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FREE WILL BAPTIST,
! Free Wms Baptist.
OROAN OF
^ The Free Will Baptist Church, ?
7 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE
'■FREEWILL BAPTIST PUB. CO.?
"LET BROTHERLY LOVE 'CONTINVE”
Ayden, N. C., Wednesday, August 17,1910.
No. 30.
OFFICERS.
W. R. Sawybr, President, Merritt, N. C.
E E. Bail, Vice Prea., Wintervilie, 2 “
J. M. Bakkield, Treas., Ayden, “
E. T. Phillii’s, Secretary, Ayden, “
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
E MINISTER-EVIDENCESTHAT
HE IS CALLED OF GOD.
SELECTED BY C. J. HARRIS.
Eld. R, I. Corbett, TimmonsviUe, S. C.
B. H. Chakt, Winterville. R. 2, N. C.
A. T. Dawson, Institute, "
Eld. G. C. Vause, Avdi o, "
Luke Mclawiion, Winterville,'R 2’ “
G. W. Bail, Ayden, "
Eld. P. T, L.ucas, Lucama, “
T. J. SAWYBRi Merritt, “
Gbu.'W.'Prescott, Ayden, "
OUR ACcitM'8.
Eld, J. W. Sewell, Beaufort^ I
J. S. Roberson, Newbern, .
»4. &. Hasoii, Siantonsburg,
^lild. U. W. Tippett, Zebuloii
Eld. I,. T, Phillips, Selma,
W. R. Sawyer, Met'itt, '■
Eld. II. Cunningham, Deep Run,
Eld. E. A, Rouse, Seven Springs
Eld. P. T. l/ucas, Liicuma,
Geo. W. Bail, A^deii,
Eld. J. K. Ruffin, Bailey,
J. W. Swain, Jerry,
W. T. Kirby, Kenly,
Eld. E. A. W. Ilusketh, Creedmoor. ,
Eld. G. C. Vause. Ayden,
*?ld. C. A. Jackson, Dunn, -
Eld. W. M. Howell, Pikeville, R.F.D.3
L. J. Potter, Kenansville.
Eld. J. T. Bundy, Wiilstouburg,
Goldsboro, i
Morehead City
Walstonburg,
Ayden,
Saratoga,
Bladcnooro,
Orimeslaud, R, 2
Four Oaks,
Eld. J. F, Hill,
Eld J. W. Alford,
H. K. Jones,
C. O. Armstrong,
D. A. Windham,
D. E. Hester,
John S. Dixon,
D. R. Stafford,
Eld, R. F. Daughety, Cove City,
Eld. W. W. Lewis Beaufort,
R, R. Bally, Fountain
M. C. Prescott, Aurora,
S. Eason, Sardis,
Eld. W. P. Gause, .Cowar.?
o. J5. ^'''■>rto^l, - Dunbai/^
Eld. K. i. Corbett, TiuiiiiunBville,
Eld. E. L. StClaire, Edison,
Bid. J. A. Blanton, Baxley,
W. D. Gill, Cliaring,
Rev. H. L. Lumpkin, Kabbitt,
i eflerson D. Stephens, Marianna,
lid. G. W. Cherry, Dothan,
Naaman Border, Prendergast,
Rufus Stowers, Sweetland,
Jas. Kennedy. Avery,
J. W. D. Stephens, Bascora,
S. C.
Fla.
Ala.
W. Va.
Town Directory.
CHURCHES.
Free Will Baptist,services every 4th Sun
day at 11 o’clock, and at night, Elder G.
‘C. Vause, pastor, i
Friday night. Sunday School every Sun
day morning at 9:30 o’clock, Prol. T. E,
Peden, Supt. Amphictjron Society meets
” ’ ight during school months,
every Tuesday nig!
Missionary Baptist Church, services
every 2nd Sunday at 11 o’clock a. in. and
at night, Rev. T. H. King, pastor. Sun
day &hool 3:30 p. m., M. M. Sauls,
Bupt. Prayer meetiug every Wednesday
night.
