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I^REEWILl BAPTIST I
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Vol. 24.
Ayden, N. C., Wednesday, January 10, 1906.
No. 22.
OFFICERS.
W. R. Sawyer, President, Florence, N. C.
E. E. Daiu, Vice E’res., Rcns-tou, '•
J. M. BARi'iEi.o.Treas.. Ayden,
E. T. Phillips, Secretary, Ayden,
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Ayden, N. C.
Rountree.
Institute,
Wintcrville,
Walter Barfield,
E. H. Craft,
A T. Dawso.y,
Ei.i). McLawhon,
•; McLawhon,
G. W. Bail,
Eld. E’. T. Lucas,
Aydei ,
I..ucama,
OUli AGENTS.
r>I i. J: \Y. Sewc-d, Beaufot-t,
I. S. Roberson, Cove,
A S. Easim. Eureli.T,
Bid C- S Churchill, Kinston,
EM. B. W. Tippett, Eatmon.
El 1 L T. PlulHus, Se'ni-i,
W, R Siwyer, Merritt.
Eid. 11 Cnniiingham,Pcc|) Run,
Eld. A. E. Ro se. Seven Springs
Eld. F. T. Lucas, Lucama,
Geo. W. Dail, Ayden,
W.J. Moore, Kinston,
Eld. J. K. Rniriti, Lucauia,
J, W. Sw\in, Terry,
W. T. Kirhv. Kenly,
Eld. B. A. W. IluskettCrcedmoor,
J. I. Wilsun, Wi'son.
Eld. G. C. Vause, Ori-nt d,
Eld. W. B Ave.-y. Wildwood,
Eld. K. I. Corbett, Ayden,
■ Eld C. King, Dutham,
E'd. C. A. I ickson. Dunn.
Eld. R. C. jaclcsor
Eld, W. M. Howe
L J. Potter,
Eld. J. T. Bundy,
Eld, J. F. Ili'l.
Ekl J. W. Ah'ord,
Eld V. G Brittain,
n R Jones,
C. O. Arm trong.
D, A Wiulham,
R. :v. I M. W Iso)
Eld. W. P. Gausc
S. B. Norton,
Eld. J. E Richbourg, Foreston.
Eld.'E. L. StClaire, Adel.
Eld. W. C.J >nes, Cordele,
W. D. Gill, Tazewell,
L. C. W.averSr., HdtonSta
J.J. Davis. Fai fax,
J, W. Anglin, Sowlntcht
J ffersun D. Stephens,M.arianna,
Eld G. W. Cherry, Do han,
R. L. Kendrick,
J. W 0. Sliannon,
Naanian Border,
Ruths Stowers,
W. C. Austin,
G. W. Hollis.
Eld. Dell Uplon,
Kcnansvilic,
Saratoga,
LaGrange,
Dnrde s,
Pollicksville,
Fountain,
Columbia,
Saratogo,
Keener,
Sci anion, 5
Coalvi
B igiettsvii
Rcbo.
Sveetl ind,
Bromp'.on,
Waterloo.
Dear Editor:—I would like
to impose on jcu again, if
you will allow me to do so,
While this is the same char
acter as the Babe it is never
the less a different sketch. As
a child he was a wise and
bright one. After Herod had
threatenened his life, and slain
0 many children of His age,
of course it frightened Joseph
d Mary. Being in Egypt
they heard of it, and would
ot go back to their native
city to live' anymore; as
Herod’s son reigned in his
stead, he was doubtful of the
young child’ssafety,although
being told by the angel of the
Lord, to the land of Israel.
He turned aside, and in Gal-
illee he went to dwell in a
little village called Nazareth
to await the changes in the
kingdom, if any. While
waiting, he no doubt became
ttached to the people and
place, and concluded to re
side there and rear this child
of God, the only sonofbeaven
was the first born of his
spouse. .He knew all this,
for God had warned him too
many times, for the least
doubt on his part. See the
carefulness they take of Him!
This king of Israel that no
Town Directory.
CHURCHES. I
Free Will Baptist, services every 4th Sun
day at 11 o’clock, and at night. Elder E. T.
