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OLE KEMLCI LETTER. " , j
Soiuetliing Aboat oar Work in Ken
tuckfJIee(lD?8 Organized Effart-i
Pastoral Changes Preachers to be
Kemarked Enterprise We Still
Spate" Slowly climbs oar Semina
ry Endowment Kind Remembrances
Colored Baptists. .
He it so that we have had oar asaal
n amber of protracted meetings in the
country aroand for a large radios, of
which Lexington is the centre, there
' has been nothiDg to occasion special
remark. The churches at Mt. . Srir
hng and David's Fork have had
more than cotnmoii results to follow
their meetings. Frankfort, "with
their new pastor. Elder J. M. Lewis,
late of Mississippi, has had a fair
ingathering. The ' Upper Street
church, of this city, has had addi
tions to the- number of twenty, in a
meeting closed in December. One
event of this meeting, peculiarly hap.
py to myself, wa3 the baptism of my
oldest son, now in his thirteenth
year. The ordinance I administered
vsiib a full and overflowing heart.
AVe may say that during the past
summer and fall onr churches have
had not an average of additions,
compared with several years back,
but a fair average compared,with the
ingatherings of the immediate past,
and that has been small enough. The
Master knows.
There is an evident' sign of prog
ress among our ireople in the increase
of "organized eflort." Recently the
churches ot Louisville have formed
themselves into a "Union, for the
purpose of a more thorough work
in that city. This organization is
composed of committees and sub
committees that cover every branch
cf effort which a most fertile mind
might invent or the best judgment
approve. With the large number of
young ministers, students of the
Seminary connected with this effort
there surely is promise in this new
departure ; arteast, to use a common
expression, '-viewed upon paper.''
It is supposed that the Pastors'
Conference, recently organized in
this city, will be of no little benefit
to the common cause. Through this
organization it is hoped that ques
tions will be digested, shapen and
presented to our Associations, as.
they could not be? in the hurried
gathering of these bodies' which jwe
hold. The coming together of a num
ber of pastors from the surrounding
town and counties for mutual counsel,
&c, must, it seems tome, tringos
into closer sympathy with each
other's work. Organizations are
sometimes beautiful locomotives,
standing powerless on the rail for
'lack of steam aDd driver. We hope
that in our cae we shall not have
this, for we have men in these organ
izations who carry a good many
pounds cf steam. The future will
have to develop what time we make
and what distance we put behind
I may mention that our Christian
women are-organizing for the Mas
ters work more at present for local
interests. If Dr. Tapper's call upon
cur Kentucky sisters, through the
Central Women's Committee, at
Louisville, hs.ll be a success, we will
have much tor which to felicitate our
selves iu the near fature, i
We have had but few pastoral
changes of late. Kev. Green Clay
Smith has lately succeeded Eev.
C. Freeman in the Glen's Creek
church, d Woodford county. Kev.
A D. Eash goes to Ricbolasville.
The First church a largo church
too of this city, has made too up-,
successful effiirts to secure a pastor,
successor to Elder A. B. Woolfolk
The brethren are holding nightly
prayer meetings, for this week, look-j
ing to God to send them an under
shepherd. ' ' '
We have among our ministers
"preachers to be remarked.''; Elder
Smith, above referred to, late' pastor
at our capitol, Frankfort, has a re
markable history lor a "good ild
- fashion Baptist preacher,'' as he;
claims ' himself to be.' He was a
Federal Brigadier, during onr lata
war. John Morgan kept him awakd
in his saddle through this , country
ror some time.,, lie atterwaras waa
.elected to Congress from the Coving-j
ton dUttict. Andrew Johnson made
him Governor of Montana after this
Everybody does, not know it, 'even
in Kentucky, that he came within
one Vote of ; being President of the
United States. ;, That is to Bay, in
the ConventiorL of .Baltimore, which.
nominated , JLmcoin ana Johnson,
Johnson beat Smitn only one vote
for the candidacy of ! Vice-President!
Had that ' vote 1 been given to our
present Baptist preacher, when Lin
. coin was' killed, he would have been
PreHdent. MI don't know whether he'
has had a hankering after the Presi'
dency fever sinca But y on will remem
ber tha h6 did run for president 011
' the Prohibition ticket. Some wish;
- he had beaten Hayes" anyhow. Bro.
S. is to take up.bis residence in Lex
jngton soonis pastor oftwo country:
charchesTTS a wu-hearfeaehla
"feeling sort7 of a' preacher, : and. can
make the: old f"BebelBi8terS: ji
when he: preaches, sotwithstanding
ne was "on the other aiae"1 01 tne
questionin onrf (,late ; nnpleasant-4
EMerWoolfoXis Jah6ther:
.'preachers Iwho mavf be "remarked.'l
. 4Ie is d descendant of the MarshallaJ
tine ubier Justice included) and nas
uuuenuiiy comprenensive- ana
active twain. His avtn tive.genius
though not a fortune: hais naiked
him as a man of wonderful ' mind.4
His ' velocipede, heat reflector and
refrigerator have given him reputa-i
tiou, though I believe for lack" pi
capital and Yankee "path he ha4
failed' to utilize; them.1 He lately
made himself known in a different
sphere, as he entered the race few
Congress on the Greenback ticket W
this Ashland district. Much 81 td
the regret of bis brethren he resign
ed the care of the First Ch urch in thu
city and began the canvass. Soonj
he resigned his candidacy on account
of a faulty plank in the party; plat4
form. The party pnt in a new plank
or planed the rough off the old one.
