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1 -V- tj TT PRITCIIASD. D.D... . r.Cor.- Editor. - DUNCAN MoKETLI. Ag't A TraYeUng Oor. KKV, f uniting WW- n) r i pondent fog W esters Kerth Carolina: WEDD:Iych 26, 1879. should be addressed to Edwards, Brougatoa. a ( a. rubusnera. luueiso, , v. , . r-OnlY personal letters should be Ill to the Editors. ed- will hare been ninety-pinto years since i. the JT.BenjimIntBan4lVof Tew? - - Hampshire; organixed the first Free-1 : VWili Baptist, church; This church b Twai or)aWiD wham, JTew Hampshire, on the 30th day.of Jane J owned b:r the Baptists tor' Ms- wan ;, nomination- powia.nambers X24& chsrcbes. 1.076 ministers and 65,323. r cbfflmnniintin"the tTnited States. ; ', InUorta Carolina aa far ?aa we are able to learn, there ire between four . and fire thossand Free-will Baptists. We have no controversy with these brethren;, and call the '' attention: of - our readers to. wiem, at hub hbw, aur quite another, purpose. They-axe a ' zealous; consistent and law1 abiding AN INCREASE OF THE MIS- SIONARY SPIRIT. I propose to write a series of ar ticles giving some reasons why there snonld be an iacreasa of the mission sionary spirit among our people, and I hope that the considerations which aiybe presented will be thoagiitf al ly and prayerfully weigbea Dy an, 113iiffl!!iIlJ:jlBlttII0I the .State. r--;-- The first argument I adduce in behalf of ? greater activity in the work of missions athome and abroad Is found in. the present religious con dition of the world. ,, ":-V ". .. r Hore than eighteen handred years ago the Founder r of Christianity is sued his command Go ye into all the world and preach the : gospel to every oreature, and yet two-thirds of the.nhabitantsj of the earth are atill unconverteoVto Christ. . .Or,, the lFeo hnodied millions who dwell in the earthy it is compu- " rpla yery HtUe Is heard of them,' and sun less seems to be ,thougbt. of 1-t them, by the other -denominations of "Uhe State. -They are poor and hard pressed toteep.up their present or ' ganiza'Uonsv ari making little prog .isai fewroseiytea.rji Thej FreeAVai Baptists are pea -" comi&ionSstitT&it practice Mf m mersioni do not bapUze infants, and t . believe iaV change. ofhearUvl r other words, ihej ue epen -commun- T - . " . a ... -W- i - ion Jiaptutti The Tery wing our ire "dobaptist friends seem so anxious for us to be, and hold but such charming Inducements for us to pecome. Ana yet how strange it Is that "no one , ever hears of these 'Free-Will Bap- (' tlsts; fand, that though' they are here among us 'and have been for ' "nearly a hundred' years, the Pedo- baptistshavelnever . .swarme4into their churches or unitedjwith them. We have hot teven so much as beard of a single case ,6f inter-communion among the Free-Will Baptists and the Methodists, muchr less a general t pracUce7ofUiiscoyeUd privilege. Why is this t - What is"the matter I Why is ft that : par Pedobaptist , brethren, "who are so opposed to our . close communion, have not cordially embraced thu ijopporttmtiy to com mane with .Baptists f j How iait that : the linndreds and; even 1 thousands of Tedobaptists' that we sometimes hear of rhowould join the Bapitisi churches were it not for . close com .munion, have not joined these open communion Baptists t They are poor, few in' number," have ' made a ; long continued struggle for existence ' and need encouragement and helpu v So far as we know they are a pious,! asal - consecraiea peopie, anawouia oeae : lighted to have large accessions to aid 'them' In their work.- Besiges all thisi Inypreell J BaptUti Hi coald Jbe saccesafal, and- gather .. in thousands of Fedobaptists, and ' s i bnildnp large chnrches.and schools 5 and colleges , in "North t Carolina, it might possibly weaken the Baptist fchurcnearln the estimation'; of tbe f tfs&generatipn, - lead to open communion among us. This! U.a naummation) seemingly; i devoutly ?twUhed br pur Pe tist.: jtvetbren,1 anxl thw'resUma- ' tiooj at leasts worthy of considerable sacrifice. I Have these brethren never , thought of taUJipiiirilfikctv ! her aU, tUat onj.Pedob'apt j hare no use or respect for openjcom .r munioa BaptiaU t.?IV must be the one or the'otheri -' lf they have never V heard of tnese open cbmmnnioh'Bap J. tilts buTarticle i will db;bbth;partie8 r a service, and we, repeat,- the, state ;, ment there are nearly ve thousand Free-Will Baptists in ilorth " Carolit 1 na, and they are open communionists ' would be glad to welcome all othe , denominations in the Stated to their ,? churches and their ordinances, , Bui '.at must'rbe .that oar Pedobaptist brethren know all about - these open f (bmmunibn rBaptists, and ' have no relpec fpt ihemoif their ordinances! .rt Why have riot these open commun - ion Baptists prospered ! Thejr have complied; withfth demands of .the, world and the Pedobaptist churches ; - and have removed the great barrier out of the way of tthioned-opefatfon feIlowslilp? and - communion., ' They J have departed from the law of Christ z to do so andyet they jjareigndrejj . j neglected, and ;2dlseotiragM.ij t century of patient faith and 'hard! f, work finds theci bnt'ai handful, withl out infldenee, making no progresa,)! ' nof graddally diminishing. ' Ad'hia is the pic twe : of -what we i would be if we should ever so far depart from f the teachings of . Christ as to follow' ' their ezanple, which may God for-j ' bid, both for His own glory and the. :rity cf His people." f pre: 1 .. r.cT. TT. 7. if preaching for tis C Clrs;t ciarch,;lTorlolk,; Tir-i tea tnatsix bundled ? millions1 are heathen, one handred noliions are Mohammedans, fifty mslhons belong to the corrupt Greek ehorch, and