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vt fH p-rosf f JO 09 THE FREE WILL B/1PI18T, f ^ OROAN OF 'll The Free Will Baptist Church, j ^ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE I FREE Will BAPTIST PUB. C0 ]| The Free Wnx Baptist. "LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE" Vol. 27. Ayden, N. C., Wednesday, April 28, 1909. No. 19. SUBSCRIPTIOX: One year in advivnce,S1.00 j| |!> Six months, 50 /| CIRCULATION 3,100 | Job work nratlj- executed ^ ^ at this ollice. OFFICERS. W. R. R*WA?H, President, Merritt, N B E. Uail, Vice Pre.s., Wintcrvillc, 2 J. M. Hakkield, Treas., Ayden, B. T. PnH,LiPf>, Secretary, Ayden, BOARD OF MANAGERS. Eld, R. 1, Corbett, Tmnnonsvillc, S E. H. Craft, WinierYillc, K. 2, N A. T.'Dawson, Institute, Hkl. F. McLiWHOS, Greenville, K 2, J-OKK Mcl.twHO.N, Winterville. R. 'S 'i W. Hail, Ayden, Ki.d. P. T, Lucas, Lucatua, T. J. Sawybe, Merrirt, Gho. W. Prescott, Ayden, sjUR ACrlit's 153. Eld. J. W. Sewell, Beaufort, J. S. Kol>ersi)n, Newbern, A. S. Eii-s.iii, Stniilonsburg, Bid. 1). W. Tippett, Zclniion Ivlcl. L. T. Phillips, Selma, W. K. Sawyer, Merrill, Ivld. il.Ciitininghani, Deep Run, Kid. B. A,R ' " ■ EM. 1>. T. Lucas, Geo. W. Dail, lild. }. K- Ruffin, J, W. Swain, vV. T. Kirby, , , Eld. B. A, \V. Ilusketli, Creedmoor, Eld. G. C. Vause, Ayden, Kid. C. A. Jackson, Snulstm, R 1 Eld. W. M. Uowell, I’ikevillc-, R.F.D.3 “ Springs Lucaiua, Winterville, K. 1 Spring Hope, Jerrv, Kf Illy, Keii.ai Saratoga, I'ndtUboro, R. 2 Newbern. Wiil'.loiilmrg, Ayden, Saratoga, lUadeuimru. Greenville, K. 2 Grimeslancl, K, 2 L. |. Potter, Eld, J. T. Biindv, Hid. ). F, Hill, Ivlrl j. W. Alford, II, R. Jones, C. •*. Armstrong, 1). A. Wimlhain, D. B. Hester, Eld. F. McLawhti jolm S. Dixon, • Gri 1>. k. SialTord, Inn lild. K. F. Danglietv, C-,v.- Coy, Kid. W. W. Lewis UeanUirl, K. k. Ilnilv. 1'onatain Eld, W. P. Ganse, Coward, S. 11. Norton, Dniibar, lild. k. 1. Corliett, Tiiijininisvilie, Bl.l. B. L, SlClaire, Edison, Eld. J. A. IHuitton, Hatley. W. 1). Gill, Char.og, kev. 11. L l.umiikin, knt.biil. Jelitrson 1). Sii'ptiens, Marianna, lild. G. W. Chciry, Dothan, Naiuiiun llorilrr, Preudergast, Rufus Stowers, Sweetlaad, jas. Kennedy, Aver>-^ Tex. Town Directory. CHURCHES. Free 'Will Bapti.st,services every 41 h Sun day at 11 o’clock, and at night. Elder G. C. Vuuse, pastor. Prayer meeling every Friday night. Sunday .St'hitol ewy^tm- Peden’, Supt” Auipiiictyon Society meets every Tuesday night during school nionfhs. Missionary Baptist Chntvh, services evrt'y 2nd Sunday at 11 o'chx'k a. ni. and at night, Rev. T. H. King, pastor, Sun- day School 3:30 p. m., .\1. M. hauls, Supt. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. M E. Church vSouth, services every 3rd Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. and every 2ud Sunday- night, Rev. .J .15 Ilrulgers, pastor. Sunday Sdiool at 10 o’clock a. tn., H. L. Ormond, Supt. Prayer meeting every Tuesday night. Christian Church, services every first and third Sunduy.s at 11 o'clock a. m. and at night, Rev. C. M. Morton pastor. Sunlay lichool at 10 ooU>ck a. nt., B. L. Brown, Supt. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. St. James’ Episcopal church, services every 4th Sunday except months contaiu- lua five Sundays, then on 5lh Sunday, :^v. Mr. Huske, Winterville N. C., rector. Sunday School every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. U. G. Burton, Supt. LODGES. A F A. M. meets every first and third Thursdays. T. F. Johnson, W. M. 1. 0. 