M E. Church South, services every 3rd
Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. and every 2nd
Sunday night, Rev. .J .B Bridgers, pastor.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock a. m., H. C.
Ormond, Supt. Prayer meetiug every
Tuesday night.
Christian Church, services every first
and third Sundays at 11 o’clock a. in. and
at night, Rev. C. M. Morton pastor.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock a. m., E,
L. Brown, Supt. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night.
St James’ Episcopal church, services
every 4th Sunday c«ept months contain
ing five Sundays, then on 5th Sunday,
oiv Mr. Huske. Winterville N.C.. rector,
Rev Mr. Huske, Winterville N. C., rector,
Sunday School evei'y 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.
I O. o. F. meets every Monday night at
B o’clock. H. 0. Burton. N. G.
“if 1 Only Had The Tim)'.'"'
Postolfice Addresses.
Rid. G. C. Vause, president. R
T Phillips, viee-president of the
Rree Will Raptlst Theological
Seminary, Aydeo, N- C.
Bxum Bail, Treasurer of the
Fiee Will Baptist Seminary at
Atden, N. C., to whom all money
f )r the Seminary should be sent.
Geo W. Prescott, Secretary of
the Free Will Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ayden, N. C.
Eld. Thos. B. Peden, Treas. Gen-
eral Conference and Education
Society, Ayden, N. C-, to whom
all monev for General Conference
and Education should be sent.
Eld W. J. Carrier, Treasurer
Ohio Free Will Baptist State Con-
xention, Rutland. Ohio, to whom
all money for the work of the Con-
yention should be sent.
Eld. E. h. StClaire, D. D., Ka
tie nai Evangelist, Edison, Ga.
Eld S H. Norman, National
Fvtngelist, 321. Fayette St..
Charleston, W. Va.
Eld J. M. Emanuel, National
Evangelist, Oak Park, Ga.
Eld R I. Corbett, Treasurer ol
Home and Foreign Mission So
cieties, Tinimonsvllle, b, O., to
whom all money for missions
should be sent.
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J kinstos, n. c.
Diseases Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat.
General Surgery.
IR.
c. R. RIDDICK,
Some boy will pick up a
good education in the odds
and ends of time, which
others carelessly throwaway,
as one man saves a fortune
by smaller economics, which
others disdain to practice.
What young man is too busy
to get an hour a day for self-
• •rtpt*r»vTorT>f>at? -
“You will never *hnd’ time
for anything. If you want
time, you must take it.”
If a genious like Gladstone
carried through life a little
book in his pocket, lest some
unexpected moment should
slip from his grasp, what
should we, of common abili
ties resortto savetheprecious
moments from oblivion?
“Nothiog is worse for those
who have business than the
visits of those who have
none,” was the motto of the
Scottish editor. Drive the
minutes or they will drive
you. Success in life is what
Garfield called a question of
“margins.” Tell me how
young man uses the little
ragged edges of time while
wating for meals or trady ap
pointments, alter his days
work is done, or evenings-
what opportunity—and
will tell you what that mans
su-wCess will be. One can usual
ly tell by his manner, the
direction of the wrinkles in
hiq forehend or the expression
of his eyes, whether he has
been in the habit of using his
time to good advantage or
not.
This most valuable of all
possession is time; life itself is
measured by it.” The roan
who loses no time doubles his
life. Wasting time is wasting
life.
Some squander time some
invest it, some kill it. That
precious haUhour a day
which many of us throw
away, rightly used, would
save us from the igndrance
which mortifies us, the nar
rowness and pettiness which
always attendexclusiveappli-
cation to our callings.
From things come not back
—the spoken word, the sped
arrow, the past
The minister’s need of con-
/iction that he is called of
jod is the greatest, and most
real, need of his life. It’s at
the foundation. All depends
upon ,it. What he does, or
liras '_v^do. upon+b's
“ouviction. Still back ol • is,
t is tnis conviction that
tioves him toward aim and
effort.