Pbillips pastor. Prayer meeting every Fri
day night. Sunday school every Sunday
morning at 9:^0 o’clock, Prof. T. E. Peden,
Sup’t. Ampliictyon Society meets every
Tursday night.
Missionary Bapt’st Cuurcb, services
every 2nd Bund^at 11 o’clock a. m. and
at night, Rev- T. H. King, pastor. Sun
day school 3:30 p. m., W. U. Jackson, Supt.
M. E. Church South, services every 8rd
Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M„ and at night.
Rev. Stanfield pastor. Sunday school at
3 o’clock, P M.,W. M Edwards, Sup’t.
Christian Church, services every third
■ Sunday at 11 o’clock, and at night, Kev.
D W Davis, pastor. Sunday school at
id o’clock, A. M., R- W. Smith, Supt.
Ladies’Auxiliary meets every 3rd Sunday
evening at 3 o’clock.
St. James’ Eolsoopal church, services
every 4th Sundiy, except months contain
ing five Sundays, then on fifth Sund^,
Rev. J. II. Griffith, Jr., Kinston, N. C.,
rector. Sunday School every Sunday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock, E. G. Cor, Sup’t,
LODGES.
A- F. A- M., meets every first and third
Thursdays, R. W. Smith, W- M.
I. 0. O. F. meets every Monday night
at 8 o’clock. Dare Lodge of Rebckat
meets every Friday night at 8 o’clock. _
Town Commissioners meet second Fri
day night in every month, J. J- Stokes,
Mayor, R. W. Smith, Clerk. _
Ayden Land Company offers desirabh
business and dwelling lots at reasonabh
prices and easy terms. Apply to
J. R. Smith & Biio.
AN HONEST OFFER.
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will send both the Baptist and
the Home and Farm tor one year.
The Home and Farm is a well
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paper. There is perhaps no bettei
farm paper printed in the United
States. It contains articles writ
ten by able writers from Maine to
Texas No farmer who wishes to
be well informed about field and
household can well afford to be
without it. Bill Arp’s letters,Un
cle Zeke’s letters, a dairy and
poultry department, woman’s
woi'k department and answer to
correspondents well worth the
price of both papers. Send us
$1.25 and both papers are yours
for twelve months. Address
Free Will Baptist,
Ayden, N. C.
and its adjourning localities
hen he grew older? It
would be it good lesson if we
would study the scenes of
this child, I mean imagine the
company he would be seen in,
and his associates, and how
he wouhl correct rude boys
and girls when they did any
thing that was displeasing
to him. How he taught them
the right way. Hemusthave
instructed children then, as be
did men and women in after
years. As we do not know
exactl3’ all that occurred in
those days by reading the
Bible, we only know he was
a good child, because that is
his record, and we love to
ead over there in Luke be
cause be gives us more of his
young, tender life than either
of the Evangelists. By read-
carefully we can surmise
a great deal more that he did
than is written of him. There
is one thing we do know and
that is that he went about
his Father’s business, at a
very early age, and that
should teach us that he
meant to do good at the very
earliest opportunity, and con
tinued to do so all through
the thirty three years of his
life. I remain your Bro.
Joseph Kigsbee.
Pinner’s Point, Va.
l.et it be remembered that
our receiving of the exceeding
abundant blessing which God
has for us, now ready, now
waiting for us (not to say,
long s-nce waiting but not
vet received), depends very
much more upon our attitude
harm should come to Him.
