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NUMBER THREE
(by PASTOK W. II. RICH.)
Ihe pastor is preacliing a .series
of sennons on “Some Elements of
Prevailing Prayer.” Up to this
writing he has spoken upon Adora
tion, Restitution, Confession and
Thankfulness. The congregations
are large and growing all the time.
The prayer meeting is well at
tended and interesting.
The Personal Workers’ meeting,
led by Ero. J. C. Whitty, is very
helpful and interesting.
There are several who expect to
join the Church soon. We cor
dially invite all Baptists who come
to our city to live to unite with us.
We will do you good and you can
do us good. The choir is one of
the best in the city and is growing
better all the time. Ero. Charles
Clark is the efficient leader and
Mrs. C. C. Jordon is the accom
plished organist. We give a royal
welcome to all to worship with us.
The pastor will appreciate in
formation concerning the sick, and
visitors who are within our gates.
The Sundav Sch»ol is well nian-
ag-ed by Secretary d. L. .AleDaniel,
who is acting superintendent until
the election of a successor to Ero.
Charles Clark, resigned. All re
work! than the Baptists of Green
I County. Eor four years be told
i the story of Jesus and his Lainl),
- the best he knew how, to those ]ieo-
! pie. Tie had the ])leasure of re
ceiving more than three-fourths of
them into the fellowship of the
Churches. Many times were the
waters troubled and I pray God
that the ingathering may couliiiue.
Ero. J. K. Eaulkner ]ireaclu'l
for the Tabernacle brethren while
the pastor was atvay, and many
good things have been heard aEmt
him and his sermons since we I'p-
turned.
Ero. S. F. Conrad, of the North
Carolina Baptist, was with us the
second Sunday morning in June,
and preached for us. - During his
stay in New Bern several of our
people renewed and some new sub-
scrilters were secured for the Br.j -
fist.
Af. P. Davis.
rAMLlCO LETTEIi.
(by pastor .T. R. TAYl.OE.) ,
gret the resigmation of Ero. Clark
because he was a very capable su
perintendent.
The business meeting Aionday
evening was very pleasant and har
monious. Brethren John C.
'Whitty, J. B. Holland, Charles C.
Clark, Jr., and J. L. AIcDaniel
were elected deacons. There never
has been a brighter day in the his
tory of the First Church.
Dear Ero. Davus:
The work on this field is getting
I on fairly well. We see .some
shadows, have some doubt,s, and
some inditference. All my ap
pointments have been filled for
rrmie. Our prayer meetings at
Eaylxn’o are not so well attended
now as heretofore, though I am
glad to say we have some who are
among the faithful few. There
are a few that will not attend ser
vices, either preaching or prayer
meeting.
I sometimes think the Church
me to commune 'vith.^,Christ an.d
not with men. UCof., 13 :27, '21.
The New' Test.inent commands
me to commune vith Clirist and
those only who ;re in fellow’ship
with me. Acts 2:‘U, Jf-
I How can 1 coi imune in fellow-
|ship w'ith those who believe in
.sprinkling or jioiring for immer-
ision. If I do it is evident that 1
have accepted their errors and be
sides adopted Peyobaptist belief—
jthe ba])tism of iifants.
j T deny the ] rofession that I
have made and syV the Scriptures
I lie, when it says. ‘'One Lord, one
faith, one baptisn..” Eph. 4:5.
1 The New Testament Church ac-
cejits only those '-''ho have ro]ient-
ed, believed ana are immersed.
Acts 10:31; Lukv 13 ;3.;-Romans
0:3, 5.
The Scripture cited alxive w'ill
ever make me a MissionarywEap-
tist, if every other man lii all this
w’orld Hlonged t.' some Pedabap-
tist Church. When 1 think of
some peo])le I kiDw I am remind
ed of a little stoiw T once heard. A
little lx)v wanted 1) sell some young
kittens to a Motlmdist minister,
but the minister refused to buy.
support. So far only a few', com
paratively speaking, have been
deeply interested in it. Grandly
and w'cll have they done the work.