A man, really cbnvinced at
leart that God called him,
vill appreciate the meaning
>f the ministry. He feels its
veight as no other man can.
Vhen he believes as firmly
bat his ministry is of God as
le believes that bis being rs of
',od, and that there is the
ame wisdom in the one as in
he other, he goes forward;
e is moved by an irresistible
ower; he gets down to bus'-
ess. He knows that some-
.laing must be done, for God
jath spoken. He allows noth
ing to hinder. It is settled
that he is a chosen and called
servry.t of the King; and “the
business requireth
haste.” If there are hardships
he meets them: if there are
sacrifices to be made,^ he
makes them; if suffering is in
the way, he endures it; if it
costs life, he gives it. He
COUU.O 'J*
when the interests of the
kingdom of God are at stake.
But he must feel in his inmost
heart of hearts that God has
called him. This is the only
sufficient prop in the min
isterial emergency. And, cer
tainly, no man having this
conviction thoroughly settled
can do les«.
Paul, the typical minister,
said, “Necessity is laid upon
me;” further,” Woe is untome,
if I preach not the gospel” still
farther, “If I do not this thing
willingly, I have a reward:
but if against my will, a dis
pensation of the gospel is
committed unto me.” With
him the question was settled,
for these are the words of
settled convicton. He must
preach, therefore, at whatever
cost. Nero’s sentence and the
executioner’s block stood not
in the way. And not only so,
but bis ministry must be the
first thing,—the chief thing,—
the supreme thing of his life.
What’s the matter, then,
with the ministiy ot today?
The indifterecce, the inactivity
and the supreme interest in
other things, how is it to be
understood? Is it for the
want of more conviciion or
the point that Gorl has call
ed?
1. There is the action cf
the church. Seeing the need
of workers, seeing, also, the
way workers were chosen in
the primitive age, that the
office sought the worker, not
the worker the office, the
church, assembled in council,
and in prayer for the light
and guidance of the Holy
Spirit, holds a choice for a
dentist
ayi>en, n. c.
Is the action of the church
no evidence? Was it no eyi-
dence to the sevej? Did they
raise any question on this
point? Don’t you my brother,
have the same evidence in
this respect that the seven
had? Or is it that God no
longer calls men through the
church? Who v ould be bold
enough to affirm- posi-
ti.T ■
1; There is the testimony
of the Holy Spirit. His office
is to bear witness to the
Truth. When a man is born
again, and born of God, he at
once bears witness to the
great change. He says to the
spirit of the individual. You
are born again, you are now
child of God, and now
strive. When the individual
yields to the call of truth to
be a child of God, he Imme
diately gives his testimony.
Just so when an individual is
called to a special work in the
interest of the truth, be at
once bears witness.
See how Paul had the wit
ness of the Holy Spirit that
he was chosen and called ol
God to the ministry of the
Word. He, again and again,
calls himself, '‘k servant ol
Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle.” Go back to his con
version, Acts 0, and see how
the Holy Spirit bore witness
to bis call, and read his ad
dresses, Acts 2”'23. See also
now toe oL'aef*’^oSvica.
early workers had the testi
mony of the Holy Spirit.
Every minister should ex
pect the Holy Spirit to wit
ness to his call to the ministry
of the Word. But when he
gives his testimony, urging
that God has called and that,
therefore, the called should
go forward in faithfulness,
that should be the end of
doubt and controversy; for
this is the most unanswerable
testimony that a minister
can have. This inward, spirt
tual urging Is a confirmation
of the action of the church in
the call; and remorse, when
the called is unfaithful, is an
acknowledgement that God
has called.
3. There is the blessing ol
God uponyouandyour work.
As the Lord blessed his work
ers in the primitive age, so he
blesses still. On the day of
Pentecost he gave the apos
tles three thousand souls.