Elder Woolfolk : stepped back:andj
began the race again, but before hie,
eloquence ;: had res9anded,t before
many crowds his physician advised
him that his life depended on his
giving up the1 canvass. J ost before
the election he did this, abd. Mri
Blackburn the Democratic candidate
had what our race-horse men call a
walk over" the track. "Eldet W. is;
now in Minnesota to recuperate his
health.;- ' ' ' "
The spirit of enterprise Is "see'n
among" our churches, in that new
and sightly church tsdiflces 'are Btlll
going op all over onr State. - In the
town of Carli8e a house is1 about
being completed. In Paris the good
women have lately built& parsonagei
In Georgetown the ladies have on
hand a good sum to build a parson
age when they decide so to do. This
indicates progress among our people,
for the building of parsonages and
beautiful houses of worship speak
with no uncertain sound.
Kentucky is still a land of dispn.
tation; We have the" "dark and
bloody ground' in more senses than
one. As the colored brother Bays,
our people "love to 'spnte." ' Becent-
,ly Elder L W. Bruner, Baptistj an4
Jider iJriney, Campbellite, : bad a
debate in another part of onr State,
These debates often occur. It seems
that since Alex. Campbell and Bice
had their great debate in Lexington
the spirit of ecclesiastical debate
came to stay in the land.1 It is con
fined to no particular denomination,
first one and then another "locks
horns" the Presbyterian less fre
quent, the Campbellitfcdoftener, than
any other. These are not confined
to localities. A few years ago we
had a debate in the mountains. A
burly Goliath of Methodism and a
youthful David of itx&'Baptist Oribr
met. The former spoke of his expe
rience and victories in other debates
and the Ajaxes whom he tad' met
and slain. The latter said : "When
yon finish your discussion ' with' me
yon will be like the bully 1 who had
whipped all his men and was butted
by an old ram, who also kicked as he
eaped away. This caused bis death,
and on his dying bed be said : The
great regret of my Mo is to think
that after l nave whipped so many
picked men, I should be kicked to
death by a i sheep.' P.-m Sure enoaghj
as the story goes and as told tame
by our Baptist David before the
debate was over the Methodist cham
pion was so mortified at the belabor
ing that he was receiving . that, he
picked op bis saddle-bags and slip
ped away, leaving the shepherd boy
in the possession, of the field. . . .
By the .way, our discussions draw
ont sometimes 'North Carolina brains
and literature also. Did, you know!
that last year Eld. Hnugerfbrd; Bap j
tist.ana i:id. ntch, Methodist, had a
debate.' Tour humble servant slip-i
ped into H.'s hand JPritchard on In
fant Baptism. I learned,' afterwaid;
that It was used with telling' effect
on the Presiding Elder's pedobaptist
cranium.4 " ' " - - 1 -' H-' '
Onr Seminary" endowment' Is still
slowly climbing op. Elder Gv-W.
Given, the only Agent now in Ken
tucky, is steadily moving on. He is
now re-oanvassing this section and
his collection are, of coarse slow
bat by the dint of that never failing
courage which .Elder isoyce 01 the
Seminary seems 4o hold, the three
hundred thousand i will come after a
while. We are rejoiced at Elder
Griffith's success in North Carolina,
and we hope thai the Ohowan Asso-I
ciation f Ul look well to her 'ianrela
.Hie kindness shown to mv old
friend and brother. W.B IfarriTi T
remiuus me mat. many or oar iien
tacky preachers have been recipien
Of "kind temembraces" of late. JSi
tsuiuj vi ciuimug, ane unnsimas inn
keyeLmany pound of different thlnesi
the gift of an excellent overcoat such
00 mjs. , xtuuui xtjiauu frcccuuy io-
ceived,' &c.,;,show that Kentucky
Baptists remember their, faithful la-,
borers. Ah,', howfewrealize 'thfli
condition Ot many of cnir hard.workj
ing pastors. ;How few think prthe.
little months to feed and .the ;ittle;
feet Jto .8hoe.ln these cold' wintry,
months. 'How few, realtyknow, the!
intense joy that nils a pastors jneari
when not so much the; gxft as. th
nean in-ine giving teus mar. mere
a warm place for him in the hear
Little acta of kfodseae j
i" C.,U Iiittla deeds of leva.'.;;- e,
ii'Our colored Baptists number aboni
40,000 ia this - State. r They oft4
have much tronblc among themselves
by bickering.' Sometimes mere will
be two preachexs didming the same!
1 pulpit.; JS"o$ long ago : we Jiad qniti
a row.in one of oar city iChnrchcsl
wherdnj the: stove, was kicked, ovej
aqd various- nnseemlj -acts izsdalgedj
in by the two parties electing pas-
tor, .Of late .them have; bcsa loni
publics-tie."? incurs city opspts bi
pjrtis? fetli'ns;aggri2vedtrhCi-4
noimattcr to tell each other what by
pocHtes and rascals they are, and to
command each' other to unmask and
Jeave the sacred ministry which they
'disgrace; Some of these public-J
tions woald not do to pnwisn in me
Spectator, for of all the crael assaults
upon orthography, etymology, syn
tax and prosody, they excel.. 0 !
Notwithstanding ail this, the gen
erat ontlook of. these people ; is eni
cooraging'. - There was a Convention
held in, ibis city, last fall, by ; themj
Representative men from different
1 States ' were here. . Some of ns jhaq
I la ' .- .te at m f f ''J -ii A
tne pleasure . 01 . an , lntroaucuou m
thelJody." We made addresses across
the!color-line,and reached across alsd
a warm hand of mutual greeting. '4
was struck with the marked intelli
geace and intellectual power of some
-sf "tlieaiv n- e& i
, One brother from Illinois offered
his compliments to his Southern
brethren by saying that he hardly,
if ever,, met a Baptist from the South
"bot what he was road'? ;
. .Elder. Oaperton. . Editor of onr
JTett&n Beoorder has jnst began9
the publication of a paper for these
brethren, known as Ike American
Baptist. ' Elder .Dupeejoolored)of
Padncah, is Associate Editor. We
wish them much success.
