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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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AHTIULES of IAffH.
We believe that tlare is but me litdng
• •• i.tbo Father,
ing gloriou! end inunutable lu all Hisattr -
Ctetat bv »lii»» 0n"8». .“‘r
Gotten Son of Oo.l, botn ol Ibc Virsin
X “iioin G.kI fivdy
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leaven
ing strength and heathfulness.
Assures the food against alum and
Mary, whom God lively all forms oi adulteration common
^ . to ac cheap braada.
tne world-and^Clirhl as IrctlY gave mmseu , to the cheap
ransom’fur alt, RoYAL BAKING PoWDER Co,. N. Y.
.. - again the
decl inU' Heaveu, from
;eoud lime,
third day, and as
^S'cloudSlhaven.
„''.“wc‘bei:eve tSiat there is Holy
Ghost, the precio-as gih
ihrough IJis dear Son, uuhi the w l c
quickT-neUi and |f
God.-.Jobn xvi, 7 and 8; Ac.s u, 4; Eph. 11
^’?w\'bvdiSe"uiMir the beginning God
made man u-priirht, and placci hup in a
state of glory without the least nnr.nre of
Then let them be taught sob
erness, truth and justice early
in lile. I hav^e read of a nat
uralist who never allowed
his children taught to fear
snakes, and certain kind of
harmless snakes were made
pets of by them. I think the
reason of this fear is that
earfv in life we are accustom
ed to hearing vrath invoked
on the serpent’s bead. And I
believe it is so strong drink—
we should begin training
children as early as possible
against this evil, both by pre
cept and example, in private
and in public. Many feel that
they as individuals have
nothing to fear along this
line—and perhaps they have
not —but il they would onl>
think a moment they must be
i convinced that it is endan-
Tiie effects of alcohol on the gei ing t)ur country. As
TEMPERANCE'.
MRS LARUA DULA ENGLISH.
fell.
miserable and
brought on hirr.self - .
state subiect to death.—G^n. -. •
6 We believe that God is sot willing -nal
any should perish; but Uiat all
to repentance and Uie knowledge of
truth that t hey might be savwl; ^
end Cliribt hath comnumded
the Lord that bought them;
believe not in tlie name ol the only
SonofGod. Unbelief,therefore,
cause why the just and
Heaven will condemn the
it follows ugainbt all ‘ ’uch
men at one time or other, are found insuch
8 capacity as that through the f ’
they may be eternally saved.—Acts 1 n, W,
Markvi. 6: Heb. ill, 10; Uohn v, 10.
7 H’e believe the whole Scriptures arc in
fallibly true, and that tho^ are 0"^
rules ol faith and practice. II
8. We believe in the di«tnne of
Provision made of God in Chnst. lor
Deneflt of all mankind, re^nt and be
lieve the Gospel.—Luke xiv, I S, 1 ,
ao- Matt, xxviii, 10, 20; I.nke xiu, 3-5, Luke
T-«-iv 47-Actaiii, 19; Mark 1,15.
V ’;Ve believe that sinners are ^
G(xl the Father, by tiie Holy GhMt, through
Chnst His son, and that the Holy GhoK
offers his divine aid to
lyi so as they all might be ^^^PPy-
they give place to His divine teachiEg.
whLL. such whodonottoceivetoeDivm
impressions of His Holy bpmt, stall, at a
tniiiTPdav own tlicir condemnation just,
S ciS. lUemselvea »ltt their own
SL.uJ. tor -i'fhKlXA Ml. “
physical nature of the drinker
are peculiarand difficult toex-
plain. It is only physicians
wno have made the human
system a study in schools and
in their practice, who can
speak inrcliigently ofthewoe-
ful dangers to which a man is ; temperance and right, and
of:
44, OU; Ps. i.
io ’vVe'bolievethat men, not considered
simply as men, but ungodly me", wo o*
old (M-iluined to condemnation; tonaidered
McrSSrn to Kisce of Qod Ihto te.T
iousivss deuyinjr the only Lord God,
lousit .31., uouj (. honcriit •
and therefore, shall bring upon 'fei^c've-
swjft destruetton; but we observe that they,
and such the Apostle saitli because they re
cefveTol the love of the truth, ^st they
Sbt be saved; therefore the
and wrath of God is upon every soul of man
tStdoeUievil, living and dying therein;
for there is no respect ol pereons with G^.
