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.I.**- THE A I FREE WlLLBftPIlST, f The Free Will Baptist Church, “J r PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE ^REEWILl BkPTIST PUB. Cflj, SUJ5SCRIHT10N; A One yoEvr in a(lviViice,S1.00 X| Six inoiiUit“, -W I CIKCULATION 2,100 | 1 Job work noally executed ^ ^ at this ofiice. ^ Vol. 27. Ayden, N. C., Wednesday, September 15, 1909. OFFICERS. W R Sawyer, I’rcsklont, Merritt, N. C. li E.’llAiL, Vke I’rea., Winterville, 2 ;; J. M, Uakfielu, Treas , Aydeo, E. T. I'HiLi-ii-B, Secretary, Aydeii, BOARD OP MANAGERS. Ei.D R. 1. CoKHETT, Timnit.nsviile, S. C. E II. Ckai't, Wintcrville, K. N.^C. A. T. Dawson, Ivld. F- Mcl^AWneis,Greenville. K J^UKii McLAWiiON, Wintervillc, K- G. W. Diiil, Km'. F. T. Lucas, r. J. S-iWYKR, GRI). W. FttR'COTT, Ayden, Lucaiiia, Merrill, Ayden, R K. Had; M. C. Feexe'c.tt, Eld. W. V. Gause, S. H. NuiL-ii, Eld. R. 1. Lorlvtlt, Eld. E. 1-. StClaire, Eld. J. A. Blanton, W. D. Gill, Hev. 11. L LnmpUi Jeaerson D. Siepnci WHAT IS SCRIPTURAL BAPTISB? BV KEV JOHN S MERCER. We quote several verses as a text Matt. 28: 19 20, “Go je therefore, and teach all na tions. baptizing them in tl e name of the Father, Son, and of the Holy ObosC Teaching them to ^observe all things whatsoever I have command ed you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world Acneu.” Mark IG; 10 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” Bph. 4: 5,“OneLord, one faith, one baptism.” By way of iotrduclion I willnotc that in preaching or writing on this subj^'ct I am not guil ty of any breach of denomi- n itional etiquette, butamdo- ing my duty as a preacher and teacher of God's word. We believe in Christian chari ty-love. But you are not chaiitable to me when you know that 1 am in error, and fail totell me. Christianchar- ty (love) demands that we shall condemn error. Paul said (U. Tim. 4: 2 )“ Preach the word;reprove, rebuke, ex hort.” We must preach and teach as well as practice what we know the Bible teaches even though others do not agree with us Paul says (Titus 1: 12) that when nee- es-ary we must' Kebukethein sharply that they be sound in the faith.” We love Chris tians of every name, but we must have more love for our f.' II. Redeemer and King who com- ’ ■ ’ andsusto teach all things OUR AGBNTft. Eld I W. Sewell, Beaufort, I. S. Kolx-Moii. Newuern, A. a. Eason, aumloiisburg, Eid.’n. W. 'I'ippeU. Zcbulon Eld. L. T. Phillips, Selina. W.K. Sawyer, Merritt, Eld. Deep Run, Elil Iv- A. Rouse, Seven Spniigi Eld, P. T. Lucas, Lueama. ,, Geo. W. Dali, Winiervilk. K. I Eld. J. K. Ruffin, Spniif? Hope, J. W. Swain, pTO'- \V T. Kirby, Kenly, E.J, E. A. W. Hnskelh. Lreedtnoor, Eld. G. C. Vause, L J Potter, Kcnausvillc, Eld.’J. T. Bundy. Eld. J. r. IHll, (.oldsboro. Eld J. 'V. Alford, NewlKrn. 11. K Jones, Wal.^ioiilmrg, C. O. Armstrong, Ayden, D. A. Windham, SaratoKa, D. E. Hester, Eld. F. McLawhon,(.r.xnvilie,_K. / Joliu S-Dison, 1). R. Stafford, Four I- Ehl. K- F. Daii^hety, Eld. W. W. • .. K. 2 , R. ^ lleautor I'Ol ,rd, lUxlev, Cliariii;r, i, Ra'ibiit. . Mai .'etlaiid, 'Bid. G. W. Clierry, l.'oUian, Naa.uan Border, FrenderKin Rufus Slower#, Jas. Kennedy, J. W. 1). Stephen.s Town Directory. CHURCHES. Fedeii, Supt. Am every Tuesday iuk' Miasii'iiary Baptint Cluircb, every 2-wlSuudav at U ■l(H-k, Pr upliictvoii Society ^fit duriii}’ school months. 'clock a •vices every 3rd ■ind every 2nd 2iid Sunday at av ..tghl. Rev. 3- fl. uiRht. M. E. Church South, Sunday at 11 o'clock a. Sunday r.iRht, Rev. .J , Tuesday niKht. ChrisCiau Church, services every first Thursday mxhL St Tames' Episcopal church, services i'll, exceut months contiun- every ^ '■‘^,^.1 on 5i!i Sumlay, Kew Mr.' Uuske; Vintcrvillc N, C.. recU.r. *t 3:30 o'clock, H. H«rt‘ LODGES. A, F. A. M. meets every ^nd fliird Thursdays, T.F. Johnson, VI. M. I O O. F. meets every Monday night at 8 o’cloi'k, H. C’. P 1. Supt. . N. G. Postofflee Addresses. Extim Pml. Treasuier of the Free Will Baptist Seminary nt Av(lt*n N- C., to whom all money tor the Seminary should he sent Kid R 1. Corbett. Treas. Ilotne otifl Foreign Mission Societies. PM Thos E. Peden, Treas. Gen .