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. ....... ' 1 . . . .. . - i - L J- - y i The Biblical Recorder: The Biblical Recorder. -YN r-z ".i . ;. ' -v: ..r- , : --- - - ADVERTISING RATES. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY - - 7- . . . ' t Rkv,"-C. T BAILEY, ; . c -'" - -" - " t ' "" " ' ri : " 1 " i" .. j ;JiALEIGHf ,N, C, ;! ( j , - lic ; Cor; Hargetl and Salisbury Strts. .jTkbms o Subscription: One wpy.?onryear.i'.?.'r..;5.:l.$ 8.00 One copy'-sly months, ...,.i., - LOO Clubs of five,.. 10.00 Clubs of ten (copy extra to sender) 20.00 Remittances must be sent by .Regfeteral Letter, postoffice Order, Postal Note, Express or Draft, payable to the order of the Publisher. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. September 11th, 1887 Re-nrrxxngtdfrom th Senior Quarterly. . GOLDEJf PRECEPTS. Mutt! 7: x-12. GOLDEN TEXT. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should doj to you do ye even so to thcni. Matthew vii, la. THE LESSON. 1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be ; judged : and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. .-' 3. . And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye. but considerest not the beam that is in thiae own eye ? 4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye ; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye ? 5. Thou hypocrite,' first cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7. Ask.'and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be bpefted unto you : ' i 8. For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? - 10. Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11. If ye then, being evij, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ? 12. ..Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you.do ye even so to them' : for this is the law and the prophets. . 1. Judge not Do not entertain nor pronounce hasty and uncharitable judg ments 00 the character and eondact of other. : That ye be not Judged. The more charity ,w have for others, the more shall we receive for ourselves. 2. Ye shall .& Judged. By God, as well as by tuen. 3. Jbte. A small splinter. . ifoam. A great plank. . In thus contrasting the faults of the censorious tuan, and the object of his criticisms, oar Lord beeouies almost humorous. Cansoriomnesa la itself a beam. . . . 5. Thou hypocrite. . The hypooirisy consists in the fact that the censorious man overlooks his own faults, in his as sumed zeal for -the correction of "the faults of others; showing that he has no . real hatred of sin. 6. That tohich is holy. The truths of the gospel,, and the privileges of the church. :Dogs. Savage and snarling haters of truth and righteousness. Pearls. The treasures of Christian ex perience. .Swine. The impure and coarse, who are incapable of apprecia ting the precious blessings God offers the soul.-. V Eeligion is brought into contempt,; and its professors insulted, when it is forced on those who cannot value it, and will hot have it," At the same time, we are not to press this in janetjciii tooi sjtrongly, as - many may seem to b 3 'dogs or swine, who do not desene Bach classiUcation. 7. Ask. seek, knock. "We ask for what we wish;- we seek for what we miss; we knock for that from which we feel ourselves sAui , out." , 3eeking implies more earnestness than ' asking; and kooekin&r. still creator earnestness. - 8. For every one, etc -Of course it is implied here that men ask in faith, and in humble reliance on the will ox troa. , Or what man ff you, etct. The argument here is from the human to the divine. If human parents give proper response to the requests of their chil dren, how much more will. the Father in heaven . . . f ' . , . 1L If ve then leing evil. The area ment is here strengthened by a compari son between sinful men and a holy uoa. 8arely, oar Lord says, if earthly parents, with evil m their hearts, seea tne wel fare Tof, their children.-: the: holy and lovioir Heavenly Father will do the same. l Therefore all, thinas. , etc.- This has been well called the Golden Rule, It islas Jesus say 8. the essence of the .law and the prophets, and a summation. of the whole code of duty. ,vxne pre Icise sense of the maxim is best referred to common sense. It is not, of course,; what tin our war ward, grasping moods, we may wish that men should do to us that we are to hold ourselves oouna to do to, them ; but only what in the ex ercise of an impartial judgment, and patting oareelves -in their place we consider it reasonable that they should do to us, that we are to do to them. J Pbacticaii Lessors. i 1." As we feel and act towards others, so will they feel and act towards us 2. If we take the time needed to correct oar own faults, we shall .have little time or diBoosiUon to find fault wttn otners. 3. Zeal is good; but it should always be under the control of wisdom. 4. With God as our Father, we have every en couragement to nrayi B.J God cannot and will 'not disappoint' us ; what ? we most need- he is sure to give. 6; Doing' to other what we would have them do to us not 'only makes us unselfish but secures lor ti the good will of men and the approval of God. 7.' No man can obey the Golden Rule until he accepts, and becomes like, Christ. ; - - Why Silent on the Subject f s One of the results of , the so-called Union , movement' in the evangelical churches is well illustrated in a recent issue of the most widely circulated union weeklies. ' " One marked - tendency of these union schemes is the ' wilful sup pression of truth, when it would be in expedient to have It revealedV The Sun-' aanT School 2Ymc. probably the ablest adit9 HnnflaT' ac.hool ' wreeklv- in the world;1 wittr corps of Bible scholars as contributors, in, its recent issue on tne "Baptism cf Jesus, did not give even a hint as to the mode of this baptism. Whrwas thls' omitted! Because it can be proven" bv the writings of pedobap tist histories that for thirteen centuries immersion was recognized by all chris tian ehurches as the apostolic mode of Dapusm. Ito religious paper, eaitea on the union iilan. has the courage to ad mit this truth into its columns. 