Kentucky has a number of excel
lent men in her colored Baptist min
istry. They are now raising funds
for their own college. Tbey own
a number of good church edifices
ever the State. Bating the bicker
ings and such like, to which refer
enee has been made, we may say
that these people are doing as well
as could be expected. One evident
mark of progress among them is,' that
in some churches they have an anti
snooze police, who, with the zeal of
peripatetic philosophers, move cat
fpotedly among the congregation and
nudge to the decided discomfiture of
the erring brethren, those who have
fallen victims to tired nature's sweet
restorer. My authority for this is
one of our city papers giving an ac
count of the recent colored Baptist
Convention in this city.
Respectfully,
. - Joseph E. Carter.
Lexington, Ky.
that all of her jars,. &c, J undertaken to t teach religion.
plaining
were
them
' ' Let me give yba some idea of what
we' found as we untied tne bandies
and stofred away their contents J 50
lbs. or more of sugar', 30 lbs. of coffee,
1 lb. oftea13aiba. 'of 'rice and peart
hominy, 1 bottW of bfackberry wine,
2 bOxes of gtonnd mustard, 1 lb. of
eaady for the' children,' 7 cans of to
matoesj 2 cans of peaches, i 7 pound
boxes of soda bmeuits, td, two-pound
boxes of oda biscuits; H bundles of
crackers 3 bundles of cheese, 6, lbs.
of battery ; 3 dox. . eggs, i bush, of
apples, a bundle, of ground peas, 4 2
cakes 01 soap, caces ot touet ana
1 cake of castile soap, a linen table
cloth and U napkins,. 17 Jus. dried
froit. 2 . iwnnd . cakes, a Jot of tea
T
Bat
the iarrection of the dead by put-.
embty, " Wo had ehOugh to fill by eradicating each barbaroas "and ting it 7 or 'eight times on the if, lb
nowv1" ;::- " ;':i '" r ."Jnhuman: praotiee::a8' ;wido.. borni i tbal9th Ohapif lOortathliai t-.TJa-
ing, infanticide and the'swing, sacri
fice, by putting in force a system ofl false doctrine tWt;weresuweotioa
edncation for the ioong, by esublish I wais Wreadj pastri iQidsma inspired
ing courts of )ustioe "forlhe vindica
tion of the innoceur 6hd thepdhisht
ment of the guilty, the roandation
fusionof gospel truths Arthbdeh
the: results accomplished adnrihg'thi
hundred c' years of English T rtleitn
India have not been 4 so great las we
conld wish, yet i much progress Jiai
been made. vThere are, more than
one million native .christians now in
British India. The Ume is fast ap4
Apostle see the irise of : the maarof
sin and civs nS the artiealara with
so mocli ateuracr and be blind to the
has len laid for a more rapid dif-I false doctrine to Vuught ill r
jit p again -f aatiif At r were? some
thing to beprirthased by works and
kept or lost by the lame ihlansl -it
iwonld aar.imarthat was'.whAtbe
war intndinft. to!fbrever flaettle, for
after be shows in versa 9 whom h
was addressing, he gives them a few
Railroads are reaching " the great
centres of influence, towns are fibrin
Ing' np- ahd tWMp6pta? are" "being5
thrown more and moTelin : contact
with the' civnitatiOn i! orrcbrisnari
nations. Who can 1 liat ' that God is
not opening the way and thata ba
tion may not be born in5 a day. f I
H. A. BEOWIf.1 J
t 'iJimvvt -" 'Tor the BAoOrder
FROM OYEB'THE 0UNTaIN."
The wav is ooened, ifor missionaries.
cakes and loaf-bread, 4 jars ot pickles. They will be protected. , Education
1 jar of preserves, T glass of jelly,' 2 I Ilfast spreading amohf ' the pebplej
combs and a hair brush, a pair or
suspenders,' blacking-brnsh , ' 'and
blacking, 2 pairs of .ladieshose, 2
handkerchiefs, a package or matches;
1 ' chicken, 5 beef tongnes, 3 torn
thumbs, several7 pounds of sausage;
backbones and spare-ribs,'! bnhdle
of codfish, 9 hams, 2 shoulders, 1 side
of bacon, 2 bundles of breakfast
stripes, 2 packages of smoked beef,
1 sack of flour, 1 half sack of flour, 2
quarter sicks of flour, 1J bushels of
sweet potatoes; in all between f bo
and 70 worth.
I never was served so before. One
of my little children said, "People
ay the Fayette villev Baptists are
poor, bat this doesn't look like it,
does it mamma f " They are poor; but
they are liberal and hare many lib
eral friends among other denomina
tions among those who are not pro
fessors of religion.
If you know of any pastor who
has been treated to a more decent
pounding by his people," pnt him in
the papers. ' If not, publish this that
other churches may learn how they
do things in Fayetteville.
But this is not all. I am now
wearing a bran new beaver present
ed me soon after my arrival by Maj.
Duncan G. McRae, and during my
wife's sickness we were placed under
special obligations to all of onr near
est neighbors and to several of the
brethren and sisters for substantial
tokens of thoughtful kindness. When
we consider that the Baptist church
in Fayettville numbers ouly 39 males
164 females and that of this number
only 32 males and 153 females are
residents of Cumberland county and
a much smaller number residents
of the town, I think yon may safely
set them down as a liberal people.
