VOL. 15
CHERRYVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916
NO.
Mr. Baily and The
Church Again.
In his last article Mr. Baily
attempts to give an account of
the founding of the early church
but utterly failed to show where
Christ established it in person.
The fact still stands that Christ
founded it through the disciples
to whom He gave the Gospel
and the Holy Spirit for that
work. In the same way has the
Lord continued the work of the
church from that day to this. If
this were not true then the
church could never have been
established anywhere except in
Jerusalem where it began. Then
he quotes 1 Cor. 12:18; to show
how the church was organized.
By referring to this passage and
reading the context we at once
see that Paul is not speaking of
the church but of the human
body which he uses as an illustra
tion of the church. I rather
think this passage proves more
than Mr. Baily wants it to prove;
for it shows that as the body is
divided into various parts and
organs and yet is one body, so
also is the church. It shows that
as one member of the body is
unlike another member and yet
is a part of the body, so the
church can be outwardly differ
ent and yet constitute the
mystical body of;, Christ. Mr.
Baily says “No denomination
contains all the body of Christ,
therefore no deiiomination is the
church of God.” If you apply
this same reasoning to the
illustration which Paul used, it
proves that because the hand
is not the whole body therefore
it is not the body at all. This is
the opposite of what Paul de
clares. He shows by the example
of the human body that all
Christians, wherever foimd or by
whatever name called, are parts
of the body of Christ; and that
as the head rules and directs the
variou.'^ members of the body, so
he seems to sit with so much! wrong with it but as yet no!
pride and selfconfidence. The! answer has been given. Now ■
encyclopedias give the history i let us see about his doctrine as
of Mr. Baily’s denomination as a j compared with the early church.
Baptist sect. Their first congre-1 He claims his church is perfect; According to records kept
Farmers Buy Anfos
Half the Cars Sold in 11. S.
1915 Went to Country.
gation was organized in Pensyl-iand its members without sin.
vania in 1829. They style them
selves “The church of Qod”,
denounce all creeds, hold to
baptism of adults only by immer
sion, and practice feet-washing,
claiming to be the restoration of
the apostolic church. Mr. Baily
tries to make it appear that this
“Church of God^’ to which he
belongs has come down from
apostolic times when its first
congregation was established
less than a hundred years ago.
And because they have assumed
this title they think it gives
them a monopoly on the whole
church business and the rest
are out altogether. In Scripture
the exrpession “church of God”
is a general term which applies
to Corinth with its divisions, to
Ephesus, and to all bodies of
believers as constituting the one
church or body of Christ. To
claim to be “the church of God”
and the only church doesn't
make it so any more than my
claiming to be an apostle would
make me one. There is too much
faith among Christian people of
the various protestant churches,
and too many who give assurance
in their last moments that they
have entered the rest prepared
for the people of God, for Mr.
Baily to set up the claim that he
and his church are the only ones
who will be saved, and that, God
sends aowh.the blessings of sal
vation on nobody else.
As a proof to his historii’al con
nection with the a) ostoUc
church he cites Rev. 13:1-10, and
17:1-6, where we have an account
of the beast and the persecution
which followed. If we read the
whole book and follow the con-
nec'tif n we find that' this beast is
But Paul didn’t claim this for the
churches of his day. He rebuk
ed them for fornication. This
was foolish to do if they were
perfect. He told thom not to
judge one another and not to put
stumbling blocks in one anothers
way. This too was foolish if
they were not guilty. Peter
tells the churches to whicn he
wrote to lay aside their malice
and guile, and hypocrisy and
envyings. Peter was very fool
ish to do this if they were per
fect. Not only this but the
Holy Spirit prompted them to
write these words and seems to
have made a mistakke in re
buking perfect men for things
they were not guilty of.' Also
Christ tells the churchesto repent
but they had nothing to repent
of if they were perfect. How
can anybody repent when thejto
have done nothing that needs
repentance? Doesn’t Mr. Baily
see that Christ and the Holy
Spirit knew what was needed
for these churches, and can’t he
see that his own claim to per
fection can’t stand in the light
of Scripture'? But let us look
at his proof passage in Eph. 5:27
Christ is there spoken of as
sanctifying and cleansing His j xs69, rainy; 1870, very cold: 18-
Washington, there were 2,000,000
motor cars registered in the
various states in July, 1915, in
dicating a marked increase in
the number of motor vehicles in
use. There were 30,000 automo
bile d e al e r s’ garages, repair
shops and charging stations in
the country.