After staying inNaz:reth for
quite awhile, we canttellhow
long before be decides to re
main, ami commences bis
trade as a carpenter, but we
o know that he was mind
ful of his step-son, for the
Book, tells us that He was
subject to his parents, and
waxed strong in wisdom,
and increased in stature, and
in favor with God and man
In wisdom because, He was
wise, in stature, because as
well as other boys He had to
become a man in due course
of time, in favor with God
and man, because he was the
only son of God, and had a
mission to fill that no other
hild could fill. With man
bicausehewas the Son of a
virgin mother, and the first
born and was a great bles
iing among the jews in that
lay. So it was a double
blessing to Mary because it
vas an earthly one, also a
heavenly blessing. Well
night she be proud of this
noble chilli ot which heaven
ts self named, and gave it
the name of Jesus in whom
we glory to day. We can say
he was working a plan ol
salvation for us, through his
jhild-hood, on the streets
and in the work shops, with
his father in the village of
Nazareth, away down in
Galilee, where it was said,
no good thing could come
trora. This child knew all
the while the purpose for this
He was willing to be brought
up any where, His parents
thought best. How different
from all other children! We
get the of our information
from StLuke. of bis child-hood
days, which is very little
with the exception of the
scene in the temple at the age
THE LINE OF DUTY.
than upon God’s willingness of twelve years. If he could
to bins. Innumerable bless-' men of the
ings are heaped up at our Qt that early age, what
vpru f’rtrs cut we have not ’ , u j
opL«d lhe’dcorstotakethem do you suppose he could do
Dear, Baptist:—Another
year has almost past away.
[ wonder how we have lived
up to all those wonderful re
solutions we made, to do so
and so for Christ? I was at
church last New Year’s day
and listened to some fine
solutions, wonder how they
have been kepi? I will freely
confess, dear brothers and sis
ters T made some lesolutions
myself, that I have fell short
ol, and as for me this coming
year I only make one resolu
tion, and it is this, I am re
solved to live for Jesus,
know that life is too short
and precious to be spent
foolishness. So dear sisters,
and brothers, let’s let those
foolish resolutions alone and
resolve, God helping us, we
will live for Jesus I enjoy
very much some of the artic
les I read in our paper, especi
ally, Eld StClaire’s articles.
We await the paper each week
with much anticipation of his
articles and we have so manv
good writers. Alll Free Will
Baptist ought to take our
dear paper and thus commune
with some of our best people
Brother Upton, one ol
National Evangelists, was
with us when we received our
last paper and pointed out to
us as special, brother Pool’s
letter from Tenn. Wish wt
had about a hundred Poolsin
our church, we could have
some work done in our de-
nominatirn then. Yes, it we
were properly organized, and
had a few good live men with
an education, andabilitysuch
as is needed in the world to
day, we would do something
in our day and age of the
world, if we were properly or
ganized and had a few good
educated men, and the money
soon sweep the world with a
mighty wave of Christianity,
and the grand old Free Will
Baptist would stand first in
the ranks of winning souls for
Jesus. Then brethren, let’s sit
down and quietly study the
matter over aiid see if we can
not see the matter as Bro.
Pool puts it, and get proper
ly organized, anj^ure acol-
lege^cqnipped witu the Very
best teachers, and plant a
Seminary in each state, and
have it carried on by Free
Will Baptists and none other.
Now dear brothers, do not
take this in the wrong light,
to be sure we have our dear
old Seminary in Ayden, and
we love it \ erv much, yet it is
too far for some people to at
tend, and if we only had one
in each state there would be
no excuse for any body for
not getting an education, for
that is what we need above
all things. Then if our peo
ple were properly educated,
we would be properly organ
ized, and there would not be
many blunders made
among us. 1 know what 1
am talking about for I have
education myself, and
every day I see the need of it.
0, why don’t the young Free
Will Baptist educate them
selves in order to understand
just what to do, and know
how to do it? But, dear
brethren, forgive me, for I did
not mean preg^h ^o you^,
or advise you wnat to do,
(especially not knowingwhat
to do myself) but getting
started I said more than I en-
tended to, and a great deal
more than I should. So I will
say no more now.
Your Sister in Christ,
Laura Hobstetter.