And so it continued. Souls
were added to the church
daily, and churches were es
tablished. Could these men
doubt that God had called
them? No, these things were
God’s open acknowledgment
of them as his workers. Do
they not count the same to
day?
And the early workers had
opposition and persecution
also. It was cot all smooth
sailing,—more obstacles then
than now, probably. And
this was as much an evidence
that thev wereGod’sservants
as the much prosperity. The
prison walls, the pitiless
lash, the execution of the
death sentence, these were
mighty witnesses. And
Now look back over your
ministry and see how God
has blessed the work in your
hands, how be has made you
the subject of persecution,
without which no man can
become strong, and be not
faithless. Believe with all
your heart that you are God’s
chosen servant.
4-. There is the communica
tion of the n^essagCj The
Lord has given you some
thing for the people, or, in
other words, he has blessed
your study, the Holy Spirit
has graciously led you into
the Truth and imparted wis
dom, and jin this way the
Lord has given you your mes
sage for the people. When the
Lord thus gives, is it not a
confirmation of the call?
5. There is your talent.
God gave it to you, and the
kind it is. Yours is of that
class fitted to the ministry.
Are our talents to be used for
God’s glory? Or are they
given as an ornament to men?
See the parables of the talents
and the pounds. Now, since
ft.od gave us talent fitted to
the ministry, is it not an evi
dence that he would have all
such to be ministers?
6. There is the ministerial
instinct. From your earliest
recollections you felt thatyou
would like to be a minister,
and you began preaching at
once, using almosteverythlng
for your pulpit, the other
children your hearers some
times the cattle, hogs, and
chickens, etc., etc. What does
this mean? It means that
when the Lord laid the
foundation of your life, he
planned it that you should be
a minister, and so he gave
you an inward prompting
from the very start.
I do not take it that all
ministers had this instinct in
the same measure; or that all
have had it at all. When it
exists, it must be regarded as
strong intimation as to
what the the life should be;
while, on the other band, its
absence must not be construed
to forbid a later and more
definite call. To my know
ledge men without this in
stinct have been called to the
ministry and the fruit of their
work was an unmistakable
evidence as to the divinity of
their call. But its existence
is always an advantage, and
it must be counted among
the evidences of one’s call,
THE BIG MAK AND THE LITTLE
CHURCH.
We- sometimes wonder if,
our “big preachers” realize the
opportunities for doing good
their is in the world—if they
realize the small congrega
tions that need their assis
ts ace.
The greatest thing in the
world Is to aid a weak man
to become a strong, useful
man for Christ. The next
greatest thing is aiding a
weak church tobecomestrong
and active for the Master.
For a man of great ability
to go into a towu of five to
sixo hundred inhabitants to
become a minister, would be
sinful waste of talent; but for
him to go to a town of from
three to ten thousand people
and build up a good, strong
church, where there is only a
weak one, is a great work.
We have many such oppor-
tuuities here in Oklahoma.
Why can’t some of our “big
men” take them? Usually we
get a $600 or $800 man, an^
he is expected to make us a
$1,500 congregation. Finally,
some young man with brief
experience, but plAnty of ab
ility, comes along and builds
up a good church, then he is
gone to something
bigger. True, he builds up one
church, but it is a long, hard
struggle before the aforesaid
young man appears.
We relize that it is easier to
ask a person to sacrifice than
to make the sacrifice ourselves,
but that does not make the
need of sacrificing any less.
This article is not author
ized or Inspired by any of the
State Board, but by an hum
ble member of the church of
Christ, who has been in the
struggle in a small church in
large town, and whoknowa
the great need of a “big man”
there.
if we could get twenty such
men to take churches of this
kind in Oklahoma for two
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FHOM COREPOINT.
minister, and you are chosen _
lu other words, God has call-1 now. The very thing that
ed you through the church, has made doubters of
life'and thVji^st like he called the seven In | many ministers is the thing
:;gIecUd'owortuaitj.-Sac | 6. Aad shall it be sa d,
» like Matthias? Acta 1:26.