'Truthn is a precious heritage to Baptists. They cannot afford to have it suppressed by way pf eoneiliation, or for fear of giv ing offense. The Baptist platform has no rotten planks in it, nor doea it need we TeedOike1 props of other, tecta to keep it from falling. - We appeal to the ; wom or the IiOro-2 JSranuy unurcn aecoraor August. The' Oman of VoLtiin! .63. ; LESSONS IN MORALS, Less ob No. 22. The Graces. BT BXV. WM. EOT ALL, D. D. 1. Having noticed the five Virtues which constitute the essentials of hu man character, we now proceed to con sider the Graces, whieh are necessary to its perectton and completepess. .These add beauty and symmetry to it, and thus increase its actual efficiency and power; or, at least, give it opportunity to exert that power, and pave the way for its true and best work. , The covering and rounding off of the natural body may not much increase the strength of bones and sinews, but they make the body comely, graceful in movement and nt for intercourse wttn others. , So the Graces fit and adapt character to the successful performance of duty by putting it in a condition to be approached and to approach others. The exhibition 01 bare strength awes and repels. But when clothed npon with the garments of beauty, gentleness and love, character invites us near, and puts us in a condition to bear the dis plays of power unawed, yet suitably impressed. The man possessed of strength of character alone may be admired and feared, , but seldom is he loved. On this account he is at a great disadvant age in any effort he may make to im press and win us over to the adoption of his views and schemes. His strength must be largely wasted. His Justice, Purity. Virtue, may seem unnatural. supernatural or monstrous. Many a boy and girl has been .driven away irom tne presence of. a man or woman, whom be snows to be "as good as he can be," by the discovery of a want of graciousness, affability and gen tleness iu- him. The child often blames himself for not being able to make free with a , person who is universally re garded as so "good." But afier many trials to love and trust him, ne lias to compromise between duty and. affection by respecting him, and keeping oat 01 his way. Some "holy," "righteous," correct men are as unlovable as a thunder-cloud, and some people who abound iu "charity" and " good works," have the art of wringing from others help for their enterprises, without eomuiend iag either themselves or their objects to the hearty endorsement of mankind. No ' gracious words proceed out of their mouth,": anl their appeals for help drag but do not draw money or other aid from hearers. 2. The Graces may be viewed both as ornaments and as Bigns of character. They adorn it, and at the same time furnish a key by which to unlock what is in the man and determine his charac ter. It is this latter view of them as signs, that give ns the list of Graces which we here consider. 3. The Virtue of Parity has three cor responding Graces, viz.: Simplicity, Frankness, -and Cordiality. , a. Simplicity is sometimes called Art- lessness. As the pure minded man has a clean heart, so the thought of evil and filthy things does not occur to him readily. In speaking or reading aloud he is not over- nice and squeamish, tearing that a wrong or indecent construction may be placed upon a word which, to a filthy mind, has some evil idea or vulgar thought associated with it. He is some times called " unsophisticated," by way of derision. But he possesses a truly lovely trait of character one that charms all right-minded persons. Fannie Prude and Tom Snicker have broken no our reading-club. Whenever the person reading came to certain words, Fannie blushed and turned her head aside, or moved her seat ; and then Tom and his cousin Lucy Titter began to laugh, and soon every member of those two families who was present laughed too. So that there was no chance for Jane White or Frank Heartt to be heard while attempting to read. And some thing like this occurring at every meet ing of the club, good Deacon Wise ad vised that they rive it up altogether. He said that he would rather be among a set of, "tomboys" than such young people as he found belonging to the Club. Tomboys were at least artless and simple, even if they did some things which were not very proper. This Grace may be counterfeited, but not for a long. time. One may assume for; a while the. tone, air, movement of artlessnef 8, but the tax upon strength is too great to maintain these for any time, 6. Frankness is the true expression ox Sincerity and Candor. This ; Grace is seen in the countenance, tone and bear ine 01 a man. There is usually an "openness" of countenance, and tree dom of manner accompanying it. The frank man is free to express himself is open and ' above board " in all that he doea He comes up to you directly and not sidewise. He generally looks you in the face when speaking to you. You cannot avoid feeling that he fully be lieves what" he tells you, and that he would not deceive you on any account. Yon may not always be able to give to another your reason for trusting him, But there is something in every feature. tone, gesture, which seems to say, "Yon can trust tne." And you do trust him, sometimes without knowing exactly why yourself. ' Genuine Frankness is not accompa nied by Bluntness. It does not wound even when communicating unwelcome truths.? There may be evident in it deep earnestness - and a serious concern to make you feel the force of what is said. But the words spoken- are recognized as coming: from a heart that loves you, and too. are rather charmed than re pelled by them. . - - w -, i i Whenever - widow Black : wants to know exactly what she ought, to do in the management of her . property or of her six children, she asks the advice of old Mr. Franks i because he is plain spoken, direct, and to the point in all he says, and her heart beats with joy when she looks Into hi open counte nance, and "hears his voice so beauti iully natural 'and sincere in its every tone, i' She finds- a 'great difference be tween him and old Mr. Sligh and Mrs. Smooth, with all their polish and refine inent.i;4 -v!4f-'- vittrt;-wto i - e. Cordiality is that ? heartiness ? 