0. P. meets every Monday night at 8 o’clock, H. G. Burton, N. G. Postoffloe Addresses. Exum Dail, Treasurer of the Free Will Baptist Seminary at Ayden, N. C., to whom all money for the Seminary should be sent Bid. R. I. Corbett, Treas. Home and Foreijin Mission Societies, Tinimonsville, S. C,, to whom all money for Missions should lie scut. Eld. Thos. E. Peden, Treas. Gen eral Conference and Education Society, Ayden, N. C., to whom all njoneT for General Confeicnce and ^ucation should be sent. Eld W. ]. Carrier, Treasurer Ohio Free Will Baptist StateCoo- mention, Rutland, Ohio. t«) whom all money for the workoftheCou- veiition should be sent. Eld. E, L. StClaire, D. D., Na tional Evangelist, Sdison, Oa. Bid S H. Norman, National Fvaugelist, 321 Fayette St.. Charleston, W. Va. Eld. |. M. Kmaoiicl, National Evangelist, Macon, Ga. Eld. Del! Upton, D-.D-, Financial Secretary, Nashville, Term. Elder R. 1. Corbett. Secretary of the Free Will Baptist Thco logical Seminary, also Treas Home and Foreign Mission So cieties, Tinimonsville, S. C., to whom all money for missions should be sent. tames m. parott, m. d. J KINSTON, N. C Diseases Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat General Surgery DR. c. B. RIDDICK, DENTI iT AYOFN, N, 0. SHIPWRECK, BV L M CROSS. To one who has never cross ed the ocean, hut has only stood on the shore and watch ed its restless billows as they wratbt'ully washed against the beach, there is associated in the mind v picture of awful danger. The impressions are deepened if, during a storm, the eyes rest upon some ship which is vainly endeavoring to ride safely to port upon its waves and is dashed against the rocks or landed a hopeless shipwreck. Yet if the vessel is staunch, if its machinery and boilers are in perfect or der, if the captain is experi enced and intelligent, if ibep:- lot is guiding the vessel with the intelligence which the knowledge of the chart gives him, the dangers arc not so appalling. The storm only drives the ship temporarily from its course; by and by, when it subsides, the. grand old vessel goes saltl/ and surely on its way to the de sired haven. What if there is no one nt the wiuell What il the pilot has no chart to guide the ship with its priceless freight of human life? Sure and cer- certain shipwreck awaits the vessel. It makes no diilirence how splendid the itiachinery, how strong its limuerh aA how experienced its cffieers and crew may be. The pilot must have the chart and com pass; and this is true of hu man lives. To avoid ship wreck and ride safely and strongly upon life’s ocean one must know of the location ol the rocks and shoals to be avoided as well as of the right and safe course. Thousands of parents and teachers, not willfully per haps. but thoughtlessly, if you choose, are leaving the boys and girls under their charge, to certain shipwreck of mind and body because they do not instruct them in a pure and healthful manner upon subjects concerning which intelligence is so esseo tial. Why should bojs and girls be shipwrecked because of ig uoraucA? MEETING AT MILBOURNEY. Dear Hditor;—Please allow me space to tell the brethieu and sipters about a good ser mon, Bro. J. L. Strickland preached at Milbourney the 4th Saturday andSundav in March. Hts text on Satur day was H Peter 1;6. His text on Sunday was. Acts 0; G. We enjoyed the sermons, and want Jiro Strickland to come ngnin. On Sunday w t cook a collection to pay his railroad expenses. On Sunday we had tbepleas ure of receiving Bro. W. T Taylor and wile in our church, by a letter from Red Oak Grove church. We hope that he will help us to revive our community. We are looking for Eld. B W TippeH to fill the next ap pointment, which is Saturday before the fourth Sonrtay April. Our Sut.day School is improving very much. Fray for us. Yours in Christ. T. H. Lamm. jTHE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY. BY E L. STCLAIRE, D D. In as much as many have ot various limes requested me to write on thissuLjrct, I now comply. There never was a time when God did not have a nriesthond ^r ministry, and God has always made provis sions for their support. Even before the giving of the law, God had his servants, for the w’ord plainly tells ns, how Ab raham returning from the slaughter of the kings, was met by a p.riest of the most high God, and that Melchesi- ail in England, t was born in the United Sin' s. Selfishness gave it birth. It isnowhete taught in the -vord of God, but to the contrary we an plainly taught, Lo give as the Lord prospers !S. They who give sparingly shall reap sparingly. In those early days ot the ch when a rnn-. 