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ARTICLES OF FAITH.
1 Wg believe that there is but one living'
true and tUrnal God, the Father, of \Yhom
are all tilings, from everlasting to everlast
ing, glorious and immutable in all II!s attr -
but‘i.—1 Oor. viii, 0. Isa. xl, 2d.
2, We believe that there is one Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom ■are all things, tlie only-
begotten Son of God, boi'n of tiie Virgin
Mary, whom God freely sentir.tothisworld,
because of the gnat love whevewith he loved
the world; and Christ as freely gave liinisell
a ransom far all, lasting denth for every
man; who was burie ' and rose again the I
lliird day, and ast,ended into Heaven, from
whence we look for Him, the second time,
in the clouds of Heaven, at the last day to
judge both quick and d'-ad.—1 Thu. ii, 5, 6:
” h. ii. Si; I John ii,2; licv. i, 7; Acts 24,15
John
i, KL
i, 4; Eph. ii
Ur
ta
r means so much more thani
fyou imagine—serious and ^
Watal diseases result frio.a'
rtriffing^ilments neglected, i
r Don’t play witli Nature’s^
[■greatest gift—health.
‘cliove that there i;
Ghost, the precious giit of
through His dear Son, u.ntn th,
quickuneth and drawetli sinr
God.—John xvi, 7 and 8; Acts
1; Eph. It, 4,5, 6.
4. We believe that in the beginning God
made man upright, and placed idm in a
state of glory without the least mixture of
misery, f.-om wliich he voluiViarily, by
transgression, fell, and by lliat means
brought on hiirself a miserable and
state,’subject to death.—G'-n. ii, 17,
5. We believe ih.at God is not willing lhat
any shtnld perish; but that all should come
to repentance and tJie knowledge of the
trutli, that tiiey might be saved; lor which
end Cliribt liatb commanded the Gospel to
be preached among all nations and to every
creature.—Mark xvi, 15; Luke xxiv, 47;
lohn iii,15-17; ITim. }i,4.
C. We believe that no man shall suffer in
hell for want of a Christ who died for him,
but as the Scripture has said, for denying
the Lord that bought them; because they
believe not in tlie name of the only begotten
SonofOod. Unbelief, thereTore, being the
cause why the j*u3t and righteous God of
Heaven will condemn the children of men;
It follows against all contradiction tliat all
men, at one time or other, are found in such
a capacity as thd througli the grace of God
tlie'y pray be eternally saved.—Acts zyii, 30;
Mai'kvi. (i: Heb. iii, 10; I John v, 10.
7. U'e believe the whole Scriptures are in
fallibly true, and that tlicy are the only
rules of faith and practice. II Tim-iii,16^17;
8. Aye I'.jii^i.is^tWdflLtriiKj'Jjl’^eSeral
Provision rnade of God in Christ, for the
benefit of all mankind, who repent and be
lieve the Gospel.—Luke xiv, 16, 17, 18, 19,
I; Matt, xxviii, 19, 2‘J; I.uke xiii, 3-5; Luke
siy, 47; Acts iii, 19; Mark i, 15.
9 We believe that sinners are drawn to
God the Father, by the Holy Ghost, through
Christ His Soil, and’that the Holy Ghorf
offers Ills divine aid to all the human fany--
.ly; so as they all might be happy, would
they give place to Jlis divine teaching;
whereas, such who do not receive the Divin
WHEN I THINK'.
BYJUDSON VERNON.
When I think of those that are
dead,
Do I then sigh in vain?
Are all that’s passed forever fleed,
Shall we not meet again.
Must my heart keep loaded with
lead.
As in silence 1 n’use,
While my thon^htfilike mountains
so dread,
Stifle my biightcs-l- view?
Will clouds and mists keep rising
high;
Will no bright sun arise,
And tears forever fill the eye—
And foes meet to despise?
Is dead a musky solemn land
With not a ray of light?
No,there Immortal Saints do stand
Enraptured on the right.
Tears are wipcdawavipainis fled.
