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Ood - John xvi. 7 and 8; Acts 11, ■*. a-pa.
>. ‘St**' PI
made man apright, and
...h, of glory Sottrtiy. by
misery, from ^lucu at-
transgression, V^^dseraUo and mortal
Ohd (itais. l...h “‘“”“21, „d “ oiery
w:d.
the Litd that ,hcoulV begotUm
belieye not 1“ t ‘e name of ^
Son of God. b.nbehol,tho^Aom,^^^
cause why ttie children of men;
Heaven wiU condemn the^ ‘“
it follows against in such
men, at one time or other, a
a capacity as that through t g
they may be cterua ly ^v«d.-AcW xsn,
Mark Vi. 6: Heh. lii. l®',^„l°^';“tures aroin-
7 tVeboliavo the whole Iscripturts^
fallibly true, and -nmAklG,!?^.
■ “a! Tv4 teiievo m'tho
Provision made of God m
ooneflt of all mankind, ',7 jy 19,
lievo the Gospel.—Luke XI ,1 ; j^uke
20; Matt, ixviii, 19, 20; Luke xiu, a ,
xxiv,47; Acta ill, W; to
9 We believe that sinnera ^ tlirough
GchI the Father, by ^jje^Hoiy Ghost
Christ His Son, and that the no.y
offers his diviue aid would
ly; so as they all might he happ^^^
sfSiiSS
^^/rWo believe that all children .lying in
infinev hav ug not actually transgressed
againsUhe la . ^ tj,e first death,
‘“Kb »JtoMbtS them by .be .•« el
ilE4rB.lrr.SiK
XV, 32; Matt, xviu, 3,3,4, B; HaiK ix, eo, ut,
“la" wl'beUeye .to. gooj ^e'!" ™
B“5rsEr4i£.i:«;«
8- ■'^ vi lO; Luke xiu, 34.8B.
18 ’ We'believe that no man has sny war-
oSM?4ucb4 h» i„ .„d of hi„.,.K,
Onlv as ho by grace is made able to come to
tW throuKh •^cauR Christ; believing the
Steousnel of Jiaus Christ to be imputed
Z\n believers for ,th«r eternal acceptance
with God.—Item, iv, 34; Jcr. xxii, 16.
14 Webelieve thalall things are foreseen
in the wisdom of God. so that God knoweth
Aatwever can or cannotcome topassupoi.
TluS^?^ conditions; yet not as having
decreed any person to everlasting death or
cwlastingliCout of respect or mevechoice,
farther than He hath appoin^ the godlv
unto life, and the ung^ly, who die m siu
.into death. Heb. iv, 13; Prov. viii, 38, 28,
2+ 2S 36 37 38, 3U, 80, 31; Matt, xxv, 81,
^\^We believe, as touching Gospel ordi
nances, in helieveJs’ baptism, laying on 01
Ibo hands, receiving of tlie sacrament in
hr,*iil and wine, washing the ^mts f.^d,
i the name 01
LIPE’.S MIRROR.
There are loyal henrst, there are
brave,
iCTC ar“ souls that are pure ai
Then give to the wo-ld the best y
And the best will come back to
Give love, and luve to your life \vi
A strength in your utmost need
Have faith and a score of heai
show,
Their faith in t
The Same...
Old Sarsaparilla.
That’s Ayer’s. The same old f
sarsaparilla as it -was made and j
sold by Dr. J. C. Ayer SO ycar.t K
ago. In the laboratory it i'. f
dii'erent. There modern appli- t
ances lend speed to skill and \
experience. But the 4,arsapa- I
rilla is the sanu; old sarsaparilla 5
that mado the record—CO yen ra J
of cures. Why don’t wc belter J
it? Well, A’c'is much tn tl'e ?
condition of the Bishop and the ,«
raspberry: ** Doubtless, ” he J
said, “God might havQ made a f
better 1 trry. But doubtless, r
also, He nevei did. ’’ TVhy’ )
don’t vre better the sarsaparilla? ^
Wc can’t. We arc using the
szm: o3a pla7it that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. Jt
has not been bettered. And
since toe make sarsaparilla com
pound out of sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way cf improvement.
Of course, if wc were making
some secret chemical compound
we might.... But wc’rc not.