'v \ach. he gave himstif up to the study of the Word, and to preach ing, and the church gave him a support. In the early history of our Zion, the church helped the pastor. Beijamin Randall was sent out by the church at New Durham, North Car- IvLDHK James M. Bakfikt.i). Elder Barfield vva.s born and roared in Greene Co., N. C. He has been the gtiieral inanacerof the Free Will Baptist Fub. Co, fora number of years, aiulhas boon the means of holding the work together like ananchorthat God send us more men who arc willing to consecrate their means to advancing the cause. E'.rler B-irfield is a member of the Cen tral Conference and islovedbyall. Written bv a friend, ' J.G. H, dec blessed Abraham, and Ab raham in return gave Iwm a tenth of the spoils Thus, we see, that Abraham, acknowl edged God’s servant, and gave for his support When the law was given by Moses, one tribe was set aside as ser vants, ministers for thediviue service, and God gave orders that one tenth be given of all that was made, from year to year, be given this priestly tribe. Most of Israel’s troub les came upon them, because they failed to observe this law. “Will a man rob God?” But ye have robbe 1 me,’’ saith the Lord. “Fov ye kepi back ray tithes,’’ saich the Lord. When we fail to sup port those whom God hasap pointed as our spiritual sbep herd, we rob God. It is non sense to suppose that God would make such provisions for the support of a priist- hood that was to continue for a time, and abandon the ministry of the Lord Jesus, and that is not the case. The first church supported the aposlics, and down the cen turies that followed, we fail to find 111 history where any one advocated the docltioe ot no pay or reward for the min istry. It was unknown in the early centuries. All the Fath ers who wrote immediately Editor F. T. rnii.i ii>s. Our editor f>f the Fri-Ts Wili- Baptist paper and Sunilay School litcralurc--a .noble advocate of Christian fidelity. He was born n the state of N. C. He is ft ucnibcr of the Western Confer ence, and is loved bv all who meet tv. J.G.H. olina, and those early fathers gave him of ibeir means Those sturdy New England ers not only Lore the bitter persecutions of the times, but also supported those whom God bad called to preach the Word. The Gospel provides for the support of the minis try. We are not commanded to give the tenth in the New Testament, but we are com maoded to give as the Lord prospers us The Free Will Baptist are not different from most people, they aresensible. Why then, do they not sup port their pastors? The rea sons are plain. The first pas tors in the South did not teacb that part of the Gospel. They were good men, men of great power, most of them unlearned. At that time most *if the people could not read and write was ahead of the people he preached too. The people, however, gradually through the Free School sjs- tern, suou liiuiJL pid pro gress. but the Free Will Bap cist Eld« rsbip did not. The.v had no time.' They had to work out their living. They bad. and have no lime f.or study, so the people outgrew them Our fathers in the min istry preached, that a preach er ought cot to be paid. This kind of preaching appealed to and arroused man’s stlfish- mS3. Our Z’on gathered those (rom other churches that did not want to obey Our Now, in their old age, they continually call on the very same people for support and help in their old age. 