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THE FREE WILL BAPTIST, E. T. PHILLIPvS, J. M. BARFIELD, - Editor, Bds. Mgr. Entered at the Post Office at Ayden, N. C„ as Second Class Mail Matter ANNOUNCEMENT: All communications should be addressed to the Fkeb Wili. Baptist Publishing Company,Ayden, N.C. _ , , , ...v a: In ease the paper is not receiTcd regularly please notify ns at this office. When ordering ft change of address, it is necessary to state the place to which the pnper is now sent, as well as the one to which it is to be sent. In accordance with the general custom and wishes of almost all subsenbers, sulv scriplions arc untlerstood to be continuous, unless otherwise stated. The paper will be stopped at any time, if the subscriber so requests and remits the amount due for the time he has received it. .... /kl- Send money hy Post Office Money Orders when they can be obtained. This istheliest way. Otherwise send checks. Registered letters are sometimes lost, though this is usually a safe way. Small amounts are usually safe sent in a well directed envelojie without registration. Stamps may be sent for amounts of 60 icnis and under. TUB IMPOBTAHCB OF RAUEHT- TUB SAt- AYDEN, N. C., Wbdnesday, May 22. 1907. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. We are sorry we cannot at tend the Commencement ol the A. and M. College, at Raleigh per their kind invita tion, butourown workmakes It impossible. Superintendent, J. A. Me- Athur attended and conduct ed chapel one day last week. His remarks were well put and timely, We desire his, presence whenever he can pos sibly give it. Guilford College has recent ly received a large donation. We are glad of it and are pa tiently waiting for a similar fortune to come to the Semi nary. Let all pray for it ear nestly. The Advocates of Christian T'idelity will hold their Anni versary Wednesday, May 20, at 7:1U) p. m. Address by Prof. A. K. Flowers, late Prin cipal of Bcaulah High School. Subject, The Demands and Changes. Our Normal, or Teachers’ Training Department, has sent a large number of thoroughly prepared instruc tors who are Succeeding well in their proiTession as all re ports .show. Wc have a goodly number more who will soon be ready lor cfiicient work. The Anniversary of the Am- phictyon Literary Society, will be held, in the Seminary, Tcausday, may 28, at 7: 30 p. m. The Address will be delivered by Kid. J.E. Ayscue, pastor of the Baptist Church in Greenville. Subject, The Need of Educated Men North Carolina. Every friend of the Semina ry, should go to work in ear nest for the Fall term of School, commencing, August 20. We had students from hve States, within the past year. It should be from forty six, if Oaklahoraa becoras a state, the coming year and all the territories and posses sions of our country. The Annual Address will be delivered by Hon. F. A. Wood ard of Wilson, Thursday May 30th, at 1:30 p. m. Contest, General and Graduating exer cises of tbe Seminary. Thurs day, May 30, at 7:30, p. m. The Medal presented by Miss >• nlnlie Cox will be presented to the student having tbe best original oration per the tlecision of three competent Judges. .Associations, Conferences, and Yearly Meetings that do not report to the Triennial General Conference arc not re garded as a part of tbe de nomination, or of any other. It would be better for the cause of Christianity if they did not exist, for they are not counted anywhere. They do not come up to the help of the Lord against the curse ol Mcror rests upon them. A true Free Will Baptist always answers at roll call and is ready for work. In fact be is Ot work. A number of the students attended the Interdenomina tional Sunday School Con vention, at Little Creek, last Wednesday. Two of our for mer students, Eld, R. I. Cor bett and Eld. C. O. Armstrong delivered addresses that are very highly commended. It is an interesting fact that that church was organized in 1728 and is tbe oldest exist ing Free Will Baptist Church in the United States. Eld. E. S. Jimerson writes from Henderson, Texas, for one of our Theological stu dents to spend vacation in that State with the assurance of support. One has written to him for full particulars and we hope arrangements can be made for one to go and help in that inviting field. He also assures us that one or more will be wanted next year. We believe all our min isterial studentshave employ ment for vacation, with the possible exception of Eld. W. A, Ilobstetter. Thelast com munication we received from him states that he had not decided what to do this Sum mer, but we feel sure there is a good opening for him. THE LORD IS WITH US. Dear Editor:—As I have been silent for some time I will come again. My letters are not interesting, but I like to read the letters from all parts of the country, and think it is our duty to write for the paper. We should let the people know that we are still living, that the good Lord has spared our lives and we can let the people know what we are doing. I am not vis iting my church as often as I want to, but if the Lord is willing I will be at Satilta church the 4tb Sunday in this month. I would like very much for sister Ida Myers to write again, as she has been absent for some time. I think she must have forgotten the dear old Baptist paper, since she has been making Douglas, Ga. her head quarters. Sis ter Ida, come again as your letters are very interesting. I will say to the many readers of the paper, if my letter is printed. I’ll come again. Best wishes, Gkorgia Hester, Bench, Ga. CAN’T YOU HELP HIM? I have received an account against me, to amount of $2. 