THE FREE WILL BAPTIST,
E. T. PHILLIPS. ■ Editob,
J. M. BAKFIELI). Bus. Mok.
E^iitnril III till- I'oat (Hrii-p Ayli*a, N. C,, un Second CIqm Mull Mntin
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AYDRN, N. C., Wbunksoay, July 18, 1900.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
The death of I-ld. W. II.
I'rost lonvcs a vacancy in all
otir boards which will be
nilcd at their coming meeting
at Kyger, Ohio.
\Vc arc rf((ue8tcd to preach
the Inncral .sermon of Sister
Tamar I'arrar, at the Jackson
(J M. at I’etrcu the 20ht inst,
Sfie was oncol theconstituent
iiu ndicrs of that chtjrch and
was failhfid through a long
and tiseftd life.
Wc arc rcctivcng almost an
ovation every where we go,
the present year. Wc have
attended lour (innrterly (un
ion) Meetings and have one
more to attend and then the
State Convention and yearly
meeting. We are not ver;^
demonstrative but we feel
like shouting over the very
great progress of the past
yt ar.
We preaclu'd at the Star,
Ohio, I'lec Will Haptist church
Inly b. Brethren James and
Wm 'rnriier iinilitl with the
ehiireh hy letter and enrolled
as Theological Students of
the Semiu.'iry per correspon
dence. I'rfim short accjuain
tanee, we take them to be
young ministers of uncom
mon promise and expect them
to be of great value ti the
Oeiiomination.
I'Id. Bell Upton will com-
inente work as Financial
Seeelary ol our Benevolent
Societies the Ifilh of next
mouth. The Home Mission
Society will be given tlie
greater prominenee at first,
as it is tile most needy. Please
give him a cordial reception
wliercvcr lie goes. He is a
native of West Virginia and
hisliomcis at Waterloo in
that State. Ilisappointmeut
means a Waterloo victory.
Every true pastor will at
once canvass his churches for
students to attend the Semi
nary the coming year, com-
m^neing the 27ih of next
njRnlh. The addition ol
Prof. (i. W. Prescott to the
I'aculty, enables us to make
this excellent school still more
worthy of patronage. Hally
nromul the School, for it has
no siipet iur of .ts grade in the
Nation. The writer favors
making it a eollogc by the
close of the present year.
All jilncos desiring to en
tertain the next session ol
Ucncral Confcrcnnc should
send nil invitation for it to
'fhomas Iv. Peden, Ayden, N.
C- It meets the first Wed
nesday in Oet. H)07. All V.
Ms, Conferences and .\s80ci-
ntions that meet later tfinn
tliat should appoint their
deleg.-itcs and make provision
for their expenses, the present
year let every annual body be
reprisenlcil. It will probably
be the largest and most im
portant session ever held, hut
it wdl of course depend upon
the interest taken by the An
nual CoufereiKTS.
'fhe Sciotoville eluireh suit
is .-set for Sept. The rulings
of the Court, so far, are alt
favorable to the Church and
the attorney, N. W. Evans,
feels sure of winning the case
but “There’s many a slip be
tween the cup and the Up.’
especially in (law suits. If
won, it will establish an im
portant principle that is of
great value to all chinches, if
lost, it affects no church but
the Sciotoville, as no other is
in the same condition. The
brethren are too slow coming
to their assistance. They are
fifty dollars short of fiaving
money enough to pay the es
timated cost of the suit. All
who sympathize with them,
should send the value of it, in
the form of a money order to
likl. Dell Upton, Sciotoville,
Ohio, by next mail. If the
unexpected should happen
and more be sent than needed
the surplus will be promptly
turned over to the mission
Board.
THE OLD FARMER'S VIEW OF IT.
A few days ago we came
across a story in an English
paper which left its impression
upon us. An old farmer came
in from the country to makt
a short visit to his son, a re
cently graduated physician.
The father hud held the boy
through college and medical
school at considerable sacri
fice, and was naturally inter
ested in knowing bow he was
succeeding.
“Well, how arc yon getting
along, my boy,” he askcil
“Sorry to say, I’m not get
ting along at all,*’ was the
boy’s disconsolate answer,
“Business doesn’t seem to be
coming my W'ay very last,
and it’s hard work keeping
up.”