'i bey preached two ways, one time while young and strong that all they wanted was souls for their hire, but now, they are old and feeble, and find out they can’t eat souls, they can’t we.nr them, tncy waut cash, so tne people say they preached two ways. It looks like they lost faith in Go.J, forif God would take care of them while they were young, it certainly does look like be would take care of them in their old age, with out calling on the people Tiros. E. Peden,D.D. L.E.D. This noble man has been a min ister and teaclier of theology for more than fifty years, and a true Free '.Vill Baptist. He has devot ed I'.is entire life to the cause.. He u-a.s born in tlie slate of Ohio, is a graduate of Albany Alanual Presitlent of the Free Will Baptist Tlieological Seminary at .-Vyden, N. C. His life and work is an ex- ain[)le to all who know him. Hi- has starUd thonsaiuls on the road to success, such as niiniater.s, lawyers, doctors. In fact he is a 'urnaliel in our midst. whom they taught not to give. Once I attended a conference ' and made a talk on missions and the support of the minis try. When I bad finished ar Elder jumped up and snorted tnd pitched. He resurcctec ill the precious old fathers, (“Peace to their ashes,’’) and told how they went about preaching and establishing churches. He said that wc younger preachers wanted t fleece the fl 5ck. lie told how he went about expecting nothing, asking for nothing, but alter that I heard him ai the close of a meeting, tell a committee of ladies to colieci all they could for him. Aftei he made his speech, a dozen preachers accused him to me, of lieing, saying, that they never knew him to hold a raeeeting or serve a church, but that he asked for help Now, we need an intelligeni ministry, who can cope with the world. A ministry who shall be able to present acleat simple Gospt 1. Our ministry today cannot meet, this de mand. The apostles and oth er njiDistcrs went to the great cities and town. Oar preach ers bunt the back woods. They fi-cl and know their ig norance. They can’t help if, for it takes their limetomake a living. Whire is the remedy ? What shall we do? Let our Z Oldie? Shall wc do like- after the apnsiles, speak of ^ that part of the Gospel hnow the churches supported fathers offered them a chance those who preached the to reach heaven withoutsup- Word The oldest church porting the cause. They flock now in the world is at Smyr- ert to it Now. ilinse who are j Primitive Bapi ist, oppose na. btlicved by many to have still living of them, are sorry, intelligence and missions, and been established by the apos- and see their mistake. They Eke them gradually dii? ties, and they still sup- preached in their young man-' What shall we do, get up a port their pastor and families, hood that God would take plan, a remedy? God forbid, ^ i The doctrine is not taught at care of and pay the preacher, but rather return to God’s away what your own will plan, give as the Lord pros pers, that is plan enough. We have cultivated the wrong spirit in man, now, let us cul tivate the right spirit. It is wrong to want and take what our ministers have for nothing. Give as the Lord prospers. ’ THE MODEL FKAYER, Jesus says that there is a region where God’s will is perfectly done, “In heaven.” He desires that the harmony of this region spread over all the earth. When God’s will is every where perfectly done, heaven and earth will have become one, juvt a man here and now may live in heaven, as Jesu^ did, ill the "bosom of tbi Futlier,” tlie place of safety peace, j )y, rest, poxer. Heav en is a revelation, an uncovei - ing, 0 removal r)! the veil Iron realities that are eternal, ol though our blind eyes fiil ti see the n. The salvation is “ready to be revealcil.” Go waits only on our vision Jesus s:cial reform begins with the will of t!ie individual. We must learn to say, “Tnv will be done in me,” first. When wc do so, we lift the whole race. II .\merlcau farmers re fused to grow wheat, brown men in far c fl India would sufT.