1 manner, on the part of another, which snakes one feel at ease and welcome; In his society. t Coldoess. reserve and stiffness offend and repel as. - -.They are often, indeed. the , result of temporary weakness, de pression of spirits, or: pre occupation Sometimes, too, men whose kindness and. confidence have been , frequently abused, contract a. habitual reserve. which, however, melts away under the 'clow of animated conversation and of close contact witn otners. do tnai on this account and others, we may Judge the North Carolina Baptists; Devotecl td Bitle Religion, Education," harshly as wanting in cordiality some whose lives prove them to be true men at this point. But coldness and reserve are often the result of pride, and still more frequently they proceed from a heart full of suspicion and evil surmis ing and prejudice. When we nave cultivated the habit of thinking other people bad, and of talking aga)ut and criticising them, we cannot- be really cordial towards them. We may, by a great effort, assume the appearance of being so; but who values any grace when it is " put on !" It must be nat ural, not forced. ' If one has genuine Equity, be may be truly cordial. But he who harbors hard thoughts of another cannot, if he acts naturally, show great pleasure in his company. Tne pnre-minaea man is cue only one whose cordiality nts mm nae his coat. " " " We must not forget, however, that even the best and purest man may be reserved towards those who are wicked and de signing. ' While Benevolence prompts him to do them All the good possible, Justice and Caution require sucn a measuring of his words and actions in their presence that they feel constrained in his society. Cordiality is not one of those graces which should always be exhibited. Equity itself demands that it be withheld upon certain occasions. But when we reflect upon the amount and proportion of our happiness, which depend upon our social nature and the esteem in which we are held by others, too high an estimate cannot be placed upon a quality which cheers the heart and lightens the burdens and cares of life so much as this. Every boy in school likes to visit John Broad. They always find him ready to greet them with a good word and pleas ant smile. And his mother is equally cordial in the welcome extended to John's friends. She helps him to en tertain his company and seems pleased when they are having "a good time." When they become noisy, she goes to , the door and with a smile and graceful snake of tne finger, says: " Children, let me teach you another game that is lees noisy than this." They at once feel that they deserved a good scolding for their rude behavior, and inwardly re solve to be more quiet. And, although the game she teaches them may be just as noisy as the other, yet they control themselves, and the noise is not half so great. Even members of the Souer family like to visit John and his mother. And it has been noticed that for two or three days afterwards they are less sour and crabbed and peevish than they were. Y-h .... . . roor cniiaren, they seldom have any company. From Rev. Thos. Hume, Jr. Clifton SpringsThe SanitariumDr. Foster and other Notable Men, etc.' In a Northern tour I have come upon some very interesting places, known to the experienced traveller, but not gene rally spoken of. Clifton Springs, iu western New York. is a village long famed for a medicinal water which, according to analysis, is about the same as the Greenbrier White Sulphur of West Virginia. Its title to grateful recollection will, however, be due to the remarkable institution, the Sanitarium, established by an earnest Christian physician, Dr. Henry Foster, who, coming to the place with one thou sand dollars, was blessed of God and prospered in his ways, here and in Flor ida, and determining to do the best service possible to suffering humanity in payment of ns debt to God, has ex pended about 500,000 on a splendid home for chronic invalids, worn-out missionaries and preachers. He has executed a deed by which this property witn its two great blocks of buildings. its parks, its ponds, its spring of sulphur water, surmounted by a costly beautiful pavilion, and surrounded by green sward ana rare plants and great trees, all are made over to trustees representing the main Protestant denominations. It is intended to "run the institution "on 1 14.1 9 f am . Btncuy easiness principles," until a debt, easily manageable, is discharged, ana then the whole proceeds, after cur rent expenses are settled, must be devo ted to the relief of suffering. Under present arrangements, scores of minis ters and overtaxed teachers are taken into the institution at . reduced rates. Those who board oottside of the Sanita rium are supplied with medical attend ance free and enjoy all the lectures. religious services, &c , provided for the guests. X have met several faithful Presbyterian and Baptist missionaries from Japan and Slam, who are rallying zrom severe malarial troubles. I have not nentioned a valuable adjunct to the Sanitarium, which is also a part of Dr. Foster's gift; the fine farm one mile off, witn its jersey cattle and crnamarv and fruits. The barn is a specially admira ble structure. Dr. Foster has conducted for thirty years tne Sunday afternoon Bible class, and generally pr-tides overt the tri weekly prayer meetings with good judg ment ana spiritual unetion. A firm believer in the efficacy of prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit, he seems to ran into none of the extremes of the ,- Higher Life and the " Faith Cure " devotees, though full of Christian mys ticism ana an exceptional child-like con secration of heart. The chapel of the Sanitarium is. a tempting retreat, and tne morning prayers at 7:45 are largely attended by employees and patients and tired pUgrims. ; The singing, led by the train ea cnoir ana tne large organ, is in spiring. . In other services one . bears short addresses from many of the great proies8ora ana ineoiogians os the coun trv. ;vv: ; I have met here Dr. John ' Peddie of Philadelphia one of our most eloquent preachers; vr. Ahomas, the- somewhat heterodox, but always brilliant M. E. pulpit orator of Chicago; Dr. Reid, Se nior secretary ox. the JNorthern M. E. Foreign Mission Boardy a sound, strong devout man of God ; Dr. W, H. Piatt, of the Episcopal church, in Rochester. whom I heard with pleasure in Peterst burg; Y$u, several years ago.: Proz. J. H. Gilmore, of our University of Roches ter, is one of the most useful members of society. : His ", talks on the . poets: are much enjoyed by a" select circle which is daily growing. He Is the author of almost the best introductory work on i- The Art of Expression v-. we have (cov ering the , ground between' the higher grammars' and the advanced rhetorics) and of that touching utterance of .the believers trust in Divine providence, "He leadeth me;? a genial Christian gentleman who takes his religion into literature ana we. . .