Please allow metosay there
was a mistake in the report
of the revival. It was Eld.
Garner that returned home
Monday, not Eld. Butler.
Our pastor Eld. D. B. Garner
assisted in the meetings from
Friday until Sunday. We,
the Sabbath School at Core
point Chapel, wish to thank
the people of Small for the
excellent music furnished us
by their band at our picnic,
August, 5th.
Your Sister,
Florence Tripp.
Love is the very essence of
God. Therefor^’, he that
dwelleth in holy love dwellcth
in God, and God in him. Love
is beautifully displayed in thpj
gospel. “Herein is lov‘“.” '
.-Perfect love in us makes the
whole bea. ■_ ..nd soul supreme
ly delight in obeying God.
Such love, however, meets
and fulfills the demands of the
whole law. May we so live
as to possess that principle
by which we may resemble
God in holiness, and thereby,
bear the express image of His
person. Love was the source
of the calm of Christ, and
when he left us his last legacy
of peace he left the means of
it in the* New Testament:
“Love one another as I have
loved you.
A constant flow of Divine
love pervades the path-way
of every Christian. Hence he
who is the richest in the love
of God has the greatest ad
vantage for loving his neigh
bor as himsdf.
Love being the geyser of the
soul will grow cold if not
mixed with good works. Is
our love practical, or is it a
merely a sentimental thing? .
Love is Queen ofall the Chris
tian graces. Therefore, the
“fruit of the spirit” may be
crucbfuily expressed'in just'
one word—love. Joy is love
exalted; peace is love in le- «
pose; longsufiering is love en
during; gentleness is love in
action; faithful is love in scr-
vice; weeknessislove in school
and temperance is love in
training. “And nowabideth
faith, hope, love, these three;
but the greatest of these is
love.”
years, the good accomplished
can only be realized by the
Master. Hoping this will
accomplish some of the good
for which it is intended, we
are yours for a greater work
for Cbristiaoity.—Exchange.
THE SPIRIT.
PUTTING OFF.
“What made you stop right
in the middle of your sentence,
and then start talking about
ething entirely different?”
that should give the deepest
conviction.
The man who is too good
to clean earth’s alleyes is a
long way from being fit for
the golden streets.
God does not give the Holy
Spirit at one time in such
power that we can forever
alterwatd dispense with its
presence and purifying power.
We must be renewed day by
day in the inner man. The
mission of the Spirit is that
He may abide with us forever.
For we need daily cleansing.
In the daily cleansing ofheart
there must be a willingness to
take life, experiences as God
sends them. It is easy to be
lovely when every experience
is pleasing. But it is not easy
to keep a sweet temper and
an equable spirit whenexperl-
ences are harsh and disap
pointing and painful. The
Holy Spirit’s presence isglven
just for such needs as this. He
will help us to keep a happy
heart and will cleanse away
complaining and discontent.
—Selected.
Piety is like beans, it seems
to do best on poor soil.
The questioner laughed, and
her friend joined in as she re
plied to the puzzled query.
“If I think in time, I make
it a rule never to say today
the mean thing that can be
put off until tomorrow,” she
explained. “By tomorrow it
is out of date, and does not
get said at all.”
Which goes to prove that
putting off —of a certain soit
—is not always the bad habit
we have been used to believe
it. How about the false
hood that tempts? Put off
until a quite moment, it is
easly banished forever, and
one can be honestly glad that
hedid not “do it now.” What
of the doubtful amusement?
Put aside until one has time
to investigate or think it over,
it loses its lure. Whoever re
pented of the dishonest deed
put off until later reflection
or greater courage came to
conquer it?
Ob, yes, putting off—of a
certain sort—is a pretty good
thing. Some things there are
that must be settled on the
spot. Others there are which
can be most easily put off—
and killed later on, with
mustered strength and cour
age, which perhaps were lack
ing at the earlier moment.—
The Comrade.