Last year nearly half the cars
sold in the United States were
purchased by farmers. In the
four years from 1911 to 1914 the
number of cars registered in
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Kansas and Oklahoma
increased from 130,000 to560,000.
Of this number more than half
are owned by grain farmers, who
paid $250,000,000 for the ve
hicles.
Christmas Weather
For Past 46 Years.
Hickory Deui'Xirat.
Col. G. M. Yoder of Jacob’s
Fork township, has furnished
The Democrat with a record of
the condition of the weather on
Christmas Day for the past 46
years; the record having been
taken from his diary.
The record:
Christmas Day 1868 was clear:
church “that he might present"
it to Himself as a glorious church
not having spot or wrinkle or
any sucn tmng, oui uiai i,
should be holy and without,
blemish,” In 2 Cor. 11:2, Paul
says, “I have espoused you to
one husband that I may ^present'
you as a chaste virgin to Christ.’
Because of such passages Mr,
Baily claims the church is per
fect now, but this is not what
Paul said. He said the church
would be presented to Christ
blemish; and
Christ as the spiritual Head of
the church governs it throughout chapters 6, 7, and 8. But none of
all its parts. Over against this these judgment scenes have yet
Mr. Baily claims that his denom- occurred. Hence the folly of Mr.
ination is the whole church and Baily in trying to take this pas
none of the others even come in sage and refer it to the history
as parts. of the past. This only shows
Then my friend attempts to; how he will go anywhere in the
give a historical account of his i Bible, take a passage that suits
church from apostolic times | his purpose, break it out of the
down to the present, and in do-1 connection where God placed it,
ing so cuts the ground complete
ly from under his own feet. In
a former article he condemned
Romanism and Protestantism.
He says neither is the church
nor even a part of it, but tells
of the martyrs who did consti
tute the true church in the dark
ages. Yet these martyrs were
members of the Catholic church
for there was no other at that j
time. These same martyrs con
fessed their faith as expressed
in the Apostles’ creed which Mr.
Baily also condemns. In the Re
formation of the sixteenth cen
tury there was a breaking away
from the errors of Rome but it
was n 01 a rejection of the
apostolic confession of faith. The
Protestants were those who pro
tested against the corruptions of
^the Romish church. The mar
tyrs previous to this were pro
testant at heart, but because
the temporal power of Rome was
too great they were crushed and
so there was no outward division
in the church. In the Reforma
tion the division between Cath
olic, and Protestant became out-
ward and permanent. When Mr.
-■•Baily rejects both he breaks con^
not to arise till after the sun and ,
moon are darkened and the stars i holy and without
fall and a fearful scorching of j 'f 'we will turn to Rev. 19,7,
the earth takes place with hail and see where
and fire mingled with blood. See
God has placed
the time of the Lamb’s marriage,
we thence learn that this pre
sentation of the church as a
chaste virgin to Christ will not
take place till the church is
raised and glorified , and thus
made ready to meet her glorified
Lord. To take a passage hke
that and make it apply to the
church now is a fearful wrest-
^ ,,,ling of Scripture from which
and use it in an efiiort to prove i every child of God who knows
his false and unfounded claims,
and then shove it all off on Eagle
readers as “the Bible way,”
when it is a perversion of both
Bible and history. So,much for
his historical connection which
falls to the ground.
Now I freely grant that it is
not necessary for a church to
prove its connectich in order to
establish its authority. This lies
in the faith and doctrines which
the apostles taught. That which
connects the church of the pres
ent with the church of the past
is the one faith in the one Savior.
This is the golden thread of hfe
iand salvation which stretches
down through the centuries from
apostolic times to the present.
No matter where located nor by
what name outwardly called,
wherever there is faith in the
Lord Jesus as the Savior of
sinners there is the church. And
that church is going to confess
its faith to the world. Hence in
the early church there arose the
formal statement in the Apostles’
creed. Every statement of it is
a scriptural truth with which
the early church met the errors
nection with the past and saws ^hich arose. Yet this Mr. Baily
off the little limb of his own | condems. I have several times
protestant denomination on which! asked him to point out what is
better will turn away with horror.