We’re making the same old sar
saparilla to cure the same old
disease.?. You can tell it's the
sa?ne oldl se/j'ifrjtttriffa bo-
cau.sc it worka tia'; fame ofeZ
cures. It’s the sovereign blood ^
purifier, and—Af’a Ayers. \
: vfi'bi-. This ci.iuse
I sifitcK the motive or object
wiiicli should induce them to
rejient and be baptised. Jt
enforces the entire exhorta-
1 tiou, not one part of it to
the exclusion of the olh-
ti'uth, and
kind,
AtuI honor will honor meet;
And a sniiie tlial is swi et will
smile that is just
01 cl and deed.
:;fts will he ^paid
Give pity and sorrowtoth.
lU will gather in flowers again,
The scattered seeds from your thought
ou tbonie,
Thouah the sowing seemed lint vain-
For life is the mirror of ki.ig aud slave.
’Tis just what wc are and do.
Then give to the world the best you
have,
.And the best vEli come back to you.
BAPTISM.
TIV F. W. STORK.
Pardon is the chief want of
the human soul that has sin
ned .against God; hence tho'je
on Pentecost knew this, and
therefore cried out' ‘‘What
must we do?” If we regard
their question, what must we
do. in order to get rid of their
great crime which they h?id
committed against God
murdering- His Son. The
answer is as definite as can
be, lor Peter told them just
two things, first to repent;
second to be baptised. xVny
one who reads Peter’s -word
in Acts 2:39, with ot prejudice
must come to a conclusion
that to be saved they must
repent and be baptised.
Sol might (luote from
other eminent scholars to
show that they are with me.
T^ur in .4cts 2:38; Alat. 26:28
:ii?d Luke 3:3, mean.^;, they
say. “in order to,” and not
because of. Dr. Ilackett re
fers us to Mat. 26.2S, which
reads,‘'For this is the blood
of the new testament which
is shed for many (fis aphesin
harnartion) lor the remission
sins.” Now, surely no one
will contend that the Savior
meant tliat tlie world’s sins
weic already pardoned be
fore his blood was shed; then
it means in order, to, and
not because of. Tiiereis no
evading the above conclusion
unless we don't care about
God’s words.
1 will [irodxice two more wit-
ncsse.s so that the language of
Christ will be 'verified. “In
the mouth oftwoorthrccwit
nesses every word shall be es
tablished.” and then I will
leave it tothe honest and God
fearing to judge whetlier 1
fiave been honest to myself
and to God. You remember
chat when the Lord sent ?Vn-
anias to tell Saul what he
“nmst do,” Ananias at once
saw the cmuHtioii that Saul
was in .and took in ttic srtua-
tion in a moment. He saw at
mourn; Ilpeilitcnt
believer, and all he needed was
baptism; hence he told him,
“And now, wht tarries!thou?
Arise, And be baptised, ami
wash awav'’ Ciiy sin.s, caUing
on the name of the Lord.
(Acts 22:16;.
Now it Saul’s sins were par
doned before baptism, then
Ananias told Saul a falsehood,
and hence he must forever be
branded as a deceiver; but we
must cherish no such an idea,
because the Lord would never
have sent such a person to in
struct Saul, if hedidnotknow
what such a iienitent should
do in order to pardon. And
again, if Saul’s sins were par
doned on the simple acts of
faith and jirayer, how comes
it that he was so unhappy for
tJirce days, and refused to eat
or (.Irink air,’thing until lie
tism alone i.-i for the pardon ,
of sins, but when a sinne;-.
Iocs all tliat is commanded,
then he has tlie promise of
pardon and peace and not
for: .so says the rvord of
God.
A-SING.LK GLASS.
lirid
A striking, illustration of
the deadly fascination of
strong drink -uay bo found
in the following account tak
en some time since from the
Kansas City Times:
A young gentleman, a
journalisn, a capitalist, and
a Christian, is the victim of a
suddenly acquired mania
liich is remarkable. He
went to visit his summer
homo last summer in Cincin
nati. On his way home to
Kansas City he became sick,
1 in the abrjcnce ot a doc
tor went to the steamboat
bar and askctl for and vvas
given a drink, of \^'niskcy.
The drink coming upon a sys
tem iniaccustoined to it,
created anintoxication, which
has been per{)rtual ever since.
It gave thr yi ung man sucli a
mania for strong drink that
nothing could restr.ain him in
his e.xcesses.