00 for the paper, and am sor ry I can’t pay it, for I like to bear the paper read. I am blind, and cannot see at all and I am a poor man, with a helpless wife, with no one to help me but my daughter, would be pleased for some one to pay this for me. I am a true F. W. B. If somegood Christian would be so kind ns to pay the ainiint for me, I would be so glad. Pray for me and wife. May the good Lord bless every body. W. R. Martin. Green Sen, S. C. Pear Editor:—As I have never written to t’oe Baptist, I will write a few lines on the importance of the sacrament. There are various causes for the loss of the spirit, and de crease of faith among the Christians. Adultery, lust, murmuring against denomi nations, neglect of prayer, and other duties. But there is per haps no single cause more fre quently productive of these evil consequences than the partaking of the sacrament; by the so called Christians, while in possession of a wrong feeling and spirit. To com mit adultery, every one who has had any experience or un derstanding of the work of God, will inevitably result, unless speedily and sincerely repented of in the apostacy ol the adulterer. So, also, in the commission of other sins, through tbe denial of the faith by the one thus sinning, might not follow the sinful act so quickly as in tbe otherinstan ces. But the partaking of the Lord’s supper appears almost to be so important in the es timatiou of some, (probably through partaking of it often) that they think it a matter of no consctjuence whatever, whether they are at that time filled with love to God and their brethren, or filled with enmity, whether they eat and drink in rememberance of the Lord, or whether his death and sufferings are never thought about by them. Tbe eating of a piece of bread, or tbe drinking of a little wine, under ordinary circumstances might not be expected to ex cite any particular emotions in those thus partaking, but it is nothing less than solemn mockery, for men and women professed followers of the Lord Jesus to assemble to gether and unite in a prayer to have the bread, and the contents of the cup, blessed and sanctified to their souls, and then eat and drink with feelings of enimity in their bosoms to some one or more individuals of the same faith and hope with themselves, and in total forgetfulness of their Lord and his precepts. No individual, whether officer or member canpersueacourse of this kind and escape con denmation. Such also was Paul’s faith in ancient days, for he wrote to the Corinth ian branches oftbe church, that in consequence of their partaking of the Lord’s sup per unworthily, many were weak and sickly among them and many had slept. Tbe Lord Jesus himself at taches so much importance to tbe sacrament, that be has commanded bis servants, not to knowingly suffer anyone to partake of bis flesh and blood uu^vortbily, when they shall minister it. They are required to forbid such, be cause they who eat his flesh and blood unworthily, eat and drink damnation to their souls. This places tbe minis ters under solemn obligations to see that iniquity does not exist among tbe members, for iniquity of any kind, would render whosoever practiced it unworthily of this ordinance If there are feelings of enmity inthebossom of one against another, if there is evil speak ing one of another, those har boring such feelings, those- giving utterance to such sen timents, cannot partake of the Lord's sppper without in curing his displeasure. Enter taining such a .spirit and st^ch feelings causes them to he un worthy, and they have nepd of repentance. Those whp e^t the flesh and drink the blood of the Lord, should always remember him, and should be filled with perfect love for him and for their brethren, and upon no other principle, can they expect to have his spirit with them. The minister who is called upon to administer the sacrament, calls upon the Father according to the pat tern given by the Lord. Those joining this prayer after ask ing him to bless and sanctify what they are about to par take of, to the souls of all, that they may partake of it in remembrance of the body and blood of his Son Jesus Christ, should always remem ber him and keep his com which he has giv en them, that they may al ways have his spirit to be with them. Amen. Those partaking of tbe sac rament, and not doing as they have promised, when uniting with the church, have lied to the Lord. M. S. Hardee. Greenville, N. C. SPEAK WITH SIMPLICITY. Dear Editor:—I will try to pen a few more Hues tonight I have just read the Baptist and feel a desire to come out again. I see two letters from Tex. lam not accjuainted with either writer, though 1 would like very much to cor respond with them. I see any good letters in the pa per and love toread them, .