two hundred millions are claimed as ad herents of t the Roman ' Cathollo Church, leaving : only one handred and fifty millions who are nominally Protestants.,:rt -.fejtjti3:H? ' This estimate comorehends ' the people as nations, and in a majority I of tbese nations Christianity is ne- cessaruj grestiy corrapieu uy a un ion of .Church and State, for all the citizens are recognized as church members, , no matter what may be their,; moral character. More than half the human family are. still in pagan darkness ; the millions ; who are enrolled under the banner of the crescent are semi-heathen, .while it is greatly to be feared that the large majority of those who -are connected with the Greek and Bomish churches know nothing of a personal , faith in Jeans, and are yet in their sins. . ; The spectacle as presented by these statistics of the I moral condition of the world is simply appalling, and this is the condition of things eighty years after the revival of modern missionary enterprise under Carey, Ward and Judspn. Kor is the outlook much more en couraging when we narrow the view to the limits of our own country. The next census will -probably re veal; the fact that there are fifty- five millions of souls in the TTnited States. The whole number , of professing Christians in this coun try is 13,466,788 ;of f which f num- ber 6,000,000, the, whole Catholio population is reckoned aa belonging to-the Bomish church. If from this number we ' subtract the Catholics we have as the entire membership of all Protestant churches 7,466,988, which reveals the proportion of one Protestant to about six and a half Of the population. r The proportion in 1855 was one in seven of the popu tion, so that it appears that not with standing ; the apparent increase of Christian activity in all departments of . effort, we have really gained an exceedingly small increase of ratio in a qaarter of a century. .And what is a strange feature of the case, the greatest destitution is not found In the' rural districts, but in our great cities. In Chicago, with a . population of 500,000, by actual count only 37,000 were found in the Christian churches on a given Sabr bath and in Kew Orleans, with 300,' 000 souls only 40,000, including Ro man Catholic, attended church on a pleasant Sabbath. StLouis,' with its large German population is m0r ally i as depraved as either of the above named , cities, and while the Eastern cities, New; York, Boston, Philadelphi4'and Baltimore may be somewhat better, it is safe to say that one-third of the people of these great centres- of wealth,1 intelligence rand power never attend church, and that one half, if not two-thirds are irreli giOUS.?lIi1IUViii;- .-!.; J There must be something radically wrong in the methods 'used for the evangeiizationr of Mour jcitiesfe In New York;1 the Methodists and Bap tists, the two most enterprising' and aggresslTdenominationa Ptltne coMiavBlly hardly ielii theirown.. There has been not a relative, but an absolute decrease in theMethodist cb arches and a very 8maIIjncrease ?n the Baptist choreic ea-Kduriag 4 the past dtwenty' years; whilst.the population of .the city has more than: doubled, j and ' vice, ' and di8atfoniMdeiity; and saperstjU 'have increMejjjurl leading ; religious journal, in speaki ing of one miserable habitation in a aPJ parficular'f locality; batdinighf with jequal jusGcebesaidj of nwmy jotiiers, says iE very room is swarming, hi Upon a the floors are stretched the young and the old, the ,blacWfi .the sinning all in one promiscuous ety i: i-Here the'lbegsarbringsVhls refuse food, and the prowling footpad his 'spori8,'!and vthe poor diseasedj child of sin her booty, purchased by the price of her good name and ulti mateiy cf life Itsdfci Here they grovel here they drc'j ' their con-j science ' in J alcoholic poisons f here tbey lir-cr put ,ttc:r early liiz ci i ii earth, end iwhea the czzsd,:-esd -1 profaned,- and wretched frame can bear np no longer, here (key me, and. the pauper's -grave ; receives "their loathsome relics 1 And all this with in the sound of a hundred eharch beUs ! v J All this within kail of city Bchoolsxith gdrenddojrs aid of ten thon8and"Chri8tian homes "with their household altars." ' : . If wnrwrlani onr attention to lieve the darkness of the picture. With a popnlation of overa million; the eommnnieants in all the Chris tian churches do not number more many a valiant soldier by snbjectinj them, while untrained and inexpe rienced to the "wiles of the enemy. A word of warning, a word of en eonragement, the exerciBe of a little brotherly interest, weald hats fiavedthejrpnpg ioMier from becoc- log a poor, oeipiess crippie a uui- dn to theelinreh instead Of a bl Inspr; tnan twbnEilrel anl leventy-fite thoasSnd. and it may be safely Said of tbese churcfmeuibers 'that: not more than one in five: adds any real efficiency touhe causejOiiOhrlstriby actually engaging in efforts -to con vert soals. r do 'not believe here is atowh pi city in:4 theChitW plates; in wtiico a larger, proportion or, me people attend hnrch., tbao beru in Jalelebr and' yet half of oor adult ti ifoieasors i! reli gion, and yet this ia the, state of. the case, all oyer thp land. i hr.u j From the facts now$ submitted, what is the-inevitable conclusion T Is it .not obvionsly this V, The'piety of this day has largely degenerated from the divine standard, and there is most urgent need 6t a revival of the consecration 4nd missionary zeal t the Jfofot j v 'As compared witn lh work now demanded; by .fthe exegehciea J pt Christ's kingdom the preseot-is an age of "worldlinesa, of iukewarmhess and . seinndulgence. ; The . merest, modicum, as a general thing, is given to the woik of Christ, while multi-2 tudes go for' fashion, extravagance and luxury. E Ten the little we do fori foreign missions seema in danger of bribing our consciences into the neg lect of the perishing around ns The broad way is still the thronged way." , . If. P. YOUNG CONVERTS. - ' " The Morning Star (H. fl.) sweet ly and wisely discourses thus : ' ' '" . Blessed la that ' church . which has lately welcomed tonterU J to its fold. ; They will bring to it fresh life, and make all its gatherings more ani mated and interesting. There is no thing so new as the recital of the old old story by one who has just 'expe rienced its ! beauty. 