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r THE FREE WILL \\\mi THK OJtGAN — ol the '• fliEK WILL UAiM'lST CllUUCn —ot — NOirm CAROLINA K. K. HEARN Editor KEY. A. 11 BRADBURY. A. M Corresponding - - Editor. Jvniered at the Post Office at Perne, A'. C., as second-class ynattcr KATES OE SCBSCRIKTION. Odo year, - ~ - $1 50 .Six mootlis, Four montba, 50 by rogifittired l«t- »€r will ie at the risk ot tlie editor. CQmrniuiicalioijs lutist be Foi tlie Fkek Will Baptist. A Short Sermon. . R. BKAOBL’RY A. M. I. Sam. xiv : 6. There is no F. MCGLOWIIORN, is f'Ur authori^icd Agent. Ail s^tbscrip- f ions and 7noncy paid io hitn will be fioknoidcdijcd by ns. FLD. ,T. W. T'.I/;/;W7TxV^, » f>ur authorized Agent. All subscrip' Hons and money paid to him will be ncknowhklgedhy us. JiLUSA.'A. TYSOk, it Aitlwr- {zed to collect snbscsiy f'Ons and solicit subscribers to this paper. IlccHpis given by him loiil b: aeknoicle.'gcd by FLD. Ik r>A VIS (s onr author ized Agent to scheit subccrihcys and collect subscrijdio ts jnr the Free B?7/ JlaptUt in the western p trt of our connection, he having been appointed by the Gcucr -l Conference. FIDS, ir, n. SLAUGiniZli and ISllYAiVl: are our regular uuthorzied Agents' to travel and collect for this peiper—to solb.it subscripiUms and addeAiscinenis All 7noney paid to them tofll be acknow ledged by us Fid. P. T. Tjucas is authorized to re ceive and coUeci subacripiioyis for us. All sidiscriptious receipted by him will be acfcncxchdged by lu^. Wii lofb homo Thursday last to yisit th« Uuiou Meeting of the Eas tern District to convene at White Hill, Ileaufort Co. and arrived ut Mr. Ii. Bergeron’s late in the after noon and spent Thursday night, i'Tidiiy night, and Saturday night ■w,i|h him ttud his good wife. There was a small delegation Friday, but tho neiglibors turned out wliich made quite a respectable congrega tion. We acted as clerk. We left for borne Sunday morning contempla ting to publish the proceedings in this issue, but after traveling about foiJr miles we had forgotten our vaSso and proceedings. The, session was a harmonious one ; lovo and uu iou prevailed. The crowd was quite a largo one Saturday, aud we had tb© pleasure of meetibg>and shaking hand.s uitb nnuiber.s our good bretlircn. At the'close of C'onfer- t nec, a collection was taken up for the beuelit of tho “Fuee Will Bap tist" paper and received eight dol lars. Wo arrived home late kT.un- hiy afternoon aud found all well fur V bich wo return thanks to the Loial. j’UO.M BKlTlbH CHAIEL, Eld. IIkaun I did not think of writing until after onr Quarterly ' "Mei.-iinf^ butT su\^ in our paper of January lljth that somo man has ialselied our church and spoke contemptible of us which huitniy feelings at first, but 1 thought of the viords “Fret not t!jy.solf of evil doers.” We arc told “he that lives (dodly iu Christ .lesus sliajl suffer persecutions. “I would like to know his or her name and 1 would then know belter bow to reply ; I eanuut think Lbeii name- is on our church book. Our elder.s i^u(f duacous, live as near up to ih' church as any bu with a gold chain around his neck. A roiglrty elevation from a prisoner in jail to tlie second office inr that vast I empire of immense wealtif. I God showed the king by his dreams that there would be sewgn years of straint to the Lord to save by roan}- great plenty and tiicn seven years of or by few. an immense famine, not only in Egypt There is no restriction or limitation but far off in the Holy i^nd, where to the Lord to save.by many or by Jacob and his eleven sons lived, few. The whole verse reads: And Pharaoh made Joseph overseer in Jonathan said to the young man that laying up tlie abundance-jaf eatables b.are his armor, Come and let us go in the seven pleateou.s years. He fill- over unto the garrison of these nncii;- ed every thing full and ^ade many, cumcised; it may he that the Lord very luauv new harnes and granaries, will work for ns; for tliere is no re- All were crowded to overflowing, straint to the Lord to save by many or Then came tlie seven years of fam- by few iae. It spread far and wide. Canaan, And Ids armor bearer said unto Jacob’s