-. One of the notable men here Is George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, who estab lished the U. S. Christian Commission. the great relief corps that did so much RALEIGH,4 N.J0L, WEDNESDAY,: AUGUST ;31;:, 1887. for the Northern soldiery during the civil war. Though an ardent Christian,; he was dismissed , from ; that special branch of the Presbyterian body to which he belonged, for using hymns in stead of the Pealma appointed by au thority. He has been a leader in M. a A. work and, the helper of young ministers and of missionaries. Now that he is growing old, he delights to recount characteristic incidents 01 urant, Lin coln and other' leaders, with whom he has been' specially intimate, and the effusive warmth of his Celtio nature often overwhelms a religious meeting. Prof: A: C. Kendrick. D. D.. of Koch- ester University, spoke to-night on The Sermon on the Mount, as only e, giitea Hellenist and devout soul such as be could. He is one of the select ' few among American commentators on the New Testament in whom exact scholar ship, rare felicity of expression, deep- toned piety, - sanctified common sense shine forth. Some of his introductory books in Greek are admirable, lie re minds me of the statelinets of Hon., A. W. H. Stuart, of Virginia, but has, too. a spiritual attractive countenance. He is a fine illustration of "growing old gracefully." You will excuse me for prolonging my epistle on the ground that people love to have the personal appearances ana qualities of noble men whom they can not see. described in some sort. More anon. - .Yours, Thos. Homk, Jr. Dr. Broatlus on the Lord's Supper. We clip the following from the Cour ier Journal, of Louisville: The great Baptist preacher, Dr. J no. A. Broad us, always draws a large audience, and he had the largest in the city yes terday. He preached at Walnut Street Baptist church, and among the audi ence were many from other denomina tions. The orphans from the Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home occupied the amen ' corner. Before the sermon Dr. Broad as read the 42d Psalm : "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, eo panteth my soul after thee, O God:" also the 43d Psalm: "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and un just man." "These Psalms," said be, "appear to have been written by King David when he bad fled from ' Jerusalem, and was cutoff from the sanctuary by his am bitious son, Absalom. I had a let ter recently from a dear friend who worshiped here, and he writes tenderly of longing to be back home again, to enjoy the privilege of God's house. It may be that some of us have some times looked on going to the temple of the Lord as a burden. If cut off from these -devotions, what a deprivation it would be. Who knows how soon it shall be before some of ns are done with worshiping on earth. Some of the jouogest, brightest faces may fade soonest." After a song, Dr. Broadas preached the sermon, saying: "We will throughout the month of August consider each Sundav morning the First Epistle to the Corinthians, to day taking up the lltb chapter, begin ning with the loth veise. Among the evils in this church at Corinth which Paul found, and to the correction of which this epistle addresses itself, was the improper observance of the Lord's Supper. ' Christianity has the minimum of ceremonies just the least that will do. In the childhood of Ihe race the Old Testament was a picture book of instruction. Christianity has not dis carded ceremony but restricted it. Christ, the founder of Christianity, when asked where was the proper place to worship, begged all to worship every wnere, out .to worsnip in spirit and in truth. "Christianity has but two ordinances. two simple ones baptism and the Lord's Sapper. It is painful to see how people have perverted these. Some have in creased ceremonies the Romish church has seven. Along about the second een tury, people saia, 'Baptism is necessary to salvation.' The New Testament doesn't teach this. People who thought baptism was necessary to salvation thought none should die without it, and hence, when one on a sick bed wished to be baptized and it was impossible to do bo in a scriptural way so beautifully referred to by Paul as a burial and res urrection, some easier way than immer sion was substituted. "In like manner the simple and touch ing ordinance, the Lord's Supper, was misconstrued.' The food and wine, the tender keepsake of the Savior, recalling His blood and body, came to be held as being what they simply represent. To my mind it is most affecting to think that so many thousands in this ;ge; yes, so many good people in tnis fair city, have to-day taken from a priest a bit of bread, thinking it the very body of , Jesus. The thing is absurd, it is im possible, and yet some say, as in olden times, ' We believe it because it is im possible.1' In the beginning the Apostle speaks of the Lord's Supper as some thing to be done iu a church : 'For. first of all, when yo come together in the church.' Again, he says: 'When ve come together, therefore, in one place.' so it is a tmng to ne done in the church. We nod no warrant In the New Testa ment for taking the bread and the wine save in the church, and that the persons who partake are first to be baptized is clearly taught everywhere in the' New Testament. , This is the overwhelming opinion 01 aii ennsuans. juet me say. for the benefit of you young people, that this view is neia everywhere. This onin Jon of the American Baptists, with very trivial exceptions, is 'tne opinion of Christianity in general. It is held by a a . . s - ... . me urrees cnurca, me uomisa church; the English church; the Reformed and the Presbyterian church. A good many English Baptists think otherwise. Rob ert Hall and John Banyan among them. On the contrary a large proportion; of the Methodists hold that the Lord's Sup per may be taken as a means Of grace by the people before baptism ; Free Will Baptist snare tnis opinion. - - - - - h "Wbat follows from the Baptist view indorsed oy christians generally T Whv. that Baptists cannot unite in the simple ordinance of the Lord's Supper with the unbaotized. An eminent Preahvfrln professor, a friend of mine, says, As a matter ,pi course tnose not baptized : . w.a a a m " snouia not panaaeoz tne Juord's Supper. and. Baptists can't invite them.' .The honored Dr. John Hall, who came from. Scotland, says, 'Baptists of America de serve honor ,and respect for standing squareiyupior ice scriptural position, it la refreshing to ee a great body of chris tians allow themselves misunderstood and bear great odium rather than de part from Apostolic practice.1 1 f "Many years ago an Episcopal cler gyman in my native State was adminis tering the. bread and wine.; t Seeing a Quaker kneeling with the others (the Quakers, you: know., do .not believe in water baptism), .the clergyman bent by his side and said, l can't give you this, but please keep your place and go away with the rest; 1 will call tomorrow ana explain all. Some good people will say, 'Are we to judge for others? - May they not think for ; themselves?' - Certainly. In God's name let all who think they have been baptized J go and partake of the Lord's Supper, n Let them judge for themselves, but let us ludge lor our selves. -.. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. -- ' 'Now, wbat was the special point or the Apostle s complaint against these Corinthians? They seemed to have as sociated the bread and wine with a feast, a festival, as Peter points out. Though not a matter of divine appointment, the Apostle did not object to festivals. He did object to the manner in which they were conducted. The rich brought their good things, ate and drank; the poor sat over yonder with little or nothing. Paul tells how he received the acconut of the Supper from Christ. 'For as oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup. ye do sue w tne iord s death till be come. wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.' "wnaooes rani mean by 'nn wor thily ? Why, doing as the Corinthians did ; taking bread and wine as not hav ing the religious significance. He goes on to snow tnis: jet a man examine himself;' that is, see if he is going to do this as a memorial of Christ; let him not come blindly to it as to an ordinary meal. ' For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh dam nation to himself, not discerning the Lotd's body.' That word 'damnation.' has distressed so many good souls, but it only means divine condemnation of error. And people say 'I am unworthy.' Of course we all are unworthy, but it is not a question ol worthiness, but about the manner, worthily or unworthily. It is pitiable to think how many have been hurt by this. "I have dwelt at length on this simple ceremony, because it has been so often and so eadly misunderstood. I would have you observe it as the Savior di rected. It is His keepsake. 8 hake this simple ceremony loose from all the ac- creenees of superstition. Do . this. ; const says, in remembrance of Me. Who is there that does not 1 want to be remembered ? 1 Who. dvintr with iovlnir friends behind, desires to be forgotten f We can: well suppose that our dear Lord and Redeemer wished to be remembered for His own sake, and He appointed this simple memento. Again He wanted to be remembered for our sake. Wbat has life for us if we are going to forget our Redeemer? All life's troubles shall not be too much for us if we do but re member Him. " It is a wonderful thing to see. what sublime beauty there Is in the two sim ple ceremonies of Christianity. Shake away from hem all the surroundings of superstition. Oh, for grace to get at primitive Christianity and courage to practice driglnal Christianity." The Scuppernong Union. This body convened r with the church at Mt. Pleasant on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in July, and was called to order ty the Moderator, W. R. Sproill, who read the 10th chapter of Romans and led in prayer. List of churches wr.s read, and the following responded by tetter, ana delegates enrolled : C res well J. u. Hassell. T. B. Bate- map and J. B. Davenport: Columbia A I'arisher, II. W. Haymon and J. L. Snow ; Roanoke Island E. M. Meekins, w. li. uoodman and D. 1. Dough: Mt. Zion L. P, Combs, Joseph Morriss and J , Im. Spruiil; Mt. Pleasant- J. J. Ward, J. J. Powers and D. Cahoon; Sound Side J. A. Hclloway, Warren Brick- house and E. Hopkins, Jr.: South Shore Uriah Holmes, J. W. Prichett and E, L. Owens. , Moderator extended an invitation to vibiting brethren. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Com mittee on Religious Exercises reported having appointed R. B. Collier to preach this forenoon, also at night. Prayer- meeting 9 o clock to morrow. Bro. Col lier preached from John 3 : latter clause of 3d verse.- On motion, meeting ad journed to 2 o'clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. At 2 o'clock the meeting was called to order pursu ant to adjournment. Prayer by Bro. J. A. Spruiil. Committee on Religious Exercises further reported, recommend ing that Rev. R. B. Collier preach to morrow, and the next session of this Union be held with the church at South Shore, and that Rev. ' A. W. Burfoot preach the introductory sermon, Rev. C. P. Boagot, alternate.. Adopted. On motion, A. W. Bui foot's letter was turned over to the Finance Committee. On motion. Periodicals make report After able remarks by Rev. R. B. Col lier, report - adopted.. On motion, Fi nance Committee make report next Union Meeting. Treasurer s report : Receipts. 8290.25: disbursements, $zc 60 balance 973.57. committee, on uiistions report. Adop ted. On motioo, ordered, That the Clerk draw on the Treasurer Jfor $75.00, and pay Over to R."B. Collier. On mo tion, the Union adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Sunday morntag. j r Bdndat :M0H2nira 1 Session. The meeting was called to order by the Mod erator, and Bro. Th w; Hopkins led in prayer Moderator extended an Invita tion to members of sitter Unions and Bro. J. E.r J. Warn n. of ; Camden Co.. was enrolled. " 'f Committee -on 1 Sabbath Schools reported progress in the work. Adopted. Committee on Periodicals make report; Able remarks by Rev. R. of Hampton, Va;, was introduced and Welcomed to ' seat by the Moderator. Bro. Webb took the stand and preached xrom ianiei vi: & ? on motion. a; copy ii - uw proceedings 01 mis meeting o sent to ma. hxcttbdxk for publication Un motion,-this Unlon adjourned to meet with the churcb'at South Shore Saturday before' the lifth Sunday in Oe U Amount received from churches : Ores well, $i.0Q f Columbia, 3 33;:Roanoke, asiana umoff land,. Z.UO; Roanoke Is land, 8tate 'Mission, 2.19; Roanoke Is land, Orphan .Asylum, 1.00; Mt.' Zion, i.Du ; uc Pleasant. 1.S0 i Bound Bide: 3.31; Bouth ShoreL70f collection 4.20. oiai.zi.3. tdui closed a narmoni pus meeting.;' W, R, SPBUiLt.. Mo$ I T.irvt U gittnfMi' rT. - - : f S-- "Do the truth. Von know.'ani5! vnn "-mil learn metrutn you need to know.. 1 . A Lettert from ,1, W. Thoma$, I? ' Dear Brother :' For some time I have wanted to write" something about my field of labor, but pressure oL work has prevented.. Times financially and ro- visiqnally, have been bard this summer," but, doubtless, better than we deserve.' ! There has been a great scarcity of orn, flour and hacon,: and very- little money: to buy with. In fact, X don't-.8ee. how we could .have gotten along, had, not some of ' onr kind-hearted merchants shipped the above articles to. Elk Park and Lenoir, our nearest railroad stations. The money of this and adjoining coun ties has been" almost exhausted to luy, food. It has been a hard time on us pastors as well as others.