-a Conference and Education Society Ard. n, N, C., to vtliom Konev for General Conference and education should be sent. Fid W. I- Carrier, Treasurer Ohio Free Will I'npt'sl State Con vention, Rutland, Ohio, to rvhom all money for the work oftheCon- venlfon should be sent. Eld B. h. StClaire, O. D., Na tional evangelist, Bdison, Ga. Rid S H. N&tman, N.ational pnaugclist, 321 C»iarleston, «. Va. ^ IJld ]. M. Enmmiel, National Evangeiist, Mneon, On. Rider R I. Corbett, Secretary of the Free Will Baptist Thco togical Sininarv, also Trens H?me and foreign Abss.on So ghould 1)C sent. tames m. parott, m. d. j KINSTON, N. c. Diseases Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat General Surgery. wbatsoeverHebas command ed, If we preach repeniance, faith, baplisro, church mem bership, prajer, benevolence, the Lord’sSupper. a pure and holy Hie in the active service of God as the duty of every penitent, we will have con- verls who will put on the whole armor of God and con tlnue'in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship. But if we sow bosh and sickly seutl mentality w e shall reap ahar- vtstof stillborn deadheads and heretics who will rjrct the word of God when pre sented to them. The testa mony of Gretk scholars is hat the primal y meaning of huptizo is dip, plunge, im- merse. W’e will not quote men cf our own denomiua tion, but, men of Pedobaptist denominations, (people who sprinkle and pour intend of baptize) Dr. Phillip Schafi', one of the greatest Presbyte rian scholars (quoted by J. F, Love, P. 20 ) Dr. SchalYsays. "On strictly exegetical grounds, baptism must be by immersion. Without preju dice, no other interpretation would have been given to Bi ble baptistti.” A Presbyte rian pastor tells us that the professors asked the senior class in Columbia Presbyte- riaii Seminary just after they had completed the study of baptism; “What was New Testament baptism?” and the Baptiz*, undoubtedly signihes immersion. No proof can be found that it means anything else in the New Testament. Moses StuartCougregationa- list, sa) sin his Vale. “Fssay on Baptism,” P. 51; Bib. Re pos., 1833, P. 298, Baptism means to dip, plunge orimmefse into any liquid ” John Calvin, the founder of the Frcsbvteratis .^ays in his Jnstllu'es, Bk 4, ch 15, sec 19, the word bap tize signifies to immerse, and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the an cient church. Jonn W^esley, founder of the M B church, and Dr. James McNight (Pres byterian commentator) and Dr. Adam Clark, (Methodist) sajson Rom. G;-4. “Buried by baptism, alluding to the ancient practice of baptizing bv Immersion.” The first de parture from immersion was A. D. 281, when the Roman Catholics baptized Novation by pouring. The reason for it was that he was ill, and they did not believe he could be saved without baptism, could be saved without bap tism. They poured the water on him on his sick bed till he was drenched, with the under- standing that if he died bis baptism would stand, if be lived, it would not stand. The Councils ofLondon, A.D. 1200; Oxford, 1222; Sarum, 1217, all enjoined immersion. 1 he synod oi Woictsier. .12-i'O, passed this decree: “Let the candidate for baptism always be immersed.” The Komau Catholic Council at Ravenna. A.D. 1312, by one vote ma jority, made the change, from Immersion, to sprinkling and pouring. If we are going to practice sprinkling, and pouring for baptism, we should sprinkle and pour in the name of the Roman CatholicCouncil, who instituted them, and net in the name of the Trinity. Dr T. T. Baton of Louisville Ky., otTers .