—Judo i, 4; II Fetor u, 1; H Ibes. 11. H, 12,
^iT'^We^belfere that all children dying in
infancy, having not actually iranSLrosetd
a5a?a8i tholaw of God in tlieir ow.. per
sons, are only subject to the first death,
which was orouglit on them by tlie lall 01
the first Adam, and not that any one 01
them dying in that state, shall sutter pun-
ishinenrin bell by
vnr.if such is the kingdiim of God.—1 Cor.
XV, 22; Matt, xviii, 2, 3,4, 5; Mark ix, 36, 37,
^^12! W*u believe that good works are the
fruits ot a saving faitli, and that iu the use
01 the mcauB ...f grac.;, and uot ont ol the u«-
o: those meant, eternal lile is promised to
,jj itsv. xxii, 14, 15; Isa. i, ID, 20, M-lt.
vii' 8- Jor. vi, 13; Luke xiii, 34,35.
13.’ We believe that no man lias any wai-
rant in Uie Holy Scriptures lorjusimcatiqn
hjfore Qod through his own works, power,
or ability which ne tiaa in and or iiims'di,
only as flc by grace is nude able h» come to
God, through Jesus Christ; l.elieving tlu-
ngtiloousness of Jesus ChrLtlo be imputcai
to all believers for their eternal acceptance
with Go.i.—Item, iv, 2-1; Jcr. xxii, io.
ll Wc believe that all things are ibreseen
in the w;3d''ra ol Gvxt. so that God knoweti.
whsts -e.or an or cannot come topas'^ upon
all rupposea conditions; yet not a.', bavin
decreed any persou to occrl.-.'.tinv death c
everlasting life, out of respect or mere choice,
larthcr than He hath appointed the godh
unto life, and the ungodly, who die in sin
unt-ideath.—Heb. iY,18;Prov. viii, 2S. 23,
24 25,26,27,23,29.80,31; Matt, xxv, 31,
82, 33, 34, 35, 30, 37. 38, 39, 4C, 41, 43, 43, 44,
45 ^
15. We believe, as touching Gospel ordi
nances in l-elicvcas’ baptism, laying on oi
the h-utds, receiving of the sacrament in
bread and wine, washing the saints’ feet, I iy,
anointing the sick with oil in the name or'
the Loki, fasting, praying, singing praise to
Isaiah did in the case cf
Hez-.tkiah and as the good
priest Jehodia did with the
child Joasli to establish and
build up holy religion, so we
each and every one should
lend our influence to uphold
exposed when ::c becomes
tippler. However, we know
this, that there arefew agents
whose poisonous effects are
widespread, as alcohol.
The chief evil resulting from
the use of intoxicants is the
weakening and disintegra
tion of character. It stimu
lates the lower nature at the
expense of the spiritual and
higher nature and brings the
entire being under the lead of
appetites and passions until
the person is unable to hear
the voice or recognize the
leading of the Holy Spirit,
but usually goes on from b^i
to wor.se till death puts an
end to his earthly career.
He has committed him-sdf
wholly to the domination of
his lower nature, his will and
conscience ate so w’eakened
that he is driven on under the
power and control of pervert
ed appetites and passions,
and the man who was “made
in the imaeg of God’’ becomes
like the brutes that perish.