The old man’s face fell, and
it was evident that he was
grievously disappointed. Hut
that afternoon he went to
the free dispensary and clinic
where the young man had
an appointment. For several
hours an intensely interc.sted
spectator, the father watched
the son as he prescribed for
and operated upon a long
Hue of waiting patients
When it w'as all over, he
turned to his boy and remark
ed:
“1 thought you said that
you didn’t have anything to
do?”
“O, well this, of course; but
it diH'sn’t bring me in any
thing—there's no money it it.”
“Well,” said the old man,
with enthusiasm glowing in
all his features, “if I could do
ns much good in a month ns
you have been enabled to do
here this afternoon in a few
hours, 1 should count myself
supremely happy. Never
mind the money. Yon just
keep right on doing as yon
arc. I'll go back to the farm
and make enough money for
botli of us "
Wc rather liked the ohl
farmer’s victl ol the thing,
and his program might Ik*
taken up by many more who,
laeking great opportunities
of being philnntliropie them
selves, might help somebody
else who is in a position to do
it to “keep right on” without
worrying.—Selected.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE MIN
ISTER.
The private life of the min
ister should be guarded be
cause, sooner or later, tlic in
ner life bteomes the outer life
It is morally ccrt.ain lliat Dr.
Jfkyll will eventually become
Mr. Hyde. Thonghls cherish
ed in secret will after a while
speak in public. Wrong fctl
ings, falsity, duplicity, hy
pocrisy, must tell on them
selves in time. While a sin is
no worse for its being discov
ered and looked upon by the
eve of another, it is yet true
that sins wliich aresufipressed
mortified and Iheiuliininated.
do not so much make them
selves felt and ilestroy in
fluence. The fountain cannot
long contain bitter water
without imparling liitlerncss
to the whole life. Ilowinauy
sermons have been spoiled
btcause the heart was first
spoiled ofitssweetness. How
many ministers have fallen
disgraced and dethroned
from their sacred calling be
cause the thoughts were
tainted and on the walls of
the imagination lumg the
pictuns that allersvard were
wrought out in real life.
Though the world does not
now peer into the sacred
realm of the soul, it may by
and by bring a crowd to lor)k
in through the windows of
unsaiutliness which that soul
itself has tlirone open. It is
a law of our being that vvlial
is in the bfe will, if develop
ment ('ontinue, come to the
outside of th.'it life, it is a
bud today, it is a full lilown
wild flower tomorrow. That
is the reason why some out
wardly clean men of yesterday
are Idoats and rakes and
ostracizaJ todu3’. It is the
general principle that is here
insisted on, without any re
flections on an honoralilc
body of ministers. Out of my
observations Imve come tbes£‘
assertions, for it is eeruA
that the secret of farniality,
coldness, int fleetivencss, ab
sence of self-control, selfishness
and the like, is found in the
far and hiilden country' td
man’s soul, tjcnuincness ol
heart makes sincerity in ac
tion. Cunning in tlie secret
thouglits makes dnpbcitj' in
the dealing with men. Strict
est lionesty, honesty in the
study fjefore Ood and fhe bar
ofone’s own conscience, makes
for integrity out of tlie study
and btfore tlie people. To
keep the jirivate life pure and
wholesome is to assure one
of strength the growth of
iiifbunce, the accumulation ol
power, the creation olcliarac-
ler, the admir.'ition of pco[)le.
—By John V. Wliiling in Stan
dard.
ORIENTAL. S. S.
Dear Iuhtok:—Flense allow
me spare m your paper to let
its inan\’ reader liear Iron,
at Oiicntal. I ns assistant
supreiitendaiit urn well pleas
ed with our S. S. ns to the
representative, while we liave
been short a lew times, Imt
we hold to the rack. If any
of the young girls read tliis
letter, (of Oriental) I want
them to accept my grtltmle
lor their nolile assistance
even in attending. It was
prcdicteil Hint iheS. S. would
not be a snceess in the .-V. M.
but 1 nin glad to say that
with the above stated help
and the help ol the remainder
of the offieers and teachers
we have been carrying it on
for a little over a year.
One word in regards to the
literature: Will say that ff the
Senior Quarterlies are as nice
for the work as the Juniors
are that I, for one, am wiping
to pay the price utitd tluTCo.
get enough work so they can
{lublish it cheaper. I hojie
that the brethren will take
hold and hel() them and us.