Sciotoville, Ohio.
and if we have not, let ns be
gin to day, to live more devo
ted to our blessed Saviour
than we have before. Let
us do more for the Lord, than
we ever havebefore. Wemay
hide our faults from the world
to a certain extent, but we
cannot hide from God. He
knows our evil thoughts, but
oh, how merciful and freely
he wiir forgive, if we only
will go to him and ask for
giveness. Just think how
many blessings he has bes
towed upon us^l He has
spared our lives when we
have done things contrary to
his will. We ought to live
Dear Brethren and sis
ters:—As I like to read the
letters that are printed in the
Baptist, if the Editor will al
low me space, I will say a
few words, concerning the
church, and the cause of so
much coldness. Brethren, 1
for one think it is for the lack
of Christ like , libve tor one
another, I fear there are more
Akins in the church, than
there were in the camps of
Israel. I fear there church
members just as guilty as
Akin was. My Bible teaches
me that God is love, and if we
have not the lOve of God in
each day as if it werethe last,
for we know not the day nor l^^arts, we are not the
hour wherein the Lord com-
eth. Dear readers, it is my
desire to live in this world so
hen I come to die I can
have a clear conscience, and
can say fare-well to the vain
world, that I am goinghome.
I ask the prayers of all pray
ing people, that I may hold
out faithfully unto the end.
Your sister in Christ.
Mrs Nettie Welch.
Beunavista, Ga.
FROM FAIRCLOTH, GA.
HAVE WE DONE FOR
JESUS.
Dear Editor:—Please give
me space for a few words
As the year is about gone. 1
think we ought to examine
ourselves, and see what we
have been doing for our bles
sed Jesus, the one that has
done so much for us. Have
we been holding up the blood
stained banner^to a sinful
world, or have we been cru
cifying him anew? If we are
not doirg our duty we area
stumbling block the sin
ners. They can see our faults
better than any one else, and
we ought to so live that Qjfi-
ers seeil^W9^^5bd works
may be constrained to glorify
our Father who artin heaven.
Brethren and sisters, let us be
true followers of Jesus, the
one that has done so much
for us, and promised us life
everlasting beyona this vale
of tears. Let us put on the
whole armor ot God, and the
breast-plate of righteousness,
so that we can stand the
temptations of the evil one.
[ am afraid some of us are
getting careless, and letting
the things of this world come
before us and our Lord. The
Lord says, first seek Him
and his kingdom, and all
these things shall bj added
untovou. Now, let us stop
i-Lfor a mon,ent and think over
Dear Baptist:—Please al
low me space in your paper
for a few lines. lamenjoying
the blessings of God every
day I live. He wonderfully
blesses me by letting me live
and enjoy health, ,There are
so many people, even church
members, that seem never to
think of God, only in trouble,
and then they are ready to
abuse bin. Let me beg you
not to abuse God for what
the Devil has done for you
God has only promised to
care for those who love him,
and keep his commandments,
and to do that I find that we
must pray always, without
ceasing, and tor all men. Il
you will get your heart
this condition, y'ou will not
want to abuse God when
trouble comes, but will want
to praise his name, for the
blessings he has in store lor
you. It you will bear with
patience the troubles and
trials of life, trusting him the
rewarder of those who dil
igently seek him, don’t you
think that everything would
work together for yourgood?
The Bible says, “everything
works together for good to
those who love the Lord.”
We see in 2nd Thes. 2:11 12
these words are written:
“And for this cause God shall
send them strong delusions,
that they should believe a He:
That they all might be dam
ned, who believe not the
truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.” So now il
we dont believe the truth
some things may work to the
destruction of our souls, and
that would not be good
And now, if you do not want
trouble to come, just read St-
John 14th chapter, and act
according to its teachings,
and Christ will bear vour
troubles, and make you hap
py in this life, and give you a
home of pleasure it« the other
world.
Yours for Christ,
A. L. Sellers
children of God. If we love
God with our whole heart,
and Christ as our elder
brother, we then can love
each other in a Christ like
manner. Let us examine our
hearts, and see if we have
God’s love, and if we have
not, then let us ask God for
His love, that will enable
us to reform, and come out
from among the world, I
believe we need a great refor-
raaiion. You cannot reform
for me, neither can I reform
for you, lor it is an individual
matter with us. Let ns as
church members, of all the
differentdenominations, serve
God in spirit and in truth,
and let us live for God and
each other. Let us walk
provcj to the
Godly, and
world that
with Christ.'