5 The church should in turn prove a blessing to the converts.' It should Impress up on them the value of practical godli ness, of becoming deportment, and of avoiding those things which will in any way bring reproach upon the JName they now wear. They should be taught the doctrine and .faith of the church, and the reason for it: and, while theit love is ' new, they should be encouraged to take all the steps necessary to a full and practi cal church membership. This im plies much more than a mere obser vance of the ordinances. It implies an identity, with all the religious and charitable enterprises of the church. attendance at its meetings and par ticipation in them, an interest in the Sunday school, and a practice of all those things that go to make up good citizenship, pure- . morals, sound Christianity - and a' blameless' life; The world needs such Christians, and so does the church. :i" 1 .' ;! 'uv i "Tho Index has taken the liberty to italicise the - word ' oonrerf m the above extract. But dreadful indeed is the condition of that church which bas'weicomed to its fold' those 'who are sol converts. And ' wretched 1n. deed is the condition of that church which thinks that when 'one ia bapl tized into its reiiowshipy no more is to be done "for him. How niany church members have ire in2 Georgis who gave more evidence of piety thi day they were baptized-: than thej ever did afterwards 1 Certainly there are many such. - Why is this t "And again we say tcay t ? Wilfour breth ren please to think about it t V And while on the- subject will each; one look over the membership in his1 own church, and inquire . no w; many there are whose highest and oty exhibition of grace was oh the day of their bap! :ttem1Whati'tha'of these to the whole membership T 7 Is it not a ''majority T Howrcame! our churches to get in this '-'condition t Who is to blame tai it rMeit. ut. jrnicuaru siatea in nis Bermon on Sanday morning, 16th, that only one in five of the professors of rell4 gion now, connected with the churchi esgave any eklence prnyrsioil to God by consecration . to- -his laeri vice.?i.- That there: is-great neglect on the 'part of the ehurchea and'iheii pastors iu uaiuiug line young COn verts or new members, must be pyi! dent to all. a Ro. one has ever denied ItviYet no one l has; ever1 been able to awaken the churches'" to-.the"disl charge i othi ddtydur jo'lppl verts are .allowed to toonduct-.iihe1 struggle and warfare ; with self -an Satan as best 1 they "afirithf llttt or no assistance from'the, pastor p me j oiaer ana, more experience members of.the churches. ;It aeem to be understood b.v all parUes con cerned that God fwiU prtpi" save those who areijrulyy converta and that the chaff only will beibipwn away in the general sifting7 Satan subject's them tblTyThitfis doubtless 4 true, and the Itiiala and dpnbts ran fearsjofrther young rChristian.' are necessary for his future strength and usefulness.'" Many fail and many are permanently crippled in ,the con test Some cf ; these taight be kept in the churches by. the wise and JadiciQna counsel cf 7 the experienced ' ChrisJ tiass, even though fearful and faint and undecided. The churches" lose .,,.Th Baptist Courier hu teen moved to GreenTille, with Ear. Dr. J. a lllden, sdi. tor-in-ehief. " ...j- . ' ' . - ; s ; .... Under dat of Ifaroh 19, r.'Ou A. C Dixon, of Chapel H1U Uja : "O- r meetins has entered vpoa its! fourth .weBfihao abateatst cf hterect." Twelpor fiieea jptudents heva feiyen themeelfes .to JCtaM, and many othen are anxious. K The lord tm IKlllnil un.l dorr to htmanlf In thia Tha fir, fl MvtT "M a VlVnnV Christian's life are made np of hehts and shadows, triumphs and defeats,- Joys and.'Virrdwsytiat should excite the sympathy of every child of God. When toe older ChmuaQi used to meet' : ofteh together and tell how buifeyieW tnern and prayed with and for each other, the younger members were enabled to learn much that was exceedinelv valuable to them in the rtaWd:einptatlona , through whic!i;!hyfl were, pasBiu, , un a m.rrr. bronorlien l tbflm . become iiserol servants In the Masters vme- , 1 t V: 1 1 ! fi yard. Now. since the churches have become bo fashionable, and , religion so formal, the young ; converts are al lowed to shift for themselves. Some of the churches so firmly calculating on the!,, id timate , failnre as ,to re ceive them into membership: conai- tionally, or: bat halt? way, that they may be gotten rid Of the easier. On ly "the survival of the fittest' is ex pected 'i Load, are the complaints that the churches, are full of "drones," dead weights," uuseless : material. degreVbeinrprisinga membera bf bur churches have qeyer had the oDDortunitv : to be,' anvthlng else than ?whatlhey areV Without encouragement, witnout msirucuon, without employment, neglected and foreottenit ! would be exceedingly strange1 ahPuld they4 develop into earnest, zealous useful Christians. PEES0NAr$ .OTHER 'ITEMS. ; . . Dr .Q. C, Larimer, of Tremont Temple, Boston, has reeeitred soall .to 3ictg..v. ::r President of the UniTeraity , of Louiaburg, r..