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NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MISSIONARY WORKER. PUULISHED BY THE BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE BAPTIST STATE COI>JVE2STIO?i. JOHN E. RAY. Cor. Sec'y. WHAT HAVE STATE VliSSIO-VS HOAE ? This (luestioH is frequently coming to me from the pens of brethren in various parts of the State who are seeking information to present to their churches to induce them to come up to the lielp of the Lord. Vly bi'eth- ren, I cannot tell vou. That is a question which will be settled in the great eternity, and not before. Can you tell me the results of that sermon preached that night, as the minister stood by the bedside of the invalid lady by whose anxious request ho had been brought into the neighborhood, the first time the feet of a herald of the gosi>elhad ever pressed that soil? Can you measure the good that was accom plished in that vast throng which had assem-. bled there to see, many of them for the first time, a minister of the gospel, as the man of God. realizing that he was the only believer in Jesus Christ in the whole company cried aloud, at the close of his sermon, “If any one here wants to have Jesus Christ for his Sav iour, let him come here and kneel down?” The whole audience bowed tlownas one man, and shrieks from broken hearts and cries from contrite spirits ascended to God—a revival broke out, scores of souls were converted, and New Hope church, in the Brusliy Moun tain Association, was v, hat \s e see of it. But was tliat all? Tlie religious impulse which has gone out from that one sermon cannot be'told l)v the two generations which have since lived in that community. God alone can tell. And th.at faithful man’of God who taught the Sundav School in the log house in the edge of Chatliam county, to which a bare-foot liiu' CalilV,* tUl.whl r.'TTTTLJX Jesus Christ as his personal Sa^•iour. Can you tell me what he has done for North Caro lina and the world ? I can tell you of the glorious work of grace which resulted, of the souls led to Christ, of the organization of Mt. Pisgah church, of the erection of a good house of worship, which had soon to be enlarged, of the hundreds who have since found peace by trusting in Je.sus. But a greater work than this was done. That hare-foot boy felt constrained to preach the gospel; and not only so, but to go far hence to the heathen. And to-day the foremost man amongst all those who hold up the blood-stained cross of Jesus Christ upon the dark shores of heathenism is this boy—now the consecrated veteran, the godly pioneer of Foreign Missions—Mat thew T.'Vhtes. As long as time shall last the labors of that faithful Sunday School worker who led Matthew T. ATites to Christ will continue to operate, spreading and wid ening and deej)ening, until their waves of in fluence shall break upon the shores of eternity. And so, I cannot tell what State Missions have done. I can tell you that Samuel Wait, Thomas Mededith, Robert T. Daniel, Hum phroy Posey, Eli Phillips, William Dowd, James Dennis, John Robertson, Robert Mc- Nabb, Elias Doibson, Noah Richardson, T. D. Armstrong, Wm. Richards, Richard J.acks, Wade Hill, Lewis DuPree, R. B. Jones, Mat thew Freeman and other such men were sent out by our State Board as missionaries from one liorder of our State to the other, where the whole vast territory s])read out before them like one “waste howling wilderness,” one great desert, so far as the truth of God’s Book is concerned, and there were only 272 Baptist churches in N. C. I can tell you liow these men, with nearly a thou.sand successors and coadjutors, have gone over almost every foot of ground in this State, jireaching the gospel of peace. I c.an tell you that these missionaries of our State Board have carried the gospel into every county and town in N. C.. and have organ-', ized .at least five hundred Baptist churches, in which, first and last, hundreds of thousands of souls have been led to the Saviour. WOKTHY OF IMITATION. The Young Peoples’ Missionary Society of the Warrenton Baptist Sunday School and church have adopted Bro. Henry Sheets, one of the employees of our State Board of Mis sions, as their missionary, and have .assumed the responsibility of his salary. They will r,aise it too. They have already sent us the amount for one quarter, and will shortly send more. This Society has done a most noble work m educating a Chinese girl, and the good which is to arise from its action cannot be measured until eternity reveals the results. There are m.any more of our churches and Sunday Schools which could do this way if they would. Who will be first to follow the noble example of this earnest band of workers? A BLESSING OK A CUUSE. Two Scotchmen emigrated in the early days to California. Each thought to take with them some memorial of their beloved coun try. The one of them, an enthusia.stic lover of Scotland, took with him a thistle, the na tional emblem. The other took a small swarm of honey bees. Y'ears have phssed away. The Pacific Coast is, on the one hand, cursed with the Scotch thistle, which the farmers find it impossible to exterminate ; on the other hand, the forests and fields are fra grant and laden with the sweetness of honey, which has been and is still one of the bless ings of the western slope of the Rocky Moun tains. Even so does every Christian carry with him some thistle jilucked from the old man, or honey from tiie new man, with which to bless or curse men, according as he makes choice lor God. How precious is our influence; how we should watch and guard it \—Selected. - . -iilLOENJEiyiS 0FTE^^>^^*E HEKEF A little five-year