Sad parting i.s unknown;
There’s not a thing for us to dread
Around the great white thrQiwrr
of worship, but fem want of j sin or sorrow or burden may be;
funds no other point had been | the promise is to you, that if you
occupied. It is hoped the con-
tl'n. coming
(9 , ^ -
‘Several r.ew
3'^ear tt* establish
missions in our
own country, and commence
one in some foreign land.
Adjournedunt!l2p.m. Pra\’-
er by Bro. David Marsteller.
Afternoon Session.'
Prayer by T E._Pcden. Com
mittees iiad been appointed on
Missions, Edncalion and Pub
lications. Their reports were
adopted as follows:
Education—Weare.tis ever, I
strongly in favor of a sancti-1 says of him;
will come unto him, and take his
yoke upon you, and learn of
him, you shall hav jest unto
your soul.
Hear ye the pleading voice of
the kind Father in heaven, who
hath given- you being, when he
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says, “Come now, let us rea
son togetiier. Though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.’’ Would you have God
speak so approvingly of you as
he did of David? Hear what he
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impressions of Ills Holy Spirit, sbcill, at a^
and charge themselves vvith their , own
damnation, for wilfully rejecting the offer?
of sovereign grace.—M.att. xi, 27; John vi,
44,-CG; Ps. i, 1; Tit. ii, 11, 12; Je'r. xxii, 29.
10. We believe that men, not considered
simply as men, but ungodly men, were oi
oW ordained to condemnation; considered
such, who turn the grace of God intolasciv
iousness, denying the only Lord God, and
.our. Lord Jesus Christ who bought them
and therefore, shall bring upon tliemsolve:
swjft destruction; but we observe tliat they,
and such the Apostle saith because tboy re
ceivenot the love of the truth, tliat they,
might be saved; therefore the indignation
.and wr.ath of God is upon every soul ofman
that doeth evil, living and dying therein;
for there is no respect ol''persons with God.
—Jude i, 4; II Peter ii, 1; II Thes. ii, 11, 12;
Romans ii, 9 and 11.
11. -We believe that all children dying in
infancy, having not actually transgressed
against tlie law of God in their n-wn per
sons, are only subject to the first death,
which wes-broiight on them by the fall oi
the first Adam, and not that any one ol
them dying in that state, shall suffer pun
ishment in hell by the guilt of Adam’s sin,
for^if such i.i the kingdom of God.—I Cor.
XV, 22; Matt, xviii, 2, 3,4, o; Mark ix, 30, 37,
Matt.xix,14.
12. tVe believe that good works are the
fruits ol a saving faith, and that in tiie use
of thq means of grace, and not out of the use
of tlios6 means, eternal life is promised to
mcn.^4^cv. xxii, 14,15; Isa. i. 19, 20, Matt.
vtk!^8p^cr. vi, IG; Luke xiii, 3-4, 35.
. 13,; '^j'e believe that no man lias any war
rant ijutho Holy Scriptures f.,r.jiistification
:^fb're hod through his own works, power,
r,r. ahiirty which lie has ill and of himself,
inly as lie by grace is made able to come te
•God, through Jtsns Clirist- hniiA.-i-At *>--
i-igiitoouaiioEs of Jpsus Christ to be iiiiputed
to all believers for their ctcrral acceptance
with God.—Roni. iv, 24; Jcr. xxii, 16.
14 We believe that all tiling.- are foreseen
in tlie.wisdor.i of God, so that God knoweth
.Yhatsocyer,cah or canniu come to pass upon
ill suppjised conditions; yet not as having
lecreedany iierson to everlsstinir death or
everlasting life', out of respect or mere choice,
farther than Hy hath appointed the godlv
■i.ito ljfe,-,and',tho ungodly, who die in sin
unto deaili.l^IIeb. iv, 18; Prov. viii, 22, 23.
24,26,.^.27;-28;.20, 30, 31; Matt, zxv, 31.
32, 33, 84,.8&, 3'(5, 37. 38, 39. 4C, 41, 42, 43. 44,
45 46
15. IVc believe, as touching Gospel ordi
nances, in believe.; baptism, la3'irg on oi
the hands, receiving of the sacrament in
bread and wine, washing the saints’ feet,
anointing tlie sick with oil in the name oi
the Lord, fasting, praying, singing prais? to
God, and the public ministry of the word,
with every institution of the Lord we shall
find in the New Testament.—Luke xxii, 19,
20; Joliii xiii, 5 to 17; James v, 14.