- -' " "-' i--'-"- , , WThe brethren sad sis tors of Greenville bYe Hberallj supplied Ser. D. GUlilsnd and hie family with useful and. valuable article. . . r . . - .. . .," f. ,r , ,'.-5 f . ? .' ,Kev. C. Durham repot it a pleasant meeting at Thomasville. ; ' Sixteen peraoas professed fafth in Christ. - ' ; !'.' i .Ber. Dr. a B Vaughn, lata pastor of the 1st Presbyterian ehuroh, of this dry, has aooepted the appointment as chaplain to the University of Tirgiaiaj'-;o : ! 1 "M..Eev.rR. B."Moore, of Greensboro, has been ebmpelled to return to Florida to reou perste hli health. He informs as that he has very much improved sinoe reaching that land of flowers. ' " 1 - r r?t ? . . . .A wise "layman promisea to get us a club of subscribers if , we will publish noth. ion more on the D. D. question. All our oor. respondents will take jdue notios thereof and gorern thtmselTea aooordiogly. ,; s .To" Ker.1 Beuben Jones : -V Many : of your friends are snxious to bsre your remi- nisoenoes. You need not fear that they win be unappreciated. You know that 'days should speak, and multitude of years should tesch wisdom: w.Ai- " 'i ' . . , .The Legislalnre made aa spppropria tioiaof (3,000 to tha Oxford Orphan Asylum. &naW Barris, of franklin oouuty.'and the mimington Star, deserra. the thanks of the friends of orphan children of the Stata for tha 1 J . . . li t .1. . 1.211 . oat Wtt inwrai wu in um wiu. ! yj i, n t ' - . ,;.Be. Keubea JoaeS has sent Us four numbers of his r,EeminIoenaee of Xif e in Tennessee. These articles'wfll appear reg ularly in the HKcpacx after this number. Tne acwrmsy present them to Its readers. Thsyarauwndedly'Tehneas 'H . t Wa, want mora hard-working Baptist preachers in Texas from the older States to fall in': with. the'Vosts Ismons sa that honor theUod .they joTa. rOoma ..on,; brcthran. .There is a great brotherhood of , us ia Texas and., plenty; of room, .for you, ('too!Ttaa fityttn .Um;. -?id wis bUsA i r 5 ii. Sev: O. T. d wards; of Louisf Ills says Dr. Tritchard's sketch of Dr.ingaU's Ufa was batter to me man a Mrman; 3 eotlt out and plaeed- ii ia my 'Album I'ot Uteratara. Ninety-six students matrieulsted. - Kentucky twentyina; Virginia 12, & O., 11, N. 0., 8. . , ....UATS JTIA , 1JJLJTOX JUSOCUTIOa.- .There,' wiS .be a, meeting, of the " Domestie .iueawn Soaza ot siaps. Jear JUwooUtioa at euonVCrosaBoads ,oa Wednesday the 23rd day of, ApriL.h'Rnsiness .of importanoi wiU U transacted, :lpw meeting is dssired, 1 TT o A. A V'. .Professor AK, Yancey, Vr.:; Principei of Chnrobland Academy, Norfolk eounty va.1 has been released by i the Trustees from far ther obligation' during the present session, to ensile him to become President of r the Ala- barna Centrsl female CoHega t Tuscaloosa Alabama; td take charge the first of Aprit." riii mVWA langh at hoodluma chasing the pigtaUed Mongol ; . but do ws remember that In the Mongols home there are " lea librsrie. to one in America ! that of an his mQUona of ocmntrymsa there are ia acaroely one but oka read aid write, and! -that la good manners--for which there ii ample' market in America they !lead - the' World r2ftjTamo : tA'jJ '-.-;iin tM k. ;t,J j 3tv..iBrow.K. B1f Cobb's article-, on our first page aLould be care fully i .considered by all ptt rtii'ifli thn Tt ipt-nwVi in tha nwfy School workv, s We. haTeour doubts as to its practicsJUKy,' and wa wart not very fstonbly impressed wWr the Ghatauqna Sunday School TJrft4falty,,'Btiai'. we' ire perfectly . wiSing to icsye me matter wim toe eunuay ocnooi .VisHav;-. E. Cartee,of Lexington, Sy. will send- na aft acoount' of tha General Aa sooiation of hia' State." Ca says i '1 would not take gold for one of Dr. Pritohards para RTsphs.' We had an extrs rood conference of our Baptist pastors last week. Sixteen pastora 'present.. ' 'Womau's work la , the churches,' wu discussed. "' Soma held that women may pray in pnVao and "ilioall be daooi.68sss.' X disar;proTe of the former, bull laolina to the latter. 1 ' "JtJ r ' mmfflffim ... The Baptist copies from New York Sun and endorses an account ' of Miss Fsuacher theClairroyanL - r t . . . .''A fact was! stated id our limistara Meeting rSoenl' that shows pae of the resuli of union iwetfc js, or their practical workiBi. When a t-roftfcwifariasd Iz ha til Hone ; for yea know lir. lioody in While I ahould; place him, inteHectuaL I bor ia iniasionaVTarious kinds and in' bless his holy uama." aeripeotf, -mju f naaewtes'lda aab- haegetirsyrered your beantifai fact spoiled by-a croa m&tav4 I will now try to rub it out with a two dollar bDL ; I' haTe been readincr the Bxxxncxx- about f ortf yearki fovs it lullfor both firmness and fsitW ulneee; It teaehea many' good lessons, some pf which it taught in 'thef aays or u. Aierecutn, wmcn ara stliirreab in' my memory.' J wish it to visit ' my ilreeide' . tm - , -- Itl l.JCL i m t i a wnen i am no more." . , ;i wi.i.TbeiWomsn'a Missionary Boaietka off theaTorth an Northt.ertvarw Btviasri h- The female aoeHef UT WfatedTOBJ tt? Mama ! AlisoioaSoekiy. A tkn -tUr. i fctttt-Shetet wraS m ie. 1 Hfisii Jm Whas" might hae ben' expected rrom tha first.. The whol'a 'matter U unaoripturaladFeoa- trary o Ibe bese' fntere of society. "The ehurchea wera intended to ' dd tha work Psa- L. '?.