We do not haveto search very
diligently to find the victims
of this evil. We can look
with eyes half closed, and lis-
,en with ears half deafened,
and discover ere v e havespent
half ol a life-times that intem
perance is the greatest evil
-ve have to contend with
Perhaps you will think me
lanatical on the subject be-
ore I am thiougii. Well,
lUSt think so if you call cle-
•ipising the traftie, from first
• o last,, fanaticism, if I have
my influence over a singel
• oul, tiieii 1 want that one
o know how I stand. 1
.vould not use a droji of the
ictestable poison unless my
f* was despaired of and a
irst class physican should
jonvince me by so doing 1
Lou’.d be restored to niy funii-
For shame! Am I afraid
Gofi.and the public ministry of the word,' denounce anything that is
«m.e,.,yi».lit»lto»oftoLord w.hLL
finJ in theNew Testameut—Lukexiii, 19, xr t x « i j
20; John xiii, 6 to 17; James V, 14. !whiske%? No, it haS placed
13. WeMleve tt, Qosp.l md. of b.p- __ the dcFCt of too
111 IS by immersion, ami that the believers i • u • j j
f the only subjects for baptism.—Matt, many proud, liigh-niinded,
iii,8, 16; Mark i. ,5. 10; Acte viii, 38, 30- (Jj^j-istian families. Would
iTo^tiou we see young men leading
xtend our brotherly help to
those wlioaresiriving to sub
due this passion. We are not
called to tread the way of
life alone, but to radiate the
clear light thac .-:ilightens
bur steps, to guide Gie wearv
feet of sonie puoi unfortunate
who bas been traveling down
that dark and gloomy path
way which leads to destruc
tion, with all his future like
a wide, glaring hiatus. The
Bible teaches that they who
turn many to righteousness
shall shine as the stars tor
ever, and is not temperance a
most glorious step ovHvard
righteousness? Are we pre
paring those radiant stars
and diadems to sparkle on
our brow? Let our opinion
be as one in favor of temper
ance. Yes, let us rejoice with
chastened joy that yet anoth
er hour is ours in which we
can put forth an effort to
destroy this evil which men-
ances our country’s destruc
tion. It is said that “the
noblest thing next to God
that man can love, is coun
try.’’ Then il there is danger
oi a wrong beating down
right in our country is it not
proper for as to join in chari
ty and love to restore the
right? Instead of evil let
temperance prevail througi^-
out oiir favoredland. Young
men, the pathway of intem
perance.is one that leads to
present ruin and eternal des
true, ion—many dangers are
secittedia their hiding-place
all along the line beyond the
reach of your vision. You
arc not well enough icquaint-
d with the nature of habit
or the power oi temptation.
You perhaps may think at
the slight approach of dan-
ger you can turn and retrace
your steps, but you know
nothing of the stnength of
each link that forms thechain
that habit is constantly
winding about you, but he
who travels some distance
strenght ot Sampson, who
rent asunder the Hon, slew so
many of the Philistines, .sev
ered the new ropes and green
withes we would a silken
thread, and yet he, deluded
by a deceitful wr;man, resting
complacently by her side,
was viiiainouslv robbed of
those locks wherein his
strength lay. So yon glide
along at first, never dream
ing that you shall ever wreck
until the greater wave passes
over you and you bend be
neath the power of the de
mon, alcihol. Turn from this
dangerous way and seek that
one in which you will be ena
bled to lift your head above
the wave and read the letters
of li ving light, bringht with
Heaven’s own happiness—
“Look not thou upon the
wine when it giveth its color
inthecuf.” May your ears
no be slow noT your eyes
shut to the-voice .onscience
has placed within you as a
guide, to which, if you will
step this way!
Young ladies, you too have
an influence. Try to win
your brother andotheryoung
men t> favor temperance.
Never neglect and scorn this
cause. May wc each and all
solemnly promise ourselves
that we will try ’ O influence
lOme one for good and may
heaven set open .ler everlast
ing gates to entertain these
solemn vows!
LONG SERMONS.
An eminent preacher gives
the following directions for
preaching:
1. Have something to say.
2. Say it with all your might.
3. Tnen quit.
Of course all our preachers
“have something to say,” and,
of course, they “say it with all
their might,” but a great many
of ui« don’t know how to “quit.”
We all know the story of the
preacher who, after preaching
for two hours, more or less,
was reminded by one of the
brethren that it was time to
quit. “That,” said he, “is what
I have been trying to do for the
past hour.”
Another chestnut is related
of a preacher vhoasKed one of
the brethren how he liked
the sermon. The reply was:
“Why, dining the last hour i
pnyed earnestly for you.” “Oh,
I am gUdof it.” “Yes I was
praying the Lord to help you
quit.’’
I'hese thoughts are suggest
ed by a remark made by a
your g man recently about an
old 'iioih'er's preaching. “Be
is a good old man and 1 love to
hear him preach for an hour or
8o; but the last hour or two of
bis sermons I get a little rest
less, thinking about dinner, and
a possible appointment of my
own that I want to fill in the
afternoon.”
