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"WAi - '■'^i'-V.i.V':.:.^':'.- y 'ti'v ■? ' . -iC • -lC>’ Monthly.] TJevofed to the Relief of Baptist Destitution in Eastern North Carolina. [25 Cents per Year. VOLUME THREE. NEW BERN, N. C., OCTOBER, 1902. Nl'MBER SIX. OUR WORK AND WORKERS. ^UUrt LETTER FROM BRO. TOLAR him a host of true and loyal sup porters. Sineerely, •I. N. Toi.ar. i\Lt. Oliee, N. ('., Oet 1, 1902. THE GREENE COUNTY FIELD. Hear Bro. Moore:—]\Iay I speak tlirongh yon a Y’ord of greet ing to the dear friends of the At lantic. J.et me answer the cpies- tion they would he sure to ask were I to come face to face with them—“Ho^v ar’e you getting along since you left Beaufort Well, I am not doing much hut I am rejoiced to tell you that the Lord is blessing our work. As you know, I preach at three churches —l\[t. Olive, Bear Marsh and Is land Creek. IVe have just finish ed special meetings at all these churches. Brethren S. J. Partin, J. A. Smith and T. J. Baker were with us and did good work. Alany souls accepted Christ and joined these churches. 1 have been on this field seven months, and dur ing this time between seventy-five and eighty have been added to the churches. Alore than sixty-five have been received through ba])- tism. Surely'the Lord has been lavishly blessing us, for tvliich we have been constrained to speak forth his praise. To my brethren and friends of the Atlantic T send back warmest wishes. In your arduous work yoti have my heart-felt sympathy. I worked down there well into three years and 1 know how it feels to work and toil and see al most no visible results. But “ Right is riglit since God is God, And right the day must win; To flonht wonlfl he io mllev would To the dear sorrowing friends at Beaufort I send deepest sym pathy. I recall the followung wdio have passed over the river since I came aw'ay, and there may be others: Dr. Davis^—one of the churches greatest and strongest supporters. Rough on the exter ior possibly, but at heart tender as a child. In the churches ex tremity ofttimes he was her strong sup})ort. I can but hope that another may soon take his place. Sister Rliena Garner, too, has gone hence to be at rest. Patient and resigned, a helpless sufferer for years before the end. She was worth much to me in my work at Beaufort. She met me. with a smile the moment I entered her home. It was her pleasure to en courage me and co-operate with me, so far as she cotild, practically and always at heart in my work. The last words I ever said to her were, “Sister Garner your smiling face and comforting words have been worth much to me,” and as I turned aw\ay, the tears of joy flowed afresh dotvn her pale cheek. Sister ,Ed. Robinson also has gone home to heaven. Like Sis ter Garner she was prevented from attending church on account of her long sickness. Through it all .she was patient and hopeful. She frequently spoke of her love for the church and of tne Joy.it Rev. M. P. Davis, Snow Hill. Dear Bro. AIoori: :—It has been some time since I sent you a report from the Greene county field, and now, .when I review the field and reniendier the work of the past few months, I hardly know what to write. . Greene countv is one of the very best farming counties in North Carolina. It is said that the cot ton and tobacco crops will bring to the farmers of this county more than one million dollars. Think of this—eighty-three dollars for every man, woman and child in the entire county. If this money were received by consecrated Chris tians, what a lilessing it would be to the peo|fle and the cause of Christ. But, as it is, many will suffer on account of the abundance of money. Many mothers and children will canw to their graves marks from the crazed husliand and father caused by the liquor ])rotected and. offered to the peo- ])le by a so-called-Christian state. How long, oh, how long, will this awful evil be sustaianed t Now I will give a short report of my work. I'he Ba})tist cause in Greene is looking up. The wa ters have been troubled often of late. The people ht'f' reading their Bibles and thinking. This is the first step every one takes in becoming a Baptist. ■ I have just closed three meet ings, Davis Grove, Taylorks School ui-etrse'aiwrCrasrona. 1 wo TuuTt’ues and one Mission jviinJ. Bi'o. C. Mb Blanchard was with me most all the time and did some great ])reaching. He is doing a great work for the Neuse Association. As a result of these meetings there are 2+ more Baptists in Greene than four weeks ago. To God be all the glory and praiSe. I am now at Eureka in a meet ing. Bro. C. A. Jenkens is doing the preaching. L believe he is one of the stveetest preachers I ever heard. Vie are hoping and jtraying for a great meeting. Brethren, the debt on Davis Grove church is $275.00. The little band has worked and paid and prayed and no-w they call upon the brethren again to help. The debt comes due Nov. l..Jf the l>rethren would send me $75 I l)e- lieve the Church and community would pay- the remaining $200. Bi’ethi’en, can’t you do this ? No finer opening anywhere in Kastern North Carolina for the Baptist than at Davis have recently