*r. The skill and labor ol every son of toil affect all men, L'Amchow, to the very ends of the earth. The soul that docs God’s will, there fore, answers in part this pe tition, and God’s will is real ized on earth. God’s will which jesus de sires to see supreme, is the eternal life-plan. He has thought out lor each one ol us. Some fear to say, “Thy will be done,” because they think that God's will means privation, self denial, bard and unpleasant things. Not at all. If only God’s will were lone, life would contain noth ing but pleasant things. It is man’s way that hasintrodne ed all that is hard and bitter, all sin, sorrow, suffering, and the agony of death. God’s will is only kindness. If I give up my own will, and the will and manner oflife of my neigh bors, and surrender myself to God to do His will alone, then [ am actually giving up all care, sorrow, and sin, and ac cepting the eternal good that He has always wished me to possess God is not a mon -ter. He is kind. Me wants His children to be happy. Je -ius could say, ‘ Myjoy,”“My peace ” Shall I .surrender now, and «oy, “Tby w ill be done?" Yes. but what will happen if I do? God will begin to straight en out all the crooked things that have crept into your life through ignorance and sin He will brg n to bring you back to Lis eternal purpose. This may make you imagine that he is taking away some things from you, but only harmful things and He re moves them in order that He may lead you into your own inheritance. has taken, or stolen, that He never meant you to have Let every thing go. He will give you back again all that is 1 ours according to Hjs etfr- oal love plan. You do not want anything that God docs not wish you to have, do ?ou? Hegives only the per fect, th^ r^ood. Why should you wis ’mperfect, ptr- utapif cue uarmu'.i This attitude is peace, reft, joy. It is heaven. One dwells forever safely ia the bosom of the Father—The Rev. K. P. \nderson in C. E. World. SHOW THY SELF A MAN. It is no small thing to be a nan physically in the true sense of terra, and it means 10 little thing to be morally i man. ‘ Show thy self a nan,” is the iarguuge of a athtr speaking to his son, md it iloes not mean to be a nan merely in one particular -leose, but implies the necessi ty of pure and real manhood, norally, socially, and last but not the least,righteously. Tne utterance of a king ad- Iressed to the son of a ki-ig, •« that manboi'd does lu-t .-oosist in txurnalit;'cs. but iu he established piiiciples of godliness. AM the cducation- 11 polish, can never impart hose Christian characteiis- 'cs which are truly the lead- ng elements and the eompo- lent parts ct true manhood, ind womanhood. All the fao- •iful, and infatuating exbibi- -ions, together with ail the ■lassical and honorary degrees hat institutions can confer, ran never make us true men >f real manhood. We want strength of character it is :rue, but above all we want hat wisdom which comes from above, that is first gen ie then peaceable, pure and ull of good works; without selfishness, free from hypocri- >y. We want men of firmness, men of stability, yea, men of valor. Men who get hold of ;hc right kind of things at che right time, and in the ight place, and who stick. 8e sure you are right, then go ilow. Show thyself A man. Listen, bat ye should be no longer :hildren, driven and tossed by every wind of doctrine, ind caught by the cunning- less of men’s hands, whereby ■ hey lie in waitto deceive,for, ays the great and eminent 'vangelist, “when I was a rhdd I did a.s a child, but vben I became a man I put iway childish things, hence, the evangelist say?, "In un- ferstanding be men.” Lord, ^Ive us more men. In all the beautiful American continent vho will show themselves men indeed? Then we shall go forth from conquest to victory. Then, that spirit of unselfish sacrifice, shall set our souls on fire with holy zeal for God and right. Then we shall take the existing evils by the throat, and like men of gigantic strength, we we will make them bite the dust. Lord, help us to show that we are men, and not turn- Surreudei! Lay everything coats or sell-outs, at His feet. Tell Him to take Your National Erangel st, J. M. E-mamki..
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