JNEEDHA3C B. COBB.
Fayetteville, N. C.
proachfeg when We may look tor 4 ( wordsof eihortatloxr in? tbe; lOthV
bountiful harvest-from this field; 1 xxtn ana lztn; verses, ana in tne i3tn
For the Recorder.
HOW A BAPTIST PREACHER WAS
TREATED IN FAY ETTEYILLE. N. C
- Dear Bro. Bailey : I have been a
preacher 19 years. I have lived
amongst all sorts of people and
preached in all sorts of places in
hospitals. Railroad cars, on steam
boats, in the woods with a log tor
my polpi thunder bush arbors, in the
street, in school houses, in court
houses on the mou ntains and-by the
seashore. I have had charge of
country churches, village churches,
and one city church, and foldiers in
camp and oa the march ; . but never
in all my .lifewas I treated in such a
way as the people of Fayetteville
treated me last 'Friday night, (Jan.
24th). I had heard wme hard things
about the Baptists of Fayetteville,
and I had 'come among them with
some misgivings; but I really did
not expect to be served by them as I
have been.
I had scarely time to unpack my
boxes, and set my house on Hay
mount in order before I was told by
a friend that I might expect consid
erable company on Friday night, and
as my wife was sick he would give
warning. .. Well, we had a ore bout
in , the . parlor, ayonng lady, who
took tea with as that evening
was, playing on the organ and
my . wife , and , children sitting by
the fire,. 'when suddenly the tramp
of feet was heard On the piazza,, the
door flew, open and in rushed ench a
crowd of men, women , and children
as I had never seen in a pastor's
home before. ' - -
('-. Methodists, Baptists, Presbyteri
ans. Episcopalians, Catholics and
Israelites, old men and old ladies.
young men and maidens, boys and
girls all came pounng in with mys
tenons looking things in bundles and
baskets and boxes and i bags.; Soon
the parlor . was nlled, the passage
was crowded and the , dining room
was overflowing with people demand-1 true so long as tbey , are the nrey of
m vm w. uvyvMhuvi jjuuuicB. i war-uite. Jiauoua ,wnoae. ruiera uunK
a, young maa enverea wirn a saos; ot i more or me- revenue . to oe obtained
uouron.ms snoniueraana aemanaeq i from taem than or the good they
thekey to the kitchen. As I unlocks I may do them bv zivins them ahien.
fed the kitchen door. I saw a wasron I er civilization and tha miane! of
Btajading in the back $rd and yoang I Christ, ' The Persians, the Greeks,
men unloading It A lady entered I the Parthlans, the Huns, the Arabs,
tne unazumaes, tne Atghans, ' tne
Mogtils 'and 'the "British have sno-
cessfully 'entered India and made
themselves masters of the' greater
part Of 1t Perhaps it would nOt be
transcending the" limits of truth to
say that India was" not benefitted
religiously by. any of these conquests
except tne iast,wi
xhere are many and grave difilcal-
tles to be encountered in planting
the religion of Jeans among the peo
ple . of India. ; First, ihere y is theii
own system of worship. . Their tem-f
plea and ' altars, their 'priests and
philosophers, their, prejudices and
For the Recorder.
CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA;
Now while politicians are discuss
ing the political fatare of India,
while Russia is secretly desiring to
annex the territory to her own, to
bring the people into subjection to
the Czar and secure the vast revenne
that goes to the English government
while England, on the other band, is
taking every precaution to strength
en her hold upon her valuable pos
sessions Christians ' ought to be
praying ' and planning for a more
rapid spread of the religion of Jesus.
To as it is a matter1 of indifference
whether England or - Russia shall
have the political : power in India or
waether some aspiring native shall
assume me reins of government
and show to the world, that India
is capable of being governed without
aid from abroad. , Bat .it is of great
importance to the world of mankind
that the religion of Jesus shall take
the place ot false religions that have
grown hoary with age, made India
the burial place of thousands of her;
subject every year and kept the
minds of her people shrouded in ig
norance of the ; truth in ! reference
to their duties as citizens and as be
ings accountable to the 7 God --who
created them.- ;
The late Sir George Lewis, once
observed that in bia opinion it was
laboriost to endeavor to make any
thing of me Hindus.. ..That, may XA
Dear Becorder f -
It has been some time since your
readers heard anything from me.!
would like to tell them' something
about this country. I came eat here
in October last with the expectation
of making -this country ! my homaj
I find Clay a fine XJounty, and don't;
know why it is so : many of our peo-t
pie go West when there so much an-,
improved land in our old North StateJ
Large , quantities ; of, this land i-in
.Webster, Cherokee. Macon, Graham,
Swain, Transylvania and Clay coun
ties I learn can be bonght cLeapj
Haysville is a new place, built since
the war, a quiet place. fo grop-ehqpj
in Clay county. Christmas was, a
lively time with old and young gen
erally. The woods up bere look very
strange to a down country man.
They were burned' by the Indians
and the timber kept "under till after!
they left. Now it has grown up and
is very straight and small yet. The!
weather is very cold here now, J an.
'2nd, 1879. ' m ' Ws;
Since I have been here I have con
ducted two protracted meetings and.
baptized 18 persons,' some ' of them
heads-of families. Have preached:
twice in Georgia The Baptists here
are very much scattered and careless.!