old child of poverty, being shown over a home of great wealth, as she saw the rich carpets and sumptuous furnish ings, looked up into the face of the mistress, and said, “I should think Jesus would come here verj^ often; it is such a nice house, and such a beautiful carpet. He comes to our house, and we don’t have any carpet. I am sure he must come here very often; dosen’t he?” Receiving no reply, she repeated the question, and the answer was, “I am afraid not.” Soon the child went home, but her bit of a sermon remained; and that night the lady repeated it to her wealthy, worldly hus band, telling him the touching incident. And it resulted in both husband and wife seeking Christ, and o])ening their hearts and home to him. It is the word six)ken from the heart of Jesus, and followed by the Spirit, that does the work, whether the preacher be child or orator.—Selected. —Five thousand souls were added to our Baptist churches in 1835. —Wake and Wilkes counties were mission- •ary ground fifty years ago. Now there are fifty-six Baptist churches in Wilkes and for ty-two in Wake. —The first Baptist church was organized in North Carolina at Old Sliiloh, Camden county, in 1727—one hundred and sixty years .ago. What a wonderful work God has ■I’iwought through .and for us since that time ! —In 1832 Jacob C. Grigg was sent by our .State Board as a mi.ssionary to the city of Wilmington, and the church at Smithfleld' was organized by James Dennis with forty or fifty members. —The Missionaries of our State Board h.ave Labored in the territory occupied by every county in North Carolina, and many of us are their spirit>ial children. Is there not, then, a two-fold duty upon us to help in the State Mission work ? FIELD NOTES. Elder R. L. Patton writes: “ Will baptize two candidates. The church pays me prompt ly and its pledges also, which were ^0.” Good for a mission station. Elder N. B. Cobb; “ At Rockingham we have purchased and paid for a cari>et, put a baptistery into the church and dug a well. I have baptis. J 3 at Troy.” Elder D. W. TJiomasson; “ I have preached in different sections of the county, (Ashe) and visited most of the church es. I have been kindly received.” -Elder H. .Sheets; “ I feel much encouraged in my work as urissionary. The action of the Young People’s Society of the Baptist church at Warrenton gives me assurance that I will have the prayers of these in a more direct way.” Elder C. C. Newton has a most glorious prospect before him in the Durham mission. They have alreadj- raised 80,WW for a house of worship. Elder R. D. Harper says; “ We have a good Sunday School on my field.” Elder P. S. C. Davis still needs help to finish the Poplar Branch Church. Elder C. C. Ilaymore; “ My work is hard but encouraging. Several will come into our church soon.” Elder W. A. Pool is labor ing faithfully to build at Lenoir. Elder G. M. Tolson; “We are doing well. Our membership is 106.” Elder R. C. Sand- ling; “ The Baptist cause is constantly grow ing brighter in the East.” Elder A. D. Cohen; “ I am sowing good seed, I trust. It may spring u)> and bring a gootl harvest.” Elder T. D. Casstevens; “ I have good congregations. Outlook very goorl.” Elder Ilaynes Lennon; “ My congregation at Clarkton continues good with our increasing interest.” Elder T. ,1. Leary; “I am glad to tell you our house on Davis' Shore is completed and paid for except painting." Elder S. S. May; “ We have some opposi tion but the truth" will prevail.” —-Elder C. A. Woodson; “ The outlook on my field is decidedly clieeidng, for which the Lord be praised." Elder lY. B. Morton Is i>UC- ceeding admirably. Elder A. T. Hord; “ The building is finished out.side, except painting.” Elder J. N. Stallings; “ The prospects are good.” Elder C. A. G. Thomas; “ I am more encouraged than ever in my work.” ——Elder G. J. Dowell; “A church has been duly constituted at Bethel. We are going ahead on the house. ’ Elder W. B. Pope; “ AVe are moving on nicely. Everj' male member takes the Re corder.” Elder T. AV. Greer; “ Our con gregations are becoming quite large, and our Sunday School was organized with 15 child ren the first day.” Elder AAL R. G waltney has finished the l>est house of worship in the State, in proportion to its cost—so he tliinks. —Elder J. F. Morris; “ AVe hope for better things in the future.” Elder AV. B. AA''aIf; “ AVe hope to get up the house at Ariel this summer or early fall.” Elder J. A. Hoyle will have to build a new house, the old one ■ will not accommodate the large congregations. Elder N. J. Mathews; “ The Baptist cause on my field has never been so bright as now.” Elder J. B. Marsh; “ AA^e are trying to raise funds to rebuild the church. ” Elder C. AI. Alurchison; “ AA”e have organized a Sundav School which is growing every Sun day.” " Elder J. AV. AATldman has done good work at Alma. Elder J. A. AA'^hite; “ I feel like the Lord has a blessing for us tliis year. Elder C. L. Dowell; “ Though our work is necessarilv slow, we trust that we are moving forward.'' Elder G. AA'. Gardner says that God has blessed hinx in a peculiar way. lie is more hoi)eful than ever before. Every thing about Hickory h:is taken on new life. Elder P. Oliver; “Congregations improving, the .signs are hopeful at each point.” Elder Thos. Carrick has gone to the Lexington field, since Prof. Duncan's res ignation. Elder AA’^. J. Fulford; “ AA’e are still hopeful.” Elder J. H. Lamberth; “ I have nothing to complain of in a discour aging way; I am doing my work ciuietly.'’ Elder AV. J. AATlkie; “ We have the site located and the lumber mostly prepared to build a meeting house.”
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