Christ day,
them to work and to keep
them into the fielJs all
we have been
Let us live in
for He is the
light of the world, and if we
live in the light, we are, the
children of God, and it will
guide us in the way of peace
and life. Let us humble our
selves as little children, for
of such is the kingdom of
heaven. We that profess
Christ let us live for Christ,
and for the glory of God.
Let us teach our children and
I grand-children that to love
God is the beginning of wis
dom. Let us thank God for
his great love for us. Now,
dear Editor, as I am behind
some on my paper, you will
find enclosed SI. 00 on my
ubscription. Please send
the paper to Sprotts, Perry
count}', Ala. R. 1. Now, Ed
itor, with your consent I
may write again. I will close
by asking an interest in the
prayers of God’s children.
Your brother in hope of heaven
James Orr.
Sprotts, Ala.
SIN AND SINNERS.
Every one that has read or
heard read, the fall of our
fore parents, Adam and Eve
in the garden of Eden, knows
something of the beginning
of sin and its deadly work in
this world of ours. Every
one that has reached the
years of accountability, and
has slimed in word or deed,
and was made concious oi
the fact that they had sinned
knows something of the be
ginning cf sin in their own
person. They that have
continued in sin, know truly
that they are sinners in ’eed,
therefore it is not needful on
he part of the preachir to
I All Kinds of Job Work
Neatly Executed at
This Office.
I^ORK DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
should tell how and whytley
are sinners, and tell them the
danger of living and dying in
sin. They should point them
to the Lamb of God who
taketh away the sins of the
world, who came not to call
the righteous to repentance,
but did come to call sinners,
that through repentance and
forgivness, that they might
have eternal life. Some think
that sin originated in Eden,
when Eye partook of the for
bidden fruit, but I am sure
that sin was of the Devil and
in the Devil, and the first act
of sin showed itself in heaven
just before the great battle
was fought between the devil
and his angels, and Michel
and his angels. Michel and
his angels prevailed, because
they fought against sin, and
for the righteousness ofGocl.
So will every oneprevail in the
name of Jesus, if he is living
and walking in the righteous
ness of Jesus. A man in sin,
who is obeying the lusts there
of, and knowingly doing
things, that God says not do,
surely he is not in Christ, and
never will be, without a won
derful change, wrought only
by the love of God, and power
of the Holy Ghost, through
which we are able to over
come the world, the flesh
and the devil. When we get
the victory over these three
we can fight a good fight,
keep the faith, finish our
coursK with joy and know
that tience forth there is ' a
crown laid up for us, that the
righteous judge will give at
his appearing. He that for
sakes and confesses all bis sins
he it is to whom the blood
of Jesus has been applied,
which cleanses from all sin,
and he it is who enjoys full
salvation, and is able to
point and lead men along
the gospel path of rectitude,
to the fountain of life, and
pure waters of God’s won-
derous love and grace. Paul
said after a man had received
the power of God and the
Holy Ghost, and have tasted
of the good things of the
world to come, if be sins wil
fully there is no forgivness for
him, and what can that be
but sinning against the Holy
Ghost. Can one drowning
man, help to save another?
If so one sinner, can help
save another sinner.
L. T. Phillips.
the our pa;t life, and see if we The la^it word of God is notUell them they are sinners.
THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.
Dear Editor:—Allow me a
small space in the Free W ill
Baptist for communication.
I have just closed a two weeks
meeting at Lodi church which
resulted in twelveconversions
and accessions. I have began
protracted work at Chase
Chapel. Christianityis at a lo w
ebb at both places. We or
ganized a Sunday-school at
Lodi church. There seems to
oe a general revival at Lodi
now, considering the condit-
cion in which I found it on
my first visit there. There
were none who would take
part in worship of God. To
the brethren who read this
paper, we ask your prayers
that God will bless the work.
Yours in the work.
W.J. Carrier.
do you suppose he could do them into the faelJs all the our pan me, auu .. 'T" I ^ k x.erv necessarv that thev Carlton, Ohio,
to those around Nizareth.l time. Brethnn, we would 1 have be;n living as we ought Uoom, but redemption. jit is very necessary that tn y (