residence and home felt it. him: Do all that is in thine heart: The brothers felt it. Through the en- turn thee : behold 1 am with thee ac- treaties of the father, who had heard, cording to tliy heart. there was plenty oi food in Egypt Jo- Theii said Jonathan, Behold, we will seplfs brothers went down to Eg3’pt pass over unto these men, and we will to buy grain. Jo.spph kn^' them, but Recover oiirsolves^nto them, 1id. not let, Hi^-l ^ iTTiis aulolis, J urr.v. un« played a few artless trick* upon them, til we come to you; then we will stand Tlie second time he made himself Btill in our place, aud will not. go up known to their great confussion. ^Jo- to them. scpii sent tliem back with some i;>)d But if they say thus Cume up unto and carriages to bring down his tnd us; tlien we will go up: for the Lord their father Jacob. It was a joyful hath delivered them into our hand: meeting, ’f'hcy cla.sped each otiier and this shall be a sign unto us. And round the neck .and wept a long tine, both of them discovered themselves Go,1 assisteil Joseph to interpret llie unto the ganison of the Philistines; dreams and to lay up food to save tjlie and the Philistines said. Behold, tlie great nations of Eg3'ptiaiis alive and Mebrews come fcirtli.out of the holes Jacob’s large family of seventy-five where they had hid themselves. persons also. And Joseph, the prls- And the men of the garrison an- oner, the son of Jacob did it all. swri-ed Jonathan and his armor bearc-r For there is no restraint, no limit to and said. Come up to us, aivl wo will j^or i to .save by many or by few. show you a thing. And Jonathan An-l th- Lord said unto Joshua See said unto hie armor bearer Come up i i,ave given into Uiine iiaiid Jericho, after uie; for Llie Lord hath delivered and tlie king thereof, and the migiity them into the hand of Israel. And men of valor. Andyoshan compass Jonatlian climbed up upon his hands the city, all ye men of war, and go and upon [lis leet. and Ids armor bear- round about the city once. Tims shall er after him. and they fell before Jo- thou do sis days. . And s. ven, priesls iiathan; and his armor bearer .slew af- aiial) bear belorc the ark seven tram- ter him. Aud that first slaughter, pets of ram’s'lorns; and tlie seveutli whicli Jonathan aud his armor bearer ,iay ye shall com[iass tae city seven made was about twenty racu, within times, and the priests shall blew with as it were an baif acre of land. the trumpets. Aad when tliey shall .And there was a trembling in the make a iuug tilast with the rani's horn, host, in the field and _ among all the and when ye iiea'r liie sound of the people : the garrison and the spoilers, trumpet, all tho people shall shout they also trembled, and the earth with a great shout; and the wall ot quaked; so it was a very great trein- the city shall bill down flat, and the bling And the watchman ofSaul in people shall ascend upon eVity man Gibeah 4>f Benjamin looked; and b,’- str-ai'd+t before . hold the multitude ineltcil away and And Joshua, and the priests, and they went on beating down one anoth- the men of war ilid as they wore com er. mauded and h'-re we have the results And Saul and all the people that as recorded by Joshua, were with him assembled themselves, So tlm people shouted, wiicn the and they came to the battle; and be- priests blew with th.: trumpit-; and it iiohi every man's sword was against came to pass, when the people iieard his fellow, and there was a very great the sound of the trumpet and they discomtiture. shouted witli a gre.at i-hout that the Yes Jonathan and his armor bearer wall fell down flat so that the people verified the truthfulness of Jonathan's wont up into the city, every man words in niy text, lor they went alone straiglit beiore liiin, ami tiiey took tlie into the garrison of the uncirenmeised, city; and utterly destroyed all tliat routted them wixli an immense slaiigh- was in the city. Thus (-Jod destroyed ter, for tiie ho.sts of the I'liilistines the city of Jericho by the hand of bewildered fouglit again-.t each oilier .Joshua with a few priests, and slew each other by the thousands. p'or there is no restraint to