16. We believe the Gospel mode of bap
tism is by immersion, and that the believer.''
are the only subjects for baptism.—Matt,
iii, 8, 16; Mark i, 5, 10; Acts viii, 38, 89'
Rom vi,4; Heb. x,82.
17. We believe in a general resun oction
of the d(*.id ami a final judgment at the last
day.—John v. 23, 29; II Cor. v, 10.
18. We believe the happiness of the right- ,
lus is eternal and the torments of Uie I
icked arc endless.—Matt, xxv, 46. I
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
The Free Wiil Baptist Gen
eral Conference began its29th
session ■with a prayer and
praise meeting, at Coalton,
O!iio,.-Oct. 2, 18^5, at 10 a.
Met at 2 p. m. and spent
an hour in prayer service. Ad
journed until 7 p. m. Night
session. Prayer was ofFered
by Rev. Robert L. Fanner,
i'he eieciion of officers resulted
Th'lhe cHoice'of Rev. R L. Far-
iiieri*Mqderatm:,, Rev. John A.
Oliver, assistant, and ^lincrva
vlUtCS Ol
last session, held at Lowell,
were iiresentcd in pamphlet
form. Minutes of called ses
sion, held at Scotoville, 0.,
read and approved. Letters
were read from the Ohio and
Kentucky Y. AI, Ohio River
Y. M. and W. Va. State Con
vention, Voted to allow all
loyal Free Will Baptists pres
ent to represent the non-re
porting Yearly Meetings. The
Constitution adopted in 1841
and also the proposed Consti
tution o’f the “New Confer
ence” was read, per request of
brethren, by the clerk. Ad
journed until tomorrow 10,
a. in. Prayer by Bro. Samuel
Sliumate.
Morning Session, Oct. 3
Praver bv Rev. John A. Oiler.
Yesturda y’s ininuLes read and
approved. Roil call showed
thirty membersi'li attendance.
Declared the office of cleik va
cant. J’er Constitution, jiro-
ceeded to election by ballot.
.Appointed liro. Alonzo Laccy
a.-iri D...,. Oc..;.iei aijumatc tel
lers. Four voles -’were cast
(or Rev. Ivjlin A. Oiler, and
10 for T. E. Peden, who was
declared elected.
Appointed Bro. Sam‘1 Shu
mate, Revs. John Mullen, John
A. Oiler, T. E. Peden cuid K. R,
Davis, fin Executive Commit
tee with full power to act for
Conference until its next nieet-
Apjmintcd Thos. K. Peden,
S. Fisher, A. P''rowcin, [. Hart-
sook and John Sheppard, a
Mission Boa'-d. The retiring
board reported that they liad
estab’isbed a mission in the
BY CLARA E. BALDWIN.
‘Come unto me all ye that labor and
; heavy l.ideii, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am nie;k and lowiy in heart; and ve
shall find rest unto your souls.”
Is there a poor sinner who is
weary and sick of sin, who is
ty of Portsmouth, Ohio, a ! burdened, oppressed, or broken-
church had been oi'ganized and hearted, and who longs lor rest,
now enrolls 23 members. A —sweet, calm peace and rest,—
:oo.I Sabbath school, and A.' that the world with all its de-
I'. Sr-cietv are sustained, ceitful, alluring pleasures can-
nd one thousand dollars in not give? II so, O come, weary
money and good pledges, have to the tender, sympathizing
fied education, and urge our j vid the Son of Jesse, a man after
! mine own heaat, which shall ful
fill all my wiil. Did God speak
so of David because he never
committed sin? Verily, no. Read
the account of his doings as re
lated in the eleventh chapter of
Second Samuel. Have you a
worse sin cleaving to you than
fornication and murder? “How
could the holy and righteous God
speak so of such a wicked man?”
you may ask. Turn to the fifty-
first Psalm and read carefully,
and see how, in the bitterest re
gret and anguish of his soul, he
repents and pleads for mercy
and forgiveness, acknowledging
his sin and guilt, and promising
mis- that if God would forgive him
his iniquity, and restore unto
him the joy of his salvation, then
he would teach transgressors
his ways, that sinners should be
-ivcrtcd unto him.