- ' -J ".V h4 'f: temptaisa , oy uees soeterwa, ana ma mem bers of tha churchesjahould never te'dirlded fflin 1JaMe' anrtUHM- M 15 U4f mm " I s k -i ' 4i?wavi;. . iawrabyiaaparat letter of thel0thftelii sof hir,hearyi anltattoni, 'I need a great deal of aaictioa at tha Lord would not gira it to bmu JiOni jeoagregationa at Bethel sad New Bethany hats been large an winter and i manymflioationa)"iaftthe Splrifa proseneB ia the tearfal attention gtren toithar ministration of theflfdrd. VThe Lcrd gireth m onga m the nighty and though affiioted I am not ess eown. flCnera-lB jov ia being permitted to aem theKlrg of kings. and If tha Lord eiraa masotaing bora (a this life, for this ni praise Him to all Utnltr." ) im a iJ -lrai tftHd't .;.iccs im flii4 ,,....wRav.;R;W, Paajaoju lata of Pittaburi. Pa., who left hia pastors there ia very bad odor, baa just gone ito ija Paeitiq.coaBt with letters of aotamandatioa ; from Ber. Pt Jul ton, - of, Brooklyn $ A Baptist paper thinks this is too bad, and asks what haye ths breth ran ia California dons to merit thia afflotionF r-JT Jerk ffenbL Dr. Peaaon need to be tha President of , lbs r Aseooiatioa of Xatpos texs.ni Ws do not', know' whether the Aaaoeia tion ha organized in Fennsylraiua ia disband, ad or not. It should be, and tha members' of it should an "go West- Ws eertsul; do not wua any of them to come down this way. j ..-Mi littiu m limits' i !..",i hava no quarrel with those sister churohes who disagree with ua, yet we stand for ouselres firmly oa the apostolic injnno tioa t , Let your' women keep silence la the bhurebsatforitia not permitted unto mem to apeak; but they are commanded to be tm der bediahes, as ako aaith the law. And if they wffl learn ! anything, let 4 them ask their husbands at home : for it la a ihatna for so men to speak in' the. church. :This'to us is mora man Tolumes of argument It is God's will Tumiatakably made kaownV-Ws oeriew we stand squarely with'' our. entire church in direct'oppoeiUou to the preaching of women." ' i . .4Accordiiig to tha fust published -Bap tist Annual the State of New York oontaina 79 regular Baptist ehurchea and a total rnarnw berahip of 11S,S(. Of tha chucbea,'54S haveles than 60 ' members each, 'while 88 have 600 each and more. ' The eaten' largest churches are; Abyssiniana (colored. New York cityX 1,881 Strong Plaoe; fBrooklynXm Oswego, . 823 ; Binghsmton,' 813 j Calrary (New YorkX 783; Washington "Avenue CBiookiyaV "7&i Rrsf . (Brooilyht 7591 LesTing out the reports f rom 1 churches ia the largest cities the aVersge of pastors' sabv ' ties ia aTooat iSSlTn ' T -" i r 1 7 l'i I ;:w;.;'I wa so glad that yoW wrote that article two weeka ago'unoa the' aub jeot of "Short PastoraU, tbe'eansea,' Ac, t Ihlfal you acted more moependenuy m wrruog taat editorial than 1 in- anythtntf V- STer- saw froel 11 Kow U aucaareoVwij m' that.4 f. think 'ton oould write a your pea: hit mood splendid article upon the ; subject obtained In Matt 13 f loJ9,rtocluaiTT agsmar thai aunasieiai wsj some eaicors. ministers ana brethren , hsTe of pufSng esch other. leo writes one of our best friends: It hai ao long aincSj wa puffed aay.oa hjtrthrea that wa thought tba nracUca had died cut with v.JtTbBapti&R&rd'QCfaU3 sties.) tpeaking of Dr. ' Harstoh, 'asyi 1 Q Toe right kind of meaf from the? North eah do 'gw work in the South and will be heartily reoerr ed. v'Bat there k ao good place among us foi ' fanatics, who come to brsnd erSouth'eri xoanaa a'rebel' and 'a x&uwhW-aakefr Wi haartily tnvita Dir. Msrstonkto'our tetory and hops be j will coma aooa;i and stsy)ong. And tha '-ndeJ th t4 the 'righ t' kind o man from anywheneui do good at the South or janywhwe a,fVMhm juwia . natios o' harm "anywhere' and and finally that fa Haraton ia Ua right dn( k0$7?nfc'h "i'ti't 4art ano tolravy 'Zjnki hii girlngaa aooount of a missionary meeting li . the Cumberland Street Baptist church,' aay I' After tha singing of seTeral aeleetiona' an tte readmg or a: Scriptural Jefisooi tthi Bar Wz D.ThomssJ D-D,! denTed' a able, am very InstraotiTa address rnpon thf origin an progreaa'pi mlieion work tolUiyV the diffloul ties which lie in the path 'and t the wisdom, prudence and untiring seal of D. Taylor anc his oo-wbrkeii In The oauae. rThen spaki the Lord" to Paul in the night by a visionl Be hot afraid, btxt' speak;! and hold 'not thy peace f rTaBwidthe, atd no men 'shall set on thee to hurt thee 1 1 for ip aava'mucb! people la this dty.Acta 18 1 9, 10. If God has anything for us to do in Italy Its will rat inora ttedimculaeafH rie lisa ;,.- an; sua. japtigyrum sirrwa ?oz. xmojWa find tha two (oQowieg notes .under the saw caption t :Mera than tea umee in one Bro. Peterson uses the name of tha aditorao this paper ta'oobnaetfan with sOmethmg thai appeared tui oun editorial oolumnaJ j ones aam oi initials ara' pat to an edttotisL it should alwsya be spoken aa atttrimffiM paner,' and not-' oi any1 one -aditor: Srer aohool.boy ought to know Ihai . ( tm rhe Brauoxi. :BxcoBtn ' informs ut that the two anti-mission Baptist papers of North Carolina 'attend to their, own' buafncM, and do'not copy arerything aald by tielr as changes that can' possibly , be eonstrusd fata a reflection on those ' who do v scbscrl'js ' fojr them. Thstk you for tie kforiiil3n,I7rai I tioa wba. they preach." ' ".' the toon fill r kUulfaraeHaal uga th. , .Yea, ; exclaimed Jl 111 I 7 T I 'i aio& brother t keet." l0 ' plattorm orer our baptist- riaa. DrrJWrIWmfarmdtkir "It I bad been bora In Massachusetts above any ' preacher I haTa known, in the State, bis. moral qualities were mora conspicu ous and gare him more power than hia intel lectual endowmeni. .His head and heart were in charming sympathy. His influence ?afl jpoil Hs had no' vagariaa, no danV! aging eocentricities. none of . that unssTory Infloeaca whiett soman and ntoUa the oaeroli of a pendulum, sod th1 !' ; : f I I I 1 1 Cm. ing-societies and fesUrals, To the keen ob aerrer of human nature there is a worM romance and humor in the situation- w. author of this atory andersiaada tha vara of thia.littta world, and nnrtravs J.. delicaU wit and genial humor.