I one heard a sermons of
Jonos told me not to ,,r..tteh the Waster. He was one that
iJaor6 than twenty-five or thirty
minutes, then people would
want to hear me again.” But
the Cherokee's have in many
instance^' departed from the
faith in this, asin other matters.
Tbir long servii-es often keep
their-people at home. Still,
they prepare gainst this by
allowing any one to get up and
go out when he pleases, ’and
while fhere may be several sur-
mons during the day, no one is
required to stay through all the
services.
Wit'i us it is different, f^orne
of our preachers talk an hour or
more and then complain if the
people do not stay through the
whole services.
Sometime ago a brother
preacher told me he thought
twenty minutes long enough for
a sermon during a protracted
meeting. For the life of me I
cannot see why oue should
pr-aoh twenty minutes diirtng a
revival, and an hour or two at
other times. The gospel is the
power of God unto salvation at
all times if it is faithfully preach
ed, and such an idea,of difler-
ence makes the impression that
we do not expect- results only
at protracted meetings. In oth
er words, we are to talk straight
to the people at revival meet
ings, and , at other times we
must talk to kill time.
I think it well for the whole
servi’.e, hymns, prayers, ser
mons and benediction to not
occupy more than an hour.
The minister who thinks be
cause he is Rev. Obediah
Snooks, Rev. Dr..- Ebenezer
Clodfolter, Uncle Reuben Suig-
glefriiz, or the venerable Tath-
er Silas Ganderfoot, that he is an
exception to the rule, willevenr-
tually wake up to the fact that
he is laid ou the shelf.
This is the age of talk. Men,
women and children must talk
in the meetings. Talk is often
mistaken for work. Everybody
wants to talk and nobody wants
to hear. No wonder the preach
er wants to “magnify his'
office,” and let the peut-up vol
umes of his eloquence run riot
until he is lost in “magniloquent
verbosity.'’ Brother, my long-
winded brother, stop and con
sider well the latter end of your
sermon, and tne lat'err end of
the endurance of your hearers.
Let me whisper soltly in your
ear: “Short seruiOns make
long pnstoratrs.” Quit! Quit! !
Quit! ! !
attended to his own business,
and never meddled with that
which did not concern him;
ever looking to his duty
that he owed to his Heavenly
Father. He was licensed to
preach about two years ago.
He had been off attending to
his Master's work, came
home, and was taken sick the
same week aad passed away.
He wras uot only zealous in
the cause of his Master, but
was a kind husband and an
afiectionate father.
His house was generally
our home when we went to
our appointment, and we
learned to love him and dear
family; but he is gone, to
aw’ait the resurrection morn
wheu he will put on the heav
enly bodv, and receive that
garment that Je&us w'ill give
him, when he shall enter into
that home that the blessed
Savior tells us that he has
gone to prepare for us. Let
us all strive to be ready to
meet our Savior when he
comes, then we can see our
brother again, and can stay
together in the same home
forever. His funeral was
preached by the writer, in
the presence of a large and
attentive congregation.
Afay the Lord be with the
bereaved famil.v and bless
them according to his right
eous will, is the prayer of
your humble servant.
W. H. Slaugutkr.
MAKE PREPARATION.
T. J. HAIR.
Htty ^'ears Ago.
Onadfather’s hat I And withia It jrmiK
nilfather’a {ovorite covgh remedy.
Whether 'twasi Asthma. Bronchitis Mr
Or baby at night xvaked the house leitb a
8 Cherry Pectoral Gran'ther
1 or cough would e’er fail of a
« atyles change, but the records
That no cc
In hats tl
Cooghs arc cured as they were Myearsago.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
has Ao equal as a remedy for
coughs, colds, and lung dis
eases. Where other soothing
elixirs palliate, Ayer's Cherry
Peotoral heals. It is not a
cheap congh syrup, which
soothes but does not strength
en; it is a physician's cough
remedy, and it cures. It is
put up in large bottles, only,
for household use. It was
awarded the medal at the
World’s Fair of ninety-three.
It has a record of
50 Years of Cures.
pay IS .sure.