\et some of them seem to me, are not cled^ enough. I think we should all speak clear and plain, yet in simplicity. I have been reading some ol the pieces on baptism, and it seems to me that it has all been t^ no profit. I have read much about our ministers (juiting the denomination, to preach for others. Some be cause the church is not sup porting them. I am at a loss to see what is the matter. The Lord has commanded us to go and preach, repentanceand forgiviness of sins, and to baptize them, and to teach them to observe all things whatsoever he has taught us and saith he, “Lo I am with you always, even unto the end.” Now, if he has sent iis and we are relying on his promises, and have failed to get the necessary support, let us examine ourselves. Have we taught the word as we ought? If we have, and then we are forced out of the min istry, what is the matter? Has the Lord failed to keep his promises? No, a thousand times no, for he has said, “I will never forsake thee.” No, it cannot be laid to a failure on His part. Now, I want to say this, s.alvation isfree. The Gospel which is the water of life Ts'-tree, the spirit, which is life was freely given, all these are free gifts_ that we should love better iban this life, are all there is in it, cost more than this world can give. It cost Heaven its brightest jew el, it cost our blessed Lord the riches of heaven, which he must needs give upfor a time. It cost him a life of suft'eriog and poverty, the awful death on the cross. He hath said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Look! oh, my brother, look now at him who gave al! even to his life for us, see him made the Re deemer of man; yea, the giver of life, the Judge of the world, and now bath all power in Hcaypn and on earth, and hath eomffiiftpfl pntp jis hjs Gospel, wheiHjy wcaresayed |f we continue steadfast un^q the end. He hath command ed us to go and preach this gospel cfgood tidingstoeyery creature. He also said, “Free ly ye have received, freely give.” Does this not apply to eveiyone? Let us go back awhile and view the past While all this was being done for us there was other work going on. The great enemy, that old serpent, the Devil, was at work trying to des troy the works of.the Lord. He never has lost an opportunity to persecute him and his fol lowers, and is still at work He is saying to God’s minis ters, “I wouldn’t preach un less tbe people would give me so much, why you could make more money at most anything else than preaching, and mo ney counts.” He doesn’t stop here either, he is whispering to Christians, “Salvation is free, money is scarce, and it is the preachers duty to preach The Apostle tells us that he that preacheth tbe gospel, shall live of the gospel. Breth reo, we oughttogive liberally CO the ministry,tbatthe word be not hindered. Suppose we wilbold the means God has given us aud the ministry is hindered, have we not im- provished our selves? Let us give liberally of all we have knowing our labor is not in vain, for we shall reap if we faint not. As a man soweth, shall he reap. Again he says, “I go to prepare a place for you.” Let us sow here, and reap over there, for our treasurers are laid up above, I know some ot the hardships aud trials of a minister, but if we will suffer with him, we shall reign with him. It may be in your power to help the minister and thereby save some lost soul, then let us freely give, and at that day receive a glittering crown May his spirit stir all to do their best for bis cause. Yours for the master, D. D. B.vdoett. Fisher, Tex. Orclei* JJlanlv. To Free ^’ill ^aT’T'ist Pcb. po., Ayden, 5j'. C., Gesteemen;—Fiml enclosed $ , for which you will send to uiv address the following 8. 8. Litera ture tor the quarter of Dozen Senior Quarterlies, (a) 60c $ Dozen Junior Quarterlies, (fh 50c $ Dozen Child’s rrimers, @ 30c $ Note.—Detach and send above. Remit by M. O. by registered letter or stamps. k-hen obtainable, otherwise SOUTH (GA.) TRIP. Bro. Editor:—I am back once more in the land of flow ers. I visited some ot the churches in South Ga. Asso ciation on the f)th Sunday and Saturday before in March It was my pleasure to be at Philadelphia church, there 1 met Eld. E. L. StClaire he preached us two or three of his best sermons, and he was called to the little town of Folkston, at night to preach a sermon on Pithiaism, tbe boys said it was grand I filled bis place at the church at 3 o’clock, and then tbe wri ter was carried down on the Okefonokee Swamp where I spent several days with old Bro. J. Mysell. On the 4th of April I united bis youngest daughter to Mr. Stewart from Waycross in the holy bonds of matrimony. I then held services for the brethren on the ] St Sunday in April at the churph. Then \ left for