See 2 Pet. 3:16. Yet Mr. Baily
does this and tries to claim for
it are spectable consideration by
calling it “the Bible Way”.
There is a standpoint from which
the church is holy and its mem
bers holy, but the Scriptures
nowhere apply those terms in
the sense of absolute and sinless
perfection. Of this we will have
more to say later.
Mr. Baily further denies that
Paul confessed himself a sinner
after he was saved. In 1 Tim.
1:15, he says, “Christ Jesus
came into the world to save
sinners of whom I am chief.’
If Mr. Baily is correct Paul was
still an unsaved man when he
wrote this. Yet he vvrote it
after God called him to be an
apostle. He calls himself an
apostle at the beginning of
the chapter. He is writing this
not only as a letter to Timothy
but also as a part of the New
Testament by inspiration of the
Holy Spirit. So then here is an
inspired apostle and yet not a
saved man if any one is foolish
enough to believe Mr. Bailey’s
statement. This is impossible.
Nor does this passage refer to
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71,, cloudy; 1872, rained; 1873,
clear and cold; 1874, clear; 1875, i
clM.r:: ,1876., .1877 rm'ny-
1878, Sleet; 1879, rainy and cold;
1880, rain; 1881, cloudy; 1882,
clear; 1883, clear; 1884, clear and
cold; 1885, clear; 1886, clear; 18-
87, rain; 1888, clear and warm;
1889, rain; 1890, rain; 1891,
clear; 1892, clear and warm; 18-
93, clear and warm; 1894, clear;
1895, clear; 1896, cloudy; 1897,
cloudy; 1898, clear; 1899, clear
and warm; 1900, clear and warm;
1901, clear; 1902, clear; 1903,
cloudy; 1904, drizzly; 1905, clear;
1906, clear and cold; 1907, clear;
1908, thunder shower with hail;
1909, snow; 1910, cloudy; 1911,
cloudy; 1912, clear; 1913, cold
and rainy; 1914, rained all day,
worst Christmas weather in 46
years and also the coldest and
wettest December within my re
collection; 1915, cloudy, and has
been the coldest and driest Dec
cember and also the deepest
early snow in December in 46
years.
The Biiuefnl Cigarette H.ibit.
By O. Jones, Danville, Va.
Dear, Mr. Editor, will you
grant me space in your valuable
paper to express myself as I see
it in regard to the one particular
cause that is undermining the
physical health of t h e young
men of our nation and, not only
the young men but shame to say
oiir dear litfie boys also, and that
is the cigarette habit. There fs
two reasons which prompted me
in writing this article, one is
my own per.sonal knowledge of
the extensive -use of cigarettes
and the other one is an article I
saw in the Western North Caro
lina Christian Advocate of re
cent date written by Bro. Moose,
one of our missionai'ies in Corea.
I was surprised to learn that the
cigarette business was so strong
ly advertised and used in those
heathen countries and what as
tonishes me the most is that men
will engage in such an illegiti
mate and degarding business and
then call themselves Christians
and have their names on> the
church register. I will not per
sonate any one but I have in
mind a man, I cannot call him a
gentlemen, who is engaged in
the cigarette business very ex
tensively and is a member of the
Methodist Church, to which I
beloiife. I think Christian people
ought to speak oat against the
cigarette fiend until public senti
ment becomef so strong that we
can abolish the business and
drive it out of the laqd. I appeal
Another Victory for the Bas
ket Ball Team.
The Cherryville Highs defeat
ed the Kings Mt. Highs, last
Saturday afernoon, in a splendid
game of basket ball, played on
the Cherryville Court. The visit
ing team was defeated by the de
cision score of 39 to 8. The
features of the game were the
playing of Ormand, and David
son for Kings Mt: also the all
round playing of the Home
Squad, Friday, Mauney, Boggs,
Stroupe, and Warlick. The play
ing of Friday was more especial
ly a feature, he landing 11 field
goals.
Line up.
Pos.
No.
go
Ware C.
0
Neisler R. F.
0
Ormond L. F.
1
Hambrignt G.