the Lord In proof of the trutlitulness of our to save by many or by lew. We can text let U3 refer to the Bible and cite not place any limit to the power of the a few instances. Lord. Let us examine tho case of Noah. I So Joshua by a str-iUageiB of placing Jehovah commanded him to build an Jh-e tiiousaiul men in ambnsli easily ^ ark to save his family aud ninltitudes : took the city of Ai. For he set the. of creatures. In obedience to this battle in array opposite the five thou- comm.and Noah for long weafied years s-md men, so when the king of the toiled to build the at Ii in the dinicn- city marshalled his hosts and came sions and in every other way accord-, out of the city and attacked Joshua ing to (.lod s directions. He was all ^ and his men they fi.-d before them, •alone. He toiled ull alone for scorcsi while the king and his warriors or sol- of 3 ears and filli^luid the work. 'I'tien |(]iers pursued them in great haste ami the creatures entered the ark. ! loft their city. Then the ambush of And the Lord s.iid unto Noah: jjye thousand men came u[) anl took Como thou aud all thy house into the ark; lor tliee have 1 scon righteous be- loro me in this generation. Tiic}' en tered. God shu; the door. They j were safe. No water could enter. Then the Lord opened the windows of heaven, poured down tlie waters in abundance; ami broke up the fouiilaius of the groat deep; in otlicr words rolleil the great oceans over the continents, till every living creature on the sur face ol ll c glolio was drowned. God ever’.hrow th-'Se- l•;•(*atu^es, and saved [lions Noah umi his family, becuu.se duty in tho' command- ^ p;,. ■u I know of I I here is no restraint to tiie Lord to ,,h„rt the city and burned it up and destroy ed it. For tiiero i-^ :i'>-^-.i’-cut -t limit to the Lord to save l>y many or by few. When God directs, if his d.i- rectioiis are followed success is ab.so- luti-lv cerUiiii. Tliere cau be no fail ure. Tlje Bible relates the v.oiulrous suc cess of Joshua in the twelfth chapter of his book in subiluiiig the kings of Canaan aiul ends the chapter with thi'Se remarkable wor'ls The king of'irsali, one: all the kings thirty and I defy any i gainst their dept.. to biiijg i L‘t lueut. chai'i; I save by many or bv few. T ° Let us, My Hearers, loc>U at the case i do uut , , , . I T 1 1 ol Joscidi, tlie pious son ot Jacob, suj- that ovm-j- uumo on mtr hat ot, ovof ouo huiidr.al louaes aro pc- ^ „ Ji-ctoi-ahatlhev ouiiht to bo ; for j tint Goil a as wilt him. By Iheio aro blank slieop iu ovory flook ! wiokeiincsh ol the wife of his own- hut if tbero is oue, wo kuow uot of [ nr, he was cast into. pri.sou. By his him. I wrote somo time ago that | w.sdom in vu\> riireting the dreams of peace Aud huimutiy prevailed iu our j his fellow prisoner he was liberated to church aud 1 say so now. \\ ho is | tell king IMiaraoli, the meaning of his that peevish, coule.mptablo person ; dreams. Ue explained the meaning that wrote to you 'I I waut to kuow. 1 by God’s assistance, which brought Youi'ri iu Cliririt. j him in power next to the king. Ue II. T. D.U'oiilty. I rode in tho second chariot nf state s Jusiiua by Divine aid in his ife sobiiucd and conquered thir ty one kings, who possessed the Holy Land. Soon after the death of Joshua the children ol Israel fell into grievous idolatry and angeriHltiic iA)vd greatly; wherefore lie hohU them into the hands of llie king of Mesopotamia, wlio af flicted them with man}’ and deep bur dens. And when they had served him eight years God raised up for them Olliuu-1, the son of Keiiaz, Ba- leb’s younger brother. For th'-y criel unto the Lord an I repented of their idolatry. God poured Id-s spirit on Otbnicl and he went out t*' war .aud fought against the king and delivered God’s people out of his hands. AnI Israel liad, forty years rest and peace throughout all her borders. And Olh- niel, the son of Kenaz died. And the children of Israel did ‘ evil again in the sight of the Lord:' and the Lof'i strength.;ned Eglon, the kiugofMoab against Israel, because thej' had done evil in the .sight of the Lord. And he gathered unto him vhe children of Ammon and f.malek, and went and smote Israel and possessed the city of palm trees. So the child ren of Israel served Eglon. the king of Moab eighteen years. Buh when tliey cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Eluul, tlie sou of Gera, a Benjamite, who curried a large present to the king of Moab from the hands of the children of Israel. Eglon the king was resting in his sum mer house. Ehud says I have a secret message unto thee O king, 'llie king or:i»r.