Jesup where I reipajned p fe days. Frorp there I yisifed the brethren at Aliibaba phprph. Wp had 4 yery good ipeetiog and heye f met pld. C, C. Butler, he being the pasfpr of this church, he was full of thespiritasusual. Tbeweath- er was cool and blustry. Af the close of the meeting at that place, I next visited Cor inth church, where we had anotherveryintercsting meet’ ing. From there I visited Baxley where I spent a few days with Rev. H. W. Reins and family. He is a good fpap, linij has a no|fle hearted wife, who did all for our com fort that was necessary, to make one feel comfortable and happy. On Saturday morning Bro. Reins and I went to old Bethel church, and Bro. Reins preached for us on Saturday night, and gave usone of bis best efforts. Tbe writer preached a luneral sermon on Sunday to a very large and attentive congrega tion. Rev. J. A. Tompson preached for them at night, and closed up the services, which I hope willprovealast- ing blessing to all. Well, while it was my privilege to be permitted to live to see my dear brethren once more, I learned many things, some for the betterment of the pause, while some things were heart rendering to me. I learned that the South Ga. will split this fall on account of the ter ritory, it is so large that the churches fail to be represented in the association. This I be lieve to be a very good move, then each association wili work up her own territory to a better advantage. I also learn that sex eral churches are about todisolve ou account of the want of a pastor. This hurtful to me. Some ol these churches I have labored very hard for, and I have seen large crowds and hearts made happy, and now, to see Zion dropping, andbercolors trail ing in the dust, is heart rend ing. I can’t see any use ol this, why the preacher is so thristy to scour the countrjs over, to get up new churches, neglect the old ones, and let them drilt bapk into the world I don’t think this is doing right. Well, I reckon I have said euougb for this time ir that direction, but would like to say to tbe dear breth ren at Philadelphia church, persevere, build the church that you have now in con templation, then you will feel so much better. Manytbauks for your kindness to me, also to the dear brethren at the Alababa and Corinth, may tbe dear Lord ever bless you is my prayer. Lastly comes the dear old Bethel, with her host of membership. Dear brethren, fight on, stand by your Suqday SphpQl and the God of peapo wil) evpr filers you. A word pow to the chqrphes that e:ji:pect to pul) o^' from th^ South Ga. Association and form a new association. Any advice or aid I can give yop, repieipljer I am at your seryipe at pny tiipe, ^ust wrif^ me at Live Oak, Fla , K. F. D 4. I will hlep you in any of your protracted meetings dur ing the summer months il needed. May the Lord crown your efl'orls with success, is the prayers of an aged Bro. Let us lay aside all subjects when writing to our paper, that would cause friction, or controversy, and write about our home beyond, and the Savior who died for all. Rev. W. T. E. Ettlek. Live Odk, Fla. WAYNE QUARTERLY MEETING. Wayne Q.M. met 1st Sat urday and Sunday in May, 1907, at W. Va. Home. Eld. Bartrum preached the intro ductory sermon, Sol. 5: 3. Eld. Bartium waseleced mod erator, and led in prayer, Met at 2 o’clock p. m. Satur day and proceeded to bus iness. Visiting brethren and corresponding messengers in vited to seats with us. Re port from executive commit tee received. Letters from Fast Lynn, Christian Horae, Jackson Branch and Long Branch, read and received. Verbal reports from Eliza beth and W. \a. Home, re ceived- Movement carried that we look after the negligent min isters. Committee, Rev. W. Borders, Joe Bartrum and [no. Moore. Report from the preachers is as follows: Jqo. Moore, preached 20 times, received ] 1, visited the sick 5, baptized 5, aud re ceived $17.00. Eld. Bartrum, preached 0 times, received one, prayer meetings 5. N. Borders, preached eight times, visited the sick four times, received $4 00. James Horey, preached 13 times, baptiz d one, received two, received $5 00. Eld. Roe,preached 12 times, prayer meeting 5, yisited thp sick 7 times. Eld. Richardson, preached 20, received txvo,received fiOe. Committee on supply of tbe pulpit, were Bros. Tilden, Parson, Sam Moore, and Jas. Music. They appointed Rev. N. Borders to preach Saturday night and Rev. Bartrum to follow. Rev. Moore to preach Sun day morning, and Rev. Jas, Horey tolollow. Rev. N Borders, conducted class meeting. Received one member from the United Pap* tist. Thus plosed anpthpr gppfj quarterly mcetiag, REy. Bahtrfm, Mod; N. BpRpER?. See., pro te^i. >VAf)TS iJifOpMATIp^i. Brethren, please tell me what tree ol life is mentioned in Gen. 3:22, also tbe flaming sword.and cherubim that was placed at the gate pf the gar den of Eden. W. H. Bailev. Cast aside your douDts. Doubts open the dooi of ijn. belief and pave the w.' for a failure. They rob you of confidmee in God and destroy 'your faith.
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