I think the ;churches are willibg to
pay, though I , find some ? members
here who pay with promises. Bret(H
ren, I do not know a field anywhere
that a good,, earnest, self denying
missionary is mora needed-than in;
these back counties. I do think, that
the Mission Boards, EaAteW)ja&d
.Western, ought vto help, some jman!
to preach, in the large destitution inl
these counties. W hue the Baptists
sleep the . Pedobaptists work , and
gain., ( There bas been but one, .Bap-
tist sermon preached in Haysville
since I have beenJiere. I have note
yet had the opportunity, having, been'
engageu ai. oiner points. . xuere. is
no church house here ; the' Baptists
hold their meetings about one' mile
from town in the Presbyterian house
Of worship.- They framed and raised
a house in town some 3 or 4 years
ago, and it was blown down: and lies
last so yet j'Some; of the material
was saved and is; still on hand;r
have sprung the matter among the
brethren and hope they wilt .make
some arrangement to go to-.'work.
Without help from some where It will
be a long time before it can be finish-;
edo, l have asked many to subscribe
for the Recoedeb, but they , excuse
themselves on account of the: hard
times. , l intend to have, some . entH
scribers here if I -can set. them too
fair terms. 1 don't knowc how 4ap
tists can be .content without the Re
coedeb. it makes me ieel lost to do
without the number, mat muses in
Christmas weekt I have read it and
looked for it until it almost feels like
a relative. God bless. its,, Editors.
May they live long to wield the pen
ior unrisc xours iraternany,
verse he shows: tha , croand 4a. the 4
Obnsaan'a s hope by rehearsing the
promise of God made to?'Abraham
4tpon 6at; that in 'blessiflge Would
"bless Ma' and; in:malt4plyingTha
wouia mnuipiy. Jiim i t.tnen .tne in
spired Apostle u brings 4n a -statute
from the Old 1 ? Testament,' - Exodus
22f 111 ahow. that if it' were; a
irence between men. that aa' oath
taken. by,the greater suoaJd pat an
end to the strife. He says t Where
in God wUlina - mote abundantly to
ahpw iiuto the &eini of proisetht
immutability of bis counsel confirmed
by an oath, That by Imo minuiahle
things, in. which it was impossible for
God to lid, we: might bave a" strong
consolation wno have ,nea rorrerage
to lay hold npoa thejnope Mt before
uee iota and 20tn verses . See
also 7 th eh apter 25th and ' 28 verses.
We have BometMDg similaf In the 4
loth chapter. 26th to 23th ;verses in
this same letter to the Hebrews; and
answered ia the 39th verse. .1 now
wish tor aay tha$ all through the Old
and New Testaments there are urom-
ises and; .threatenings,- eihortations
and warnings t we . should , not take
the threatenings, exhortations and
warnings in a way to contradict the
express promises God, and 1 more
especially the oath of the Alwise and
Unchangeable God. J . .... '
,M . -ir ' .- ' iSAAO CfXFOBO. '
DoicnstiUeN. O. "
For the Beeorder.
AID FOR MATTHEW'S CHURCH.
ZVOsf IHsts-Ckmhesi'-' &',f.l':V'.';!"' '
J. W. HaT.tr
Wittf'a live'jhlcken nn her hand
saying, "What shall I'dO with this f
if wontie4 still1 with' the' bnhdles.
Take it somewhere, Mr. Oobb.7. The!
chicken.i with feet tied. was put into
the. : wood box.;; Gonfnsion reigned
in every; direction. After a little
whJle, when; places were found for
what they, had brought,, my wife and
children. lansfwerejoaadi
;qaainted with, 'par .guests as far as
fbey could be reached. in so dene a
crowd. ,. .Borne spf the young ladies
ave us some good , music on the or
gan. ,wur neignoors oi an, aenomi
natiqns'gave us a hearty1 welcome to
Fayettville, and after a social even
fn'g oVour part" they began to bid ns
good night about 10 oVrtockr By 11
o'clock the last of theni had left and
forthe first time we had 'ah opppr
tanlty of seeing what they been
really doing. There was a perfect
pyramid of handles on? the-dining
- tablet, another hnge pile on the side
board, anothet oa the ,floor, and all
aorta of bags and things in the kitchv
eni f Ws concluded .mat it waa wise
to-.reUre to bed without .making any
xtrtaer;expioratto2S,';i v 'asa i
hx Early . next corning, we fcwere up
fTti? Fad far: ting pacxa?i en
1 . ' 1 Hn r . . a L A A Vn f n
Mt-J ffMl MAVt IKVU VWt-.-
-t 1 Tit .l
. .. . . .,TJJ.!,'-. .'Jti-1
- . .-Fa tbiReoqtder.
ANSWER TO X. YZiMJL!
I see an article headed ' 'Exegesis
Hebrews 6 : 4- C." in the Be.6orper
of Dec lSth.bver the. signature of
" 2L. x. Jfi," with ran invitation; to any
Who aiflers with bim to. give, their
views. I shonld have been satisfied!
S U1UH fL.CU KIJ " a UCUOIUIO
Layman,' bat for an impression' left
Aa MM-n)nit kwi avt''! jt4lAfa i"$ftBMM.J'Bv t-. j. '
vu auv uiiuu ut sau biuuiq liuui uio
pen of EMer J J Jsmes; a; Veryi
nigniy esteemea orotner, m repiy to
an Essay read at 'a' ministers' and
deacons' meeting,by a brotberTaylor,
(number and date not remembered).;
He took the same ground withr tX.i
x. Z,". that Paul did not address the
pride are all great Obstacles in .the I language in Hebrews 6 : 4-6 to,, the
pting a rebgion that I true ChriaUan. ; In that I differ ,with
way of their acce
seems to them comparativelv- new;
Second,' taetr ideas -of social svperiorr
ity; ' A Hindu of Very bumble easto.