had nearly all .young Grove. IMe 13 additions people. Brethren, I ask your prayers in behalf of this great, fertile field. THE PAMLICO FIELD. would give her to attend the ser vices. God has seen fit to take her hence and I commend his grace to the sorrowing husband, children, relatives and friends. If there be others, may the God of all coipfort sustain the sorrow ing ones. I w’atch the Beaufort work with tlie deepest interest. Alay Bro. Butler, strong and consecrated, find gathered around Rt'v. J. R. Taylor, Bayboro. Dear Bro. Editor:—The pas tor was taken sick last Saturday night and was- in lied nearly all the week. Thus .making it im possible to be in the glorious meet ing at Truitt last week conducted by the Editor. Brethren, I could not be there in person but I was in spirit and feel so thankful that the blessed Lord gave you such blessings as we hear of. Pray that there may be many others yet to turn. We have succeeded I think in uniting our two cliurches. Bay Creek and Yandemere. This means, brethren, that if we sell the house at Bay (.h'cek we must hav(' ('lie at Yandemere in short. I'lu' })co]ile at \’andemere have been struggling to build for some time, and may the ir movement push, them to the front. Breth ren, we must unite our forces, lay our means upon the altar if we get a house soon. I’he Bayboro people have ad ded nearly $100 to their parson age and now it stands com|)leted and the pastor is enjoying the same. As soon as this indebted ness is paid we want to paint our church. Aly last a]i])ointment at Jones’ Bay was not filled as I was sick. I’hose are interesting people but they have something to contend with. The mosquitoes are thick. Bro. ]\[oore, the people are con tinually asking if I am going to rc])ly to Bro. Blanchard. My answer has been and is, “I do not think his ])iece worlhv of my re- ])ly.” 1 say this to let the broth erhood know that 1 am not dead, but tliat 1 have sounded its depth. \V. IVheeler, who joined us by ba])- tisni s«me mouths ago. He has ■since united with one of our \Vil- mington churches and has been or- NEW DERN—FIRST CHURCH. Rev. Hight C. Moore, New Bern. Ilie first of the autumn months has come and gone. The cooler air ha.s imparled vigor afresh into various jihases of oitr church as well as business life. Attendance at the services rises above the sum mer level and interest increases. A fair start has been made for what tve hope will be an effective fall and winter canipaig-n. C - , - 1 • 1. * M . churches contain .iR-he '^t^^dy Siurday, has Ix^eri Study Alo-nth. Tlu fipre of the subjects treated .'lu the pul pit. The Bible luHuman Origin; The Roll Cdas'ttjned 1 I’wo. Bevelations'and a ifecipiQ’ t Tan cxjiosition of Psalm 19’')r:i.Ri“uliXig the Bible—Alethods and Sftitit',' Search the ScriptU”es; Tfeacbing the Bible. A revival 5f Bible read-, ing and study would 'meap a revi val along- all other Ijne, ■ Our services have alt oeep held as usual. The pasto;? preached at Olytnpia (four mile3(,an the coun try) on the second Spiiday after noon. Rev. W’’. F. Fry, who was visiting our Association in the in terest of the .Baptist Female Uni versity conducted our -prayer-meet ing service on the 18th. The peo ple heard him gladly. The sisters have been particu larly industrious in church work during the month. The Ladies’ Aid Society impro-s'ccj our Parson age property by the erection of a neat, commodious wood-house. The Woman’s Alissionary Society packed a fifty dollar box for a frontier AliSsionary. living in Tex- dained to the full work of the gospel ministry. It is a pleasure to know that he is doing good work at and around the .Delgado .Mills. The resignation, of Bro. (’. C. Clark, Jr., as Superintendent of our Sunday School, to take effect the first of OctoHei’, has been placed before the church. For sev- (u-al years he has served very ac ceptably and efficiently in this cajiacity and much regret is ex- ju'cssed at bis resignation. His successor is to be elected early in October. By courtesy of Airs. Susan A. (.'hurchill and her brothers,Alessrs. I.’. A. and John C. Green, a very handsome gas chandelier lias been jilaced in our church annex. It is a beautiful memorial of their sainted mother and is gTatcjjilly accepted by our congregation. THE EAST CARTERET FIELD. Rev. N. L. Gaskins, Davis. De.vr AIesse.xger:—I’he time has come to write. Guess I will have to be orialnal this time as nothing of unusual interest Ifas occurred since my last letter.' Per haps I should say that our work is moving on in the usual ivay. IVc are holdiiig our own. Smyrna is making some progress from a material stand point in the way of church rejiairs. AVe are expect ing a beauty vlien comi.ileted; Alarshalberg is also moving on gradually with its house of wor ship. Since my last letter thq ■ . ’ ■' > 1 . '' i ' ■ • . v/-, 's-.joJv *.V --;.t j -,aji effort is now btfing uiaJiC to get win'.l(i\-?'s,. doors ami paints. \yTi(in. completed this-Avill be one of. the handsomest clqMch''build ings on the -East Cj|i-iteret field. H'd from Davis felt that it .vas (upd as. The ladies of the congrega tion as a whole raised something more than