The school has been a jironounced
success from the first. IVe should
throw’ up our hats and say ‘‘All
honor to these men and women 1”
The success of the past is but an
earnest of the future if all the
great Baptist host of this Associa
tion W'ill fall in line and su])porf
the school. The Institute lu'eds
better equipment. It will take
money to do this. You and 1 have
the Lord’s money. Shall we put
some of it into this great work ?
Bj' so doing we will bless and be
blessed. The rising generation
demands this of us, the prosperity
of the Baptist cause demands this
of us, and tlie glory of God de
mands this of us. .
Th'e’’'''rhsfitiif'e needs more stu
dents.^Get ready noAV to send your
boys and girls next year. In the
no distant future these bovs and
If on your travels throughout space
Joe Folk you chance to meet, just
tell him that I’m saving him a
first-class golden setit. ’ The man
then traveled down below and told
his story liicre. Old Satan cried:
“Took iioodle not, with boodle ev
erywhere! \ ou’ve reached the
wrong ]dace. Senator. A our steps
you’j Ix'tter turn. AVe couldn’t
use you, honestly—you’re ’w'av too
green to burn. If you slu'uld see
my friend Farris or my agent. Air.
Brown, please tell Them they’ve
obeyed me well and have them
hurrv dow’n.” From hell’s black
gates the Senator his weary steps
turned then. He’d found there is
no beyond for half-way honest
men. lie started then to wander
with no destination set. And in
all probability the fellow’s w’an-
dering vet.-—-Kansas Cdy Star.
THE MAGIC HKIN.
girls will be men and women. If
The little man s.Ad: “AYu better
buy them, they arc Alethodist kit
tens.” In a fe_v days the little
fellow w'ent out sell his kittens
again and met th'S same minister,
and w'hen asked to buy he said
“No.” The little man looked at
him and said: ‘'AYu better buy
them, they' are ilaptist kittens.”
“Why,” said the minister,“ “did
you not tell me th Pther day those
kittens were Alell- lists?” “AYs,
ougnt to (leal with suen members.
.«ir. bur their pv ~ ^re onen now'.
we are to have the men and w'omen
of power tw'entv vears from now'
w'e must educate the boy's and girls
now. Please remember this. Edu
cated men and women rule.
In a fable the ALagic Skin gave
its Tvearer the power to get any
thing he wanted, but every time he.
3. The last message that I
have for you this time is tliis: Let
us “Lengthen the cords and
TABEHKACLE LETTEIl.
On June 1 Bro. Braxton Craig,
of Rocky Alount, came and for
eight days he preached the Gospel
as only' Bro. Craig can. I don’t
remember ever hearing a series of
sermons that did me, personally, so
much good. Bro. Craig is a unique
preacher in many w'ays. He comes
nearer putting his w'hole self in
his sermons than ahy' man I ever
heard. His soul is certainly' in his
work and I know' of no man w'ho
is a greater aid to a pastor than
Bro. Craig. He preaches Ix'cause
he loves lost souls. Bro. Craig
and then I think of the Alaster’s
w'a\': “lie that is w'ithout sin let
him cast the first stone.” So w'e
go on trusting that the Imrd will
help them as he did the poor, rag
ged and starving prodigal.
The pastor for the past month
has been out in the field the most
A VALE TO ACTION. '
of the time. I am teaching a class
W'ill long be remembered by the
Tabernacle brethren and w'e hope
to have him w'ith us again, some
day in a meeting.
The results w'ere not w'hat we
hoped for. The two first services
we had fire; the four last days of
the meeting W'e had rain upon rain.
Nevertheless God blessed the ef
forts and tw'O united with the
Church before the meeting closed
and three since, making five in all:
all grow'n, save one. AA^e have re
ceived into the fellowship of our
Church seventeen since the first of
December—tw'elve by baptism.