May the churches that liave
no Sunday School organize
one at once, it is the nobhst
w’ork in the cause of Christ,
except a minister of the ('.os
pel, is to be a Supt. of a S. S.
I will close for fear tlii.s lelttr
may find the destination of
the last one.
Vour Bro. for the work,
Will Swindlll.
THE SIMPLE LIFE SUBLIME.
The simple life is coming to
be recognized as sublime
C o m pic X113’ and o V e r w h 11 ni -
ing luxury, in spite of them
selves, men arc recognizing as
vulgar. The simple life is the
Christ ideal. He wasa home
less man, themanof one robe,
the man lived through tlie
yeaisof public ministry on
the sweet charity of wealthy
women, jierfectly simple, no
dilettante child of li]xur3',
pampered and fretful, but a
sublimely simple soul, able to
lay his head at night upon
the side of the lone mountain
and sleep, able to put his head
upon a pillow in tlie hinder
(lart of a ship, a lishcnnan’s
common . smack, and sleep
rocker) by the rolling waves.
Yet Ilf was a soul so sublime
that he turned a mountain
intr' a sanotuar3’ un^il hi:
communion made it fl-inie
with the glory of transhgura-
tion. So sweetly simple was
Christ as to utter words
which children for nineteen
centuries have learned and
loved, “Come unto me. .all ye
that labor and are heavy 1;:
den, and I will giveyou rest.
Atul yet so sublime in his
lliinkiiig as to pief.ice tliesim
pic love call 1)3’ a claim and a
challenge whicli still astonish
thinking men, “No one know
eth the Son save the Father;
neither doth an3' one know
the I'ather save the Son, ami
he to whomsoever the Son
willelh to reveal him.” Tli
ideal the woild is coming to
accept as bcaulifiil, even
though is not yet ready to
obc\'. We no longer think of
a man asnecessariB' great be
cause wrapped about in m\s-
ler3’, and unnpciroachablc by
ordinary mortals.
The great man today is he
tr) whom tfic lowliest and
simplest ap[)roacli with per
fect freedom, who yet is able
to speak, and so act as to
mold the destinies of nations,
and lead the homst ititelli
gcnce of one time liows its
head in the presence of th
Christian ideal ami acknowl
edges its bcantv. Whatever
m.'iy be uncertain a b o u t
Christ, it must at le.ast liccou-
ceded that he has revealed to
uieu the. highest ideal of hu
man life which the world has
overseen,—G. Campbell Mor
gan, in North Cnroiiiiii Ba|)-
tist.
TO THE BAPTIST READERS.
When I wrolemy last report
I was then in Fl.'i. I remained
there until 1 prcachctl toseven
churches. Como through Ala.
and secured two students lor
the Seminary; from there to
Ga., and preached to lliree
churches, got three students,
and from Ga. to S. . liave
preached to four church here
and now in the midst of a re
viv.’d.
Yours in ho()e of lieaven,
J. Iv. Kicmionv't'..
Assistant National Evan
gelist.
KIITLING BECOMES A PROHIBI
TIONIST,
Mr. Rudyard Kippling is
one of tlic great uoYclist. oi
the present era. fie was m a
certain city one time when his
-'itlention was attracted bv
tw0 3 0ung men in coni[)anv
witli two gills. He saw thrse
3’oung men iscort them into
a saloon nstaurant. Drinks
wire ordered and consumed
until the girls were in such an
intoxicated comlition that
A hen tlu‘3' went out on the
street they- were staggering
drunk. Though not a total
abstainer liimself nor n() to
this time an advocate of tern
perance 3tt after rcllecting
upon this scene he changeii
his views. Tlie .account we
give in his own words: “Tlien
recanting previous opinions I
lieeame a proliibitionist. Bet
ter it is that a man should go
without his beer in public
places .and content himsell
with swearing at thenarrow-
mindtdnes.s of the majority;
better it is to poison tlic in
side with very vile temperance
drinks and to buy larger fur-
livelv at back doors, than to
Itring temptation to tlic lips
of young fools such us the
four I had seen. I understand
now wh3’ ]ircachcrs rage
against drink. I have said,
“there is no harm in it taken
moderately,’ and yet niy own
demand for beer helped direct
ly to send tliose two gltls
reeling ilowri a back stre-t to
—God .alone knows whatend.