- Three fourths of our flocks have had to buy food ,foz themselves, and could not help ns much.. Some of ns have been necessitated to Imitate the apostle to the1 gentiles in that our hands have had to minister to our. necessities. 1 am- pastor; of four churches, with a total membership of about four hundred, and I don't think I have received Bince the 1st of April all told, $35, but I am not murmuring, only ; stating facts. . .But our : future prospects on this line are bright. The corn crop is excellent with a good, crop of oats and some small grain. The Lord be praised for his goodness. Notwith standing the financially! hard-times. most of our churches are doing some thing for missions, although one of our good brother pastors argues that a church that is not able to compensate its pastor, should not contribute . to benevolent objects. Some of us see it differently, lam sorry to have to say that much spiritual lethargy and cold ness prevails among us. Much of the time on Saturdays, at our monthly meetings, the attendance has been very poor, but better now. Then it is so hard to induce our members to sub scribe for a religions paper, and yet many of them manage to pay for a sec ular newspaper. 1 suppose they act npon the supposition of that brother who once said to me, he thought we ought to get the politics of the country right, and that would 'set' the people right in religious matters. Alas 1 so many people get the cart before the horsj. Oh I when shall " we love Jesus and bis religion as we ought? Amid bo much that is gloomy: there are some things to encourage. Since February, I have baptized 21 into the fellowship of Flat Top church, three at Foost Home and one approved for baptism at Three Forks.' - : r ' : i At Boone and Zionville things are, I think, hopeful under the pastoral labors of Bro. E. F. Jones, but the probabili ties are that we shall lose Bro. Jones from our midst. Influences, in. Wash ington Territory are inviting bis atten tion thither. If he leaves us, we will lose a strong spoke out of the wheel. Bro. J. L. Sherwood is "doing earnest, faithful and acceptable work at Cove Creek.and Brushy Fork churches in this county, and at Globe and Rocky Sp-ings churches, in Caldwell county. Recently dto. a. and myself exchanged appoint ments, he preaching at Flat Top for me and I at Globe for him, at which point it was my pleasure to meet and form an acquaintance with Bro. Marshal, princi pal of Globe Academy. 'I take Bro. M. to be a man made up of the true metal. He 13 rapidly gaining the good opinions of all tLe people of this section. He is a valuable addition to all our educa tional and religions interests. Recently at an evening appointment, it was my pleasure to meet Bro. D. W. Thomasson, our missionary at Jefferson. Very un expectedly Bro. G. W. Greene, of Mora vian Falls, who was visiting brother Thomasson and preaching for him in Jefferson, with Bro. T. dropped in at my appointment, and gave me good cheer by their presence and earnest prayers. Bro. T. is making a splendid impression, and it is the prevailing opin ion that he is the right man in the right place. . Bro. T. M. Honeycutt, our mis sionary at Sparta, is reported to be doing a good work in his field, preaching the gospel, organizing , churches and building church bouses. The Three Fork Association will meet at Beaver Dam church, in the western part of this county on Tuesday before third Sunday in September. Another effort will be made at the forthcoming session to get the Association to Identify Itself with the Baptist State Convention The matter is again referred to the churches for an expression, bat I am nnuble to say how it will terminate. can't see why it will not,' unless there is at the bottom of the whole matter a preponderance of anti-misBionary senti ment. I believe our Association is the only Association in the State, claiming to be missionary, that does hot belong to one or the other of. the, Conventions. We would be very glad to have a nuin ber of brethren from abroad to visit us. Fraternally,, I. W. THOMAS. Boone, Watauga Co., N. C. , . August 8, 1887. i Tidings From Cuba. 111,1 1 ' - Dr. I. T. Tichknor : Dear Dr.: My heart is so full of joy that, 1 cannot ex press it in words. Liost night my wife and myself rose np ten times from our bed to pray and thank God for the pro gress of his work .in Cuba. My f broth er, I am astonished to see the marvel lous buccess of the, Baptist churches in Caba. Bless the name of the Lord. The Rev.' Miguel Peres Is working at jn. pas, ana: at tne tanie time win or ganize a church at Los Palos.'1 This city is six miles from N. Pas. He will also preach in the city of Las Vegas, distant from N. Pas eight miles by railroad, so that in one month we-will have three churches served by Bro. Perez. . Toe juatanzas cnurcn. win be organ ized in two or .three .weeks. . This, is very important place. Alfredo Y. Diaz lithe missionary.-; ::: :. -.:?,:,,. f Las Puentes is a mission we started two months ago, distant six miles v from' xiavana. next sunaay will baptize there 15 believers, in a river. .The broth er who Is in charge of this work does not need any compensation for his work. Be goes there twice a week fromrv Ha vana. I think it just to pay 1 him his railroad fare, which will be eight dol lars per month,' Joss O'Halloran is the missionary. As this 'mission is outside of Havana it will be another church J The congregations at Vedado and Car melo increase very rapidly. Applicatioh has 'j been ' made ; by! : one of their members to ' become ' a preacher not the cross of Christ. - These two churches are served by Brother Jose P Bneno, and 1 tnink we. ought to pay him his ear fere, which wiU be t5 per month. l ThA Hflthanninnn hniih In Uitrons hat now f oaf preaching stations id the city. Our meeetlngs are well attended notwithstanding the warm weather and the sickness we have. ; v ' - - . Bnt this is not all onr work.' The Lord t t f has opened to us two other towns and has', sent us the, man for these new !fleldaa The city of Guanabacoa. where I was born, six miles ; from Havana , in the: opposite direction, from the other missions, has sent a messenger that they desire the gospel.; This place has 30,000 nnamtanta. The other city is Reela: 10,000 inhabitants, on the other' side of the bay, three milee from Havana. The man for this work is Rev. Angel Gode- nas. He began' his labors yesterday. His salary will be $35 per month.' A wnue l was writing to you, a letter came from my brother Alfredo, who is at Matanzas, reporting that a daily school was opened day before yesterday, and that in two days they have gathered together more than fifty girls. , y Now, tell me, my dear brother, is not this reason to thank God ten' times in One night ! 