The AA'oman’s Alissionary' So
ciety paid to missions during the
second quarter $15..5.5. The Sun
beams did not do as well as in the
past, but wlien they cease to
“w'hoo])” W'e hope tlie same life w'ill
come back to them.
A number of our people have
gone, or are preparing to go, to
spend the summer out of New'
Bern. AA^e w'ish them a happy va
cation and rest.
The pastor had the great pleas
ure of spending ten days among
his farmer parishioners in Green
County' recently. No nobler band
of people can he found in all the
of music at Alaribel now'
We have been down in the Bap
tismal waters this month and ho]ie
to go again in the near future.
Our meeting at A'^andemere lie-
gins Tuesday night after the sec
ond Sunday. Bro. AV. A. Ayers,
from Elizabeth City, will be w'ith
us. Alay' the Alaster’s Spirit brood
over and give us a great blessing.
. There are some peo])le w'ho say
they' would lie Ba])tists if they
could get into the Church without
the Church voting them in. AVhat
an excuse! AVhy, you can’t get in
any' organization, I care not how'
cruel or moral, according to ]iar-
liamentary' laws, unless the body
(members) is w'illing. The leader
of your organization or society has
no right to sa_v w'ho shall iK'cotne
members. If so, then it is his (the
leader’s) society', and w'e haven’t
any voice over the Ixidy. The
preacher w'ho thus takes the visible
Church from the hands of the ])eo-
ple (its members) and says w'ho
shall come in, must say w'ho shall
go out. A Alissionary' Baptist
Church is by Christ, of God, for
the people. No one man has anv
right to say' who shall or w'ho shall
not lie members. But if tlie body
is convinced by' the candidate’s
confession of w'l'ong and acceptance
of Christ, then the Bible says, “Let
them be added to your numbers.”
Again, some ask me this: “A^ou
say' there are Christians among all
denominations; w'hy' w'ill you not
commune with all Christians when
invited ?”
The New'. Testament commands
AH' Dear Brethren:
I am a North Carolinian. Aly
heart always pulsates with pride
and joy w'hen her name is men
tioned. I love her soil, made sa
cred by the blood of heroes and
marty'rs. I love her noble and
generous people.' I came from
the cloud-piercing hills of the w'est,
dow'n beside the rolling rivers and
the sounding sea, for no other pur
pose than to serve my fellow'-inan
and glorify God. So I suppose I
am jiermitted to sjieak, for I am
identified w’ith and interested in
every department of the Baptist
cause in this Association. I wish
in this introductory article to call
our Baptist host to action along
three lines.
1. The Atlantic Alessenger, so
well and admirably edited by our
ow'n AI. P. Davis, needs and must
have a more lilx-ral and enthusias
tic support from the Baptists of
this section. The paper is already
a power for good, but by a more
lilieral support it can be more ef
fective in the extending of the Alas
ter’s kingdom. But Bro. Davis can
not do this work for nothing. So
far he has not received any'thiiig
over expenses. He has given it his
valuable time and attention. It
has been a labor of love. I arise
to ask, is it right for us to expect
him to do this longer ? I have this
to propose, namely, read the j)aper,
]>ay for the paper, get others to
take the paper, pray for the edi
tor. If you and I will do this w'e
W’ill do no more than our full duty
and W’ill help along all the time.
2. The second remark that
I W'ish to make is this, namely':
Our school—the Atlantic Institute
—located at Alorehead City, and
presided over by President Setzer
the untiring and indomitable,
needs a more liberal and hearty
strengthen the stakes” in our Zion.
There are thousands of men and
v'onien ■.\’hom we should bring to
Jesus Christ the Saviour of sin
ners. To us He has committed the
w'ord of reconciliation to God.
AA’hat a responsible and blessed
w’ork is ours!
