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Postofilce Address
Eld. G C. Vause. prcV.ddit. E.
T Phillips, vice-president ot the
Frte Will Baptist TheoloRical
Seminary. Aydeo,N.C.
Exum Dail, Treasurer of the
Free Will Baptist Seminary at
Ayden-.N. C., to whom all money
lor the Senjinary should be s?iit.
Geb W. Prescott, Secretary of
the Free Will Baptist Theological
^minary, .Ayden, N. C.
Eld. Thomas E. Prden, Ayden,
N C Trees. General Conference,
Foreign Mission Society, Home
Mission Society, and A. C.h.iso-
dety. . ,
MiBsUlliin M. Muim, Aydeu,
N C. Trees. Womans Mission
Society.
Eld. S. H. Norman. Clarksburg,
West Va., National Evangelist.
Eld. H. L. Lawson, Homestead,
pft., National Evangelist.
Eld W. M. Rodgers. Nashville,
Tenn.. National Evat^elist.
Bld.T.M. Emanuel, Tallahassee,
Florida, National Evangelist.
Eld. Charles-Elmer XurMan.
Brooklyn, New Tork, National
Evangelist
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CHURCHES.’
Free WiUBaptUt.iervlcea every 4th Son-
Aat At ll o'rlock, and at night, .Id. K. i •
riumatl pastor. Prayer meeting every
FriS^jgM. Sunilnj School .wry Son.
J.V BotSlrg ol 9:30 o'clock, ITcf J h.
S.wyer, Supt. Aoiphictyon StM-oety
mectlcwTocSoy olgM dotloE .chool
months. , ,
“•sss'i?'’rtiSci;v».p
f 3 “o v- “rM.*’
■opt." Proyer meetiug e.eiy Wedne.day
alght.' , .
Christian Church, services
at 11 o'clock n. ta. and at i>.
Prayer meeting every thursclay
Church South, services every ar4
•uday at 11 o’clock a. *• and every 2nd
aunday nluht. Rev. A. Burges paet|f.
ianday School at 10 o’clock a-m.. I^shc
Turua^, Supt. Prayer meeting every
Tuesday night.
SI lames’ Episcopal church, service#
every 1st and 3rd Sundays.
Bight, without rector at p nl-
School every Sunday aitcrnoon at 3.3U
o’clock, H. a. Burton, bupt.
lodges. , .u. t
A P A- meets every first and third
It ■“
*’^’ofP. meets every Wc'ncstlBy mp.ht.
J H Coword, Chancellor LomiiinUKT.
'■l b « M. icets every Toe.doy ...gbl-
Vol. 30.
A RSAL LIVE CBURCB.
BY I P JkCOItS
Ayden, N. C., Wednesday, February 5, 1913-
No. 47.
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AVOICV. W O.
THEY DIDh’f THI^K
Orce a'trap was baited
With a piece of cheese;
Jt tickled so a little mouse
It altnost made him sue(z2.
An old rat said: “There’s daugst
Be careful where you g' ! “
F'Nonscnsc: ’ said the other.
•’i don’t think you know ! ’
So he walked in boldly—
Nobody in sight;
First he took a nibb’e,
Then he look a bite:
Close ttfi trap together
Went as qu’ck ns wink.
Catching mousie fast there,
’Cause be did not think.
Oice there was n roMn
Lived outMle th.* door.
Who wanted to go inside
And hop upon the ll >or.
“No. no,” said its mother.
• You must stay wi:h m;
Little birds ate safest
Sitting in a tree ’’
“T doo’t care.” said rrbm.
And gave his tail a tV.nc;
»T don’t think the old fu’ks
Know ouite ewrvthing.’’
Dow nbeflewandkitty caught’.urn
Before he’d time to blink;
* Dh,’’ he cried “I'm sorry,
' Bnt I did not think.”
The writer knows of two
churches in a nearby city
which, for many years lan
guished, showing but little
growth or progress in any
direction. Their pastors con
eluded that the lethargy of
tiieir people was dne to the
fact that they were not fully
informed about church work,
and did not keep up with the
progress of thedenomination;
that they bad too little relig-
iousHterature.