41 But we will not stop. We win not sleep on the ' laurels of onr vic tory. We will go and preach to : every creature on the Island the good news as it is In Christ; Amen. .J' . ' ' Cardenas is a very important place a seaport on the north side of the Is- and, with about 25,000 inhabitants : bnt we have 00 man yet, , to send to . that point, y We are praying for one; " How many christians in the United States, and especially in the South, have been praying for the evangelization of Cuba ? . The success we have, here. is the answer to their prayers and,' offer ings. Please, ' my brother, let them know, throogh your papers, that the Lord has heard tnem, and implore them not to cease their supplications for poor blind Cuba. May God bless you abun dantly." - lour brother, ' i : A. J. Diaz. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 11, 1887. A Virginia Association. : We have just had the privilege of en tertaining at one of my churches the Middle District Baptist Association." It is composed of 24 ehurches lying in the counties of Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddieand Powhatan, and the town of Manchester, and which are supplied oy ten pastors, une Association was organized in 1784, and during the cen tury through which it has lived, it has numbered among its ministry some of the most noted preachers of Virginia. Rev. Li. W. Moore, one Of her honored sons, has recently written a history of the Association, in which is to be found a sketch of every church connected with it, and of every pastor who hat labored within its bounds. ' -Jt judge jj. A. Hancock, who has pre sided over the body for five consecutive sessions, is not only an excellent Mode rator, but .an eloquent speaker, and withal, a consecrated christian. Dr. J. L. Dorset has been the efficient clerk for fourteen years. - . -, . The late session at Pine . Creek was thought to be among the best ever held The reports were well written, and the discussions spirited and practical. The standing committees, each consisting of a writer and a speaker, are appointed a year in advance, and so have ample time for preparation. We bad quite a good sbowing-of dis tinguished visitors present, whoa4ded greatly to the interest and success of the meeting. There was Dr. A. E. Dickin son, of the Religious Herald, TH W; E. Hatcher, of the Baltimore Baptist, Hr, J. W. Jones, of the Home Mission Board. Hon. H. K. Ell y son, of the Sate Mission Board, and the Richmond Dispatch, Kev. J. M. Pilcber, of the Sunday Schoo and Bible Board, Bro. T. J. Starke, in the interest of the Ministers' RelieJ Fund, Dr. W. W. Landrum, of the Sec ond Baptist church in Richmond, Kev, R. H. Pitt, of the Venable Street church, wanting money to build a new bouse, Prof. Harrison, of Richmond College, and a number of ministerial students. Dr. Landrum; in addition to preach ing us a very fine sermon, gave, on the second night, un entertaining lecture on A Bridal trip to Europe with a Grip Sack." In accordance with a custom which obtains here, we-utilized the occa sion for the benefit of the ehurcb, by means of the lecture and the refresh ment stand. -.. . - : How to entertain the District Associa tion so as to lessen the expense and diminish i he crowd, without detracting from the interest of the meeting, is get ting to be a, serious question in Virginia, about which there are divers opinions. ' Bainbridge Street ehurcb, Manches ter, was chosen as the place for the next meeting, and your humble servant as the preacher of the annual sermon, ' ' " . F. R. Underwood.' Powhatan C. H.,'Va. 1 CJiristian Giving. BY RKV. D.' K. BBNNBTT. Dear Recorder : Seeing the many ob stacles in the way' of Christian-Giving, and the many excuses Which even chris tians conjure up not to give, and learn ing from the Word and from observation that "great mun are not always vise; therefore 1 said, hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. ' J When the apostle requires ns to 5 lay by in store," he makes no distinction between, the man who only handles and deals in pennies, and the . banker who deals in thousands ; from this and from the case of the widow's mite, and many others mentioned in the Word, we may reasonably and justly conclude that all whom - the ' Lord has entrusted with meano, however small, ought to recog nize and acknowledge His goodness by, returning a portion to His treasury, that the dealer in nickles should drop In a nickle, and that the dealer in eagles should do likewise. ' ,One of theexcuses frequently urged against giving is, that instead of going to the poor and destitute, their contri butions will be used to pay the fat salary of some lazy official; or perhaps be pur loined from the treasury entirely; such an excuse .betrays a, want, of, faith in. Christ, that He either cannot or will not t briogf' baek' His own that He1 will not keep' that which we have entrusted to Him.?. Of aU persons concerned in missionary effort, the Immediate donor has the least reason to feel concern about the application tjf his or her donations; while the agent of minister must study to economize, and . f rightly divide " the means entrusted to him, the giver Is per fectly free from care as to itsdisposition.' Let os,;!dear christian friends, once more, carefully- examine God's com mandments and promises In relation to gving to His poor, and the spread of is gospel ; and remember that' when e give, It is to Christ, and that He is able and faithful to keep that which we entrust to Ilim, and that He lOves the cheerful giver, and that those who bow bountifully shall reap bountifully, l Hickory, N. C - " - " J i - Space. ' 1 time I mo. 8 mo. 6 mo. 13 mo. Ipnch..J 1 00 ,8 50 $7 60 $1400 $2500 Sinches.:i.i ;fcO0 -5 00 14 00 8500 4000 S inches., .3 00 7 50 80 00 8000 5000 . iinches 4 00 10 00 25 00 40 00 60 00 ' 4 Qnartercol.. 00 1485 00 6000 75 00 Half eol,. . 1000 5 00 60 00 80 00 13000 One column. H 00 40 00 0 00 175 00 25000 Special Notices charged 20 cents a line. 1 ' . ' V' ; . - , ; ..." t . Kocontracu made for erery-otber-week adver tisement foe special porition paper, i ObitoarieB,aiaiy words lonf.