- i2mo, per, pi 50 oenu. M IUn, M9 Js SSI BitMdvaj, Kv Tork. ll 'J. V .. . f i :. . I TUICJU SUM nAIIUH. 'OB mSkMn.. eowa aiwaye M Mave or me sympatny and tarn I Pisnu Tata Paorxnr. Bt jr aZl? support tu every good measure. He was as?. 1 D.' D., 12ho, Ctoxa Extsa, Pares. inu pmtnm maa ipiueiees aa a eaua, atngnian j rree rrom mmbitiots and eelf eeerjngy and yet; tolerant, to a fault, of these same1 unlovely Thia ia m, eoane 4 Special Xatora . eenUy deUrend; Ietaded;to be athoroBsh tttrodaction to ths coatfiats of the hook i SoTOi Uk act say porpoaa U 1 DanH and to reriW and vtaOeato the mn feitoelyana:tM2f?P I .the aariljr caudstaaas'.wtth regard: to if-, ft jr gi i e wj uupresHOB Ol WintSt into :WtrUn. idea thai aduastioa jaijd cjTilixation, must pre, sad agd, frpst the wsxf or , Christianity, X adght hays X,If and gated as he did j and that if I had eome, to ;Texaa asately to make neon- y byaeantilng tn a Prasbytarisa ooUega; If I had aodeep oontlctionlthat the Baptist waa: Mini c&vre of iChrisei I should bars nicat' im hi n1yf aeteir -fce JWt; 1 and tfn-i m7 amn tuatit o mt tar impression of I smbodlea the vast: remits of nA, hmi SI s preachariAad thla do because I I afloaa and oitloism, and accompanied wit. . was a moaei wormy or univauon. I a eriaeal - revised trsnslsBon of the enH ,jTrBWi: w" !u?J,Nfi Bpsparnapa, 1 dookoX tha great Babylonian Prophet. Tea Worth much, as I hare not enjoyed the pAiU 1 miracles and predictions gtren ia the book w w fa ilea ci ia Taoleoaibei, i ami brdugfct ; t theTfeet or ihtt'iUMompraBWng Baptist.-Dr. "Bi BS C HoweilBaa If hi had thrown !eaM udedni.' one' all-oonaniniBg desire tomake this' the' greaiest capuat out oetwaen ma ooeana, aa mrghVnaTefeltand eotediost asa'dld,nDr. Jinr teion, JProf.x Clarke', Tezat '. Bap- dtit f4Tl Methodists hara bad a revivalist . aawac theqaiby, akmaaas M Harrison--Hm jantireiy.daaront maa from Moody.rr Aeoord- irittairrtrofthoasrwho bars attended his meetings;.' if aaeoas 4af doea everything upoa 4he high; pressure system. - Hs aaldoas preaeheal fattS aVery littia -attempt no is. atrritibh.! but' slaps his hands, ionowa ioudlv. iceena eohatanr In" motioti.TTTOmmi one and of thnNnVhi WiitoU '. :&ecotigregsUon !kaep up' oontmuoni aing- tufft era. o sejwrta cvut iuuaa ( vj tarn' ndr jnbtejr,' who fohowed' him last eeseor t reponed, tof. Uie , cooXerenoe oyer 'jfyimkl,id 'church'; but ' )afaarT "a, ywapaatorato',h baanaa totnd'morf titan a ; hundred' of pahtfol ,eqinmaatary,: aponl(;suoh .axclting maatnga.J o And yeVrathen,ministers,v even is, th aamai .tnay, i win enaonrage. such pro eedings.',Ti)r. zMmimeyMtimgrt feUm ia XmJtaKtim&mm$a .yt .1 . -yJ9oTjTnaaa BaTtzst CoavximoW. For ueveonyeniaD6s of delegstes attending the Southwn BaptSst' donvantiph 1 irrnopsiie tha repheir of railrosds to the request of.the com- xnltlea on Trtnaportattoa,' as fa aareceiTed: . Ce&lWtCrral--one fare ' to ! Charlotta. Wilmington and Weldon-3 oenis per mile wm way oyer roao. t awegaios purunasa re. ttutioket IWilmmgton, Columbia and 'XupiBUS 'cfn per. aiikeach way foyer jd-DelegatoBpurcnaM Western' Baflroad oCorth -Carolina, raturn.tickaia for fntt : fare over roadJ Ba- turn n wrtifloae of ,ConTentk&Spartan burgand jtlaion jKaidJSrorth Clarolina---one tara. ' Betum .oa,oertifioata of Convea pen. rXtianti,and Gulf f-one fars.f Betunt- on,! esrtificate. of Convantios. j Port u Boyal and Augusta- ronnd trip tickets for ens fare to Augusta. Oeorgu BAflroad-round trip ticketa to Atlanta, f cents per aaUe each wsy. Oentrsl lUilroad-rvona f are td Atlanta. ' , Ba turn en certificate of Conrentiocu i Piedmont IfavTinft one fare rfrom Bichmond andin termediats points to Atknta. -J Beteza on eer tifieate Of OonventionJ ilinil report respon ses of other roads as soon aa received. ' ' W. O. Whidst, R BeVy,' 8outhmlBapiiat Ooayention,'1 ' hays, howerer, heard Dr, Bichard Fuller aev- eralttmes i and ia. tha opinion, .of many,' ; it ia not i BotUbL.- fff. "X. r so - woaoars ox ancient empires, and ' the characters eid doiags of their principal aovarings, are ' eomprehenaiTely diaciuMd. i ipf inatiim tmnSilnii Hy Uoadacne bae tiB brangbt to lllustnUa Ir. - Wingate; tboagb aa different froea Fuller aa T Calhoun was, from Webaterlf'hava heard him often, and!. In his happiest moods, When, for days and area weeks together, he seemed so imbued with the gespel that whenever ' be opened his mouth; gracious; words flowed from his lips as from a full fountain. This flow of sospei truth, ! eould .not pompare ao ' aptly to any ytaxoie tmng, as to a stream , at. liquid aUTer amooUi pore, pruliaat,) but not ; dazzling. The themea ha xooat delighted to diacuas were the lore and mercy ef God. Hia highest Ulent ooTisIated . i . the jrspid . aketohing of outline picture, dwelling on each just long enough, to make the outline distinct, and then passing on to" another. r Each of these pio turea illustrated ah important truth, and left it indelibly impressed upon the mind. ' Bro. Wingste lored to preach and I hsre some umea womdered how, with hia talanta and hia lore tor preaching, be' could be content to re whole fa eondeweed, animated, mad in popaW - form, which eaanot fafl to interest and Us- prata. Tha book embraoea nearly 400 pages, handsomely printed. -. Poms A Coaxa Publishers, Phfladelphisl CANNOT SOKETHtKG BE DONE t The following is an extract from a ' letter which I have just received from Elder J. IL Howell - who is engaged in tha Bible work in Carteret county, wttu ueau qaanen aa xeauiort: - "la there any chance for the Board to help thla place, not the town, bat - some parta of the county f There are six places in the lower part of this county without preaching of any -kind, except aa a preacher passea throngh. r These can be supplied by one man by ' giving a night to each every week. Jan get large crowds ' any night iin tne week." They xuett to a College msr '.u ADeJ J6 onacedl. --r. .ii tj.L--i I have no money to pay for it. I have sppropriaU place. He was there mold lag tha chsraeler of preaobera, lawyers and statesmen, who are . h Ie the, representatiTe men of the next, geaeration. . The Master, woo gave nun ma taienta, also appointed him hia work. v An arduous but a noble work was hialr Jos has done i and ; done it well. ? He learea the CoUege, the object of hia earnest prsyers and life long labors, at tha floodtide of auooaas. V; What time, mora befitting for -Una to die f .fi ...? .