thirty dolfiirs to secure the generous offer of a like amount from Bro. J. B. Holland for the liurpose of placing a new carpet in the church. It is expected that the carpet will be in place some time in October. After a lingering.illness of sev'- eral months Airs.. Elisha Odum passed from hence to Her heavenly reward on September 17th. To her husband, children and other relatives we extend sincerest sym pathies. They mourn not as for one having no hope. A letter was granted Rev. Jas. Our annual Associa.tion- has gone ’nv. Those of us who atteiu.i- to be tliere. I am, .soriWythat c. larg(u' num],)i^r of the bjotheilio id' wa^ not present. It to- real source of inspiration to meet once a year in uhese annual Associa tions and. hear the giant speeches of our master orators. Besides the happy greetings wq. receive am! the excellency of the Chris tian atmosphere which pervades* these .Baptist gatherings are worth far more than .it costs to attend. Aloreovmr, when a poor fellow is inclined to be pessimistic in his views siu’h speeches as Bros. MTiit- ty and Butler are wont to .make cause his melancholy spirit to melt away like the 'sflvery dew-drops, before the rays of the morning sun. \Ye thank God for such no ble spirits. Alay they live, long to brighten- the prospects of those who are earc-tvorn and weary. If there is .anything my soul delights in it is Baptist victory. And be_yond victory is the gihnt to Arabia, lest he should be said to build on another man’sffounda- tion. Y'ould to GoL that some of our Pauls of to-day could catch ibis Missionary spirit. In the second ])lac(>, we must not only have our strongest men, but we must have enough of fhem to cov er the territory. One man cannot ]ireach successfully to a whole county. In the third })lace, we must have a clinrch e.xtension fund for building church louses in destitute sections. Supjiose a Missionary goes to a new Alission ])oint and organizes with just a fcAV mcml>ers, rhow cannot build a church house, Ix'causi- as a rule jtliey are horny-lianded soio of toil, ami it takes all of their eff’orts to provide' a living for themselves and their families saying noth ing of educating their children. And this brings mo to the ne.xt ])oint. I’he peo])le must be educated. The A!is.-.ionaries’ greatest difficulty ])erha])s is to get the people inter ested. They are not interested, and they are n(-it interested because they are not educated. Yery few Ba])tists on .Alission fit'lds keep tl.emseives jiosted at all as to the great workings of oui' denomina tion. .0, then for a great wave of educadonal enthusia.sm to sweep fiver the land, which shall eamse school houses to be erected on ev ery hill side and in every valley, till every child in North Carolina shall have an o]iportunity of mak ing the most of their lives possi ble and then for a law back of this which shall compel parents to send their children to schf)ol and fur nish them wfith books. Nov'_, smuA one inav nT'.P say, ihese are sour grapes, but • brethren, it is to come to this or , ,get out of the race. Others spare neither money 'nor effort to bring afiiut results; and shall we aS-'lB'ap- ti.-Js whose watch-word has always been. Onward! and Ljiward! Let .U'- Ip’dk to the God of our noble Paptist fathers. AA’ill He not stu'c'OT us, and accomplish through us mighty things, if we will only op(’u our hearts and p('cket-books fiii.l L-iW in the language-of Paul “i ord what wilt thou have me to d«.L’ UNION MEETING--A SUGGESTION. I’o -Bi’o. Jackson’s suggestion in the-last AIessenger in which he says, “Of course, the Union meetings ai’e productive of good {referring to the recent Union held at Pollocksville, N. G.) I wish to add that I endores what he savs. .Bnt I wish to add a ])roviso, and that is. Provided, the delegates attending the T.’nion do not, as some of tliem did, on that oeca.sion, eomiteract the good th(\v did ■ in attending the strong and brave, clothed with the whole armor of effort. AVe-.' will reap wdiat we sow and we willreap in proportion to the amonrit we sow. And this is a lesson wmrthy to he remembered by Baptists in their relationship to destitute Mis sion fields in .Eastern Cai-olina. \Ye covet,, as .Baptists the sonls of men, not counting /he cost. Then to begin 'with, if I am allowed space to, m/hti'on Briefly some of the reqnisite^^fqr Baptist victory; we must haif^ bur strongest men. Paul delightetl in this kind of preaching. He went far away in- T'niqn hy the harm they did in deliberately getting a coni'ey- ance and driving out to Tu'searora and taking the Sunday train for their respective liomes, thereby vi olating the com-niandment 'which tells us to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. I’hese breth ren ■ could have easily driven to Tuscarora in time for the train on Alonday morning and w'oulcL have saved for thQpiselves and the Blessed Cause which they repre- sent the criticism brought about' l)y this action on their jiart. Brethren, I pray you he more care ful in this matter; the eyes of the world are ujion you. Amours in Christian love, J. C. WhittY.
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