-kre Inserted trea of charge,' When they exceed this length, one cent for each word most be paid In advanceJ- Rev. Benjamin Beach and rtn. Wko will aid In Erecting a Tombitene at each of tkelr Graves T The Baptist Historical Societv? at its last meeting In Wiiminarton: Teaneatad its members to look up the unmarked graves ! of deceased ' pioneer Baptist preachers. -. '' vyr t:r,i4-:,;- I have found two. namelv. Rev. Ben. jamin Beach, whose body lies in a coun- : try graveyard in King's Creek township, Caldwell county. N. C. near where be lived at the time of his death, . And ; Rev. .William Dodson, whose body lies In the , church-vard at Thrw Fork- church, Alexander county, N.'C ' Elder Beach Was a strons man in hie day, did a great deal of evanvelistia work, travelling .over: a great deal of v wnat is now Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, ' Watauga, Ashe and Wilkes counties, preaching from house to house, some times : continuing for , some days at a -place conducting great revivals.. And , many of the churches in these counties are the outgrowth of these meetings. ; I notice, in , looking over the records of the churches, he was one of the consti tuting presbytery for. most of the old . churches. . He was a poor man', neces sarily so, for he received but little for his services. I am told by old men who remember him j that he. most alwavs travelled on foot. . Elder Dodson was a man of xalor & giant among men. He was reared in: Virginia, and was a minister, before the Revolutionary war, when it tried men's souis to be Baptists. I have heard It said of him by old men who knew him ' in his old age for he lived td a great -age that he said, in colonial times, he went regularly once a year to the King's Court and paid a fine of 10 for being a . Baptist preacher.; He preached a great deal in the border counties of Virginia and North Carolina. Finally in his old age he came to live with a relative in: Wilkes (now Alexander) county, where he died. He was a relative of the late Ellas Dodson of precious memory, per haps a great uncle. ; Bro.' E. Dodson was once resting a while at my house, -and I remember an anecdote he told me of his old uncle. Said "he was a man of great faith, travelled and preached a great deal without pay, and sometimes, to all human appearance,' It looked like his family must suffer; but he always believed the Lord, would provide him and his family the necessaries of life, 1 but he was always afraid he would get e out of smoking tobacco, for that was a ' luxury and not a necessity, and the fur- nishing of it was not included in the promises." ,, " - Now I want to put something at the graves of these two pioneer preachers to ' mark them. A wooden slab well painted would be better than nothing, though a marble slab two or three feet high would -not cost much. - But I am not able to buy them. Who will help met WiM ; not each one who sees this send me at Lenoir, N. C, at least ten cents In post age stamp?, if you cannot do better, and " help me mark the graves of these two men of Godf If you have . a choice, mention which one you will aid. ; ' If pastors will mention the matter to -their congregations, they might get sev-' eral dollars in small contributions. r 3 If I get enough, I will put marble at their graves; if not enough, I will put wooden slabs well painted. And I want to have it done before the next meeting ' of the Historical Society, which will be at the next Baptist State Convention in November next- at Durham, N. C v c W. A. Pool. Lenoir, N. C, Aug. 17th, 1887. ' The Voice from Hyde. Here we are again, talking about the i same thing of which we spoke before; and of which we expect to speak when opportonity affords. , This is the season of protracted meet-! 4 ings. From all parts of the State, from the mountains to the seashore, we hear . tidings of the gospel as delivered by Missionary Baptist preachers. Yes, from every portion, except ODe. Is that some obscure community among that chain' of islands which skirts our seacoastf it some secluded de)I among the over; grown hills of our western ' borders, '" where the "Iron-horse" has never trav-f elled I No; for - in the most. If not in t all, of these our pioneers have poshed their way, and are now making a gal- lant fight. ' Is it a locality on account of the sterility of the soil, the ignorance ' or depravity of the inhabitants, or seme other kindred calamity, that our people shrink from coming? None of these; neither Is it unhealthiness ; for we have , lived here one year and we find It com pares favorably with any other section of eastern North Carolina. The place of which we speak Is Hyde oaunty, the "granary of North Caro-. lina, the garden spot of the world," the place which to the square yard contains as much natural intelligence, pluck and energy as apy other portion of the State. Why is it, then, that it is unoccupied 1 1 We take the liberty of answering; it Is . neglect, almost criminal neglect. - There is an abundance of work here, . that is what we started to talk about. ' The Methodists and other " denomina tion, God bless them for their effort, are at work manfully. - But there ia still room for more., j Are we going to shun a whole county? Is the gospel ... never to echo from a Baptist pulpit in .: this fair land? -We have made diligent inquiry, and if .there-has ever: been a , sermon preached by a' Baptist preacher in Hyde, we can't hear of it. .7 r N. C. Baptists number nearly as many, If we mistake not, as all the other de- ' nominations put .together; and, besides s mere counting, let us in the near future determine to weigh. We hear almost , continually the cry; "Foreign Mbsions. ; Foreign Missions" ; let this go on ; . we sincerely hope it will not cease till those t words are burned, as it were, in living .: letters into the hearts of all our people. ', Bat, while this truly glorious end Is be Ing accomplished, let us ' redouble onr efforts for "State Missions," and send a c missionary two would be better into Hyde. , , . . . -t The skirmlsh-line" in'Hyde should consist of four welt organized ehurches, one at each of the following places : airfield Lake Landing, Swan Quarter, aud at some available point in Currituck . township; In a " short '' time, , if such . ehurches were organized, we confidently believe, they would begin to help them-,. selves. ; ... , . ;r (, , . j-t- It is , true ' there are few, if" any, , Baptists here; but we think that there are many that would hail the coming of -the Baptists with joy. . .-.,. V We will give the word, One, .two, three; let us all pull together.". . , ...' " "' ' . . e. D. Burgess. 1 Lake. Landing, Aug. 10, 1SS7. ; A i I . x
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