$1,000, for one passage ofclasic or New Testament Greek where the word bap tize can be correctly translat ed sprinkle or pour. Another brother in the West oiTers $1 000 Dr R. T. Marsh, of Rock Hill, S C, offers $100, lor one New Testament refer ence to baby sprinkling Rev. J.H. Tharpe, olTci s # 100, for one reference. If an uncon scious infant w^ere sprinkled a dozen times the command “Repent and be baptized’* still stands before him as soon as he is old enough to under stand divine truth. Neither patent or clergy hasanyrigbt to rob the child of the ptivi lege of obeying God in bap tism for himself. The parent cannot repent or believe for the child. The household bap tisms mentioned in the New Testament give no ground for infant baptism. Cornelius. all his house.” Here we find no infants but a household of believers. Pedebaptists, in their hard pressiid efforts to refute the early p actlce ol im- mei'sion would \iiaUe believe that it was imp 'isible to im merse the 3,0001 entecostians in one dav, Act^ 2; 11- The following quotF ••on from the record of lodi.', ' lesions will pri've insiruci ■ to those w'ho are really seeking the truth: “fn July, 1878 J. G. Clough, Baptist Missionary In India, with fi'-’ assistants, two baptizing at a time, im mersed 2,222 be ieving Tulu- gus converts from heathen ism in six hours. The Greek clurch which ought to know ts own lan guage has always had noth ing but iojmersit n. John says if all Jesus said . ud did was recorded the wo. .d would not hold the books, yet baptism is mentioned in Ihe New Tes tament 93 times. If you wish ' udy pray- fully a few more passages or liaptism in a con‘,'.tcted story, [suggest Matl 28: 19, 20; Mark. JG: 15, If.. Matt 3: 1, 2, 5. G, 13 17; Mark 1: 5 11 Jno 3: 23; Acts 2: 37, 3S, 41; Acts 8:34 40; I. Veter 3: 21, Rom. G: 3 5; CV ' 12; Kph. •I: 5. UNION MEllTINO. first district of the Western Conference, met with the chinch at Pleasant Hill, Wayne county, .Vugust 27th 1900. Eld. P. T. Lucas who was appointed at the last union to pre.ach the introductory sermon, attended and preach ed. Text—II Peter 1:2. “1 stir up your pure minds by way of reuiemberance, seeing then that all '/hese things shall be dissolved, what man tier of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.” After an hour intermission, the union was organized by electing the following c fficers: Eld. P. T. Lucas moderator, ,(. W. Mozingo assistant, and \V. 1) Singleton clerk. The following committees were then appointed: Devotional—Bro.J C.Binn, Eld. J. E. Davis and Miss Es sie Sasser. Educational—Britton Smith, f. W. Bryan anc Eld. W, T. Johnson. Sabbath School- -Johnnie Jump, Mrs. W. T. Johnson and Miss Magg'e Sasser. Temperance—lild. L. M. Mitchcl, W. !■'. Pittman and A.j. Fitzgerald. Missions—1- G Fausett, J. \V. Moziugo and Mrs. Ida Pope. Query—Henry Grumpier, W. II. Pittman and Eld. J. E. Davis. The minutes ol last union ptR. c. R. RIDDICK, dentist ayukn, n. c. Acts. 10: 2, sajs be "was a . . devout a:an and one who | were then read and the lol- feared God with all his house.” I'owing corrccti in; No infants there. .Actsl0:| The difhcuityconcern.ng the 40, 47, sajs ‘‘th'ej heard them deed class without enception said,'speak with tongues and mag- shou c'u Jas itnmersio':.” Mar- n^y God.” Infants cannot,-'end oiPMnee on. tin f.uthcr (cited by Du V.ilejspeak with tongues, glorify Eld I . i ■ - t on Acts. 2:3S) says, "The term I God, Greek word, it Ghost Princeton church .'should have be:n Pine Level SAW Mr Parker who held the deed and that he assured him that the worshipin thechurch should not be disturbed con cerning the deed. Moved and agreed that his report be received and the