says writer of 'some noterwoeid
think' himself polluted if he sat down
to dinner With the Xkrropeatt '' Gov
ernor of hi--Presidency.'" But with
the growing spirit 'of philanthropy
ana national morality' thar charac
terize tne Bntusii people of the nine
teenth.; century, we may .hope they
Will tesch India as they have tasht
ethers nation ihov to 4ivef j,The
ron?y cf .tie. irov-mraent has, been
to toier&i au rwivs. it aas not
them, and knowing, nothing.; about
the dead language, I will go to the
writer of the EDistle to learn whom:
he waa addressinftof fief evidently!
showB in the9tlrversB.i BuTbelov-i
eoV we are pertuadedi betterxkinga
of you, nd things itbaVaceompauyj
saltation. thougare tataf weak
Did Paul ever act the hypocritti and;
cau me ungoaiy ana titer atauerxa-'
wtetLn Uever lDid isul ipet it era
the tbecasse he 4honghtit possible
ior a converted -rer-ian to J2llwV
and be lost J J. croia- tv 1
, Did Paul disbelieve the doctrine cf
Thd church has enjoined it upon mo
to ask' aid through the R2Coeee
rorthe; compietions of ,pnrhouse of
worship,; ,; I ;,,;; ,f .,- .'
We are having the outside paint
ing done, and we are axioos to get
Minds, and have, the church plaster
ed as soon as we" can, in order to
have everything ' comfortable and
inviting by . tha t next Association,
There are so many expenses', besides
that, "will count op a gaeat deal, we
must begin m, time, that we may be
ready. We have a hard years work;
before as, yet, 1 think it wfll be oar!
pleasure to work ia the- "Vineyard,'.
We hope to have s a , good Sunday
School; . We bave: never had one at'
our, cnoron . yet we nave a - stove
now and want to organize one soon.
Matthews-contains only 'about one
hundred and twenty-five inhabitants:
inree cnurcnes ana another in a hair
mlle,ia;par );..:.cbarch aas- between
twenty & vet and ? thirty ) members.'
most of them not able to do much to-;
ward thi building so it seems'inther
nard .for.'so few, to: ' bear' all the' ex-i
penses., , xae acf is,; u we io not
ethelp from abroad, our church will
not be finished in a good while, we
Will aBk It : weTare! refused, but we
do.,notlbink.;i)f, Bhcb:a'thlhg;,e
know that all will not refuse. ,rt -i
a vWe have auoceeded admirably;
well, so far, and I shonld feel sad if
t; thought we Were at ai'ittndstaL? I
&::A$sjttf .allamonatfrqm eabb
cniircn.turoagooat ueUte, woald
help J us considerably and-h reooire
Very little effort on the part of each
'one Ofthe ehixrehei to Bend ns a dol
lar or too Do not torn a ' deaf ear
,to onr cry, bat . encourage aa to go
torwara wun tne work wmea: w
hive begun1 Pray A6t terlthrenj
,and sisters, that . ;wei hold'; fast-tha
proressun 3 oi . our y; faith v without
wavering : ffor;he : is faithful that
promised. & v- JAi IL MrLEWTioir. ? I
Matthews; IT. CJan. 27 18
ij;it w:, i ' For tu Eaeordav. I
My Bro.' J.1 B. HarWelVyotrr4 Jetti
bf January lsL?I779;ia before me
I see in theJlEooBpEB; of the 8th of
January, that Dr. Mcintosh ia
on the eve of sending yoa to the
Btate - or uautorniaf to : teach 'and
inreacb, W-fi$p&ffr-jlh$:-gm:
y ea, w uat wiau say j
i-jUonaidering all the JCircumsta
I mast say amen,'proTided,yoawtl
ho yoar; oest prepare and- sen
one; Chinese , Baptist minuter; back
to teach his native countrymen; the;
way tof salvationi if this' can be
done I have nd doubt the 8OTtherii
Baptist OoU vehtlOn "will' snatalir'vaii
tas long its Uwill Atajr in mat;SUtei
l naveneeareaoiag.uerm Ssri
old ct Richmond Ys onr vthan 4flj
years and tha Bibxicai Rsconcsa
alsO'lmnctfrbf metimekridbaTai
mucn;toaowledge '"otj whafylbeeg
done in tha Southern 8 utea. t; Bell
aay it ia disheartening 4oi the brethl
reaiahdr sisters for '.the'1 last1 23 or 30
years.h Beversl 'wentonto 'Chliial
staye4,awbileand, epmeback and
never went any where to teach these
people af ter they . were iqanified foij
Teachig,i;mai ;Ohiness. WtiBpmj
;bTother;,l bit aeen yoa hbdXtiiaM
j-qa are Well prepared, to, pr5aci th)
-fiMr'oXiCarlsftjiisr -fjonaitirmothet
ohuebP Oar'ftkradjitesyt yoa-rtii
fittgJ toU?ttVCLiaesei-!CoyoS
go and live and &3 teaching tha
CUnesey asd'yon, will have yoorre-
wara. ; w nen i tnma oi mn xx.
JudsonTniy heart ) fuled with adml
radotf of ber christian heroism. And
Miss LOtta Moon, in China, her letter
in the Reooedee is before me. I
thinki1sheii might; ?be styled sister
'Phebist'r servant bf the church, at
Oetchmanii 16 sli 4 What
' seal dwells 'id that body I We
shall never know. tin. wo tee her: in
heaven, also Miss Kidder, in Japan,
she is worthy of all acceptation.