These pastors determined
that every family in their
congregations should receive
their church paper.
A plan was laid before the
governing body of each of
these churchet—hrst, to can
vas the congregations and
Bad out what families were
subscribers to church papers
and what families were not—
tcoud, to extend that can
vas so as to induce all of the
families which were not sub
scribing for their chnrch
paper to subscribe at once
and become regular readers
of the church paper; and
third, after this canvas was
completed a fund was rais
ed with which to send the
church paper free of charge
to these families which were
uot able to subscribe for It
at their own cost, This
work required no great
amount of ifFort. The pas^
tors explained the impor
tance of having every family
thoroughly acquainted with
all the details of the church
work, with all the interests
of the denominations. They
explained that even such
worldly orgaulzitioas as
f nternal orders, labor unions,
ocial . organizations, and
and even unorganized trades
have their representative or
gans with large distribution
among the people interest^,
and that as a result great
progress was made. They
plained that the church
could not reach its largest
development until every mem
her is put in closest touch
itb all of the various causes
of the church and with the
development of the church In
all of its departments by
bfing induced to r'ad the
obu’ch paper closely each
week.
Tbe members of these con-
geegations saw the impor-
tance of this step. A large
number of them subscribed.
The old subscribers renew
ed their subscriptions. A
fund was quickly' raised
among tbe more substantial
members to send the chnrch
paper to all the less prosper
ous famlUes, and the^ publish
ers of the church papers were
advised that .this policy
would maintain year after
year.
As a result these two
churches have grown won
derfullv in membership.
Tiieir people have been
kept informed about church
progress in all of Its details
They now take a live in
tercst in all church affiirs.
Two important institutions
WONDER, LOVE AND PRAISE.
Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown;
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter ev’ry trembling heart.
Finish then Thy new creation,
Pure and spotless may we be;'
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by Thee;.
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our plage;
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.
ganizations and have grown
to large importance in the
city in which these two
churches are located. The
work of tbe pastors is won
derfully enlarged, and at
the same time naade pleasant
er because it is more interest-
log-
These two churches would
not be without their church
paper going into the home
of every member of the con
gregatlon if tbe cost of the
church paper were several
times as great as it is.
If you would like your
church to be a real live ebureb
adopt this plan. You will
double the efficiency of your
pastor and of your church
officers, and of your member
ship. And if you have finan
cial problems this policy will
solve them, for tbe congrega
tion when kept informed of
the various interests of the
church, at once wonderfully
increases liberality, and the
difficulty of raising money
obsolutely disappears.
It is unfair to the pastor
not to circulate tbe church
paper in every home.
UNION HEETING SOLUYSPRINGS.
O Alng to the weather, the
anion did not .meet on Friday
but metSatmrdav before oth
Sunday in December, 1912.
We organized by electing
Eld. L. T. Phillips moderator
who called to bis assistance
W. M..Howill.
The following com. were
appointed: Devotional: W. G.
Pittman, Willie Holland, and
M. H Johnson.
Mission: J. I. Blanchard. E
G.-Holland,- and Howard
Watson.
Finance: J. C. Buna, and T.
A. Morris.
Temperance: J I.Blackman,
J. H. Whitley, and Hardy
Korkin.
Union, being duly organized
praise and prayer was offered
by moderator.
On motion, we receive the
resolutions passed at last
union in regard to a commit
tee calling the churches Lside
from tbe regular union meet
ing work for tbe representa-
LABGESTENRULLfilBNr IN HI&>
TORY.
Elon College, N.C., Jan. 23
The editors of tbe PhlpsicU,
the College Annual, are hard
at work and expect to make
It a comr.iete mlrgow of the
College life and activities.*'
The E-vecatlvc Board of
Trustees of the College held
a business session last even
ing in tbe Pesldcnt’s Office
with a full attendance. It
was decided to equip the
A BLESSING H DISGUISE.
