible as authority on Baptism, church
membership, women’s preaching and public
speaking, and such like, and we pronounced
him a “fogy.” You can see from the fol
lowing, just received, that he acknowledges
the correctness of our diognosis of his case.
O, for more like him !
“ You say you learn that I have some
what of a ‘ fogy,’ &c. Well, yes, I am still
clinging to the ‘ blood ’ for cleansing, and to
the ‘ Book' for guidance. ‘ No other way I
know.’ Still trying to preach more and
more simply the glorious gospel of Christ
and relying upon the Spirit for power and
success. Still opposed to departures from
the ‘ faith once delivered to the saints.’ Still
‘ agin ’ women preaching and women vot
ing, and doing some other things that the
19th century civilization (?) yould thrust
upon them. Still ‘ agin ’ the preachers who
scrape the sky, and stir the dust from the
stars, and ‘ pluck honors from the pale faced
moon.’ Still ‘down on’ the brethren that
support their beavers, and walk with their
little limber canes, and wear their clerical
coats to advertise their profession. Still op
posed to quoting Latin in the pulpit, telling
the brthreu about the ‘ original,’ and trying
to prove by science (?) that man is a monkey
minus the tail. Still believing that it is ‘ bet
ter not to know so much than know so many
things that aint so.’ Yes, going on in the
same old way, despising shams, hypocricies
and lies. I am trying, yes, every day, try
ing, to be better, to conquer self and sin,
and come into the full likeness of my Lord.
I am trying to forget the things that are be
hind and to reach out after those things
that are before. Pray that I may do it.
“ Your true friend,
and Bro. in Christ,
“ H. A. Brown.”
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FATHER KNO'WS THE 'WAY.
Two little children were returning with then-
father from spending an evening with some
friends at a distance. They stayed longer at
their friend’s house than they at first intended.
The shades of the evening had fallen, night was
coming on, and before they had proceeded far a
heavy curtain of murkey cloud seemed drawn
about them. They had to cross a moor, pleas
ant enough in broad day-light, but not so pleas
ant with darkness around. A silence fell on
all, as the father, busy with his own thoughts,
took a little hand in each of his, and pressed for
ward.
“Johnnie,” whispered Amy’s timid voice, in
her brother’s ear, “ are you frightened ? ”
“No,” replied the little man, as a little man
should, “not at all.”
“ Why, Johnnie, it is awful dark,” again mur
mured the timid voice, this time almost with a
sob.
“ But, you see,” returned the boy, confidently,
“ father knows the way.”
The father had heard the low conversation,
and stooping down, he lifted Amy into his strong
arms, while he clasped his boy’s hand more
tightly.
“Thank you, my children,” he said, “you
have taught me a lesson. I, too, am going home
to my Father’s house, above. It is but a little
way, yet often dark and dreary, so that my heart
gets afraid. Still, it is the best path, and when
I get home I shall be constrained to declare,
‘ He led me by the right way. ’ ”
Amy did not understand her father’s words,
but she knew she was clasped to his loving breast,
held securely in his strong arms, and that hushed
every fear. Johnnie felt his father was pleased
with this simple confidence, so in faith they all
pressed on together through the gloom. Soon
they reached the light and warmth and joy of
home.
As Amy’s mother laid her down to rest that
night, the little girl murmured very contentedly :
“ Mamma, I was not one bit frightened when
I ’membered father knew the v/o,y.”—Central
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