May'God Almighty ' give grace suCi
cieni'for'hex day, to suffer so many
privations to teach those heathens
the way of .salvation the greatest
honor, an Al wise .God confers on
female characterPrbni Miss Moons
letter it seems it is not ' Worth' while
for the Southern Baptist Convention
to try to send any more to Ubinaw f
1 have read t the Macedonian for
y ears and no w the Helping Hand. : I
lot e the Northern Baptists sinoerely
for their charity i benevolence and
goOdworks, they are a noble band of
christians, j They work; and get their
reward in organizing churches of
Jesus Christ' the Lord.-' I send all to
the ' BrBLicii Recorder, ' which
you will see; ' Julitjb Txsbill.
t t'MYanctseo, Stokes Go.t N. .iJt
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For the Beoorder.
STRANGE QUESTION.
, "What do you think of a minister
of the gospel who becomes a ganger
and "a. store-keeper in a revenue
'whiskey distillery 1" ' I should think
ne naa got very tar oeiow bis tailing,
ana was bringing reproach upon the
cause of Christ and should be ex
cluded from the church j or that is
the disciplihe wewould use up here
with administer or member of the
bumblest: capacity. We dont be
lieve God's children are redaced to
the necessity of doing the. Devil's
dirty work to get bread and clothing.
God takes better care of his' children
than to allow the Devil to employ
them at any price. :' Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, be. steadfast, al
ways abounding in the work of the
Lord, for as much as ye know yoni
labor is not in vain in the Lod."
' '": ,;""' ;' ?i S.M. Ooixis. .;
DR. SULLIVAN ON CHURCH CHOIRS.
' The folle'ringv taken from the
Chicago ; Times j of s January 20th
which is among other reasons why
Dr. Sullivan tisigned the pastorate
of the Trinity Episcopal church, exi
presses' our 1 views Of 'singing as a
part of divine worship. The retiring
'pastor ha-' our warmest approba-
tionrr 5 '-L ' --:u: ' - ;--'J-! i
r rA aeoond eaoae for the restless feeling fhat
has been ateadOy growing on me will be found
hk the direction, of our: ehtsroh mosici Thia,
aa yon knovr, haa long bean a rexed problenk
Jtfy Tiews on tha snbject it la not neoessary to
state : -yon have hem again and again,
and for one whole year yon not only heard
bat heeded (henC Old-fashioned, that I am,
I hare always held, and fell, that prahw, as
an;epraerioB ot the emotioBa "of the apirit
.nallifa, .was r personal thing, obligatory on
erery lndiyidnal Chriatian, aa much wo aa
prayer ia, to be' offered by 'each' for himeelf,
aa fares rjoaBiblef ai a part of hWapeolal ob.
latlott ttf Ood; a (hmg, therefore, not to be
Hone by proxy, maohanloalry, perfanetotfly,
aa though ao long aa it is dona it matter not
anch how or, by whom. , And : in harmony
with these viewa t have mvariably adrooated
general ooegregauonal alogtng ainging In
which every heart and voioe otrald bear Its
UtUe part, rM aa ii the temple of nature
every bird of the afr end , every kef of die
forest eestrOmte to well the mnireraal ehorns
of praiaeltoaamr'af bod. Such worahlp,
doabueaa) woald hare its defeeta, artiatioaUy
regarded ' A might grate on an ear fittenlng
bi a apirit of faatldlotlmeaa ; rmt regarded la
taaf light of the great ends for which God haS
giTen M ?; tongues wherawithrto prW
Him, and hearta to adore ; where ftoegoea sre
neoeaMrily aileat, thia, to my mind, realizaa
the pract uaea of jnqsioJUi" worship
and, artleaa ttongh it be, poaieoaea, in Ood'a
ItgliS, aa AeptablenaM. aot belonging' td
any vodlpiayr) however nuarvalous, that
beeaase of the abaenee of" all thought of Ood
bait and of afl droul refereaoa to Hia glory,
may,: is this ense,' be eaQed heartless. It
las Wan, fe yearaa grief tome thai X bare
'not beert able to edooate toy oongregatloa to
these views. r cannot indeed forget ithttj
with yonr ewstotaary readineta, to comply
with my wiehea, yon freely oonaeated to the
trial of my Wperlmenf for a year ; but why
did tt fail t Not becaoei my 'theory was
menarnd, bat booaoaav he Tinderlring aeoU
aee&ft was against it, sad members of the con
gregathm, who would doobUeea bava ee-epar
ated h. the morement If .It at once prored S
fuooeaa, stood awor .wnue tne uaue was
fcmUfuL Tiai'the problem to be eolVad
Ijy'etrangarB iiot ebmweted' !wRb me pariab
aaaeeupoTaaBTauara' itoa ae not mia
appreheadme at Uiough lowers Uying the
reaponaibnity for eO tbJa.at tyour doocf iadfr
vidnallylt la. the fanlt ef the tfmea weUre
iav' lt la the reralt of an'snhealf hy eoaditloa
WthgV ttths'relu-
Lnnnoiy aptoflcompeUUon' tnat'permeaief
the'aanctiary One urge' ohttroh la a city
eavtoMt thooght;ajlord W ba behind
aaotber fa Ita appoiataMnta, and oat of thia
iiaiatirJy'-leiiad'ineaaTfy eoraetf a atroggle
for axjftonce, torminating Is the oBrrrral of
iheaaeat'V-4be atteaf "batxig too: ftaaemd
toe ibaA tietaort fallotutle.'' peo
agrdsat the ewneat f .pV'ideM" aay e
aaiataVUaadwaLamtoeeTrtari
imliio stem Cejtiifieat'of WJg&Lf&'t 1
vdL-wi-J&jy - H-;
Ehow.tiis paper to yonr neighbors,
and tX tlsa to cafcssribe. .