While the cross stands for
the cruelty of men on the hu
man side, it also stands for
justice on the divine side.
God's meaning of the cross is
divine purity,—a purity that
enters into motiv’es and all
things that wc do, designing
to show forth the character
of Christ. The reward of
such a life will be his best
ift,—a home in 1 i;e Paradise
of God.
EVIDENCES OF GROWTH.
r.82.
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' aigm.-n;.
Tl v
• last
OBITUARY.
It is with sadness that we
have to chronicle the death of
our beloved brother, R. C.
Garner. He was a consistent
member of Holly Spring
church. Bro. Garner
born Feb. 24th, 1842, and
died Jan. 16th. 1897.
jesus Christ proved that he
was the Messiah by doing signn
and wonders. The first miracle
he did was turning water into
wine at the marriage in Cana
of Galilee. These signs and
wonders were necessary, in or
der to prove his Divinity, be.
cause the world was in igorance
and doubt.
When we consider that Christ
was a score of years preparing
and that his actual public minis
try lasted only about three
years, we are ready to ask,
Why all this waste of time?
These years were not misspent
but were a preparation for this
great ordeal that was in the fu
ture. Moses spent forty years
in Midian, in preparing for his
mission. John the Baptist lived
alone in the wilderness, in order
to discipline himself for his
work. Young people of to
day ought to lay these lessons
to heart and spend more time in
preparing tor the future. If
there would be a better prepa
ration, there would be fewer
failures, and more useful lives.
Thousands ot young men and
women go out into cities and
towns with all the conditions
necessary for long life. They
can use their years w'isely and
this way will sadly realize
sometihg of this chord that 1 “persecuted the sahit” for
will fasten and utterly rob Ihour and a qaarU-r.
He united with the Free
Will Baptist church in 1888 1 write at the end of each one,
and was a true and faithful “Value received,” or they can
member until death. He Qygfji,.aw the account, as many
leaves a wife and two chil-1 and receive a sad balance
dren, besides a host of friends! A thorugh prepara-ion will
forty-five minutes by a minister, j mourn their loss, but while hearts warm toward
after which a licensed preacher God, and oar hand in that of
who could not get a congiega-1 "we believe he died in^^full ,)ur brother to help him. This
lion of bis own, got up
and i uropbs of a living faith.
The writer was acquainted
will make life a success.
and
blessings will crown our efforts.
tl ha;i
to i- IS eternal and lliet-in, ■
- Matt. .xx\
lii-
\’.rtuous lives, rising to b^n-; mental
and distinction, a benefitR.^ember the
a 3d joy to their community? ^
Iwitb him and served the
'church to which he belong-d Our reward willbe sure. Young
There is no better test of
spiritual growth than increas
ing sensitiveness to the repiil-
siveness of all kinds of sin,
and deepening consciousness
of the constant peril from
it in which every human soul
lives. In the greatest saint
there are all the possibilities
which, being worked out,
make the grejitest sinner; and
the truer the saintliness the
deeper the consciousness of
this fact. The materials out
of which heaven and hell are
builded are found in e\’erylife,
and the man who slowly
builds heaven within him has
constantly the terrible knowl
edge that he has onl\' to put
his hand forth in another di
rection in order to build hell;
both are within reach . But
as a man builds heaven, his
vision of the internal possibil
ities of life gi'ows clearer, and
his horror of wrong-doing be
comes more constant and con
trolling. The disguises under
which evil hides itself become
more apiiarent, until the
beautiful mask no longer pro
duce even a momentary illu
sion; the hideous face is seen
at a glance. When one has ,
come to see sin as it is, and ’
to loathe and hate it, not for
it consequences but for its-
self, one has gone a long way
toward that final redemption
from its power which we call
salvation. But we are never
saved until we have looked
sin in the face and know that
it is not only a terrible reali
ty, but that it has touched
the best of us with its defile
ment; and that, at some
moment in our lives, the no-
'blest of us must cry, “0 God
the Son, Redeemer of the
! world, have mercy upon us
•The Out-
A Cherokee preacher said to vQur years, and have alwais men and women, make prepa-^nisevable sinne:
me some time ago: “John him ready to work for G’aHOH to work for JeiHis! ' The j look.
sm