committee be discharged. The church roll was then called and represented as fol lows: Pleasant Grove—J W. Bry an, Geo. Vail, go.id condition, Sunday School contributed $1 00. Union Grove—W. C. Sasser, good condition, Sun day School contributed $1.50. Stony IIilI—J. C. Singleton, J G. Fausett, good condition. Sunday School contribution $1 50.' Pleasant Hill-Miss Cora Sasser, good condition, Sunday School contribution $2 00, Spring Hill—C. M. Johnson, D. M. Howell, good condition, Sunday School contribution $1 00. Black Jack Grove—Mrs. W. A Bei • son. good condition, Sunday School contributed G.5c. Tre- modt Chapel—O. H. Hollr.ml, good condition, Sunday School prayer meeting con tributed $1 00 Holly Spring— E J. Holland, Jim Hales,good ondition, Sunday School contributed $1 00 Pine Level —John Wiggs, good condition Sunday School prayer meet- og contiibuted $2 00. Rains X Roads—Miles Radford, good condition, Sunday Sciiool Lontribulcd $1 00. Princeton—J. H. Howell, good condition, contributed $l 30, Neuse Chapel—Mrs. Sarah Wilkins, good condition contributed $1 00. Pleasant Plain—0 P. Rose, good con dition, Sunday School prayer meeting contributed $105. Renly—J. H. Holland, good condition, Sunday School con tributed $1 50. Micro—Brit ton Smith, J. W. Mozingo, Sunday School contributed $1 75. Branch Chapel—W*. M. Phillips, Hudson Arp, good condition, Sunday School contiibuted $1.00. Marsh S vamp—By pastor, good condition, Sunday School contributed $2 50. IJttle Rock—Johnnie Jomp, W F, Pittman, good condi tion, Sunday School contrib uted $1 GO. St. Mary—How ard Watson. good condition, Sunday School contributed $1 25. Resolutions—Bro. Britton Smith tendered his resigna tion as president of the Mass Meeting, and Bro. J. B. Wat son was appointed in his stead. Moved and agreed, that a new list of the ministers’ names be made and that the roll be called at each union meeting, and those who are not present, will be added on the roll when they are present. Talk by Hid. P. T. Lucas and others, conceruing the slackness of some of the churches in sending contribu tion and delegates to the un Ion meeting Moved by Eld. J. E. Davis, and agreed that Eld. P. T Lucas, W. M. Howell and Miss Maggie Sasser, be ap of the union meeting and its purpose, and that they be compensated for the same. Report of the devotional committee: Elu J. E. Davis open and Eld. W’. T. Johnson preach and close tonight. Adjourned until tomorrow. S.^TiKDAv Morning. The union met at 9:30 ac cording to adjournment. After devotional exercises, the union w as called to order by the moderator. The draft of rules drawn up by the committee, appointed for that purpose yesterday, was read and discussed for some time. Then reading reports of various committees, to give the people time to cousider so thev could properly pass on them in the after noon ses sion. 35c handed in by Lafayelt Mozingo, an over pluss left over from Stony Hill. Treasurur's Report. Money on hand, $19 21; Rec’d at this Union, 26 05; Donattd toSpringHill, 10 00; Paid cltik, 1 00; Balarce on hand, 34 20 Tic church roll was tbtn called and the delegates that were not present Friday, came forward and represented their respective churches. Report of the devotional committee, Eld. C. D. Howell open, preno-h and close today at 11 o’lock. Adjourned for services. Afternoon Session. After devotional exercises, the moderator called the un ion to order, after which the reports of the various com mittees were read and adopt ed as follows: Education—We your com mittee on education seeing the great need of education among our pieachers as well as laymen, beg leave to offer the following resolutions: 1 Resolved, 1, that we en dorse the resolutions passed at the Western Conference. 