-(l all lo.iii.-ivirl frhW his t)atah«V ] hen Ehud .Stepped forward to give him the great present the king uriaiiy Ehud drew a large sba"p dagger ami struck it into the king’s abdomen and he fell down dead. Khu.i locked tlie doors after him and Eglon’s waiters came to the doors ami found them lucked. 'I’hey said tlie king is resting ami so they let him alone for several floors. During these hours Ehud escaped, aud it came to [lass vvii'.'.n rie was come tliat he bh-w lii - ':-!:T-.p. !. in the moun tain oi Etihr.aiir.: :)v eiiil Iren of Israel wemtdowii -sdSi .'I'm from the} mount aud hi'before them. Amt he said unto tiieiu : Ikdlowme; lor the Lord hath delivered your eiiem’es the Moabites into yonr hand. And liiey went down after iiim and tof>k tiiei fords of Jordan toward Aloab. ami suffered not .a man t J passover. And thc‘3’ slew of Moab .at liiat time about ten thousTud men all luat3 and all men of valor; and there csca|)cd not h man. So Moab was subdued tli.at day under the hand of Israel. And tiie laml had rest four-score ye.ars Kor there is no restraint or limit to tlie Lord to save by many or by few. His hands and arms are almighl3’. And ater liini was Sfiamgar, the son of Anath, who slew of llie Bhilis- tinies six iiundred men with an o.x goal]and ftr sJso delWerei* Israel, y For there is no restraint or limit to the Lord to save b3’ many or by few. And the children oflsr.acl again did evil ill tiie siglit of the Lonl, wliei: Ehu't was dea-.l. Ami the Lord soM them into the liaml of Jahin king of Canaan, that resigned in lliizor, the cajiliiiu of whose host was Cisero wliich dwidt in ■ aroshelli o! the ‘-en tiles. And tlie ch'ldten of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he hail nine lum- ilred chariots of iroti; ami twenty years he iniglitily oppressed the children of Israel. tnd God directed Barak the son of Abinoam to take ten ihousand men of Llie cliildren of Naplitali aud of the children of Zebulun and ascend mount Tabor. Ami tiiey showed Ciscro that Haruk the son of Abinoam was gone up Ui mount Tabor. And Ciscro gathered together all his chariots, even nine Iiundred chariots of iron and ull the [K’Ojile, that were with him from Ha- roshftii of the Gentiles unto i he river of Hislion. And the Lord diseomflbeil Ciscro and all his chariots and all liis host with the edge of the sword before Ba rak So that Cisero lighted di'wn off his dual iot and fled away on Ids Icet. But Barak pursued after the chariots and after the liost unto Harosheth of tlie Gentiles; and .all the host of Cisero fell upon tiic edge of the sworl; and there was not a man left. For there is no restraint, or limita tion of power to the Lord to save by many or by few-. How can one chase a thousand and two [lut ten thonsaml to flight. Deborah the composed a victorious song v.a'cc.i,.cl i,i tlie fifth ciiapter of Jml _es w iiich she and Ba rak sang with great delight praisino- God for the great deliverance he had given his people the children of Israel. And it is probable it became a tri umphal song for the nation to sing in after years And the children of Israel did evil ill the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the luuul of Midi- an seven years. And tho hand of Midian prevailed agaiiisu Israel; and because of the Midianites, the child ren of Israel made them the dens, which are iu the mountains and caves and strong holds. ihe Midianites and the Ainaltkiles came up with their cattio, ami tlicic ' tiuL'^, and they c.arae as grasshi^ppers ^ for multitude : for belli they and tlieir camels were without number. And they entered into the laud to destroy it. And it came to pass^ when the chil dren of Israel cried unto the Lord, be cause