We once beard an old man '
say that he never knew but
two men who really loved to
work. His idea was that peo
pie In general work merely for
the sake of the result, if they
could havf tbe rewards of la
bor without the labor they
would not work. If the mi
ner could get the gold without
digging for it he would not dig;
if the farmer c 3u!d havea bar
vest without ploughing and
sowing and hoelog, he would
East Ead of the first fioor neither plough, nor sow, nor
hoe. Certainly the condition
under which we live are.notin
harmony with the wishes of
the majority. The idealHfeis
tbe qutim cum dignitate, a life
of leisure with dignity, a life
free from tbe demands of busi
ness with high social position.
Those who are telling in hope
arc looking forward to this
consummation. The lot ot
those whocanhopefornosuch
goal is to be pitied. Tbe gen
eral idea is that work should
by and by obviate the necessi
ty for work; that the appro
priate compensation for toills
the attainment of a condition
of the new Gymhainm and
Dormitory as a Cbemfca" a!nd
Physical Laboratory and
to fit It up with evtry
oder-iappliance. Thescien-
tific department has out
grown its present quarters in
the Administratloii Building
and tbe new arrangement
was necessary.
The rooms previously used
3 a Chemica' Laboratory
'vlll henceforth be used as a
Pby'iical Laboratory.
A movement is on foot in
the town to have tbe local
grated school turnet' into a
pra- tice school under rbr De-
parlment o( Educatiou of 1 no looger be
of tke church have been de- the Evangelist, and he report
the College. Advocates ‘‘-f
tbe tnovemen’' think It holds
mutual advantage for
both the College and the
comnnity and believing that
a longer school terra will be
the oltim^te result.
Dr. T. C. Amick’s class’in
public speaiiing new has
tnort: than sixty ' aenbers and
is one of the moot popular of
recen •: enrichmenta of tbe
corr .culum. Tfat ciasi meets
in t ae afternoon and iS very
enf husiastic.
The enrollment for the
yr ar has reached «- total
352 to date, dis tibuted
a>* follows. Graduate Depart-
itrent, 33; Normal
'raent, 17; Ci llegiate: 3>cpart
meat. 302.
tion of churches and taklngi . A. .lAR.’EF,
thecontribnUon. I\e3 flent and Correspond
On motion, the matter of ent.
Stanclll's Chapel, be left with
-Anonymous, vcloped by these chnrch or- at next union.
A ft b tlie /-x on S8. on. of man’:
jo3 in his work.—B. Fcbbard.
compulsory
. A truer conception of work
is that it is not merely a dis
agreeable means to a desirable
end, but that it is an end init-
self. Apart from its rewards
it servesabeneficent purpose.
Better is it that we should
work for what we get than
that we should get it without
ork, i* this were possible. “I
havegreatfaith in hard work”
said Dr. William Ellery Chan-
ning. "The material world
does .much for the mind by its
beauty and order; but it does
more for our minds by tbe
pains it ir Acts, by its obstl
Date resistance which nothing
I but patient toll can overcome
I by its vast forces which noth
,3>epart- unremitting skill and
effort cm turn to our use, by
its perils which demand con
ttuual vigilance, and by its
tendency to decay. I believe
tfcat difficulties are more im-
4 portant to the kumau mind
than what we call assistance.
Work we all must, if we mean
to bring out and perfect our
natures.”
We aremoreimportantthan
our achievements; more worth
consideration than the fruits
of oiir toil. “The life is more
than meat, and the body than
raiment ” God has fixed our
coodlUon, and made work a
necessity. He had in view
what Work can do for usrath-
er than what we can secure by
means of work. The difficult
processesby which weareput
ting bread in our mouths and
clothes on oar backs are the
beneficent processes by which
our gifts and graces, ourpow
era and potentialities arc be-
11" developed. Owing to our
vis inertia, which is a polite
name for laziness, we need a
compulsory system of educa
tion. This is provided for us
in the mandate which say,"In
the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread.”
There is yet another benefi
cent aspect of labor. It keeps
us out of mischief. "The Dev
il still finds work for idle
hands to do ” This adage
tncno.o that when we are not
working for ourselves we are
very likely to take service ua
derljisSatauicmajesty. Wise
old Dt. Samuel Johnson said,
The most innocent way for
men to spend their time is in
making money.” It is true
that in making money an
inordinate greed may develod
to harden tbebeart anddwaif
the nature. We are so per
verse that nothing can hedge
us completely from going the
wrong way.