Then we need to teach the peo-
j le the true doctrines of the Holy
Bible. The scholarship of the
world is agreed that Baptists have
l!ie truth, or no other people un-
dci' high heaven have it. In love
W'e should teach the people and
gratified his w’isbes the skin shrank
and compressed him into smaller
dimensions until, by and by', ^yith
the last W’ish life itself w’as crushed
out The Alagic Skin is Selfish
ness. It is a great thing to learn
to say "No” to one’s self, instead
of indulging every w’him and wish,
even though there be nothing sin
ful in it. There w’as no necessary
w'l’oug to Aloses in his inheriting-
the royal treasures and enjoying-
the royal treasures of Egypt, so far-
as they w’ere not in themselves sin
ful ; but Aloses had a higher voca
tion, and these w’ould have been
strive to b'’ing them to the right
w'ay. Let us show' that the New’
Testament teaches that Begenera-
tion must and does precede bap
tism; that New Testament bajitism
is the immersion of the believer in
water upon the profession of faith,
and that all other “modes” taught
by' others with the explanation,
“Any W’ay W'ill do,” are unscrip-
tural and spurious and wrong; that
each Church is independent and
sovereign; that the Holy Bililc is
the only rule of faith and practice.
nimiraiices ; so iie leuutuAeu uie'iLi..
—A. T. Bier son.
SENSITIZED.
These distinguishing doctrines and
all others contained in the Book
W'e should teach and preach wfith
earnestness and pow'er. To do
this, much prayer, stduy, faith,
love and patience w'ill be needed;
but if W’e faithfully address our
selves to this work great will be
our success and blessed w'ill be our
reward.
Yours in service,
WILLIAAI H. RICH,
Pastor First Baptist Church, New'
Bern, N. C.
Dr. Lyman Abbot said in a ser
mon : “I w'as told the other day
that the astronomers have discov
ered that a sensitized yilate will
photograph stars w’hich the eye,
though aided by the strongest tele-
j scope, cannot see. AYu look and
jsee a little; with a telescope you
* see a little more; and then you put
Ithe sensitized plate in its place
and let the plate look at the heav
ens long enough, and on the sensi-
! tized plate y'ou see imprinted the
Kraage of stars that no telescope
j could reveal. The astronomer’s
I plate discloses the unbnow'n
[world.” Jesus Christ is the por-
Jraiture of God on the sensitized
I plate of a perfect human soul; the
junknow’ii God brought into human
life that w'c may see him and know
him and be acquainted w’ith him.
A North Alissouri Senator once
died as mortals do. He knocked
upon the pearlv gates, expecting to
get through. St. Peter, througli
the peephole said: “Ah, friend,
W'ho might thou be ?” “A member
of the Senate of Alissouri,” an-
sw’ered he. Then turned theoldgate
keeper to a page there in a book,
“Alissouri Senate, boodle” there
he saw' w’ith just one look. “Let’s
see” St. Peter said to him. “Did
you accept a brilie ?” “Oh, no”
replied the Senator, “I w'asn’t of
the tribe. I saw’ some boodle
passed around but not a cent took
I.” “You knew’ it?” said St. Pe
ter, “AAYll that settles it; good by.
Prof. Ira T. Turlington, w'ho
for about tw'enty y'ears has con
ducted a^ flourishing school in
Johnston County, has sold his
school property, Turlington Insti
tute, and the trustees w'ill open a
graded school next fall. Prof.
Turlington has done a great work,
preparing many men and women
to Ixcome useful citizens.
A, clergvman, who wrote his ser-
lunns with the utmost care and log
ical coherence, once found it desir
able w’hile preaching to omit a
small portion of his discourse.
Towards the close of his sermon
there was a reference to the omitted
passage—a fact the speaker had
forgotten for the moment, and
then, suddenly remembering it,he
extricated himself from the diffi
culty in this W'ay:
“As I have before remarked—er
in a part—er—w’hich I have omit
ted.”
Tr’