There was nothing about
Men diifer. Some can
drink, find stop when they
please. Others cannot, You
can set light to a stick of
wood, and put it out when it
is half burned; but if you un
der-take to burn out half a
keg of powder, you will not
be able to stop just on line.
Keep fire away from powder
and whiskey away from men
—Safeguard.
PROAI vVLNDKLL.
far in my work. I liave four
meetings to conduct now be
fore 1 ,'un throtigli. Dear
liretijren and Sisters, pray for
niy success. Brother minis
ters don’t forget me in your
prayers.
A'quhs for Christ,
B. W. Tipi’Ktt.
LL\TON MEETING.
J'’le.asc allow me space to
let the brethren aud sisters
hear from me. I started from
my home on Saturcl.uy before
the fourth SundiLv in July for
Archer Lodge. I was met by
otir esteem brother J. T. Aled-
lin to the Pool settlement
near Clayton, whtrel])reach-
cd best 1 could. At which
time I thought I nev
the manifestation of Goci’s
s])irit work ?>o powerful in all
my work, in tlic .ministrx’. It
was my fir.st trip to that
place, we had a general out
pouring of God's spirit. The
audience was large and 'it
seemed that ourcloctrlnctook
well; wehad fouveouversions,
lYe then made our wa}’ to a
little ]>iace called Tippett's
Chapel an arm of Wendell
church niid started a meeiing
iii.s intoxication offensive to j resulted in 12 additions
those who visited him. Ou
the contrary, his brilliaiiL
mind and inex haustible luiul
ol conversation jeerned to he
was surrendering himself to ^
drink and its fascinating ef-'
ferts, but paid no attention
to the rcmoii'itrances of his
friends. There was nothing
violent in his excesses. lie
v;as clam, mild and genial;
but he insisted on drinking
when he desired, to drink, and
he kept on drinking. He bad
a wife to whom he was de
voted; he idolized her aud
made every ]HOvdsion for her
comfort. He wasainerabtr
of a church, and in good
standing; a good lawyer, and
the chosen leadcrofthe'Young
A.len's Republican Club. He
owns a largt! amount of real
estate, and was on the high
way to wealth and prosperi
ty. He had never taki
drop of intoxicating licjuors
in his life before this drink
was taken on the Ohio steam
to the church. I baptized 11-
he first Sunday' morning i;i
?\tigiist, Wiih. such good
workers as Bi'os. W. C. Ste
art, J. 1... Aiechiii, J. A. Yt.u
and \V. li. Mumfordtlif woi’k
of the Lord is bound togrow.
I must say'- with such good
.sisters as sister Mumford and
Icnine boxing, wccxlnnot ex
pect anything -else but for old
/Aon to prosper. Elder W. E.
Anderson did some good
work during our meetin.
The brother Baptist (Afission-
ei'ies') did us a lot of good by
thtir assistance in singing and
praying. I then left for sevcl
Grove 14mihs v/est of Raleigh
to assi.st Eld. T. J. D. Pate in
a meeting. I got among th ose
good people on Monday, and
found Eld. Pate hard at work,
after dinner he give’up the
meeting to me. I did all I
could. Eld. Anderson came
to us on Thursday and dd
some good preaching as he
lori-
Hie union mee ting of the 2
disti'ict convened with the
church at Mxirlboro on Fri
day before t'iie 5th Sunday’ in
Aug. Elder E. P. Hathaway’
preached the introductory—
text 1 Sam. 17: 29.
After a short recess the
meeting ^vas called to order.
Eld. Hathaway was chosen
moderator, andj. M.Barfield
clerk.
The following committee
J^aw w£is appointed. On devotion,
j. L. Flanagan, B. Bailey and
Luke AIcGIolion, on finance J.
R. Barnhill, J. A. Harris and
r. E. Little. Ihc committee
report J^icls. T. H. Barnhill
open andW. H. Lathinghouse
preac’-i to night.
(Ill motion themcctingclose
ur til to-morrow 9 a. m.
SATURDAY MORNIXG.
The union met according to
adjournment, prayer by IJld.
Barnhill. The proceedings of
Friday was read and appx-ov
cd.
On motion, the list of
churches w as called and re
fund /|s;n(osqv
lilQMOd
i usually does. Wehad a
boat. A’esterday he wastak-j ous meeting, mauy’soulsseem-
en east by his father ana | cd to be made happy atul the
found peace with God in the j brother, where restraint will i church greatly revived, Bro.
pardon of his sins. But wc be placed upon his actiocs, in | Anderson arid' myself left on
find it was not the case, and tbchope that the brilliant j pviday for Wendell. AVereac’'.-
; as soon as he had obeyed-the land cnlti'ated mind may he | j Sunday mornin.