But tbe best that can be done
forusuoder the circumstances
is to force U3 to employ our
strength of mind and muscle
in useful occupation. This is
the way we treat criminals,
doom them to bard labor.
God isnot quite sohard on us.
He allows the opportunity of
some surcease from toll; but
He Is not overgenerous in this
direction. 'Tt nny one will
network neither shallheeat.”
God prescribes starvation for
the idler. He puts no priz: in
reach of the loafer; He bars
tbe road to success against
him who will not strive Oj
vlously our heavenly Father
means to keep ns busy. He
kno’jys that if He should ar
range for us to have a long
holiday we should get badly
demoralized. Heknowsthat
the adversary of souls is bait
ing his traps for those who
have nothing to do but to kill
time.
Spiritual blessings, like ma
terinl gifts, come as the result
of effort, The progress of tbe
kingdom, in our hearts and in
the world, is dependent on
constant striving. We need
not get impatient at tbeinces
saot appeals made for money
and prayers and service. We
sho’jld accept labor as our
God appointed lot. It is,
however, tbe appointment of
His wisdom and love. It is
an essential part of His redeem
log love By this means He
is vedeemlDg those who labor
and give and pray atthesame
time that He is using their ef
forts to redeem those for whom
SILENT MESSENGERS.
HY MOLLIE S. Rl’NCORN,
Each morning as the
rough, uncouth tollers enter
ed tbe dingy mine their
glances Instinctively sought
a certain space in the dark,
di’st-covered wall, where, in
its spotless lovlioess, grew
an exquisite, snowy flower.
Its silent mes^nge touchfd
a finer chord, and av/akened
a nobler Instinct in each
heart. And some way be
cause of the lingering memory
of this tiny blossom the
monotonous routine of the
day seemed a little less Irk
some aud the hours just a
little shorter. And then
when the day’s work was
done the beautiful flower
still breathed its fragrant
ojessage to each weary
heart.
No one could see its sourer,
for it was closely surrounded
by the reeky walls, but cor-
tioually it renewed its waxtn
flower. Had it bloomed in
the midst oi a florist’s
garden or among the flowers
of the field it would have
lost none of its purity and
sweetness but would have
been passed by mort: or less
unnoticed, Tbe very darl-
ness of its surronndirgs
made it noticeable, and
accentuated its radiant wbitc-
How like that lovely flower
is tbe life of the young Chris
tian, with its invisible, yet
limitless and everlasting
source! The very sweetness
of youthful, Chri&tlike purltv
in the midst of sin-darkened
lurroundings is a constant,
silent, convicting force, and
an inspiration, and an incen
tive, awakening latent high
er and finer instincts.
The one who lives such a i
irreproachable life and sets
such a beautiful example may
never realiz; tbe extent of
good which his influence has
done. In fact, be may feel
ncapable of accomplishing
good, or being a means in
effecting any soul’s regenera
tion; but no life that is con
secrated to God and conlroll-
:d by his infinite wisdom is
incapable of Inspiring others
to a higher life. The litt'e
flower did not know of iis
kindly mission, nor of tie
sunshine and brightness that
it radiated, but the fact re-
lained unchanged.
No one is capable of exert
ing a greater it tl teoce for
good, than the young. For
youth with its attendant
buoyancy, vitality, end love
of pleasnre, and amaseinent
Is expected to be found follow
ing after these elusive, effer-
vescent q'lalities, and to find
it concentrating this same
youthful enthus-lasm to the
upbuilding of God’i* kingdom,
and to Chtistian principles
never falls to awaken more
serious thought in th: minds
of both young and old. The
absence of slang phrases and
idle words from bis conver
sation, of frivolity from his
kind)!-
they labor and give and pray.) very
Moral; -et ^ Less and unselfishness that
weary in well doing, for Indue “
season we shall reap, if we]pervades his personality
faintoot.”—P r esb jt crian leave a lasting impression.
Standard. 1 (Continued on Pag: t)