of the Midianites; that the Lord sent them a propuet wlio reliearsed God’s dealings to them from the time they suffered so much in Egypt; how God del vered lliem from cruel bond age, parted for them the Red sea, and the river Jordan, and brought them safe into the Holy Land, He had simkeii to them by Moses and Joshua, but tiiey had not hearkened to his voice. Therefore God had permiMed their old enemies to enter the land th unnumbered hosts to destroy ev- V green thing, grasses am) .grains; thus to I'erish tliem for their sins. Then all the Midianites and the Xmalekites, atid the chihiren of the east were gathered together, and went] avcr-jinij. idjeimd in Gi.> red. But tlie Spirit of the Lord came u[.on Gideon ani lie lilew a trumiiet: and Abiezer was gathered after him. And he soon gathered an army of thirty-two tliousand. God said to him Israel will vaunt tiiemselv.-s of tlioir might should the}' conquer their multitticlinous (neinies. Iherefore make proclamation tliat various cluss- Gh of the soldiers may go home and not go lo battle. Gideon did so. Anil fwenl.y-two thousand men went liome. tviial ail army of cowards! Twenty two ihousand men turned their backs on liieir inveterate, foesaml fl'*d home ' Now lliere were left ten thousand men ready for battle. God tells Gideon diere are too many’ now. Tiiey will boast when they get the victory. Gideon reduced them to three hun dred, Now God was ready to give them the viclor3'. Gideon divided them into three companies of one hundred men in 'laLdi company; gave each a trumpet, a [litcher and a lamp : ordered them to cry the sword of the Lord and of Gid eon. Tiicir lamps being lighi.etl and insiile their pitc'acr a.s they star ted to attack tho army’ at the fourth watch in tlie night, they came upon them suddenly when their enemies wc-ro slocidng, Gid.-on broke his pitcher, wlien suddenly the three hun- drC'! dp) Mte saim;., iim^ slumteil the, 8W(irl of the Lord and o'' Gideon; wlien the Midianites the Amal 'kites and the innumerable hosts of the east fled in dismay fighting and killing each oth,;r, till nearly all were destroyed. Thus Goil gave Guleon and his three hundred men a triumphant victory. For there is no restraint to llie Lord lo save by many or by few i bus My Dear Hearers, you see how the lIol\’ I-Jihle illustrates my ti'Xt. And I have by no means ex- hau.>ted tho Biide exam[>h'8 where God has given a glorious victory to a few. 0 may we he encouraged by sucli ex amples to stuily tho Bible and servo God faitlifully for -Tesus Christ’s sake. Amen and Amen. PAT-SEESei'S SHOE STORE! ELD. Wm. BRYAN I ’.' AFPOiNT- MENTS. Fon Ft BRr.viiY ls86. Grinisleys’. Monday 1st. Sts. D.'light, Tuesday 2ud. I ittle .r tie. Wednesday 3rd. Bethany, Tliursd.ay 4tli, Reedy Branch, Friday utli. Fitly G-rove, Saturilay (Jih. Mays Ghajiiiel, Sunday 7th. .Monday 8th, at Marlboro. Tuesday 3th, at Frien Isiiip. Wedtie8iay lOlh, at Howell Swamp. '! hursday llih, at Watery Branch. Tiiesilay Ifith, at Saratoga. Wednesday 17tli, at I’K-asant Hill, Thurs.lay J8il, at Wtb'is School House. I'riday 1 9th, at C'^neto Creek. Sunday 21st, at Gum Swamp. Monday 22nd, st Black Jack. '1 iiesday 2ord. at Bear Creek, Wednesday 24th, at Union Chapel. I liursday at Bluuts’ Creek. Friday 2fltli. at Wldte Hill. Satuialay 27th, at Dublin Grove. Sunday 28lh, at St. J. Ciiapol. Howard & Jones, Tlie oul3’ Exclusive GENTS’ FURNISHING STORE in tl.e city. ©®q£ ©lotMttf i.s our Specialty. Fur.i. STOCK OF H.rrs. L^AgeiUs for James .Means’ $3,ri0 SHOES, the best the market. J9,3iu owar.l i .Tocu's. opp. KpUoH-al Ghi SIGN OF TH£ BIG BOOT, Middle Street, ojiposite Baxter's, new-bp:rne. n. c. SHOE STORE IS THE CITT. We sell nothing but Boots and Shoes, from the smallest Infants’ to tlie largest Men’s, of all grades, and guarantee to save you 2oc on the dollar by purcliasbig from u‘»y-- Our SLock is the I-ars-est over hroiiglit --ilcre and at — f'ffiee® l.gwep than you ever heard of. We sell Shoes we warrant to giva perfect satisfaction, m, 1 where tiiey all to do so, will refund tlio jiiouc-y or give another j-air in their place. 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