0
Davidson R. G.
2
Davidson 2 fouls out of
3
Line up. C. H. S.
Pos. No. goals.
Friday R. F. 11
Mauney C. 2
Boggs R. F. 3
Stroupe L. F. 0
Warlick R. G. 2
Friday 3 i't-ls out of 4
Lester C. Sipe,
Reporter.
Onr Newspaper Public.
In 1915 we had 326 newspapers
in North Carolina with a com
bined circnlatjon of 1,406.214.
It is an average of three papers
for every home in the state,
has any sympath/for-huaa.ni'ty
tojend your voice and influence | ol papers with a comb:nedj,r-
in every way you posibly can un- elation of only 38,839. That is
, 1 •. _._i: J
til our land
great curse.
is relieved of the
Don’t Let Cows Eat Mustard.
Lincoln County News.
“Put in your paper that mus
tard will kill cows.” said Mr. J.
B. Dellinger of Iron Station, who
was here last week. He said to
a News man that he cut some
mustard from • his garden and
threw it in the pasture, and that
one of his young cow's that was
destined to furnish much cream
for the new creamery, died from
eating of the mustard. Other
cows of his herd also sampled
the mustard and they were very
sick, but were saved by heroic
efforts. The young cow’s
stomach was cut into and it re
sembled the back of a fellow’s
neck blistered by mustard plast-
Ncw York Passes London.
New York has passed London
in population and is now the
largest city in the world, a dis
patch from London says. The
1911 London census has just been
made public and gives the coun
ty of London, which is London
proper, a population of 4,521,358
Counting in “Extra London,”
which is London outside the
county, the total population in
1911 w a s 7,251,358. In 1910
New York had 4,766.833, but
counting in Greater New York
%nd the Westchester and New
Jersey suburbs. New York had a
population of 7,383,871.
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CHERRYVILLE PEOPLE
GET INSTANT ACTION.
Those who have used it in
Cherryville are astonished at the
INSTANT action of simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka. Because it
acts on BOTH lower and upper
bowel, ONE SPOONFUL Adul-
er-i-ka relieves almost ANY
CASE constipation, sour stomach
or gas. It removes such surpris
ing foul matter that a few doses
often relieve or prevent appendi
citis. A short treatment helps
chronic stomach trouble. J. F,
Weathers, druggist.
Monuments—Jesse Caldwell
Mr. Bowling Operated oii'-The
many friends of Mr. Lewis Bowl
ing will regret to learn that he
was taken to Lincoln ton Hos
pital last week where he under
went an operation for appendi
citis. The latest report was that
he was doing nicely.
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The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
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to say only one paper in circula
tion for every five families upon
an average; only one for every
three families counting whites
alone.
A tremendous increase in our
newspaper public in 65 years.
Commissioners Sale of Laud
Under and by virtue of an
order of the Superior Court of
Gaston County, made in the
special proceeding entitled
“David P. Dellinger Adm’r vs
Ovie Homesley and others” the
same being upon the special
proceeding docket of said county,
the undersigned commissioner
will, on
Saturday, February 26th 1938,
at 12 o’clock |noon
on the premises near Cherryville
N. C. olfer for sale to the high
est bidder for cash, that certain
tract of land lying and being in
Cherryville Township, Gaston
County, North Carolina, adjoin
ing the lands of Amos Homesley
and others, and more particular
ly described as follows, to wit;
Beginning at a stake on the south
side of the Cherryville-Bessemer
City macadam road, in Amos
Homesley’s line, and runs
thence S 52 W 54 poles to a
maple; thence S 64 W 20 poles
to stake; thence S 25 E 29 4-5
poles to a stake, dower corner;
thence N 60 1-2 E 36 4-5 poles
to a stake; thence N 31 E 52
poles to a stake on the south
side of said road; thence N 60
1-2 W 12 4-5 poles to the be
ginning; Containing 12 acres
more or less.
This January 21, 1916
David P. Dellinger,
Commissioner.
Hickory Democrat—Roy Cor-
rell, a young white man, was
arrested in Maiden last week on
the charge of swearing falsely
to a girl’s age in order to get
mairiage license. The offense
took place in Gastonia and he
was taken to that place and jail
ed to await a hearing.