The Little Leader Plan. -vi f -Is
l At the meeang of the Sunday School Board
on Wedneaday,. January 29th, there waa 'a
unanimous ' vote 'to continue this plan for
thia year. After thinking and eeneulting
OTertheinatUr "forBome weeka, we have
some to tha ooncluon that' we cannot do
any better;-indeed, tl don't know that 'we
should want to do - any better. While aom
4ab lr4 AW eafwwt mwkl . erfTlai Ma . Isvafa wvTm Kaiwan waTa '
tvw .wa vie mj eaae ; w a - awMuvie avaawa aw
ebme a litue kthargie upon tie enject,
' many others haW" just reeently adopted the
plan, and are delighted ' with ' it And there
are yet many, many .other schools that have
used it from the beginning, aad seen aa anx
iona for it aa at the first. A abort time ago
the achool at Durham raised about 30100 in
one week by means of it,' and seem carried
away with it. And the aohoola at Wake For
est, Forestriue, - Win ton, Murfresboro, Elm
Prove, Apex, Mt. Vernon, and others, are
anxiously awaiting the publication of the
third ittue.' And this is not ' at afi surprising
to as when we think,' for eren' a moment,' of
the vast amount of good that has been ac
complished by the "Little' Leader Plan" dur
ing the past two yean. In that time about
$20,000 or $25,000 have been raised in North
Carolina for Sunday School purposes " alone.
True only about one-tenth of this' amount
has come to the hands : of the Board,
but wa .know Umt the :: same 4 good
baa ; been done 1 that ; would - have been
done, had it all passed through our hands
save in seTaral instances where the fonds
that should hare gone towards Sunday School
purposes, ' were - used in other directJons.
And yet with all this, there has been a work,
a grand work aoeompBshed among the Bap
tists of : North Carolina in their Sunday
Schools, the results of which no human intel
lect can oompnte. New aohoola have been
established by the' dozen, languishing ones
revived, broken-down ones built up, and the
Bible God's Holy Word sent to sections
heretofore without thisipreoiouB IiighU This
tsaome of the work that has been done by
the I'litue Tjeader.! plan ; but the final results
eternity atene ean teU. .i, . : . '. j;
. : And now we ask every Sunday School work
er in North Carolina to co-operate with ua in
the "great work of organizing our forces and
pushing the cause ot Sunday Schools among
oar churches. We are vary much! in need
of fdnds at present; and appeal to every
achool . in . the State to send ua at least
a amaQ amount to relieve bur present embar
rassments. Superintendents, and friends of
the cause, will you not aid us t
We will have a lot of "Little Leader Com
mtebna" published by the first week in Feb
ruary and hope that every achool, which pro
poses to use the plan for another year, will
send us their orders at once.
. y " Jomr E. Bat, Cot. See. S. S. B'd.
flelpus.,'' '...' . ,
The following is. from the wife bf one of
ourbest and most prominent Baptist minis
ters : '-' -' .
; "Mr Diak Sra t Having arrived at an
almost desperate state of mind with regard
to the Sunday School . work in, thia, : place, I
have resolved to appeal to you as a last re
sort, before giving up 'the ship. I have
eighteen aohblara, who appear promptly
every Snaday morning, and who seem really
to be vary much interested in aU.I try to
teach them. : Of these, my own four alone,
are the children of Baptist parents. .; I have
straggled along alone for over a year,, and I
really begin to believe that I deserve some
help We have no suitable books, no papers,
no cards, nor rewards of aay kind, aad no
money to buy them with. I have heretofore,
purchased out of my own means such books,
&e.aa we were obliged : to have but now
lr- salary la ad Very amall ' that I can
do so no longer. I anv Snperintendent, Li
brarian, Orgaaiat,' Teacher ' and everything
else that eouM possibly be expected of any
one In a Sunday School, besidee having to
act aa deacon, of the church, when (as hap
pens a few times' in the year) we have ser"
'Then aay, can you help ua f If you have
any old boeka, Sunday School papers, cards
or money, do send ihem. This is one among
the many eafls that w reoeira for aid. , Kow
wont you ask your School to send us' some
rands for such purposes? '
Aift4nest.v: , "''
"There are some of our Associations which.
have their minutes printed at home, in some
convenient printing effioe,' instead of Bend
ing them to EdwanUyBroughton & Co., who
put them up so neatly and .so cheap-v .Well,
X am not going to nsd.' any iaolt off these
brethiee, bnt simply atate that they lose a
very valuable prixe by such'. oonduoL ; Bnt
the request that I have to make ia that the
elerksjof these Associations send me at once
two copies of Uieir last) minntea to' assist me .
ia organising the Sunday School work ia the
State, Without these minutes, t cannot suc
ceed In the undertaking; Let me illustrate . -year
'artor trying aHz t could toget a
eopy of the minutes : of every Association, X
failed on several j and . now on my register
there is the .name of , an Asaociation whose
pastors I don't know, . whose chnrchee I have
beard aoUa from, and from' whose Sunday
Sohools' I have reoeived-ae report. JNow
Utmaaak yuu once 'more to send me your
mmuteev; ,;c v.--r x 4 iJr y s?...f, -
: ' Osanrr allows no one to be a duiatian ior
himself only. There are peraons who consider
it a great yatery that Jtbe' luMOhen 'are ; in "
daikneaa.;,. There vis a.irrystoi7cit.
The Lord left the Oospel for tfiem, but it has
not bees seat to them' There has been more
receiving ; than giving. If every Chriatian
from the betrinnincc had folded his whole
christian treaty 'all nations would have known
ot Christ by xLIa timaJiThefe ; eann a
doubt of H-.Too many of ns are more anxious
to aave ourselvea than toaave othera.:vThere
is soma doubt whether we . wiS ; achieve our
own aalvailoni if that "is all we'eare for.-
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