Now I am just so simple as con'iinand ol Ananias, tie was
to believe that is all that Pet- strengthened by God in the
er told them to, do, andlipardon (.-f Ids sins, and this
would not hesitate to tell was after he was baptised
bread and wiue. washing
anoiuting the sick with oil _ _
the Lord, fasting, praying, singing pvniae
God, and tiio public ministry of the word,
■sc,-ith every institution of the Lord we shall
find in the New Testameat.—I*uke xxii, 19,
20; John xiii, 5 to 17; James v, 14.
10. Wo believe the Gospel mode of bap-
is by imnirraon. - ’
saved Irom t'nis strange fatal '■
infatuation.”
Such was the cfT.-ct of tak-
ng a single glass of whiskey.
s.nners li ,d«r l,k« cony,ct,on , and not betoro. (Acts 9:8, 19. ^
to do as Deter told those «ho s,,.vs. thehkeiiKiire he . , ’ „
were pricked in their heart to . ... .L.
were ])ricked
do, and that is to repent and j
•cfers to the flood wherennto j
i even baptism, doth also Noah i
be baptised for the remission; ‘ d, ' x n -i i-when he had once drank,
- • ^ • • • • • • • Was saved-by water-flood as!
drink,
or I ctin let it nlone”; but!
ofsins. Anything else might |I let it alone no longe.J
not do. Peter’s ansiver is, not the putting away «>= ^viiat he dran’a no one An
soit while all other ons a-ci* . filrii of the flesh not as it wa.s; ^ j- . •
would not be. Those per-i under the ckl Mosaic ]av\', j ^ mto-xicants
sons who cried out, ” What I tlixit water was .used j of theprescrit i.ay work dvead-
must we do?” had bx lieved 1 cleanse tlie outward flesh.'f«' >“"'0= “‘"J^md
that they had been guilty ol, 19: 7; Lev. 17:15,
murder; hence Peter told them I ,
to what they bad „ot but t.ie answer of .a good con-
jjone. science.” Yes, we always a
Now 1 will quote from Dr.! good conscience when we do
mdttart'tebdieTOT Fackett, who is a Baptist! those things that are com-
1 time for service. Wc then
continued our work. Thecon-
gregation -waslargenight e’uid
day. Eld. J. W. Cox came to
us on Monday night and did
some able pi--.aclnng during
his stay. He left us onTliurs-
j day night. Eld. C. K. Pearce
came to -see us Wc-dnesday
night, ivrid was with us until
Sunday morning. I niusL con
fess that lie did some of the
best preaching i li .ive ever
heard. Hogaincfi many friends
during bis stay. On Sunday
Stancil and \V. W. Bullock $1;
Blackjack, by pastor 50c;
I'avkers Chapel. J. A. Harris
and B. A. Tripp, 50c; Reedy
Branch, W .J. Braxtoq and W
B, Nobles $2; Llm Grove, .A.
Garris SI,30; Piney Grove, T.
,E. Little $1,40; Hickory
Grove, J.R. P.arrdiill and T.
Barnhill 50c; Marli.ioro, J. L.
Flanagan and G. Brewer 50c;
Rose Hill, G. B. Hardee 55c;
Coneto, J. R. 'A’^arreti 50c;
Bethany, W. J. Tripp $1;
Spring Branch, H. Tiipp oOc;
Sts. Delight, W. Ii..E}ks and
VV. Weils $1; Ilfiweli Swamp,
B. Bailey 70c; Grimslcys, B.
L. Daii and Wm. Little $1;
Griendship, Wm. Tyson ^^Oc;
Little Creek, R. B.Sumtell W.
C. Jackson $1.
The commitlcc reports Eld.s.
F. .vIcGlolion open and T. H.
Barnliill preach to day. Af
ter services, the meeting was
called to order and resumed
business. W. W. Bullock was
electing standing clerk.
'file finance was ordered to
retire and the treasupcr make
his report. lie reports in
hand $42, 70; received from
-die finance at this meeting
$14,75. Total $57,45.
The committee rtjmrt Eld.