2. That the pastors of the various churches be requested to urge the matter of raising an educational fund for the upbuilding of our school .at Ayden, N. C. 3. That all of our people who send their boys or girls off to school,- take advantage of our own school at Ayden. 4. That each Sunday School shall take up a collec tion for education at least once in each month and send their contribution to the ui ion meeting. By the committee. Si'Ni»Av School—W’c your committee on Sunday School make the following report: 1. That it is the duty of every member, both old and young, of the Free Will Bap tist church to attend Sunday School and see that their chil dren attend; and we also be lieve it is the duty of the preacners to see that there is a Sunday School organized in each church where they preach. 2. We recommend that mittee on missions seeing tie great need of more mission work in our churches, wou’d offer the followiug resolu tions: 1. That our ministers should preach more about ■ntssion as our people have never heard much about ir, and thtre are so many in the •lark about what mission work means. 2. That we teach our chil dren to give something along this cause. 3. That this union send out an evangelist to instruct the people along this line of mis sion work and to tell the great need of representation n our union meeting; and if the churches do not pay' our evangelist’s evpenses, this un ion should. By the committee. Temperance-We the com mittee on temperance beg leave to present the following report: 1. That the delegates of this union do all in their pow er against intemperance. 2 That we ask all minis ters of this union to preach one temperance sermon in each church during the year. 3. That all ministers shall be questioned at the next un ion whether they have dis charged their duty in preach ing their temperance sermons during the next conference year. By the committee. Evangelist—Seeing that the union is not accomplish ing the good that it might, on account of the brethren and churches not beingawak- ened to the good that the un ion meeting has done and might do. Be it Resolved: That this union appoint some brother minister, whose duty it shall be to visit at least the churches that are failing to represent by delega tion and contribution, as much as we think they might for the glory of God and the betterment of his people. It shall be the duty oftbisbroth er to keep an accurate ac count of the donation which he receives while on his mis sion. (Ciontinui-d on Fourth page.) E'l: T-draw a draft of receive tli’e^Holy he had visited the ehprch at' rules for this union to pass on Tl,. ppilinninn Iniler Tine I-Cvel and had a consul- by which we can send some baptism IS a Green wore, ii “Here- tation with thi brethren con-' one to visit the slack places M.^Tr^aek (lXL) joi«d believing in'cod with eernin, the deed, and that he and present to them the good , FOR THE SISTERS. Dear Bko. Phillips:—It has been sometime since 1 tried to write anything for the Baptist. If this does not find fts wav to the wastebas ket, I will write more some other time. Some ot our sisters have de cided to dub up, and sign the pledge for the Seminary. I am not sure, but I almost be lieve that Bro. StClaire made a mistake when he made the appeal to the brethren to.sign pledges. If it had been to the sisters 1 believe it would have been about filled out. I once heard a Missionary Baptist minister ask the question why it was that there was no marrying normarriagesgiven in heaven. He said it was be- I cause the men were so sorry that there would be very few our Sunday School use I don’t know so much literalurc, and that the pas-' about that, but I think they tors urge that this be done, i are going to be too sorry to By the committee. sign pledges enough, your com | MusiONs-We C. H,
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