-.o'-? wiV. " May hia mantle fall oa many of the young brethren, who have enjoyed the benefit of lau Ubors, and may his 1000088101 life and happy death impart fresh seal and courage to those of us, who are already nearing the riv er orer which ha has lately so triumphantly passed. ' - v s s.-v . . From Bev. John Mitchell, D. D. y- Wbaft a oraat lnaa are TiaM anatala1 In thar death of our dear Bro. Whigata. But our lieavealy Father is too wise fo make any mis take, and too good to be unkind, and I know It la all right, and I desire to aay, the wQl of the Lord be nona1' Mar God bleea hir fsrnJrj 1 their great 'sflictton and tha'Col- lace, and the church.5 i-tr -A When I parted with' him1 just one week be. lore he was taken up, T felt that I. should hot see him again in the flesh. "I belieTa he felt that hia' work was' dona. Ilia last words to me were, 'letns meet up yonder.' And now he has gone up to reeeire '.'the crown of glory that fedeth not away,;, and by . the grace of God I hope to meet him "up yon der" after a litUe while, .. ;f ; From Bev. H. Petty, 'J? V'4L I Ike Bro. Baiisg- x )a. progress for aome('jnonihs ia OwensbprO, . I ani truly , sorry te I aj,, wnera neauy two. nanarea ana nxty cos Tertf have b adde to' the Baptiat church; so thaf they propose, to erect, a eeooad oliuroh buiidiug to acooxomodate the additional msni bera f Qmtifjing vrepor of, progTess oonw fromoUw.parUf that,,SUto. ,The rsTiral in ryj Taik Ossm.ren.alliMiii1 flhartth, under thapxaaobingOf Bev.: Georga;?. Penteoost bear of tha death Of our beiored Brother, Dr. W. M.4 Wingate. To meet him ' once, was to love him always. Ha was one of those pure spirits, the like of wbioh wa aatdom see in thla world While I waa pastor fa Warrenton, N. G.t: Dr. Winsate assisted me ia a meettnar there, seen men . hungry tor food who had no money to buv.- Yea. thev are the hungriest. The cry from this people for help moves me to preach for them, if I can get a support. I would gladly preach for them ! and work for a sap port if It could, but am but one man and can do : but one mans woik. ' And, besides, God has or- dained that' they which preach the gospel shall live of the gospel, and I do not wish to go contrary to the ordinance of God. I in! trying to pray, Tby will be done. I have seen many destitute places, but this'headi any that I have ever seen. l- . - X think that I cam raise two hnn- dred dollars. Can't you get thirty. four men to pay one dollar each, per month for the help of this people! If the Board can do nothing for sack destitution as this, tell them to send me out to. ask the people for help.' i nave taken i the liberty to offer to the columns of the Becobdeb the vajTQ 11UUJ -iink JUUWOll S lOLLCl VO- causo I have knowledga of the des titution of which he speaks. I can enter' fully into hia feelings j for I have been on the field and have felt say heart almost sinking; aa I looked over the vast destitution. ' W - f 1 I Vnnw that ttia Ttnard f flf.. Missions is exceedingly anxious- to extend help to that portion Of our State, but has already made as many promises as it can possibly meet. tint cannot the Board, of the Eas tern Association 4 raise : thirty-fonr dollars per month r for that field f That destitution belongs to, or rather is within the borders of the Eastern Association. What say yon Bra Kennedy. Oan'tyou find thirty-four brethren or aistera,;who wiujgive one dollar per month and - tarn Bra Howell loose 'among the six point! of which he speaks t There Is now an m m . a) m . and a bleased meeting too, it was; the best 1 1 opportumry (O get nia wnoie bom on aWtuM anW ' i-i'-i- -'1 ii that field, and twa hundred dollars and Jl. Geotga X Stobiauia, ewgelists, has raaaltsd ia aomav; four: handred eoarerstona. ilalbaCantralaitexrarch Dr. Hart has bsiilaed fifty ooavextaJ and ithere ara mare avidtanrai eTheBapt chunjhes la Trentoji arasajbytoa; ary gracious work. DrJ Luoss of tha First church has ;baptized about forty, SfldawutmuW.A the Central church tharelare also numerous eonWr At''the' Cnnt6arAvena'a church' Dr.' Miners ministry has been gmUyblessed, and over fifty'oonter iwua ara xvuwrtau. iim MTi no.awiBe, of SuinnutMnowaidinn Dr. Mmeri Tnuer the labors of BeV. J. ppenoerXKennard, at the OeuBmwfa a ueep religious utsresx. , j.ne: pongregsuons are large, and mora?thaa thirty have prof eased hope, with the work Inereaamg, Mr..snnard wsa lermerly a pastor la that dry s The great Mrlnl I. .TnAfa, imMiif' K. TjaMiw. mtttl LaT. i o .La U I whicha find the bright ? Mwguia of Lorna hardthlS'nn WbelievedWt riildjn ef Nuns," ny ju..weiy. wnica wtu na a gooa ' Long will tha memory', of ; thai meeting and tts Messed results, be associated with the memory ef Mm' who is now tha mora blessed; for being absent from the body ha is present with the Lord. , - " ? Chatham Ct'Va.. March 19, 1879. ' J , ! f hen ?. 