II liquor is woith drinking,
itisworliia little Iroubleto
come at—such troubles as .a
man will undergo to compass
his own desires. It is luit
that wc should let it bo l)c-
forc the eyes of children, and
I have been a fool m writing
to the contrary.”
ON READING.
A father was (alking to ids
son.in words that the little
follow could not imdeisl.and.
‘ Fapa,” he claimed, “d.>ii’t
talk words to me!”
There are many’ |)eople who
read just words—.and get no
ideas whatever. No.v a wri
ter cannot help tiiat. It is a
wrilti’s business to wiitc —
ami tel write simply; it is the
reader’s business to tbiiilc.
Reading is the greatest ac
complishment—not leading
aloud, but just reading. For
reading implies thinking and
thinking is the (]istincti\c
mark ol man. It is nothing,
however, to read words. It is
all to read i leas—to have
that divine pri'ccss that; w
e.’di “thinking’’ going on in
one’s mind.
Wc think that many are
eonteut jusl to re.ad word.*;
Indeed weUno.v people who
never try to think: who, un
less the thinking lia|>pens to
go on. will do nothing to il
reel tln-ir thoughts. 'I'lioy .'ire
only h.'di-ileveoped. 'I'he
arc ot hers who (ind thinking
so uncomlortable that they
prefer the paper .'uul the
preacher and teacher and the
wife th.at will not taipiire
them lothink. They are lazv
in tlieir minds-lilher lazy or
stupid.
Cnltiv.'ite thinking as yon
read. Stop upon any sentence
ml think It out. Besureson
umlerst.'iml. Be sure von get
deas or to sec a vision. It is
simple enough to aetpiiro a
fact. Jones has killoil Smith,
rtquins no more thought
ih.'in is leipiired of .'idog wlien
v«>u c.all him. But to get an
idea or a vision ;is one tends,
is an accomplishment that
will add oibits to your Intel-:
leotu.al .’ind S|iiritiial stature,I
and years to your joy.—I;x. I
THINGS TO REMEMBER.
Grain and wceils cannot
both thrive in the same
groundr-neithcr can the love
of God and of the world sim-
uU.anconslv fl-mrish in the
c-nmc heart, due will surtly
kill the other.
Cemscer.'ition iuvolvts keep
ing out ol ll’.c puddles, and
slinnning the vices and allure
ments that tempts us ()ncvcrv
side. A man cannot tipple a
little, gamble a little, dance
and kill time in frivolity, and
still be consecrated.
Acknowledge Goi in all
your ways, by word and act,
ami every’ blessing will be en
joyed with a double z st.
I I'o dally some good work,
however small; speak some
kind w'ord; bring a sparkle ol
joy into some heart liss liap
py than your own.
Ask tile lleaverdy Father,
in Jesus’name, to supply all
your needs ns they arise; but
remembtr that some (>f tlv
things which the world v.alncs
may be worthless in Ills eves,
Do not ask for such things.
Idleness means danger and
tcmjitation; therefore li
for eacli day its appointed
task. Be an cxamj)le of in
dustry’, appreciating the value
of hours and minulcs.
Give Iretly to all good caus
es that ajipeal to your heart
as worthy. Such giving ntvei
impoveri.shes. It willaliconi
liaek again in muUi|)lied
mcasiire and blessing. Re-
mem!)dr the old epitaph
Wh.it wc gave, wc liave
Wliat wc lcc])l, wc losL-
an arlinonition to us to do a!)
the good we can while
have the opportunity’.
Figfit a bad habit or an
evil indulgence by praver and
constantself restraint. If tir
body is ever to be a fit tempi
for the Holy S[)irit, it must
be clean and pure.
-'Vttend the ordinances of re
ligion .and av.iil yourself ol
your full Gospel privilegs
Thus you will le.arn what the
Fs.aimist nic.int when hesaid,
“.\ day in thy eotiils islut
ter Ih.'in a Ihous.aml.”—Cliiis-
tian Iferahl.
SELF-RELiANCE.