C. L. Little jireaeh to night,
aud Elds, T. II. Bar.ihlll open
and j. ?vl. Barfield preach to
moiTow-
The petitions -for the next
u'lion was taken u[) and vot
ed ou. It was ordered to
convene with the clnirh at
Parkers Chapd. Eid. T. H.
Barnhill was appointed to
preach the introductory and
use morning I baptized live more, ^ AicGlohon be liiscilternate.
OBITUARY.
Brother Charles Harris died
June 2nd, 1897. He was 87
j’cars old.
Brother Hands wasthehus-
band of three wives; the fath
er of 16 children; the grand
father of 85 and the great
grandfather of 61. He joined
the Free Will Baptist church
when r oiuig and lived a faith
ful member tuitil his heavenly
I'ather called him to come uj)
higher.
ile was very industrious and
worked -very hard in his early
da3’S, but he become so feeble
in his last days he was not
able to do anything. Theone
(jnick and earnest steps be
came totering, and the many
active members gave way and
he was comjielled to submit
to the laws of nature. We re
member it hath been said once
a man and twice a child and
we suppose our dear old fath
er until his strengthgaveway
and he was compelled to be
l(‘(' .nhout n« n Hi-rip child
I do not know t’la'c the dear
old man was an3’ relation to
me but when nu’self and mt'
eldest Brother was very v’ottng
he and his precious wife learn
ed us to say grandpa and
amlma, and the}’ felt very
near to up as our grandfather
was dead. Althotigh wehave
not lived near him for some
time the old home of grandpa
seems very dear to us.
I will remember the kind
way he use to treat us when
we went to see him. He would
send the okl coloi'ed man in
the orchax'd to gather fruit
fi;rits. I love the memory of
his name the kindness while
oround him. He never run
around to rind a easy place in
life but workei.1 hard with his
own hand to make an honest
living and lie left many of
bis ofspriiigs that isfoliowing
in his footprints, while his
body lies mouldering in the
dust. His name lives on, and
though he may be forgotten
by many though the gentle
zephyr may blQ.w over his
lonely grave for many years,
anti the mocking bln/ ..lay
sing sweetly aliove his rest
ing place and the sweet rose
of summer may bloom and
fade away ibrmany summers.
His name w’ill still live-and
through the ceasless agi;s of
eternity. I doj^raise God that
it is not all of life tolivenedli-
er is it all ofdeath to die. Our
blessed Saviour conilortedthc
sorrowing sister with these
words. I am the resurection
I and the life “he that believeth
in me though he were tlcad
yet shall he live.”
I do prais God fora living
Savior for he hath said be
cause I live yc shall live also.
•0 tlie cmlr subjects for baptUm.—Matt. i g^rijnent
,3, 16; Mark i. 6, 10; Acts Till, 88, 39' j
says
^7'We believe ill a general t rroctiou hamartion AclS 3:38, in order ITli
V-J ..,,1 .finnlliidifiiient-. ibc last „ . .. i
learning, and ! manced in the gospei
“Eis aphesin! Now if Peter does not liear j states a single drop n:ay find
dead and a final Jadgiiient-.
I^n V, 2S. 39; if Oor. v, 10.
elieve tiie lisppincs! r*
rnal and tbe icrt t
B iidleip- Matt xxt
to the lorgivness of sins Mat. | salvation I confess I do not j ing «»t^estors, which only
20:20; Luke 3:5, wc connect! understand lang-jase. Mind Uvaits a spark to kindle it in- stored one for Wendell. There
; naturally with both the i you I do not say that Bap- to a devouring flame. ; has been forty conversions so
body. Geuuiiic alcoholic li
quors are deadly, but ihe!^;
drugged and adulterated]
beverages now in uscj-' ^
are .‘‘ar worse. He that lets ; innkiiig t-sventy that I have 1 Qn motion, the union close j God help his dear children to
them atone is sale. He who baptized-lor Wcnrlell Church j to nuet agaim Eriday before 1,so live that they willinecthim
this season, and one more ■ the 5th Sunday in Oct. 1897. |in the luq-'py home beyond
wairiugforbaptism. We have!
received twenty-one and
ke baptism essential to | in him the appetite of clriiik-
aiid
Praise and prayer by J. M. .this hfe where all is joy
Barficld. (everlasting repose.
E. D. Hathaway, Mod. i Y'our humble sister, *
J. M. Barfield, Clk. 1 -Mollic Bail,
R