1 11 1 " a . - ',.,t U Vh .. UTEEABY NOTICES '- 1 f.j Jnar POTUstaix-4-A inew Family Muslo Book, enttUed Borland pf Bern, eontainlag : 100 pieces , of choica ; mosiOr i handsomely bound, for fLBa WiO be sent te any ad dress free of postage, on receipt of 'the above named price. J.' M.BussIl, S6 Brornfiald Street.'Boston, Ifaaaachuaetta.-' of hia salary he thinks he can raise himself. Does it .not aeem like toe Lord ia epening np that field to him? h When a minister's soul is draws out after a people as his is towards that people,' the Lord ia evidently in it,- Cannot something be done at Once, ' .. . W. B. Gwalthey. ItohedgQeo), j ' " ft-'iS I ' TRlBUTtfSiTO DR. WING ATE. ':v- Z. l-Irast Dr. Ai ficDowalL & Jn f Dear Etctrdarrr, d 5 n ii hn tnij) JqThoagh t bavevaaavar 'been tn vary hearty Sympathy with the practice, "perhaps too cool, paon of suJogWng tha! daad,'-4van the dead who die In ihe Lord,' yef my heart atrong ly'ucnnei me to petf a : few Unealn meaaory "pf the ibelovad iWmirhossl aath haa east i shadow 'oVar aomany householda and Sent asenae ;bf bereavement Into' aViaaay , . oo momsteiy was me associstea wiu eTsry. I ntareat daa Wthaptiata 'M Hwth Car, ouna, wax tney muss au icei us aeaw u oa a personal smiction.' f To" ma, U ia no 'eora--, mon aorrowi Tha,w seema darker ainoa he left it. , I knew not how strong were the eorda that bound ma tohlm, until thosa oorda were suddenly broken .and. X realized that I should.see his face aomore',' " .1 ;h d i, " 1 Few mea;knewi him ; better ? than I, none Joved hint xuorat Wa wars from adjoining eounUea in tha aama' State, were at College togelhw, were member s of : the same society, and for two-years 11 red on-? terms of closest intimacy.'? i Thongh L ; waa several years hia senior, I Waa but two years in ad-ranoe of h&tt ia the College. I heard the first speech ha ever made la debate.' It contained thoughts which surpriaeofmf aa drew aae to . him. During the fire ' and thirty years thai hsre passed, aiaca then, wa hars net each other of tC2( and eiery tdtarviaw has draws me eloaar to Llr and 'gtren me ia higbar appreciation' of LU character. ,,J.."- 4 FBOet BET H. JL COLLIS. Deaf JRecordcr t i ;I saw in the Bxco&deb of the 12th of March, there is to be a discussion at Mt Vernon chnrchon Saturday before the 5th Sunday ia March, on temperance. :I !thonght oh how I vAnM lifc-a Kai hn - Rnt ' aa 1 'Wa hare raoetred from Ourxa Dxsaox A L.. k t ;n .in tha Co., an sttraotiTe . budget of Sheet Muslo, n 1 tempcranco wae by some passage! of Scriptnre.f? irst see Uenesis iui chapter ;and 21stt verse.jsiA curse waa brought a Noah family hy hia drunkenness. ? Also Genesis 19th ehaDterand 32nd -verse.--An awim organ voluntary, and- ia not difficult ; Also, 'Love la at the Helm" and "Bsmlniscenos of Pompeii," srraaged as Beed Organ Melodies, and.'K)n.the Mesdow,"ji Piano Piec by Iioh- ner; f For Focal Moda there is the amusieg ShiguiglV3eBeo forkdiea voieea, and "Tb Students Serenade," by Hatton.", , tj . v The March number of The Bexthem Plan fer eatd Farmer ia upon 'our table: J Its tora are among tha'ableawritara of the Bouthl Judge WUliam Fanerton, of New York j CoL Bobert Bererlr, Major Baglsnd, and Dr. Seattle discuss Jmthisf number great and Vital questions in which ad classes are inter eated, and whioh'eannot, fail'; to interest the thoughtful reader. ' f, We adrise our friends to subscribe for . The Planter, and we are'- per suaded that when once acquainted with its worth,' they wUl be alow to discontinue it. Published la Richmond, Va, at 2 a yeas. i " 'Modern Fishers of Men among the mri sua Sexes, ' Sects, and Seta of Cnartrflle Church and Community," is the compendious yet taking title of a little volume reoenUy ia- suedbytha Appletona. ? II ia a very bright and nact little story of the eort of lore mak ing and match-making that go oa ia and around ehuroh f estiTals, especially; as ia this case,' where there as a young and uumatried akRcraiaa.' It kaa a little vain ef aatira run ning throexh it, though In ths maiu it touches rather tenderly - upon the .foibles of match makers. It baa often - been remarked bow deep an' interest, young ladies take, ia ' tha heathen when the clergyman is young, single, sad good-lockk;, sad Low kealocsly &ey la- slander and an everlasting disgrace noon Lot .bv beine drunk. See Deuteronomy 29th chapter 18tb, 19tk , and 20th . verses. Aii the curses a . s f - a.. m HK.a. Altai wn neu .in mat won tu ue buod i i man, that adda drunkenness to thirst. Also Esther 1st. chapter 10th, llts and: 12th; verses; The kings heart being merry with wine calls for the cmeen to show her beauty, but she could: not come, v. consequently she Is divorced and the king marrys an other, all byswine rlnking trtov erba 23rd cbspter and 29th verse to the : end of the a chapter. Almost every thing bad is here spoken oU and drink - tha' eanaa. Isaiah 5th chapter and 11th, 12Lh, 13lh and lith verses, liell was large enouga uj strong drink was 'invented then hell had to be enlarged. By reading tne 1st chapter or laniel?yoo wui that those who did not drink had better countenance and was fatter In fiesh and in all matters of wisdom they were tea time ? bettet tnan others. I must stop, I have not given half thetScriptnrea for teia perance. I i would like to travel afl over the State cf North CJaroUns with my Bible in my hand ana tax temperance to ine peopiev v God bless yon fcll, ia the prayer oi your unworthy brother, or'pertict'iA'a regarding Eeble Bilta, PULVLII ACE- Q AJLANiO -C0 For lrass dadaaaii, O -
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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