Such humility, self-renuncia
tion, and repentanceof his crime
touched the sympathetic heart
of Jehovah and secured the
cleansing of his crimson stain.
And no wonder we hear him
sing with all the depth of his now
humble, rapturous soul the fol
lowing word.s of praise: “I will
praise thee, O Lord my God,
with all my heart, and I will
glorily thy name forevermore.
For great is thy mercy toward
'me, and thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest hell.”
Dear sinner, is it not comfort
ing and inspiring to know that
God is of such .tender mercies,
and so willing to forgive the
penitent sinner of all his sins?
And now, if you still feel that
God cannot be touched with the
feeling of your infirmit}', see
Heb. 4: 15, 16 and read the ac
count of the cruel mockery,
shame, suffering and death
which Jesus has endured that
he might liberate you from all
your sin and grief. See Luke
22:39-71 and also chapter 23.
Now read again and again that
wonderful, amazing fifty-third
chapter of Isaiah. Now can you
refuse the pleading call of him
who has descended from the
throne of the universe to Beth
lehem’s manger, to the agonies
of Gethsemane, to the contempt
cl the proud, to the cruel mock
ery of the wicked, to the shame
and suffering of the death on
the cros.s with the transgressors?
Do you not long to be forgiven
and cleansed from all your sins?
Then look unto him “who was
delivered for our offenses, and
people to continue establish
ing schools, until every State
has at least one Free Will Bap
tist institution of learnin,
The major part bf'the profes
sors and teachers in each col
lege or other school, should
be loyal to the Constitution
of General Confere '’ce,adopted
in 3 841.
Thos. E. Pedkn,
J. A. Oiler,
R. L. ILvuMEiir
■" David B. Marsteller,
John Steward,
Committee.
Missions—We ask our peo
ple to increase their interest
contributions fo
sions, and try espoEally to get
every one to give something
statedly for this purpose. We
instruct the Missi- n Board to
nush the \yqi-ki‘-‘" •■Ttsuiouth
unt.l thecliurchis .lelf-sustain-
We ad vise the Board to
establish a new Foi'cign Mis-
ui as soon as the funds will
admit.
John A. Oiler,
Elizabeth Stewart,
David B. AIarsteller,
Minerva Bennett,
Floyd Sumter,
Committee.
Publications—We commend
the Free Will Baptkt, pub
lished at Ayden, N.C., and the
Church Watchman, published
at South New Lynne, Ohio,to
our people as worthy of their
confidence and support. We
advise the Executive Coininit-
tee to revive the Central Free
Will Baptist, as a special ad
vocate of ourprinciples, if suf
ficient financial aid can be se
cured.
J. A. Oiler,
David B. Marsteller,
J. Stewart,
W. A. Pemberton,
AIls. D. Marsteller,
Com mittee.
Adjourned to meet, in the
city of Nashville. Tenn.. the
first ^Vednesday in Oct,,1896,
at in a. m., to finish the busi
ness of this session of our tri
ennial Conference.
Thus. H. Peden, Cl'k.
L. Farmer, Mod.
R
“COME UNTO ME.”
justification by work.s. And as
longasyou expeetto be justified
by your good works, you wiil
never experience the rest that
Christ gives to those who ac
cept hi.s free gift of righteous-
rie.^s by faith, nor know the
peace that passeth understand
ing, neither can jou sing the
rapturouspraise you owe to God
nor experience the ravishing
love of those who by faith are
justified by the spotless and holy
sacrifice for sin.
If our good works could save
and justify us, then Christ died
in vain. God does nothing in
vain. ■ Aluch less would he vain
ly make such an amazing sacri
fice of his pure, holy, only-be-
month, the creditor feels as
safe financially as if the debt
were paid, but if the man be
of doubtful integrity, he has
fears that, when pay-day
comes, the debtor will fail to
appear. The fact that a man
has always met his obliga
tions, is evidence that he will
do so in the future.
If we can trusta man whom
we know to be honest, why
do we not trust God more?