Nvtlhij-g beltir eonhl ha|
pen to the voiing man. who
has the right kiml of spirit,
than to lie thrown upon tlu
world and his own resources,
Dr. Sani'icl Smiles lias writ
ten. Awcli-todo judge once
gave his son $1, 000 and told
him to go to Col lege and grnd-
nnlc. The son letiirnorl at
theemlofthe first year, his
money all gone, and wilhsev-
iM’al extravagant I'labils. At
the close of the vacation the
judge sail! to his son:
“Well, Wiiliam, an-you go
ing to eriliege this year?”
“I have no money, fatlie
“But I gave yon $l,00t) to
graduate on.”
“It is all gone, lather.”
' Yiiy well, mv son. it is .all
I could give you; you can’t
stay here; you must now pay
yonr own way in the world,”
\ new light broke in n[)on
the vision of ilie y oimg man.
He aecoinmodaled himself to
tlic silnafioiLag.ainlcft home,
made his way through col
lege, graduated at the headol
his class, studied law. b.onmc
goveinori l the state of New
York, entered the Caf)inet ol
Ifjc President ol the United
Stalls, a d lias marie a rce
otd that will not soon rlic.
for he was none other than
William II. Seward.—Norlli
Carolina.
More liomelikc seems the
vast unknown since he has
entered there.—Chad wick.
A GREAT MAN.
Many of our great million-
lircs deserve the great for-
unes they liave made for these
iirtuncs were won by great
urvicetolhe wotlil. One of
he greulcst of these men is
.'jcorge Wcstirighonsc, who
is one of ihe ehctiicd mami-
laetnrers ami inventors.
But iMr. W C'linghouse uill
)e leir.embereri for hisinven-
ion ( f the aiibrake, which is
now used on all radread
trains.
This oneinvrntion has done
more than any one thing to
the railroads of our country’.
U’s valuable.
Yi-t when this invention was
ficrfected Mr. Westit'gbouse
w’as only twenty-three years
old. Nor was it an accident.
Belorc this he had invcnlcrl a
machine to help put c.arshaek
on the track, and had begun
to study about railroad
wrecks. So lie became inter
ested in brakes, am! kept
working until he got what he
wanted.
That kind of young man is
worth something to the world
and no one will begrudge him
his foilune.
Open yourcyesand see what
you can do?—Baptist Boys
and Girls.—North Carolina
Baptist.
According tf) press reports
at the time, just after the
bonif) was thrown at Spam’s
young King and hnde. they
went 5-trightw’ay ami spent
several houisin prayer. O.ily
a day or so later they were
interested spectaters at that
brutal iniium.an, national
spoit. the bullfight. Wc al
low tliat they were nncon-
scions of any iucongrnity be
tween the two piict's of con
duct. Hut folks can be found
this side of Spain who g* to
churoli Sumlay
to the parks of the ball game
ill the afternoon. Folks can
be found—plenty of them, and
clmreh members at that—who
go to churcii Sunday night
and to the theater Monday/^__
night. Othcis go to church
one Sunday and on an ixcur-
sioti the next Sunday. Issuch
leligion only a pretensi? Is
a religion without moial con
victions, without eonsvitiui-
ous sernphs, without the
po.^er to regulate condue; —
is such a religion of any
vvoi th?—Word and Way.
'File Gospel of John Is the
most matured ixpression of
the Icae'hings of Jesus given
by one who was personally
associated with him. Ot the
other known writers of the
New Testament only Peter,
Janies and Mnttliow were of
the twelve am] shared the
intimates companionship and
oareful irst.rnetion which tlioy
ci j lycd, and John was the
one who wrote the latest
skctcli e>f the'earthly life of
jesiis. It is believed that he
wrote his gospel wlicii at a
very great age, aftertheother
gospels ami many e>f the
epistles tneUided in the New’
Testament had been long in
cirenlation among lliechiircli-
es, and after, by years of
meditation and Clnistiaii
activity, the truths of tlie
gospel had become assiniiiatcd
to his own nature. Itappears
therefore, that John siqipbcs
ibcii()cst exhibition of the
person'll teaching of Jesus
upon personal character and
his gospel should be valued
accordingly. In view of this
fact it is significant that oiie-
halfofthe gospel is devoted
to the last week, the crucifix
ion. the resurrcciioii and as
cension.—Morning Star.