He hasneverdeceived any one,
neither has he failed to com
ply with his promises. We
ojglit to know and feel that
the testimony of the Lord is
sure. (Ps. lo’:?.)
Wc can trust the lives of
gotten Son who was in his bo-jour wives and children with
raised again for our justifica
tion.” Does any church mem
ber, who reads this, have ihe
name of being a Christian, and
ytt lack that sweet, conrol ng
re.st to the soul that Jesus prom
ised? Do you still leel that your
som. And now, since Christ
has oftered to take all our sins
on him, and give us the perfect
righteousness of his character,
can we not, with hearts of deep
est gratitude, accept the Gift of
righteousness? Will we not ac
cept the spotless garment he so
freely offers us? O, who, that is
thus saved by faith (see Rom.
4: 5, 25), can possibly be so
cold-hearted and indifferent as
to live in sin any longer? Surely
such a salvation will so fill our
hearts with love, gratitude and
praise that every day, hour and
moment we will be not only wil
ling, but glad to do whatsoever
he sayeth.
Being thus mercifully deliv
ered from our former sins,would
we want to go back itro sin
again? Certainly not. When
we are thus born of God, we are
born of his will, while cur will
must be completely brought to
naught and left as entirely out
of the matter as is that of the
natural man when he is born
into the world. Then it is that
God can recreate us, and stamp'
upon us his holy nature. Then
it is that we are able to keep his
commandments. Then are we
created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should
walk in them, Eph. 2: 10.
And here is the proof of our
generation. If we walk not in
the old family horse, but
when God say., “I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee
thee (Heb. 13: 5), our life
proves that we do not really
believe it.
If professing Christians
would put as much trust in
God as they put in a faithful
horse or dog, all worrying
and fretting and complaining
about money panics, poverty
and such things, would befor-
ever gone.
Wnat if t.imes arc hard and
prospects blighted, Christ
says, “Take no tliought for
your life, what ye shall eat
or what ye shalldrink.” The
Savior meant that we should
not let thoughts of such
things keep us Irom doing the
highest good that our talent'
would permit. “Havingfood
and raiment, let us be there
with content.” David said,
“I liave been young, and now
am old, 3’et have I not seen
the righteous forsaken nor his
seed begging bread.” Not
onlv has he cared for us but
succeeding gencrationvS share
the same promise. Not
even a sparrow is forgotten
before God. “And yet are ye
more than maiiv' sparrows.”
Job, in the face of all his
iiiisfortnes and the ill advice
of false friends and an unfaith
ful companion, said: “Though
he sla^’ me, yet will I trust
love, but in our former lusts, we
are children of the wicked one.'* '
But if we walk in love and keep I ^ Christian’s life ought
his commandments, then are we
children of God.
to
Maxwell, Iowa.
TRUST.
BY'J. W. EIKENBURRY.
We are living in an age ol
frauds and swindles. In bus
iness circles, men ninst be on
the alert, lest some sharper
Avill rob them. It is not safe
to trust a man unless lie is
known to be of good repute.
We remember once reading
the folio wing stanza, placed
over the entrance to a store:
Since man to man is so unjust,
We hardly know tvhomto trust.
We have trusted many to our
sorrow,
Pay-day and we will trust to
morrow.
-If a man of unqu'jstioned in-
be one of joy and happiness,
and no thought of hard times
and poverty need mar his
promises if he on!\' trusts in
the blessed promises of God. -
Wirtz, Va.
FROAI (JULLASAJA.
Dear Editor.
I bavejust returned
from Jackson county, N. C.
Bolsom Grove church is in
good workingordir. i jjreach-
ed there five days. T«'o pro
fessed faith in Christ, and six
joined the churcli.
Novemlicr 9, I went to Mt.
Zion, baptized one on Snndav
received one into tliechurcii
b\' letter. Sunday iiiglir we
had a good meeting,the Lord’s
sujiper and loot-washing was
praise worthy in reiiieiubratice
of our Lord.
Why does not our Madison
and Buncombe countv brtlh-
sins are perhaps not forgiven? 1 tegrity promises to. pay a ren write to the jiapcr
been secured to build a house Savior. No matter what your If so, perhaps you are expecting {^jebt ne.xt week
or next
G. P. Rice.